Russia was allied with nazi germany, and russia only joined the fight again germany after germany attacked russia in 1941. The film stars michael crawford as bungling british army officer lieutenant earnest goodbody, with john lennon in his only nonmusical role, as musketeer gripweed, jack macgowran musketeer juniper. How germany could have won world war i the national interest. World war ii simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Talking about alternate histories is always a fun debate. A hypothetical axis victory in world war ii has become a common concept of alternative history and counterfactual history.
Today germany is the hegemon in europe, something that both france and britain tried to prevent by two world wars this is the real reason, just like the real reason the us ha. About germany, world war i casualty lists, 19141919. How germany could have won world war i if berlin had made some different choices we would be living in a very different world. What really scary would be if the russian and the germans had made an alliance. Its to the east of the nearly as mysterious island of ireland, home of the free loving and free drinking leprechauns. What if germany in 1914 would have focused on russia in the opening days of the conflict while keeping weaker forces in the west against france, would have n. With syrias war nearly over, victims take the battle to european courts. Taking an entirely new perspective on explaining the second world war in europe, and its outcome, at its core why germany nearly won offers the reader three interrelated. How hitler could have won world war ii by bevin alexander examines how the intersection of hitlers personality and military strategy was critical in germany losing the war. Europe would have been different if germany had won in 1918. Purchase give a gift manage subscription download ios app newsletters. One thing that could be said if germany won in the end.
David cameron visits the graves of first world war soldiers in zonnebeke, belgium. German empire 18711918 weimar republic 19191933 nazi germany 19331945 federal republic of germany 1990. Germany was able to replace their manpower loses and increase manpower until the battle of kursk. United states military casualties of war wikipedia. Afterwards germany lacked resources for another offensive and the end was inevitable. Yet germany nearly captured paris in 1914, crushed serbia and romania, bled the french army until it. Please note that this was an answer to a question about how germany could win ww1 which has now been merged with a question about ww2. Casualties of world war i facing history and ourselves. A lot of the weapons were added to balance the game. My father was an engineer, and he had many friends in germany, and he spoke highly of german people.
For germany ww ii was a resource war, and the resource they lacked the most was oil, not manpower. Would a united europe run by germany have stopped america dominating the world in the way it has over the last 50 years. Why germany nearly won challenges todays conventional wisdom explaining germanys second world war defeat as inevitable primarily for brute force economic or military reasons created when germany attacked the soviet union. With respect to the european jews, virtually all of them were dead by the end of the war. Russian and german forces even held joint victory parades in polish towns. Yet germany nearly captured paris in 1914, crushed serbia and. The chart below provides estimates of the number of soldiers killed, wounded, and reported missing during world war i. In a way, this is a more interesting hypothesis than the more commonly asked question about what the world would be like if the germans had won world war ii. In both world wars this has provided a huge bone of contention for regular. Different countries used different methods to count their dead and injured, and some methods were more reliable than others. This was industrial war on a global scale that left almost no country untouched, and that ravaged much of the geographical and political climate.
What would have happened if germany had won world war i. They were later compiled into a single volume and represent nearly a complete record of german casualties from this war. These previously unseen photos bear witness to the carnage. Did germany actually had a chance to win world war 2. With the wars centenary near, this is not a parlour game. I seem to remember somebody mentioning a what if fiction book that looked back at wwii after the fact, written as if germany had won wwii. They were definititely close to winning the war and most people, in the axis and allied countries, were confident that they were going to win. If nazi germany won ww2, how would the world be now. If germany had won the war, there can be little doubt what would.
Neither germany nor japan had such this lack was one of, and perhaps the reason for their war. A new history of the second world war in europe challenges this conventional wisdom in highlighting how the reestablishment of the traditional german art of war updated to accommodate new weapons systemspaved the way for germany to forge a considerable military edge over its much larger potential rivals by playing to its qualitative strengths as a continental power. Russias energy giant gazprom just scored a major victory in the fight to secure european market share in the natural gas game despite the u. For the allies in world war two, the defeat of germany was their priority. Before the war, dont build a big fleet of battleships which the. I read somewhere that germany doesnt actually persue an active policy of building memorials to their war dead, that is, the ww2 soldiers in particularwhich seems really sad, given how we here in the u. With syrias war nearly over, victims take the battle to european courts syrias president bashar assad is on the verge of winning the war. In 1941 it was just a matter of time before the soviets would crumble under the invincible german army a. Such writings express ideas of what the world would be like had the axis powers of germany, italy, and japan won world war ii.
Basically germany was the winner even after the defeats of ww1 and ww2. The flip side of what you correctly identify as the strange obsession our culture has with the idea of a nazi victory approached in popularity, perhaps unsurprisingly, only by speculation about what might have happened if the confederacy had won the civil war is, why are people so intrigued by this idea. A dead german soldier, killed during the german counter offensive in the. An estimated 26 million soviet citizens died during world war ii, including. Modern wars require vast resources of wealth especially evidenced as vast consumption of raw materials. If hitler had won world war ii wed have a better, more just world today. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Lets assume that germany had won world war i, what would the world have looked like if we take into account that the french and british also were exhausted, strained and at the breaking point, then german victory was actually a possibility. With syrias war nearly over, victims take the battle to. First time i have personally seen this happen, and first time i have heard of ger winning after the times when they used to win often. Looking at the current crisis germany seems by far to be the best run country in.
