Why did Hitler lose the war? (A response to Dhorpatan)

[MagMartinMintal]

see for example: History of the Second World War (Basil Lidell Hart, 1971)

[MagMartinMintal]

Regarding your Stalingrad point: Stalingrad was an important city with many production facilities, tank factories etc., but it would be wiser not to attack it frontally and to cross the river somewhere else (to cut off the supplies running from the east). Also: one of the main advantages of the Wehrmacht was its ability to improvise, to lead a mobile warfare (indirect approach doctrine) etc. Hitler's decision to attack St. frontally allowed Soviets to concentrate their forces...

[MagMartinMintal]

Nice video - thank you very much. I have one objection: Hitler stopped his armies at Dunkirk but probably not because of the impending Russian invasion (Russian army  was still in its reorganisation phase) but rather because he needed the troops for the rest of the French campaign (the French still had a significant number of troops available, although their morale was poor at that time, I would say). I fully agree with your second point (about wanting to close peace with the Brits).

[renotuff]

what about his drug habbit, and how even himler felt his doctor had been killing him slowly, watch high hitler 1/5 , it might not be true, but if it is, we might know how he was thinking before he died, like a meth head. and it was some type of meth he was taking...... when you think about it after you learn something like that, you wonder how he tricked every one, cuz he was a fucking mad man , holly shit

[supermorshu]

they failed at Stalingrad

[bobraking]

he was asleep and no one went to wake him up. so scared

[catskineater]

Why can't there be more intelligent & informative discussions like this on youtube? For the most part it's insults and swearwords .... sad.

[migkillertwo]

could you give us a script?

[epaminodas]

i tried to put it in the description but it didn't work - i'll just pm it to you

[dewinthemorning]

Very good video! I agree with all your points, plus, Hitler was a homicidal maniac. :)

[Dhorpatan]

@epaminodas

Your position on the Dunkirk situation is incorrect. It indeed was Hitler who issued the idiotic stop order, because he was concerned about tank strength, and an Allied attack from the south.

In fact, it is reported that Hitler and Rundstedt had a heated argument, and Hitler insisted that the tanks be halted and the stop order issued. Evidence for the fact that Hitler issued the stop order is also supported by Liddel Hart.

[epaminodas]

i looked into this and you're right. i'm unsure what the official reason was but ther'es speculation he wanted to show his generals he was top dog. it is documented that von runstedt wanted the tanks refit.

[MagMartinMintal]

@Dhorpatan Well, it is not that clear. According to Basil Liddel Hart (1971), Hitler did have a discussion with Rundstedt (24.V.1940). Rundstedt was a cautious strategist, worried about the german northern and southern flank. You must not forget: German fought with the French army for four years in the Great War and nobody could believe it would be that "easy" at that time. They did not have the knowledge we do have today. Hitler therefore "agreed" with Rundstend's advices.

[Dhorpatan]

Hitler also didn't show the military wrong with the fall of France, as France fell more because the French didn't want to fight, then because of any brilliant decisions Hitler made.

[epaminodas]

the brilliant decision i referred was von manstein's sickle plan of invading through the ardennes. when manstein proposed this same plan earlier the army chiefs deemed it radical and didnt even allow him to take part in the french campaign. when hitler was presetned with the plan he overrode the chiefs who had the same misgivings. you're right about the french - the right and left wings were more at war w/ each other than with the germans.

[Dhorpatan]

This was a very informative video, but I have some objections. Hitler didn't prove the military wrong with the Sudeten crisis. It was indeed reasonable for them to think such an act would provoke war. Hitler lucked up from the fact that the Allies didn't want war, and tried to avoid it as much as they could.

[epaminodas]

i meant he proved the military (i.e. ludwig beck's opposition group) wrong because no war took place.

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

i knew you were one of the intelligent ones