The German generals spent the postwar decades explaining that Hitler lost the war by ignoring their expertise.
His generals told him the USSR would collapse in two to four months. They counted ten Soviet armored divisions. In reality the Soviets had 100.
German engineers also toured Soviet aircraft plants and reported one engine factory larger than six German ones combined. Göring's staff called them defeatists who fell for a Soviet ruse.
Hitler is the one who believed the report.
I decided to look into which side is winning the warehouse and logistics in the Russo-Ukrainian war. According to latest info Russia lost 3% of its stock and built a record 8.7M m² of new space in 2025. Ukraine lost a third of everything and rebuilt almost none.
Everyone imagines Tsarist Russia as an iron police state. In 1900, an empire of 100 million was policed by 1,852 police sergeants and 6,874 constables. Outside the cities, the autocracy was a rumor.
A third of young British women don't trust men. Over half of educated young women view them negatively. Only 35% of women under 25 have a positive view of men.