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bmichaelh

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4. Trump is ignorant

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 01:27 PM

Jun 6

In his bunker, Hitler gave orders to Speer to destroy the German infrastructure.

Hitler did not want it falling into Allied hands. Speer refused.
Perhaps, Hitler wanted his own Götterdämmerung.

Allied victory and the Marshall Plan were greater alternatives than what Hitler wanted.

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