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Having read a number of alternate WWII threads it appears to me that peoples' views vary wildly as to Germany's chances against the USSR. The way I see it there are four main schools of thought (listed below). Let me know what ya'll think and if I left out a more commonly held perspective. Thanks.

1. Germany came very close to knocking out the USSR or gaining a positive settlement in OTL. If things happened a little different, like invading a month earlier or the taking of a certain city, Germany would have won.

2. The best the Nazi's could have done was a Brest-Litovsk peace, and this would have required a major change such as the assassination of Stalin or the entrance of Japan into the war against the Soviets.

3. Germany maybe could have won small gains against the USSR but not with Hitler and the Nazis in power. In order for Germany to win it would need to have completely different leadership and a very different approach.

4. Germany never had a chance of beating the USSR. The USSR would always win in the end. Different choices made by the Germans can only delay or speed up the inevitable.
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