1812/1941: Hitler’s Obsession with Napoleon’s Defeat

When Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941, Napoleon’s failed campaign was on many minds. Hitler specifically wanted to avoid a repetition of 1812 and even when his luck ran out was adamant to avoid any comparisons. » SUPPORT US » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES Englund, Steven. Napoleon and Hitler, in The Journal of the Historical Soviety VI: I, 2006: 151-169. Lentz, Thierry. 1941-1812. Les protagonistes de l’opération Barbarossa et le souveni