Hitler's goals in attacking Russia were to gain "living space" for Germans and to win control of regions rich in resources. He once declared " If I had the Ural Mountains with their incalculable store of treasures in raw materials. Siberia with its vast forests, and the Ukraine with its tremendous wheat fields, Germany under National Socialist leadership would swim in plenty" The attack turned into a disaster when winter came around and temperatures dropped to 20 below in celcius and thousands of Germans died becuase they were unprepared for the harsh and the result of the siege of Leningrad Britain and Churchill joined forces with Russia.