Interesting video below discusses the 3 surrenders the Germans had to do, to officially end their part in WW2. One of the things this video touches on is that the Germans had many troops not engaged in active fighting. Occupations troops. Troops in Norway, the Balkans, Channel Islands, etc. If Germany had pulled all those troops in and deployed them on the Eastern and Western Fronts in 1945, how would it have affected the war?
We're talking over a million troops. Would it have caused the allies to give more favorable surrender terms to the Germans? Would it have prolonged the war for the same eventual outcome? Of course being able to supply and feed those troops is another matter altogether. Toward the end of the war, that would have been difficult.
The question is academic and another "what if" scenario. But that large force of soldiers introduced into active fighting would have made things very difficult for the Allies. So, what do you think? Would it have made a significant difference?
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