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Hitler's greatest tactical mistake was not destroying the Allied forces when he had them surrounded at Dunkirk. Had he done so, there would have been no WWII. The reason he issued the "Halt Order" and did not destroy them was because he felt that the British were a superior race on par with the Germans and he felt bad about exterminating their finest.
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Even his mistakes were virtuous. It's a damn shame more nations didn't side with Germany.
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There is a book (of which I have) titled Tthe German General Sta, a Genious for War. The author was a US Army full bird Col (Dupree?). In it, he details the combat effectiveness of the German Army, mostly WW1 and WW2.

The German Army was man for man, 2 to 6 times as effective as any of its adversaries. Frontage, ratios of forces, ratios of losses, and more were all factored in with various formulas.

There was a reason the fruitcakes of France and the UK disbanded the General Staff in the Treaty of Versailles.

Germany lost WW2 because the numbers dictated it. The only campaigns where Germany held real numerical advantages were the initial Polish campaign (although greatly outnumbered in the west for several months) and the Balkans campaign. The events of May/June 1940 in the west should not have happened--it was something of a miracle.

Germany lost the war on 1 September 1939. Nothing but a long list of miracles was going to change that reality.

As for blaming Hitler for the defeat, total bullshit. Although his late war mental issues exasperated the problems, the early victories were had because of him going along with radical ideas. His first crazy order of no retreat in December 1941 certainly saved the German Army from strategic defeat. Later in the war, that success led to poor efforts to do it again.

By the numbers, Allied and Soviet forces performed miserably.
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hesright

Hitler's greatest tactical mistake was not destroying the Allied forces when he had them surrounded at Dunkirk. Had he done so, there would have been no WWII. The reason he issued the "Halt Order" and did not destroy them was because he felt that the British were a superior race on par with the Germans and he felt bad about exterminating their finest.
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Speculation on both points. Some said it was to allow the British to save face--more speculation.

In reality, there was good reason to stop the crumbling armor formations from racing into Dunkirk--very bad terrain for armor, maintenance issues becoming critical, along with battle loss and fatigue. As soon as the infantry divisions caught up, the massive attack was back on. No one was really just allowed to escape. The Allies suffered horrendous losses at Dunkirk.

It is true that had the Brit Army been completely lost in France/Belgium, planning for Sea Lion could have been scaled down to a much more reasonable afair. There is still no guarantee that the invasion would have commenced.

It is all to easy to call out possible errors from campaigns fought long ago. We need to remember that no one, not even Hitler, had a crystal ball.
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They was all high on methlike drugs.
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Bullshit.

Some units (many thousands of men) were given amphetamines during the spring operations of 1940. By the end of the year, ALL official issuing of drugs was stopped. It seems that it caused some discipline issues.

More Hollywood bullshit.
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So your answer is yes they did when they were winning but stopped when they were losing.

Blitzkrieg isn't so easy when you need to sleep.
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They was all high on methlike drugs.
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Bullshit.

Some units (many thousands of men) were given amphetamines during the spring operations of 1940. By the end of the year, ALL official issuing of drugs was stopped. It seems that it caused some discipline issues.

More Hollywood bullshit.
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So your answer is yes they did when they were winning but stopped when they were losing.

Blitzkrieg isn't so easy when you need to sleep.
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It was new stuff at the time and was issued as part of an experiment. The experiment failed. I really do not know which units were given drugs--they may not have done well at all.

The fact is that the army did quite well drug-free for a long time--before and after May 1940.
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They was all high on methlike drugs.
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Bullshit.

Some units (many thousands of men) were given amphetamines during the spring operations of 1940. By the end of the year, ALL official issuing of drugs was stopped. It seems that it caused some discipline issues.

More Hollywood bullshit.
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So your answer is yes they did when they were winning but stopped when they were losing.

Blitzkrieg isn't so easy when you need to sleep.
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It was new stuff at the time and was issued as part of an experiment. The experiment failed. I really do not know which units were given drugs--they may not have done well at all.

