Hammerstrike : Soviet union attack Axis states first.

In real history, Hitler attack on 22. June 1941 Soviet Union. But what if Soviets are better intelligence information and they know more of Germans plans and attack first?

PS : Forgive me my bad English, this isnt' my first language.

Hammerstrike : Part 1

18. December 1940 : Hitler gives order to preparing attack against Soviet Union with code name "Barbarossa", planned attack day is 15. May 1941.
29. December 1940 : Soviets get know Hitler plans, they start investigation to get more info about attack.
16. January 1941 : Soviets starts a mobilization and preparings for war, Stalin wants attack first.
19. January 1941 : Soviets get know attack day, Stalin puts attack day in 1. May and warns Tuva and Mongolia against possible Japanese attack.
30. January 1941 : Germans get know Soviet war preparations, Hitler moves attack day earlier, in 1. May.
31. January 1941 : Germans warns all Anti-Comitern pact countries, Portugal and Turkey against Soviet attack, but only Finland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Italy with her puppet Albania believe that information.
1. February 1941 : Germans, who want form maximum plausible coalition against Soviets, warns Yugoslavia.
4. February 1941 : Rippentrop meets Yugoslavian regent Prince Paul, Yugoslavia promises join Axis.
25. February 1941 : Yugoslavia joins officially Axis.
27. February 1941 : Pro-Allies coup in Yugoslavia, new government leaves Axis. Hitler is furious and plans attack Yugoslavia before USSR, but moves Barbarossa starting day in 1. April too, because he scares Soviet attack.
9. March 1941 : Germany, Hungary and Italy with Albania attacks Yugoslavia, Operation nr 25 begins. Germany gives a ultimatum for Greece : They order Allies units leave in 23. March, makes peace with Italy and Albania in pre-war borders and joins coalition against USSR, or Germany declared war on them.
10. March 1941. Bulgaria attack Yugoslavia. Greece refuses an ultimatum.
11. March 1941. Germany and Bulgaria declares war on Greece, operation Marita begins.
12. March 1941 : Hitler understand, that first he need ended wars in Balkan and moves Barbarossa starting day back in 20. April.
13. March 1941 : Croatia is formed, German and Bulgarian units take Saloniki in Greece.
15. March 1941: Yugoslavian capital Belgrade is taken by germans.
16. March 1941 : Romania declares war on Yugoslavia. Stalin moves attack day in 15. April.
20. March 1941 : Yugoslavia captures, italian puppet state Montenegro is founded. Stalin moves attack day in 10. April.
25. March 1941 : Yugoslavia is dissolved, lands is partioned between Germany, Italy, Albania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro and German puppet state Serbia like OTL.
29. March 1941 : Athens is taken by German forces, Hitler is very happy and he believes even more for earlier, that German army is unstoppeble and give order to attack Soviets in 5. April.
30. March 1941 : Greece captures. Soviets get know Hitler plans, Stalin give order attack in 3. April.
31. March 1941 : Greece is partioned between Italian, Bulgarian and German occupation zones and Bulgaria like OTL, but Hitler dont give a order to attack Crete, because he needs ool units in war with USSR.
1. April 1941 : Pro-German coup in Iraq.
3. April 1941 : 05.45 AT MORNING, SOVIET UNION DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY, FINLAND, HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA AND ATTACK THEM. THEY DONT ATTACK ROMANIA, BECAUSE UNITS ARNT' READY AND THEY HOPE THAT ROMANIA DONT RISK ATTACK FIRST. OPERATION HAMMERSTRIKE IS BEGIN!

The Soviet Army upper ranking officers among with the middle-range officers had been purged or sent to the Gulags since the late 1930s...

The Soviet Officer material would be wanting since those that went up the rank would be in fear of getting themselves purged if they show any initiatives...

And up to 1941... the Soviet infrastructure was not fully prepare to logistically support the military build up that Stalin & Zhukov was planning after mid 1940...

The Soviet Army would have to use Zhukov's early 1941 plan to strike first with whatever material, manpower and firepower that they had but they didn't have sufficient tanks and trucks to support their mobile offensive units other than those that were reported up to strength in the South...

German Aerial Recon has been going on since late 1940 - Spring and early Summer of 1941..

They would have noticed the military build up since the Soviets would have to build Supply Depots in the Rear close to their front line units...

The Soviets would have to strike first with the majority of the weaponry still obsolete, aircraft and tank, wise...

It would probably be up to the German High Command & Herr Hitler on whether they want to prep their units into prepared killing zones and as the Soviets try to smash into the German Defense Zones...

