why didn't the axis win the WWII?

Question

Let's face it, the Germans Had the best tech back then and the Japanese the naval empire Italians don't count cause they didn't do anything

Answer 1

Basically they made risky decisions that failed, luckily for us. They were defeated at sea, before land and air, and failed to realize how important that would be in the end.

Answer 2

Let's face it, the IJN never had a chance against the USN once attrition and U.S. production came into the picture.
And I'd not be so sure about German technology. While the Me262 came online before the Meteor, the Allies could afford that sort of luxury. And the land war was 75% and more against the Soviets, whose T34, especially when upgraded to the 85mm gun, was a good tank, especially when one considers Soviet doctrine later codified as "quantity has a quality all its own." And even the comparison of the German tank against the British and U.S. tanks often ignores this: German tanks were pretty good for two days, until they broke down, and then they were out for repairs for the next two days. An M4 would go a week and take a few hours to get back up.
Also, the land of Mercedes and BMW sent forth a horse-drawn army. GM and Ford made trucks.
And finally, Germany's thoughts were always somewhat landlocked. Early U-boot successes were scary, but strategic thinking in naval forces was almost as limited as the equivalent and well-known Luftwaffe shortsightedness in not developing a strategic bomber.

Answer 3

They spread themselves out to thin. In the beginning they took on the countries one at a time which made it easy. They should have waited to attack the USA till they were ready. Then add in they attacked the Russian on their own turf in the dead of winter. On top of that we had fall back positions they had no where to run. Even asking the Germans here and now not everyone wanted to be apart of the whole thing to begin with. It was either join or die. At a Nazi and Tuskegee Airman seminar the Nazi pilot quoted to me saying when they saw Red tails they ran. The true faithful to the party were very few and far between.

So lets recap
Spread too thin
Got greedy and Attacked at the wrong time
Loyalty isssues :)

Answer 4

Technology was too late to be a deciding factor for the axis powers. They made too many mistakes that led to the allies turning the tide of the war in their favor. The biggest mistake made by both the Germans and Japanese was attacking powerful countries, they had England all by it's lonesome on two fronts and so the objective should have been to finish off England.

Answer 5

Because England fought tooth and nail during the Battle of Britain and were down to their last 165 Hurricanes and Spitfires and engaged in desperate head on attacks against German Bombers and thwarted Germanys plans of invading England. Hence the allies still had a base from which build up forces and invade France.
A bit more complicated than that of course.
But if England had fallen it would have been over for Europe. .

Answer 6

The germans made two big mistakes. The first was not to finish off Britain in 1940 and the second was to invade Russia. The Japanese overreached themselves and after the Battle of Midway they lost control of the Pacific.

Answer 7

RUSSIA.

invading russia never worked for anybody. the axis got drained on the eastern front when they overextended into russia and got stuck there through the winter. they suffered like 80% casualty rate or something crazy like that. Hitler thought he could take russia before the winter came, so he didn't build adequate supply lines and the german army got cut off and surrounded for the winter in st. petersburg and they basically all died. of i think, over a quarter of a million troops that went into st.petersburg, only about 5,000 ever made it back to germany.

there's a joke - there's a german general showing off to his girlfriend, showing the map of europe and how the war is going. she says, what is this little thing here?
Oh, that is Germany, darling.
Oh. And what is this huge thing over here?
That is Russia that we are invading.
HAS ANYONE SHOWN THIS MAP TO THE FUHRER?!

my grandpa's a history buff, he loves that joke. sorry to inflict it on you.

Answer 8

Ehumm. A good question. Here in, Finland we were betting that the Axis would prevail, not that we had any option because of the aggression of the USSR. Apparantly, it was clear to us at 1942 that Germany would lose the war.

This had a lot to do with faulty strategy coming from Hitler, It should've been possible to prevail with what he had, but he messed up.

Answer 9

Germany's plunder was attacking Russia. It invaded a monster of a continent. They wasted too many resources fighting the Russians. When teh winter of 1943 hit, it was the beginning of the end. First at Stalingrad than otehrs.

Once Germany lost in Russia, they had two fronts to fight. The elimination of Germany allowed teh Allies to focus on Japan. They could not do it alone.

