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Not entirely true Nimbletoe.
Realize that at the time the Depression was still there.
The reason America came out and kicked mucho ass in WW2 can be credited with the fact that public opinion was entirely behind the war because of Pearl Harbor.
Isolationists and pro-war were about split at the time. The final nail in the coffin for the isolationists was Pearl Harbor - to quote one of the most isolationist senators after pearl harbor - "Lets give em Hell."
Theres a reason why 12 million people served in the military. Why over 30,000 ships were made. Why hundreds of thousands of planes built.
The U.S. hardly cared about the affairs of Europe. They would never have been involved in Europe anyways had Hitler not declared war on the U.S.
FDR wanted the war with Hitler. A good portion of Congress, however, was against it. As was much of the public - it wasn't their war until Japan decided it was so.
Ballzor: the problem with that is that Hitler would *NEVER* agree with Russia in an alliance - except for short temporary agreements.
Hitler hated Slavs and other people he considered "inferno" and "sub-human" and Russia was one of those nations which held a great portion of those he hated.
Italy isn't even a key player in the war honestly - they got invovled in battles they couldn't handle so the Germans had to go and back them up.
Had Britain fallen, the situations would occur here:
-Colonies across the world would be in peril - the colonies such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India, would've fallen to Japan. Africa could easily be under German rule. The Mid East would've seen Arab uprisings and be under Germany as well.
If you have a country dominating that much of the world's resources and economy (as Britain once did) they would be in a position that would be very very good against a war with Russia.
not to mention that Germany at the time easily had the most advanced technology - in tanks, planes (jets and rockets were there), weaponary, etc.
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