German historiography on the missed opportunity" of Germany in the war with the Soviet Union
The article reveals the views of the historians from Germany and the memoirists on the events of The Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union in 1941-1945. The article is based on great factual material of the works of the national and German writers. There is also a critical analysis of the German historiographers opinions about the original reasons of the war, its aims and nature, about the reasons of the victory of the soviet people over the fascist Germany.