The invasion of the Soviet Union can be considered one of Hitler's greatest mistakes. In 1941, Hitler and Stalin concluded a non-aggression pact. Hitler decided to renounce this pact and invade the Soviet Union in 1941 with Operation Barbarossa. Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union posed a great risk and ultimately led to the fall of the 3rd Reich. The Soviet Union was a country with vast resources and a much larger population than Germany. There appear to be many risks associated with an attack on the Soviet Union. So why was the Soviet Union attacked by Germany in 1941? Hitler wanted his country's population to increase. Germany's territory was small and if Hitler wanted population growth, he would need more land. Hitler is reported to have said: “The growth of the population can only be compensated by the growth and expansion of Lebensraum. » One of the reasons Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941 was what Hitler called Lebensraum. Lebensraum means living space. Hitler needed new ground for Germany's surplus population. Hitler knew that most of the world had already been carved up by colonial powers, so he turned to the East in search of new lands. Hitler said: “If we speak of the soil in Europe today, we can think first of all only of Russia and its vassal border states. » Hitler saw Russia as the only country large enough to meet Germany's "territorial demands for living space." Hitler saw how vast the territory of the Soviet Union was and he wanted the German people to have the rich land they owned for the surplus German population. If Hitler succeeded in seizing the lands in eastern Germany, he would have enough space to accommodate the excess German population. The Soviet Union had many hectares of uninhabited land. The Soviet Union was expanding from Europe... middle of article... my topic. Stahel's book further contributed to my understanding of the Soviet experience. Stahel detailed the ideological aspect of the war. Many people know that the Soviets and the Nazis had different ideologies, but they don't know why. It seems that Stahel's main goal in his writings is to show the difference between ideologies. The Soviet tragedy did not contain many details about Operation Barbarossa and the reasons for the attack. Malia wrote about the Soviet Union being rich in resources and about the ideological nature of the Nazi Party. Malia also wrote that Hitler's ideological nature was one of the biggest mistakes in his failure in his quest for a Nazi Europe. If Hitler had used the people of the regions he conquered during the summer months of 1941, he might have had a better chance of winning..