Top 10 Reasons Why Hitler Lost WWII

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(01-26-2016, 10:36 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Also, I know I mentioned it before, but if Hitler hadn't broken his treaty and invaded Russia, I think they win the war.

The treaty was broke before it was even signed. Invading the Soviet Union was the whole point of the war: German "elbow room". And if Hitler didn't break it first (which he wasn't about to let that happen), then Stalin most assuredly would have. Both countries had invasion plans drawn against the other when Ribbentrop and Molotov made the agreement.

Quote:If he would have listened to his generals more, let them control things, and just stayed the track with what was working, I believe that the Germans could have conquered a lot more and ruled most of the world.

Hitler did listen to his generals. He just didn't always listen to the right ones, and in particular, at the right times. Most of Hitlers' time was spent meeting with commanders and reviewing situations and and their plans.

Case in point: Rommel. Rommel was one of Hitler's favorites. And he was a good 'tactical' leader. But Rommel was not good at strategic level thinking. He should have never been a corp or army level commander. He was pretty much universally disliked by his superiors and peers in the German High Command for his strategic incompetence.