What was the wisest strategic decision in WW2?

Answer 1

The wisest decision in WW2 is difficult.

Some of the best would include:

1.) The Allies decision to NOT assassinate Adolph Hitler. His bumbling interference in military decision making did far more harm than good for much of the war.

2.) The decision to win the war in Europe and building up the European theatre of war first (as opposed to building up in the Pacific and going after the Japanese first) was extremely wise. To do otherwise would have likely left the Soviets in contol of all of Europe if they had won the war before we were ready to step foot in Normandy (which would have been a good possibility if we had concentrated on the Pacific first).

3.) My last possible wisest decision was also the most controversial: the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. To have done otherwise would have led to a bloodbath on both sides with some estimates of over 1,000,000 dead on both sides. To understand this takes someone who understands the willingness of the Japanese people to sacrifice their lives for the Emporer. I am sure the men that would have been hitting the Japanese mainland beaches would nominate this as the wisest.

I like the third answer the least as number one and two would not only have cost more lives, but could have ended in much different maps of Europe that may not have been in the Allies benefit. The third answer is limited solely to lives lost.