1812, 1941: Hitlers Obsession with Napoleons Defeat

When Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941, Napoleon s failed campaign was on many minds. Hitler specifically wanted to avoid a repetition of 1812 and even when his luck ran out was adamant to avoid any comparisons. SUPPORT US THANK YOU TO OUR COPRODUCERS John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje SOURCES Englund, Steven. Napoleon and Hitler, in The Journal of the Historical Soviety VI: I, 2006: 151169. Lentz, Thierry. 19411812. Les protagonistes de lopération Barbarossa et le souveni