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8/26/2009 7:46:00 AM
"Sam the Bam" <samthebam1@gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> OK, with hindsight, Britain was a problem. (But Hitler did try to conquer
> it. He just failed.)
> The failure to whup England was the same as
vs. Russia - Hitler's decisions, not the military's.
Specifically, bombing the cities, terrorizing civilians.
No. Read more about the Battle of Britain. Who called the shots when, who
wanted and respectively forbidden to bomb cities when, what were the chances
of winning for the Germans when the Battle of Britain turned into the Blitz.
> Big waste of pilots and planes.
Sure.
> They could have taken the oil fields, and called
a truce. Hitler wanted more...
No. They tried very hard to take the oilfields, and failed.
> You should judge him on 1935-1943 or so. What "disastrous strategy"
> do you think he had then?
> Invading Russia before making peace with England.
Little choice there.
> Continuing to attack each winter.
No. It was the Red Army that attacked each winter, not the contrary.