OT:US don't qualify for EU membership, don't spank children, WW2 history.

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Germany only had to fight on two fronts because they attacked the Russians long before it was wise to do so. If they had kept their non-aggression treaty with them, they would have been able to overwhelm England, and then it would have been really, really difficult for the US to have a chance of helping out and finally defeating them.

I tend to agree with you, Hitler made a fundamental mistake here. However, Red Army was at its lowest readiness in 41. It did not recover from purges of 37-38 and was in the middle of reconstruction of the material base. For example, there were only 150 T-34 in service - only 3 months of large scale production. If Germany postpone the attack till summer of 42, there will be 1500 or even more.