World War II

He did take the British isles but the troops starved to death.

If you're talking about the Channel Islands those actually held out until Germany capitulated.

Apart from that, I can't think of any part of the British Island that ever got occupied.

But as happened in reality italy would have surrendered instantly. Even when the italians joined the allies, almost all of their forces surrendered at the first sign of German opposition

Wrong, where Hitler went wrong was attacking the Soviet Union in the first place.

Exactly. Shouldn't mess with the great Socialist countries!

It isn't the fact that it was Socialist which caused the third Reich to lose WW2... It was the fact that the USSR was too big, and the Germans could never of won the war... even if they had came as liberators for the smaller nations, who didn't want anything to do with the USSR, they couldn't do that because the Nazi ideology prohibited that.

Also because Stalin enforced the "don't give an inch" policy, the Soviets had to fight to the last, prolonging the German advance into Moscow... Germany didn't win primarily because Hitler wasn't the most able commander, the Blitzkreig tactic wasn't very good in the vast openness of Russia & too many of his resources were wasted on rocket technology, instead of Tiger, Panther & Panzer tanks, Weapons, Supplies etc, etc.

Because it was socialist didn't really have anything to do with it.

and the russian winter.

the main problem i see with the idea of japan invading russia is that they were still fighting many chinese forces when they declared war on the US, they would have been defending against the US, invading Russia, and fighting Chinese forces in territory they already "controlled." It is also most likely true that if Germany had not declared war on the US when he did, they would have had a much better chance at succeeding. The new siberian troops that the USSR had started to deploy were not that well trained, and i remember reading an account somewhere that stated that most did not know how to swim, much less kill a man.

However, in the eastern front the Germans could not win the war due to poor choices from Hitler, an overextended, low-on-supplies army, and the shear amount of land that he would actually have to conquer in order to force the annexation of the USSR. It could not have happened. The best chance of an overall German victory in the war, depended on a favorable peace treaty with russia, no war against the US, and the reallocation of resources to better the chances of landing an invasion force on the british isles; as well as focusing less on the creation of larger, less manuverable tanks, and more on the creation of new planes and naval ships. Not to mention that the economy was pretty much nonexistent because of the constant allied bombing raids and the amont of money it took to supply the greatly iverextended armed forces at the time.

That's how i see it anyway.

what if Japan did not declare war on the US until after invading Russia or not declare war on them at all? And China would have been no problem for Japan

Japan had been gearing up for war against the US for a long time. and they were having problems with China throughout the war. They really only truly controlled the coastline and any coastal cities from my understanding. They were facing resistance the entire time and had devoted a lot of resources to China.

Like i said, Japan had been gearing up for war with the US for a while. They were going to declare war on them eventually, just like Hitler war going to declare war on the USSR, it was inevitable in both cases. Hitler had a personal hatred for Stalin, as well as the USSR, mainly for the Communist ideology they followed. The Japanese would've declared war on the US because of their imperialistic policies, and their desire to control the entirety of the Pacific.

If Japan had participated in a joint, 2 front invasion of Russia with Germany, they would still face the problem of the Chinese resistance, increasing US diplomatic pressure, and to top it all off, they had very little, if any, developed strategies that would be effective in Russian territory. They also relied almost solely upon German oil, as before the war, the US had supplied Japan with most of its oil. Plus i believe the USSR would have been more prepared for a Japanese invasion, as there had been several incidents where each sides respective soldiers had fired on each other before and during WWII. However, i think a combined, coordinated assault by the Japanese and Germans, on their two respective fronts might just have broken the backs of the Russians. As their newly relocated industry base would be in danger.

From what i know I thought that Japan didnt reside to attack the US until negotiations finally failed in September 1941

from everything i've read and researched on the pacific theatre, which isn't a huge amount, but more than 60 hours worth of reading, the main consensus that i've noticed is that with the rate the Japanese expanded their naval and air power in the time before the German declaration of war on the USSR, it is safe to assume that they had plans to invade someone soon. The russian naval presence in the region was not large enough to warrant the mass expansion that Japan was undergoing, and the only other real targets in the Pacific were the US, Australia, and Britain.

Tensions between the US and Japan were already at a boiling point, and i believe there was little reason for a full scale invasion of Australia and British territory in the region that soon. The German presence in the Pacific was low, while the Allies had much larger one. Based on what i've seen, the Japanese were betting on a quick, demoralizing blow to the US fleet in the Pacific, to knock out any idea of the US intervening in their efforts there. This did not work, however, and just awoke the industrial giant. And once the Germans declared war on the US, Japan had to face the US, British, Australian, Indian, and Dutch fleets in the Pacific, all at once.

Had Germany not declared war on the US, Japan would have been defeated much sooner, i think. And once Japan was out of the way, the US would somewhere to send its newly mobilized and equiped armed forces. And with FDR, and Churchill's manipulation of the public viewpoint, and the pride that the US public would have in its military as a result of defeating the Japanese, would all accumulate with the US declaring war on Germany, if for no other reason than to protect what was left of Great Britain.

Again, that's just my view of things.

I know Japan had the plans to invade the USA before tht point that i mentioned. What I meant was Japan set a final deadline for giving up on negotiations with the USA. When tht deadline ended in September they gave up serious negotiations and prepared to put their attack into action. Although they did however keep negotiations goin just to keep the USA from becoming suspicious. Apparently the diplomats negotiating on the side of Japan had no idea tht the attack was forthcoming. If Japan had followed the attack up with an invasion, then they probably would have succeeded in preventing the USA from stopping them from their goals. Also, I believe they should have invaded Australia first instead, as the main reason it did not succeed when it was attempted was US intervention. Also, the US intercepted and decoded a message from the Japanese stating the plans for the attack on Pearl Harbor but it was foolishly ignored

It was on some parts ignored, but from my understanding it did not matter. By the time the order to prepare defenses, and remain on high alert could be sent from Washington, to Pearl Harbor, the Japanese would have already attacked. The attack on Pearl harbor was costly, but was also a failure, as they were unsuccessful in causing crippling damage to the US Pacific Fleet. The main reason being that the most important targets for the Japanese were not in Pearl harbor at the time of the attack.

But yeah, i could go on and on about WWII especially in the Pacific

A Japanese invasion of the USA was a impossibility, all they could hope to do was achieve their objectives and fight a war of defence and attrition till the Americans sued for peace.

yeah the naval carriers

I meant an invasion of Hawaii

I wasn't talking to you

IMO Japan spread itself too thin. They should've tried to concentrate their power in Asia, and sued for peace with the Allies after crippling their Asian Armies. They could've done that, then concentrated and beaten back America, sueing for Peace after Hawaii. Not to mention, the entire eastern portion of the USSR was basiclly empty. They could've taken that too.

yeah thts my point instead of attacking the US at the moment they did, they should have consolidated their power in Asia, invaded the nearly undefended Russian landscape, threaten the Urals where the factories were moved too and THEN invade Hawaii. Not just bomb but invade. Or they should have just followed Pearl Harbor up with an invasion. Taking Hawaii would basically deprive the remaining carriers of a nearby base forcing them to go back to San Diego in a place where they could not be used very effectively from especially since the majority of the surface warships would be destroyed or captured. If they take the Phillipines like they did, Midway would be easy to take, and then they could focus on an invasion of Australia as the Australians and New Zealanders were struggling.

A couple of T-34 Battalions could've easily held the Japanese in check.