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Germany and Japan had a screwy alliance. Japan never declared war on Russia and did not threaten Russia, but as soon as Japan attacked the US Hitler jumped in and declared war on the US three days later.

Biggest fricking mistake Hitler made. No way the US would have been able to get into the European fight after PH without that declaration. Roosevelt would have been run out of office.

Second biggest was attacking the British population centers instead of continuing to attack the RAF bases.

Going into the USSR was not a mistake, because it was his fricking plan all along. If anything, he should have put his main focus on the Caucasus oilfields and Ukraine and just held that, as opposed to "message" missions (Stalingrad really had no strategic importance).

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Posted by doubleb

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Posted on 2/2/16 at 10:08 am to udtiger

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Biggest fricking mistake Hitler made. No way the US would have been able to get into the European fight after PH without that declaration. Roosevelt would have been run out of office.

Exactly

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Second biggest was attacking the British population centers instead of continuing to attack the RAF bases

True, the RAF wason the ropes and closed to being knocked out.

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Going into the USSR was not a mistake, because it was his fricking plan all along. If anything, he should have put his main focus on the Caucasus oilfields and Ukraine and just held that, as opposed to "message" missions (Stalingrad really had no strategic importance).

Yes, but his timing was very poor. Not just the weather, he had a lot of loose ends in N Africa where Italy failed him.
The numerous strategic blunders in Russia came later. It was completely mishandled.

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