James Holland

If you've decapitated an army, you've then got to put new guys in charge.

And someone who looks on paper like a half-decent peacetime commander might not be a very good wartime commander.

They're different disciplines and different skills. And what comes to, you don't know that until you're tested. It's very hard to kind of judge. And of course, you know, Stalin is existing in a sort of, you know, a vacuum of paranoia and suspicion all the time, which is unhelpful when you're trying to develop a strong armed forces. So they go into Finland in, in,

They're different disciplines and different skills. And what comes to, you don't know that until you're tested. It's very hard to kind of judge. And of course, you know, Stalin is existing in a sort of, you know, a vacuum of paranoia and suspicion all the time, which is unhelpful when you're trying to develop a strong armed forces. So they go into Finland in, in,

They're different disciplines and different skills. And what comes to, you don't know that until you're tested. It's very hard to kind of judge. And of course, you know, Stalin is existing in a sort of, you know, a vacuum of paranoia and suspicion all the time, which is unhelpful when you're trying to develop a strong armed forces. So they go into Finland in, in,

They're different disciplines and different skills.

And what comes to that, you don't know that until you're tested.

It's very hard to kind of judge.

And of course, you know, Stalin is existing in a sort of, you know, a vacuum of paranoia and suspicion all the time, which is unhelpful when you're trying to develop a strong armed forces.

So they go into Finland in...

back end of 1939, and they get really badly hammered.

back end of 1939 and they get there you know they get really badly hammered they do take about you know 50 get the corellia peninsula and they do take some ground but at huge cost i mean the casualties are five times as bad as those of the fins and it's humiliation so hitler sees that and thinks okay they're not up to much cop then hitler loses the battle of britain

back end of 1939 and they get there you know they get really badly hammered they do take about you know 50 get the corellia peninsula and they do take some ground but at huge cost i mean the casualties are five times as bad as those of the fins and it's humiliation so hitler sees that and thinks okay they're not up to much cop then hitler loses the battle of britain

back end of 1939 and they get there you know they get really badly hammered they do take about you know 50 get the corellia peninsula and they do take some ground but at huge cost i mean the casualties are five times as bad as those of the fins and it's humiliation so hitler sees that and thinks okay they're not up to much cop then hitler loses the battle of britain

They do take about 50, get the Corellia Peninsula, and they do take some ground, but at huge cost.

I mean, the casualties are five times as bad as those of the Finns, and it's humiliation.

So Hitler sees that and thinks, okay, they're not up to much cop.

Then Hitler loses the Battle of Britain.

And he thinks, I can't afford to fight a war on two fronts.

And he thinks, I can't afford to fight a war on two fronts. That's one of the reasons why Germany loses the war in 1914 to 18, is fighting on the Eastern Front, but also fighting on the Western Front at the same time. We've got to avoid that. But I've got to get rid of Britain, and Britain hasn't come out of the fight.