If the UK gave Poland to Hitler, then in all probability there wouldn't be a World War 2 as we know it. Hitler, now undisturbed with the prospect...
With 6 million instead of 2.7 million men Axis would have enough manpower to conquer Moscow and even push farther. Moscow is the main railroad...
I said a powerful ally. Italy and other Axis members weren't one. If and only if Italy was a powerful Axis member, and for this context I mean...
Tamino, you can't ignore Word War I if you want to understand the rise of fascism in Europe. Such an event was necessary to bring together various...
Operation Sea Lion is an example of what happens when you don't have a powerful ally to back you up. A competent Italy gives the maritime forces...
I don't see him stretching his forces over the entire border. The hypothetical piece treaty is signed by all Axis members; therefore the Romanians...
The B-29 was almost exclusively used in the Pacific theater. But pragmatism isn't. Why fight Hitler when the Allies can do all the dirty work?...
In 42' and possibly in 43' the Allies aren't certainly ready for an ambitious invasion as Overlord, so the Axis powers have a substantial amount...
A sincere peace treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union would speak serious trouble for the Allies. With the eastern front abolished, the...
This is a question I planned to ask. Thanks! :) The main problem with the Axis is that next to Germany there was no other major military force...
With the RAF gone, I don't see any reason for a naval invasion. The now open sky means that Germany can parashoot thousand of its soldiers on...
The main reason why German lost is the painful lack of powerful allies. What Axis needed to be is a continental industrial and military...
NKVD is more like the Gestapo.
Yes, that was Hitler's biggest problem: putting ideology over pragmatism. Russians hated Stalin. The first German troops in Russia were greeted as...
It doesn't matter if the leadership escapes; losing a major communications and industry center and reestablishing it somewhere else takes time,...
[/LIST] The Soviet Union was a highly centralized country. Losing Moscow means to lose the very heart of the country. The other parts would have...
Conquering Moscow was more than possible. The problem Hitler committed was simultaneously going after three objectives, diluting his eastern armed...
Let's presume that the Americans declare war on Germany together with the UK and France. The answers to the following questions interest me:...
The return to the 1914 borders is most likely. Another possibility: with Japan's assistance, German supports India's independence next to the...
Relevant excerpts from the Führer Directive No.32 (it's about actions after Barbarossa, but still): For the sake of argument let's presume...
