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Just had a thought about Ireland (being Irish and all). One of the main justifications for Irish neutrality was that we would have opened ourselves up to at least heavy damage from bombing and at worst invasion (the Germans had a half baked plan for this, I think it was Fall Gelb). While I...

In fairness to the French, it wasn't conventional sexism that prevented women getting the franchise. The Left were wedded to separation of Church and State - for good historical reasons, they feared the power of the Gallican Church, not so much Rome. One threat to this was the establishment of a...

I think that the USSR is in a far worse position ITL than it was OTL, until the 60s at least. They have far less soft power than they had ITL. If you look at some of the nonsense that was being spouted by the Western media during the war, in an attempt to convince the public that the Soviet...

What's happening with the Renault G1? I know the French are in the middle of fierce fighting at the moment, and that presents its own difficulties with rolling out new equipment, but I would have thought that there would have been a few

Actually, the EU also has a mutual defence component, under the provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam. And it does compel a declaration of war. I find it very funny whenever anyone of my compatriots declare Ireland to be a neutral country. I personally think that neutrality is simple code for...

Quick question: when will the Brits vote to leave the Entente?

I realise that I am jumping ahead at least 8 or 9 months, if not more, but I wonder: who will take the surrender of Germany? Reynaud and Churchill, or Blanchard and Brooke? Or an army commander like Prioux or Alexander?

I wonder about the future of antisemitism in this timeline (illustrated by spellcheck; my initial instinct was to hyphenate the term, but spellcheck corrected the term to one word, which indicates that anti-Jewish [see what I did there] prejudice has transcended normal prejudice OTL). OTL...

Don't think it can. The better question is Stalin's mindset. He was a paranoid sociopath, but his geopolitical views were easily understood, if a little warped. Right now, with Germany comprehensively defeated, and likely occupied, he doesn't have a strong power on his Western border. He won't...

Perhaps but, as I think someone pointed out, they are behind in their experience and research into the best methods of industrial genocide at this point. The experiments at Saldau and Chelmno probably have not occurred yet, which means that the gas chambers will most likely not be up and...

I would imagine Sci Fi will take a hit. Hard to imagine Heinlein ending up a proto fascist if the Nazis are so thoroughly discredited by a badly lost war. Equally hard to see a lot of the Red Scare stories (Bodysnatchers being just the best known example) emerging, as the Franco-British...

But what will the world be like without the Great Escape or Stalag 17?

Just can't wait 'til Jean-François José Gianluca Murphy is the up and coming Economics Minister in France in the early 00s

I would imagine the Irish will settle in the south. We drink beer, not wine

To what extent are the French and British sharing technology of this level?

Actually, I would wonder about the nature and extent of Wirtschaftswunder in this TL. German industry will be damaged, certainly, but not completely ravaged as it was OTL. Bomber Command is already a shadow of what it was, the USAAF is not involved, the AdA is a tactical support arm, and the Red...

Let's assume that Germany, as a result of the latest failed offensive, is more or less in the position it was in circa April 1918; not yet defeated, but it simply cannot win. The thoughts of the Allies at this stage must be turning to what happens afterwards. PDF has already intimated that an...

Quick question: where are Darlan and Lattre de Tassigny in this timeline? I assume the latter is climbing the ranks quickly

Unlikely. In terms of casualties, so far it is dwarfed by the Great War. I remember the post that said the French Army had reached 1,000,000, but I would imagine the vast majority would be wounded, and with better medical care and armour, most wounds would not be unduly disfiguring

I would imagine, apart from bomb damage in the Ruhr and the inevitable destruction of some towns, probably designated 'fortresses' by Hitler, the damage done to Western Germany will be very slight in comparison to OTL, and the devastation of Eastern Germany (especially East Prussia which, I...