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Mar 30, 2020
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SingleStrapBackpack
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"irredentist"? You know you can't just make words up, right? 😉
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Dunkirk is an interesting situation. It's one of the most proud moments in
777
3/30/20 10:14pm
Operation Sea Lion. Hitler absolutely wanted to control Britain.
Clark Addison
3/30/20 10:21pm
No doubt he wanted to control it and the channel was an obstacle, that's why
777
3/30/20 10:25pm
This is what the doc I watched last night explained too.
Gerald-DeGroot
3/30/20 10:26pm
Operation Sea Lion was floated around after he realized that peace with Britain
Food Snob
3/30/20 10:28pm
Correct, "Sea Lion" wasn't even conceived until a month after Dunkirk.
777
3/30/20 10:30pm
"irredentist"? You know you can't just make words up, right? 😉
SingleStrapBackpack
3/30/20 10:42pm
Maybe. I don't know if anyone can really know what was in Hitler's mind
Clark Addison
3/30/20 10:45pm
It's a topic that's been debated ever since. But it's too hard for me to
777
3/30/20 10:51pm
As I said above, maybe. But I tend to side with Chilago's point. Goering convinced Hitler that
Clark Addison
3/30/20 10:58pm
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Food Snob
3/30/20 11:03pm
Except he knew attacking Poland meant war with Britain
2FarGone
3/31/20 12:21am
Doesn't matter what was on Hitler's mind; the Kriegsmarine wouldn't have lasted
BeardedSpock
3/31/20 7:40am
You're right, but they had planned to take out the Royal Navy by the air
2FarGone
3/31/20 10:26am
The doc I watched last night said he wanted to send his troops to go massacre
Gerald-DeGroot
3/30/20 10:22pm
Yeah, the more conventional story is that Goering convinced Hitler to let him
chilango
3/30/20 10:26pm
This is correct. Hitler wasn't letting them get away. He just listened to poor
IrishBlue
3/30/20 10:45pm
I am not sure where you got that idea
2FarGone
3/30/20 11:34pm
RE: I am not sure where you got that idea
777
3/30/20 11:36pm
Victor Davis Hanson is a good historian
2FarGone
3/31/20 12:11am
Capturing the majority of British troops was his intent.
CougarThug
3/31/20 1:25am
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