Is it possible for Germany to beat Britain? (World War II)

In an idealized battle, Germany can defeat Britain. The defeat here does not mean landing in Britain (because Britain's maritime power is too strong and its air power is relatively strong), but forcing Britain to finally propose a truce, which is equivalent to admitting defeat, Germany's complete rise and its sphere of influence in Europe.

But in fact, Germany will never win the war against Britain. Because in reality, total war is a confrontation of comprehensive national capabilities, countries do not exist in isolation, and international relations are not single and complicated, so alliance ability and diplomatic ability are very important.

Sun Tzu's Art of War also mentioned that the army should attack the enemy, the enemy should attack the enemy, and the enemy should attack the city. It can be seen that diplomacy and alliance are the highest and most important levels in military operations.

Britain has a strong sea power, which enables it to become a global empire and always dominate the international order (just like the United States now). Sea power can be said to be a necessity for a global power. With strong sea power, it can have influence and alliance ability in the world, control the distribution and inequality of global resources, and thus dominate the international order. Therefore, Britain is very sophisticated and mature. Because it has dominated the international order for a long time, the existing system is beneficial to itself. However, the newly rising powers must overthrow this system by force, and all countries in this system will oppose you.

Britain is very good at this operation, and the powerful Napoleon was strangled by Britain.

Germany's influence has never surpassed that of Britain. Since Germany became a unified country, Germany has never won any war and was completely defeated. It can be said that as long as there is a war between Germany and Britain, the end of the war is failure. The failure to satisfy Britain is caused by Germany's long-term lack of sea power, which makes Germany a country lacking the profound connotation of a global power. From the point of view of combat, the Germans can be said to be sharp-edged and invincible, but they always fall short in the end.

At present, one country has successfully won Britain and dominated the international order, that is, the United States, which has won Britain by peaceful rise, and the United States is also a country that is very good at diplomatic operations. After the war, all the military actions of the United States participated in the alliance, including the invasion of Haiti, a tiny country, which formed the Seven-nation Alliance.

Another netizen said, "The key role is the Soviet Union. Without the Soviet Union, Britain would die first, and then the United States would die. It can be said that allies have played a role. This is actually unreasonable and can be said to be a naive view.

1 As we know, Germany turned to soviet strike only after its failed invasion of Britain. It can also be seen that Hitler had no confidence to capture Britain. Germany and the Soviet Union signed a peace agreement, so it is reasonable to say that Britain must be won to attack the Soviet Union. But Hitler was worried about Britain, because he could not defeat Britain, whether he had sea power, whether Germany lacked strategic resources, especially oil, and the strategic oil resources in Europe were within the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union.

2. In addition, it is about America. The national strength of the United States is nearly three times that of Germany. How did Germany fight this war? Many people's thinking is still in film and television thinking, and blitzkrieg is sweeping the world. In fact, these are all floating clouds! This kind of war is a shopping for national strength. Without the support of strong national strength, the consumption of war is enormous. Total war is for the national strength, industrial productivity and resources. See who produces more tanks, planes, cannons and warships and who has more resources. The challenge of the Axis countries to the international order at that time was actually a snake swallowing an elephant. If the United States is a superpower, its army will certainly be built very large. The reason why the United States did not develop its military before the war was not that it was incapable, but that there were not too powerful countries around it and there was no need to develop it. If Germany was a powerful country around it, the United States would have vigorously developed its military strength and even swallowed Germany into the United States of America. I don't care about the strength of Germany.

3. The first counterattack of the United States just rearmament was to cross the entire Pacific Ocean and directly hit Tokyo, the capital of Japan, tens of thousands of kilometers away from the United States with aircraft carriers and strategic bombers. Can this sense of global strike of a sea power be comparable to that of a mainland cultural power like Germany? The grades are different. One is the background of a global power and the consciousness of a regional power. Germany is one level below the United States.

The United States rearmed and provided military assistance to all its allies, including the Soviet Union. Moreover, it can carry out intercontinental attack operations on two oceans at the same time, and attack Japan, Germany and Italy at the same time, which can directly attack the local industries, people's livelihood, economic system and transportation of these countries. In the United States, Hollywood movies are constantly being staged.

5. What about Germany, Italy and Japan? British and American 200 aircraft carriers gallop across the ocean, controlling global navigation channels and resource allocation. The Axis countries are short of resources and can only stay in their own control areas, passively waiting for the invasion of Britain and the United States or powerful amphibious operations. How's the air? British and American strategic bombers, wave after wave, went straight to the major cities of the Axis countries, and industry, people's livelihood and transportation were bombarded indiscriminately. Germany was hit by the air strategy of Anglo-American 1.44 million, 60 cities became hell on earth, 66 cities in Japan became ruins, and Italian industry was basically scrapped.

At the peak of American military strength, the B29 strategic bomber group and the newly developed cluster napalm bomb turned Tokyo, Japan into ruins in one day, and Japan lost 654.38+10,000 people. Moreover, Tokyo, Japan is tens of thousands of kilometers away from the United States, and B29 takes off from Saipan, 3000 kilometers away from Japan. It can be seen that in its heyday, the US military already had this unique global strike capability during World War II.

Think about it. Berlin, the capital of Germany, is only 1600 km from Moscow. Think about the ability of B29 Super Battlestar, a 3000-kilometer attack, to destroy the capital of an emerging power. If you count the United States, destroying the capital of an emerging power in one day is 1000 km. This kind of striking ability and shocking power can show how big the gap between Germany, a country in this region, and the United States, a global sea power.