Hitler Triumphant

[Dave Howery]

read this book a couple of days ago. There seem to be several common themes in it:

Russia was just dying to jump at the chance to sign a separate peace treaty with the Nazis, and leave the west in the lurch.
The Americans just couldn't understand that France couldn't be invaded in 1943.
Spain was within a heartbeat of signing up with Hitler and attacking Gibralter.

I have to wonder just how likely these things are. The one scenario I liked was a neutral Italy... now that seems somewhat plausible (although it required an untimely death of Mussolini).

[Prunesquallor]

Sorry what book are you talking about? The collection of short stories or one of those counterfactual essay collections?

[Dave Howery]

the new one, with AH scenarios specifically about WW2... I think the fiction one was "Hitler Triumphant"....

[luakel]

Most of the scenarios were pretty good IMO, though the first one with Halifax and a Nazi England was stretching it.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Originally Posted by Dave Howery

I have to wonder just how likely these things are. The one scenario I liked was a neutral Italy... now that seems somewhat plausible (although it required an untimely death of Mussolini).

Well, I look at it this way -- if it were likely, it would have happened in OTL.

I am a fan of the "neutral Italy" scenario, however, since we do have an OTL analogue -- Franco's Spain. Because of that fact, we have a solid groundline in which to base things.

[merlin]

Yes a neutral Italy is intriguing! No where for the British Army & RAF to conduct live training exercises with the Germans!!
BUT with Rommel not in North Africa how does he fare in Russia - teamed up with Kleist in the Souther Army Group?
What impact does it have on Japan with the British more able to switch their resources East?