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re: When did the German soldiers of WWII realize they were the 'bad guys'?
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:56 am to CCTider
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:56 am to CCTider
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That was a huge stroke of luck for Churchill. Otherwise, we'd have only fight Japan until Roosevelt could find a reason.
Yes, and ANOTHER unforced error by Hitler. Germany and Japan had a mutual defense agreement, but review of it now shows - and the understanding of it among the German command at the time was - that Japan's actions against the United States were clearly offensive and as such Germany had no treaty-derived war-obligation against the U.S. on Japan's behalf. Later interviews with German high command officers have revealed that they believed Hitler was acting impulsively and rashly by declaring war on the United States when he didn't have to.
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Posted on 7/19/17 at 9:23 am to Cooter Davenport
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Later interviews with German high command officers have revealed that they believed Hitler was acting impulsively and rashly by declaring war on the United States when he didn't have to.
He absolutely was. Personally, I believe that decision was worse than invading the USSR. Hitler misjudged the difficulties FDR would have getting the U.S. into the European conflict.
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