What would have happened if the Germans had broken through in 1940 and occupied all of France? How much longer would the Nazi regime have lasted?
Wish I had bookmarked some of the other threads on this subject. The idea that a decisive victory could have been had through a 'break through' is controversial. The arguments on both sides are complex and the historical evidence is ambigious at the least. Tactically the Germans had many spectacular successes, operationally the campaign was a close run thing. Stratigically it was a failure for Germany. How that might have been reversed is where the arguments start. One school, which includes the historian John Ellis, believes that even had France been knocked out of the war the result would have still not been the strategic success the nazi regime needed. Britain must seek peace as well, & that is another unsettled argument.
Did only I happened to see a leap of logic here?What would have happened if the Germans had broken through in 1940 and occupied all of France?
... THus no "almost unlimited" Soldiers, workers and raw materials for the Germano-Soviet War machine
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The Nazis would probably turn on the Soviets sooner or later ...