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Originally Posted by GT182
If Donitz had gotten what he wanted, we might be speaking German today on the East Coast. And maybe Japanese on the West Coast. Thank God he didn't get those "reliable" torpedoes and 300 U-boats.
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I've been hearing that one my whole life (which goes back to 1950). Even if Britain had fallen, there was no way the Germans could invade the US from 3,000 miles away, especially since US shipbuilding far outstripped anyone else's and we had the resources to put together a far larger army.
As for Japan, their goal at Pearl Harbor was to warn us to keep our noses out of their business in Asia. They wanted China, India and everything else in the region, including Australia. It's highly doubtful they ever seriously considered invading the United States. Even if they did, they would face the same problems Germany would.
The western hemisphere might end up isolated, but we would still be speaking the same languages we do now.