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Hitler’s Biggest Mistake — Nazi Germany Could Have Won the War
Hitler deliberately made this decision.
Last week I stumbled on the question “Could Nazi Germany have won World War II?” And when was that pivotal moment?
In May 1940, Hitler and his army performed a blitzkrieg-like attack on France and in June Paris had been captured and the country had fallen. From that moment, the United Kingdom was the country that stood alone against Nazi Germany.
Hitler’s Air Fight Against Britain
After the fall of France, Hitler wanted to fight Britain in the air because he realized that its defense was depending on the RAF (Royal Air Force).
This was called: The Battle of Britain.
German Air Force “The Luftwaffe” attacked all sorts of British infrastructures like airports and he almost had the British Air Force on its knees.
But then suddenly, in September 1940, after a lot of work done on bombing military targets, Hitler decided to shift towards bombing British cities.
His big mistake.
He thought that he needed to break the British morale.
But instead of Hitler gaining here, he lost. The British RAF now had the opportunity to regain control and recover and the resistance only grew.
If Hitler had continued bombing the military targets, he could have pulled it off.
The consequences of such a scenario would have been dramatic. Without Great Britain as an opponent, and with Western Europe under control, Hitler could have fully directed his attention toward the Soviet Union.
This might have led to a different outcome of the war, potentially with far-reaching consequences for world history.
