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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (50856)9/7/2006 4:36:33 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
The big particular mistakes being

Ordering an attack against the Soviet Union (arguably the biggest but if you think war with the USSR was going to happen anyway you could also try to argue it wasn't a mistake, but I'm not so sure I buy that one)

No retreat orders for the Eastern Front (another good candidate for the biggest mistake)

The timing and preparation for the Eastern Front advance (delayed in order to provide forces to help out the Italians, also no winter gear for soldiers on the Eastern Front early on)

The switch from having the Luftwaffe attack British air bases to having it bomb British cities. (Didn't crush British resolve and helped the RAF eventually win the Battle of Britain).

Possible mistake - It could be argued that declaring war on the US was a mistake but once the US went to war against Japan it was likely to declare war against Japan's ally. Perhaps you could call the initial alliance with Japan a mistake.
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