@SeventhSense there were a lot of mistakes made during WW2, many of them on the German side, but there were plenty made on the Allies side as well. We were fortunate that Hitler broke his non-aggression pact with the Soviets, and turned it into a two-prong war. That was the main thing to break down the might of the German military machine.
The Duce was a coward, which Hitler knew and despised him for, but he had his ‘uses’ to the fascists. Had Hitler and Stalin joined forces, and stayed in sync, there would have been a very different outcome to that war.
The fact that the Allies were able to decode the Enigma machine, and that Hitler turned back from Britian because of his hydrophobia (he was scared to death of crossing the English Channel), as well as the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, which they did without Hitler’s approval, these and many other things were the downfall of Hitler and his repressive regime. That, and he was a lousy tactician when it came to battles. All decisions regarding both fronts had to be cleared by him, and he sucked at delegating authority.
Losing that war came a lot closer for the Allies than many people think. Had America continued its isolationist view, the outcome would have been very different. Remember, Henry Ford admired Hitler, and kept a framed photograph of the dictator in his office. Several US companies supplied the Germans with military hardware at the beginning of the war. It was all about profit, not about ideals.