Hilter commenced Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941, after delaying his invasion of the Soviet Union for roughly two month so that the Wehrmacht could conquer Yugoslavia and Greece. Many historian claim that thus delay proved fatal for Operation Barbarossa. Had Germany invaded the Soviet Union in April rather than June, they argue, Moscow and Leningrad would have fallen, and Hilter would have achieved his Barbarossa objectives, particularly the capture of Moscow and Leningrad. This assertion is also incorrect. Hilter embarked on his Balkan diversion at a time of year when the rasputitsa (time of rain-clogged roads) prevented extensive military operations on any scale, particularly mobile panzer operations, in the western Soviet Union. Futhermore, the force Hilter committed in th Balkans was but a small portion of his overall Barbarossa invasion force , and it returned from the Balkans in good condition, in time to fulfull its role in Barbarossa. A corollary to this issue is the thesis that the Wehrmacht would have performed better had Hilter postponed Barbarossa until the summer of 1942. This too us quite unlikely, since Stalin's program to reform, reorganize, and reequip the Red Army, which was woefully incomplete when the Germans struck in June 1941, would have been fully completed by the summer of 1942. Although the Wehrmacht still have been mire tactically abd operationlly proficient than the Red Army in 1942, the latter would have possessed a larger and more formidable mechanized force equipped with armor superior to that of the Germans. Futhmore, by this time, a decision by Hilter to invade the Soviet Union would have saddled Germany with the onerous task or waging a two-front war against the United States and Britain and the Soviet Union. --The Timimh of Operation Barbarossa, Historical Debates, Colossus Reborn- The Red Army At War 1941-1943 by Col. David M. Glantz. -- 起初，皇军进占满州， 我没有反对，因为我要去满州捞钱。 接着，皇军发动对支战争， 我没有反对，因为那是支那人自找苦吃。 後来，皇军发动太平洋战争，我没有反对，因为看鬼畜米英四处奔逃出了一口恶气。 以後，鬼畜米英来轰炸， 我全力反对，因为我们台湾是无辜的，这是米英的战争罪行 最後，天皇宣布无条件投降，我没有反对。因为我们台湾人是战胜国国民， 战争责任与我无关，我要有跟战胜国一样的物资配给好赚钱，也不要坐祥瑞回家！ --

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