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CMV: The Axis could not have beat the Allies in WW2.

In this scenario, the Allies include the US, UK, France, Soviets, Nationalist China, and other historically aligned nations, while the Axis includes Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania and other historically aligned nations. As WW2 was a war of unconditional surrender, that is the victory condition. 

My arguments are as follows...

1) Industry. The Axis Powers simply couldn’t match the Allies in production of war materials, foodstuffs, and other goods. Some industries also lacked sufficient material to operate at maximum capacity. For example, tungsten shortages in Germany, as well as POL(Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants) shortages. These chronic shortages of certain war materials hurt the already smaller industry of the Axis Powers to a point that they could never hope to match the Allies. 

2) Manpower. The Axis Powers did not have enough people to defeat the Allies. WW2 was very much a war of attrition, and the larger populations of the USSR and USA would eventually lead to the complete collapse of the Axis armies. Even by the Autumn of 1941, Germany was experiencing shortages of manpower in over 20% of their divisions. If I recall correctly, Germany assumed the USSR could raise 150 divisions during WW2, but the USSR ended up raising over 500 divisions. By the time the Western theater was opened up again, the Soviets has crippled the German army. 

3) Resources. As mentioned in Industry, Germany suffered from chronic shortages of metals and POLs. One major shortage was that of fuel. Fuel was an especially relevant issue in the Eastern theater. The supply lines were long, and traversed harsh terrain with little to no infrastructure. This meant that the Axis armored and motorized divisions had to slow their advance, and wait for more supplies to slowly come in before pushing again. Even if the Axis has taken the Baku oil fields, it’s likely the Soviets would set them on fire and destroy a large amount of production. 

Those are my 3 main points, and while I could elaborate further, I’d rather see the “desire path” of this conversation and engage arguments as they come.
gpt
Let's get a little bit of alternate history here. Let's say hypothetically that Winston Churchill was not elected prime minister, and that someone a little more malleable was elected and sued for Peace with Germany rather than war. This totally could have happened. Were this to have happened, the Germans would not have to protect their North-Western front from bomber attack... or anything.

At the same time, this would have freed up resources for their attack on Russia... which nearly succeeded on its own.

The Russians actually sued for peace numerous times early in the German invasion even without the alternate history mentioned above. A Nazi Germany with huge land resources of most of Europe (as client states at the least) with no war with England or Russia would have left little opposition.

With the European powers out of the war... Japan would have faced little resistance outside of the United States. They could have made their own colonial empire and pretty much done little more than defend against the U.S. until the U.S. was worn down. They wouldn't have to have troops on the Soviet border if the Germans had already taken them out of the war.

Could the Axis have won WW2? Yes. Could they have ruled the world at the end of WW2? No. But they could be in a position to essentially fight the entire Western hemisphere after a few decades of ramping up for the next war.