Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession
Adolf Hitler's detest of the Soviet Untermenschen was a central part of the F?hrer's ideology. War with Soviet Russia was always to be a precursor to the success of his Aryan vision. When Germany invaded Russia, it took the Soviets entirely by surprise. Until this point, the two had been freely cooperating. What followed was unparalleled barbarism, on a scale of destruction unmatched in history.
Adolf Hitler's detest of the Soviet Untermenschen was a central part of the F?hrer's ideology. War with Soviet Russia was always to be a precursor to the success of his Aryan vision. When Germany invaded Russia, it took the Soviets entirely by surprise. Until this point, the two had been freely cooperating. What followed was unparalleled barbarism, on a scale of destruction unmatched in history.
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