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Likely based on a real-world plan by the SS to create an "Order-State of Burgundy" out of eastern France. As someone further up mentioned though, perhaps this way of putting Burgundy back on a map isn't what was envisaged by the thread.

Several times during the Napoleonic Wars there were suggestions, even lobbying, to have Iceland annexed to the UK. You need only a POD where the British government decide to follow those suggestions.

You clearly didn't even finish reading my post before quoting it, did you?

No, the Germans lacked the means to cross the Channel and the Battle of Britain was steadily swinging in the UK's favour as time went on because they were fighting over home territory: every German plan shot down meant a lost pilot, but British aircraft that were shot down didn't always result...

Then it seems we broadly agree that the USSR can't effectively resist the combined might of Western Europe, even if the US is able to move some supplies through the Far East. On the other hand I don't believe the Japanese will hold out for long enough against a US that is focused solely on the...

I think: - USSR is defeated on land in Europe. The US is still able to supply them via the Far East but limited ability to move the resources, plus the Wehrmacht having the British and French armies fighting alongside them in Europe instead of against them, means that the Red Army proves unable...

To launch a cross-channel invasion you need command of the seas in order to both get there and to maintain supply lines. The Kriegsmarine wouldn't survive the afternoon trying to keep a patch of sea out of the Royal Navy's hands and the Luftwaffe didn't have the ability to close the Channel to...

To what extent does this WI have the Empire continuing to exist? I can see the above Imperial Federation maybe being pulled off with the White Dominions, for example, but I can't see the likes of India either being welcomed into it as equals (their population would dominate) or being willing to...

The French Monarchy ended for the final time due to the humiliating defeat they suffered at the hands of the Prussians, sparking an anti-Monarchist uprising that settled the peace and retained power thereafter. I don't believe Napoleon III was all that unpopular prior to this. As such either...

This "ocean" is about 300 miles of water. There would be regular ferries over that short a distance. The Fourth Shore was also integrated into Italy proper. They didn't rule it as a colony: a post-fascist Italy that adopted democracy would have elected representatives from Libya in their...

Libya will be Italian long-term. The settlement policy would mean Libya would have a large Italian minority, if not an outright majority by the modern day, and their fairly ruthless Italianisation policies would mean there were a lot of Italianised Arabs there as well. With Italian Libyans also...

It would remain with the Kings of Prussia, with the Austrian monarch becoming like the other German monarchs (like the King of Bavaria): subordinate to the Emperor. The Imperial Constitution vested Prussia with permanent presidency of the German Empire and, therefore, vested the King of Prussia...

If Italy had retained Libya after the war (or without a war ever happening) I think it would be throughly Italianised by now. Italian settlers were flooding into the country before the war made it difficult and dangerous, and likely would've continued to flood into the country either after the...

I see both of you missed my point, let me bold it for you: I'm entirely aware of the myth surrounding the Luftwaffe and the necessity of stopping the Heer. Hitler's best bet to knock the UK out early is to ensure it isn't necessary to stop the Heer on the cusp of victory.