I always thought the Germans messed that entire scenario up. They could have done nothing, let the Soviets invade Poland (which I believe they knew was going to happen) and been like "We will save you Poland!" and attacked the Soviet Union. Everyone in the West would have been like "Eh, have at it." And Germany would have had a one front war.

>U.S. and U.K. would not have been able to finish defeating Germany.

It would have either taken much longer but Germany was going to lose its naval and air superiority with or without the Soviets help. It would have turned into a horrible grind but they would have had no effective counter to the US industrial juggernaut and British intelligence as well as facing attacks from the west, north, and south. Couple that with a continuous massive bombing attack to eliminate Germany's manufacturing and transportation infrastructure I don't see how the Allies couldn't have won.

And then US just drops a really big bomb on the Eagle's Nest one sunny August afternoon and Germany most likely surrenders.

I grew up there, and I can assure you it does not!

This is actually 10 miles west of Boston.

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Thanks! Makes much more sense to me.

Seems interesting, but can somebody smarter than me ELI5 this?