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against the advice of his generals who wanted to push towards moscow first hitler attempted to take control of oil fields and farmland asap to resupply the german war effort, also Russia knew war would come but didnt think they would invade while england remained so they were caught by suprise the easy victories caused Germany to greatly under estimate russia's military strength

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Q: Why did Hitler split his army when invading Russia when Moscow was his main target?
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