The Aerial fighter and bomber battles over the border would probably be enormous and likewise the total amount of thousands upon thousands Soviet Tanks, mostly light and obsolete medium tanks, clash with the German Tanks waiting in prepare positions, laying waste to the incoming Soviet armada of vehicles and legions of Soviet Troops charging into prepared fire and killing zones of German Artillery and MG nests...

It would undoubtedly be a bloodletting as we wait to see which side will lose their morale and momentum and start retreating in disarray and rout while the other side charges forward...

It would be .... interesting...

Hammerstrike : Part 2

4. April 1941 : Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union, Romanian units invade, Memel (Klaipeda), is taken by Soviets
5. April 1941 : Spain joins WWII and declares war on Soviet Union (but not to Western Allies), Soviets declares war on Italian puppets and protectorates Albania, Montenegro, and San Marino, German puppet state Serbia and Croatia.
6. April 1941 : Tuva declares war on Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, San Marino and Serbia.
8. April 1941 : Soviet tank forces are near of Warsaw, Battle of Warsaw begin.
11. April 1941 : Mongolia declares war on Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and San Marino.
18. April 1941 : First Soviet tank forces comes near of Konigsburg, Battle of Konigsburg, one of the longest battles of WWII, whitch ends in November, after seven months and death of million men, begins. Hitler are surprised and panicked of Soviet success and gives order to attack in all fronts. Officers understand, that this plan was unrealistic but follows that order, because paranoid Hitler is let executed some officers, who doesnt' support that plan, because he thinks that they are collaborators and secret supporters of communism. In next few weeks, many of good soldiers dead in this riddiculous suicidical attacks.
19. April 1941 : Vichy France, who scares local communists uprisings, want to crush communism and declares war on Soviet Union, Mongolia and Tuva (but not to Western Allies).
20. April 1941 : USSR and Tuva, declares war on Vichy France vassal state Andorra.
21. April 1941 : Mongolia declare war on Andorra.
1. May 1941 : USSR and Tuva declares war on Turkey, Soviet forces invade.
2. May 1941 : British, Australian, Indian and New Zealand forces invade Iraq, Mongolia declares war on Turkey.
5. May 1941 : British and Free Ethiopian forces take Addis Adeba in Italian East Africa (Ethiopia).
9. May 1941 : USSR declares war on Iraq, Japanese-backed treaty ends Franco-Thai war, Thai gets all Kampuchean territories west of Mekong river, but is pressured to join East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.
10. May 1941 : Benghazi in Libya is taken by British-Australian-Egiptian forces, becaus Italy sends most of her troops against Soviets. Mongolia declares war on Iraq.
11. May 1941 : Tuva declares war on Iraq.
13. May 1941 : Soviet Union declares war on Bulgaria.
16. May 1941 : Soviets take Warsaw, Mongolia and Tuva declares war on Bulgaria.
17. May 1941 : USSR declares war on Iran and invade.
18. May 1941 : Italian Somaliland with ceded former British Somaliland captures for British forces.
19. May 1941 : Mongolia declares war on Iran.
21. May 1941 : Italian forces in Ethiopia surrender to British and Free Ethiopia units, Tuva declares war on Iran.
22. May 1941 : Chisinau, capital of Moldavian SSR, is taken by Romanian and German forces.
31. May 1941 : Baghdad is taken by British forces, Iraq captures.
8. June 1941 : British, Australian and Indian forces invade in Iran.
10. June 1941 : Italian units in Eritrea captures for British forces, they are last Italian units in East Africa (in this timeline isnt' Italian partisan war in East Africa, because soldiers moral as lower than OTL). Battle of Budapest begin.
11. June 1941 : Chisinau is taken back by Soviets.
13. June 1941 : Japan attacks Soviet Union.
15. June 1941 : Mongolia declare war on Japan, Meinjiang and Mandzukou, Tuva on Japan and Mandzukou. Mandzukou declars war on USSR.
16. June 1941 : Meinjiang and Wang Jianwei China declares war on USSR and Tuva, Wang Jiangwei China declares war on Mongolia, too. Iran's capital Teheran is taken by Soviets units.
17. June 1941 : Iran captures. Krakow is taked by Soviet units.
20. June 1941 : Iran is ceded 2 occupation zones : Soviet zone in north of 30. parallel and British zone in south of 30. parallel.

German Luftwaffe aerial recon would have spotted the huge concentration of Soviet Union Units congregating near the German-Soviet Border plus the huge supply depots in the rear...

That would have alerted the Germans to prepare for the Soviet Offensive...

And the Soviets would have issues moving supplies forward since they didn't have transport available in OTL....

