It is a simple but complex question; who was the best army during WW2? You can use equipment, battlefield victories, training, anything as a reason for who you thought was the best army.For me, i would say the German army (not those SS idiots, those f****** cowards) were the best. They had good infantry tactics, decent armor, a good air force, and a decent submarine fleet. Had it not been for the Nazis, Germany would have won the war in Europe. It was only for the ideological a****** that the Nazis were that cause Germany's downfall. The German people were great, they were just exploited by the Nazis to do their dirty work, and for that, everyone seems to think that every German was a Nazi. Next time you see a German WW2 veteran, ask him if he served in the normal German army. If he says yes, then don't call him a Nazis. It is an insult to their military pride and honor.
IJoe, I am an American, and there is two things were believe in, one is that man deserves freedom, and the second is that any man who is oppressed will rise up and defeat his enemy. If the German army had won, and there were still the Nazis (Hitler had by war ends at least been the target of assassination attempt 43 times), the people under German rule would rise up and kill every single last fascist in retaliation of those that had died by their hands. And Germans by wars end were trying to kill Nazis; they were learning of the war crimes of what the Nazis had done and were trying to knock off high Nazis leaders. So rest my friend, if the Germans had won, there wouldn't be any fasisct left living.
IJoe, maybe i was a little too optimistic about the people rising up and killing the fascist, it just i am proud to have my freedoms. But you said something that was wrong on so many accounts; FDR wasn't our most democracy president, he was more like Stalin or Hitler. He thought that everyone should be made equal (good idea, but in practice) at any cost (very bad idea). He thought that all buissness should be government owned (communist idea, bad idea), and he thought that everyone should obey the government (really bad idea). And btw, sooner or later, the Nazis Government would have fallen due to how much corruption it had, just like the USSR did. And I am not afraid to admit, yes, the Us did take German scientist after the fall of Germany. But out of that, we now have so many things, like anything having to do with space (including satellites and cell phones), so those scientist weren't all that bad, mainly cause if they tried to rise the Reich again, they knew Uncle Sam would be more than willing to give them a lead shower. But you do seem to have your facts straight, so keep on talking. And yeah, a fascist in the modern text is anyone who uses fear to intimidate people through the use of power, like the Nazis and the Soviets did.
You are more than welcome for the remarks Dare I ask in what you have your degrees?Also, I doubt the Russians did not hire any high ranking Nazi party members. As far as I know, both sides tried to capture as many 'usefull' people. To put it more precise, both sides tried really hard to prevent the other side from getting their hands on usefull nazi stuff.If you want to talk about the best army of WW2 than I think I can say with near certainty that you can't name one of them as the best.tThere simply are to many variables. For example: The war fought between Japan and the USA differed greatly from that fought between the USA and Germany. Secondly, the Japanese and German army pretty much kicked the asses of their opponents during the first years of the war. It changed when the USA, Britain, and the SU joined forces.To make a long story short: there are too many variables to answer this question.Cheers