(March 27, 2016 at 12:01 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(March 27, 2016 at 2:02 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Can we all agree that Hitler was a dummy? He thought he was fighting a 19th Century war. He should have played with toy soldiers. Maybe he would have won.
I don't think it was a lack of intelligence that did him in, but rather his obstinancy in both standing by decisions no matter how badly they turned out, and holding territorial gains that should have been rationalized.
I don't think there's any way Germany wins that war once it attacks the USSR. Period.
There's no way Germany wins the war after Hitler sacks Schacht, because it is at this stage the last hope for the resuscitation of the German economy goes out the window. From the sacking of Schacht onwards, industry was increasingly geared towards furnishing the army, to the detriment of the general economy and German people.
In terms of economic management, military planning, and many other areas, Hitler was as much use as a wet paper bag in a hurricane.
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