Hammerstrike : Part 3

1. July 1941 : Independence of Ethiopia is restored. Memel (Klaipeda) is ceded back to Lithuanian SSR.
3. July 1941 : Thailand declares war on USSR, Mongolia, Tuva and China.
4. July 1941 : Finnish SSR (capital in Suomossalmi) and Polish People Republic is formed, Both states declares war on all states, who are on war with USSR and her socialist allies. Battle of Choibalsan begin between Mongolian/Soviet and Japanese/Mandzukou/Meinjiang forces.
7. July 1941 British and Canadian forces in Iceland is replaced by Americans.
8. July 1941 : Hungarian, Italian and German forces won Battle of Budapest, Soviet armies pulls back in Hungarian front.
13. July 1941 : Japan and her puppet states won battle of Choibalsan, hard losses in both sides. All Generalgovernment areas are liberated by Soviet and Polish armies.
14. July 1941 : Ethiopia declares war on Italy, Albania, Montenegro and San Marino.
25. July 1941 : All Romanian/German forces is pushed out of Moldavian SSR, all of Soviet European territories are liberated. British, Australian, Soviet, Indian and Free France forces with little Free Czezoslovakia and Tuvan units invade in Vichy Syria and Lebanon.
27. July 1941 : British/Australian/Egiptian units take Tripoli in Libya.
28. July 1941 : Ethiopia declares war on Germany, Slovakia, Croatia and Serbia.
1. August 1941 : Polish People Republic join with USSR and is renamed Polish SSR.
5. August 1941 : In pressure of FM Suner, Franco's Spain declares war on Western Allies.
8. August 1941 : Battle of Helsingi begin between USSR/Finnish SSR and Finland forces
12. August 1941 : Libya captures for Allies, Italian forces is pushed out of Africa
13. August 1941 : Finland captures for Soviets, Marshal Mannerheim commits suicide.
14. August 1941 : German units starts taking control over Finnish Lapland.
15. August 1941 : All of Finland, except Aland Islands and some parts of Lapland is occupied by USSR.
16. August 1941 : Spain attacks Portugal (that is Suner's idea too), Hitler is furious, because he sees that Portugal is potential ally against rising communism, but cant' do nothing. Battle of Aland begins between Soviet and German forces, who both tries landing there.
18. August 1941 : Battle of Aland ends with Soviet victory, islands are occupied.
25. August 1941 : Both Vichy Lebanon an Vichy Syria captures for allies.
28. August 1941 : Portugal, who isnt' ready for this war dont' can protect herself and Spanish forces invade Lisbon, battle of Lisbon begin.
3. September 1941 : Lisbon is taken by Spanish forces, Salazar is killed, if he tries escape in besiged city.
5. September 1941 : Portugal surrender for Spain.
6. September 1941 : Western Allies gives for Turkey 3-days ultimatum : They make armstice, give Kars and Western Armenia to USSR,and declares war on all European Axis countries, or Western allies declared war on them.
7. September 1941 : British and Indian units invade Portuguese India, it captures without resistance.
9. September 1941 : Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, India, Newfoundland and Free France declare war on Turkey.
10. September 1941 : Turkey agrees with ultimatum and makes armstice. Madeira and Azores are invaded by British forces, they captures without resistance. Macao with former Portuguese-occupied Chinese Islands (some little islands, occupied in late thirties like OTL), is occupied by Japan.
12. September 1941 : Kars and Western Armenia is occupid by Soviets and ceded with Georgian and Armenian SSRs. Italy and Bulgaria declares war on Turkey. Germans are pushed out of Lapland. Cabo Verde is invaded by British forces and surrender without resistance. British forces invade in Angola and Mosambique and South African forces in Angola, too, resistance is very little.
13. September 1941 : Angola captures for British and South African units, Spain annexes all of Portugal and declares, that Portugal colonies is now her own.
14. September 1941 : Finnish SSR joins with USSR. Mosambique captures for British units.
15. September 1941 : Spain gives Vichy France 2-days ultimatum to give French Morocco and Oran region in Algeria to Spain. British units invade Portugese Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe islands, they surrenders without resistance.

