wwii german vs the west?

Question

If the germans werent fighting on the eastern front could the USA and the other western allies defeated them?
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My own opinion is they wouldnt have.
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Answer 1

I agree, partially.
If they would have left the Russians alone AND if Hitler had left the Generals run the war, the outcome might have been far different.,
The could have handlked the DDay invasion, and gthe war in Europe could have been a draw, France would have been retained as part of Germany.

Answer 2

It depends on a few things.

There's an old saying that goes, "Hitler was America's greatest general."

Hitler was the greatest thing to happen to the Allies because of some horrible blunders he pulled:
(1) Suspended production of the atomic bomb calling it "useless Jewish physics" -which delayed Germany's acquisition process of the bomb for nearly two years, before it was resumed at the rate it was started. Had German scientists been allowed to progress at its initial rate Germany may have had the bomb as early as 1943.

(2) Redesign of the Me-262 airframe. Hitler ordered that the Me-262 be converted into a fighter-bomber, which further delayed its production. Had it not been ordered into a fighter-bomber variant, and left as a fighter the first jet units would have been deployed in 1943 instead of April of 1944.

(3) Placement of the anti-Jewish campaign before the war effort. Had the German High Command been thinking it would have made more sense to conscript the Jews as front-line troops. Even a train carrying Jews from Crimea was placed before a supply train carrying munitions to soldiers in Stalingrad (subsequently the Germans ran out of shells short of a few hundred yards from literally pushing the Soviets into the river).

The list goes on...

But, Germany would have probably won if the Soviets had been defeated. The plan was and always had been to use some of the troops from the Eastern front to support the industrial effort of the war. Had they done this the Western front would have been more than adequately supplied, and the "Wunderwaffen" would have progressed.

What would this mean? Germany, for instance, was working on a version of the V-2 that could hit the East Coast of the United States -one was actually captured by the Allies following Normandy.

There were also plans for a "dirty bomb" to go off over New York City by having an atmospheric blast that would have snowed radioactive silicate all over the city.

But say Germany had failed to produce any Wunderwaffen, and they were all subject to the flights of science fiction- Germany would still have the ability to take all the troops from the Eastern front and apply them to Western one.

If the Soviet Union fell, in all likelihood, Germany would have won, and the United States would have never entered the war (as Japan could be supplied by trading with Germany using Siberia as the conduit).

Answer 3

If they hadn't been fighting two fronts, the war probably would have lasted another couple of years, but ultimately, the Allies would have won out, solely on the power of our manufacturing abilities. Round the clock bombing had decimated Germany's ability to produce the weapons of war, and what they were making was much more complicated than their Allied couterparts, and although they might have been more effective at their particular missions, American equipment (especially the vehicles based on the M4 chassis) were more versatile, and there were A LOT OF THEM! It would have been a bloody mess, but I believe that the end result would have been the same.

Answer 4

It would certainly have been a more difficult battle. It would have required different strategies than those that were used and Germany could have focused more intently on Britain and the US. However you failed to mention Japan which was also a huge part of the war, where the US and Australia were concerned. Even if the US had taken on all the powers of the Axis alone, it would have been a difficult war for all concerned and most likely determined by where the battles were fought.

I'll return to my earlier statements. The war was primarily lost because of Hitler's meddling in the affairs of generals.

Answer 5

The war would have been drawn out much longer, perhaps as long as 5 more years, with many more British and American casualties. Even if Allied forces couldn't beat the Germans, Hitler's regime would have collapsed on itself eventually. And post-war Germany would have been much better off, not being divided between East and West, with a wall dividing Berlin in half. Also, the Soviet Union would never have been able to hold on to the Eastern bloc nations, such as Poland, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, etc., so I think post-war Europe would have been in much better shape, economically and politically.

Answer 6

On a tactical level the US and allies could have lost. However, The Germans started the war way too early for their logistical base and would have never caught up. The need for more supply was one factor that influenced the drive to the east. I think Germany would have been massively over produced and then defeated on a strategic level.

Answer 7

Eventually. Germany did not have enough natural resources to sustain year in and year out. The Allies could have choked them off of oil, steal, some food stocks.

It certainly would have been a longer war, but the outcome was never and could never have been in doubt...the US has so much natural resources that we would never have run out.

Best Regards.

Answer 8

I highly doubt we could've beat the Germans, but then again we would've had the nukes in the bullpen....then all bets would be off. As it was, the strategic bombing of their cities, infrastructure and troop concentrations near the front made mince meat of any German opposition.

Answer 9

It is questionable.

Russia is not given enough credit for stopping the Third Reich.

The Third Reich is not given credit for stopping Russia.

History is always a subject of unprovable speculation however. I question the mind of those who get fired up while quoting 'facts' that are entirely unprovable.

Answer 10

We'll never know for sure, but if Hitler had knocked out Britain instead of attacking Russia, it might have been a different story.