Hello irons, in the middle of World War II, when Hitler chose to invade Russia, didn't he learn from Napoleon's defeat?That's an interesting question. Usually people talk about "don't invade Russia in winter" and start with "Russia is too big to conquer" and so on, and these two statements don't suit them. To be clear, neither Napoleon nor Hitler invaded Russia in the winter, nor did they try to completely annex all of Russia. Put on your gold-rimmed glasses and let's break them down.
Let's start with Napoleon. Napoleon discovered a loophole in the rules of war and used it to his advantage. During his reign, he fought 6 wars with all of Europe, and shockingly, he won the first 5.
If the two countries are at war, they send armies to fight each other, and then the winning army goes further into the territory of the losing army. Then conquer the region. Napoleon chose to abandon the traditional supply convoys used by the army in favor of a rapidly mobile force. His men lived on land rather than on supply convoys, which made the French team very fast.
When war broke out, Napoleon used his fast army to close in on the enemy forces and defeat them, and then the enemy would surrender or sign a treaty to avoid conquest. That's why Napoleon was able to win so many wars, and why he was destined to go to Russia.
When Napoleon invaded Russia, the Russian army avoided a battle with him, instead, they burned the land, destroyed the warehouses, and then retreated. Since Napoleon's army had no land to survive on, could only starve, and there were no clear victories on the battlefield, Napoleon was forced to choose the return journey.
Hitler made the same mistake as Napoleon, and Nazi Germany had a fairly simple plan for the USSR.
1.Use tanks and motorized infantry to invade and engage the Red Army as quickly as possible.
2.Kill, capture, or wound most of the 3 million Red Army.
3.With the loss of so many people, the Red Army was bound to collapse and the USSR would have been forced to surrender.
Planning is familiar, right?Engage the Russian army and defeat them, then use this victory to force them to surrender. Subsequently, Germany sent millions of troops, but how could they mess things up?
Germany did quickly engage a large number of Red Army, and also won. A few months later, the Red Army was wiped out, but only on paper. The Germans began to be confused