You may want to check out this recent thread regarding a Soviet pre-emptive attack on Germany:

https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=323946&highlight=suvorov

Hammerstrike : Part 4

16. September 1941 : Turkey declares war on all European Axis states. Portuguese Ouidah' fort captures for British Navy without resistance.
17. September 1941 : Vichy France refuses Spanish ultimatum. Cabinda is taken by Free France, Free Belgium and British units with very little resistance.
18. September 1941 : Spain invades Algeria, Vichy France fights back and promises leave in Axis, if Spanish forces dont' leave, Hitler is furious by Franco.
19. September 1941 : Northern Sakhalin is conquered by Japan.
20. September 1941 : Northern Sakhalin is annexed by Japan. British and Free France forces invades Tunisia.
22. September 1941 : City of Oran is taken by Spain, Vichy France pulls units back, Oran region is ceded by Spain (Oran Colony).
23. September 1941 : Petain gives ultimatum for Axis : If Spain doesnt' give Oran back to 1. October, then Vichy France leave Axis and joins Free France.
24. September 1941 : Case Anton : Germany, Italy and Spain invades Vichy France, Vichy France fight back. Petain gives order to France units in Tunesia surrender to British and Free France. Spain invades Andorra.
25. September 1941 : Andorra surrender to Spain. Japan invades in Oecusse exclave in Portuguese Timor, locals fight back.
26. September 1941 : Wallis and Futuna captured for New Zealand navy and Free France units : Anti-Vichy uprising in Madagaskar.
27. September 1941 : Vladivostok is besieged by Japanese and Mandzukou forces.
28. September 1941 : Japanese units invade in southern Indochina, Pro-Japanese coup in northern Indochina, Thailand invades in Indochina, Vichy French resistance is little.
29. September 1941 : Oecusse exclave captures for Japanese units after 4-days resistance, Italy invades in Corse.
30. September 1941 : Toulon is taken by Italian forces, Vichy France (but not her colonies) surrender and is shared German, Italian and Spanish occupation zones, Petain escape in Algeria. Spain invades Vichy Morocco, Japan invades in main part of Portuguese Timor.
1. October 1941 : Andorra and Tangier are ceded with Spain.
2. October 1941 : Vichy France decides surrender to Allies and join Free France, all colonies agrees that, except French Somaliland, French Guyana, Guodalupe and Martinique.
3. October 1941 : French Indochina is taked over by Japan and Thailand. British and Ethiopian forces invade French Somaliland, it surrender in same day.
5. October 1941 : Parts of Laos and Cochinchina west of Mekong river, are ceded with Thailand. Portuguese Timor is occupied by Japan. French and Portuguese Chinese-parts is ceded with Japan.
6. October 1941 : Empire of Vietnam is formed in French Tonkin, Annan and Japanese-occupied Cochinchina colonies, Kingdom of Kampuchea is formed in Japanese-occupied Kampuchea areas and Kingdom of Laos is formed in Japanese-occupied Laos areas, all this puppet states joins East Asian Co-Properity Sphere. French Morocco is occupied by Spain and ceded with Spanish Morocco. Pro-Allies coup in French Guyana, this colony join to Free France.
7. October 1941 : Vietnam and Laos declares war on USSR and China.
8. October 1941 : Battle of Istambul begin between Turkish/British and Italian/Bulgarian/German forces. Kampuchea declares war on Soviet Union.
9. October 1941 : Spanish Guinea is taken by British and Free France units.
10. October 1941 : Romanian capital Bukarest is taken by Soviet forces. British and Free France navy attacks last pro-German Frenc colonies : Guodalupe and Martinique, they both surrender.
11. October : Laos declares war on Mongolia and Tuva.
12. October : British and Canadian units attacks Canary Islands, Battle of Canary islands begin. Kampuchea and Vietnam declares war on Mongolia and Tuva, Kampuchea declares war on China, too.
25. October 1941 : Romania surrender to USSR, Canary Islands are taken by British and Canadian units.
26. October 1941 : New left-side goverment comes to power in Romania, they declares war on Germany.
27. October 1941 : Romania declares war on Hungary.
28. October 1941 : Romania declares war on Slovakia and Bulgaria.
31. October 1941 : Italy, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia declares war on Romania.
1. November 1941 : Romania declares war on all states, who are on war with Soviet Union. Italian and Spanish occupation zones in France are ceded by Italy and Spain.
8. November 1941 : Hungary make armstice with Allies. Hitler is angry and plans invade in Hungary.
10. November 1941 : Transilvania is ceded back to Romania.
15. November 1941 : Germany, Slovakia, Croatia and Serbia invade to Hungary.
17. November 1941 : Hungary surrender to Axis.
18. November 1941 : Carpathia Ruthenia is ceded with Ukrainian SSR, former Hungarian-occupied Yugoslavian parts is ceded by Croatia and Serbia.
19. November 1941 : New Hungarian puppet government declares war on allies again.
21. November 1941 : After seven months, Battle of Konigsburg ends Soviet victory.
27. November 1941 : Varna, Bulgaria, is taken by Soviet forces.
5. December 1941 : Uprising in Sofia against Czar and pro-German Bulgarian government.
8. December 1941 : Bulgarian government is overthrow, new goverment makes armstice with Allies. Germany, Serbia, Albania and Italy invades Bulgaria.
9. Detsember 1941 : Bulgaria declares war on all countries, who are on war with USSR.
10. December 1941 : Turkey takes back all Axis-occupied lands, Germans occupies former Bulgarian and Bulgarian-occupied Greece.
11. December 1941 : Bulgarian Yugoslavian-parts are occupied by Germany, Serbia, Albania and Italy, Serbian areas go back to Serbia, Macedonian puppet state is formed in Vardar Macedonia. Vladivastok falls for Japan.
12. December 1941 : Macedonia declares war on Bulgaria.
14. December 1941 : Macedonia declares war on USSR.
15. December 1941 : Macedonia declares war on British states, who are in war, Tuva, Mongolia, China, Romania and Turkey.

