• Pechente@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    If you’re brainwashed by your own propaganda, attacking both superpowers probably feels like a good idea

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      3 months ago

      I don’t think they wanted to do that. I believe the plan was to pressure the UK to make deal and once that was done they’d be free to attack USSR

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      3 months ago

      He considered Britain to have effectively been defeated, in all except a deal having actually been reached. He thought he would have a quick victory over the USSR (always the flaw), then Britain would finally give up and sign a peace treaty.