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Well that and the gross incompetence and corruption that went with it. Plus the special handicap of Hitler's misleadership with encouragement of the same and lack of reality.

Well that quote makes a lot of assumptions: a) That the European Axis can maintain 400 divisions. - possibly b) That their all deployed against the western allies - which as you point out won't be the case. I can't see minor powers like Hungary or Bulgaria being that willing to defend areas...

It definitely had the industrial capacity and with allies almost certainly had the manpower. Especially since even a German victory in the east wouldn't be the end of the commitments there. There would be a substantial occupation force required, especially considering Germany policies towards...

That depends on what you mean the Liberal order. The traditional definition of a commitment to limited government and similar lack of interference in social issues had been the dominant situation in both Britain and the US for a long time by 1900 but was starting to be challenged because of its...

The basis of this is less that defeating Nazi Germany in the event of a Soviet collapse would be impossible than that it would be hugely costly for the US. I.e. that it would have to use its own manpower with a much larger army to do the bulk of the fighting rather than relying on allies to do...

It was in an inflationary crisis for a period of the 20's, when the government was wreaking the currency to avoid paying reparations but for most of the decade its economy wasn't too bad, albeit dependent on loans from the US. If their scuttled in water deep enough to render machinery useless...

Agree with the basis issue of a Nazi victory, especially with a believable POD after Sept 39. That's so unbalanced against them even if they still pull off the shock victory over France and the Lowland countries. Not sure that that steel would be that useful as: a) Its likely the wreaks...

I would agree to a point but it depends on what your considering as the alternatives. Suspect a fully autocratic monarchy, such as the Romanov's at the start of the last century would struggle to survive simply because autocratic states have crippling penalties in the modern age, especially if...