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The Germans lacked the logistics and manpower to seize Moscow in October 1941 (Divisions were below 50% of strength), regardless of any panic in the rear area. Zhukov had already thrown up formations along the Mozhaisk line that could stem the German advance. If Stalin leaves Moscow then, oh...

Plus on each of the American beaches they were able to get over 100,000 men ashore by June 12, just 6 days after the landing. Not to mention tens of thousands of vehicles and guns.

Valkyrie had next to no support among the players that mattered, the SS and Wehrmacht. Guderian likely drives into Berlin a few days after the coup and lines the plotters up against a wall.

The Germans already got a lot out of the Baltics States IOTL, the equivalent of several corps plus labor and collaboration. Over 100,000 Estonians were under arms fighting for Germany in organized divisions during the war. The situation in the Baltic States was a lot different than Ukraine as...

I don't think so, the limitations 21st faced on organizing a quick counter stroke made afternoon the earliest time of attack. Most memoirs, German or otherwise, can barely be trusted to accurately describe what happened, much less what might have.

Completely different circumstances. The panzer divisions an Arnhem could barely be called that, having been recently destroyed in Notmamdy. Aerial reconnaissance was very difficult in Fall-Winter 1944 due to cloud cover and bad weather, while in Summer 1944 nothing is obscuring recon.

IOTL 21st Panzer Division wasn't able to move against British and Canadian forces until 1600 despite being near Caen and released for battle quickly. It's unlikely that the extra two German panzer divisions will reach the battlefield until well after the American divisions on Omaha and Utah have...

As I said, the Germans already recruited tens of thousands of Ukrainians to serve in the auxiliary police and local government. There were never millions of Ukrainians queuing up to serve in the Ostheer or support the war effort even in Summer 1941. Hundreds of thousands could be recruited into...

Well the gist I was getting at was that a lot of the difficulties were more practical in nature. Why support autonomy when it just encourages disruption, you believe the Soviet Union is nearly done for, and you already have millions working for you in local government and the auxiliary police...

Nazi attempts to exploit Ukraine politically and economically really reached their limit IOTL. They did heavily recruit Ukrainians and nationalist figures into local government and economic administration, not to mention millions of auxiliary policemen. Hundreds of thousands were also lured into...

Excellent then, wasn't sure if it was a contrivance or not.

So Rommel magically decides to heavily defend the Normandy region, even though all intelligence and logic indicates that the Pas de Calais would be the Allied landing zone? Ok.

But that doesn't accomplish anything of decisive importance. In 1942 Germany needed to strike a war winning blow which taking Stalingrad alone doesn't do. The Caucasus was the best option, which says a lot about Gernany's strategic prospects in 1942.

Splitting AGS would have occurred regardless of who was in charge; advancing along three strategic directions simultaneously (Voronezh, Stalingrad, Caucasus) was too much for one Army Group. Further, the make up of the road and tail network in the Don bend and area south of Rostov made it...

One of the biggest obstacles to chemical weapons use beyond ideological is their persistence in the environment. Even if 90% of sarin - which is much less persistent then other weapons - is lost within 5 days, during that period deleterious effects are likely in affected areas. An offensive...

The American beaches were able to offload around 113,000 tons weekly compared to 110,000 from the British and Canadian despite the latter having a Mulberry (B) and the former not. Around 35% of British tons came through Mulberry B, but the American's success without Mulberry A suggests that the...

Which the Germams tried to exploit, getting permission from Darlan, but failed due to politics and logistics. In 1941 the political situation precludes seizing French territory and provoking rebellion, so the Germans relied on inadequate on French trucks and shipping. Darlan was hesitant to let...

The Mulberry Harbors weren't particularly useful pieces of technology. Offloading directly onto the shore and beaching ships proved to be more effective and provided the majority of support for Allied forces until port facilities began to be captured.

Honestly it doesn't matter than much.

Completely implausibld that the Soviet Union would collapse if Stalin died. In fact it's more likely that it would do better without his rather poisonous influence.