SITU MEMO Everything is connected and part of a bigger entity. Seek for connections and the deliberate manipulation of your knowledge, emotions, soul, spirit and capacities. Undisputed lies will cripple your development into a "new" human being. What I present to you are the stepping stones I used for my personal road towards freedom and GROWTH. dM, SiTU Harns.

Adolf Hitler made one correct military decision during World War 2, the others only attributed to the fall of the Third Reich. This decision was to use the power of tanks and the surprise attack through the Ardennes in may 1940. Guderian broke through after 5 days of fighting and reached the coast within a week. German tankdivisions had encircled the French and British forces. A daring manoeuvre, planned and executed by a briljant strategist, Erich von Manstein.

In the spring of 1941 Germany was at its highest military strength. Another militairy genius Erwin Rommel, who commanded the Afrika-korps, about one, armoured division strong, pleeded at Army Headquarters (OKW) and personally to Adolf Hitler, for re-inforcements. Operation Barbarossa had not begun yet and the Army had 16 tankdivisions, doing nothing. The strength of the English was equal to Rommel's. With one extra armoured division the German forces would defeat the British, reach Cairo and block the Suez-canal. The British Navy would have to leave the Mediterranean and Malta would be lost. Nothing could stop Rommel to invade Palestine (and Jerusalem), Jordan, Syria and Iraq. These were all French or British “colonys” and they would welcome the Nazis as liberators. In one giant stroke the shortage of petroleum of the Reich was solved. The whole operation would take only months and success seemed garanteed. England had hardly any troops in the area and had to retreat to India.

Hitler choose to invade Russia and when the Germans reached the Caucasus in 1942, a giant entanglement was still possible. But Hitler was obsessed with communism and continued the attack on the Soviet-Union. Maybe he had to attack. Stalin had secretely moved attack-divisons to his border with Germany. This is the reason, why the Soviet-soldiers were overrun. They had no time to fall back on defensive lines. The millions Russian prisoners-of-war seem to illustrate Stalin aggressive intentions. Erwin Rommel did not get the re-inforcements he asked for and was finally defeated at El Alamein. Cairo and Jerusalem stayed out of Rommel's reach. The chance to re-establish the Roman, Mare Nostrum slipped through their hands. The Mediterranean could in 1941/42 have become a fascist lake.