Together with aerial support, the Wehrmacht’s tanks had torn swathes through the masses of the Russia Army. Operation Barbarossa had shown the power of armoured warfare when Hitler unleashed Blitzkrieg on the Red Army. This could only be to the advantage of the Germans. A defeat of Russia in the east might result in the collapse of any form of relationship between the Russians and the Allies in the west. It was known that the Russians were becoming increasingly tired at the seeming unwillingness of Britain and America to open up a second front in the west. However, they also hoped to force through a political one.
A successful German offensive had obvious military consequences for the Germans.
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