Question

If Hitler had not had invaded Russia, do you believe NAZI Germany would had been more successful? This is a personal question not homework.

Answer 1

oh yes he would of definitly had a longer run than what he did and if he would of waited ten more years before starting the war i believe he would have enough recourse to supply it all too

Answer 2

I completely agree as I think Stalin had way more flaws in his power than Hitler. The Soviets had numbers and winter experience which I think really costed the Germans. Having those number on the Axis side would had benefitted them tremendously!

Answer 3

benefited*

Answer 4

and pasman, this sounds like a a world hist. question :P

Answer 5

yeah it truely would of he just shouldnt of attacked Russia Until he was actually ready for what the russians threw at him

Answer 6

Sorry I didn't know there was another subject for that. I totally agree!

Answer 7

Europe could have been a completely different place if he chose not to invade. He could have focused on taking England out of the war much sooner making it more difficult for the United States and its allies to invade the Third Reich. Normandy could never have happened.

The problem with the question is that Hitler and the Nazis were ideologically programmed to eventually strike East -- Hitler wrote as much in his Mein Kampf and was encouraged when Finland fended the Soviets off during the Winter War.

Also, England's navy was still a power on the oceans and were developing countermeasures to fight the U-boats. Their Spitfires had defended them against Goering's Luftwaffe, further frustrating their efforts to protect a potential sea invasion. Could Hitler have starved them into submission with continuing attacks on shipping? Probably. But also keep in mind that the United States had begun developing the atomic bomb with the premise that the Germans were working on the same thing and would have still been a formidable enemy -- if Hitler chose to declare war on them as he did after Pearl Harbor.

Then there's the speculation that Stalin was gearing up for an eventual attack on the Third Reich a few years later. It's a highly debatable topic, but some historians believed that Stalin was readying for an attack -- Hitler's attack caught them by surprise before they were ready. But given a few years, the Red Army could have recovered from its purges and have been ready to take on the Nazis from a much stronger position. Stalin was busy playing off the Western powers against each other, content in seeing them grind each other down, and waiting for the moment to strike. It's a lot of speculative debate, but interesting food for thought.

Answer 8

I don't think Stalin was smart enough to figure that out. Stalin was paranoid and couldn't trust even his closest advisors. I see what you're saying about the eventual attack but I guess this was more about the timing which you covered really well! Thank you!