Germany and WWII. So many opinions. For mine I think it comes down to superior equipment and tactics in some areas, poor strategic decisions, an apparent inability to mass produce, political interferance, hate based policies and severely flawed use of their tactical forces. I also agree with Bish. The war with Britain was a sideshow that Hitler did not want. For those who are interested I can thoroughly reccomend 'Hitler's War Directives'. A bit dry but hugely informative. Straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak.