To: Democratshavenobrains
If Germany didn't have the ablitity to subdue England in it's darkest hour, they couldn't manage a cross channel invasion, then there is no way they could have handled a cross Atlantic invasion. They didn't have long range bombers, fighters or aircraft carriers or a sizable enough navy. Germany posed no threat to the US and like the man said Hitler wanted the world divided into spheres of influence. Germany in Europe, the US in the west, England would have had its far flung colonies and Japan the east. FDR wanted the world divided into spheres of influence also - just a different version of powers and spoils. That shaped up jsut the way FDR wanted after the war.
If you believe Germany threatened us, you've been suckered by propaganda.
P.S. when you go to bed tonight be sure to check under the bed for boogiemen first (sorry for the cheap sarcasim, I couldn't resist).
30 posted on
02/04/2004 6:40:58 AM PST by
u-89
To: u-89
"Hitler wanted the world divided into spheres of influence. "
Hitler was also extremely angry at Tojo for attacking the US and drawing us into the European Theater, as he knew that our involvement there spelled inevitable disaster for him.
40 posted on
02/04/2004 6:54:03 AM PST by
Blzbba
To: u-89
According to US Army archives, Hitler did indeed have plans to invade the US. The plan was to drop paratroopers into the Canadian Rockies, establish bases and attack from the north. I'd guess this was contingent on conquering Russia, so the Nazi forces could jump off from Siberia. The information, I believe, came from a Swiss diplomat who passed it on to the Allies.
I believe the documents are in the Army Winter Warfare school.
I never saw the documents but read a synopsis from the Army some years ago. If someone could verify this, I'm sure it would make interesting reading.
42 posted on
02/04/2004 6:58:45 AM PST by
sergeantdave
(Gen. Custer wore an Arrowsmith shirt to his last property owner convention.)
To: u-89
Yeah there is no way Germany could have made atomic weapons or long-range bombers.
You slept through history, didn't you?
43 posted on
02/04/2004 6:59:32 AM PST by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: u-89
If Germany didn't have the ablitity to subdue England in it's darkest hour, they couldn't manage a cross channel invasion, then there is no way they could have handled a cross Atlantic invasion. They didn't have long range bombers, fighters or aircraft carriers or a sizable enough navy. It is, of course, a big what if the war went well for Germany.
Germany was building an aircraft carrier during WWII (the Graf Zeppelin) and had plans to build others.
Germany did have a long range bomber (Heinkel He 177 ) and long range airplanes (Condor). They had plans for long range jet bombers and long range ICBMs.
Germany was also working on the atomic bomb and probably would have developed it in 1946.
Throw in captured and salvaged capital ships from France, (assuming) England and (assuming) Russia, and yeah, it could have happened...
51 posted on
02/04/2004 7:22:30 AM PST by
2banana
To: u-89
If we never went to war with the Nazis, would we have eventually invented the Atomic Bomb? I doubt it. Meanwhile, Hitler would probably have it by 1950. How is this not a threat to us? I don't see where you are getting all this 'Hitler wanted the US to control part of the world' information. Didn't he think we were too negroized, Jewish etc?
To: u-89
They didn't have long range bombers, fighters or aircraft carriers or a sizable enough navy. Yet.
Germany posed no threat to the US
Yet.
If the US had not entered the war against Germany, and the Germans had defeated and annexed the USSR, all of Europe and the Middle-East and defeated and/or conquered the UK, the US would have found itself very alone in the world, facing an incredibly powerful and aggresive German Reich.
A war with Germany would have been inevitable. However, if we'd waited to fight them until the 50's or 60's, we would have been at a major disadvantage.
Plus, putting an end to the evils of Nazism was worth fighting a war, no matter what the loss of American life.
88 posted on
02/04/2004 8:58:56 AM PST by
Modernman
("The details of my life are quite inconsequential...." - Dr. Evil)
To: u-89
If Germany didn't have the ablitity to subdue England in it's darkest hour, they couldn't manage a cross channel invasion, then there is no way they could have handled a cross Atlantic invasion.
Is that because they couldnt manage to subdue England on their own or because we were already supplying England with lots of Materiel?
90 posted on
02/04/2004 9:06:48 AM PST by
SwankyC
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