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ShineboxPhil posted...

Too much of the Nazi Leadership were like Hitler, ordinary infantrymen in the Kaiser's army, who had little grasp of the full scope of the war.

Yeah, the closest I think he had in his inner circle to someone who was a real officer was Herman Goring, and Goring only led JG I towards the end of WWI after The Red Baron died. Or did he only have Jasta 11? Doesn't matter in the long run. Running a Squadron is a lot different than running a whole air force. That had an armored land division for some stupid fucking reason.

The other problem with invading Russia is that prior to fighting them, he'd faced small countries. Russia is not small, to state the obvious. And once they moved most of their factories east of the URals, well, that was it. They have a huge population, and now you can't even stop them from making weapons of war. Then you declare war on America and you have the same problem, plus a giant ocean. And you don't have any four engine bombers. Why? Because some other officers convinced Goring they were useless, a fact Goring bemoaned late in the war. If they could reach the factories it may have made a difference. But then again probably not.