This idea is explored in Flashpoint, the event series in the comics that sees Barry return to the present day, after saving his mom, with no powers and no memory of the old timeline.
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3. “泥泞将军”拖延了德国人闪电式进攻的行动。
"General Mud" slowed down the movement of the Germans' lightning attack.
Early reports, which may not have been entirely accurate, indicated that many people listened to or watched the attack and did nothing to stop it, and so a media blitz followed.