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James Holland

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Lex Fridman Podcast
#470 โ€“ James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles

That's the plan?

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

Like two days' time?

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

Where's the plan?

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

The whole point is that they're emerging and growing militarily, but they were supposed to have all these exercises where they're coordinating ground forces, the Panzer spearhead with operations in the air with the Luftwaffe.

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

The whole point is that they're emerging and growing militarily, but they were supposed to have all these exercises where they're coordinating ground forces, the Panzer spearhead with operations in the air with the Luftwaffe. None of that happens. So Poland becomes the proving ground. And actually, they discover that there's lots of things that don't work and lots of things that are wrong.

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

The whole point is that they're emerging and growing militarily, but they were supposed to have all these exercises where they're coordinating ground forces, the Panzer spearhead with operations in the air with the Luftwaffe. None of that happens. So Poland becomes the proving ground. And actually, they discover that there's lots of things that don't work and lots of things that are wrong.

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

The whole point is that they're emerging and growing militarily, but they were supposed to have all these exercises where they're coordinating ground forces, the Panzer spearhead with operations in the air with the Luftwaffe. None of that happens. So Poland becomes the proving ground. And actually, they discover that there's lots of things that don't work and lots of things that are wrong.

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

None of that happens.

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

So Poland becomes the proving ground.

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

And actually, they discover that there's lots of things that don't work and lots of things that are wrong.

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

But, you know, it's flying in the face of all convention, military convention, that he does this without any kind of warning.

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

But, you know, it's flying in the face of all military convention that he does this without any kind of warning. And even by the 1st of September, where there's been this kind of sort of five-day delay. at those last-minute negotiations. The last-minute negotiations are thrust upon Hitler by people like Goering and by Mussolini and the Italians going, God, oh my God, don't do this, don't do this.

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

But, you know, it's flying in the face of all military convention that he does this without any kind of warning. And even by the 1st of September, where there's been this kind of sort of five-day delay. at those last-minute negotiations. The last-minute negotiations are thrust upon Hitler by people like Goering and by Mussolini and the Italians going, God, oh my God, don't do this, don't do this.

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

But, you know, it's flying in the face of all military convention that he does this without any kind of warning. And even by the 1st of September, where there's been this kind of sort of five-day delay. at those last-minute negotiations. The last-minute negotiations are thrust upon Hitler by people like Goering and by Mussolini and the Italians going, God, oh my God, don't do this, don't do this.

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

And even by the 1st of September, where there's been this kind of sort of five-day delay...

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

um at those last minute negotiations the last minute negotiations are thrust upon hitler by people like goering and by mussolini and and the italians going oh my god don't do this don't do this you know there's got to be a solution hitler's absolutely jumping at the bit well in that case from a dark militaristic perspective his bet paid off

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

You know, there's got to be a solution.

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

You know, there's got to be a solution.

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

You know, there's got to be a solution.

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

Well, except that it ended in ruins in May 1945 with the total collapse of Germany.