The North Army would secure the Baltic, the south would acquire the much-needed coal and oil lands of the Ukraine and the center would head towards Moscow. Prior to his invasion of Moscow, the North Army attacked the Balkans. The battle was taking more effort than planned and caused the diversion of the south army to assist. Another diversion was the indication of British bombers and troops (who he thought he had crippled) were attempting to attack German supply lines and trying to take Yugoslavia. Hitler wasnt going to let this happen so he took several troops and conquered both Yugoslavia and Greece further expanding his ideal that he was unstoppable. This was key due to each diversion of troops weakened the Barbarossa force and delayed the attack on Moscow. After his conquest, he needed to build up his forces to be able to fulfill the attack on Moscow. The delay caused the war to continue into the winter for which the German troops were not equipped or trained causing the eventual defeat of the German army.Insisting that Britain was defeated, Hitler desired to finish off the Soviet Union as soon as possible. His generals warned him of the danger of fighting a war on two fronts, which Hitler would not be able to support. Hitler was stretching his forces too thin. This coupled with Hitlers arrogance that the Russians would be defeated in a short time caused him to be overconfident and overlook crucial details of the battle. His blitzkrieg military tactics could only fight quick, decisive battles. If involved in long, engulfed fighting, Hitlers army was sure to fail. Due to lack of war materials and new personnel, a long battle would spell disaster for Hitlers forces, which was demonstrated in the German attack on the Soviet Union.Hitler was afraid, and unable to launch an attack on Russia prior to Barbarossa. After the invasion of Czechoslovakia and other countries without resistance he invaded Poland mid 1939. Hitler di...
