Hitler make the mistake to wait.

In the agreements between Germany and Italy for the "steel pact" of alliance,Germany agrees with Italy to not start a war before 1942-43.
What if Hitler,that was a irrational man, had make the mistake to respect this pact with Mussolini,and wait for four years?
Meantime,France and UK would be deep rearmed,and the nazi economy
would be weaker.
A this point is possible that the propitius moment for strike was by then past for Germany,and that a war less probable?
And if Hitler decides anyway to attack the western powers,can UK and France defeat him quikly?
 
From what I have understood, and I may be wrong, Germany and Hitler were spending way too much than they had. I do not think they would have been able to hold out for those years before the economy fell apart. Plus if he did wait, France and the UK would have finished building all their new planes, tanks, and weapons and have a lot better chance to squash Germany and Italy.

Now take it to the East, how well the US would be able to take on Japan with the new carriers, new battleships, and upgraded planes.
 
Come on now, we all know that Britain and France would spend the extra time guzzling lead paint so that when war comes, they'll be even less prepared than OTL while Germany has Me-262s, STG-44 assault rifles, and Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carriers.:rolleyes:
 
Come on now, we all know that Britain and France would spend the extra time guzzling lead paint so that when war comes, they'll be even less prepared than OTL while Germany has Me-262s, STG-44 assault rifles, and Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carriers.:rolleyes:

But what of the guided V-1s that can easily strike ships over a hundred miles? :cool:
 
Come on now, we all know that Britain and France would spend the extra time guzzling lead paint so that when war comes, they'll be even less prepared than OTL while Germany has Me-262s, STG-44 assault rifles, and Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carriers.:rolleyes:

Let face it

Hitler not wanted the StG 44 until the Troops demand him to equipped them with Assault rifle

Goering had no intrest in Jet power combat aircraft, until the Allies gain Air superiority over Europe.
and as the Me-262 Jet-fighter rush into production Hitler came with question "Can this trow also Bombs ?"

Nazi Aircraft carrier were stillborn, trapped between the Navy and Luftwaffe competence scramble
It'z a Zhip Zo belong to ze Navy, Nein nein nein, it'z carry Aircraft'z Zo belong to glorios Luftwaffe !

I have my doubt that delaying the War to 1942-1943 would bring those Weapons system to completions
It's more realistic that The Third Reich collapse under it Economical and financing problems in 1940
see Hitler and his Government were "pouring money down the drain" like
Rearmament of German Military
Hitler megalomania Architectural ideas
Provision of work programs
Next to that were Himmler and Gorings financing Demands for there Organisations
and typical embezzlement in high rank of NSDAP members
 
Come on now, we all know that Britain and France would spend the extra time guzzling lead paint so that when war comes, they'll be even less prepared than OTL while Germany has Me-262s, STG-44 assault rifles, and Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carriers.:rolleyes:

Oh, I think they'd guzzled about all they could handle already. If Hitler waits, and I'm not sure he could afford to, the British and French grow stronger.
 
Let face it

Hitler not wanted the StG 44 until the Troops demand him to equipped them with Assault rifle

Goering had no intrest in Jet power combat aircraft, until the Allies gain Air superiority over Europe.
and as the Me-262 Jet-fighter rush into production Hitler came with question "Can this trow also Bombs ?"

Nazi Aircraft carrier were stillborn, trapped between the Navy and Luftwaffe competence scramble
It'z a Zhip Zo belong to ze Navy, Nein nein nein, it'z carry Aircraft'z Zo belong to glorios Luftwaffe !

I have my doubt that delaying the War to 1942-1943 would bring those Weapons system to completions
It's more realistic that The Third Reich collapse under it Economical and financing problems in 1940
see Hitler and his Government were "pouring money down the drain" like
Rearmament of German Military
Hitler megalomania Architectural ideas
Provision of work programs
Next to that were Himmler and Gorings financing Demands for there Organisations
and typical embezzlement in high rank of NSDAP members

I think he was sarcastic
 
Now take it to the East, how well the US would be able to take on Japan with the new carriers, new battleships, and upgraded planes.

A good portion of the new USN construction came out of the two-ocean navy bill, which passed because France fell. No fall of France in 1940, less new construction.
(Less is not zero. The US was replacing old battleships, and adding carriers before the fall of France. It just became more intense after the fall, and then taken up to 11 after Pearl Harbor.)
 
I have my doubt that delaying the War to 1942-1943 would bring those Weapons system to completions
It's more realistic that The Third Reich collapse under it Economical and financing problems in 1940

The incredible thing is that the Italians believed to the German's promise to not start a war before 1942 at least!
In retrospect they were dupes and muggins!!
 
What about Austria and the Sudetenland, would they still be taken and would they provide an economic lifeline until 1942?
 
I think Austria and Czeckoslovakia is a given thing to make this work. More importantly, he would have to clear it with Stalin (eg Molotov-Ribbentrop without division of Poland before later) to support the economy in exchange for technology and other exports. The Germany might have a working economy and a stronger military in1942, but so would the allies have.
 
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