Yes
Because the Germans invaded them.
2 February 1943
The biggest defeat for the Germans came when they surrendered after losing the Battle of Stalingrad, February 2, 1943.
Winston Churchill
They conducted a scorched earth withdrawal that deprived Napoleon's of food, fodder and shelter during their retreat beyond Moscow.
Scorched earth policy.
Scorched earth and retreating to stretch his supply lines.
to defeat the japanese first and then turn attention to the germans
Russia.
No.
According to the findings of a diary the defeat of the Germans was brought on by when Hitler decided to take his men out by fear of losing them.
stalingrad................