Germany s Second World War II - 1405 Words

Germany’s Possible Victory in World War 2 It is known fact that on September 1, 1939, Adolf Hitler led Germany to invade Poland so starting the Second World War. It is also accepted knowledge that he committed suicide at the end of April, 1945 ending the European conflict. Some say that his defeat was imminent while others say that the Nazi’s could have very easily won. Through years of book reading and History channel documentary viewing, I have come up with the conclusion to side with the latter group of people. While there are many points and events that if changed could have made an impact on the war, I will focus on the Germans lack of jet aircraft in the late war period as well as the absence of heavy four engine bombers at the†¦show more content†¦After some time on the drawing boards, two designs were released by the Dornier and Junkers companies. Both aircraft met the prescribed specifications and testing was immediately ordered for prototype varia nts of each. Unfortunately for the Germans, General Walther Wever died in a freak air crash in 1936 and officers in the Luftwaffe canceled the project in favor of light dive bombers like the stuka; this decision left to a hole in the Luftwaffe for the approaching war. The heavy bomber was a sound idea though; during the same time, aviation enthusiast Billy Mitchell in America was also calling for a heavy bomber forces to be incorporated into the air corps. It was through Billy Mitchell’s demonstrations in the 20’s that the Army Air Force requested the Boeing company to produce a 4 engine bomber with the designation YB-17. This design later became the B-17’s that would come to eventually bomb Germany into submission. Without a big bomber during the war, Germany missed out on many potential victories. For example: during the Battle of Britain, standard medium bombers were unable to destroy Britain sufficiently to force surrender, but with heavy bombers this co uld have been possible. This would have led to a complete victory in the west and would have allowed Hitler to turn completely to the Soviet Union. Without Britain as a base, America would have not been able to invade the continent of Europe like it did and without Britain; America would