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Post by Mattification on Feb 6, 2011 9:19:19 GMT -5
A scary thing is that Russia and Germany were allies at the beginning of the War. If they had stayed united, we'd all be living in a much different world today. I think they would have crushed North America eventually. We need to be "thankful" that Hitler was such a power-hungry little psychopath. Allies is a strong word. They had a non-agression pact. Basically they wouldn't attack each other, they wouldn't fight together, and in fact the second the deal was signed they started planning to break the thing. Exactly. Hitler hated the Russians more than anyone, with the exception of the Jews. For Hitler it was all about invading Russia. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 12:09:37 GMT -5
Spreading yourself too thin has a way of biting you in the butt.
One little thing I remember was how the German army went into Russia wearing "summer uniforms". They're thinner and allow more air for cooling during the hottest time of the year. They didn't wear their "winter uniforms" until it was too late. (Anybody who has ever been in any kind of Armed Forces know why you're distributed 2 sets of each. Wear a winter uniform in the summer and you'll know what wilting in the heat is all about.)
It was over when they started drafting boys as young as 13 and as old as 67. What the heck is a 13 year old going to do to keep anyone from storming Berlin?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 12:21:42 GMT -5
Sure he could have, but he made tactical mistake after mistake after mistake. There's plenty of things he could've done right that would've helped him immensely (not turning on Russia so quickly, putting away the UK, winning over Ukraine during Barbarossa rather than subjugating them so harshly, taking the Caucasus, and countless other things) but there's other things that were completely beyond his control and that depending on how they went, also changed the war one way or another.
What if Italy hadn't been repelled by Greece and forced the Germans to intervene on their behalf, allowing an earlier attack on Russia? What if Japan hadn't pulled the US into the war so quickly? What if France had rallied against Germany and stopped the Blitzkrieg cold?
Asking "Could Hitler have won the war" is an incredibly vague question. Which is why all I can give is a vague answer.
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Feb 6, 2011 18:58:29 GMT -5
Not really, it is a closed question, the answer is either yes or no. He never asked for an explanation. So it is pretty much the opposite of vague.
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