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Originally Posted by Kai-Petri
Yes, but that was often quite fatal for German Army to think that way.
For instance Kursk, Sebastopol 1944, Hungary 1945, Declaration of war to the US 1941, Stalingrad, every lost soldier in surrounded defence positions 1943-45, Keeping the troops in Norway until the end, keeping the troops on Greek islands until they were lost, Bombing England 1944, V-weapons...
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Note that I'm not arguing that Hitler's moves were the best, either politically or militarily. What I am arguing is that in order to understand Hitler's moves you have to understand that he was the supreme leader both militarily and politically. And so I find it hard to buy this what if, given that the premise is that Hitler himself allowed his generals to retreat already in 1944 behind the Rhine, without contesting the loss of the Rhineland. Wouldn't happen. Perhaps with another leader but not with Hitler in power.