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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
You know doing this, I was thinking that one of the major blunders by the German's was in the evacuation of Dunkirk which was a huge defeat for the Allies except for one thing, because they didn't have sufficient naval power they allowed 300,000 British and French troops to survive to fight another day. I think thats a significant tipping point, and a major defeat at the same time.
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I somewhat agree on Dunkirk, as I don't know how much stomach Britain would have had for the BoB had the BEF been captured or killed. Dunkirk was the first visable chink in the armor as far as the western allies are concerned, and is still one of the major "what if's" of the entire war. I'd also like to join Rathji's camp on Barbarossa, while it wasn't a decisive
battle it was a huge turning point in the war.