What if Hitler allowed his sixth army to withdraw from Stalingrad?

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    • aDudeWhoDoesThings wrote:

      A better question would be what if Hitler simply stayed out of military affairs and stuck to the diplomacy and nationalistic sparking he was good at? List of mishaps caused by Hitler
      -the allowing of the British withdrawal at Dunkirk
      -the switching of targets in the Battle of London

      -ordered German advance to halt right before reaching Moscow, allowing the fortifying of the city and reinforcements (not sure the validity of this one, heard it from a professor but did not hear about it prior to
      -the all important encirclement at Stalingrad
      If Hitler was not the military leader, WWII would not have happened(probably)! Most generals didn't want it and Goering was angry and crying when he heard what happened.
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    • Im a strong believer that Hitler lost Germany ww2. Hitler made many tactical mistakes that cost the war. I shall name the 2 'Biggies', first Dunkirk.

      During the battle for france German troops surrounded the British forces at Dunkirk, but instead of going in for the kill Hitler ordered to halt the advance, and when the advance started again the British troops made it out in time. There many theories to why Hitler did such a thing, some say he wanted to gloat at the fact of surrounding the British troops and wanted to make the death 'slow and painful', some say he still wanted an alliance with Britain and so didn't want to crush them completely (Btw some historians say Hitler did offer an alliance to Britain (Although it still covered in mystery since Hitler probs covered it up) but Britain told him to stick it) and some Historians believed that Hitler wanted to personally give the order to attack but a communication fault delayed it.

      Secondly is the march to Moscow. Due to Hitler's ego, he wanted to capture Stalingrad since it bore the name of his nemesis, Stalin. While Stalingrad was still a tactical target due to its tank factories, Moscow was of higher importance since it was the centre for Russian Government and Transport with all the rail links linking to Moscow. If Moscow fell the government will collapse and the Germans would have control of the rail, improving supply lines. But Hitler stopped the advance on Moscow to pour troops into the meat grinder at Stalingrad. A complete failure.

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    • Morale is all-important to any army and populace, but Hitler should have just left his job at that
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