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Originally Posted by MRM
I’d rather be stranded on a desert island with Ted than be stuck with only a single author’s books to read. I’d debate with him endlessly about whether Rommel should have deployed his tanks in reserve rather than massing them close to the (wrong) beaches, could Hitler have won Barbosa or was it just the most complex suicide attempt in history, did Heydriech’s death alter anything, were WWI and WWII two separate wars or were they a single 30 years war separated by a few years of false peace, or should you include the Franco Prussian War as a single 70 years war?
I’d expect. Detailed analysis of the best ribs in the strip, the best smoking and BBQing doctrine, and what makes Kentucky flintlocks so special.
I wouldn’t waste any time trying to teach him grammar or punctuation. Even with infinite time some tasks are hopeless and futile.
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Hitler deployed them at the wrong beaches. Rommel was right you do not want a enemy with superior logistics from getting a foothold on the sand. You want to crush them while they are still vulnerable and can not deploy their superiority.
Heydrich had said that if Hitler was going to lead Germany to defeat he would eliminate him, rather than let Germany go down the toilette. Hitler had said of Heydrich that he was heartless. Himmler was afraid of him. Heydrich was the one who coalesced bureaucratic power to the SS and Gestapo in the 30's.
The Gestapo determined who was an enemy of the state without recourse. Thus they became judge, jury and executioner.
It wouldn't be a debate...