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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Should've known the Brits were way too proud for that hah

[–] [email protected] 3 points 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 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn't seem to have all that popular, especially long term

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Shoutout to the time Oswald Mosley showed up in Liverpool with his fascist nonsense and got a rock to the head lol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 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