re: What fascinates you concerning WW2?

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If Hitler had been successful on the Russian front, how far would he have pushed? To the Urals?

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That's speculation but I'd say yes, the Urals. The general assumption was that the Soviet government would collapse by that point.

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Why did Hitler allow the delayed start date?

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The coup in Yugoslavia. The Germans had to invade Yugoslavia and then push the British out of Greece and Crete to secure their southern flank. This pushed the start date back. I don't think waiting another year was in the cards. Hitler was notoriously impatient and to this point, everything had gone right. Reality that his winning streak couldn't last forever hadn't set in yet, and you could make a case that Hitler never really came to terms with this reality until the very end.