However, these advantages ended when Hitler decided to attack the Soviet Union in mid-June 1941 to get his create Lebensraum in the East. .
Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, and the Soviet Union also agreed to attack the Poland from the East later that month. Hitler and Stalin had drawn up a secret agreement that would split Poland up amongst Germany and the Soviet Union, and also gave the Soviets the Baltic States. But, it appears that the Germans got the better of this deal because not only did they get a one-front war, they also got numerous raw materials and supplies from the Soviets. Hitler seems to give reasons that he attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941 because they were not giving him supplies, this is not true, the fact is that the Soviets were providing Hitler with more supplies than he knew what to do with. Hence, Hitler not only got to focus on one front, but he also got to trade with the Soviets at the beginning of the war. It seems obvious that Historians ignore the factor that Hitler received supplies from the Soviets, supplies that Hitler and Germany could have used such as oil and wheat. Instead, Germany would not only fight over these resources in the east by the end of the war, but also suffer from lack of them. .
Obviously, Hitler also got the blessing of being able to fight the French and the British in a one-front war as well. By May 10, 1940 Hitler had taken the low countries of Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and France as well. Why were the Germans able to do this? The British and French had declared war on Germany two days after Germany had begun the invasion of Poland, however by the time the Germans had taken France in May 1940; the British were still debating about war strategy in Parliament. The French and the British had fought a "phony war" in the west, hence leaving Germany and Hitler ample opportunity to conquer not only the Poles but by the time Churchill had replaced Chamberlain as Prime Minister of Britain--- the Germans were sitting across the English Channel about to begin the Battle of Britain.