> On May 7, 2015, at 6:13 PM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Craig Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> If Russia didn't have lots of good farmland and oil, it's unlikely Hitler would have bothered invading. Before the war, both grain and oil were exported from Russia to Germany.
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> As you said upthread, trade is cheaper than invasion. So the decision to invade wasn't based on economics, but on psychology.

And how well do that work out for him? He got sucked into russia with an over-extended supply line, and limited resources against an entrenched opponent with easy access to replenishment, and near parity in TL (up to parity by the turning point of the war).

I’d say the German invasion of Russia rather proves my point.

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