General George S. Patton
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England could have easily been invaded by the Germans if Hitler had decided to invade England. He chose to invade Russia instead.
Russia saw it self as protecttor of the Orthodox Christianity and the slavic people it sufferd an embarissing defeat by Japan in 1905 and wanted to fix its reputation that's why it invaded Austria- Hungary before Austria- Hungary invaded Serbia it made a pact wwith Germany that if it attacked by Russia Germany would attack Russia.
Initially just Europe and Russia. He planned to stop for a while, build his base then take over the world.
Hitler wanted to control all the world and Russia was part of that. It was also a threat and one of the countries that defeated Germany in World War I.
Hitler wanted to acquire living space for his so-called Aryan race. Despite popular belief, he did not want to conquer the world or Europe for that matter. He wanted to conquer Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia. He successfully annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia without war. He knew that the wouldn't just give him Poland so he decided to invade it in 1939 cause Britain and France to declare war on Germany. That's how World War 2 started.