- If Hitler had waited 1 year, the German Navy would have finished its 
 building program.  This would have allowed a stronger strangle hold 

on

 Britain.  It would have also given them more confidence in attempting
 for an amphibious assault.

If Germany had waited a year, their economy would go bankrupt on the 
massive debt it had. France, already the most advanced military in the 
world, would have completed the Magionet(sp?) Line. Britain would have 
built up enough to match the continental Europeans. Russia would have 
completed it's major military re-organization. In short, if Germany had 
waited any longer than what it had, it would never had gotten as far as 
it did.  

- If Hitler had ignore Goring and had gone for an amphibious assault of
 Britain instead of trying to bomb it into submission, right after 
 Dunkirk, Britain would have fallen.

As the Battle of Britain was starting to look good for the Germans, they 
went about making preparations for landing operations--what they 
discovered, however, was that they simply didn't have the logistical 
capability to support a substantial operations across the English 
Channel. Remember, the German army still used horses--this was not a 
mechanized jugernaught with tones of support assets. 

- Japan would not have been mauled in their attacks on India if Britain
 fell early.

Heh. Japan's problem wasn't manpower; the Home Islands needed oil, and a 
lot of it, very quickly, or else their economy was going to grind to a 
halt. Once they had enough fuel to keep their economy going, they would 
have to face shortages of everything else. Japan was sadly unprepared 
for a war.

 Russia is a non-factor as Japan never declared war on them
 and the USSR only declared war AFTER the atom bomb fell.

You are aware, of course, that these nations had engaged in major 
battles on water and on land just prior to the war, right? 

- If Hitler had not been blinded by pride and racism, he would have 

known

 that Operation Barbarossa would not be a knock out blow.  He would 

have

 planned and prepared for a long campaign, not the half-year one that 
 he had planned on.  They only prepared winter clothes for a garrison
 force, a factor that hurt them much during the Russian winter.

If Hitler hadn't been Hitler, he would have dumped the idea of taking 
Russia to begin with. The German military forces simply didn't have the 
logistical capability to hold a substantial portion of Russia, even if 
they somehow overcame Russia's huge material and number advantages.

If that were true, the US would have lost the early war in the Pacific,
when they were absolutely outnumbered.  Through the leadership of 

skilled

commanders and a bit of luck, the US Navy did not get wiped out.

The Japanese had the finest naval forces in the war at the beginning, 
and they certainly did exact a terrible price on the USN, until the 
massive production advantage provided for the US by the west coast ALONE 
turned the tide. US forces in the war were generally mediocre and small 
in number.

As it has been often said, the Third Reich would have triumphed
save for Hitler, but it would not have existed but for him.

The Reich would never had existed as a reality had Germany not been so 
burdened with debt, and languishing under a lame economy. That's another 
irony of war.



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