'These Were Hitler's Plans For The U.S. If He'd Won WWII'

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8. I wouldn't say Dunkirk was halting per se

The Germans had far outdistanced their supply lines and it made sense to regroup and consolidate, especially when they had all of the British and French forces hemmed in. The call obviously appears idiotic given what ended up happening, but I can see how it made sense at the time.

Hitler's call to go all in at Stalingrad, which had little strategic value, was as you said extremely dumb.