
Originally Posted by
LegioXXXUlpiaVictrix
The US seemed to have a majority against taking part in the war in 1940. It's probably obvious already in 1940 that the Japanese were going to aim east for US sooner or later, so breaking off connections with the Japanese would probably be necessary if war with the US were to be avoided for Germany. However, it's unclear if even that would have kept US out of the war, especially if Germany had been successful in North Africa, the Middle east and eventually started to seriously threaten Britain by such important (for resource and supply) successes. If North Africa is lost by the British the US would have to send their entire help to Britain if they would join in the war, because a direct landing from such a long sea transport wouldn't be feasible. They would send a strong fleet along with the land troops. The situation would be that of D-Day, only the German forces would have been pretty well supplied and possibly have more strength available to repel the attacks. It's possible that if the Japanese connections were broken and Japan would be successful enough, the US would choose a "Japan first" strategy and perhaps not declare war with Germany initially, or maybe not at all. It would give a 2-3 or maybe 5 year period for finishing the fight with Britain after seizing North Africa.
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