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Originally Posted by Roddoss72
Oh come on, mate, everyone knew that Hitler interfered in everything that occured on the battlefield, but you make an interesting point, i agree wholeheartedly that he did tell his generals on what he wanted accomplished no doubt about that, and did just about everything to hinder in carrying out what he wanted accomplished.
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We are now starting to go of topic a little bit, but I just cant resist!
It is easy to point a finger at the man in charge and sometimes Hitler may very well deserve it. However, the German commanders themselves suffered from imperfection just as the rest of us mortals. In many cases when the Germans were beaten was due to not Hitler interfering but simply due to the Germans being outsmarted, outmaneovered or simply got a very nasty surprise which they were not prepared for.
Kursk is an example. Hitler said where he wanted the attack to take place, but gave his General Staff considerable control over the planning of the battle. The General Staff had absolutely no idea the kind of forces the Red Army had secretly amassed for the counter attack nor the sophistication of their defenses.
Operatioin Bagration would be even a better example of how the General Staff was deceived as to where the attack would take place which resulted in the complete destruction of Amy group centre.