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What were the main mistakes of Nazi Germany that caused them those war such as invasion of Russia and miracle of Dunkirk?
Outside of one, pretty much everything here has things that contradict each other. That’s probably because Germany isn’t strong enough relative to its opponents to pursue multiple strategies. And none of these are likely to work either.
Invading Scandinavia wasted manpower, got bad PR, and could have caused Britain to damage its own reputation if it invades Scandinavia instead. Use minimal submarine warfare. No Battle of Britain.
By 48 the other army's (especially French, British and Soviet) have completed rearmament and you cant even win the BoF...... (and you run out of cash in early 40s anyway.....)Not giving the Kreigsmarine the time it needed to fully prepare itself for war. Plan Z, in which 230 new ships (including four aircraft carriers) were to be constructed, was begun in 1938 and was not expected oeb completed until 1948. Hitler even promised Erich Rader that he would not start the war until that year.
Not giving the Kreigsmarine the time it needed to fully prepare itself for war. Plan Z, in which 230 new ships (including four aircraft carriers) were to be constructed, was begun in 1938 and was not expected oeb completed until 1948.
Out of that many ships to be built, only 82 were finished. Hitler further hampered the Kriegsmarine by placing a emphasis on the construction of U-Boats after the failure of the German surface fleet to destroy a British convoy fleet in December 1942.
By 48 the other army's (especially French, British and Soviet) have completed rearmament and you cant even win the BoF...... (and you run out of cash in early 40s anyway.....)
you need a foundation for a house, a rainy day fund as start to savings program? thus the KM needed to start with their planned class of minelayers (half of which were to also serve as training ships) and a large u-boat flotilla first.
Errrrrr....Hitler didn't have to wait until 1948, exactly, but had he waited until 1940-1941, he could've had at least one aircraft carrier (The Graf Zeppelin) which was 85% complete in 1939. As long as it is protected by U-Boats, it could've had a long career.
Without the early conquests they run out of the ability to pay for anything aboard except for by barter (at the same time as GB/FR are reaming at a high rate with World/US trade/industry) and they also cant pay back internal loans making them even more popular at home.Also, I never understood that. How exactly would Germany have run out of money by the early '40s?
Britain was actually broke by the end of 1940 and would have been out of the war without FDR repackaging/ rebranding US neutrality to resemble beligerence. So perhaps not selling itself in a PR campaign in the Anglo-German war?Going to war with British empire
Contrary to popular belief British empire could survive multiple losses like dunkirk and withstand multiple air assaults like " battle of Britain " .Postwar british propaganda sensationalized it to epic proportions.
Makes good movies but far from reality.
Britain was actually broke by the end of 1940 and would have been out of the war without FDR repackaging/ rebranding US neutrality to resemble beligerence. So perhaps not selling itself in a PR campaign in the Anglo-German war?
Not giving the Kreigsmarine the time it needed to fully prepare itself for war. Plan Z, in which 230 new ships (including four aircraft carriers) were to be constructed, was begun in 1938 and was not expected oeb completed until 1948. Hitler even promised Erich Rader that he would not start the war until that year.
Britain was actually broke by the end of 1940
You sure they'd find the money for that huge plan? And naturally, they wouldn't build tanks and all that sort of other stuff?
I'm not expecting Plan Z to be 100% completed, but Plan Z should've been put into some form of great effect before the war started. To answer your second question, yeah, I see some kind of competition between the Heer and the Kreigsmarine and yeah, Hitler would probably favour the Heer, but if something happens to Raeder during this prolonged peace and Donitz (a man who effectively worshipped Hitler) is put in charge, then I see Hitler taking more notice of the Kreigsmarine.
It was more of a feature of the British global empire - Britain was well situated and equiped to manage a global empire, but the same set-up was not well suited to large scale mass destruction on the continent. If you don't have the shipping available to essentially access your assets from around the globe, then you need to have the currency/transferable wealth then enables you to access resources from where you can. By the end of 1940, Britain no longer had sufficient acceptable currency to access resources to continue the war on ordinary terms. By comparison, companies with ample assets are frequently forced into liquidation because those are unable to pay debts on a timely basis due to liquidity issues.A recurring mistake. Being short on dollars is not the same thing as being "broke", of course.
Britain can't pay for things it needs to continue the war and it does not have the shipping resources to substitute such things - for the purposes of fighting a war, they are broke.30% of the world economy cant 'go broke' it just cant pay for things in USD. Which are only legal tender inside the US.