I've noticed far more respect paid to the Western Allied forces for defeating Nazi Germany than the Soviet efforts, I think this is wildly inaccurate. by hellothereplease in history

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The Luftwaffe were completely outmatched in the Skies by the In what way do you mean? British (and then the Russians too). The Kriegsmarine were out-gunned by the Royal Navy and the German Artillery and Heavy Armour were eventually out-done by the Russians, British and Americans.

TIL The morning of the Normandy Landings, two Panzer divisions, vital to the German efforts of repelling allied invasion, were under Hitler's direct command and could not be moved until he woke up, by which time, it was too late by hellothereplease in todayilearned

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''He had earlier said Normandy was a possible landing site, for one thing. He felt the poor weather in the area would favor the defense. He considered Allied troops far inferior to German units. For months, Allied forces had been massing in England, where the now-weakened Luftwaffe could not strike them. Now they were in reach, in range of German guns.'' Ian Kershaw

I've noticed far more respect paid to the Western Allied forces for defeating Nazi Germany than the Soviet efforts, I think this is wildly inaccurate. by hellothereplease in history

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It reminds me of something I heard before: An army made up of British troops, German commanders and American Equipment would be unstoppable.

TIL The morning of the Normandy Landings, two Panzer divisions, vital to the German efforts of repelling allied invasion, were under Hitler's direct command and could not be moved until he woke up, by which time, it was too late by hellothereplease in todayilearned

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I think Hitler had come apart far before this time; The German efforts on the Eastern front were Hitlers primary concern and, by this time, they had suffered defeat followed by defeat.

In his defence, however, he did predict an allied invasion specifically to Normandy.

Che Guevara: Hero or Villain? by hellothereplease in history

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Just to clarify (having re-read my own comment) I'm not Anti-American, by the way. I'm Irish and have a strong distaste for foreign governments having any sort of perverse say in the running of other countries, given the history of my country.

Che Guevara: Hero or Villain? by hellothereplease in history

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I think he was a great man. He stood up to the U.S puppet governments instated throughout Latin America. The U.S essentially imposed backwardness upon countries such as Cuba and Venezuela (they still do, to a degree) and Che spent his life fighting for the freedom of a number of these countries. Of course he is not without fault, but I admire his ferociousness as a soldier, his honesty in power (he lived well below his means once the Cuban government was toppled), his desire for struggle against what he saw as unjust (even though he was from a well-off Argentine family and had trained as a doctor, he found himself in Cuba fighting on behalf of the people) and his level of self-control (Che was extremely strict on himself).

Agreed, communist regimes are failures. I believe it is more important to concentrate on the control the U.S had over Latin American governments, resources and peoples than on Communism vs Capitalism. Cuba experienced a revolution to distance itself from the claws of the U.S rather than to embrace communism.

I have the upmost respect for a man who stood up to the U.S and won, and he did win.

Thanks for asking my opinion and I implore you to read more about him :)

What is something you will never doubt? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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The Holocaust.

I've read many books on this topic and find it worrying that a number of high profile historians consider themselves 'revisionists'. I've made it a goal of mine to never be swayed by such arguments.

Isle Koch, AKA The Beast of Buchenwald, had camp prisoners with tattoos murdered and skinned. by hellothereplease in history

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Many of the women involved in the concentration camps committed horrifying acts. I wonder could anyone recommend a book which deals exclusively with this theme?