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Kurt Student

After that he turned to the question of invading England. Hitler said that during the previous year he could not afford to risk a possible failure apart from that, he had not wished to provoke the British, as he hoped to arrange peace talks.

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Hitler avoided invading England last year because he didn’t want to risk failing and losing his position. Additionally, he preferred not to upset the British since he was hoping to negotiate peace with them.

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