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What if the united states enter world war two in late 1940 .pod a uboat sinks a united states warship with not survivors.does germany invade Russia ?
Probably. Hitler worried so little about the US that HE declared war after Pearl Harbor. I don't see him changing plans as a result of this.
Not necessarily. The U.S declares war by say a slight majority in Congress in February 1940 over a U-Boat sinking a ship in the Atlantic it will be pulling teeth to get near the kind of total mobilization of society and level of public sacrifice seen in the U.S. after Pearl Harbor when the public mood was very different and the political class was highly united about the need for a total mobilization of American society to win an existential two front war.
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Think of the frog boiling metaphor. Industrial mobilization accompanying a 1940 DoW will be more effective than the crippled pre 1942 attempts of OTL, but a lighter touch than the full court press of 1943-44.
What if the united states enter world war two in late 1940 .pod a uboat sinks a united states warship with not survivors.does germany invade Russia ?
Indeed, there are significant differences between the two dates. In December the collapse of France is a done deal. In january the world is full of possibilities.
and if things are heating up between Germany-US, do you think Germany might put more importance on striking an agreement with France over catering to Japan in Indochina?
how do you think it would affect the Vichy regime, if the US entered the war in 1940, until the OP is clarified just say during last quarter of the year?
...and if things are heating up between Germany-US, do you think Germany might put more importance on striking an agreement with France over catering to Japan in Indochina?
When Rommel advised Hitler to go for a full peace with France when he got back Hitler said he worried about the Italians and their North Africa claims. I am sure Japan was a factor as well.
Still if the U.S is in the war in early 1940 it changes the calculation of a lot of actors. Namely Berlin wouldn’t believe holding NA with some German troops to aid the Italian Army was a option if the Americans could just land on the other side of their forces trapping the force into an unwinnable two front war. ...
Why? BoB 1940 was done to prepare the path for Sealion. With the combined strength of the RN and the USN, Sealion is now completely impossible in the almost impossible event that Luftwaffe could defeat both the RAF and the USAAF in 1941.We're much more likely to see BoB 2.0 in 1941 than Operation Barbarossa.
Why? BoB 1940 was done to prepare the path for Sealion. With the combined strength of the RN and the USN, Sealion is now completely impossible in the almost impossible event that Luftwaffe could defeat both the RAF and the USAAF in 1941.