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> If Adolf and Joseph knew so much, maybe they could have won the war?! There's a common meme of saying the Nazis had bad judgement (they did get some major de
by cabalamat 16y ago
> If Adolf and Joseph knew so much, maybe they could have won the war?!
There's a common meme of saying the Nazis had bad judgement (they did get some major decisions wrong) and that as a consequence they were stupid. The second point is largely not true: Hitler, Goebbels, Goering etc were in fact quite intelligent -- they could hardly have taken over a country otherwise.
Just because someone's evil, don't assume they're stupid.
- zeteo 16y agoHitler was smart enough and knew Germany's neighbors well enough to defeat them. However, as the war showed in a dramatic manner, he had a very poor understanding of the "Anglo" nations (e.g. he thought that the UK would make peace with him and that Roosevelt would never be able to put an effective army in the field). Any opinions he expressed about society and the system of government in Britain and the US should be considered false by default.