re: One of the gutsiest WW2 decisions ever

Thule decision to abandon Hitler

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Churchill deliberately worked to bring an overwhelming invasion force of US military personnel into his own country during the early 1940's.

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It was not gutsy at all. It was self-preservation and a realization of what needed to be done.

Hitler's invasion of Russia was gutsy... and stupid

Sorry, but the decision to even launch the D-Day Invasion was more gutsy than just having GI's in England. We had to just hope and pray that enough troops were diverted to Patton's bluff at Calais that we wouldn't get pushed back into the channel.

The war would've been real different had we not succeeded on Utah and Omaha. shite, even after we got through the invasion the fighting was some of the worst of the war.

Not really gutsy for stationing American troops in UK. We didn't want to steal their fish and chips. We just wanted to drink their beer and bang their broads while waiting to land in France to kill Germans.

Gutsiest move was Hitler's militarization of the Rhineland. French and English opposition equaled the end of Hitler and Nazi Party. Second is Nimitz at Midway.

Better debate on dumbest decision.

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Wasn't that his plan all along? Also, Hitler rolled both France and England and would've kept rolling them had he not tried to go after Russia like a fricking idiot. Him going after Russia is what caused his demise, not beating up on France and GB.

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No in February 1936 Germany was militarily weak. Poland's ambassador to Germany reported, "Goring was visibly terrified of the Chancellor's decision to remilitarise the Rhineland, and he didn't conceal that it was taken against the Reichswehr's advice. I had several talks with him then. I found him in an utmost state of agitation, and this was just at the time of the London conference. He openly gave me to understand that Hitler had taken this extremely risky step by his own decision, in contradiction of the advice of his own generals. Göring went so far in his declaration as to say literally that, if France entered upon a war with Germany, the Reich would defend itself to the last man, but if Poland joined France, then Germany's situation would be catastrophic. In a broken voice, Göring said he saw many misfortunes befalling the German nation, bereaved mothers and wives...Göring's breakdown during the Rhineland period made me wonder about his psychological stamina. I thought this might be due to his physical condition, since he was using narcotics."

Hitler's plan was to move a few battalions and an artillery battery across the river, but promised his military leaders that he would withdraw in the face of opposition.

Three years later Germany was a different military force.