>>Like your Dad, he and his buddies surrendered to a US unit. They were terrified of the Russians, but also of the French.
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>All very sad. Lets not forget that while Hitler did stomp into Czechoslovakia and then (when nothing happened) into Poland, that was at the opposite end of Europe from Britain and France whose only involvement was by treaty. Ribbentrop was the British expert who repeatedly advised that Britain would not go to war for Poland and Chamberlain was on record doubting that the Great Britain populace and empire could survive another war. Nevertheless France and Britain declared war on Germany and the Western world went crazy.

Actually it was a lot more complicated than that. Japan, China, Russia, Italy, Austria and North Africa were all strategic and commercial factors and Hitler put them all into play early in the game.
At the rate he was building his armaments and Navy, if unchecked, he could have made the game unwinnable for Britain.

In Mein Kampf Hitler referred to Britain as a valued ally and spoke admiringly about the US, but he made no bones about his intention to invade Russia and hinted about France.