Since the beginning of the fight in World War II, Germany was doomed to defeat, and Germany did have a time to be close to victory, but it could never reach victory
Needless to say, Hitler's launching of World War II was the biggest mistake in Germany's recent history, and World War II hurt Germany far more than World War I. After all, although the First World War was also lost, the First World War did not affect the German mainland, the main battlefield of the First World War was in France, Belgium and Tsarist Russia, the German mainland was almost no damage, and the land ceded after the war was also within the acceptable range.
However, the outcome of World War II was different, directly sending Germany to hell, and the war was doomed from the beginning to germany's inevitable defeat.
(If you travel to Germany, don't mention the topic of World War II to the Germans, which is a taboo in Germany)
World War I and World War II are separated by only two decades, and both wars broke out for the same reason, in order to redivide the world, and Germany needed to break up an old world pattern.
In fact, not only Germany, but also the United States and the Soviet Union were not satisfied with the world pattern at that time.
As a rising country, the United States has become the world's first industrial power as early as the beginning of the 20th century, and contributed to the Entente countries in World War I.
However, after the First World War, the United States lost to Britain and France in the struggle for international discourse power, and the old United States refused to join the League of Nations in anger, and was full of resentment against Britain and France.
As for the Soviet Union, not to mention, the reason why Britain and France connived with Germany before World War II was to destroy the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union also hated Paris and London.
But whether it is the United States or the Soviet Union, they dare not rush to challenge the world order dominated by Britain and France, to know that the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, the United States and the Soviet Union will not be stupid enough to find Britain and France to die, only Hitler and crazy like to declare war on Britain and France.
Hitler had no chance of winning the Second World War, but from the point of view of Hindsight, the best time for Germany to end the war was after taking France, and if it could take Britain at that time, then Germany would be very close to victory in the war.
(Germans passing through the Arc de Triomphe)
Unfortunately, due to the failure of the navy and the defeat of the Battle of Britain, Germany was unable to take Britain or force Britain to compromise.
At this time, if Hitler stopped the war, he would not be killed, but Hitler was too optimistic about the war, and without taking Britain, he brazenly attacked the Soviet Union to the east, completely blocking his own back road.
(Churchill's refusal to make peace with Germany shattered Hitt's attempt to pacify Western Europe.)
As mentioned above, like Germany, the Soviet Union at that time was also dissatisfied with the control of Europe and the world order by Britain and France, and since the establishment of the Soviet Union, Britain and France had not given up their hostility to the Soviet Union, so the Soviet Union chose to cooperate with Germany temporarily, such as signing the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact with Germany, jointly dividing Poland, and so on.
Cooperation with Germany gave the Soviet Union a great taste of sweetness, and when Germany attacked Western Europe, the Soviet Union did not stab Germany in the back, which shows that the Soviet Union still wants to maintain cooperation with Germany, and from the logic of normal people, Stalin will not expect Hitler to turn around and beat himself after fighting Western Europe, but Hitler is not a normal person, his logic is different from normal people!
Fighting the Soviet Union was a dangerous move that required a quick battle, but as a result, everyone knew that Germany's desire to quickly destroy the Soviet Union by folding Moscow was not realized, and the Soviet Union and Germany turned into a tug-of-war.
The war with the Soviet Union consumed almost all of Germany's resources, and Germany was already doing its best. But fortunately, Britain is crippled, Germany can still support the Soviet Union alone, and if it continues, the Soviet Union and Germany may shake hands and make peace.
However, at this time, there is one country that absolutely does not allow the Soviet Union to make peace, and that is the United States.
After the outbreak of World War II, President Roosevelt immediately looked at the opportunity and prepared to find an opportunity to participate in the war, and finally successfully used the Pearl Harbor incident to gain the support of Congress and the public, and officially declared war on Germany and Japan.
After the United States entered the war, Roosevelt could not allow the Soviet Union to reconcile. Because once the Soviet Union and Germany are reconciled, the United States will not be able to fish in muddy waters, so the United States will vigorously support the Soviet Union and give the Soviet Union enough courage to fight Germany to the death.
(After World War II, European powers such as Britain, France, Germany and other european powers became a pile of ruins, and the United States became an ally of the capitalist world.)
In fact, germany lost half of World War II since the beginning of the Soviet-German War, and when the United States entered the war, Germany was already defeated.
For the Germans, World War II was better off not breaking out. And even with the outbreak of World War II, if the war could be ended by taking France in 1940, it would have been a good ending for the Germans.
Of course, even after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war and the entry of the United States into the war, Germany still had a way to retreat, that is, to surrender in time before the Soviet army invaded Germany, so as to save Germany. Unfortunately, Hitler did not do so.