As many of us know, the fact that German and Japanese industrial centers suffered constant bombardment from the air, whereas US industrial centers remained intact for the most part, was one deciding factor in the US and allies winning WW2. This meant that US industry could replace lost military equipment almost as fast as it was lost, whereas the Germans and Japanese had difficulty doing this.
Now, let us suppose that, to deny the advantage of a large industrial sector to the Americans, Hitler and/or the Japanese Imperial military decided to use small "terrorist" cells inside the US to sabotage and disrupt industrial production. Some of these cells would even be large enough to resist attack by large criminal organizations such as the NY Italian Mafia. Initially, these cells would restrict themselves to just slowing down US industrial production through, for instance, theft of raw materials and causing workers to become too sick to work most of the time. If necessary, these cells could then expand their operations to include inciting racial tensions between Whites and Blacks, sowing fear among the general population, and even creating situations that would require significant troop deployments within the US, thereby diverting some US forces from theaters in Europe and the Pacific.
Another ingredient to add to the soup would be if, for instance, Turkey decided to stop sending chromium to the US and instead shipped it to Nazi Germany, Japan, and the USSR. This would complicate things for US industry, as stainless steel - which includes chromium in its metallurgical composition - was a highly desirable material for military applications at the time.
Given the social cohesion generated by the war effort in the US, the above would be a rather tricky undertaking, but if Hitler and/or the Japanese realized that soon the tide of war would turn, would they have tried this tactic in an effort to turn things around?
Now, let us suppose that, to deny the advantage of a large industrial sector to the Americans, Hitler and/or the Japanese Imperial military decided to use small "terrorist" cells inside the US to sabotage and disrupt industrial production. Some of these cells would even be large enough to resist attack by large criminal organizations such as the NY Italian Mafia. Initially, these cells would restrict themselves to just slowing down US industrial production through, for instance, theft of raw materials and causing workers to become too sick to work most of the time. If necessary, these cells could then expand their operations to include inciting racial tensions between Whites and Blacks, sowing fear among the general population, and even creating situations that would require significant troop deployments within the US, thereby diverting some US forces from theaters in Europe and the Pacific.
Another ingredient to add to the soup would be if, for instance, Turkey decided to stop sending chromium to the US and instead shipped it to Nazi Germany, Japan, and the USSR. This would complicate things for US industry, as stainless steel - which includes chromium in its metallurgical composition - was a highly desirable material for military applications at the time.
Given the social cohesion generated by the war effort in the US, the above would be a rather tricky undertaking, but if Hitler and/or the Japanese realized that soon the tide of war would turn, would they have tried this tactic in an effort to turn things around?
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