Actually, PS, I did a lot of reading while I was away, and one of the great books I read is titled 'Why the Germans Lose at War," by Macksey.
After a buddy of mine finishes it I will lend it to you....
The true mark of an intelligent man is how much he agrees with you, right?
Actually, while I love these arguments, the are all along the lines of "If we had some bacon we could have bacon and eggs if we had some eggs."
We could LIST the number of things the Germans needed when they went to war but either didn't have, or didn't understand, or didn't comprehend, which led to their defeat, and it would be a LONG one....BESIDES the lack of Uboats...
How about no heavy bombers, or ANY concept of "strategic Bombing." And not only didn't they understand or see the need, they assumed since it wasn't worth it for THEM it wasn't worth it for anybody else to use it against THEM either. And also no NAVAL air arm worth a darn, even for patrol....
How about not enough tanks, the captured Czech 35 and 38 being their MAIN tanks even until the invasion of Russia in 1941....
How about not having enough trucks, much less even a basic CONCEPT of logistics, not the least having to decide whether fuel or FODDER (yes, he had to feed all those HORSES too or his army couldn't move....)was more important on the few Railroads he had in Russia....
How about planning only for SHORT wars, not even starting "full war production" until 1943?
How about a shortage of REAL Generals, only syncophants and Nazi Lovers rising to the highest levels....and we could go on and on....
Hitler was a wild opportunist, and surrounded himself with very flawed yes men at the highest levels of command...you CANNOT discuss anything like "Could the Germans have won" without considering him and his commanders.
The answer is, WITH Hitler, there is NO WAY the Germans could have won, they could only have made the war bloodier or last longer, and...
WITHOUT Hitler, there probably would NOT have been a war!