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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
The best i've ever come up with is that he was hoping that by declaring war on the US the Japanese would reciprocate and declare war on/attack the Soviets, thereby opening a second front.
Understandably the Japanese wanted no part of that, and this IMO caused them to stand pat, thereby leaving hitler flapping in the breeze with his prick in his hand.
Shek should have a good take on this, being a West pointy boy n'all.  |
IMO Hitler could have literally been unstoppable had he and the Japanese done more for each other except share some military information. Hitler had no intention of declaring war until his newest capital ships were ready for the Kreigsmarine which would not have been until 44-45. He did however make the stupid move of invading poland which forced the British to declare war years earlier then Hitler anticipated. Good thing they did Hitler would have had an even more powerfull navy by the time 44-45 rolled around and quite possibly unstoppable.
Surprisingly the Japanese would not even share technology for the Yamatos with Germany. They kept Germany in the dark over their latest naval tecnology and being partners in a war facing the Allies i found that surprising. Leads me to believe they didnt trust one another very much even know they were on the very same team. As far as reasons why you guess is as good as mine.