Answer 10

It was due to Hitler's arrogance and plain stupidity. He went to war with two of the world's strongest military powers, the US and Russia. If he had fought either one of them he would have had a very good chance of success, but fighting them together he hadn't a chance of winning at all. Part of it is also that he was high on various pain killers including morphine and heroin for the latter part of the war. This severely clouded his judgment, and since his military was afraid of him, they had no choice but to follow his orders, no matter how ridiculous. He had also put himself in direct charge of many military units including the tank divisions. During the Normandy invasion Hitler was still asleep and since his followers were afraid to wake him, the panzer divisions were not able to be put in action and greatly impacted the outcome of the invasion.

Answer 11

Geez… there is no one answer to that question, but here are some of the reasons besides the fact Germany was led by an absolute lunatic. I will attempt to be brief (and will fail at that attempt)

1)Politicians acting like generals
2)Over dependence on technology vs. experience and resources
3)Lack of material and limited manufacturing capabilities
4)Overstretched military recourses
5)Loss of air superiority

Politicians playing generals: One of the predominant problems with the axis powers (save Japan) was its politicians taking command powers away from the military. Once the ability to command is striped from a commander and the inexperienced hand of a politician who is going on political needs rather then actual tactical or strategic planning, things have a tendency to fall apart.

Perfect example, D-day, June 6th 1944, allied forces landed in Normandy, the biggest obstacle would have been the panzer divisions located in near by Caen. Had the heavily armored forced moved against the landing zones the allies could have potentially been pushed back. However Hitler believed this attack was a diversion, and rather than allowing his generals to engage the invading allies, the tanks sat for 2 weeks, more than enough time to forge a strong allied beach head.

Up until the last days Hitler continued to make Command level decisions, his orders cost the Germans entire armies in the east and were suicide missions of epic and tragic proportions.

Tech vs. experience and resources: Yes Germany had some of the best tech of its day; however as is true in modern times, tech does not guarantee victory. You have to have the experience and the resources to back up that tech. German jets were revolutionary, Ballistic missile capabilities, advanced engineering and tank capabilities were awesome, however led almost no where.

A lightning fast fighter jet is useless without fuel or a pilot. Targeting of civilians rather than industry or military targets with ballistic missiles is futile. Tanks need gas and maintenance. If you can’t support these and provide them in large enough numbers then you are simply wasting resources. Hitler was too dependent on tech and didn’t have the recourses or man power to maintain them

Lack of resources: Goes back to the last one. If you can’t feed your army, can supply them, can’t fuel your tanks, you can’t move your army, period.

Germany and Japan lacked many important resources, including Rubber (not a problem for Japan granted), Oil, Steel (more a problem for Japan than Germany) and a sustainable method to get those already limited supplies. Also the fact they did not have near by allies capable of supplying those needs was also a key component in failure

Over stretched Military recourses: Had Germany and Japan managed to keep the wars to 1 or 2 fronts then the swing would have stayed in their favor, however Once America entered the war it became inevitable that the war would shift. Germany had Britain bottled up and the Russian campaigns although costly would have been maintainable.

With out the attack on Pearl Harbor and the declaration of war by Germany a few days later, America would have probably remained un-allied long enough for the Germans to destroy the Russians. Unable to shift substantial forces to maintain multiple fronts the Axis powers found them self being crushed. Italy fell shortly after the American entry, France was liberated soon after that and the Russians made their strong push that cracked the German’s already damaged lines. As for Japan they were tied up with China and the rest of Asia, Their Island spanning empire was also their weakness as it became impossible to maintain proper garrisons and supplies to those isolated spots.

Loss of Air superiority: Actually this is more along the lines of being out manufactured and over whelmed. Unable to quickly replace lost war material and vital air power the axis found them selves ruthlessly ripped apart from the sky. The once mighty air forces saw their most experience pilots killed and their air fleets decimated over time while it appeared the allied forces had an unending supply of planes and bombers.

Once the Axis had to move to the defensive the final out come becomes clearer. Over burdened manufacturing was bombed, limited resource structures were destroyed, vital transportation lines were severed. In the end the axis were literally choked to death.

Moral of this lesson: Hitler was a lunatic who thankfully lost. But the real Moral is Keep politicians out of warfare, know your limits and don’t rely on technology to win the war. Lessons that are hard to learn, even 60 years later. And before anyone says it, that is not a slam on anyone.