He considered Britain to have effectively been defeated, in all except a deal having actually been reached. He thought he would have a quick victory over the USSR (always the flaw), then Britain would finally give up and sign a peace treaty.
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Pechente@feddit.org 1 month agoIf you’re brainwashed by your own propaganda, this probably feels like a good idea
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I don’t think they wanted to do that. I believe the plan was to pressure the UK to make deal and once that was done they’d be free to attack USSR
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
My understanding is that Hitler always imagined that the UK would be an ally of his: Germany would be the superpower on the European continent, the UK would have its overseas empire.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Should’ve known the Brits were way too proud for that hah
Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Also, how are you supposed to keep control of an overseas empire without a strong seat of power? Even after winning the war the Brits still lost it.
Im_old@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Apparently not that proud
en.m.wikipedia.org/…/British_Union_of_Fascists
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Hitler was actually an admirer of the British and initially sought an alliance or other non-hostile arrangement. Only when that didn’t work he went to war with them