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Post by The Dint Factor on May 13, 2004 8:26:02 GMT -5
What if Hitler had decided to take the bait to D Day and in the few days before D Day reenforced the shores and the defenses there on back and had pummled the beaches as hard or harder than Omaha, causing the Allies to suffer massive defeats and be pushed back to the water where they could be cut down like a grass to a lawn mower? How would the outcome change? How would the allies deal with that defeat?
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Post by Crisco on May 13, 2004 21:46:39 GMT -5
Nice analogy  The allies wouldn't have enough manpower in order to launch another offensive into mainland Europe. The Germans were also running out of troops; many of the soldiers defending against the Allied invasion in France and the Low Countries were just teenagers, so Germany more than likely wouldn't have enough to launch an assault against the U.K. either. I can see 4 outcomes here; either the two major powers would realise the futility of their war and declare a truce (with the question of France independence unknown), the war would cool down into a type of Cold War, or depending on the advancement of A-Bomb research, one side gets obliterated off the face of the earth, or both sides wipe each other off the face of the earth... leaving tribes of african savages to rebuild civilisation... |
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Post by Guest on May 15, 2004 0:01:25 GMT -5
What is it the Bible says: "The meek shall inherit the earth?" (I'm not being racist, I'm referring to societal development, not race.)
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Post by KiwiChron on Aug 9, 2004 12:37:07 GMT -5
A-bombs wouldn't come into it in that scenario. Only the US had it and only used it to speed the inevitable end of the war and avoid casualties. In the event of a standoff I think it would have eventually simmered down, with France a sort of buffer zone. Once the US geared up to help Britain, Germany could not compete economically or militarily and would be exhausted as it dealt with the resistance forces in Europe. Maybe even an eventual Soviet-style collapse of the Nazi empire...
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The allies wouldn't have enough manpower in order to launch another offensive into mainland Europe. The Germans were also running out of troops; many of the soldiers defending against the Allied invasion in France and the Low Countries were just teenagers, so Germany more than likely wouldn't have enough to launch an assault against the U.K. either.