>>718125049
Hitler was incompetent:
Hitler and the Nazi German state in general were utter retards when it came to international relationships. They signed the anti-Comintern pact with Japan, essentially an anti-USSR alliance. Then, without discussing it with their Japanese allies, Germany signs the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and a trade agreement with the USSR, essentially leaving the Japs out in the cold dealing with the Soviets. So Japan signs their own non-aggression pact with the Soviets and a few months later, Germany invades the Soviet Union.
So when Hitler was asking them to invade Russia from the east, Japan said fuck off and stuck to their non aggression pact. Japan wasn't even attacking American lend-lease ships coming into Vladivostock at the time lol."
"Italy never consulted Germany on declaring war on Britain in 1940, and never consulted Germany on invading Greece.
Likewise Germany never consulted Italy on invading the USSR (until the last minute). Both parties dragged each others into multiple fronts they werent prepared for.
Likewise Germany never leased blueprints for their armaments, leaving Italy with inferior tank designs. Germany also bought up all Romanian oil which left Italy with nothing and thus unable to power their surface navy (which was far superior in number and armament to Cunninghams Mediteranian taskforce, yet Cunningham prevailed in the Mediterranean theater due to this fact.
The whole Axis alliance was a sham compared to the allies. Unlike the allies, the Axis never had leadership summits, never had a joint command, never discussed join strategies, never pooled their resources (like Lend-Lease), never lease their designs or traded knowledge (the British were heavily assisting the Americans to kick-start the Manhattan project, and the British were leased Sherman tank designs)."
Also, the Brits cracking code to the Enigma Machine. Kind of impossible to win a war when the enemy knows exactly what you're going to do before you do it.
