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What Would Have Happened if Germany Had Invaded the U.S. During World War II?
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| August 2, 2015
| By Quora Contributor
Posted on 08/02/2015 7:44:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Invading the North American mainland can be safely left in the realm of bad Hollywood films. And that's even today, with larger ships, jet cargo aircraft, and more people. While it makes for a great strategy, in the end, it's just a nonstarter. Why?
The Germans had no forward base in the New World. If they had seized Iceland, any of the French protectorates in the Caribbean, or northern South America, then an invasion, while still a stretch, could have been conceivable. Without forward bases to deploy to and from, an invasion isn't going to happen.
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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: france; germany; russia; unitedkingdom; ww2
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To: Paladin2
Being on a Kaiser roll can be fun...
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:00:10 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
To: MinorityRepublican
During World War II, we had the better Germans- Eisenhower, Nimitz, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, sailors and airmen of German descent. They were better Germans, because they were strong enough and courageous enough to cross the Atlantic and start a new life.
The Germans who stayed in Europe were weak, timid, and easily led.
To: null and void
Can English Muffins beat a Kaiser Roll?
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:02:42 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
To: dfwgator
Mexico.
They tried it in the Great War.
If they had not taken out a couple of Mexico's oil tankers then they probably would have been able to talk them into it.
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:03:48 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: dfwgator
SA is a valuable locale in RISK.
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:03:53 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
To: Paladin2
Can English Muffins beat a Kaiser Roll? I don't know, but I do know that....
Scissors.
Beats Paper.
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:04:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: null and void
And then there's these -- not regular, but of another kind.
I'm unable to find any documentation of their creation date but I'm sure somebody can cobble something up in Photoshop.
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:05:34 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: UCANSEE2
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:06:04 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:06:17 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
To: MinorityRepublican
you mean we’d all be wearing hats?
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:07:10 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
(Mi baol ach dom olcas mise)
To: MinorityRepublican
We already know what would have happened.
After The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, we darned sure weren’t giving up, so we destroyed Japan....
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:07:18 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: MinorityRepublican
Let’s assume Britain did collapse and become a German occupied country in WWII. (Had Hitler and Goering not been such idiots, it might have happened)
Was not Canada a possession of the British Empire at that time? Would not land possessions like any other possession, such as their naval fleet, been subject to a ceasefire settlement?
If Britain’s defeat caused them to give up their entire empire, then Canada could have been a huge Nazi base as well as a source of oil and other goodies.
Now if that were possible, I doubt if the Canadians would have just folded.
But if the Canadians were somehow coerced into folding, then the US could have followed Churchill’s example of blasting the French fleet by invading Canada before the Nazi’s could come over and set up shop.
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:07:24 PM PDT
by
redfreedom
(All it takes for evil to win is for good people to do nothing - that's how the left took over.)
To: Jane Long
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:07:34 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Paladin2
SA is a valuable locale in RISK. And The Ukraine is weak!
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:07:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:09:10 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: Veto!
“...so theyd be able to talk to their servants at the end of the war.”
Well - she still got to use that English!
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:10:09 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
To: redfreedom
Was not Canada a possession of the British Empire at that time? Would not land possessions like any other possession, such as their naval fleet, been subject to a ceasefire settlement? The US would take over Canada in that case.
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:10:38 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: MinorityRepublican
In 1940, Kaiser Wilhelm II, living in exile in Holland, told an interviewer that despite a string of victories giving it control of continental Europe, he nonetheless predicted that Germany would lose the war for lack of a navy.
To: redfreedom
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posted on
08/02/2015 8:12:22 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: MinorityRepublican
They did, but our X-Wings had tow cables.
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