The fact is that the army did quite well drug-free for a long time--before and after May 1940.
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You may be right but the documentation and evidence suggests otherwise. It appeared to be handed out like cigarettes.
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Uhm, we're not going to be glorifying and humanizing Nazis that killed close to 30 million Russians
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They kind of lost.bsflag
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only by being zerg stomped by endless hordes of mongrel commie bastards

the glory and honor of that war is theirs, even in defeat
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Yeah I bet you think their leader was wonderful, too
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Bullshit.

Some units (many thousands of men) were given amphetamines during the spring operations of 1940. By the end of the year, ALL official issuing of drugs was stopped. It seems that it caused some discipline issues.

More Hollywood bullshit.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72411668


So your answer is yes they did when they were winning but stopped when they were losing.

Blitzkrieg isn't so easy when you need to sleep.
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It was new stuff at the time and was issued as part of an experiment. The experiment failed. I really do not know which units were given drugs--they may not have done well at all.

The fact is that the army did quite well drug-free for a long time--before and after May 1940.
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You may be right but the documentation and evidence suggests otherwise. It appeared to be handed out like cigarettes.
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It’s Hollywierd bullshit.
Also. Where are you getting your “evidence”?
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Germany was NOT spreading thru Europe, but
rather, ussr was spreading and communism
was forcing every country to surrender.
So Germany had to protect itself.
Amazing how a country the size of Montana came
within a battle of kicking the worlds ass.
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Yeah I bet you think their leader was wonderful, too
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So your answer is yes they did when they were winning but stopped when they were losing.

Blitzkrieg isn't so easy when you need to sleep.
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It was new stuff at the time and was issued as part of an experiment. The experiment failed. I really do not know which units were given drugs--they may not have done well at all.

The fact is that the army did quite well drug-free for a long time--before and after May 1940.
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You may be right but the documentation and evidence suggests otherwise. It appeared to be handed out like cigarettes.
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It’s Hollywierd bullshit.
Also. Where are you getting your “evidence”?
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Pervitin

Try searching.
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It was new stuff at the time and was issued as part of an experiment. The experiment failed. I really do not know which units were given drugs--they may not have done well at all.

The fact is that the army did quite well drug-free for a long time--before and after May 1940.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72411668


You may be right but the documentation and evidence suggests otherwise. It appeared to be handed out like cigarettes.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79982790


It’s Hollywierd bullshit.
Also. Where are you getting your “evidence”?
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Pervitin

Try searching.
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No, tell me where…,
Specifically.
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You may be right but the documentation and evidence suggests otherwise. It appeared to be handed out like cigarettes.
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It’s Hollywierd bullshit.
Also. Where are you getting your “evidence”?
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Pervitin

Try searching.
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No, tell me where…,
Specifically.
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Type pervitin into google, 17 pages of hits all referencing Nazi Germany and use by soldiers.

Imagine typing in crystal meth and Hitler?

It is well documented including in military studies and societal drug use in Nazi Germany.

It was far more prevalent than just a wartime drug trial.

Try google and knock yourself out. Pick any hit you want.

Then there are all the documentaries, again take your pick.
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"What can you learn from a military that lost two world wars?"

That is what someone said about the Germans.


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"What can you learn from a military that lost two world wars?"

That is what someone said about the Germans.


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The german scum are the worst. Fuck all these german mutts. They helped create the current world order and now regret their choices. Fuck them and let them all suffer the consequences. No easy way out this time.
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It was new stuff at the time and was issued as part of an experiment. The experiment failed. I really do not know which units were given drugs--they may not have done well at all.

The fact is that the army did quite well drug-free for a long time--before and after May 1940.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72411668


You may be right but the documentation and evidence suggests otherwise. It appeared to be handed out like cigarettes.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79982790


It’s Hollywierd bullshit.
Also. Where are you getting your “evidence”?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73075231


Pervitin

Try searching.
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I just did some refresher research. The main issuing of the drug was, as I recalled, in April 1940. Millions of doses were issued. Although the real cutoff date was not clear, it is very clear in a military-wide order (from OKW) dated 1 July 1941 that the drug was NOT to be issued or used.

True to form, there are stories that specifications were issued for new drugs. Such new drugs were developed, but the war ended before this could be issued.

