Place a “T” in the blank to the left of the number for “true” or an “F” in the b
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Question
Place a “T” in the blank to the left of the number for “true” or an “F” in the blank to the left of the number for “false.” If you determine that the statement is false, briefly explain, in sentence form, why you consider it false.
___1. The main reason why Hitler ordered Operation Barbarossa was because he desperately needed Russia’s vast reserves of natural resources.
___2. Hitler believed that Operation Barbarossa would be over in one to three months.
___3. One of Germany’s strengths during Operation Barbarossa was the high quality of both soldiers and equipment.
___4. Acknowledging that German forces, in September and October, 1941, captured more than one million Russians, and overran many of Russia’s best food-producing regions, it is almost impossible to determine why Germany lost the Russian campaign.
Explanation / Answer
1). TRUE - Those days the availability of natural resources of the Germany was not sufficient to fulfill the demands of the nation and the army, so they imported huge amount of raw materials from Soviet Union in exchange of the military weapons, but during 1939 the economic conditions were not upto the mark to carry out the further exchange of goods basically raw materials from Soviet Union due to Hitler and Stalin's relations thus Hitler decided to conquest Soviet Union in battle of Barbarossa
2). TRUE- The invasion of the Soviet Union was the most ambitious campaign of the Second World War, and yet Hitler believed that it could be won within three months with a fast, powerful blitzkrieg strike.
3). TRUE- Germans force was known as the world's most advanced military force at that time , quality wise it was superb but quantity wise it was not too big
4).FALSE - It is possible to determine the reasons for Germany lost to Russian campaign it was due to the coming of the winter and due to the support of Britain and the US to the USSR and also the failure of the Germans in the battle of Moscow all German plans for a quick defeat of the Soviet Union had to be revised, Attempting to explain matters, Hitler issued Directive N. 39, which cited the early onset of winter and the severe cold for the German failure, whereas the main reason was the German military unpreparedness for such a giant enterprise.