Complete the passage with words chosen from the box on page 14. When Hitler decided to launch his ___ (1) of Russia, his thought that nothing could___ __ ___ ____(2) of his armies. _____(3), it seemed, was inevitable. He had surprise on his side, ____Stalin __ ___ ____ (4) by____(5) his attack without a_____(6) of war. Hitler expected the _____(7) to last only a few months. In the event, it was to ___ __(8) for much longer. Like Napoleon before him, he had made a fatal mistake in failing to___ ____(9) the severity of the Russian weather. Many German soldiers were to die from the cold as winter set in, ____the German advance ___ __ ___(10).