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That is vastly underestimating the Soviet role in the war. While L-L was a vital part of the Soviet war economy, especially when it came to supplying Moscow with resources to better funnel its remaining industry into armaments, the vast majority of the war effort was on the USSR's soldiers. 80%...

Considering Spain spent twenty years after the war being patched up and democratized, and the Soviets occupied Germany up to Munich and Frankfurt after the war, I'd say they didn't go that well in the long run.

Well, for one, he would have actually had enough troops to do some damage to the USSR once Barbarossa happened. Instead, he wasted so many troops going through the Alps and had troops bogged down in the mountainous mess of Iberia that he could barely spare anything for the Soviets. Once Portugal...

The Russian Tsar was deposed by his people. The Austro-Hungarian one was unpopular with non-Austrians and non-Hungarians, and the Empire was a tottering old hulk doomed to break up eventually. Germany was a new nation and the House of Hohenzollern was once one of the many petty kings and princes...

So basically Operation: Downfall. There wouldn't be anything left of Japan, so the Americans would be free to rebuild Japanese society. Of course, Downfall means the Allies would be in a sorry state themselves.

So in other words, Germany isn't the one firing the opening shots here? Yeah, the USA will be much more hesitant in joining this fight.

The big issue with Japan retaining its monarchy is that it was a big factor in retaining the country's stability after the war basically wrecked the country. Removing the Emperor, even in an unconditional surrender, would have left the country unstable and potentially open to disruption. The...

One should note that even successful designs took a while to implement. The angled aircraft carrier deck could have saved plenty of lives in WW2, by offeringa second runway for take-off or landing that prevented crashes, but it was only introduced too late in the war to make a difference. It...

Admittedly, there's a scenario we didn't consider. Rather than Britain going 'evil', it's the USA, and DS#1 is started as self-defense. And I agree. I was just going with the scenario, assuming Canada would remain loyal to the Commonwealth should there be a US-UK war. In such a war, Canada...

Assuming there is no war between the Axis and Imperials? I'd say the closest source would be Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Yes, that does mean it'll have to be shipped considerable distances, and will rely on German-Italian goodwill to keep flowing. Japan may try to ship oil from the Dutch East Indies...

The biggest issue, I feel, with American industry numbers being produced here is that unlike OTL, the USA will be under attack. In our WW2, the USA was so far away from hostile action and had little going on in terms of sabotage and espionage that it was able to just churn out armaments at...

From what I understand the shura bodies in current Saudi Arabia are either from the ruling family, or from clans aligned to said ruling family, assigned by the King and his associates. There are no elections in Saudi Arabia, and even at the municipal level you have appointed emirs (who are of...

It's still possible to get a hereditary Caliphate, as the Umayyads and Abbasids showed, but it does have to start by taking it by force, as you said. The Umayyads cleaned up after Caliph Ali's assassination, and the Abbasids just took power after a rebellion and proceeded to slaughter the...

IOTL, the Saudis have been trying to claim the Caliphate all along, but have been doing so on the sly. Bringing all of Islamdom under their influence. They've practically been doing it in all but name, hence their actions all over the Middle East and their issues with Iran and recent rivalry...

Thanks. It could use some more work; I'll hopefully post a potential revision soon. At which point, WW2 itself is almost entirely butterflied away. Germany's Anchluss of Austria was only possible because the Italians were content to do nothing. Prior to that, Mussolini and Hitler were at the...

Not necessarily. Under the Shah, Iran had been leaning on its Arab neighbors with the dual threat of its massive army and its closeness to the USA to settle territorial claims. With Iran a mess due to the new Islamic Revolution and the purge of officers loyal to the Shah, its army would be in no...

Admittedly, there are quite a few weak points, which you addressed. I was just putting the general outline here. Admittedly, FDR isn't a chump like Stalin and will smell a rat should the British start invasion preparations, including the Two Ocean Navy. No amount of trickery will pull the wool...

An alternative suggestion here, gentlemen. Assume the British decide to be lazy and lump Kuwait in with Iraq, making it part of a whole mandate, and have it governed from Baghdad. Now, I'll admit there are a few important differences in culture and history between the two countries, but let's...

Okay then, we'll stick to the scenario. Allies: US, USSR, France Axis: Germany, Italy Imperials: UK, Japan (Nationalist) China might work with either Axis or Allies, depending on whether the US or Germany courts it successfully. That's certainly true. But there's one other way they can...

Which is why it fared so well in the Pacific? The British don't have a lot there, and while I will agree that British forces in Canada can strike along the eastern seaboard and the Great Lakes region rather easily, they lack the ships to strike at the West Coast and the US Pacific territories...