Koovie
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After WW1, we all know what Germany looked like and how Hitler transformed it.
The Versailles treaty did not make Germany into an "agrarian state". Thats a total exaggeration
The Third Reich was 30 years ahead in tech compared to the then US and USSR. The biggest mistake Hitler and Rommel made was to strike at everyone all out at the same time. Technically, Germany and Japan were holding out all alone, while Italy was a useless baggage of no consequence other than silly little parades in Rome and probably a few north African countries.
Thats another myth and a blunt generalization.
Sure, the Germans were slightly ahead in some areas like rocket science but in many cases, the Allies had comparable or better knowledge. The allies had better radar technology, knowledge about computers etc etc.
French tanks like the Char B1 were vastly superior to more than 3/4 of the German panzer corps during the Battle of France (The Germans won due to superior tactics not machines).
The Soviets and American had successful heavy tanks like the KV1 or Pershing, but unlike the Germans, they did not waste resources on heavy, less mobile and complicated machines and concentrated on mass production of Sherman and T 34 tanks.
Same goes for the British, who also had jet engines before WW2, but they concentrated primarily on piston engine fighters instead of allocating scarce resources on prototypes.
In short: The Germans frantically (often against the will of German commanders) tried to get highly experimental technology operational, despite the fact that they never had the resources nor the industrial capabilities to do this.
Just because the Allies put more emphasis on tried and more available equipment, it does not mean that they did not have it!
One on one, neither US nor USSR would have stood a chance against Germany.
Highly dubious.
Once the Soviets reached their full industrial potential, Germany`s could not keep up with it. Even if they had sacked Moscow, the Russians would have done the same as they did when Napoleon sacked Moscow: Moving further and further to the east and waiting for the moment to counterattack.
Besides, the more territory the Nazis occupied, the more they had to fight with resistance.
The role of resistance movements during WW2 is extremely underplayed.