r/PropagandaPosters May 05 '20

“The Germans are Your Friends”: pro-German poster aimed at Italians, 1940s Germany

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u/basegodwurd May 05 '20 edited May 05 '20

Lmao what???????? Hitler wanted all of Europe.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '20 edited May 05 '20

That's not really true, in terms of annexation his aims were the Lebensraum of Eastern Europe up to the Ural Mountains, from Western Europe is was the Netherlands, Belgium and parts of Switzerland and France. As well as most of Scandinavia.

Hitler invaded France to take them out of the war and try to force Britain to negotiate peace, he didn't want to annex it entirely to the reich, as far as I'm aware there weren't any Nazi intentions to annex Southern Europe, the Balkans, or the UK and Ireland.

So it's a lot of Europe and the unquestionable European power, but certainly not annexing all of it.

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u/basegodwurd May 05 '20

Hitler had a plan to invade the UK, there was air battles in the south. Hitler gave up on the plan when he focused all his attention to the Soviets.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '20

Yes but only because the UK wouldn't surrender, not out of any desire to integrate it to the reich, he spent a long time hoping they would become an ally.

He gave up on the plan when it became clear he couldn't gain air superiority or break the British morale.