Thread:Seol404/@comment-35244094-20190322014703/@comment-35000429-20190519051434

Nazi Germany was never more powerful than the USA, even at its height. The US GDP was 2.5 times greater than Germanys in 1939. Nazi Germany is often ranked higher than the US military in 1939 purely because the German military was fully mobilized, while the Americans were not. A lot of people greatly underestimate the might of the American military, but to put it into perspective, The US fought in two theatres of WWII and the Soviet Union only fought in one, despite this, America suffered under 500,000 casualties while the Soviets suffered over 20,000,000.

The most powerful militaries in 1939 (Had they all been fully mobilized) would likely rank 1. USA, 2. France, 3. Germany, 4. USSR, 5. British Empire, 6. Empire of Japan.

As far as Japan being a proxy war between the US and the USSR. That is incredibly unlikely, it would actually be more likely to become a third contender in the Cold War, and try to spread its influence just as the US and the USSR did. The Empire of Japan would be a superpower, not a puppet state. (Japan irl was on its way to becoming a superpower in the 1980's but declining birth rate and an economic crash stopped that from ever happening.)