James Holland

So the problem is the cupboard is already clear from all the gains that he's got in the Blitzkrieg stage. Yeah. He's nicked all the cars from France and trucks and factories and oil and food reserves and all the rest of it. And the cupboard's bare again. I mean, they've been like kids in a sweet shop. So he thinks, well, what do we do?

So the problem is the cupboard is already clear from all the gains that he's got in the Blitzkrieg stage. Yeah. He's nicked all the cars from France and trucks and factories and oil and food reserves and all the rest of it. And the cupboard's bare again. I mean, they've been like kids in a sweet shop. So he thinks, well, what do we do?

And he says, well, the only way we're going to get all the supplies we need is to go into the Soviet Union. You know, he's originally planning that for kind of 43, 44. But he goes and said in June 1941, it's a terrible plan. You know, they kid themselves that they're doing quite well because the Red Army is so...

And he says, well, the only way we're going to get all the supplies we need is to go into the Soviet Union. You know, he's originally planning that for kind of 43, 44. But he goes and said in June 1941, it's a terrible plan. You know, they kid themselves that they're doing quite well because the Red Army is so...

And he says, well, the only way we're going to get all the supplies we need is to go into the Soviet Union. You know, he's originally planning that for kind of 43, 44. But he goes and said in June 1941, it's a terrible plan. You know, they kid themselves that they're doing quite well because the Red Army is so...

unspeakably awful and terrible and so they do get very close to Berlin by the end of the year but consider this take an arbitrary date like let's say the 16th of June 1941 at that point Nazi Germany has got one enemy in the world Great Britain albeit Great Britain plus dominions and empire yeah And then fast forward it six months to, say, the 16th of December 1941.

unspeakably awful and terrible and so they do get very close to Berlin by the end of the year but consider this take an arbitrary date like let's say the 16th of June 1941 at that point Nazi Germany has got one enemy in the world Great Britain albeit Great Britain plus dominions and empire yeah And then fast forward it six months to, say, the 16th of December 1941.

unspeakably awful and terrible and so they do get very close to Berlin by the end of the year but consider this take an arbitrary date like let's say the 16th of June 1941 at that point Nazi Germany has got one enemy in the world Great Britain albeit Great Britain plus dominions and empire yeah And then fast forward it six months to, say, the 16th of December 1941.

Suddenly Nazi Germany has got three enemies. It's got the USSR, it's got the United States of America, and it's got Britain plus Dominions and Empire. And I would argue that you're never going to win from that point.

Suddenly Nazi Germany has got three enemies. It's got the USSR, it's got the United States of America, and it's got Britain plus Dominions and Empire. And I would argue that you're never going to win from that point.

Suddenly Nazi Germany has got three enemies. It's got the USSR, it's got the United States of America, and it's got Britain plus Dominions and Empire. And I would argue that you're never going to win from that point.

Yeah, and they're brilliant at this. So it's really, really interesting because they're actually nothing like as automotive as most people think they are. Everyone talks about the Nazi war machine of the Blitzkrieg years. Actually, they weren't very automotive at all. And they're quite down the pecking order.

Yeah, and they're brilliant at this. So it's really, really interesting because they're actually nothing like as automotive as most people think they are. Everyone talks about the Nazi war machine of the Blitzkrieg years. Actually, they weren't very automotive at all. And they're quite down the pecking order.

Yeah, and they're brilliant at this. So it's really, really interesting because they're actually nothing like as automotive as most people think they are. Everyone talks about the Nazi war machine of the Blitzkrieg years. Actually, they weren't very automotive at all. And they're quite down the pecking order.

I mean, it will be no surprise to anyone listening in the US that America is the most automotive society in the world in 1939. They're off three people for every motorized vehicle in the United States in 1939. That figure is eight in France. So France is comfortably the most automotive. It's 14 in the UK. It is 47 in Germany.

I mean, it will be no surprise to anyone listening in the US that America is the most automotive society in the world in 1939. They're off three people for every motorized vehicle in the United States in 1939. That figure is eight in France. So France is comfortably the most automotive. It's 14 in the UK. It is 47 in Germany.

I mean, it will be no surprise to anyone listening in the US that America is the most automotive society in the world in 1939. They're off three people for every motorized vehicle in the United States in 1939. That figure is eight in France. So France is comfortably the most automotive. It's 14 in the UK. It is 47 in Germany.

And so that's a problem because what that means is you haven't got that many people who know how to drive. You haven't got many You know, gas stations. You haven't got many factories churning out this stuff. So if you suddenly want to kind of escalate that into kind of war, you've got a problem because you can't mass produce because you don't have the capacity to do so.

And so that's a problem because what that means is you haven't got that many people who know how to drive. You haven't got many You know, gas stations. You haven't got many factories churning out this stuff. So if you suddenly want to kind of escalate that into kind of war, you've got a problem because you can't mass produce because you don't have the capacity to do so.

And so that's a problem because what that means is you haven't got that many people who know how to drive. You haven't got many You know, gas stations. You haven't got many factories churning out this stuff. So if you suddenly want to kind of escalate that into kind of war, you've got a problem because you can't mass produce because you don't have the capacity to do so.