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Originally posted by Lebell
I'm sorry, but this is incorrect.
Hitler made several mistakes that ultimately cost him victory in Europe with the breaking of his treaty with Stalin being high on the list.
But it was America's industrial might that kept England afloat which in turn served as the base for D-Day. Without D-Day and the liberation of France, Hitler would have been able to stablize his hold on the west and fight a one front war.
German equipment was superior to Russian equipment and the only thing that kept Hitler of from taking Moscow was lack of resouces combined with the Russian winter. If D-Day hadn't happened in '44, then Russia probably would have sued for peace by '45.
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It's a very legitimate theory, Lebell. You're right about German equipment vs. Russian equipment, but this didn't help them very much after the winter of '41/42.
It was really a catch-22 for the germans. Wait a year and rebuild your air power and navy to take out the english, or hold off invading russia, letting the red-hot army cool off and giving valuable time to the russians to frantically rebuild.
I agree about suing for peace in '45, but I believe it would have been Germany suing for peace, not the Soviets.
Regardless, it's a good thing the Nazis never had a present-day historian's hindsight working for them