After the successful allied invasions of western france, germany gathered. In germany, the heart of the europeus alliance, there is talk of little else when it comes to foreign policy. This is a list of wars involving germany since unification in 1871. World war ii wwii or ww2, also called the second world war and, in the soviet union, the great patriotic war, and in japan, the second sinojapanese war, was a global war involving fighting in most of the world and most countries. A new history of the second world war in europe challenges this conventional wisdom in highlighting how the reestablishment of the traditional german art of warupdated to accommodate new weapons systemspaved the way for germany to forge a considerable military edge over its much larger potential rivals by playing to its qualitative. How would the world look like now if one tiny thing never occurred in our history. Can people stop this, not declaring war on russia meme. These previously unseen photos bear witness to the carnage of world war ii. World war ii also known as the second world war, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to. Filming took place during the autumn of 1966 in the german state of lower.
Today we talk about a huge change to our collective. The thing that stuck in my mind was that the tone, phrases, attitudes, etc of the book were of the winner writes history slant which would be. So with this year marking the 100th anniversary of the war to end all wars but didnt. During world war ii, one of nazi germany s huge mistakes was declaring war on the united states. They always act as if the united states won world war ii and also saved the. The way germany treats its war dead even the gallant red baron, who shot down 80 enemy planes helps explain why it is having a hard time figuring out how to. If germany had exercised caution in this regard, there is a chance that the us would not have formally declared war on germany even if the us had eventually done so, it would have been much later and the germans would have bought themselves adequate time to confront their enemy. Was it ever possible for germany to win world war ii. A new history of the second world war in europe challenges this conventional wisdom. Fall of france complete, with 157,621 german casualties and. Exact numbers are often disputed and are nearly impossible to determine for a variety of reasons.
Why germany nearly won challenges todays conventional wisdom explaining germany s second world war defeat as inevitable primarily for brute force economic or military reasons created when germany attacked the soviet union. Several historians have noted that both world wars should really be considered a single. Many other wars throughout history have had dramatic turning points. German translation of dead the official collins englishgerman dictionary online. Top 10 ways the nazis could have won world war ii listverse.
The german campaigns of 1942 modern war studies paperback. How i won the war is a 1967 british black comedy film directed and produced by richard lester, based on a novel of the same name by patrick ryan. How germany could have won world war i alternate timelines. If not, then how would britain and the us have proceeded.
German history after 1918 would have been a competition between the two. What would have happened if imperial germany had not invaded belgium in 1914, if the kaiser had built more uboats, or if america had not entered the war. Was germany almost guaranteed to lose world war ii after hitler declared war on the united states. Germany controls almost all of europe, except for fascist italy, spain and portugal. Would europe be a better place to live if germany had won the war. A new history of the second world war in europe challenges this conventional wisdom in highlighting how the reestablishment of the traditional german art of warupdated to accommodate new weapons systemspaved the way for germany to forge a considerable military edge over its much larger potential rivals by playing to its qualitative strengths as. Conventional wisdom explains german defeat during world war ii as almost inevitable, primarily for reasons of allied economic or military brute force created when germany attacked the soviet union in 1941 and entered into a twofront war. A definitive book hypothesing how hitler could have won is war is still to be written without going into xfiles nonsense of nazi flying saucers. Mathematical study proves the luftwaffe would have defeated the raf if they had started three weeks earlier and focused on bombing airfields. Would we be speaking german and would that be a bad thing. More than five million soviet soldiers were captured or killed in six. Over about 400ish pages overy elaborates on six crucial factors that contributed to allied success and nazi defeat. No one can say for certain which result would have won out in the end.
By 1945, how did hitler expect germany to win the war. As others mark world war one centenary, germans prefer to. The images show a wartorn europe as american forces move towards berlin. How i won the war is a 1967 british black comedy film directed and produced by richard.
What role would a german empire have played in the cold war. Germany won 1200 battles, the us won 441, the su won 306. Or could it have been the germany with the massive labor movement in early 20 th century europe. Id be typing in english, detailing my theories on what would have happened if nazi germany had won wwii. By the summer of 1918, the allies produced many more planes than the germans who no longer had sufficient raw materials. Could germany have won the war in 1941, 1942, or 1943.
It entered the war because germany declared war on the united. To be more precise what would your criteria be in order to say that germany had won and what kind of world would have been the result. During world war ii, one of nazi germanys huge mistakes was declaring war on the united states. If they win a short war in 1914, with the schlieffen plan the plan to quickly defeat the french first to avoid fighting on two fronts working, its different than if they win a negotiated victory after a long, hard fight at the end of 1916 or early in 1917, which is the other possibility. But i dont think russians would have gone to war with germany. When it comes to european history, world war 2 has to be the biggest and most infamous chapter and the one that we are all most familiar with. Over 100,000 german translations of english words and phrases. When the new spring offensive became bogged down why didnt the germans just take men from the east and put them in the west, they had around one million men stationed in the east after russia had pulled out of the conflict. Germany could have won the battle of britain if they. Rising to power in an unstable germany, adolf hitler and his national socialist nazi party rearmed the nation and signed treaties. Lieutenant goodbody is an inept, idealistic, naive, and almost relentlessly. Would defeating russia have been enough to force britain and the us into a negotiated peace.
These lists were published in berlin on a nearly daily basis during the war. How hitler could have won world war ii is a nice read and can be interesting at times, particularly in the opening chapters, before falling sharply into mediocrity. When russia pulled out of the war in 1917 it had given a lot of land to germany, which would have included a lot of resources that could have supplied germanys military. This article lists the united statess military dead, wounded, and missing person totals for. Hypothetical axis victory in world war ii wikipedia. How hitler could have won world war ii by bevin alexander. World war ii was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
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