Totally agreed Tom.
As the years go by, history shows how close Germany was to having a victory. Tremendous blunders in strategy, Stalingrad and the Easter Front come to mind,.. Terrible supply lines, far too long to be sustainable, have defeated more than just the Third Reich. Hitler was no military genius by any means, but at the beginning of the war the "Blitzkrieg" was a big shock to the world, and it was so successful, it covered most of modern Europe in just a few years.
The technology that came from the Germans was amazing, the M262 jet fighter smoked every American plane, but it came too late and the industry that supported it was being destroyed by the week. Rommel is still studied at military academies because what he did, with what he had worked for a long time,....Than he met Patton..

The Bismarck was such a grave threat, (Americans and Brits knew this big time) that they focused all they had at sea to get it. The anti aircraft guns on the Bismarck were so advanced, they couldn't hit WWI slow torpedo biplanes as they approached... They got one right in the "sweet spot" (rudders), and she was a sitting duck after that. But the HMS Hood, flagship of the British Navy, went with one shell from her, and 99.9% of her crew died.
The American Industrial machine was the driving force to achieve victory. No other country had it, and the fact that a mere ocean separated our shores from combat vs. all the others, made a huge difference.
The Mauser was/is a great rifle, the Garand too was/is a great rifle. The resources and soldiers that carried the Garand, Made in America, won those battles and ultimately the war.
Think about it are there any 1942-44 American cars? NO. As a COUNTRY, we were united to defeat the enemy at all costs.
Times have changed now, and some Americans view the war on terrorism as someone else's problem better left to the UN.

From TAB,
That is why we won WW2. Once our manufactoring got into high gear, it was just a matter of time.
Totally agree TAB.
