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Originally Posted by TiredOldSoldier
IMO it's was not just logistics, let's not forget the Germans in a sense "beat" the Russians in WW1 despite fighting a multiple fronts war then as well so beating the USSR would not seem impossible to a 1941 observer as Germany could concentrate East much better than it could have in WW1.
But the Kaiser and his advisors did a much better job in separating the people from the leadership than Hitler was capable of, IMO the root of the German defeat East lies as much in racist policies and lack of focus as in poor logistics.
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I completely agree with you regarding the racist and cruel policies that the germans employed towards the people on the eastern front. One has to wonder sometimes what hitler was more worried about....the military side of the war or the extermination of other races...
We all know that even in the dying months of the riech he diverted much needed supplies or had them wait on the side while train loads of jews were still being sent to their deaths.