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BigmanPigman

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11. And Hitler taking a nap with orders NOT to wake him up
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 08:51 PM
6 hrs ago

during the landing. I can easily see tRump doing the same thing and his staff would be afraid to wake him.

"Adolf Hitler was asleep when the D-Day invasion began, and his subordinates hesitated to wake him and order reinforcements, leading to crucial delays in the German response. The Fuhrer remained asleep until around noon, by which time the initial Allied landings were well underway, and he initially dismissed the invasion as a feint before eventually agreeing to send in the Panzer divisions.
Hitler was at his residence in the Bavarian Alps, and the evening before D-Day, June 5, 1944, had been a relaxed, almost festive one.
His staff had received strict orders not to disturb him for any reason. German commanders in the invasion area requested permission to move Panzer forces but were delayed by the reluctance to wake him. When Hitler did wake up, he still believed the invasion was a diversionary tactic and initially refused to commit reinforcements."

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