re: History Thread, Not WW2 Related: What is Britian's single greatest victory?

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Had Hitler allowed them to attack, it would have been a slaughter.

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Precisely. Saving those troops was invaluable to the war.

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2. Hitler thinking that by showing mercy to the BEF and ordering his forces to halt, the British would be more apt to come to the table to discuss peace terms.

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The beginning of a long list of tactical and strategic errors by the leader.

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1. Goering being an idiot can claiming his Luftwaffe could destroy the remnants of the BEF by itself.

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Had he the Air Force we possessed in 1945, this would have been possible. But in 1940, only an idiot (clearly) could have believed this. Hell Germany's lack of a real strategic bomber doomed them in the battle of Brittan before it ever started.