Comments by "1IbramGaunt" (@1IbramGaunt) on "What if Hitler never invaded Russia?" video.

  1. I'm sorry but this is just bullshit, there's no way Hitler would ever just 'not invade' Russia, they and Bolshevism as a political movement were his principle enemies right from the very beginning, the other allies were simply in the way to him and he wanted to broker a peace with them over and over again simply so he could indeed concentrate on Russia. And even if somehow we ignore the above facts and say he didn't, the British had been constantly working to rebuild, re-train and re-arm their forces ever since Dunkirk and the Battle Of Britain bought them the time required- it would never have simply 'kept going' and was by it's very nature not a matter of attrition but an actual battle with a clear winner, and it WAS won long before Operation Barbarossa even STARTED. Operation Sea-Lion would never have worked as it had been planned out in 1940; the landing craft were mostly converted river barges which were not truly seaworthy by any stretch of the imagination, they didn't HAVE air superiority after the aforementioned battle and would not be able to simply 'get it back' immediately afterward so could never have used the Tirpitz or Bizmark in the English Channel for fear of being Yamato-ed; as for the rest of the Kriegsmarine including all the U-Boats they already had their work cut out trying to sink convoys without getting sunk themselves, Russia made little change to that, especially considering WITH air superiority the Royal Navy- which it again WOULD HAVE- was completely superior and could easily have blown the entire invasion fleet out of the water with minimal losses. And finally if we somehow STILL ignore all of the above and get straight to the invasion itself, the British KNOW the Germans are planning to invade and are making their military dispositions ACCORDINGLY. Yes, the Germans, assuming they were actually able to get ashore in any kind of numbers probably would have the advantage in numbers and possibly in tanks and heavy equipment, what they would NOT have would be any element of surprise whatsoever and be subjected to constant counter-attacks by well dug-in troops fighting on their own ground; where necessary the vast numbers of Home Guard volunteers could be easily used in second-line duties to the north allowing all the regular forces, most of which would be battle-hardened veterans well used at this point to fighting German tactics and German weapons, to be concentrated on repelling the Invasion forces. Blitzkrieg only works if your enemy isn't expecting it and hasn't had ample time to prepare
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