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Let's talk through it. So Operation Barbarossa that you're mentioning, and we'll go back.

Let's talk through it. So Operation Barbarossa that you're mentioning, and we'll go back.

Straight into it.

Straight into it.

Straight into it.

So this is June 1941, Operation Barbarossa, when Hitler invades the Soviet Union with, I think, the largest invading force in history up to that point. Collectively, yeah.

So this is June 1941, Operation Barbarossa, when Hitler invades the Soviet Union with, I think, the largest invading force in history up to that point. Collectively, yeah.

So this is June 1941, Operation Barbarossa, when Hitler invades the Soviet Union with, I think, the largest invading force in history up to that point. Collectively, yeah.

And there's three prongs, Army Group North, Army Group Center, Army Group South, North is going to Leningrad, Center is going, it's the strongest group going directly towards Moscow, and South is going and targeting Ukraine and the caucus. So can you linger on that, on the details of this plan? What was the thinking, what was the strategy, what was the tactics, what was the logistics?

And there's three prongs, Army Group North, Army Group Center, Army Group South, North is going to Leningrad, Center is going, it's the strongest group going directly towards Moscow, and South is going and targeting Ukraine and the caucus. So can you linger on that, on the details of this plan? What was the thinking, what was the strategy, what was the tactics, what was the logistics?

And there's three prongs, Army Group North, Army Group Center, Army Group South, North is going to Leningrad, Center is going, it's the strongest group going directly towards Moscow, and South is going and targeting Ukraine and the caucus. So can you linger on that, on the details of this plan? What was the thinking, what was the strategy, what was the tactics, what was the logistics?

There's so many things to say, but one of them is to say that you often emphasize the importance of three ways to analyze military conflict, the strategic, the operational, and the tactical. And the operational is often not given enough time, attention, And it's the logistics that make the war machine really work, successfully or fail.

There's so many things to say, but one of them is to say that you often emphasize the importance of three ways to analyze military conflict, the strategic, the operational, and the tactical. And the operational is often not given enough time, attention, And it's the logistics that make the war machine really work, successfully or fail.

There's so many things to say, but one of them is to say that you often emphasize the importance of three ways to analyze military conflict, the strategic, the operational, and the tactical. And the operational is often not given enough time, attention, And it's the logistics that make the war machine really work, successfully or fail.

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i love the the logistical details of all this because yes that's a huge component of this especially when you're covering that much territory but there is a notion that if hitler didn't stop uh army group center it could have pushed all the way to moscow it was it was only maybe 100 miles away from moscow Is that a possibility? Because it had so much success in the early days pushing forward.

i love the the logistical details of all this because yes that's a huge component of this especially when you're covering that much territory but there is a notion that if hitler didn't stop uh army group center it could have pushed all the way to moscow it was it was only maybe 100 miles away from moscow Is that a possibility? Because it had so much success in the early days pushing forward.

i love the the logistical details of all this because yes that's a huge component of this especially when you're covering that much territory but there is a notion that if hitler didn't stop uh army group center it could have pushed all the way to moscow it was it was only maybe 100 miles away from moscow Is that a possibility? Because it had so much success in the early days pushing forward.