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Originally Posted by bretonbanquet
. . . Germany could in theory have then helped the Japanese fight the US . . . .
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Japan was part of the Axis of Power and was already aligned with Germany and Italy
So, they were helong Japan in that sense, though in the end I have no doubt Hitler would have stabbed Japan and Italy in the back because those two nations hardly fit into the Aryan profile.
But, I agree, the US did not enter the war until it had to. But, that is not the point I was making. The point I was making is the facts indicate the remainder of free Europe, save perhaps Russia and to a lesser extent GB, was losing badly until the US came into the war. Thus, I think it is accurate to say the entrance of the US into the European theatre of WWII is what turned whast appeared to be a certain defeat for the free European nations into a long road to the now historical win - for which we are all blessed
Interestingly, people talk of the horrors under Hitler, which were indeed bad, but what the Japanese dod to the Chinese and had been doing for a long time prior to then, was IMO somewhat worse, though both Hitler and the Japanese had shops of horror - sad, very true.
On edit - here is a fairly cool site with a WWII timeline
Also, I LOVE to talk about WWII and WWI - I think it is fascinating, though I know the horrors were significant.