Russia is the Far Eastern sword of Britain and the United States pointed at Japan. If Russia drops out of the picture America, too, is lost for Britain, because the elimination of Russia would tremendously increase Japan’s power in the Far East. During the same meeting with his generals at Berghoff, Hitler stated about the invasion of the Soviet Union:” Britain’s hope lies in Russia and the United States.
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Hitler first presented his intention to invade the USSR on 21 of July 1940 to field marshall Brauchitsch, then he officialized the plan on a meeting with his generals at Berghoff, 9 days later, on July 31.