Operation Barbarossa/Talk

Before Barbarossa, the Germans and the Russians were allies, having signed an unexpected treaty shortly before the German invasion of Poland.

This wasn't anyting like "unexpected" and it wasn't German but German and Soviet invasion. --Taw

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Right at the beginning of the article it needs to be stated, that Germany was aware of Soviet Union's plan to attack Germany. When Hitler found that out, he right away took the offensive and cought the Soviet Army in offensive position, therefore surprised them. Soviet Union had appr 30,000 tanks , Germany 6 or 9,000?, something like that.

Viktor Suworow , (book Ice-Breaker) and book "Der Tag M" (M=Mobilizing Day) proved that the Soviet Army under Stalin was ready to attack. Suworow recently inspected many documents. He was trained in Soviet Army at Suworow Officer School in Kaliningrad and at Officer College Kiev.

Further down in the article it needs to be stated , that the main reason, for bogging down the German army, was weather, the rains and early winter . H. Jonat

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