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WWII discussion forum / How Hitler could have won WWII?
« on: June 06, 2005, 04:12:05 PM »
Suppose Hitler was utterly calculating, and had a realistic appreciation of how strong the United States was...
Dec 7th 1941: Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
Dec 9th 1941: Hitler denounces Japanese act of agression; pointedly refuses to activate Japanese alliance, which is defensive only.
Dec 12 1941: Hitler expels Japan from the Axis.
Dec 13 1941: Hitler declares war on Japan.
Hmmm. America is fighting only Japan. Germany is also fighting Japan, so America and Germany are perforce allies, in the Pacific anyway. But the UK (and the Netherlands) are also fighting Japan AS WELL AS Germany. So the USA is allied with both sides in Europe, who are fighting each other... eep.
Odd man out is Russia. They are fighting only Germany, a nominal US ally. Hard to see any American lend-lease going there.
What if Hitler offered to send the Tirpitz to the Pacific?
Remember, Roosevelt might have had a hard time getting a declaration of war against Germany as it was. If all this didn't keep the US off Hitler's back, it would at the least have complicated things...
Dec 7th 1941: Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
Dec 9th 1941: Hitler denounces Japanese act of agression; pointedly refuses to activate Japanese alliance, which is defensive only.
Dec 12 1941: Hitler expels Japan from the Axis.
Dec 13 1941: Hitler declares war on Japan.
Hmmm. America is fighting only Japan. Germany is also fighting Japan, so America and Germany are perforce allies, in the Pacific anyway. But the UK (and the Netherlands) are also fighting Japan AS WELL AS Germany. So the USA is allied with both sides in Europe, who are fighting each other... eep.
Odd man out is Russia. They are fighting only Germany, a nominal US ally. Hard to see any American lend-lease going there.
What if Hitler offered to send the Tirpitz to the Pacific?
Remember, Roosevelt might have had a hard time getting a declaration of war against Germany as it was. If all this didn't keep the US off Hitler's back, it would at the least have complicated things...