21.09.2010, 18:44
Okay, good.
Perhaps the biggest blunder of the war was Hitler's attack upon the Soviet Union which he thought would have to fight a two front war which included Japan. In fact, the USSR and Japan were at war in the final days of WW2, but the Soviets and Germany faced one another for about 4 years at the cost of millions of soldiers and many more civilians. The war on the Russian Front in general dwarfed everything else combined.
In the long term, Hitler's blunder into the Soviet Union resulted in Germany fighting a three front war instead of two. Had he faced only one front at a time, it is likely that Germany would have defeated Great Britain at least in terms of a forced armistace that would have included the North Africa Front.
This would have allowed Germany to focus the vast majority of forces against the Soviet Union, which was a major goal of Hitler for years. I venture that the Nazis would have conquered all of Europe before the USA entered the war if Hitler had played his cards right as Commander In Chief.
Hitler's unreasonable expectation for Japan and Russia to open another front sealed the course of defeat for Germany. Had it actually happened that way, 1946 would have only been the beginning of Inter-Continental warfare on a massive scale.
Of course, one could say that Japan should have faced the Soviet Union before attacking the USA. In this sense, the blunder into defeat is shared by Germany and Japan.
I am so glad that the Allies won. :OO
Fireskull
Perhaps the biggest blunder of the war was Hitler's attack upon the Soviet Union which he thought would have to fight a two front war which included Japan. In fact, the USSR and Japan were at war in the final days of WW2, but the Soviets and Germany faced one another for about 4 years at the cost of millions of soldiers and many more civilians. The war on the Russian Front in general dwarfed everything else combined.
In the long term, Hitler's blunder into the Soviet Union resulted in Germany fighting a three front war instead of two. Had he faced only one front at a time, it is likely that Germany would have defeated Great Britain at least in terms of a forced armistace that would have included the North Africa Front.
This would have allowed Germany to focus the vast majority of forces against the Soviet Union, which was a major goal of Hitler for years. I venture that the Nazis would have conquered all of Europe before the USA entered the war if Hitler had played his cards right as Commander In Chief.
Hitler's unreasonable expectation for Japan and Russia to open another front sealed the course of defeat for Germany. Had it actually happened that way, 1946 would have only been the beginning of Inter-Continental warfare on a massive scale.
Of course, one could say that Japan should have faced the Soviet Union before attacking the USA. In this sense, the blunder into defeat is shared by Germany and Japan.
I am so glad that the Allies won. :OO
Fireskull