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Originally Posted by LJAd
Barbarossa was the only option Hitler had to win:in WWI germany was defeated by 4 opponents(3 if you count the withdrawal of Russia) in 1940 UK was alone but said no peace. Why ?because they expected help from USA and USSR ;Hitler would not win against those three but they had to be three:without the USA UK and USSR could not win,idem without UK or without USSR .Thus if Hitler eliminated one of the three,he won. Which one? He could not eliminate the UK nor the USA thus the USSR before it was ready.
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Your logic is a little off. Before Barbarossa was launched Hitler was only at war with the UK (only out of the big three you mentioned). Neither the US or the USSR were openly waging war against Germany, and the USSR had signed a non-aggression pact with Germany. Therefore, Hitler certainly wasn't thinking he needed to eliminate one of the three. As was already mentioned, it is unlikely the USSR would have attacked Germany, and if it did it wouldn't be until 1943 at the earliest. So according to your need for Germany to eliminate one of the powers, that is settled by never bringing one of the powers into the war against them.