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，皇軍進佔滿州， 我沒有反對，因為我要去滿州撈錢。 接著，皇軍發動對支戰爭， 我沒有反對，因為那是支那人自找苦吃。 後來，皇軍發動太平洋戰爭，我沒有反對，因為看鬼畜米英四處奔逃出了一口惡氣。 以後，鬼畜米英來轟炸， 我全力反對，因為我們台灣是無辜的，這是米英的戰爭罪行 最後，天皇宣布無條件投降，我沒有反對。因為我們台灣人是戰勝國國民， 戰爭責任與我無關，我要有跟戰勝國一樣的物資配給好賺錢，也不要坐祥瑞回家！ --

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