[Dr. Frank fan]

I think that together with the Japanese, and with Britain and the USSR out of the war, there would have been a good chance that the mainland USA would have been a target.

It occurs to me that in this hypothetical, you are conceding that Nazi Germany has overrun Europe and is now looking to expand across the Atlantic. Of course, it remains true in this situation that "you'd be speakin' German". Now all you're saying is that, afterwards in this hypothetical, Nazi-run Europe would have attacked the US next. The winner of this hypothetical war is (of course) open to speculation.

In any event, "you'd be speakin' German" regardless. Right?

Good point. Britain only declared war on Germany because they invaded Poland. Britain could have signed a pact with Hitler, which he would probably have honoured since he respected the British people and the British Empire. But Britain had some moral fibre.

I won't dispute that. Best,

[David Hunter]

It occurs to me that in this hypothetical, you are conceding that Nazi Germany has overrun Europe and is now looking to expand across the Atlantic. Of course, it remains true in this situation that "you'd be speakin' German".

Yes, that's right, its a hypothetical situation. I never said that without the USA's help it would have happened.

I have no problem with you saying that without the USA's help we would be speaking Russian, but not German. Because without the atomic bomb, which was of course completed in the USA in 1945, there would have been a third World War.