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raccoon

(31,901 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:40 PM Yesterday

Eighty-four years ago, Germany invaded Russia.

One of, if not the, biggest mistake Adolf ever made.

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Eighty-four years ago, Germany invaded Russia. (Original Post) raccoon Yesterday OP

The biggest, for sure DFW Yesterday #1

DFW

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1. The biggest, for sure

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Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:45 PM

Yesterday

He thought that because he had been so successful (except for Great Britain--so far), that he could do better than Napoleon. Instead, just as with Napoleon, his attempt to invade and conquer Russia was his undoing. I hate to think of the slaughter that would have occurred if the Allies had been forced to face invading occupied France (or, worse, Britain!) facing a Wehrmacht completely unencumbered by a second war on the eastern front.

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