Was an allied World War 2 victory inevitable?

Answer 1

The victory of the Allies over Axis forces was never a sure thing . Once the Allies agreed upon a mutual strategy that would eventually lead to the defeat of the Axis powers then , yes , victory was inevitable .

Several key events led to the penultimate triumph and the end of the Second World War .

Winston Churchill's resolve to continue resistance to the expansionist policies of Germany , Italy and Japan was crucial to an Allied victory .

Without England as a staging area to mount military operations on the mainland of Europe the world today would be a much different place .

Churchill proved his resolve by the attack upon the French naval base at Mers-el-Kebir in Algeria showed to the West that the British had every intent of prosecuting the war to the end . Had the Nazis gained control of the French navy then Germany would have been able to control the English Channel and logistically important sea-lanes that was so necessary to England for the supplies coming from the US .

Other key events was the US Marines at Guadalcanal thwarting the Japanese intentions to extend their power and control in the Pacific . This then led to the signal naval victory at the Battle of Midway where US forces destroyed any hopes the Japanese had at regaining the initiative in the Pacific Theater of Operations .

The German campaign against the Russians suffered a major reversal at the Battle of Stalingrad which marked the furthermost Eastern progress of the Germans against the Russians which led to the fall of the German capital to Russian forces .

With these key events in consideration then , yes , victory for the Allies were , for the most part , assured .