is it true that the British Isles saved the necks of America by standing alone to the might of Axis evil?

Question

I have heard that the Spanish dictator Franco
had a plot to allow Nazi and Japanese forces to strike at US from his South American colonies if Britain had fallen.

Answer 1

What in Gods name are these Americans on about. You are quite right Realist, the US would not have had a smidgen of a chance. What the brain washed twerps don't realise is that at the time our islands,steeped in heroics, steadfastness, and sorry about this US, history, our brave men,women and children stood alone to save the world from tyranny, THE RUSSIANS WERE ON HITLERS SIDE at that time, don't they learn them anything. As regards the Lend Lease, our nation is still paying the buggers back for some WW1 destroyers which were only fit for the scrapyard. I was born in 1940, a period which we call our heroic period, and I remember this nation being food rationed, yes food rationed, till the 60's to pay you lot off, so don't come that game. No one is decrying the sacrifices made by your magic troops, they were magnificent, my dad told me. But with a Russo,Nazi,Nippon, Hispanic, and conquered Europe at your door, you would have fallen like skittles

Answer 2

I don't think that is true because Hitler had no plan as far as I've ever heard to attack America. He was apparently surprised that Britain and France declared war over Poland.Whilst Britain fought on alone after the French collapse, we (the British) were greatly helped by President Franklin D.Roosevelt and sections of the American public. Covertly in the beginning we were supplied with essential war material and as the war progressed ever more openly.
Of course after Pearl Harbour we were comrades in arms against the Axis.

Answer 3

Britain not falling helped, but also Russia not falling.

If the U.S. and Canada would have found themselves alone the Germans may have developed the bomb by then and it may have been a different story.

What may or may not have happened is irrelevant. We needed each other to beat the Nazis.

Think about all the ships and guns the Americans were loaning to England during that time.

Answer 4

Without any single player the war would have been lost. Without the US and commonwealth (Canada, Australia etc) Europe would never have been liberated. Without the UK Europe, and probably russia after Hitler had only 1 front to fight on, then eventually the US would have fallen. Without the French resistance the invasion wouldn't have had the intelligence it required to pass off an effective operation. Without the Polish army in exile the RAF would have lost many of its best pilots and may have lost the battle of Britain. Without the USSR Hitler would have been able to direct all his troops to the western front and mount a far better defense. Without China's efforts to fight them, Japan would have been much much stronger.

Without one brick, the wall would have fallen.

Answer 5

The USSR and Brittain both played critical roles in the European theatre of WWII. Though, really, considering that Germany couldn't even mount an effective invasion of England across the Channel, a trans-atlantic invasion would have been mere fantasy.

Answer 6

No, because the British isles didnt stand alone. London was being pummled by hitler's exploding rockets, bomber planes, and other explosive devices being tried on them. If the USA had not lended a hand britian would have fallen to the nazi's. I beleive that if Franco decided to carry out his plot he would have recieved the same gift from above that hiroushima and nagasaki got.

Answer 7

highly unlikely,the Japanese did have some capabilities when it came to invading from the sea,but those were close to home,(short supply lines),now invading the U.S. even from Spanish S.American colonies would still require supplies from the Japanese homeland,japan did not have the necessary ship tonnage to manage such a task,as for Germany they to lacked the naval resources,or man power to undertaking such an invasion,the U.S. had the advantage of its industrial complexes,were self sustaining,everything needed to build,supply,and maintain an army was found on U.S. soil.

Answer 8

It wouldn't have helped the nazis any- they didn't have enough troops to take both Europe AND South America.