During World War II, Hitler used blitzkrieg to catch many countries off guard. Just when the German army was raging on the European continent, Britain, which was known as the Empire of the Rising Sun, hid behind the English Channel and did not dare to come out. France was even more astonished, holding out for only forty days before raising its hand and surrendering. In the face of Germany's strength, the Soviet Union in the east also signed a non-aggression pact with Germany.
However, when Hitler attacked Britain, he encountered trouble, and Hitler did not drag the mud and water, and after the attack on Britain was greatly resisted, he turned to the east, tore up the treaty signed with the Soviet Union, and began to attack the Soviet Union, but the result was declared defeated.
This scene is familiar, very similar to the former Napoleon, who had almost no opponents on the European continent at that time, and the result was defeat in Britain and Russia.
And Hitler made the same mistake, what's going on? Why didn't Hitler learn Napoleon's lesson, was he confident or helpless?
Even if Hitler thinks that he is stronger than Napoleon, then he must weigh his own strength, if he simply fights against the Soviet Union, the result may be unknown, but if he launches a world war, if he fights on two fronts, is it too despised.
In Hitler's plan, if Europe is to be unified, the attack on the Soviet Union is an indispensable step, and the former Tsarist Russia is an outlier in the eyes of Western Europeans, not to mention the socialist Soviet Union, not to mention the anti-Comintern agreement between Germany and its allies, which in Hitler's view must be eradicated.
Hitler was a fanatical racist, but also a desire to conquer, in his eyes, in addition to allies, almost all of his opponents, but how to choose opponents, choose what kind of time to attack opponents, there will be differences.
In the optimistic estimation of the German army, attacking the Soviet Union was also a blitzkrieg, and it needed Germany's proudest army, so they felt that it would make the Soviet Union incapable of resisting.
And the benefits of defeating the Soviet Union were many. Although Hitler was more confident, he was not confused, and he also knew that Germany had obvious drawbacks, that is, the lack of strategic materials, so the German team valued this very much, so the Soviet Union, which had fertile land, low population density and extremely rich resources, became Hitler's first choice.
Especially after the partition of Poland with the Soviet Union, the two countries directly bordered, for both countries, lost the buffer, the outbreak of war is only a matter of time, this is what both Hitler and Stalin knew, but Hitler was strong first.
After the elimination of the Soviet Union, Germany will have a solid rear and will be able to fight against Britain with full confidence.
So that's why Hitler wanted to attack the Soviet Union. Among them was Hitler's blind self-confidence, of course, this was also Hitler's helplessness.
After all, once the Soviet army overwhelmed the territory, the German backyard would catch fire, which Hitler did not want to see, and indeed a manifestation of helplessness.