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Editor says, what if Adolf Hitler cancelled Operation Barbarossa? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
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In 1941, on this day Adolf Hitler cancelled plans for Operation Barbarossa.
An Indirect ApproachFully attuned to Sun Tzu's maxim "the way to avoid what is strong is to strike what is weak", the German High Command had been opposed to a frontal attack on the strength of the Soviet Union. And the unexpected success of the Afrika Corps presented a new option, a drive through the Middle East into Iran, threatening the Soviet Union from the south.
"The way to avoid what is strong is to strike what is weak" ~ Sun Tzu, Art of WarfareSuch an indirect approach also had the benefit of providing Germany with unlimited supplies of oil. Unswayed by this self-evidential military logic, Hitler, insanely, had higher order priorities, namely Lebensraum ("Living Space for the German people") and the Final Solution. But that was until occultists convinced Hitler of the unlimited potential value of artifacts in the Middle East..
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~ Silliest part is that his best hope for actually beating the Soviets was to let them attack first and then fight on good supply lines in Poland and Rumania. In reverse at some point on the road from Alexandria to Basra the Tory Caucus in Commons would have had enough of Churchill's War.
Responding comment from Ed:
Exactly, thats the whole point of my story, Hitler was insane.
~ Without pissing away his strength in Russia, and turning Stalin from a complaisant ally into an enemy, Hitler could have held on to what he held in Western Europe till the cows came home.
~ Just a passing thought - what if Hitler did indeed manage to grab the oil fields, then shipped said oil to Japan to circumvent the US oil embargo, would Japan then avoid war with the US? So no Pacific War? Just a thought...
Responding Comment from Scott Palter:
No. Not enough supply. At the time, it was mostly limited to Iraq and transported by means of the TAPline. The Japanese desperately needed Indonesian production.
~ I agree with Eric Oppen: If Hitler's Wehrmacht hadn't been tied down in the east, the Reich would have been able tohold on in the West far longer. The political consequences might have been greater pressure in Britain to seek a separate peace rather than risk the prospect of a German invasion. (Understand, the prospect of a revived Operation Sea Lion would have been questionable, but it iight not have looked that way to ordinary Britons, or to many of their leaders, in these circumstances.)
~ By any chance have you guys read "Hitler's Desert Storm"?
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