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[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 day ago

Good meme.

Commonly misunderstood that Hitler was upset about the bombing of pearl harbor. Famously, Yamamoto and a few of Hitler's inner circle were not happy with the decision, but Hitler himself was somewhat aware of it from the 17th of November, and reacted positively.

Author Ian Kershaw records Hitler's initial reaction to the attack, when he was first informed about it on the evening of 7 December at Führer Headquarters: "We can't lose the war at all. We now have an ally which has never been conquered in 3,000 years"

Churchill reacted almost the same way, explaining that he doesn't know when or how the war will be won, but with the US in it that side will win.

[-] ivan@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, invasion of USSR by Germany already was a sketchy decision, with Göring and some other military leaders expressing doubts about whole “we only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down” plan.

But legit arguments didn’t really have a chance against fascist hubris, so initial top nazi officials attitude towards both invasion of USSR and Pearl Harbour was very positive.

[-] join@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

funnily enough, japan had the exact same reaction to germany invading the soviet union. japan was probably the only country at the time who correctly estimated their strength, having just lost an embarrassing defeat against them.

luckily, starting an unwinnable war, hoping that sheer will and terror can beat the odds, is no longer of our time.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

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