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Churchill - a fervent anti-Communist in his time - famously said "If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons" when it came to defending British aid to Soviet Russia.
But what if the situation were reversed? Many in the British establishment for most of the inter-War period saw Russia as the greatest threat. Anglo-German rapprochement and talks at various levels happened for most of the thirties and if anything accelerated with the Nazis in power. Joachim von Ribbentrop was not a very successful Nazi ambassador to Great Britain and did more damage than good to relations. His replacement, Herbert von Dirksen was more successful, being seen as a "man of ability" and the 'right kind of person' for the Court of St James.
What chance of a slight difference in Nazi foreign policy producing an Anglo-Nazi Pact sometime after the Anschluss but before the annexation of Czecho-Slovakia? Say Britain giving Germany a free hand in the East - respecting Poland - whilst leaving Sudeten-less Czecho-Slovakia independent and France unmolested? The British could feel safe in the knowledge that Stalin's Russia - responsible for anywhere up to 7 million deaths in the famines of '32-'33 for instance - could be corralled and maybe even neutralised by what they saw (at the time) as a Right-Wing Dictatorship no different to Spain, Hungary or even Poland.
After the War, a Nazi Germany that had defeated Soviet Russia (probably?) would enter into a Cold War like the USSR did OTL. But would a Nazi State fall quicker compared to the USSR?
Would it be worth it?
But what if the situation were reversed? Many in the British establishment for most of the inter-War period saw Russia as the greatest threat. Anglo-German rapprochement and talks at various levels happened for most of the thirties and if anything accelerated with the Nazis in power. Joachim von Ribbentrop was not a very successful Nazi ambassador to Great Britain and did more damage than good to relations. His replacement, Herbert von Dirksen was more successful, being seen as a "man of ability" and the 'right kind of person' for the Court of St James.
What chance of a slight difference in Nazi foreign policy producing an Anglo-Nazi Pact sometime after the Anschluss but before the annexation of Czecho-Slovakia? Say Britain giving Germany a free hand in the East - respecting Poland - whilst leaving Sudeten-less Czecho-Slovakia independent and France unmolested? The British could feel safe in the knowledge that Stalin's Russia - responsible for anywhere up to 7 million deaths in the famines of '32-'33 for instance - could be corralled and maybe even neutralised by what they saw (at the time) as a Right-Wing Dictatorship no different to Spain, Hungary or even Poland.
After the War, a Nazi Germany that had defeated Soviet Russia (probably?) would enter into a Cold War like the USSR did OTL. But would a Nazi State fall quicker compared to the USSR?
Would it be worth it?