Hammerstrike : Part 5

1. January 1942 : Allies gives all occupied French colonies under Free France administration. In Iran USSR occupation zone, Kurdish People Republic and People Republic of Aserbaijan. are founded.
2. January 1942 : All Allies-occupied Portuguese colonies, except Madeira, Azores and Cabo Verde, are given under Free Portugal administration. Both Kurdishtan and Aserbaijan declared war on all states, who are on war with USSR.
11. January 1942 : Macedonian capital Skopje in taken by Soviet and Bulgarian units.
14. January 1942 : Tehran conference between USSR, British, Chinese, Free France, Free Portugal and USA begin, Stalin, Churchill, Jiang Jieshi and de Gaulle meet in there.
17. January 1942 : Saloniki is taken by Soviet, Bulgarian and Turkish forces.
20. January 1942 : Tehran Conference ends. There are decided four important things :
1. USA declares war against European Axis states in second half of 1942. year.
2. Western allies landing in Spain or France later in April 1943.
3. After crushing of European Axis states, European states declared war against Japan and her puppets in next two months.
4. After war, colonies of Italy, Spain and Japan are shared between Allies.
1. February 1942 : People Republic of Aserbaijan joins with USSR and is sedeced with Aserbaijan SSR.
4. February 1942 : Kurdish People Republic is renamed Kurdish SSR and joins with USSR.
7. February 1942 : Soviet and Turkish navy attacks Athens, landing forces takes city in same day, both Axis and Western allies are surprised and shocked.
9. February 1942 : Soviet and Bulgarian forces are conquered Macedonia complately.
15. February 1942 : In Greece and Yugoslavia (capital in Skopje) are formed left-side governments. Both declared war on all states, who are in war with USSR.
17. February 1942 : British, Turkish and Australian forces invades in Dodocanese Islands.
20. February 1942 : Mainland part of Greece, except Peloponnese peninsula, is liberated by Soviet, Bulgarian, and Greek left-side forces. Soviet, British, Turkish, Australian, New Zealand and left-side Greece forces starts liberating of Greece islands.
2. March 1942 : Dodocanese Islands is taken by Allies.
3. March 1942 : All of mainland Greece is liberated by Soviet and left-side Greece forces.
9. March 1942 : Gibraltar finally falls for Spain after 7-months heroic resistance.
10. March 1942 : Soviet, Romanian and left-side Yugoslavian forces take Belgrade with strong help on Tito's partisans. Gibraltar is ceded with Spain.
17. March 1942 : Kosovo is liberated by Soviet, Bulgarian and left-side Yugoslavian units.
18. March 1942 : Capital of Yugoslavia is moved on Belgrade.
20. March 1942 : All territories of Greece is liberated by Allies.
25. March 1942 : Serbia is complately liberated by Soviet, Romanian and left-side Yugoslavian units with strong help of partisans.

George Magnus Taylor said:

