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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't know if I agree with that though. As soon as they opened the front into Russia they doomed themselves technology or not to the eventual weight that the Soviet Red Army had in terms of sheer man power.
The turnaround in Russia was going to happen eventually, as soon as Stalin got their manufacturing moved over the mountains and mobilized the sheer manpower of the Red army, the war was going to end badly for the Germans.
I also think that Hitler really miscalculated in terms of his terror bombing of England. He really should have launched a amphibious assault into England from three fronts as soon as the weather permitted. While the British Navy was very strong, Hitler probably could have shifted his formidable submarine force to going after the heavier British ships instead of going after convoys. If Hitler could have established a foothold in England and re-enforced it and forced the English to fight on their home soil, if would have changed the dimensions of the war.
With England under Hitler, the American's probably would have shifted their priorities to Japan with the promise to try to free England later. The great convoys to Europe probably would have stopped and America wouldn't have tried to re-enforce Stalin
Where ever he's roasting he's regretting
The invasion of Russia and backstabbing his ally
Hoping that England would surrender to an air campaign instead of conquering her.
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In one of the older Sid Meyer's Civilization games, they had a scenario option where you could go back and replay famous points in military history from the perspective of any party involved.
I remember playing both as the Allies, and the Axis (in the European theater). It was far, far harder to win as the Allies. As the Axis, I rolled up the French immediately, and then set about taking down the Brits with Air/Land. Then I took out the Americans. I never touched the Russians until I had an undeniable advantage, at which point it was a cakewalk.
Western Civilization is very lucky that Hitler had extremely poor judgement and a great deal of hubris. The war could have been very different.