What if hitler had waited

But for argument's sake, let's assume that the U. In such a scenario, Britain and her colonial allies would have been left in the lurch. Britain's RAF would have struggled in Africa, likely never achieving the ability to invade Italy or some other "soft underbelly" region. No Western Front would have emerged.

The Soviet Union would have likely still defeated Germany, but it would have taken considerably longer. And under those conditions, Stalin would have likely claimed all of Europe for himself. A longstanding debate among historians is whether or not Operation Barbarossa could have actually succeeded. Several mistakes were made during the operation, including a day delay to start the invasion and Hitler's catastrophic decision to divert the main thrust southwards to help Army Group South capture Ukraine, thus delaying the attack on Moscow.

By the time Army Group Central reached the outskirts of Moscow in early December — a teasingly close distance of 15 miles German soldiers could actually see the spires of the Kremlin — winter had set in, forever thwarting Hitler's plans to take the nation's capital.

This is one of the most significant events of the Second World War, if not the most significant event. Things would have turned out quite differently had the Soviet Union fallen.

First, it would have knocked out a significant military power. Then, armed with Russia's vast resources including the oil regions to the south and the breadbasket regions of Ukraine , the Third Reich would have converted into the autarchy of Hitler's fantasies.

Nazi Germany would have likely emerged as a superpower, eventually defeating Britain and claiming all of the Middle East probably linking up with Japanese forces. It would have eventually developed nuclear capabilities, kindling a Cold War with the United States. Frighteningly, the Nazis would have succeeding in murdering all the Jews and Romani of Europe.

And through the diabolical Hunger Plan , they would have starved tens of millions of slavs to death as well, "cleansing" the occupied territories of its native peoples Hitler was a big fan of the American pioneering model. Needless to say, this would have been a humanitarian catastrophe of the highest order, possibility setting the stage for a totalitarian dark age though as history has since shown, even the Soviet Union eventually collapsed.

Imagine a scenario in which both Hitler and Stalin came to a mutual agreement to cease hostilities on the Eastern Front. Credit C. This one's a bit of a stretch for at least two reasons. First, Germany desperately needed Russia's oil reserves to continue its war effort.

Second, Stalin would have been extremely hesitant at allowing Germany to continue running roughshod around Europe; the Third Reich would continue to pose a serious existential threat to the USSR.

Still, the possibility that this could've happened is quite frightening. Given Hitler's penchant for so-called " wonder weapons ," there's little doubt he would have used the atomic bomb if he had it. This is the same regime, after all, that developed a precursor to the intercontinental ballistic missile. The Nazis even used mosquitoes as biological weapons.

Needless to say, it would have been lights-out for the Allies had Germany come up with the bomb first. It would have resulted in victory for Germany on all fronts. Mercifully, the Nazis never appreciated the potential for a weapon that was so closely associated with "Jewish science. Had it been up to Winston Churchill there would have been no Western Front. With memories of the Great War's static Western Front still haunting him, he was resistant to launch an amphibious attack on France, preferring instead his "soft underbelly" strategy of attacking Axis powers through Italy and the Balkans.

But by the time the United States consolidated itself in the war, Churchill and the British military had to take a back seat to American planners. Hence the attack on Normandy in June American troops look over German armor destroyed during the drive towards Rome, Of course, Stalin also demanded a Western Front — not only to offset the terrible losses incurred by the Red Army Stalin would later say, "You paid with your steel, we paid with our blood" , but to also prevent rival Allied forces from establishing a foothold in Eastern and Central Europe.

He was already looking ahead to post-war Europe and the creation of a communist bloc. But had Churchill gotten his way, it's likely that an exceptionally strong Allied invasion of both Italy and the Balkans would have occurred. Interesting question. Fortunately we never found out, because Hitler was facing immense political and more importantly economic problems at home, which goaded him into war a little earlier than he planned.

The German strategic position was poor even though its tactical and operational posture was good given its central position between its main antagonists.

One thing that definitely would have happened was a more extensive use of atomic weapons. So let's all thank God or Allah or the hands of fate or the twists of time, whatever that Hitler moved when he did. Remorseless , Feb 5, Joined: Jun 25, Messages: 19, Location: Singapore.

The military planners of Germany originally planned for the armed forces to be adequately equipped only in for a major war. However the easy pickings from the Rhineland onwards whetted Hitler's appetite and drove forward their schedule. Resulting in the Germans going to war with less-than-optimal equipment, esp for the Soviet campaign.

Still, the Germans picked up much fr looting the arsenals of defeated countries esp Czechoslovakia and France etc Knight-Dragon , Feb 6, If Hitler had waited in the East,Stalin would've invaded relatively soon. The Soviets always wanted to bring the Red Flag to Berlin and they certainly would have attacked also.

The fear of Communism was still much bigger than the fear of Fascism and the Soviets could've faced all of Europe to fight. I think,if Hitler had listened to his military advisors and avoided the enourmous number of mistakes caused by him,Germany could've won WW2.

Kennelly , Feb 6, Joined: Feb 6, Messages: 5, Location: Looking for da man. Germany would have been bankrupt by , the Reich would have colasped in economic caos, this comes from the president of the Reich's bank in It was only by seizing the gold reserves of defeated western nations, and slave labor that Germany remained solvent. Also, Hitler's Parkinson's would have deteriated his reasoning more, as events showed, his judgement became more impared over time.

France would have a large modern airforce, as would Britain, and Germany would have a very rough time in the west, in the East, the Soviets would have large numbers of superior armored vehicles. Hitler had no concept of advanced planning, and didn't really understand economics. The longer he waited, the more doomed he would be.

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