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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

And he micromanages and he looks at figures and figures and doesn't understand what it's like at the actual front, the coalface.

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

So he's stifling the very thing that made the German army effective, which is the ability to give commanders at the front authority. the freedom on their leash to be able to make decisions and battle command decisions. And he's taken that away from them. So he's basically making them go into battle with decreasing amounts of supplies and firepower

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

So he's stifling the very thing that made the German army effective, which is the ability to give commanders at the front authority. the freedom on their leash to be able to make decisions and battle command decisions. And he's taken that away from them. So he's basically making them go into battle with decreasing amounts of supplies and firepower

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

So he's stifling the very thing that made the German army effective, which is the ability to give commanders at the front authority. the freedom on their leash to be able to make decisions and battle command decisions. And he's taken that away from them. So he's basically making them go into battle with decreasing amounts of supplies and firepower

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

So he's stifling the very thing that made the German army effective, which is the ability to give commanders at the front authority.

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

the freedom on their leash to be able to make decisions and battle command decisions.

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

And he's taken that away from them.

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

So he's basically making them go into battle with decreasing amounts of supplies and firepower

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

and with one hand behind their back in terms of decision-making process.

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

and with one hand behind their back in terms of decision-making process. And that is not a good combination.

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

and with one hand behind their back in terms of decision-making process. And that is not a good combination.

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

and with one hand behind their back in terms of decision-making process. And that is not a good combination.

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

And that is not a good combination.

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

The other problem is that he decides rather than going for Moscow in 1942, because basically there's a kind of cooling off period in the winter because of the conditions, but everyone knows the Soviet Union, the Red Army knows that the moment spring comes, there's going to be another offensive, be another major offensive in the summer.

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

The other problem is that he decides rather than going for Moscow in 1942, because basically there's a kind of cooling off period in the winter because of the conditions, but everyone knows the Soviet Union, the Red Army knows that the moment spring comes, there's going to be another offensive, be another major offensive in the summer.

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

The other problem is that he decides rather than going for Moscow in 1942, because basically there's a kind of cooling off period in the winter because of the conditions, but everyone knows the Soviet Union, the Red Army knows that the moment spring comes, there's going to be another offensive, be another major offensive in the summer.

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

The other problem is that he decides rather than going for Moscow in 1942, because basically there's a kind of cooling off period in the winter because of the conditions, but everyone knows the Soviet Union, the Red Army knows that the moment spring's come, there's going to be another offensive, be another major offensive in the summer.

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

That is absolutely as certain as, you know, day following night, etc. The problem that the Germans have is they just don't have enough. They have less than they had when they launched Barbarossa the previous year. The Soviet Union has more. It is better prepared. It knows what's coming now. It's kind of learning some of the lessons, starting to absorb the lessons.

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

That is absolutely as certain as, you know, day following night, etc. The problem that the Germans have is they just don't have enough. They have less than they had when they launched Barbarossa the previous year. The Soviet Union has more. It is better prepared. It knows what's coming now. It's kind of learning some of the lessons, starting to absorb the lessons.

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

That is absolutely as certain as, you know, day following night, etc. The problem that the Germans have is they just don't have enough. They have less than they had when they launched Barbarossa the previous year. The Soviet Union has more. It is better prepared. It knows what's coming now. It's kind of learning some of the lessons, starting to absorb the lessons.