Quote:Hitler's biggest strategic blunder was his casual declaration of war against the U.S after Pearl Harbor. He really wasn't under any obligation to do so. It really would had been a tough sell for Roosevelt to the U.S. public that the Americans should go after the Nazis first (rather than the Japs) if Germany stayed neutral. hitler's declaration solved that problem.
During WWII, it really didn't matter how elite or non- the SS or any other German troops were. Never mind their tactics, the overall Nazi strategy involved getting in a war with three nations that together overwhelmingly outnumbered and out-produced Germany; once the Allied war effort got into gear, nothing short of a science fiction deus ex machina could possibly have saved the Axis.
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Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell