Well we cannot say whether or not that Europe would still be under the rule of the Third Reich to this present day. However, without U.S. involvement the outcome of the war would have been different. As I previously mentioned, lend-lease helped save both the Soviet Union and the U.K.. Then the U.S.'s military involvement in the war was crucial. However, if say the U.S. remained neutral and was not sending aid to the UK and USSR, then at the very least the war would have been prolonged for a while. Now hypothetically what might have happened if the U.S. did not get involved in the war:
The Third Reich may have come to a separate peace with the British, but the war may have still waged on the Eastern Front. The war in the east was decided in favor of the Soviets long before D-Day. So if we assume that the Soviets continued on their forward momentum, but there was a separate peace in the west (no way the U.K. could have liberated France and the rest of Western Europe on their own), then history would be vastly different. Assuming the Soviets continued their drive westward towards Germany, but without fighting in France (and possibly Italy and North Africa) that would have freed-up several German corps' and armies that could have been used on the Eastern Front. This could have changed the tied of the war in favor of Germany. Imagine if Rommel fought on the Russian Front? Also, a lack of carpet bombing over Germany's cities and industrial areas would mean that Germany could have produced more tanks, more munitions, more goods etc... without the hindrance on their infrastructure that the RAF and USAAF wrought on Germany. So yes it is possible Europe would be under control of the Third Reich... or perhaps the Soviets still manged to drive the Germans back, and continued pushing into Central Europe - but decided to continue westward. Theoretically it is possible that Europe would have ended up under complete Soviet control and akin to something like the wars and history of George Orwell's book 1984.
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kbpatriot70
7 years ago
Good posts Will and dubchi. I will take slight issue with something you wrote Will. The lend-lease to Russia really didn't kick in to an active degree until well into 42'. While it had been underway months earlier, very little was actually being shipped. Much of what was targeted for Russia ended up being diverted to the Brits due to the remaining political unease of assisting the communists. FDR expressed much frustration during this period and Stalin's paranoia ran rampant as he felt the US was treacherously leaving the USSR to fend for itself. I think the supplies, nevertheless, made the first huge contribution in the counteroffensive near Stalingrad. Other than that, totally agree with you guys.
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