Originally Posted by
Fearandloathing
No. Historians agree that he had the power and the resources even if America entered the war. It was the Napolean moment for Third Reich; they truly believed the English would tired and hungry enough would do a Vichy' form of control. When that happened he had to look his ouwn resources and not miss the fact that without Soviet coal they were finished. Even at the retreat from Moscow they were sure they would win.
They refused accept that after 5,000 years of trying someone had found a way to land a heavy army. And, they, like the Japanese, believed that Pearl Harborf had destroyed the US capabilities to wage war on the Pacific.
Truthfully, how fast the US retooled and rearmed remains an astonishing feat. That's what killed 'em, but I agree it was Moscow the step too far.