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What would happen if Britain had stayed neutral in ww2?
By staying neutral Britain would have kept her empire in the West, including Africa, and lost it in the East. The Germans had no designs on the island nation or her colonies. Hitler regarded sea-borne empires as passe’—-a relic of the nineteenth century.
What if America never entered the war?
If the U.S. had stayed out of the war, it seems likely there would have been some kind of negotiated settlement. French and British generals squandered the youth of their countries by ordering them to charge into German machine-gun fire, and they wanted to command American soldiers the same way.
How did Italy enter ww2?
The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, unleashed the European war. Italy entered World War II on the Axis side on June 10, 1940, as the defeat of France became apparent.
What do you think would have happened if the US had not entered the war?
Why did the US not join WW1 immediately?
Put simply the United States did not concern itself with events and alliances in Europe and thus stayed out of the war. Wilson was firmly opposed to war, and believed that the key aim was to ensure peace, not only for the United States but across the world.
Why did the US enter ww2 so late?
WHY DIDN’T THE USA JOIN WWII IN 1939? World War II began in September of 1939 when both Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany followings its invasion of Poland. The United States would not join the Allied war effort until 1941 when it was attacked by the Japanese Empire in Pearl Harbor on December 7th.
What are the obstacles to Mussolini’s rise?
Mussolini has a visionary’s belief in the power of will to overcome cold fact, but he faces another obstacle: unlike Hitler, his power is not absolute. Italy’s king, Vittorio Emanuele III, remains the head of state. The previous August he had told Ciano that “we are absolutely in no condition to wage war.”
How long will it take to recall Italy’s citizens in war?
It will take weeks to recall them; otherwise neutral or hostile nations will con fine them as soon as Italy declares war. Mussolini has a visionary’s belief in the power of will to overcome cold fact, but he faces another obstacle: unlike Hitler, his power is not absolute. Italy’s king, Vittorio Emanuele III, remains the head of state.
How effective would an Italian airfield have been in WW2?
Italian airfields would allow Allied bombers to reach otherwise untouchable parts of Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czechslovakia, and perhaps Romania much earlier in the war, used for strategic bombing there’d be little effect while used against railroads, bridges, hydro dams, oil refineries, copper mines, etc. it could have had considerable effect.
What was Italy’s role in WW1?
Italy was an Allied member in World War I and defended it’s mountain passes quite well and it’s troops would be defending their homeland rather than the much lower motivation of African or Russian campaigns where they were nearly abandoned and squandered (troops notice that contrary to what politicians imagine.)