I don't think it would impact Hitler's plan to attack the Soviet Union. I equally don't think much of a meaningful alliance would occur - Hitler isn't going to let the Red Army travel through Germany to come 'help' with Fall Gelb.
Invade...India? Through Afghanistan? That might cause the USSR to collapse 50 years early.Well, the most obvious targets for the USSR in such a scenario would be British India and the Middle East.
Besides that, there wouldn't really be much of allied operations between Germany and the USSR - if anything, they could be seen as co-belligerents.
Invade...India? Through Afghanistan? That might cause the USSR to collapse 50 years early.
Not really. Soviet Union in 80-ties was not what it was in 30-ties. Stalin would exterminate any oposition in Afghanistan similar way he pacified Caucassus and basmatchi movement or whatever they were called - even using gas I believe or Ukraine and baltic states after WWII.Invade...India? Through Afghanistan? That might cause the USSR to collapse 50 years early.
Germany didn't have almost four times as many people as the entire USSR, nor did it have the backing of the British and French Empires.Because the potential losses would have been so dramatic compared to the OTL cakewalk that was the Great Patriotic War?
He still wouldn't be able to take India. At best, he'd drop out of the war and withdraw from Poland, and that's if he's smart.Not really. Soviet Union in 80-ties was not what it was in 30-ties. Stalin would exterminate any oposition in Afghanistan similar way he pacified Caucassus and bachmatche movement or whatever they were called - even using gas I believe or Ukraine and baltic states after WWII.
Yes to what?Yes. Yes. And definitely yes.
I don't think the USSR is your area of expertiseInvade...India? Through Afghanistan? That might cause the USSR to collapse 50 years early.
No, it's not. I wasn't being entirely serious, either. It was more of a reference to Afghanistan's nickname as the "Graveyard of Empires", and the fact that India has four times as many people as the entire Soviet Union put together.I don't think the USSR is your area of expertise
Germany didn't have almost four times as many people as the entire USSR, nor did it have the backing of the British and French Empires.
Not Afghanistan. India, which somebody stated would be the Soviets' target. To reach India, they would have to go through Iran, Afghanistan, or both.Hold on What
When did Afghanistan have 400 million people,
if you mean Britain the empire wasn't unitary and mobilizing the Indian Army was always a bad Idea
Britain v USSR == USSR Victory
They were on the brink of unstoppable by '43
Germany didn't have almost four times as many people as the entire USSR[1], nor did it have the backing of the British and French Empires[2].
Well, in his blindness he brought upon an interesting question.1) British Raj in 1939 had a population of ~312 million people, the Soviet Union at the same time had a population of ~169 million people. You really should get your numbers straight before making faulty assumptions. And besides that: Just because a country has a large reservoir of possible doesn't mean that it has the necessary equipment to fight.
2) You might want to read the OP again. In this scenario, we're talking about what would happen if the UK and France declared war on the USSR. That's a major point, and your argumentation therefore makes not the slightest bit of sense.