Chapter 039: A Review of Germany's Eastern Strategy
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The Barbarossa Plan, a Nazi Germany's plan against the invasion of the Soviet Union to seize more living space, began to be implemented on June 22, 1941.
Many people in Wang Hanzhang's time believed that Hitter should not invade the Soviet Union or should be implemented later, maybe Nazi Germany would win, but Wang Hanzhang believed that Hitler was not wrong in implementing the plan, what was wrong was that the plan ultimately failed, and the winner was the prince and the loser, and the right to speak was in the hands of the winner.
What was the situation in the USSR at that time? After the great purge of the Soviet army in the 30s, most of the outstanding commanders and fighters and experienced generals were persecuted, which caused the combat effectiveness of the entire Soviet army to decline rapidly, and the vast majority of advanced combat ideas and advanced equipment were forced to stop, such as the use of new weapons such as air forces and tanks, which was fatal, and the direct consequence was that in the early stage of the war, the Soviet army was crushed for thousands of miles and a large area of the country was lost. As far as the situation was concerned, it seems that Stalin did not have absolute control over the Soviet Union, and from the brutal methods of political struggle he employed, it seems that he aimed to strengthen his "dictatorship" and absolute control over all powers. The Slavic nation has been a nation with a strong desire for aggression since ancient times, and its desire for territory and its strength can be seen from the fact that Tsarist Russia forced the Qing government to cede 1.5 million square kilometers of land, and Stalin naturally did the same. The Soviet Union, since the implementation of the "Stalinist model" economic system, has established a complete set of industrial systems, and when the rest of Europe could not get out of the quagmire of World War I, its total economic output has jumped to the second place in the world, the first in Europe, second only to the United States. After realizing the economic construction of the Soviet Union, Stalin began to turn his attention to Europe, eager to rebuild the prestige of a great power and realize his dream of becoming a great power, and war was the best means. The rapid rise of Nazi Germany in Europe greatly exceeded Stalin's expectations, and from the reality of Stalin's understanding, Stalin must have realized that he had to wait, wait to be ready for war.
On September 1, 1939, Germany blitzked Poland and destroyed Poland in an instant, Stalin joined forces with Nazi Germany to carve up Poland and signed the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" in order to obtain a strategic buffer zone and avoid premature involvement in the war, waiting for the opportunity. Didn't Stalin have any intention of attacking Germany, there must be, only Germany, which defeats the strongest army in Europe, can become the hegemon of the European continent, and as for France, which is known as the first army in Europe, it is just that he did not think of himself.
Wang Hanzhang believes that Germany carried out the Barbarossa plan for the following reasons:
1. Germany, having experienced the First World War, has realized that the hope of victory in a two-front battle is very slim, and what they are most afraid of is that the Soviet Union will attack from behind at a critical period, resulting in the defeat of the entire war. As for France, another powerful country in Europe, they never thought that the defeat in the First World War gave France, and it was often the enemy who knew itself best, and Germany, which was always preparing for war, was already well aware of the situation in France, and its absolute trust in the "Maginot Line" and the aging of the combat thinking of the French government and army had gradually reduced Europe, a former power, and it was only a matter of time before France was defeated, and the biggest problem was the Red Soviet Union. In particular, the tremendous achievements made by the Soviet Union in economic construction made Nazi Germany deeply wary of it, and it was urgent to eradicate the nail behind it.
2. Hitler was deeply worried about Stalin. Although the Great Purge caused heavy losses to the Soviet army, but also enabled Stalin to achieve absolute control over the entire army, with the new with the new systematic study of the new generals and the support of the constantly innovative and powerful industrial system, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army will inevitably gradually recover, even by a large margin, if you wait until the construction of the Soviet army is completed, I am afraid it will be too late to strike at the Soviet Union. Stalin also made a great leader, who had a strong political skill and strategic vision, but also had a positive and powerful ambition, certainly not willing to be lonely, after consolidating its dictatorship, the integrated Soviet Union was extremely terrible, so it could only strike first.
3. Hitler's error in judgment. At that time, Europe regarded the Red Soviet Union as a fierce beast and had a strong hostile heart towards it, and armed intervention in the Soviet Union at the beginning of its establishment, although it did not succeed in the end, but it was also carrying out sabotage activities at all times. Hitler believed that if Germany attacked the Soviet Union, not only would the European countries not be embarrassed by Germany, but on the contrary, they would definitely support it, and the "quiet war" of Germany's Western front also prompted Hitler to make up his mind. It's a pity that he mistakenly missed the United States, the first industrial economy power on the other side of the ocean at that time, and its president Roosevelt profoundly understood the truth of "cold lips and teeth", and realized that if the Soviet Union was completely taken over by Nazi Germany and controlled its complete industrial system, it would not be able to compete with Germany if it relied on the West alone, and would only fail in the end, so Roosevelt used the influence of the United States to promote a military alliance between Britain and the Soviet Union to jointly resist the threat from Germany.
