Todd wrote:

Don't forget the two of them like to kiss each other asses.

Hitler was also playing for time. 'Mein Kampf', unlike most puff pieces by
politicians, didn't leave much doubt about his plans. Presumably Stalin had
read it. otoh, Roosevelt seemed to genuinely enjoy having his tongue up
Stalin's ass.

And Germans socialists flooded in and out of the Nazi and
Communist party, depending on which one they though was on top.

True believers. The Nazis were fully aware that a fervent Communist makes a
fervent National Socialist when you reprogram them. You don't necessarily
trust them but they're useful idiots.

The more radical socialists like the Strassers and Röhm didn't fare well.
Gregor Stasser and Röhm were killed in the Long Knives purge and Otto
marginalized.

Perhaps Hitler should have listened. The old nobility and military castes
feared for their privileged positions and actively conspired to lose the
war. Canaris, Halder, Oster, Lahousen, and others cost him heavily. With the
Abwehr and OKW not only feeding him misinformation and leaking intelligence
to the enemy, as well as purposefully reassigning troops without telling
anyone, he didn't have a chance. When looking at some of the stranger
decisions of the eastern campaign, look at that clique of traitors.

Closer to home, you have to wonder if any of the autonomous agencies feed
the POTUS bull**** in an attempt to derail his projects. It certainly seems
so at times.