re: What if the Nazis developed an atomic bomb first?

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They never built any long range four engined bombers in any quantity. Victor Davis Hanson talks about this in his book The Second World Wars. It was a strategic mistake on the Germans part as it put Russian industry out of their reach after Stalin moved everything to the east.

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I don’t think the Germans ever counted on fighting the U.S. and Russia. Hitlers grave errors were stabbing Stalin in the back when they had an agreement and 2nd error was declaring war on the U.S. after Japan attacked PH. He should have told Japan they’re on their own after that stupidity and tried to keep the U.S. out of Europe as long as possible.


Hitler was determined to conquer mainland Europe and never developed long range bombers or really much of a navy outside of U-boats. He couldn’t even conquer Britain due to it being an island

His power was largely limited to land forces led by his Panzer divisions and a decent short range Luftwaffe. Anytime the Axis powers ventured outside of mainlain Europe (Britain, Russia, North Aftica) they struggled due to lack of a Navy, railroad infrastructure, and long range Air capability. They couldn’t move their land forces and supplies efficiently outside of Europe. One of the smartest things Stalin did was Russia had a different gauge railroad track than Europe used. So Germany’s trains couldn’t get into the USSR without replacing the track. It slowed Hitler down giving Stalin time to move manufacturing to interior Russia