Poland fell on 6 October 1939 in 36 days, Norway on 10 June 1940 in 63 days, and Paris on 22 June 1940 in 40 days.
In the face of the lightning offensive of the German army, European countries are like weak and childish children, and it is not easy to hold out for more than a month.
For example, the Netherlands, which lasted for 4 days, Denmark, which held out for 6 hours, and Luxembourg, which held out for an hour, in the early days of World War II, the blitzkrieg was almost unsolvable, and Hitler's ambition to rule Europe seemed to be realized in a short time.
The invincible blitzkrieg was deflated in front of the Soviet Union, but in the early days of the Soviet-German war, the Soviet Union obviously only had a ravaged share, how come in the later stage, it was able to push back in a wave and plant the red flag on the roof of the Reichstag in Berlin?
In the first half of the last century, if you want to ask which country has the greatest influence on the world, the answer can only be Germany, we all know that there have only been two world wars in human history, and the initiators of these two are actually Germany.
In the Battle of the Somme, the Anglo-French army replaced 540,000 German troops at the cost of 800,000 casualties, because the war was so tragic that people called it the "Somme Hell".
In 1934, de Gaulle proposed in his book "Building a Professional Army" that a professional armored force must be established and that the use of tanks and aircraft must be increased as much as possible.
But the old guards in England and France dismissed this, but there was a man who loved de Gaulle's books, and this person's name was Heinz Wilhelm Guderian.
Guderian was greatly inspired after reading de Gaulle's book, and after careful scrutiny, he further strengthened de Gaulle's tactical thinking, and finally came up with a set of tactics that used armored clusters to quickly break through enemy defenses.
This tactic of only fast and unbreakable is the blitzkrieg that soon changed the color of the whole of Europe, and after Hitlang came to power, Germany began to frantically explode troops, devoting all its production capacity to serve the military industry.
German craftsmanship at that time did have something, take the Tiger tank VK4501p, the turrets were designed by Krupp, and the engines and tracks were produced by Porsche.
With such weapons, coupled with tactics ahead of the times, and the madness of German fascism, the scales of war have completely tilted in Germany's favor.
In September 1939, the blitzkrieg began to show results, and the Germans took Poland, which was about their size, in a month, and then under the command of Manstein, the Germans successively took Belgium and the Netherlands.
In 1941, when most of Europe had surrendered to Hitler's feet, his mustache was inflated, and he decided to do what Wilhelm II had not done and conquer the giant bear in the east.
On June 22, 1941, Hitler tore up the Soviet-German Treaty, and the "Barbarossa Project" was officially launched, with 5.5 million Nazi tigers and wolves, driving 3,700 tanks, 4,900 aircraft, 190 warships, and towing 47,000 cannons.
From north to south, the troops attacked the Soviet Union in three ways, the Soviet Union was defenseless, Minsk and Kiev fell one after another, and the Soviet army retreated to Leningrad in less than three months.
Moscow can already vaguely see that Hitler is ecstatic, as if the news of the victory of capturing Stalin will come in the next moment, but at this moment, the German offensive is like falling into a quagmire, the speed is getting slower and slower, and finally it is completely stagnant in Stalingrad!
What exactly did the USSR rely on to withstand the German offensive? That's right, it's huge.
At that time, the Soviet Union had more than 22.4 million square kilometers of land, and although the main cities and industrial towns were in the Eastern European plain, it was reasonable to exist, and Siberia seemed to be a no-man's land, but its role was not small at all.
When the Soviet-German war broke out in 1941, the Soviet Union immediately sent troops to block the German army, and the Soviet army seemed to be losing step by step, but in fact it was indeed defeated, but they used their lives to buy enough time for the Soviet Union to implement the industrial transfer.
In less than half a year, the Soviet Union relied on the Trans-Siberian Railway to transfer 1523 industries to the rear, as well as all supporting facilities, you know, the Soviet Union's industrial capacity at that time was second only to the United States.
As long as the industrial base was preserved, they could continue to feed the Soviet Union, and sure enough, in the next three years, the Soviet Union produced 65,000 T-34 tanks, which were transported to the front by the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Although the quality of these tanks is not great, but they can't stand the number of ah, let alone tanks, that is, 60,000 bicycles rushing towards the German army, then the German army is also numb, the number of tanks is still so, let alone the number of people.
After the Soviet Union launched a general mobilization, more than 40 million Soviets went to war, which is equivalent to half of the total population of Germany.
Let's just say that the defense of Stalingrad, at the beginning of 100,000 Soviet troops, against 270,000 German troops, fought for three months, became 1.1 million Soviet troops encircling and suppressing 270,000 German troops, who can stand this?
By the second half of 1942, when the Soviet industry transferred to the rear had returned to pre-war levels of production, it was Germany that would be beaten next.
In addition, the Soviet army can withstand the lightning offensive of the German army and achieve a reverse thrust, resources are also an important reason, the size of the Soviet Union is too large, iron, oil, coal, grain are inexhaustible.
But later, because the German army had too few resources and too long a front, it was difficult to even refuel tanks, and its large size, long blood bars, and thick family base were the biggest advantages of the Soviet Union.
In addition, the weather is also one of the most troublesome factors for the German army, every winter, the rolling cold current from Siberia can kill many German troops, but for the Soviets, this is a matter of two mouthfuls of vodka.
Throughout the ages, there have been few who can win from the south to the north, of course, the most important thing is faith, without faith, how could the 9.15 million Soviets give their lives?
Without faith, how could 19 thousand Soviets work hard for the sake of the country? Without faith, how could the Soviet army coalesce and merge into a torrent of steel? This was not only the reason why the Soviet Union turned defeat into victory, but also the foundation of the Soviet Union's strength.
