I have a hard time believing hitler didn't know he went over there, I mean he was his second in command since pretty much the beginning, and he knew that pulling such stunt without informing hitler, was a non starter
There's a lot of unanswered questions revolving around that particular episode
I have 5 or so key unanswered questions that could have tipped the war in the Germans favor.
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Ok: Dunkirk Shift in tactics during Battle of Britain Delay of Barbarossa, then failure to adhere to strategic goals relative to v. Kleist and Guderian army groups. Failure to support Afrika Korps In parallel: failure to fund Me-262 in '39 Failure to develop small arms, insisting on 98k for troops. While Germany made many wonderous weapons during the war, the net result of many of them was net loss to the war effort. The constant shifting of troops is sometimes baffling as well.
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