Thursday, February 7, 2008
Hitler's Intentions
Hitler was a very powerful man, who consistantly didn't keep his part of pacts and agreements with other countries. Why didn't some of the major ally countries stand up to him early in the war? What did waiting accomplish, did it give anyone an advantage in the war? He didn't prove himself to be a very trustworthy person. "A War to be Won" made it sound like he really didn't believe he would be stopped. What would have happened if the USA or England had tried sooner to do something? Would they have been able to prevent some of the things that happened?
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I'd like to believe certain events could have been prevented with quicker actions from the U.S. or England. Perhaps the Axis powers never would have come together. Perhaps without the backing of Germany and Italy, Japan would not have attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor. I think waiting only gave benefit to the Axis in giving them more time to plan their global domination.
I think the reason the England did not make a stand was because the were trying to aviod war, and France was not going to do anything England wasn't going to do. Waiting obviously helped Germany. Hitler believed that the democratic nations in Europe were not going to help any other country unless they had an investment there. A belief that the allies proved to be right. As for what would have happened if the US had stepped in, I wonder about that as well. Was the US militarily stronger, or better prepared for a war at this time than England and France?
I think it's almost certain that WWI, as we know it, could have been prevented had one of the other European powers stopped Hitler when his power was in its adolescence. But there still would have been a war, and that was not what they wanted. I imagine they hoped that, by giving Hitler a little, they'd not have to fight at all. I doubt they believed he had designs on taking all of Europe, or else they would have acted sooner.
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