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You've said some pretty crazy things around here in the last couple of days and that stuff you've said about Hitler is among the craziest.

What I've known for years about Hitler was backed by referring to General J.F.C. Fuller, Captain B.H. Liddell Hart, and Col. Trevor Dupuy.

Hitler's goals were strictly continental.

What I said was confirmed in the record; what you said was nonsense.

Walt

I believe y'all could argue forever over whether or not Hitler and his party wanted to dominate the world, because the evidence for a yes or no on that question can only be indirect. What exactly are we even talking about here? The Nazis definitely had a dream of Germany dominating the world, one way or another, and definitely dreamed of Aryans dominating the world.

Hitler seemed indisposed to fight against certain nations, for whatever reason, but once the thing started snowballing (I think their success in France shocked even them) their goal was definitely to conquer their enemies, or perish.

It is true that Hitler had some kind of respect for the British. Maybe it was the memory of the breath of nerve gas he got in WWI. The Germans could very well have dealt a fatal blow to the British army as they got out of Dodge after the invesion of France, but Hitler would not allow it. The leadership of Germany believed that Britain would inevitably have to settle for a negotiated peace. But we all know they didn't, thankfully.

The Nazis occupied 2/3 of France, but gave their puppet french government 1/3 of their country to "rule."

Maybe the problem here is the definition of "dominate." Walt seems to be saying that the Nazis did not want to dominate the world, but maybe what he means is OCCUPY the world. Two very different things, once again - like nationalism and socialism.

That the Germans wanted to rule the world is without dispute. Whether they wanted to do this through conquering the world was probably disputed even in their own minds, and therefore could be disputed here forever.