>> Germany didn't miss a chance. It had neither the capacity nor the will to conquer the U.S. I doesn't seem the author is saying that Germany wanted to conque

>> Germany didn't miss a chance. It had neither the capacity nor the will to conquer the U.S. I doesn't seem the author is saying that Germany wanted to conquer the US. Germany wanted to create the equivalent of a US on continental Europe by annexing large landed regions and populations to get parity with the US on natural resources and population.