Im currently reading Albert Speer's Memoir, he was a member of Hitler's inner circle and he recounts many personal conversations with Hitler. I just came across this yesterday:
"The Americans had not played a very prominent part of the war in 1914-18, Hitler thought, and moreover had not made any great sacrifices of blood. They would certainly not withstand a great trial by fire, for their fighting qualities were low. In general, no such thing as an American people existed as a unit; they were nothing but a mass of immigrants from many nations and races."
My late grandfather was a WWII vet, he fought on the English side. He once told me about a conversation he had with a German POW, who told him, "When we drop bombs the English duck. When the English drop bombs we duck. When the Americans drop bombs everybody ducks."
Guptill2211 on January 1st, 2018 at 16:39 UTC »
America - button mashing its way to victory since 1914
bugmango on January 1st, 2018 at 19:42 UTC »
Im currently reading Albert Speer's Memoir, he was a member of Hitler's inner circle and he recounts many personal conversations with Hitler. I just came across this yesterday:
"The Americans had not played a very prominent part of the war in 1914-18, Hitler thought, and moreover had not made any great sacrifices of blood. They would certainly not withstand a great trial by fire, for their fighting qualities were low. In general, no such thing as an American people existed as a unit; they were nothing but a mass of immigrants from many nations and races."
shrevid on January 1st, 2018 at 22:44 UTC »
My late grandfather was a WWII vet, he fought on the English side. He once told me about a conversation he had with a German POW, who told him, "When we drop bombs the English duck. When the English drop bombs we duck. When the Americans drop bombs everybody ducks."