why barbarossa was expected

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…Russia. By not paying attention to the signs, he could have, theoretically caused the fall of Russia into the hands of the Nazis. The anti-Communist moves, desire for lebensraum and the disloyalty to anyone but himself, were blatant hints left by Hitler to alert Russia of their impending future. The German invasion of Russia was to be expected because Hitler had intended to do so from the beginning and told the world with his actions.