Hitler's Blitzkrieg Policy

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The policy begin on December 10th 1941.
Hitler dismissed the same generals who invented the Blitzkrieg, because they told him it was a bad idea.
Hitler believed that Germany would win by sheer will power.
This policy only effects the eastern front of Germany.
The policy was made during the battle of Moscow, a time of stalemate at winter.
Hitler made the policy because he was obsessed with "Lebenstraum", this was living space for the German people.

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