Today I am interviewing two men who were both involved significantly in Operation Barbarossa – Joseph Stalin and Wolfgang Horn. Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII, and made the crucial decisions for the future of Russia. Whilst Wolfgang Horn did not play a powerful role during WWII, he did fight the Soviet Union on the Eastern front, and can provide us with his first hand experiences when fighting the Red Army. (Adams, 2009).
What is your opinion of the Treaty of Versailles?
Stalin: Russia never received an invitation to the Paris Peace conference because of the allies distrust in our communist government. I suspect they were threatened by us, and our communist empire. (Svensson, 2016). Of course, a year before …show more content…
I knew that the allies were afraid of what Germany may do, and I am certain they would have made a deal with Germany if I had not. If the Germans signed an agreement with the allies it would have ultimately posed a threat to Russia, and I knew that no matter how great the Red Army was they would not win the war against the allies alone. I was completely sure that Hitler would sign the pact because of his desperation to invade Poland, and the Red Army was in the way of his plans to expand his Nazi beliefs. Yes, we did hate Germany, but it was logical for us to work together. (Adams, …show more content…
They were determined to conquer the Southern Soviet Union and gain control of the oil fields. Whilst the German and Panzer army pushed us further into the west-bank of Volga, we were planning our counter-attack, codenamed Operation Uranus. On the 19th of November 1942, we surrounded Germany and battled all the way through to the New Year. The Germans failed attempts to rescue the German prisoners we had taken and Hitler’s refusal to surrender caused 200,000 to die and when they eventually surrendered, we continued onto recapture the land Germany had taken from
What is your opinion of the Treaty of Versailles?
Stalin: Russia never received an invitation to the Paris Peace conference because of the allies distrust in our communist government. I suspect they were threatened by us, and our communist empire. (Svensson, 2016). Of course, a year before …show more content…
I knew that the allies were afraid of what Germany may do, and I am certain they would have made a deal with Germany if I had not. If the Germans signed an agreement with the allies it would have ultimately posed a threat to Russia, and I knew that no matter how great the Red Army was they would not win the war against the allies alone. I was completely sure that Hitler would sign the pact because of his desperation to invade Poland, and the Red Army was in the way of his plans to expand his Nazi beliefs. Yes, we did hate Germany, but it was logical for us to work together. (Adams, …show more content…
They were determined to conquer the Southern Soviet Union and gain control of the oil fields. Whilst the German and Panzer army pushed us further into the west-bank of Volga, we were planning our counter-attack, codenamed Operation Uranus. On the 19th of November 1942, we surrounded Germany and battled all the way through to the New Year. The Germans failed attempts to rescue the German prisoners we had taken and Hitler’s refusal to surrender caused 200,000 to die and when they eventually surrendered, we continued onto recapture the land Germany had taken from