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To: cuban leaf
If he had simply focused on Western Europe

His focus was always on the East. He attacked East. He did not attack West until Britain had already declared war on Germany.

19 posted on 01/29/2021 7:59:11 AM PST by edwinland
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To: edwinland

Hitler really wanted an alliance with Britain. When they refused him, he considered it a slap in the face, and von Ribbentrop, also felt insulted by the Brits when he was the Ambassador to Britain, and convinced Hitler that Britain was his biggest enemy.


26 posted on 01/29/2021 8:02:23 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: edwinland

Maybe I should be more clear. If he had focused on the area around Germany, honored his agreement with Stalin (if only for a while longer), and built up his empire, he would probably have prevailed. In the end, he just bit off more than he could chew, at least in the timeframe he chose.


39 posted on 01/29/2021 8:07:10 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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