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Originally posted by DrJekyll
3) Superior equipment- The Soviet T-34 was the best mass produced medium tank of the war. Having said that, the Allies would have access to captured German equipment, factories, personnel, and technology, and were in much better shape to begin production of advanced equipment such as the Panther, Panther II, Go229, Me262, Sturmgewher 44, Type XXI and XXIII U-boats, and the V-1 & V-2 programs.
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I think your friend forgot that half of Germany, including Berlin, was in Russian hands at the conclusion of the Second World War. It wouldn't have been the Western partners of the Allies who had access to German technology. The Go229, Me262 and V-1/V-2 were experimental weapons at the time- I can't argue that they were templates for the weapons to come, but their practical uses were limited in 1945.