Richard Osborne
Banned
but without pearl harbor americans would be questioning why we were fighting to save european imperialist. We could stress racial solidarity but most minorities who were in the armed forces would be more demoralized by that. Inflaming racial tensions during war
Alright, so how do you see all of this happening?
Are you suggesting Hitler would send the Africa Korps to Syria instead of Libya? Or split it up? Or send the Afrika Korps to Libya AND send another corps to Syria? In my opinion any of these actions will make success in Africa for the axis only smaller as it will drain more resources than OTL and create more problems than solve concerning movement on the ground, air support and logistical positioning.
Same goes for Japan, not attacking the US but attacking the Dutch East indies and the UK alone. The reason they attacked the US as well is because of the Philippines. Knowing fully well a declaration of war by the US is likely if they attack the Dutch and UK, the Philippines is very much in their way. If they don't take out the Philippines then thats a perfect base of operations for the US to attack all over the pacific. They would also be neglecting the use of their superior navy. It would make the pacific war only shorter.