michael94
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I explained how America was waging war against Germany while claiming to be neutral. Also Hitler was expecting Japan to declare war and attack the Soviet Union which never happened. You can psychoanalyze Hitlers supposed insanity all you want but the fact is that Britain decided on war to the bitter end in 1939 and rejected every peace offer from Germany ( return to pre war borders, besides actual German areas like Danzig and West Prussia ) both before and after the defeat of France in 1940, without the USA or Soviet Union in the war. So who is the real warmongerer and insane person?No, they weren't, and FDR would have had a hard time selling Americans another war in Europe. Luckily for him, Hitler was nice enough to hand it to him. With the declaration of war coming from Germany, FDR was even able to establish a "Europe first" policy, while the American public were mainly calling for retribution against the "Japs". There are many documented statements from high-ranking Nazi officials at the time, sneering at the U.S., declaring that American businessmen don't have the guts to fight, or that America could never convert their economy into a proper war economy. Every half-sane person would have done absolutely everything to keep the U.S. out of a war that couldn't be won even as it was. Many people that had been to the U.S. described their almost limitless capacity to produce tanks, aircraft, ships, and the stunning degree of motorization of their whole army. Yet, even right before the first major defeat of army group center in front of Moscow, the Nazis thought America just another nuisance that would be dealt with after they had mopped up the remainders of the crumbling red army. Hitler was absolutely delusional, and lost the remainder of his sanity between 1941 and the defeat at Stalingrad, in 1942.
According to his personal assistant, Hitler himself said this after the declaration of war:
“Hitler leaned right back and poured out his contempt for the Americans. He pointed out that an American car had never won an international tournament; that American aircraft looked fine, but their motors were worthless. This was proof for him that the much-lauded industries of America were terribly overestimated.”
Source: David Stahel, Retreat from Moscow
Also why did England not declare war on the Soviet Union who also invaded Poland a few weeks after Germany?