[grapeape]

He is not a hero but an intelligent man who made an economic decision. He realized that the allies could and would hit back and completely destroy Germany. No really. Destroy, like wipe off the map destroy. The end of their culture. Many of us forget that people all over the world at the time didn’t care if Germany ceased to exist as a people. The same was true for the attitude toward Japan.

He knew the Allies would blanket Germany with chemical weapons and there would be no Germany left. We were bombing them on a regular basis at that point.

[Tallguy]

During the landings in Italy a group of LST’s were hit by German dive bombers. It’s widely acknowleged that the LST’s were carrying chemical weapons. Wiped out the harbor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Raid_on_Bari

[Oatka]

He realized that the allies could and would hit back and completely destroy Germany.

America was the industrial giant then and everybody knew it. Some years back I read where DeGaulle was in conference with some Free French officers. In late '41 their backs were to the wall and most all thought Germany would win. Someone broke into the meeting saying that the Japanese had bombed Hawaii and wiped out the American Pacific fleet.

Everybody was dumbstruck - the last straw. DeGaulle got up and said, "Gentlemen, we have won the war." They looked at him as if he was crazy. He went on to tell them about America's industrial might and how, once we got back on our feet, America would drown the Japanese and Germans with equipment and men.