Word: hitlerized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...advantage in weapons remained. By the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March 1941, the economic weight of the U.S. had been thrown into the scales, thereby giving potential weapon superiority to Hitler's enemies. But the actual weapon advantage was still his. The Wehrmacht rode that advantage for 15 months, but the ride was no longer easy. The Wehrmacht now had to skimp. The results showed clearly in the Mediterranean: the Afrika Korps recovered Italian Cyrenaica but lacked enough power to crush beseiged Tobruk; then lost Cyrenaica again to Auchinleck; finally, reinforced, overran the British army...
...Hitler had pushed his last advantage as far as it would go-and farther. In 15 months of hard fighting the Wehrmacht had not conquered a single other nation nor won a decisive battle...
From superiority in quantity and quality, Hitler grew progressively inferior in both. With V1, V-2 and jet-propelled planes he made a desperate effort to recover the advantage of weapons. But it was too late...
...What is the real story of the Russo-German non-aggression pact of 1939? Of Hitler's fatal decision to attack Russia? Did the German General Staff oppose the Russian...
...badly was Hitler hurt in the July 20 bomb plot? How widespread was the plot...