Yawn - a difference in views is hardly a deficiency you old bugger:wink:.
And CG, there was no way, IMO, the Germans could have committed to a difficult & protracted battle in the West, whilst leaving the rear open for Johnny Soviet to take advantage.
There were zero plans in May 1940 for the invasion of Britain - they didn't think that the Blitzkrieg would be so efficiently succesful. Furthermore, as evidenced at Dunkirk, they didn't want to piss off the Brits with regard to any future pact.
It's not commonly known, & is omitted from most texts, that the Blitz of the UK, & the bombing of German cities, stopped entirely for nearly 2 years the day after Hess parachuted into Scotland.
The entire German focus from the outset was the expansion to the East, & the defeat of Communism.
The outcome of the war in Europe cannot be in dispute. A war to stop a bloodthirsty tyrant enslaving Eastern Europe, ended with a bloodthirsty tyrant enslaving Eastern Europe. Can anybody sensibly disagree? HalfCocked, anyone?