WW2: How close were the Germans to winning the war? - Quora

Answer: Far Closer than people truly know, and with one single mistake, though.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest WW2: How close were the Germans to winning the war? L Willis Rynerson, former Transportation Specialist (1982-2001) Written Feb 1 Far Closer than people truly know, and with one single mistake, though at the time seemed like one of those mishaps in life, well this mishap turned into Germany’s defeat. ...  Read More » How is an elite soldier better than the average infantry soldier? Do they shoot straighter? Timothy Soh, I count dead bodies in the army. Written Jan 31 Take a conscript or a militia, and put them next to a regular infantry soldier. Give them 5 rounds each and tell them they need to score 4/5 to pass. The regular soldier wil...  Read More » From a recent session What principles helped you most as a leader of your Special Forces team in Afghanistan? Ronald Fry, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Author of Hammerhead Six Written Thu The principles that helped me most as a leader of my Special Forces team in Afghanistan would be confidence, humility, focus, empathy, and moral courage. Special Forces trai...  Read More » Have you ever taken a bribe as a police officer? John Catiller, BS Criminal Justice & Police and Law Enforcement, Florida State University (1983... Written Feb 3 No. I had one young man who offered me a $1000 to drop him at home instead of the jail. I told him my minimum cost was $3,000,000. When he asked why I explained that I would...  Read More » I find my 13 years old daughter's heavy makeup inappropriate. How can I dissuade her from continuing this habit? Vera Levi, Pursuing a degree in psychology. Started college at age 14. Written Feb 5 My mom is a psychologist, so she went pretty nontraditional. She said, “wear as much as you like!” Here’s a picture of me that was taken a few days ago. And yes, I’m wearing...  Read More » How did Portugal manage to build the first global empire in history that lasted almost 600 years given that it is a relatively small country with a tiny population? João Silva, lives in Portugal Updated Sat Actually, Portuguese were capable to manage a global empire for 584 years because of three factors: Portugal was the only country in Europe that did not burn Templars (the O...  Read More » How did Winston Churchill and King George VI view each other? Mark Jeffrey, Grew up learning about WW2 from family, followed by many books and wargames. Written Oct 27 One little anecdote on this one. With D-Day approaching, Winston (never a coward) had decided he wanted to be right there at the landings alongside his men. His aides and c...  Read More » Is it worthwhile to give a potential employee a 1 hour coding challenge when they have 15+ years experience writing code? Tim Floto, Software development in C++, C#, C and multiple Assembly Languages. Written Wed I have 30+ years experience. I was asked to write some code in C to reverse a string! I almost cracked up. Then the person administering the test realized how useless this ...  Read More » Have you ever witnessed something supernatural? Mary (Jesse) Johnston, studied Anything Else at The High School Experience (1966) Written Jan 27 I was 18, lying propped up on bed pillows, agonizing over the loss of my brother, who, at 22, killed himself. His body wasn’t found for over two weeks. I simply could not a...  Read More » World War II: What would have happened if Germany had surrendered in 1944 rather than fought to the end? Brandon Li, I have enough of an education to know how to use Google and the library Written Feb 19, 2016 The Allies weren't going to accept anything but unconditional surrender and Germany was in no position to get anything resembling a victory. On July 20, 1944, Germany was in...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.