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At full strength who was more powerful in ww2 Germany or US?
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:48 pm
I was watching a ww2 documentary few days ago and its amazing how 80 percent of Germanys loses were on the eastern front. So when the Americans joined the fight the Germans were badly weakened by the USSR. Its interesting how before Hitler turned on Stalin they were actually allies. I'm curious if Germany never attacks Russia could the US have defeated Germany when they were at full strength?
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:49 pm to bdavids09
Depends on how long we could have drug the war on... we would have defeated them eventually if we didn't fall immediately
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:49 pm to bdavids09
Two words: Manhattan Project
game, set, match
game, set, match
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:51 pm to bdavids09
quote:
At full strength who was more powerful in ww2 Germany or US?
The United States never attained “full strength”. If you’re asking which nation was stronger at their strongest during the war, the answer is the United States.
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:51 pm to bdavids09
US could have sent soldiers all day every day even crossing an ocean.
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:54 pm to bdavids09
I've heard the way to look at it is, at ______ point in time of the war, who was stronger.
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:54 pm to bdavids09
if hitler doesnt attack russia and japan doesnt attack pearl harbor russia and USA sit out ww2 and germany solidifies its power and control of all of europe
This post was edited on 11/1/21 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:54 pm to bdavids09
Yes, it would have taken longer. Russia wasn't really a German ally. They signed a non-aggression pact but I don't think Hitler never intended to keep his word. Stalin probably didn't expect Hitler to honor it for the agreed upon 10 year period.
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:55 pm to bdavids09
Gotta consider the resources that Germany was using on the Eastern Front. We were fighting less than half of Germany's army
ETA: I'm an idiot.
ETA: I'm an idiot.
This post was edited on 11/1/21 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:57 pm to bdavids09
The timelines are not really aligned, but at full strength the USA was more powerful than Germany. This is also removing the nuclear equation.
The US had 50 million more people than Germany in 1940, the ability of those 50 million to contribute to the war effort would be enough. The US is also more abundant in natural resources for the production of weapons.
Germany did have us beat in scientist obviously, but we would eventually be able to overcome that.
The US had 50 million more people than Germany in 1940, the ability of those 50 million to contribute to the war effort would be enough. The US is also more abundant in natural resources for the production of weapons.
Germany did have us beat in scientist obviously, but we would eventually be able to overcome that.
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:59 pm to bdavids09
They weren't "stronger" then most, but their tank generals shocked the French and the eastern Europeans with Blitzkrieg. Before then, the world never saw attacks move that quickly.
If Germany doesn't attack Russia then yes, they would have owned all of western Europe before we even joined the war.
If Germany doesn't attack Russia then yes, they would have owned all of western Europe before we even joined the war.
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:59 pm to bdavids09
US by far, damn Germans were still using horses.
Posted on 11/1/21 at 4:00 pm to bdavids09
If you look at technical efficiency and strength of troops/general/etc. It would probably be Germany at the beginning of the war. We were no where near ready at the beginning of WWII. However, there are a few thing to take into account. Our population was far greater. The probability of attack on the US Mainland was highly unlikely. Maybe a random Sub, but no one was invading us at that time. So We may have lost some initial battles, but our infrastructure would be intact and we had the natural resources to eventually starve Germany out. We could have done the same to any nation, that is why it was such a horrible plan for Japan to attack us. The only thing that would have worked was if Hitler had been able to develop his weapons program before we did.
Posted on 11/1/21 at 4:01 pm to bdavids09
We fought a 2 front war also and beat Japan with the Pacific front getting way less material than the European Front plus we were arming our allies at the same time.
This post was edited on 11/1/21 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 11/1/21 at 4:02 pm to bdavids09
Germany couldn't feed itself or power itself without importing food and energy. With so many men in uniform it had to resort to slave labor to keep the factories running, and by 1943 even had to fill it's military ranks with foreign mercenaries. It had no navy to speak of except for U Boats. It couldn't cross the English Channel, much less an ocean. For all it's reputation for mechanized warfare, the army still moved mostly in horse drawn wagons.
Germany was punching above it's weight and did well for a while. But the heavyweight eventually got down to business and That was that.
Germany was punching above it's weight and did well for a while. But the heavyweight eventually got down to business and That was that.
Posted on 11/1/21 at 4:03 pm to bdavids09
While our Navy and Marine Corps were in the Pacific, and we sent our Army over to Europe to kick their arse for the second time in a quarter century.
Not to mention we got hit hard at Pearl Harbor.
Not to mention we got hit hard at Pearl Harbor.
This post was edited on 11/1/21 at 4:07 pm
Posted on 11/1/21 at 4:10 pm to bdavids09
Germany wasn’t going to win any battles based on attrition due to a relative lack of manpower and natural resources compared to the Allies.
To reference a professor I once had on the subject, Germany’s oil was provided by Romania. Take a look at the number of Romanian oil barons you see in casinos around the world to figure out how much oil they had.
To reference a professor I once had on the subject, Germany’s oil was provided by Romania. Take a look at the number of Romanian oil barons you see in casinos around the world to figure out how much oil they had.
Posted on 11/1/21 at 4:15 pm to bdavids09
If the US had turned it's full military and industrial might against Germany they crumble in 2 years tops.
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