For years historians have debated what would have happened if the Axis won World War 2. It's been the topic of many critically acclaimed books and shows. But I've always wondered what would have happened. Here is my version. Of course, this is taking into account site of battles and casualties. This is my opinion so don’t take it as the official story. This is all of the Axis powers as well. The Germans early in the war, had their sights on Britain and the Soviet Union. Hitler would send troops to the mainland without provocation and take over the British coast. He would also launch full scale assaults on London and would catch them off guard. Great Britain would have no choice but to surrender within the first months of the war. This would allow easier attacks on the East coast on the US.That possibly would include Washington. On the Western Front, Hitler’s armies would be pushed back within days of invading Russia, but would launch a diversion assault on the Northern border. The Southern assault would be the main one heading towards Moscow. The Germans would be unopposed because the Northern army would be a bigger assault and would look like the main one. The Red Army would be in shock and depleted of energy and resources. …show more content…
The U.S., who was under the command of Admiral Chester Nimitz in the Pacific fleet, would lose most, if not all of the major carriers in the fleet. They would be forced back and by then, the Pacific fleet would be useless. The Japanese would pursue the fleet back to Hawaii, and finish off Pearl Harbor. They would capture it and launch assaults to the U.S mainland.On Guadalcanal, the army would be annihilated. In real life, the U.S had control over the shipping lanes in the South Pacific, however, the U.S who was inexperienced, would be pushed
To begin, the attack on Pearl Harbour was devastating to U.S. naval capabilities in the Pacific at the onset of their entry into the war. Japanese officials had grown tired of the U.S. oil embargo, which was meant to limit their territorial expansion and aggression in South-East Asia as well as China, and as negotiations weren’t reaching any conclusions they decided that the only course of action was a first strike on the aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbour to cripple U.S. naval capability in the Pacific (Rosenberg 1). The attack, which lasted about two hours, had resulted in the sinking of four battleships, among ...
Introduction The Battle of Guadalcanal was a very important battleground that ended the Japanese ground advancement in the Pacific area of operations. Also, after they were defeated and removed from the island it showed that they were not an unstoppable foe that resulted in boasting the confidence of the United States and its allies. The amphibious assault that occurred on Guadalcanal was the first amphibious counteroffensive for the United States after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese were attempting to build an airfield on the island and gain a foothold that would help to protect their flanks as they continued their offensive campaign through the Pacific. Having an established foothold on Guadalcanal would also give the Japanese the ability to severe the supply and communication lines that ran between Australia and the United States.
The entire Japanese military and civilian population would fight to the death. American casualties -- just for that initial invasion to get a foothold on the island of Japan would have taken up to an estimated two months and would have resulted in up to 75,000 to 100,000 casualties. And that was just the beginning. Once the island of Kyushu was captured by U.S. troops, the remainder of Japan would follow. You can just imagine the cost of injuries and lives this would take.
World War II as a Good War The vast majority of Americans supported World War II (WWII) after Pearl Harbor was bombed, recognizing a fascist threat to Western democracy. WWII was a good war. It had the ability to unite America. They united against Nazism and fascism. But even a good War has its bad times.
...whereas the U.S only lost 1, the USS Yorktown which was already heavily damaged from previous conflicts in the Coral Sea. Had the U.S lost at Midway, the Japanese would have achieved their goal, and finished what Pearl Harbor started by permanently crippling the U.S Navy. In a Preface from an excerpt by Japanese Airman Fushida Mituso (Who famously Shouted “Tora, tora, tora”) the Japanese loss at Midway did the exact opposite of crippling the Navy. “During the Next two years while Japan’s Shipyards Splashed out six new heavy carriers, America’s turned out 17” (Mituso).
