Mussolini delayed Hitler's invasion of the USSR by six weeks as German troops were diverted to Africa to suppress the British in Northern Africa.
Mussolini delayed Hitler's invasion of the USSR by six weeks as German troops were diverted to Africa to suppress the British in Northern Africa. As much as we all hate Hitler, here are some of the facts we all agree. The Nazi's had the strongest army in Europe at that time. It knocked out France in less than Six Weeks forcing Paris to surrender(22nd June 1940. After this, Hitler himself personally visited France for the first time in his life. Belgium was conquered in a matter of days despite a spirited resistance. Poland was crushed to nothing in a matter of weeks. Half of the Soviet Army was either wounded, killed, or captured by the Nazi's in the first 3 months of the invasion. Soviet tanks were reduced from 15,000 to 700. Hitler was winning. Soviet troops were in retreat. Leningrad, Ukraine conquered and Moscow was to be under the hands of Hitler in a matter of days. But mother nature couldn't allow it, The Soviet winter of 1942 turned the tables. Germ