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Originally Posted by Dreadnought
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.
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No, Hitler's invasion of Poland was an economic necessity for him. Germany was critically short of foriegn currency at that point, and German expansionism was dictated largely by economic need (additional currency, raw materials, ect). Without conquest, Germany couldn't keep up its spending for very long, and the overheating economy would have collapsed long before 1944-45.
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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.
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Probably best for the Germans that the Japanese didn't share the Yamato ship designs with them. Hitler may have been inclined to build one or two, instead of mass producing much more useful equipment (like submarines).