Tomorrow the world

Did Adolf Hitler's Germany have ambitions in the Western Hemisphere? In the 1920s, Hitler suggested that the Nordic struggle for racial dominance would extend globally, though his focus was often on Europe. Norman J. W. Goda explores documentary evidence showing that Germany's long-term strategy, established early in World War II, targeted the United States after conquering Europe. Even before the war in Europe commenced, Berlin was contracting for a large surface navy and developing a transatlantic bomber. This well-argued book primarily examines Germany's covert efforts to secure base sites for these weapons in French North and West Africa, Spain's Canary Islands, and Portugal's Azores and Cape Verde Islands, from the surrender of France in June 1940 to the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942. Hitler prioritized these bases over the war against Great Britain and ranked them just below the Eastern Campaign. Ultimately, Berlin's attempts to secure these sites failed, alienating Spain and France and undermining their potential support. German military intelligence also miscalculated American capabilities, leaving Northwest Africa unprepared for the 1942 invasion. Goda challenges traditional views of Hitler's Germany as opportunistic and limited to Europe, providing substantial evidence that Hitler's ambitions were based on concrete military plans. This meticulously researched study offers new insights into the dipl