Hammerstrike : Part 5

1. January 1942 : Allies gives all occupied French colonies under Free France administration. In Iran USSR occupation zone, Kurdish People Republic and People Republic of Aserbaijan. are founded.
2. January 1942 : All Allies-occupied Portuguese colonies, except Madeira, Azores and Cabo Verde, are given under Free Portugal administration. Both Kurdishtan and Aserbaijan declared war on all states, who are on war with USSR.
11. January 1942 : Macedonian capital Skopje in taken by Soviet and Bulgarian units.
14. January 1942 : Tehran conference between USSR, British, Chinese, Free France, Free Portugal and USA begin, Stalin, Churchill, Jiang Jieshi and de Gaulle meet in there.
17. January 1942 : Saloniki is taken by Soviet, Bulgarian and Turkish forces.
20. January 1942 : Tehran Conference ends. There are decided four important things :
1. USA declares war against European Axis states in second half of 1942. year.
2. Western allies landing in Spain or France later in April 1943.
3. After crushing of European Axis states, European states declared war against Japan and her puppets in next two months.
4. After war, colonies of Italy, Spain and Japan are shared between Allies.
1. February 1942 : People Republic of Aserbaijan joins with USSR and is sedeced with Aserbaijan SSR.
4. February 1942 : Kurdish People Republic is renamed Kurdish SSR and joins with USSR.
7. February 1942 : Soviet and Turkish navy attacks Athens, landing forces takes city in same day, both Axis and Western allies are surprised and shocked.
9. February 1942 : Soviet and Bulgarian forces are conquered Macedonia complately.
15. February 1942 : In Greece and Yugoslavia (capital in Skopje) are formed left-side governments. Both declared war on all states, who are in war with USSR.
17. February 1942 : British, Turkish and Australian forces invades in Dodocanese Islands.
20. February 1942 : Mainland part of Greece, except Peloponnese peninsula, is liberated by Soviet, Bulgarian, and Greek left-side forces. Soviet, British, Turkish, Australian, New Zealand and left-side Greece forces starts liberating of Greece islands.
2. March 1942 : Dodocanese Islands is taken by Allies.
3. March 1942 : All of mainland Greece is liberated by Soviet and left-side Greece forces.
9. March 1942 : Gibraltar finally falls for Spain after 7-months heroic resistance.
10. March 1942 : Soviet, Romanian and left-side Yugoslavian forces take Belgrade with strong help on Tito's partisans. Gibraltar is ceded with Spain.
17. March 1942 : Kosovo is liberated by Soviet, Bulgarian and left-side Yugoslavian units.
18. March 1942 : Capital of Yugoslavia is moved on Belgrade.
20. March 1942 : All territories of Greece is liberated by Allies.
25. March 1942 : Serbia is complately liberated by Soviet, Romanian and left-side Yugoslavian units with strong help of partisans.

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Hammerstrike : Part 6

1. April 1942 : British forces gives control over Cabo Verde to Free Portugal.
2. April 1942 : Washington Conference between US and British leaders begin, Churchill and Roosevelt met.
6. April 1942 : Washington conference ends, Churchill and Roosevelt decides decides make landing in Western Europe in this year, soon after that decision, USA and some of her Latin American allies start moving of their forces in Britain.
14. April 1942 : Battle of Poznan begin between Soviet and German forces.
23. April 1942 : Montenegro is liberated by Soviet and left-side Yugoslavian forces with strong help of local partisans and is ceded back with Yugoslavia.
4. May 1942 : Battle of Danzig begin between Soviet and German forces.
20. May 1942 : Tirana, Albania, is liberated by Soviet, Bulgarian and left-side Greece forces with strong help of local partisans.
27. May 1942 : Slovakia is liberated by Soviet forces.
1. June 1942 : All of Albania is liberated by Soviet, Bulgarian and left-side Greece and Yugoslavian governments forces with strong help of local partisans. Czecoslovakian left-side government is formed in Bratislava, they declares war on Germany and Hungary.
2. June 1942 : Czecoslovakian left-side government declares war on all countries, who are on war with USSR.
13. June 1942 : Battle of Danzig ends with Soviet victory.
20. June 1942 : Battle of Poznan ends with Soviet victory.
1. July 1942 : In remain Soviet Iran occupation Zone, Persian SSR is formed, Western Allies protests.
2. July 1942 : Budapest is besieged by Soviet, Romanian and left-side Czecoslovakian units. Persia declares war on all states, who are on war with USSR.
8. August 1942 : Budapest captures for USSR and her allies.
19. August 1942 : Dieppe raid : Some UK, Canadian and Free French units lands in Dieppe, France. They get heavy losses and leave in same day. This is main test of forces before great landing.
31. August 1942 : Churchill and Roosevelt meet in Newfoundland, they decides landing on France on end of September despite of heavy losses in Dieppe, because they dont want make landing in late fall or winter and they scared, that if they make that in next spring, then most of Europe may fallen for Soviets.
1. September 1942 : Hungarian left-side government is formed, they declare war on all states, who are on war with USSR.
25. September 1942 : All of Hungary is liberated by Soviet, Hungarian, Romanian and left-side Chezoslovakian forces.
28. September 1942 : BRETAGNE' LANDING : AMERICAN, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH (except neutral Ireland), FREE FRANCE, FREE PORTUGAL AND SOME SMALLER ALLIES UNITS LANDS IN FRANCE, NEAR OF BREST. USA AND PHILIPPINES DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY, ITALY, SPAIN, CROATIA AND SAN MARINO. SECOND FRONT IS OPENED, ALMOST TWO YEARS EARLIER THAN OTL.

