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If the West was forced into war vs the Soviets immediately following Germany’s surrender
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:26 pm
How quickly would we have defeated them?
A year? 3 years? Before they developed their own nuclear weapons?
A year? 3 years? Before they developed their own nuclear weapons?
This post was edited on 3/27/23 at 11:34 pm
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Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:41 pm to cubsfan5150
Gotta get my posts up.
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:43 pm to cubsfan5150
You know how NATO works, yeah?
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:43 pm to cubsfan5150
Probably would have taken a couple years, but the U.S. would have pulled it out. Remember, Russia didn't have the A-bomb at the time. It took them a few years to steal the plans and build their own.
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:44 pm to cubsfan5150
In very short order. They were decimated and most of their ammo, supplies, food, other aid, etc were being supplied by the US. Cut the supply off, quick strike to sever any help from reaching Berlin. Surround their forces there and root them out, then proceed forward. Patton wasn’t a fool, he believed it would be super quick so I’ll go with his opinion.
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:47 pm to cubsfan5150
6 months
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:49 pm to Tigers0891
I tend to agree with this… what I’m not sure of is just how much serviceable equipment they had remaining after taking Berlin and Prague and I’m sure their factories were back to running at a decent capacity.
I’m also not certain that we would have dropped an A bomb on them unless absolutely necessary; however, Stalin knew that the world had changed once we dropped the first two.
I’m also not certain that we would have dropped an A bomb on them unless absolutely necessary; however, Stalin knew that the world had changed once we dropped the first two.
This post was edited on 3/27/23 at 11:54 pm
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:50 pm to AUstar
The plans were already stolen… they knew all about the bomb early in the process.
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:52 pm to gmac8604
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You know how NATO works, yeah?
He is talking about 1945, NATO was formed in 1949. If you gonna be a post whore at least say something useful or nothing at all.
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:54 pm to cubsfan5150
WWII, a war we were dragged into, was our chance to literally rule the world. We did the right thing at the time, and stopped at the end of the objective. In hindsight, should have taken world domination. It was there for the taking. Now we've let our communist enemies overtake us.
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:54 pm to cubsfan5150
“Invading Russia is a bad idea.” Hitler, Napoleon, Michael Scott
Posted on 3/27/23 at 11:56 pm to cubsfan5150
25 Million Soviets died in the war. We lost 400K. Stalin would've had no problem running that number up. I don't think the US population as a whole had any interest in a European war once Hitler and Germany were eliminated.
If you are just asking about pushing them out of Germany and Austria, that would've been within a year, but the ensuing cold war would've been a LOT hotter.
If you are just asking about pushing them out of Germany and Austria, that would've been within a year, but the ensuing cold war would've been a LOT hotter.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:02 am to cubsfan5150
About one year. We would have routed their raggedy asses.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:05 am to cubsfan5150
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The plans were already stolen… they knew all about the bomb early in the process.
Yeah but they didn't build their first functioning prototype until 1949 and didn't do their first air-drop test until '51.
Even with the plans, it's still an engineering challenge. Then you have to factor in all the testing that needs to be done before you can begin mass production.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:09 am to AUstar
Agreed. I have no doubt that we would have defeated them prior to the A bomb coming into play for them.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:39 am to cubsfan5150
What would that have looked like? As of V-E day (May 8th, 1945), attacking the Japenese mainland was still plan "A" for the USA, which required redirection of the US troops in Europe.
So does France, England, Liberated parts of West Europe, and what's left of the German regular Army/Navy (Now under Allied command) take up arms againt the Soviets until the US joins in a little later after the Japan sitiuation is resolved?
Also, over/under how many atomic bombs would have been dropped? After the success of the first two, I don't think the US would have hesitated dropping them as quick as they can make them in the world of 1945/1946/1947.
So does France, England, Liberated parts of West Europe, and what's left of the German regular Army/Navy (Now under Allied command) take up arms againt the Soviets until the US joins in a little later after the Japan sitiuation is resolved?
Also, over/under how many atomic bombs would have been dropped? After the success of the first two, I don't think the US would have hesitated dropping them as quick as they can make them in the world of 1945/1946/1947.
Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:52 am to cubsfan5150
We would've been drug into a shitty war. We would've been pushed back few hundred miles. After recovery, the supplies we gave them during the lend lease act would've dried up, we would recover.
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Posted on 3/28/23 at 12:59 am to cubsfan5150
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Posted on 3/28/23 at 5:32 am to cubsfan5150
You never get into a land war in Asia
Posted on 3/28/23 at 5:49 am to cubsfan5150
Russia hasn't lost a defensive land war in over a thousand years (The Golden Horde).
This post was edited on 3/28/23 at 6:13 am
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