RE: Was Hitler objectively bad?
October 18, 2010 at 11:14 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2010 at 8:06 am by ib.me.ub.)
Quote:For certain that once the US and Russia were involved Germany was never going to win.
I will have to disagree with you here.
If Germany had pushed through with their plan to invade England before declaring war on the USSR, I am sure things would have been differnet.
At the start of WWII, Germany & the USSR had a pact, and thus allowed Germany to remain safe on her Eastern Flank. If Germany would then have pushed through England, thus securing the major Allied staging point, their position would have been much stronger. The Allies would have had no base for bombing runs or a staging point for an invasion of mainland Europe. The Germans should then have pushed as far as Iceland, thus securing the entire Northern sector.
The next step would be to secure Northern Africa & the Middle East to Turkey, all while remaining 'friendly' with the USSR. Thus, securing the Southern sector, and another prime staging area.
Next, Geramany should have worked with Japan to close on the USSR. Using a pincer movement from two fronts, and fighting only during the summer season, while conductiong bombing during the winter.
OK, the USSR falls. The final movement on the continent would be towards India and SE asia.
Employ the same tactic, as with the USSR, with the USA and victory would have been inevitable.
Lastly, just mopping up efforts through Southern Australia, Southern Africa and South America.
Then the real war would have started or we would have had World peace. I think there could have then been a war between Japan and Germany, but it is also possible that there could have been a peace between these two nations.