Dunkirk

[Fred Steeves]

It's pretty well-established that Hitler wanted an alliance or an understanding with the Anglo powers, who he saw as related to the "Aryan-German" peoples. Hitler was not a naval thinker, and had no interest in an overseas empire. He was willing to let Britain keep its overseas colonies, while he just wanted to control most of continental Europe.

I've pretty much come to the same conclusion so far as that aspect of it is concerned Tracy.

Might I respectfully suggest that the financial dealings of Germany and its industries provide some insight into Hitler's backers' motives, and how that might have affected his war plans.

Here is an excellently researched article about Prescott Bush and his financial dealings with the Nazis:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/se...ndworldwar

And this one, for the Bank of England giving Hitler 20+ tons of gold, and incidentally, what Allen Dulles did during the war:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-...le....html

I knew about the Prescott Bush/Wall Street connections Drew, but not about the Bank of England and Dulles' involvement. Very interesting link, and hardly surprising... You know, the deeper I look into the murky Dunkirk happenings, the more my attention is drawn away elsewhere, usually towards the bigger picture. There's lots of high level double crossing going on by all sides, and it's just a matter of who's doing the double crossing at any given time.

One thing looks pretty certain to me though, and it's that there was going to be another World War whether anybody wanted one or not. What I'm less certain about, but what I highly suspect, is that Hitler was absolutely stunned at England's/Churchill's behavior from Dunkirk forward. He was a street savvy and well studied man, so how did he not see this coming? My hunch is that someone had Hitler's ear. Someone that he trusted implicitly, but also someone that he should never have trusted. Could be wrong though, we'll see.


Cheers