(March 27, 2016 at 3:35 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(March 27, 2016 at 3:04 am)Cato Wrote: Preposterous. Hitler was no dummy, despite our collective disagreement with his motives and actions. 19th century? Hitler changed what at the time was considered modern warfare and the rest of the world had to adjust. Your conclusions aren't even wrong; they're ill informed and completely fictional.Hitler used tactics other people had used successfully. He had no real allies, he had a small basin of resources, no real navy, he couldn't invade England, his logistics was weak, he couldn't develop new weapon systems because he was under constant attack, he couldn't defend his country, and he couldn't touch the Western Hemisphere nor could he destroy the Russian infrastructure. He lost the war as soon as he fired the first shot. He could only beat up weak countries such as France and Poland. He might have been able to win WWI but I doubt it.
Meh, the world was smarting from WW1 and the great depression. Hitler if he had stopped with the weak countries might have gotten away with it, but his delusions of world dominance got to him and yea, when he fired at Russia that was just stupid, and yea, he had no real competitive military which is why he brought Italy and Japan in.
But the mistake on the part of the west was letting Germany rot after WW1. The chances of Hitler rising if we had helped them would have been slim to none.