What

I can't see any of this happening. OTL Stalin DID not want to attack Germany. What I see that could happen is Stalin ordering defense lines to be built, not straight out attacking Germany.

Any Soviet attack against Germany will fail in the most spectacular fashion that will make OTL Barbarossa look like a Soviet Victory.

hmm

Imo the soviet lack 3 important things (and possibly a 4th) to successfully pull a barbarossa-reversed in 1941:

Lack of experience in their doctrine of deep battle:
Even the blitzkrieg of the 3rd reich wasn´t perfect in poland and they had to finetune some details after that. Same would be true for the soviet, where in fact they ran into trouble that gave them opportunity to reflect on mistakes (finland 1940), however, the soviets also had the problem of the purges of their officer corps who were familiar with the doctrine and could (or would) take steps to adapt. But thanks to Stalin, the red army officers were either dead or afraid to show initiative.

Lack of transportation: Deep battle required huge logistics in the background. The soviets had these in 1944, even in 2nd half of 1943, at least compared to their adversary, thanks not only, but certainly to a great part to years of lend-lease sent to them in form of trucks, locomotives, fuel and even boots (haha). They didnt have this in 1941. Its not that they didnt have none of that by themselves, but with lend lease they had MORE. Also, the soviet rail gauge was different from their opponents. The soviets would have run into the same trouble with the (hopefully) captured raillines in a preemptive war, that the germans had when they invaded the soviet union.

Lack of exhaustion: Their opponent, the third Reich, and the axis allies were not exhausted enough to be ripe for invasion, especially with the former 2 points in mind. I doubt the soviets could ever endanger the axis forces to break on the deep strategic level in 1941 with 2 disadvantages not yet removed vs a fresh, high-morale victorious well-trained opponent on his home turf, compared to a bled-dry disillusioned bogged down watered down with green conscripts after 2 years of attrition opponent as in OTL. The axis strategic reserves were exhausted enough in 1943 to loose initiative for the rest of the war. That was not the situation in 1941.

And, possibly, a 4th point: Lack of moral(e) superiority. This might sound funny because Stalin wasn´t the pinnacle of morality and the regime was quite oppressive. I just want to throw out that in the OTL there were disillusioned POV´s who switched sides (although not all actively fought). But if the agressor is the soviet instead of the 3rd reich, i imagine that a "ni shagu nazad" order of stalin in warsaw or bukarest or whatever place you want to imagine the soviets could reach in their initial offensives would have a different effect compared to the situation where the soviets are defending themselves in stalingrad vs "barbaric invaders". The situation is reversed, and depending on the level of desperation of the third reich, they could possibly enlist more captured soviet soldiers to switch sides instead of starving them to death in camps (see vlassov). Also with the bolshevism invading being a REAL threat, or rather a threat become real, you would get more dedicated individuals willing to fight to defend their homes against "invading mongol raping hordes" (propaganda) compared to "lets make a crusade against bolshevism right now".

And on the other side of the table, comrade stalin, the man who holds the soviet union together in the face of the dark hours of invasion by evil nazi hordes and is more or less irreplacable could quickly turn out to be "that crazy guy who led us into a bloody war in europe and killed my brother, cousin, uncle, father for what? Lets remove him and settle an agreement with the nazis", as soon as things start going not that way stalin had hoped for.

Conclusion: Could the soviets have pulled off a victory if they had invaded themselves? Possibly. Probably actually. If nothing changed, Stalin could have won in a long war of attrition, certainly not in a blitzkrieg style of war. The prerequisites for a quick victory in 1941 were not met. For NEITHER side. I can imagine a victorious Stalin in this ATL, if he manages to stay away from coups. His paranoia (officer purges) directly works against a succesful campaign vs the third Reich. I could also imagine a Soviet Union that starts a Barbarossa reversed under Stalin, but when the conflict ends (in whatever way) it´s no longer Stalin at the helm, but someone else replaced him.

BUT (and its a big but haha), Stalin was aware that the third Reich was a threat, but he hoped for the axis to exhaust themselves onto someone else than the soviet union first. Reasonably the western allies, who were already at war with the third Reich. If it is your aim to avoid conflict until you grow stronger, than you dont rush into a fight as your first option.

Yes, Stalin was warned about the attack, as far as we know. Even by a letter of Churchill himself. It might seem ludicrous that he dismissed them in hindsight. Hindsight is always 20/20.
OTOH, Britain was the only Power who was at war with the third Reich in 1941, and the Brits had a history of diplomatically trying to always "employ" continental powers to fight other british continental power opponents for the last couple of centuries, including Russia, including the last "great war" where Russia suffered tremendously (as did all Entente, even Britain, but i digress). This time not, or so Stalin might have thought. This time Russia would not suffer the brunt of punishment of war, at least not by his own initiative. And a first strike would be just that: Dragging the soviet union into a conflict that was avoidable; at least from the soviet union pov; at least for the time being...

