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[–] 12 points 8 months ago (10 children)

I wouldn't call people who came up with the first production cruise missile stupid (or first production jet fighter). Don't underestimate the enemy

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (9 children)

    Yes they were quite good at building targets for the RAF and British anti-air gunners. Nice and loud, slow, and flew in a perfectly straight line.

    They also came up with the first ballistic missile but it killed more people in production than it did when deployed.

    Half the designs from Paperclip were basically unusable, and mainly existed as fake projects to convince Hitler and later the Allies that they were worth keeping around.

    Not to mention their obsession with wonder weapons wasted tons of material on things that just wouldn’t work. And how they never built a heavy bomber because they were obsessed with making it a dive bomber.

    They were absolutely idiots, and the more I learn about them the stupider they get. They invaded Russia in the winter for Christ’s sake! They waited to tell Hitler about Normandy because it was too early in the morning! They’re so dumb!

    Also; They’re not the enemy anymore because their dumbasses lost, so I can call them dumb.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I think one description that fits for them is "too smart for their own good."

    All that wasted manpower and resources and building massive tanks and incredibly intricate guns that never quite worked properly.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago*

    I think their true stupidity was their organization and leadership. A shitty plane or gun or tank would get made because the higher-ups wanted it.

    And the fascist idea that competition will inevitably produce the best results - social/technical Darwinism, essentially - meant that the design team that could be pushier and flashier would win over actually good designs.

    Plus they kicked out or imprisoned hundreds of great scientists because they were from undesirable classes, further hamstringing their technology.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Also; They’re not the enemy anymore because their dumbasses lost, so I can call them dumb.

    I'm talking in general. Obv nazi germany hasn't existed for a long time. It's better to overestimate than underestimate imo

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    True, but that doesn’t explain why the History Channel made a bunch of breathless documentaries about the power of the Nazis fifty years after they were defeated

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Aren't those the same guys that love dipping into conspiracy territory when it's late enough? Then the answer is money

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago*

    You also have video games and movies and books making the Nazis out to be way more competent. It’s not like Wolfenstein ended with a drugged-up syphilitic Hitler cowering in a bunker, but a mecha-Hitler with Gatling guns.

    And it made money because of what I mentioned: It made Americans and Brits and Russians feel like they’d defeated a huge monster, not a country full of amphetamines and vibes.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Hey just gonna point out that invading Russia in the winter would actually be the second best season to do it, since Russia has 4 seasons spring (mud), summer, fall (mud), and winter (really cold) frankly speaking the mud is what fucked the Nazis over more than anything else since it bogged them down completely.

    Napoleon was the one who basically got shit canned by the winter since modern logistics didn't exist yet and the Russians destroyed all the food while in retreat allowing winter to finish off the attrition.

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