Nearly 2,500 service members lost their lives and another 1,000 injured during this time. Of all the ships that took damage all but two were able to be, The USS Utah as well as the USS Arizona, these battleships still lie upon the Pacific Ocean, within Pearl Harbor. Although the Japanese mission was successful in part due to the fact that the wave of aircrafts were successful in gaining the ability to enter the country and deliver such a blow. The overall mission to obliterate the Pacific Fleet was not successful, for by the 1940’s battle ships were no longer our main vessel of importance. Aircraft carriers, which had been away from base during the attacks on that day, were now our main vessels.
One of the many was the lack of cooperation between the Army and the Navy, no one of authority believed that Pearl Harbor was in any danger. This caused them to be defenseless when it really mattered the most. Additionally, the US made incorrect assumptions about Japan’s military capabilities. For starters, everyone believed that they had no seaborne aircraft capable of catching the American B-24 bomber.
The attack on pearl harbor . It was the most dramatic effect of the World War II for the UNITED STATES . The pearl harbor attack gave the Japanese the advantage of the war . They attacked out American fleet at Pearl Harbor . This made UNITED STATES very angry at Japan . Here are some facts about the Pearl Harbor attack . 18 ships were destroyed at Pearl Harbor . Around 2,400 Americans were killed . The Japanese forces were 6 carriers with 400 aircraft .
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The red army barred the burden of war the soviets suffered the larger loss of resources, people and equipment.as the war worsened America declared it's unprepared for war and doesn't get immediately involved in the war till 1944, singling out the soviets.soviets union holds their own just when the war started to look grim soviets pushed germany's advance all the way back to Berlin and capture it. After that truman ends the war in August 1945 with the atomic bomb which starts the cold war . TWO superpowers with opposing views (communism & capitalism).
“...would have moved heaven and earth to intervene. They would have spoken out with great outrage and conviction. They would have bombed the railways leading to Birkenau, just the railways, just once.”
As the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 the United States officially entered World War Two. The Japanese government later learned later that this single event sets off an explosion that subsequently caused the United States to attack the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Pearl Harbor was one of the United States largest naval bases and the largest in the Pacific Ocean. This attack ceased all trade with Japan and officially added Japan as one of the US enemies. With a new world war started it created new concerns for the army. “World War II introduced a whole new set of problems in naval tactics” (Smith, 1). The main change driving these changes was the fact that aircraft carriers became more prevalent and common in every major countries naval force. Japan was able to pull off the Pearl Harbor attack as a result of aircraft carriers to launch their airplanes. As a result of the battles leading up to the Battle of Midway and conflicts with Japan this created a lot larger of an impact on WWII as a whole and to boost unity in America leading to a more prosperous period of history following the war.
Around 1939 to 1942, the axis powers had a very dominant lead in World War 2. It almost seemed like there would be absolutely no chance of stopping them. As it’s been said, sometimes people with the highest power can make forgetful mistakes that can cost them their seat. But the amazing thing is both Japan and Germany were at their highest point in power by 1942. In just a matter of 3 years, all is lost. So the only main question that still stands: what exactly happened?
Pacific fleet over to Hawaii,” Iriye (1999) this threatened many of japan's high powered leaders. This led Japan to attack Pearl Harbor because of relocation. Iriye (1999) also said that the U.S. congress promised to triple the size the fleet in less than four years. This would have intimidated the Japanese because the American fleet was already the biggest fleet in the world and now it was going to triple its size. Therefore eliminating the American fleet before it destroyed the Japanese was on their to do list. At that time america was a sitting duck and Japan took their
On June 22, 1941, the world’s biggest military, which is Barbarossa Operation, was beginning. Barbarossa is the code name German used in World War II to invade the Soviet Union. Hitler who was the German Führer sent his army across the borders of the Soviet Union, starting nearly 4 years of the most violent and cruel conflict humanity has ever experienced. His army was divided in three groups which was the army group North, led by von Leeb, Von Bock commanded the Centre group army and Von Rundstedt led the south group army ( The Biggest Military Adventure in History, 2011).. They breached Russia on a front spreading from the Baltic Coast to the Black Sea. On The Führer’s instructions, one and a half million soldiers of the Wehrmacht destroyed