re: At full strength who was more powerful in ww2 Germany or US?

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The USA island hopped across the Pacific and tore the Jap military apart limb by limb until they lost the will to fight. The Japs were a much scarier opponent than the Germans simply because their soldiers wouldn't surrender and fought to the death.

If the USA could do that, then yeah, they could have beaten the Germans with no Soviet help.

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Island hopping effectively reduced the amount of fighting we had to do. As you recall, most engagements were naval, but there was a lot of island fighting. Island campaigns lasted a month at most.

The Japs were brutal but the Germans fought smarter.