Lessons From Nuremberg

[Catfish]

I also wonder why England did not declare war to Russia as well, after both Russia and Germany invaded Poland, and split it up between them ?
As well Hitler did ot want to conquer the world, he was not even prepared well enough for Russia.


Hitler's plan was to gain "space in the east", and Russia was the one target, so he had to get his troops through Poland anyway.
Germany and Russia invaded/split up Poland (Ribbentrop\Molotov), with Stalin not expecting Germany to attack him.

So England and France declare war to Germany, because they have a treaty with Poland - but they only declare war to Germany - not Russia.

To not get the same trench situation in the west like in WW1, and to be forced to fight a two-front war, Hitler again uses the Schlieffen plan invading France, but this time he is victorious (at first, ahem).

Then England tries to strangle Germany again with a blockade, at the same time trying to invade Norway, to also strangle the iron ore resources going to Germany.
So Hitler tries to invade Norway before England does (needing Denmark for the march-through, while Sweden remains neutral), and succeeds while losing almost all destroyers and a few cruisers at Narvik.

Then Mussolini runs into problems and asks Hitler to help him in Greece and especially Crete garrisoned by England, and also in the rest of the mediterranean area. So the sh!t really hit the fan, but it was not "world domination" Hitler had in mind.

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Catfish