On 2008-04-08 07:35:26 +0100, Tim Bruening <tsbrueni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In part 1, the Nazis said that the Russians were trying to retake
> Moscow. In part 2, we learn that the timeline went off track when
> someone assassinated Lenin in 1916. As a result, the Communists did not
> take over Russia and industrialize it, so Hitler didn't consider Russia
> to be a threat. Therefore he concentrated all his resources on the
> West. Why then would German troops be in control of Russia at least as
> far as Moscow?
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> How did Hitler even come to power without a Communist threat with which
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"Evil Alien Nazis" was perhaps the silliest idea in "Enterprise", so
looking for intelligent background of that sort is probably pointless;
but then again, what the hell.
Even if Russia were not industrialised, the agrarian vastnesses of the
Ukraine and surrounding areas would have made a useful breadbasket to
supply troops in a protracted war. And it's questionable how far 'fear
of Communism' propelled Hitler to power (though it was clearly a
contributory factor). The economic collapse of Germany during the
Weimar period encouraged political extremism.
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