The bottom line is that the drugs were issued in time for the French campaign (35 MILLION doses). It is likely those were used up during the 6-week operation. A further 10 million doses were issued in early 1941--the NO MORE.

To state that the German military was all on meth is really quite foolish. If the issued drugs were spread evenly, it would have been enough to pump up German forces for about 10 days in early 1940 and about 2 days in early 1941. Of course, those were not spread out evenly--so some units were high for a week or two.

Hollywied historians never tire in their efforts to twist history to their liking--they must be on drugs--certainly a uch higher chance than any erman soldier '39/'45.
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"What can you learn from a military that lost two world wars?"

That is what someone said about the Germans.


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The german scum are the worst. Fuck all these german mutts. They helped create the current world order and now regret their choices. Fuck them and let them all suffer the consequences. No easy way out this time.
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Just like Churchill when informed of the July 1944 revolt. He said, "let dog eat dog". He was a rabid racist. No doubt he just smiled at the idea of sending French Canadians to their death at Dieppe--you too?
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Russians under the command of General Winter
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Literally joined just now because I was happy to see some people defending Hitler and the German Wehrmacht.

Too many people just can't see past the brainwashing even though it only requires a little bit of critical thinking. I mean it's no surprise that the one man who took the biggest stand against the freemasons and the get lost people as a whole would become the biggest target of media lies in the history of the planet. After all, who controls the media? The same as it was 80 years ago when Hitler called America out for having all it's media run by a small group of a people.

It's also no secret that get lost people are the ones at the top levels of freemasonry. It was even written that "the dirty non-get lost freemasons will never know it's true glory" or something very close to those exact words. So the two go hand-in-hand and most awake people realize that the masons and the elite banking families are the most evil people in the entire world. And it goes without saying who controls all of the banks.

Sorry that this is turning into a long post...it's a topic that disturbs me greatly because I truly believe that while Hitler did not want a world war and tried very hard to avoid it, once forced into it by Britain and France he became our last hope worldwide of ever being able to eliminate these people that are controlling, harming and/or starving (and worse things, that I don't even wanna type about) us all.

I wish we had a leader in America who would do what Hitler did and force the closure of all masonic lodges throughout the country. And pass laws to loosen the stranglehold that the banks have over the rest of the population. And fight against the perversions that these same people try to normalize with the help of their media and movies (and plays, at the time in Germany).

Or someone in the military (or in high level politics) that would say something similar to what Hermann Goering said: "In Nazi Germany there is no room for freemasonry."

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fuck off. Trump was right. Putin was right. All will be hated for eternity thanks to the small international clique that sets the peoples of the world against each other and does not want them to have peace.
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Germany was NOT spreading thru Europe, but
rather, ussr was spreading and communism
was forcing every country to surrender.
So Germany had to protect itself.
Amazing how a country the size of Montana came
within a battle of kicking the worlds ass.
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Weim.r Germany looked a lot like America looks today: massive inflation and funny money, an Elite growing increasingly abusive of the working class, burning of cities and street riots by Communists intent on overthrowing the Nation and its heritage, etc. It all ended when a nobody WWI veteran decided that enough was enough and took his country back the hard way.
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Damn, not allowed to post twice in the same thread from a new account, or...? Try it edit-style...

I'd also like to try and shed some light on the atrocities of World War II, at least the way I see it (I could be wrong about some of this but a lot of it is indisputable): sure, lots of people died in captivity from typhus in Germany, and later also from starvation as the walls began to close in on the Germans and much of the nation itself was starving, including it's military...my point being that it wasn't gas chamber showers that get lost were dying in: multiple studies from people from various countries have proven that there was never zyklon-b in the camp showers. Yup...they were just showers, but the media and history writers are very skilled at deceiving everyone.

Surely there were some disgustingly evil atrocities committed in World War II though...

Like the fire-bombing of Dresden...the ultimate pulverization of Berlin...the atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima...the absolutely despicable way German POWs were tortured and slaughtered by the Russians and also by the British at times- while at the same time, allied POWs taken in by the Germans enjoyed a much better rate of survival because the Wehrmacht was an honorable military.

