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He cared deeply because his plan of taking over Western Europe ended in '41
>He took over half of it anyway
see pic related.
And he took over that DESPITE the losses in the early stages of the war. Imagine if a full strength USSR was unleashed on an unsuspecting German, who's army was still largely in the West after a long, drawn out war against France.
French cowardice unironically saved the world.