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Originally Posted by James_Joyce
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they had a lead in the arms race, nerd. That's in the military/scientific sphere. i've already acknowledged their economy was flagging. and don't tell me your argument that there was no scientific lead in 1939 hinges on leading (german) scientists having emigrated by 1939. German aeronautics and chemistry and pharmacology were all leaps and bounds above the Allies in numerous ways even in 1945, even if there were technologies in the other bloc that the germans didnt share.
You don't have to be so butthurt about your American public school tier understanding of WW2. We've all been there. Although, in my own public school I learned that Nazis were mad scientists with long moustaches and loony superweapons.
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1.) I'm not American
2.) I've never stated anything resembling "the Nazis were mad dogs" or "mad scientists"
3.) A large part of Germany's military success was because they had brilliant tacticians as generals. People such as Romel (sp). Not because they had an economic and scientific lead on the world. But, you think invading the soviet union (an ally at the time) was a good idea, demonstrating utter incompetence and a total lack of understanding about strategy and military maneuvering. The idea was Hitlers, and was a large part of why his top generals decided to try and assassinate him.
4.) You know what they say about assuming.