[lbo-talk] stalin vs. hitler, the comic book

[Grant Lee]

Personally, I think the politicians get too much credit for WW2, at the
expense of the Zhukovs, Nimitzes, etc. Or, more importantly, the Soviet
population and US industrial capacity.

I would say Churchill's biggest virtue by far was recognising the size of
the Nazi threat early on. But his military leadership was a litany of
terrible incompetence (as early as Gallipoli in 1915):  e.g. France & Norway
in 1940, Greece, Singapore, Dieppe....

I believe the conventional wisdom these days is that Hitler blew two huge
opportunities early on: Dunkirk; and the Battle of Britain through the
tactics he imposed on the Luftwaffe, such as targeting civilians instead of
RAF bases.