Hammerstrike : Part 7

3. October 1942 : Mexico declares war on Germany, Italy, Spain, Croatia and San Marino.
4. October 1942 : British and Canadian forces landing in Channel Islands, Battle of Channel Islands begin.
6. October 1942 : Brasilia declared war on Germany, Italy, Spain, Croatia and San Marino.
8. October 1942 : All of Croatia is liberated by USSR, left-side Yugoslavian, Bulgarian and Romanian forces with strong help of partisans and is ceded back to Yugoslavia.
10. October 1942 : All of German-occupied pre-war Poland territories are liberated and ceded to Polish SSR. Liberia declares war on Germany, Italy, Spain and San Marino.
30. October 1942 : Battle of Channel Islands ends with British victory, islands are liberated.
1. November 1942 : People Republic of Albania is formed. Albania declares war on Italy and San Marino.
2. November 1942 : Albania declares war on all states, who are on war with USSR.
7. November 1942 : Danzig is ceded with Polish SSR.
8. November 1942 : Operation Torch : American and Brasilian forces with some Free French and Free Portugal naval units, landing in Morocco.
15. November 1942 : Italy invades Monaco and occupied it.
25. November 1942 : Battle of Nantes begin between Western Allies and German forces.
28. November 1942 : Italians forms puppet government in Monaco, it declares war on Allies.
29. November 1942 : All of former French Morocco is liberated by Americans and their allies.
6. December 1942 : British and Australian forces landing in Sicily.
12. December 1942 : All of Spanish Morocco is taken by Western Allies.
14. December 1942 : All of German-occupied Yugoslavia is liberated by Soviet, Romanian and left-side Yugoslavian forces with strong help of partisans.
20. December 1942 American, British and Free French forces take city of Oran.
22. December 1942 : Palermo, Sicily, is taken by British and Australian forces.
24. December 1942 : Battle of Caen begin between Western Allies and Germany. Spanish Oran colony captures on Western Allies.
25. December 1942 : Spanish Sahara captures for Western Allies. Sicily surrender for British and Australian forces.
26. December 1942 : Battle of Nantes ends with Allies victory.
28. December 1942 : Last part of Italian-occupied Yugoslavia are liberated by Soviet, left-side Yugoslavian and Greek, Bulgarian and Albanian forces with help of partisans. All of Yugoslavia is liberated and re-united.
30. December 1942 : Tangier is liberated by American and Brasilian forces, Axis are pushed out of Africa.
31. December 1941 : Pro-Allies coup' etat in Italy, leading by Marchal Badoglio. Mussolini is killed.

George Magnus Taylor said:

13. August 1941 : Finland captures for Soviets, Marshal Mannerheim commits suicide.
14. August 1941 : German units starts taking control over Finnish Lapland.
15. August 1941 : All of Finland, except Aland Islands and some parts of Lapland is occupied by USSR.

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yeah right. They don;t have the manpower to do that, especially while invading Germany.

Why did Mexico declare war?

My apologies for being a bit late with these comments.
While I think it entirely plausible that Stalin would strike first. I think he would have without Barbarossa coming first, there is a problem with the timeframes. The Russian attack will occur at the wettest part of the year under terrible conditions for offensive warfare. Slowing them down, exhausting them and providing time for the Germans to recover. Under such conditions would not the Soviet spearheads find themselves cut-off as soon as they exhaust their supplies.
Then Barbarossa, as we know it, could start in mid June, after the Russian army had been defeated in a polish mud-pile.

Another aspect of the POD - and perhaps the most interesting part of it - is that Germanys main claim, that they were protecting the world against communism, would be confirmed. Could this bring peace with Britain? After all, clearly the Russians were equally unreliable as an alliance partner.

Why attack Finland when it was Finland who started the war in 1941. Would it not be better to use the troops down south? Do you expect Sweden to just say: Go ahead, take all of Finland, without intervention?

Why would USA DOW the axis without a Pearl Harbor?

Why would Spain attack anyone? Franco knew the state his army was in and didnt want to get draged into a big conflict

Why would Turkey enter the war?

mattep74 said:

Why would USA DOW the axis without a Pearl Harbor?

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They were going to have to intervene at some point. It would have happened without Japan attacking.

rubix said:

Why did Mexico declare war?

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Mexico was just US puppet in this time, like many Latin America countres So reason as same like for Tuva in Soviet side or San Marino in Axis side, master gives order and they follow it.