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James Holland

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
4177 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

is not very automotive and you've only got 47 people for every motorized vehicle in Germany compared to three in the United States or eight in France is that you've got lots of people who don't know how to drive. It also means you haven't got lots of garages and mechanics and gas stations and so on.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

is not very automotive and you've only got 47 people for every motorized vehicle in Germany compared to three in the United States or eight in France is that you've got lots of people who don't know how to drive. It also means you haven't got lots of garages and mechanics and gas stations and so on.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

It also means you haven't got lots of garages and mechanics and gas stations and so on.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And so you're then creating an incredibly complex beast, but you want that complex thing to be as simple as you possibly can be.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And so you're then creating an incredibly complex beast, but you want that complex thing to be as simple as you possibly can be. And that's the beauty of the Sherman tank. All those guys in America, they're used to driving stick cars. There's three people for every automobile, and that includes the old and children. So almost every young man knows how to drive.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And so you're then creating an incredibly complex beast, but you want that complex thing to be as simple as you possibly can be. And that's the beauty of the Sherman tank. All those guys in America, they're used to driving stick cars. There's three people for every automobile, and that includes the old and children. So almost every young man knows how to drive.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And so you're then creating an incredibly complex beast, but you want that complex thing to be as simple as you possibly can be. And that's the beauty of the Sherman tank. All those guys in America, they're used to driving stick cars. There's three people for every automobile, and that includes the old and children. So almost every young man knows how to drive.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And that's the beauty of the Sherman tank.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

All those guys in America, they're used to driving stick cars.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

There's three people for every automobile, and that includes the old and children.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

So almost every young man knows how to drive.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And when you get into a Sherman tank, it's got a clutch, it's got a throttle, the brakes are the steering mechanism.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And when you get into a Sherman tank, it's got a clutch, it's got a throttle, the brakes are the steering mechanism. The clutch is where you would expect the clutch to be. It's got a manual shift. You put your foot on the clutch and you shove it into second gear and off you go, or reverse or whatever. And it literally couldn't be easier.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And when you get into a Sherman tank, it's got a clutch, it's got a throttle, the brakes are the steering mechanism. The clutch is where you would expect the clutch to be. It's got a manual shift. You put your foot on the clutch and you shove it into second gear and off you go, or reverse or whatever. And it literally couldn't be easier.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And when you get into a Sherman tank, it's got a clutch, it's got a throttle, the brakes are the steering mechanism. The clutch is where you would expect the clutch to be. It's got a manual shift. You put your foot on the clutch and you shove it into second gear and off you go, or reverse or whatever. And it literally couldn't be easier.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

The clutch is where you would expect the clutch to be.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

It's got a manual shift.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

You put your foot on the clutch and you shove it into second gear and off you go, or reverse or whatever.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

And it literally couldn't be easier.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

Anyone who could drive a stick car could drive a Sherman tank. Seriously. Not everyone can drive a Tiger tank. It's incredibly complex. Really, really is. And that comes with a whole host of problems. And of course, you don't have the numbers. You don't have the numbers. You know, you've got 1,347 of them. You've got 492 King Tigers, which are even bigger.