The Allies, on the other hand, sure seemed to have hard-ons for killing as many civilians as possible. Pretty sick.

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You may be right but the documentation and evidence suggests otherwise. It appeared to be handed out like cigarettes.
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It’s Hollywierd bullshit.
Also. Where are you getting your “evidence”?
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Pervitin

Try searching.
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I just did some refresher research. The main issuing of the drug was, as I recalled, in April 1940. Millions of doses were issued. Although the real cutoff date was not clear, it is very clear in a military-wide order (from OKW) dated 1 July 1941 that the drug was NOT to be issued or used.

True to form, there are stories that specifications were issued for new drugs. Such new drugs were developed, but the war ended before this could be issued.

The bottom line is that the drugs were issued in time for the French campaign (35 MILLION doses). It is likely those were used up during the 6-week operation. A further 10 million doses were issued in early 1941--the NO MORE.

To state that the German military was all on meth is really quite foolish. If the issued drugs were spread evenly, it would have been enough to pump up German forces for about 10 days in early 1940 and about 2 days in early 1941. Of course, those were not spread out evenly--so some units were high for a week or two.

Hollywied historians never tire in their efforts to twist history to their liking--they must be on drugs--certainly a uch higher chance than any erman soldier '39/'45.
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Believe what you want. Pervitin was used throughout German society not just by the army. Even the British and US forces used drugs for their soldiers for and after D Day. To assume it all stopped is unlikely.

The links are there, I am sure some are good and many bad. People can make up their own minds.
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The proper and traditional Reichswehr should have taken over after The Night of Long Knives.
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Cool video. Cool music. Cool directing.
But nobody could ever touch, nor will ever touch the USMC as an effective fighting force.
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Cool video. Cool music. Cool directing.
But nobody could ever touch, nor will ever touch the USMC as an effective fighting force.
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I'd put them right up there as well:

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Damn, not allowed to post twice in the same thread from a new account, or...? Try it edit-style...

I'd also like to try and shed some light on the atrocities of World War II, at least the way I see it (I could be wrong about some of this but a lot of it is indisputable): sure, lots of people died in captivity from typhus in Germany, and later also from starvation as the walls began to close in on the Germans and much of the nation itself was starving, including it's military...my point being that it wasn't gas chamber showers that get lost were dying in: multiple studies from people from various countries have proven that there was never zyklon-b in the camp showers. Yup...they were just showers, but the media and history writers are very skilled at deceiving everyone.

Surely there were some disgustingly evil atrocities committed in World War II though...

Like the fire-bombing of Dresden...the ultimate pulverization of Berlin...the atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima...the absolutely despicable way German POWs were tortured and slaughtered by the Russians and also by the British at times- while at the same time, allied POWs taken in by the Germans enjoyed a much better rate of survival because the Wehrmacht was an honorable military.

The Allies, on the other hand, sure seemed to have hard-ons for killing as many civilians as possible. Pretty sick.
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They kind of lost.bsflag
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They bit off more than they could chew and inevitably lost. Too many enemies and not enough of their own men

But man for man? Arguably the greatest fighting force to ever exist. I cannot and will not admire or condone their methods and actions. But their fighting prowess and efficiency cannot be denied
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Agreed.
And all they had to do was defeat Russia.

What an amazing list of tools they had to use to do it.

Synthetic gasoline
Jet engines
German steel
German invention
They defeated international inflation
Best weapons
Best outfitted troops
Best discipline
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Yes and no. They sort of fell into the trap that the USA has fallen into if you think about it, which was overcomplicating things and building them too fine for war.

There is an audio recording of Hitler talking to some Finnish leader and in it Hitler gripes that all of his tanks are broken down or can't get through swampy Russia. He gripes that he just can't get enough fuel to keep the war machine moving. Meanwhile his well armed soldiers have no winter gear like proper shoes and have to steal them off of Russian corpses.

So while clever for sure, Germany wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Germany's (and all of Europe for that matter) is that they have basically no natural resources like oil so it is amazing they got as far as they did. If he had quit while he was ahead instead of trying to defeat Russia we would probably have a completely different world right now for sure.





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