What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
The Army of Nazi Germany was arguably the best soldier in World War II, and despite ideology and war crimes, this army was a model for the world's military.
However, it was such an army that was defeated by the Soviets, and even though many people did not recognize the Soviet victory, believing that the German division fought on two fronts, strategic mistakes, and lack of resources led to defeat, but in any case, Germany was defeated and the Soviet Union occupied the German capital.
What we are going to discuss today is that if any other country in the world at that time were to be replaced by the soviet position (geographical exchange), who would be able to stop the blitzkrieg of the Germans?
In addition to the Soviet Union, Germany, Japan, and Italy, there were only a few industrialized powers in World War II: Britain, France, and the United States.
First look at the British, the British are indeed very good at fighting, as the world's number one power in the strength list for many years of the British, although in the Second World War has been declining, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, really to fight is still very tenacious. Air combat in the British Channel has done little to illustrate the problem. However, even with a strong industrial base and an indomitable fighting spirit, the British wanted to block the Germans, almost impossible, just look at the performance of the North African battlefield, Rommel faced Montgomery's absolute superiority of the coalition forces, there are still victories and defeats, if it is the intensity of the Soviet-German war and military contrast, the British would have lost the capital and run to Siberia.
What about France? France's industrial strength is not bad, but the French people's thinking of fighting wars is still stuck in the Era of World War I, and the title of military power can only be a trick to scare people, useless. The Germans swept through Europe in just a few months, and the French army fled without any power to fight back. It can be said that after Napoleon's death, the French would hardly fight. If France had been in the Soviet Union, it might have been worse than the British had died.
What about the United States? As the world's leading industrial power at that time, the United States was called a "monster", would it be better if he was in the position of the Soviet Union?
I don't think so.
The United States' performance in World War II was largely due to the fact that they came to pick peaches when both sides were exhausted. The Soviet-German battlefield was fought for more than two years, the Germans lost millions, the elite was exhausted, but even the German army also made the Americans suffer, if the United States was in the position of the Soviet Union in the early stages of the war, suffered the blitzkrieg of the german army, I guess Roosevelt may not be better than Stalin. The Americans fought and lost their lives, which was much worse than the Soviets, and it was difficult for the Yankees to win against the elite German Army. Even with absolute superiority in materials and industry, the huge gap in the will to fight is almost irreparable.
The Soviets paid a heavy price for resisting Nazi Germany, and without the Soviets the Nazi Iron Horse would have swept through Eurasia and joined the Japanese, and the world would have changed.
So why was the Soviet Union able to fend off the ferocious Nazi Germany? In addition to the weather and geography, and the bravery and tenacity of the Soviet people, there is another important reason, that is, the highly centralized political system!
It can be said that without the socialist system, the Soviet Union could not achieve full mobilization and high organization, and the classic strategic counterattacks in World War II could not be discussed. If the position of the Soviet Union were replaced by Britain and the United States, the anglo-American state system would not be able to withstand the attrition of the Soviet-German war.
So, is there no other country in the world that can stand up to Germany in the position of the Soviet Union?
Yes, I think it is the Chinese led by the Chinese Communist Party, and the Korean War has proved that as long as there are enough weapons and resources, Chinese can fight with any military power in the world, and there is a certainty of defeating them!