It would be more accurate to say that the side of white supremacist, imperialist reaction won in the west. The Nazis were part of that side, but also fought with its most powerful proponents because their ideology was an unhinged death cult. They were crushed, and replaced with a significantly more component liberal-fascist machine that actively realized many of the material goals of the Nazis far more competently than the Nazis ever could.
It would also be accurate to say that many Nazis personally won, since they escaped consequences for their actions and went on to have cushy jobs in the West German government, Interpol, and NATO (and that's just the ones who didn't fuck off to be plantation owners in South America).
WW2 was fascist infighting and the moderate fascists sided with the communists to prevent their working population from revolting and creating a reason for the Soviets to continue rolling tanks west to liberate whatever resistance forces appeared.
That and a healthy dose of realpolitik due to Germany attacking France for basically no reason. If they just pushed east, the Western European governments would have probably avoided joining for as long as possible.
It would be more accurate to say that the side of white supremacist, imperialist reaction won in the west. The Nazis were part of that side, but also fought with its most powerful proponents because their ideology was an unhinged death cult. They were crushed, and replaced with a significantly more component liberal-fascist machine that actively realized many of the material goals of the Nazis far more competently than the Nazis ever could.
It would also be accurate to say that many Nazis personally won, since they escaped consequences for their actions and went on to have cushy jobs in the West German government, Interpol, and NATO (and that's just the ones who didn't fuck off to be plantation owners in South America).
WW2 was fascist infighting and the moderate fascists sided with the communists to prevent their working population from revolting and creating a reason for the Soviets to continue rolling tanks west to liberate whatever resistance forces appeared.
That and a healthy dose of realpolitik due to Germany attacking France for basically no reason. If they just pushed east, the Western European governments would have probably avoided joining for as long as possible.