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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

It can be of great strategic importance, but not necessarily.

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

No one would argue, for example, that the Guadalcanal is not an absolutely game-changing battle in the Pacific War, and yet the number of troops compared to what's going on in the Eastern Front or even the Western Front is tiny in comparison.

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

No one would argue, for example, that the Guadalcanal is not an absolutely game-changing battle in the Pacific War, and yet the number of troops compared to what's going on in the Eastern Front or even the Western Front is tiny in comparison. So

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

No one would argue, for example, that the Guadalcanal is not an absolutely game-changing battle in the Pacific War, and yet the number of troops compared to what's going on in the Eastern Front or even the Western Front is tiny in comparison. So

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

No one would argue, for example, that the Guadalcanal is not an absolutely game-changing battle in the Pacific War, and yet the number of troops compared to what's going on in the Eastern Front or even the Western Front is tiny in comparison. So

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

So

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

It is absolutely true that the most German blood is lost on the Eastern Front, but that doesn't mean to say that it's more strategically important than the Western Front.

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

It is absolutely true that the most German blood is lost on the Eastern Front, but that doesn't mean to say that it's more strategically important than the Western Front. And it's not saying that the Western Front is more strategic either. It's just you have to kind of be balanced about this. The psychological blovo of Stalingrad is immense, and you cannot belittle that.

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

It is absolutely true that the most German blood is lost on the Eastern Front, but that doesn't mean to say that it's more strategically important than the Western Front. And it's not saying that the Western Front is more strategic either. It's just you have to kind of be balanced about this. The psychological blovo of Stalingrad is immense, and you cannot belittle that.

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

It is absolutely true that the most German blood is lost on the Eastern Front, but that doesn't mean to say that it's more strategically important than the Western Front. And it's not saying that the Western Front is more strategic either. It's just you have to kind of be balanced about this. The psychological blovo of Stalingrad is immense, and you cannot belittle that.

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

And it's not saying that the Western Front is more strategic either.

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

It's just you have to kind of be balanced about this.

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

The psychological blovo of Stalingrad is immense, and you cannot belittle that.

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

And I also think that what's interesting is the Nazi high command's response to Stalingrad. which is not to go, we're screwed. It's to double down. So Goebbels, for example, gives his infamous speech in the Sports Palace in third week of February, 1943, where he goes, are you ready for this? This is now total war. The war is coming. This is a fight for survival. We're all in it together.

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

And I also think that what's interesting is the Nazi high command's response to Stalingrad. which is not to go, we're screwed. It's to double down. So Goebbels, for example, gives his infamous speech in the Sports Palace in third week of February, 1943, where he goes, are you ready for this? This is now total war. The war is coming. This is a fight for survival. We're all in it together.

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

And I also think that what's interesting is the Nazi high command's response to Stalingrad. which is not to go, we're screwed. It's to double down. So Goebbels, for example, gives his infamous speech in the Sports Palace in third week of February, 1943, where he goes, are you ready for this? This is now total war. The war is coming. This is a fight for survival. We're all in it together.

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

And I also think that what's interesting is the Nazi high command's response to Stalingrad.

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

Which is not to go, we're screwed.

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

It's to double down.

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

So Goebbels, for example, gives his infamous speech in the Sports Palace in the third week of February 1943, where he goes, are you ready for this?