During World War II, Japan and Germany as Axis powers were often compared, but what would have happened to China if it had been Germany that had invaded China?
This topic seems to have been conclusive, the German army, whether it is technical equipment or military quality, is much stronger than Japan, the emerging capitalist country, and in terms of the number of troops, the German army's 6 million troops are not particularly small compared to Japan's 7 million army. It is also believed that if Germany had invaded China, the Nationalist regime would have been overthrown within a few months.
Is this really the case? Let's look at it from a realistic point of view. From Germany to China, there are about two roads, one traversing Eurasia and the other landing in a large circle around the southeast coast of China by sea.
Are these two methods feasible?
There is actually some feasibility. Needless to say, such a long distance would require hundreds of thousands of soldiers to be thrown into the Chinese battlefield. It will be a long time. Moreover, Germany had no colonies in Southeast Asia and could only land directly in China. Heavy weapons were insufficient, the number of troops was small, and the Germans were not necessarily stronger than the Japanese.
To go overland, you have to pass through the Soviet Union. Regions such as Central Asia, West Asia and Xinjiang do not have a systematic railway network, and even if all countries obey Germany in the middle of the way, Germany must first spend more than a decade to establish a transportation network to northwest China.
So the overland advance had to use Soviet railways. If the Soviet Union had been willing to let the Germans use these routes, the Germans would have thrown in their troops faster than they could by sea. The number of troops that can be put into the Chinese battlefield will certainly be able to overthrow the Nationalist government.
But whether the Soviets would let the Germans pass on their territory with a big swing, unless Germany did defeat the Soviet Union, this plan would not be feasible.
But if the United States had not aided the Soviet Union, perhaps Germany might have accomplished something that Napoleon could not have accomplished. But despite this, the German army that defeated the Soviet Union will inevitably suffer huge losses, and when it reaches the Chinese battlefield, will the German army that consumes half of it really be more powerful than the Japanese army?