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There were a number of reasons why Hitler attacked the Soviet Union along the eastern front. None of the reasons seems quite logical or reasonable today.
Hitler's book, Mein Kampf ('My Struggle'), described his belief that the Slavs were occupying land that rightfully belonged to the Germans. He believed that Greater Germany needed room to live and grow ('lebensraum').
Although he had a mutual non-aggression treaty with Stalin, Hitler had grown frustrated with the war in the west. He and his military leaders thought that they could cause Britain to sue for peace with bombing and submarine warfare, but by 1942 this had not occurred. He therefore shifted military resources to the east, even though he had hoped to not fight a two front war.
Hitler felt (correctly) that the Stalin regime was weak from numerous purges and that people in the central and eastern European republics (Ukraine, Belarus, etc.) would not fight for Stalin, which proved mostly false. He wanted to take the oil fields in what is now Iran and Iraq. He wanted the gas fields in Ukraine.
He also felt that Communism was totally at odds with National Socialism, and represented the greatest ongoing threat to European security.
No matter the reason, what ensued was a horrifying year-long drive deep into the Soviet territory, deaths of many millions, and finally the two-year Soviet counteroffensive campaign that destroyed nearly everything in its path to Berlin.
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The Soviet Union wanted the US to open up a second front.
What was the two front allied strategy used to defeat Hitler?
First answer: The Eastern front and Western front. The Eastern front: Germans attacked in Moscow. Soviets counterattacked and forced Germans to retreat. The Western front: Under General Eisenhower, the Allied forces took on Operation Overlord to invade the Nazi occupied parts of Europe. Operation Overlord was the start of D-Day. Second Improved answer: There were actually three fronts when you include the Mediterranean/Italian Front. This front began in North Africa, then to Sicily & on to Italy. The Allies fought there way north up the boot of Italy into the southern Alps towards Austria & Germany.
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Hitler's father was beating him up and pushing him, when Hitler was just a child.
What did soviet union want the United states to do in the war?
Open up a second front * apex*
What did the soviet union want the United states' to do in the war?
Open up a second front * apex*
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Russia
Germany's march into set up the Eastern front.?
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The Soviet Union wanted the US to open up a second front.
Did anyone fight against Adolf Hitler?
Look up the events of WW2 - European Front.
How did the Nazis get beat?
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What was the two front allied strategy used to defeat Hitler?
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What if the Germans helped Japan in World War 2?
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Click on curtains (curtains will open, and he will get up).
What did soviet Union want the United Stated to do in the war?
open up a second front
