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Submitted by JBKB45 on May 22, 2008
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There were many military oversights that Hitler made during his reign with the Nazi Regime. Hitler was indispensably egotistical and pretentious in his conquest for Europe. He had an abundance of superior generals who had many excellent opinions on the war. However, Hitler, being the egotist that he was, refused to accept any of his generals’ ideas. Another blunder was in his decision-making due to the use of methamphetamines. A lot of the flawed decision-making going on outright delusion was probably a result of the drug, or at least was aggravated by it.
During the Spanish Civil War of 1936, Italy and Germany fought together on the side of the Fascists. Hitler seeing this as good intentions made the mistake to form the Rome-Berlin Axis. Italy was in no condition to fight a war – the soldiers were poorly trained and inadequately equipped. However this was not his biggest blunder, it was a blunder in part that he could have avoided a southern front in the war had Italy stayed neutral. Also Mussolini’s self-ego hindered Hitler into rescheduling Operation Barbarossa. Mussolini, taking pride in his African victory, led a campaign into Greece and was ultimately defeated by Greek defenders and afterwards in Africa. Hitler would have had no problem with the first Russian winter had he not been distracted with Africa and Greece. However, Africa eventually would have been a hindrance to Hitler.
Hitler, before World War II, haggled with the European powers at a game of risk. He saw Italian and Japanese gains with no intervention from the League of Nations and believed that they would be able do the same with his military conquests. Hitler withdrew from the League of Nations and ignored the Versailles Treaty along with the Locarno Pact. He invaded the Rhineland with military force and at first sight knew that he would win appeasement from the Allies. Hitler sent a small force into Austria and annexed the nation with no opposition– more so a...
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