Man[goes] to WW2

We often remember the ending of WW2 as the courageous, justice-seeking, righteous American & British forces fighting off the racist, fascist, cruel Nazis, Italians, & Japanese forces.

However, in the European theatre, we mostly never give attention to the Nazis' self-made "blunders" that caused their defeat. For example, the delay of Operation Barbarossa. It was partly caused by Hitler's fears of facing the USSR. The psychological war between Hitler and Stalin was very important and is very interesting to read about. It was clouded by each others prejudices and fears. Both of them were scared of each other. This fear caused hesitation like did Hagar's love for Milkman in Song of Solomon.

 

Hitler was right. Winners do get to define everything, huh? It is ironic how he was the one who dreamt, but it was the enemy that succeeded.

Now, let's go back to some of the "blunders."

Many say that Hitler not being able to convince Turkey and Spain to join the Axis was a pretty devastating. However, Turkey was a new country with little or no previous interaction with the Nazis. Spain, on the other hand, was a bit of a different story. There was a recent civil and Germany had helped Francisco Franco win the war. So, they should have been able to convince him to join. There were some fears for Franco, of course. He was a new leader and the country had low resources and forces. However, the big player was head of German intelligence, who believed that Germany could not win a two front war. So he persuaded Franco to make absurd demands to Hitler that Hitler would definitely refuse.

 

If Spain had joined the Axis powers, they could have punctured Britain's main artery, via Gibraltar : the supplies that came from its African and Asian colonies - especially, India. It would have even made it really hard for Britain to supply the war in Africa, Hitler's soft underbelly.

 Unity was a big "blunder" in the Nazi regime. Hitler, himself, could be considered a big blunder. He had many diseases and took many drugs to fight them. This often deluded him.

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