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I think I heard from the documentary made by the US Captain Frank Capra that such was "an act of mercy from Hitler".
Even assuming I accept your "act of mercy" story, it still doesn't change the fact it was a terrible decision. He missed a chance to destroy the entire BEF.
Oh come on, the US army has "cloned" the tactics created by Hitler in WW2 and you cannot argue about this point when other current armies find them as "the best".
Hitler didn't create a single tactic in his life. Source your claim.
Nahhh, you are just making speculations. You must accept this reality, that Hitler reached in war what no other in the world history have reached ever before.
Actually Genghis Kahn created a much larger empire. The only thing that ever stopped him was dying of old age. Also, he is the only person in history to successfully conquer Russia.
It is easy to talk from far away, I can do the same and say, "this player should have run this way and not the other way, etc. Yes, now you can review the past events and say whatever you want, but in the field it is completely different.
Hitlers own commanders told him he was wrong. To continue your football analogy, Hitler calls for a 90 yard hail mary with an injured quaterback during high winds with the ball on their 10 yd line during 4th down. His players tell him he is wrong, he ignores them and orders the play anyways. There are countless examples of Hitlers generals telling him he was wrong, getting punished for it, and being proven right by history. Guderian consistently told Hitler he was wrong, and Guderian always was proved right.
Hitler was the one approving the tactics of war from his officials, those words of yours are complete nonsense.
No he wasn't. Hitler was only involved in top-level strategic choices.