Comments by "ricardo kowalski" (@ricardokowalski1579) on "Paulus Fails! BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E27" video.

  1. Premises: 1- If Hitler secured the eastern front before attacking west (Ribbentrop/Molotov pact), it was because he already feared soviet strength. Enough fear that he did not want to take on the soviets first, without securing the western front. 2- The germans planned for a fast, mobile, different kind of war. And it was succesful. TOO SUCCESFUL. France fell so fast that the germans were (positively) surprised, and learned the wrong lesson from this. 3- The quick victory in the west changed Hitler's perception of the relative risk the soviets poised........ QUESTION... when did the hubris from the "fast and easy" western campaign convince Hitler that invading russia was going to be equally easy? He feared the soviets enough in 1939, but at some point he stopped fearing them, as evidenced in the "just kick in the door" comment.
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  2.  @ZER0ZER0SE7EN  That is the point. France only had a defensive strategy, and would never make good the promises to aid Poland. France and England would not have started a second front until much later. The alternative was not to attack Russia towards Moscow first, it was to attack Russia towards Stalingrad first, taking over Romania on the way. Leave Poland alone, as a buffer.
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