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Adolf Hitler did not live a long life, but he did live long enough to cause such a great deal of disaster and mistake. WWII went from 1939-1943 and Hitler made many errors but he clearly made three great mistakes. In the Battle of Britain, D-Day and The Invasion of Russia. The war was clearly lost to Hitler?s strategic mistakes. One of Hitler?s earliest mistakes was made in august 8, 1940; during the battle of Britain. Germany sent the Luftwaffe on a rampage against British towns and seaports. Hitler wanted London to pay for bombing a few of Germany?s towns. One million pounds of bombs were dropped on the city of Coventry in one single raid. (www.battleofbritain.com/bobindex.htm) While Hitler was targeting civilians it gave time for the RAF to rebuild and become more prepared for the Germans. The Luftwaffe lost 700 aircraft?s and the Britishlost160. (www.battleofbritain.com/bobindex.htm) Because of the loss Hitler decided to change plans, which meant using more fighters and fewer slow bombers, now the aim wa