re: Two questions about World War 2 in Europe.

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I'll ask it a different way. Were American troops needed to win the war?

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I think so. I do not believe that England had the sheer number of men required to invade all of Europe once Germany took France and North Africa.

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Unless the A Bomb was delivered with a V2 rocket, how would they deliver it to England. You just said England had air superiority

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A V2 had a payload of 1,500 lbs. in 1945, an atomic bomb weighed close to 10,000 lbs. The V2 was not going to get an a-bomb anywhere, much less over the English Channel.

I don’t understand your aim here

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1. Was there a peaceful solution prior to its start? 2. Was the United States needed to win it?

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Adolf Hitler declared war on the United States on December 11, 1941, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which brought America into the war against Japan and subsequently, due to their alliance, against Germany as well.

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Hitler had an agenda that he wasn’t going to back down from, and he invited us so no need to be rude.

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I believe that when the Japanese met Russian regulars on mainland Asia (I think it was Korea?) in WWII they were rebuffed pretty thoroughly.

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There were a few “border wars” in Manchuria/mongolia area in the late 1930’s between Japan and Russia. Russia won those.

Japanese army had their hands full in China.

If the British would have made Germany give up the telephone poles, the whole thing would have never started.

Without Allied help, the USSR craters in '42. '43 at the latest. As it is, Stalin was making behind the scenes peace feelers with the Germans as late as '43. No USA means no USSR.

Hell, America sent the Soviets over 75,000 trucks and their logistics were still a mess. Even in '45 their losses were horrific due in large part to their abominable supply situation.

Europe still needs the USA for protection almost 100 years later.

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I'll ask it a different way. Were American troops needed to win the war?

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Interesting question. Personally, I think Germany was finished in Dec 1941 but no one knew it yet. The Soviets took the Nazi’s best shot, traded land for time until General Winter (greatest general in history) appeared, and the war was lost for the Germans.

Without US troops, probably a negotiated peace between the Germans and Soviets with western and Central Europe under Nazi control and Eastern Europe divided between the Nazi’s and the Soviets. The world would then be a four empire Cold War - US and UK, Nazi Germany, the Soviets, and Japan in the East. World War 3 is a guarantee in this scenario.

Committing troops freed Western Europe, Japan became an economic powerhouse, with the cost of Eastern Europe under an Iron Curtain. World War 3 avoided.

1.) Yes, several possible ways to prevent. Two that havent been mentioned include a better-for-Germany Treaty of Versailles where they weren't totally embarrassed or hurt economically though the 20s and 30s. Without the punitive penalties on Germany after WW1, there is possibly no Hitler or Nazi party. Also, the German government could have stood up to the brownshirts and not appointed Hitler to be Chancellor. He was never voted into power and the Nazi party never had more than about 1/3 of the votes in their parliament. The opposition party compromised under thug pressure from the brownshirts to appoint Hitler to be Chancellor, and things went downhill from there. Without Hitler as Chancellor, they dont push into the Rhineland, Austria, Belgium, and France, etc.

2.) Yeah its pretty well established that the US provided the materials and support to everyone needed to defend against the very strong and motivated Axis powers. They were also the primary force preventing the Japanese from going into Russia after Manchuria and the rest of China were conquered, allowing Russia to focus on Germany. The US supported China and we all know about the Pacific war and its toll on Japan.