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The Germans would need to put more of their armored divisions in the south and prioritize that axis of attack. They'd also be extending a very long push in the South that would leave them open to a flanking attack that could cut off the German Army. IOTL, they reached Rostov by November 21...

The Soviets did have a huge army before the war. They only developed some really good weapons on their own. They did have some very good leadership and doctrine as long as Stalin didn't interfere with it. What they didn't have was a good enough economy to support their ambitions. Lend Lease...

The West Korean state would have the higher population and more/better farmland. It would have the two big West Korean population centers around Seoul and Pyongyang. It would also have most of the heavy industry. East Korea would have a much lower population, and its highly populated urban...

Keeping all of Berlin indicates Stalin does not want to cooperate with the Western Allies at all and would create a diplomatic crisis. It changes plans for the war in the Pacific as no Soviet troops would now be expected nor wanted. It would immediately end Lend Lease about five months earlier...

If Wilson dies of a stroke in 1919, and VP Thomas Marshall becomes President, he'll likely be the nominee in 1920. What would be his chances? I still think he'd lose, but not as much as Cox did.

The occupation of northern Indochina at least had the pretext that it would stop supplies going to China. Landing in French Polynesia is a clear indication that Japan intends to do something about the European colonies and threaten Australia and New Zealand. It would cause a reaction in the...

There is no such thing as a noble defeat for the French at Dien Bien Phu as defeat there pretty much loses the war. Heroic failures only happen when they precede a significant victory, and the previous defeat is seen as necessary to the latter victory. Thus defeats like the Alamo are seen as a...

Exactly. She was not the President, and any Presidential power she may have exercised as a result was illegal. If Wilson was unable to fulfill his duties (and he was unable), then in one way or another those duties should have fallen to the Vice President. Many people urged VP Thomas Marshall...

Nothing arrives in Germany because of the Royal Navy's blockade. Britain runs out of money in 1941 or 1942 and isn't able to buy anything. They have to agree to peace because their economy cannot afford the war effort. Afterwards, the Germans can buy from the US. The Soviets also run out of...

A surviving Crusader state, assuming it lasts long term for at least several centuries, will have lots of butterflies. 1) Unlikely that the Byzantines suffer as they did as the Turks will have Christian powers to their north (Georgia) and south (Crusader States). Some form of an independent...

The only way to keep German ties with China is if the Sino-Japanese War never happened. That is very doubtful, but if so this is how I see that scenario plays out. 1) China's post-revolutionary government takes form as National Assembly elections occur in the fall 1937 as planned (this was...

I don't think the Soviet Union will become a democracy if Zhukov leads an army coup against Stalin in 1945. Zhukov had been a member of the Bolshevik party in 1917 and fought in the Red Army. Any coup would simply to end Stalin's terror, and likely he'd restore the tradition of collective rule...

Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte, who was King of Naples until June 1808 and King of Spain afterwards, is his heir. So Joseph becomes the new Emperor. Joseph seems to have been a competent man. I don't think anyone could have succeeded in Spain in the same circumstances. Joseph will be...

Gemayel would have a chance of pacifying the country, but it is not assured and the odds are probably against him. He'll do better than his brother though. I don't think an actual peace treaty would be possible, although the part of Lebanon under his control would be at peace with Israel...

Solar power is not economically feasible for every single household, and this would be a complete boondoggle. The sunbelt, particularly the Southwest, is really the only area that should have lots of residential solar power, and even here the economics aren't quite right yet. Probably within...

Exactly correct. The Government of India Act in 1935 promised that there would gradual development of self governing institutions and introduced new elections, but it was still the Raj. Viceroy Linlithgow had the power to simply declare India to be at war with Germany, and it was completely...

Mao was very critical in making the key decisions that lead to victory. By 1941, Mao had essentially defeated Wang Ming and the Comintern faction of the CCP (which would take orders direct from Moscow instead of accepting Mao's lead), but the rectification campaigns of 1943 which molded the...

Feudalism develops when there is not enough cash to go around. Instead of paying bureaucrats to administer laws and collect taxes, you give someone the right to use the land in exchange for them providing military service. So if Christians maintain political control of North Africa, does the...

In terms of actual history, you are not too far off. However, there are some things you need to understand. The killing of Liebknecht and Luxemburg was done during the suppression of the Spartakist Rebellion which would not have happened in this scenario. Furthermore, the Freikorps who...

Hitler thought a war between the US and Germany for mastery of the world was inevitable, but he also saw the German-America war as the next generation's task while his was to gain the Lebensraum to make Germany the continental power that could take on the US in a future global war. Some aspects...