4. Hitler had absolute trust in the "blitzkrieg". The rapid destruction of Poland proved to be a sign of the sheer power of the Blitzkrieg. The western part of the Soviet Union, like Poland, was mostly an endless plain, ideal for a blitzkrieg, and the "underground" judgment of the Soviet army's combat effectiveness contributed to its mistaken prediction that Germany would soon defeat the Soviet Union, and thus allow it to concentrate on dealing with Britain, the last obstacle in Europe. It is a pity that Hitler seriously underestimated the determination of the Soviet people to resist aggression and the strong strategic depth of the Soviet Union, the powerful population resources of the Soviet Union and a series of key mistakes of Hit, which eventually led to the rapid bankruptcy of the "theory of quick victory" and the destruction of the imperial hegemony.
5. Resources of the USSR. Germany is a resource-poor country and its own resources are not able to support its vast war machine, all kinds of such as steel. Oil and other important strategic resources have to be imported from abroad, and with the progress of the war and the blockade of hostile countries, these resources cannot meet their needs, and this has become a malpractice that restricts the course of the war. Germany did not have a strong navy to compete with Britain for supremacy at sea, nor did it have a vast colonial supply, so the only way to find a target on land that could provide resources was the best choice. The Soviet Union has a vast territory, human resources, and natural resources, coupled with the initial establishment of a complete industrial system, which can completely become the "engine" of the German war machine, and the seizure of the Soviet Union can not only have a stable rear and strategic depth, but also may provide a steady stream of materials for future wars, and the sooner the Barbarossa Plan is implemented, the better.
Summing up, it can be concluded that Hitler was right in implementing the "Barbarossa" plan, and if successful, Germany could definitely achieve global hegemony. Perhaps it is providential that Hitler should not have been judged by success or failure, and that Hitler should not have carried out this plan.
Wang Hanzhang was worried that Hitler would not be wary of the Battle of Stalingrad and would not take his reminder to heart, so Wang Hanzhang planned to write an article to stimulate Hitler again, and this time the discussion was Germany's "Barbarossa Plan", but at this time, the name of the "Barbarossa Plan" was not yet known, and Wang Hanzhang naturally could not directly use the name "Barbarossa Plan", so the "Barbarossa Plan" was renamed the "Eastern Plan".
Wang Hanzhang objectively evaluated the feasibility of this plan in the article, and then pointed out Hitler's shortcomings, that is, the above five points, and finally pointed out that Hitler's national policy was wrong, and the reason why countless Soviet Russians came out to greet the German army with delicious food and drink should be that Stalin's purge was too cruel, and it had made the Soviet Russians hate Stalin blatantly.
The reason why Soviet Russia is resisting so fiercely now is because the Russians feel that the German army is not as good as Stalin's, and in addition to Stalin's extremely effective policy, the current German army is extremely fierce in confrontation, which is also an important reason why Germany will eventually lose.
Hitler had just left Wang Hanzhang behind, Wang Hanzhang came again, with the previous reprint, this time Wang Hanzhang came to comment on Hitler's Eastern strategy, so the major newspapers reprinted it one after another.
Soon several giants of the world read Wang Hanzhang's analysis, and the most surprised was Hitler himself, although Wang Hanzhang said in the article that Germany would lose in the end, but in the article Wang Hanzhang also agreed that Hitler's plan was correct, but he did not deal with many things, and Hitler had to rethink his strategic problems.
The reason why Hitler considered it, in addition to the reason for the battlefield situation, and Wang Hanzhang was in the camp of the Allies, although the two sides only declared war and did not directly engage each other, but they were still enemies, and Hitler still attached more importance to the analysis of the enemy.
And Stalin and Roosevelt smiled heartily when they saw this newspaper, and their smile was very obscene, very obscene, and at the same time they began to pay attention to Wang Hanzhang.
Although the analysis of the article is a bit nondescript, but a lot of things are said on the point, you must know that Wang Hanzhang is only in his early 20s, if he has been training for a few years, he will definitely be a great figure, although defeating Germany now is the top priority, but the future needs to be considered.
At this point, Wang Hanzhang's goal was truly achieved, and the history of the European War would be rewritten, and the Battle of Stalingrad would also be rewritten.
Perhaps next time Stalin will hate Wang Hanzhang very much, and Roosevelt and Churchill, Germany will have to sacrifice more if they maintain their strategic superiority. But regardless of them, Wang Hanzhang only considers China's interests, he is a later generation, and he knows what history is like if it has not been changed, so it is impossible not to change history when it can be changed, but Wang Hanzhang is still a little weak-minded, after all, if Germany wins, then Japan will also be changed, as for how Japan will change, it is really difficult to predict.