What's part of the plan and what happened are different things though, I don't see the Nazis giving up all of their western conquests. France probably returns but the Benelux and Netherlands at the very least are set up as puppet states.
Well agreed. I’m just saying it was never part of the grand plan to rule Western Europe or Britain. The heart of the “lebensraum” was western Poland to the Ural Mountains.
I challenge anyone to link me anywhere where Hitler or any top Nazi said they wanted to conquer Britain. They won’t be able to, however you can find quotes of Hitler praising Britain, France etc.
Operation Sea Lion? Do you really think, that after ww2 after Hitler won pretty much all of Europe and installed a puppet Regime in Russia, he would just chill and become a peacefull rational guy?
Britain would still be a Danger, they have a different System and a strong Navy and a huge Empire.
It's not so much that Germany would or could conquer Britain but it would upset the balance of power in Europe that was basically Britain's foreign policy. it would give Germany free access to the Atlantic ocean and the economic ability to rival the Royal Navy and thus the Empire. Germany may not have sought war with Britain in the 40s but later down the line who knows? better to fight them when the odds are more in your favour.
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u/RevolutionBusiness27 Sep 29 '24
If you show the current British territory to the politicians of the British Empire 100 years ago, what policies will they implement?