If in WWII the Germans hadnt attacked Russia and focused on the west what do you think would've happened?

Question

i think they would've won

Answer 1

Yes. If they would have stopped at the Russian border and then stopped again when the came to the sea. All of France would still be speaking German. Save the U.K. which would have been to hard for them to hold if they had every been able to take them in the first place. Some long German occupation could have made the French almost likable, almost.

Answer 2

The result depends on what you mean by winning. I doubt they would have been able conquer Britain because the RAF were gradually take the air superiority away from the Luftwaffa. Also the RN is much better than the German navy, and even the U-boat lost its effectiveness in the Atlantic with better anti-submarine weapsons. However, with that said, there is no way that the Allies would have been able to land in Normandy and push all the way to Berlin themselves. The Sherman was no match to what the Germans had. It is hard to say whether the German army would have been able to spread to the oil fields in the Middle East, because they were defeated at the battle of El-alamine without the Soviet's help, but who knows what might have happened if Rommel was givng more tank. The most likely result would have been the Nazi Germany having all of western Europe. Japan would still be defeated and Italy was never a huge threat to do anything. However, with that been said, there is no way that Hitler would have left Russia alone. He wanted more lebenstrum (living space), and in Mein Kampt (his book), he clearly stated that communists needs to be wiped out and that conquering Russia is needed to glorify the Germanic race. Eventually they would have attacked Russia, and the moment they do, they would have been confronted with a two front war, and would have lost.

Answer 3

Recall that in late August 1939, just before Germany's invasion of Poland (the start of WWII) Germany and Russia had a secret meeting, and reached what is known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The pact ensured that Russia would stay out of the war; it also ensured that Germany would keep the spoils of western Poland while Russia would keep the eastern part. (a number of other countries in Eastern Europe also saw significant regions split in this fashion).

Sources indicate Stalin had felt Hitler would abide by the pact and it is unlikely Stalin would have attacked Germany. In fact, in 1941 just before Hitler invaded Russia, Stalin had given orders that no soldier was to fire across the border, even though there was evidence showing that Germany might
invade. That is often cited as a reason why Stalin had believed Hitler would keep his word, but it is also why the Russians were caught largely off guard.

Without an Eastern front, Hitler might have been able to consolidate his gains in the Low Countries and France, possibly setting the stage for a ground invasion of England. Even so, Hitler may have simply negotiated peace with England, which in turn may have kept the Americans out of the war.

But historically, tyrants arenever satisfied with only a few gains. Napoleon could have won had he not invaded Russia in 1814.

It's tough to speculate, but there is a good chance Germany might have won the war in Europe had it not invaded Russia.

Answer 4

Eh.

I do not think we should even be pondering that. So many different thing could have happened. But anyways:

Germany would have concentrated more on its invasion of Britain probably - Operation Sea Lion (Seelowe). It would have been a catastrophic failure anyways. The Luftwaffe cold not defeat the RAF, so a sea incursion would be impossible when the ships ferrying troops are taking fire.

France would still suck. Only more. European Jews would have been eradicated.

The Germans would have "won," they would probably ask for a cease fire, and America would have sunk to the level of Colombia nowadays. Then the Germans would invade us and Nazify. People were very anti-semitic during WWII already.

I think that's it.

Answer 5

The only reason they attacked Russia was for oil and space. If the Germans hadn't attacked Russia they would have been slowly worn down by fuel use of the Luftwaffe. But if the Germans had focused their attacks at Stalingrad in stead of two places at once they might have succeeded in defeating the Soviet Union.

Answer 6

If the Germans hadn't attacked Russia, they would have been able to send more troops to North Africa to defeat the British. They probably still would not have been able to occupy Great Britain in 1940/41, but the British wouldn't have been able to invade the continent either. So you would have had a stalemate between Britain and Germany from 1941 to at least 1943.

Being free to concentrate their resources on naval and air development (instead of on armies fighting in the East), the Germans might have been able to challenge the British again in the North Atlantic and in the skies over the English channel by 1943/1944. This still would not be enough to conquer Great Britain entirely, but it would probably be enough to get the British to sue for peace.

America might not have gotten involved at all. Many believe Germany declared war on the U.S. in an effort to get the Japanese to declare war on the Soviets. If the Germans were fighting the Soviets in the December of 1941, they would have less reason to get involved with the fight between the U.S. and Japan.

The Soviets might want to attack from the East by 1943/44, but with no other allies it would probably be too difficult for them. With Great Britain out of the way and the U.S. playing nuetral in Europe, along with Japanese threatening in the East, the Soviets would be taking a huge risk in attacking Germany.

So in the end, had Germany focused on the West they probably would have been able to maintain their empire for decades. If they had developed nuclear technology first, they more than likely would have gone on to conquer Russia and probably would have attacked the U.S. as well.

All of that being said, it's kind of hard to imagine Hitler NOT attacking Russia. One of the central planks of Nazism was to achieve "living space" for Germans at the expense of Easter nations. Hitler was also rabidly anti-Bolshevist. War with Russia was practically guaranteed whenever Hitler took over the country.

Answer 7

Attacking Russia only ended it sooner. The west would have won. England would never give up and neither would the US. Just wouldn't have happened. The US may have had to use the Bombs on Berlin next.

Answer 8

They would have invaded England, and probably taken over them before the United States was even involved. They may have invaded the US or Russia next. I agree that they would have won.

Answer 9

He should have stayed to the one front war and in time after conquering all of western Europe and confiscating all those resources, then building another army and international relations improving on his new empire and improved commerce and industrial innovations, he could have then put Russia in a checkmate position as they were preparing for the defense of their country and he would never of had to invade them. just watch them across the fence.

Answer 10

I'd be really screwed because you probably would have asked that question in Japanese. And I don't know Japanese.