One of my favorite memories from undergrad was when our professor gave us a weekend writing assignment that was something to the effect of “How could the Nazis have won WW2?” Queue 8:45 Monday morning and he spends the whole class period tearing into everyone’s paper explaining how bad the ideas were.
Basically, he said that “There’s no argument to be made for the Nazis winning WW2 that doesn’t rely on changing the meaning of the word(s) ‘Nazi,’ ‘won,’ and/or ‘WW2.’” Barring a miracle for Hitler & co., the outcome was was decided in 1939.
One of my favorite memories from undergrad was when our professor gave us a weekend writing assignment that was something to the effect of “How could the Nazis have won WW2?” Queue 8:45 Monday morning and he spends the whole class period tearing into everyone’s paper explaining how bad the ideas were.
Basically, he said that “There’s no argument to be made for the Nazis winning WW2 that doesn’t rely on changing the meaning of the word(s) ‘Nazi,’ ‘won,’ and/or ‘WW2.’” Barring a miracle for Hitler & co., the outcome was was decided in 1939.