All things considered, the Monroe Doctrine did say the western hemisphere, which at it's eastern most point includes the United Kingdom, Ireland, bits of France, and a large section of Africa. The second Hitler started bombarding England, or better yet took over France, we could've intervened. Although we were a tad busy dealing with the economy or lack thereof.
The only thing that took the US completely out of isolationism was the Cold War. It really set up our foreign policies/relations/ties with our allies (and enemies as well).
The only thing that took the US completely out of isolationism was the Cold War. It really set up our foreign policies/relations/ties with our allies (and enemies as well).
Well yes, but effectively these policies were only made to continue isolationism to a degree.
Hitler was probably one of the greatest leaders of all time.
Pre-war yes, yes he was, but what makes him actually one of the worst leaders of all time was letting Germany start another world war, and then his insane descision to appoint himself military commander even though he was terrible at it.
Pre-war yes, yes he was, but what makes him actually one of the worst leaders of all time was letting Germany start another world war, and then his insane descision to appoint himself military commander even though he was terrible at it.
Hitler's main mistake was attacking Russia. London probably would have fallen in about a week if he had kept on attacking.
Attacking Russia did put a huge advantage in the favor of the Americans though, because it split Hitler's attention on two fronts, and by extension divided his army.
Attacking Russia did put a huge advantage in the favor of the Americans though, because it split Hitler's attention on two fronts, and by extension divided his army.
I agree. He'd've been much better off by keeping them on his side.
It was impossible to use bombers like that for the time. Fortifications were just extremely hard to penetrate and were easily camouflaged. In fact, the battle of Normandy was made brilliantly and most of the German forces were confused into going other places instead of the beaches.
Not only the difficulties that goblin listed, but they also didn't have the aptly named bunker busters that we do, do you realize how much power it takes to blast a hole through a mixture of steel and concrete? Besides the RAF helped the most by dropping paratroppers behind enemy lines, allowing us to gain a foot hold faster as we advance rather than having to be deadlocked every few miles.
