He originally planned to launch the attack in early spring of 1941 to avoid the disastrous Russian winter .
Despite having signed the non-aggression pact with Stalin , Hitler despised communism and wished to destroy it in the land of its birth .
Hitler originally planned to launch the attack in early spring of 1941 to avoid the disastrous Russian winter .
Despite having signed the non-aggression pact with Stalin , Hitler despised communism and wished to destroy it in the land of its birth .