However, Hitler not only managed to give a jamb in this. For example, he stopped German tanks near Duker, and as a result, four hundred thousand British and one hundred thousand French managed to escape to Britain. And if these troops were captured by Hitler, then perhaps even Churchill had to go to peace. In general, of course, the decision to fight Germany, which took control of almost all of continental Europe, was idiotic.
But it was Churchill who saved Russia or the USSR.
Without a second front, Stalin's chances against the Third Reich and its satellites would have been almost zero.
So... Putin cursed. He did not like Churchill. Maybe there was even hidden envy towards this leader. After all, after all, Churchill remained in history a legend and a gentleman.
And the president of Russia is called: Vovka-Cain! He really in the history of Russia and the world is now remembered with an unkind word. Yes, he broke loose - he could not stand the temptation and started a big war. The biggest mistake, and first of all a moral one: this is a campaign against Kyiv. At one time, when there was a war in Georgia, the dictator wanted to attack Tbilisi. But the formal president of Russia and the Supreme Commander Dmitry Medvedev spoke out categorically against it. And I had to stop fighting. The five-day war, one of the shortest in world history, and perhaps the fastest in Russian history, is over. One hundred and six soldiers were lost, the Georgians lost a little more. There was then a feeling of annoyance that they did not take advantage of the occasion for the occupation of Georgia. But Dmitry Medvedev quite logically explained that even if they manage to quickly occupy the territory of the Caucasian republic, the Russian army will face a guerrilla war. Moreover, the example of Iraq was already in front of my eyes, which the Americans occupied in three weeks, but faced such partisanship that they were forced to leave from there, having lost five thousand only killed.
Yes, and Afghanistan is the same ... In addition, Georgia is a mountainous country, and there you can really partisan from and to. Plus, the Chechen resistance has not yet ended. Doku Umarov was still alive, and the guerrilla war was going on not only in Chechnya, but also in almost the entire North Caucasus. And in the case of the occupation of Georgia, the entire collective West would help the Caucasians. And the Islamists would also begin to receive help and raise their heads.
So Dmitry Medvedev at that time showed common sense. And perhaps this was one of the few wise decisions he made.
But the war with Ukraine also seemed relatively easy. So the troops of the Slavic brother showed themselves very poorly in the battles of 2014 and the winter of 2015, and of course, the impression was that the enemy was a zero warrior.
Well, on the contrary, about the Russian army, especially after Syria, exaggerated ideas. Like, we are technologically the most powerful in the world. And throw hats on everyone.
It seems that many would think so if they were Putin. And probably the Americans were not cunning when they said that the Russian army could take Kyiv in three days. They also apparently thought that Russia was too strong, and Ukraine was weak. But... Already in the very first days, selected Russian units suffered heavy losses and it became clear that the blitzkrieg had failed.
The war went on, not as he wanted. Perhaps peace should have been made, especially in the first month of the war, when there were the greatest successes. But, of course, I wanted more. Then the losses increased. And then at the end of August and autumn, the Ukrainians achieved tangible successes on the battlefields. They knocked out Russian troops from the Kharkov region and partly Lugansk and recaptured Kherson and the territory beyond the Dnieper. At that time, the Ukrainians did not want another world, some like a return to the borders of 1991.
I had to declare mobilization and transfer additional troops. And in the winter to try again, to advance ...
Vladimir Putin is a stubborn person. Although history teaches that stubbornness can be extremely dangerous. For example, Hitler could have at least partially preserved his regime, and maybe his own skin, if he had gone to peace earlier. Here Hirohito was able to save his life, and even his imperial title, even if he lost real power. And the possessed Fuhrer lost everything. You can remember Ivan the Terrible! Which, offered the world, and part of Livonia, including Narva and Derpt. But Ivan the Terrible wanted Livonia in its entirety. And he continued the war with Sweden and the Commonwealth. Well, I also had to repel the raids of the Crimean Khan. In short, he lost everything he had won, and had to give back some of his own. And the war lasted twenty-five years. Yes, there was an adventure.
However, is Putin all about the past and about the past? Need to decide what to do in the present? Or continue the war with the USSR, given the previous mistakes of the Third Reich. Or still try to make peace with Stalin. Still, killing your ancestors further is not very pleasant. But if you could unite with the communists, against the hated Britain and America, it would be cool!
In fact, Putin, fighting for a year and a half, could not defeat Ukraine, moreover, he suffered defeats there, and even the Taliban opened a second front in the south. And here is a chance! You can achieve a lot. And maybe even become the ruler of the world!
Vladimir Vladimirovich laughed and grinned into his short mustache. No matter what they say about Hitler, he conquered almost all of Europe in two months. Poland, comparable at that time in terms of population and territory with Ukraine, was defeated in two weeks. And in a month and a half, the troops of France, Britain, Belgium, Holland were defeated. More than four million people were taken prisoners alone. Here is the achievement.
Yes, and the USSR suffered enormous losses and was almost defeated. But that's it, almost. Then in December there will be a turning point. And we must quickly make peace with Stalin. But the question is, how to justify yourself to your own environment? After all, it seems that victory in Russia is so close, and suddenly the world?
How can you explain this to your own? In addition, it is not yet known whether Stalin will accept the peace proposal. Especially if territorial concessions are demanded of him. A world without annexations and indemnities sounds beautiful, but after Germany has won so much, and even given some land to its ally, it will look like a betrayal of a concession just like that.
Here, of course, serious problems arise. It would be much easier to hit Hitler a little earlier, before the attack on the USSR. Then the Barbarossa plan could have been canceled, and instead, Operation Sea Lion could have been carried out, capturing Britain, and then Icarus, capturing Iceland. Few people know that the Fuhrer had plans for this as well. On the one hand, the Third Reich does not seem to need Iceland, but on the other hand, the main goal was to protect itself from attacks from the United States. Hitler in this case, however, risked getting bogged down in a war with America for a long time.