Nazi Invasion Plans for America

What was Hitler's invasion plan for USA?

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[ShortHax]

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[johnathanarcher]

I like how the magazine’s plans involved large armies “sneaking” through hundreds of miles of other countries to surprise us. As if Canada or Brazil wouldn’t have noticed a large portion of German and Japanese forces moving across the entire length of their coast

[ezio_auditore]

You're missing a very key factor in all of these supposed plans: We're all armed to the teeth. So Germany would have had to fight through endless civilian militias regardless of how they got here

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[schizoidboy]

If he was planning on going through Africa and South America to get to the United States he was bound to end up not only with logistical problems but more enemies; he was already fighting Brazil after they started attacking their merchant ships. (Brazil sent troops to Italy making them the only South American nation to invade Europe.) As for fighting through Canada, there is historical instances where the French attacked Hudson Bay during the American Revolution, however, Canada was already at war and much of their shipping went through Halifax, suggesting they would have kept their Navy active along the coast at that time. In any case attacking through America would be logistical nightmare due to the distance they would have to take to get here. Not to mention you could forget any support from the Bunds - they were never as large a number as the Nazis hoped, with just a few thousand follower, and the fact many Americans would have fought on as guerrillas. During the war there were a number of state guards and other paramilitary groups that rose up to do guard duty around the country.

[deni]

That ocean has been a lifesaver and prevented US from ever fighting on its soil.

[DMS-pq]

The Germans couldn't cross the English Channel so no way they were getting across the Atlantic

[adezzz]

The fact that the nazis, who had probably the most terrible logistics of the war, would even think of invading America will never not be hilarious to me

[yohannbiimu]

Uhhhh...this totally ignores the fact that three-fourths of Germany's war effort was involved in defeating the Soviet Union by the time the United States entered the conflict, and they couldn't just summon another massive force to engage the Americans like they did the Soviet Union. Simply put, Germany did not have the manpower and weapon production capabilities to take on the USSR and the USA at the same time.

[EchoSierra]

Japan thought about invading the United States for a second... then decided against it. After Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.

[Reindeer]

Two big problems. First, remember it was Germany that declared war on the U.S. first due to their alliance with Japan. Second, how would the Germans have been able to move all the men and equipment across the Atlantic regardless of where they would have landed? Germany had very little in the way of transport shipping outside of some barges. Yes Germany had the Me-321 and Me 323 transport aircraft, and this would have worked to land troops in southern England, but they wouldn't have had the range for a trans-Atlantic crossing.

[xmixaplix]

Remember these if we ever kick off ww3:

1) never fight Russia during winter seasons
2) dont open another front till you close the other and solidify the holding
3) utilize subterfuge and commandos more
4) have a clear command and communication structure establish
5) do not develop new general weaponry during the fighting and only utilize ones that are able to be replaced with ease (e.g. dont go and make 50 different iterations of a tank, you only need 1 reliable type for general purpose)
6) don't ally with Italy 😝🤣

[FairbrookWingates]

A *chance* that Canada would have tipped off the U.S. about Germany moving through them? Bit of an understatement there. Most likely, I think, Canada would immediately have invited the U.S. to form a joint operation opposing the Nazi's march through them, and we'd have done so knowing it was in our own best interests, regardless of our thoughts on the Euro theater of war.

[stevenreyngold]

Tens of millions of guns in civilian hands, even back then. It would have been the biggest civilian campaign the world had ever seen. That and the fact that supplying a force large enough to establish a beach head in the US would make the task suicide. Keep in mind that a bunch of guys in black pajamas held back and eventually defeated the US. Defending your homeland gives you a massive advantage.

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[iamaloafofbread]

Not only the oceans provide a vast buffer zone from any invasion. The land in North America, in each region is difficult for any army to move through, this is not adding the modern day millitary.

[crystalcat]

What a wonderful topic to talk about on Christmas Eve 😅.

[KingCARROT]

Several of the plans fail with the biggest being Canada. If Canada was invaded, the US would've seen the invasion coming miles away and would've mobilized troops into Canada. On top of that the Kriegsmarine was very... poor. Other than vast amounts of submarines ot didn't have much that could've even taken on the US fleet