if it weren't for American would Germany and Japan have won WWII?

Question

I dont think they did....talk about leaving it til the last minute!

Answer 1

The Russian winter defeated the Germans on the Eastern Front. After that, Russia advanced into East Europe with a huge army.
The Japanese were defeated by the Americans and allies such as Canadians, Australians, Kiwis, and Chinese. But Japan refused to quit until the Americans used the A bombs on them.
The Italians and Germans in the Western and Southern Fronts were defeated by the British and American Armies.

If you remove the American forces from these equations, then the ultimate winners would have been Russia and Japan. Russia's army would not have stopped where it did. It would have pursued the German army into France and Spain instead of stopping when it met the American army. Instead of an Iron Curtain cutting across Europe, the Russian Empire would have included all of Europe. Japan would have concentrated its forces in China and SE Asia. The Japanese Empire would have included all of China, Australia and New Zealand.

In the end, the Germans and Japanese, with American aide, recovered from the war and rebuilt their economies into the powerhouses they are today.

;-D Once again, powerful nations will have to chose a path into the future between cooperation or rivalry.

Answer 2

There is no doubt that America's involvement in the war in Europe was very helpful and needed, but to continually suggest that if they hadn't come we'd all be speaking German, or that they won the war single handedly, is preposterous. The Germans, even before the Yanks came along, were fighting a war on two fronts. The bloodier of those by far being the Russian front. The Russians fought more battles, contributed more soldiers and killed more Germans than all the other Allies did put together. In addition they had very little to do with defeating Rommel in Africa. In the end it is pretty certain Russia and the joint Commonwealth forces would have beaten Germany. Russia would have made it to Berlin at the same time it did, Africa and Italy would have still been taken by the British and Commonwealth, which was done without much American involvement at all anyway, and I'm sure eventually France would have been taken back too. Only problem is it would have been a much longer, harder and deadlier fight that could well have crippled the countries involved, and Soviet influence would have stretched much further West after the war.
It's also worth mentioning that before the USA entered the war, we had already halted the German war machine's westward march, and successfully repelled the German assaults on our country and survived the Blitz. I don't think the Germans would have ever taken Britain over, given the other factors such as time and Russia and Italy.
I'm not saying they had nothing to do with the war, but they really do over-exaggerate about their role in it.
Also they turned up late for both wars, when there was no longer any chance of you losing, and only when you were dragged in by American loss of life, rather than feeling the need to protect Europe.

As for Japan, I'm not sure. There is no saying that the USA's nukes weren't the deciding factor in the pacific front, and without those nukes any war would have dragged on for years longer. Without the American forces the war would have dragged on longer too, but I think the might of China and the British&Commonwealth forces would have won in the end. Both committed far more men to the Pacific theatre than the Americans (China committed several times more men than even the Russians).

In response to the earlier answers: Yes the Germans were doing Jet research, they even had the world's first flying Jet aeroplane, but Britain was doing independent Jet research and had it's own Jet soon afterwards, even before the US joined the war. Unfortunately both sides Jet planes were ineffective at first and not used in combat until nearing the end of the war. The US had nothing to do with the Jet aeroplane (not, not 'airplane').

And as for the Americans bombing Germany, the British bombers flew many more sorties, dropped more bombs and did more damage to Germany than the Flying Fortresses, even excluding the times before the US joined. The Lancaster bombers also had a much further range than their American equivalents did.
For instance, who was it who bombed the German dams? That victory was owed to the British Lancasters.

Answer 3

I don't know, but Germany and Japan were two different parts of the world, meaning WWII was a war fought on two fronts. Russians usually give credit to the old USSR for defeating Germany, and Americans may claim victory over Japan. And the US didn't join at the last minute, it joined in 4-5 years before the end.

Answer 4

I don't think that Germany & Japan would have won. Let's not forget, we had the Australians, New Zealanders, Russians, and most of Europe fighting alongside us. The US didn't want to get involved until they were struck at Pearl Harbour (sorry, Harbor). The US seemed to sort of stumble into this war, and the tide had already turned when they did! Obviously, their help was a help, and the biggest military force in the world assisting us was great, but why the hell do they take all the credit for a war that Mr. Churchill and our boys won? Does anyone know if the British forces get any recognition over the pond? Not likely - their own trumpet needs blowing constantly.

Answer 5

German fuel reserve were at a all time low due to restrictions and sinking's near the time of the d-day landing. There troops were stretched to the limits and alliance forces had made considerable grounds before the American army got involved. We did however need the Americans resources of fuel, guns, ammo and tanks plus plane equipment to finish the fight.
The Americans had also been fighting on the Japanese front and were also stretched and even though Germany surrendered after the death of Hitler. Japan would have fought on if it was not for the A-Bomb which was dropped on them

America had a large influence on the war in Germany but Germany would have been defeated about 3-4 months later. Japan is different as it took the Americans to defeat them

so all in all
America kicked japans butt
and the allied forces kicked Germany's
1-1

Answer 6

No espicially in europe. The war in Europe was already turning when the Americans entered the war. The Russian winter had decimated the German forces on the eastern front and they beat them at Stalingrad November 42. This was the start of the Russian push towards Germany via eastern Europe. With regards to Japan I think the americans were the major force in defeating them, but the Japanese were on the brink of surrendering when the Americans dropped the bomb on them. There really was no need. Via intelligence sources the allies knew this.

Answer 7

Ultimately Britain fought longer and harder, so it's ridiculous to suggest that America "won it for them", which is what some Yanks think happened. After all, if they had the power to swoop in and stop the war, why didn't they do it sooner? If you're going to give America credit for the victory, you can also blame them for the terrible years they did NOT give that help.

Having said that, you can't deny that having an extra country join in- even if they were already on the verge of winning- would speed things up and be a big factor in getting the victory when they did.

Answer 8

Americana's historians would suggest the war started in 1940 .
Russia knocked out everything the Germans threw at them the Russia's were devastated every thing was destroyed , millions of innocent women and children paid with their lives, yes the Russians kept all the land they captured, they were the true conquerors. Russians lost 100 times more soldiers than all that were in WW2
they killed millions of German soldier and destroyed Hitlers best. but they didn't win anything, they lost it all over the last 60 years just as the America and any other so called winner does.
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history will prove so called winning a war like the united states would have us believe will in time cost Americans the future of their children's children.
the answer to your question is very complicated ,
history will give you the true answer.
America was involved in europe in ww2, Korea ,Vietnam, and in Iraq.. winners ? history will be the judge.

Answer 9

It was a joint effort. All the allies fought hard, and a lot of troops from both Britain and America died defeating Hitler's war machine. I don't think it should be a modern-day battle of "who gets the credit," so much as being thankful for the way it turned out. It would also be good to look back and see what lessons were learned to prevent another Hitler from coming into power. That, too, is a modern-day joint effort. Today, no country stands alone....it can't, not by itself.

Answer 10

Yes most certainly. The only country that resisted was Britain which was on its last leg after Battle of Britain in 1940. Two things were responsible for defeat of axis powers. First- Hitler' frequent changing of war objectives and achieving nothing in the end. Second-Pearl Harbour and Entry of America in to WWII.