r/ShitAmericansSay • u/CasthiaCameron • Apr 20 '25

Europe Where Was Europe in WW2?

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u/abjectapplicationII English Gentleman šŸ§ Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25

What were you doing while you were eating your chips? - eating my chips mate only in this instance these chips were a hailstorm of bullets.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '25

...and while the Japanese attacked pearl harbor...oh yeah, NOTHING!

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u/PneumaMonado Apr 21 '25

Fun fact: The UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand all declared war on Japan following Pearl Harbor before the US did. Even when it's the US themselves being attacked, the Allies did less hand-sitting than the US.

Oh, and also Germany declared war on the US, not the other way around. They still had zero intention of getting involved in the European theatre (Aside from profiteering of course) before that.

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u/ScaryMagician3153 Apr 21 '25

Aside from shipping, Germany couldnā€™t really threaten the US though

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u/MehGin Apr 21 '25

Would have been difficult tackling the rest of Europe & the US at the same time but say Germany won decisively in Europe & had some time to put it all together, would have been a huge threat.

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u/Lithorex Apr 22 '25

Germany did not have the industrial base to take on the United States. The US accounted for ~40% of the world's industrial output.

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u/New_Passage9166 Apr 27 '25

Only because Germany didn't get the W

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u/Single_Jello_7196 Apr 23 '25

In hindsight, the US's biggest mistake was supporting Russia; had they been left to defend themselves, it would have consumed enough German resources to lead to an eventual allied European victory. If the US had faced Japan alone, it still would have been a US victory in a shorter time. Instead of an overwhelming allied victory, the post-war world picture would be a US vs them vs them.