if the nazis think they are the superior race (world war 2), why did they form an alliance with the japs?

Answer 1

The political alliance with Japan was based on Hitler's desire to form an Axis that would be able to control Russia, Hitler always had the main objective of conquering Russia and the eastern lands for living space. The superior race was part of the effort to make the German people feel good about themselves and part of the effort to unite them behind the Nazi political machine. Remember that national socialism was only the vehicle that Hitler used to obtain power. Once in office as chancellor the party no longer had any power because all power was given to Hitler. thus and ultimate dictatorship, his original goal.

Answer 2

They formed alliance with japs, because they needed help defeat russia, US, and England. They were becoming weak and japan has already attacked Pearl Harbor, so the nazis were very sure of the power of the japan and they formed the alliance. If nazis had dominated the world then they would also turn down the japs and made them nazis too. But , I am glad that it did not happen

VERY GOOD QUESTION

Answer 3

Actually, Hitler didn't think much of the Japanese. And the Japanese didn't think much of the Western world except that it helped them become a more powerful nation (the Japanese also felt that even though they had come from behind, the fact that they caught up and even succeeded past, according to them, the Westerners, they were the superior race).

jegreencreek is right in reference to the reasons behind the alliance. Hitler saw the alliance as a strategic move to keep Russia down and off its tail until German forces could attack it. Hitler had no long term desire to stay connected with Japan, they were simply a matter of convenience.

A good source on this issue is a book by John Dower entitled "War Without Mercy." It's easy to read and very informative.

Answer 4

Nazi Germany formed an alliance with Imperial Japan for one of the most base reasons imaginable, that being, "If your enemy's are my enemy's, than we must be friends" The notion that Germany would have turned on Japan after the defeat of the Western Allies, is nothing short of revisionist crap. Equally silly is the idea that Germany needed Japan to keep the USSR busy The Soviet Union didn't declare war on Japan until the closing weeks of the war. Germany was especially interested in keeping Britain tied up in the East to stop them from sending their sizable armies in India from backing up the British and Commonwealth forces in Africa. The depth of Japans success in the far east was unimaginably good luck for Germany in the short run and was likely a complete surprise for the Nazi's but the idea that it was ever any more than a marriage of convenience, is pure hokum

Answer 5

Well for one thing Hitler and the Japanese emporer had a lot in common. Where Hitler wanted to conquer Europe and Russia,the Japanese had empire goals of thier own. With such an alliance at that time, Japanese could conquor the US from the Pacific and of course the Nazis from across the Atlantic. Of course that never happened. But both powers share that conquest ego.

Answer 6

While Dani has a good anser, you should remember that Hitler in fact specifically addressed this problem. The Japanese, at the time they signed the TriPartite Axis in 1941, were declared by the Reichstag to be 'honorary Aryans.' Needless to say, the Japanese (who believed they were directly related to gods rather than simple uber men didn't really care for this). The Axis was certainly made easier by the simple fact that the European and Asian portions were separated by almost the entire diameter of the Earth. After all, Hitler still considered his Baltic and Ukrainian allies to be untermenschen, and when it came down to brass tacks he wasn't terribly thrilled with the Italians either!

Answer 7

Racism isn't a logical behavior. Neither is genocide. Their alliance with the Japanese wasn't logical, (according to their credo of white supremacy) but was a strategic military move. Eventually, I believe, they would have gone to war with their allies also.

And really, don't call the Japanese people "japs". That's offensive too.

Answer 8

An alliance is always good than takin it all alone.
It doesnt matter what they feel abt the status of their ally.It just matters if they are good enough to be teamed up with.
It has nothing to do with status when selecting an ally in a war.

Answer 9

They needed the man power and another front opened to keep the allies busy. After the war if Germany had won they would have invaded Japan.

Answer 10

so they could bomb them later remember the y did that to Russia and then bombed them the Day they bombed Perl Harbor the next day Hitler Declared war on the USA so he would join the Japanese in the destruction Of us But he did this his hole life side with the stronger party then take them over when they least expect it, remember Hitler wanted the whole world