10 Biggest Mistakes Germany Made In World War 2

Going to war is expensive. Maintaining war on multiple fronts at one time exponentially more so. While the German economy had been crippled in the fallout from the First World War, by the time the Second War had started, they were well-positioned to produce guns, munitions and supplies in quantities unmatched by their opponents.

As with all things thus far, however, the downfall would begin with time moving on. Despite early successes, even by 1941 it was being tentatively understood by some even within Hitler’s inner circle that the rate of production required to keep up the war on two fronts that they found themselves engaged in was impossible. With more countries being drawn into the war in theatres of conflict all over the globe, the numbers began to stack against the Germans. It became clearer by the day that they would not be able to out-supply and out produce the Allied nations, far less get these supplies to where they were needed.

Point number four will explain it more fully, but it can quite easily be argued that the final nail in the coffin with regards to a failing war economy was the USA joining the war; the United States had forces, supplies and production abilities that far outstripped any other country involved and after this, it was only a matter of time.