o.k ladies and gents.was it hitlers intention to create living space in the east,as i have heard from mein kamf,or was hitler absolutely determined to destroy the red army at any price.i have heard that all the germans had to do do was kick in the door and the lot would crash down.what were the orders given to commanders attacking russia.lee.

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Lee, I thought this deserved it's own thread as it concerns the events up to 1941 rather than Kursk in 1943. Owen