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Originally Posted by DD_crash
No problem. I find this stuff interesting. I dont think that anyone on the German side realized the consequences of the British still fighting on. In other words no need for the Afrika Korps to exist, no need to build as many U boats, no need to use the paratroops in Crete, no need to keep the Luftwaffe in France Holland and Norway, no problem getting oil from Libya no need to produce as much A/A hardware etc this would make operations in the Soviet Union much easier.
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I think you are absolutely correct, they assumed that after they had finished the Soviet Union off in a few weeks they could come back and deal with Britain. Clearly they never considered that the UK could form the springboard for America to bring her energy, effort and resources to bare. Then again they obviously never even considered that when they declared war on the US! Is that declaration of war the single biggest strategic mistake in military history?
Regards Mike