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A treaty is signed by West Germany with the Soviets, pledging German neutrality (much like the Austrian unification treaty) and disarmament. This probably would result in a very peaceful Cold War in Europe.

But what about German reserves? Will they be committed to battle?

Not entirely true. Immediately after WWII, the US produced 3000 calories per capita. The Marshall Plan balanced some of these deficits (in Europe) and surpluses (in the US). At some point in time, 30 million Germans served in the Wehrmacht, most of them being discharged for various reasons. And...

Two weeks after the invasion of the continent, the Nazis reveal the V-1 and V-2 revenge weapons. The V-1 is an unmanned plane, or rather the first cruise missile, a cost-efficient weapon of terror against London. The V-2 also makes it's first appearance. It is a manned bomber, integrating...

The staff officers working on the intractable logistical problem for invasion couldn't help but conclude, that the number of divisions required to capture the number of ports required to supply those divisions is greater then the number of divisions those ports can supply. While future armchair...

Only a better shot at the initial polls. At the bottom of everyone's list will probably be our favorite centrist parties, the Republican, and Democratic Party.

The German army trained in the Soviet Union during the thirties. Interestingly, I don't see Italy mentioned in the title. I guess Italy opposes the annexation of Austria as well? The US had a plan for a thirteen million man military in case Britain and the Soviet Union fell. The US might be...

1943 - A Prologue I'm going to rewrite 1942, don't know what I was thinking now that I'm reading it. Hitler is going to be still alive. 1943 - A Prologue to Operation Roundup Preparations for Operation Roundup was winding to a close. The allied strategic bombing campaign was going to be...

I'll consider a some historical revisionism. To my memory, the timeline of historical events involved aid and support to Mao before Mao became a potential contender for Chinese rule. My knowledge of history in the far east is a bit muddled and inadequate (if anything I think my epilogue on Latin...

"When I turn a corner, I wonder if someone will shoot me with a gun." - something Stalin said once. Wasn't Stalin simply nuts? Whether Zhukov lives or dies as well, that hardly will change the course of the war. There is basis in reality, if Stalin shifts his support to Mao.

I read half of this thread. I have two major suggestion for WWII TLs: read hyperwar, wikipedia, and search through google: site:www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/ The internet has quite a few libraries itself.

I was considering doing that once with tanks. I'll watch this thread, keeping in mind your writing style seeing how I could adapt it to my own projects.

1942 to be rewritten at later date.

America had only 330,000 troops. A small fraction of that was in the Phillipines. The Phillipines were invaded by 130,000 Japanese troops. The US will need to institute a larger draft.

It's not certain it would be a failure (though Sledgehammer certainly would have been a failure). Roundup promised to invade France with 250,000 troops (based on Operation Bolero), but the allies wouldn't have the aerial superiority they would have in '44. As a tidbit: part of Operation Bolero...

This might delay V-J day by a year or two. That is all. If one looks at the statistics of sheer US production, it's insane. Not only is it insane, but it outmatches anything the Axis could output.

Late 1941 You're wondering why he signs another piece of paper? Who knows what his future plans were, he did commit suicide you know. I'm just a humble historian. :p ---------- The Suez falls to combined Italian, German, Soviet and Iraqi troops. After Soviet troops invaded British Palestine...

May - July 1941 America German U-boats open up a surprise campaign to attack US shipping on the East Coast, nearly a hundred thousand tons of shipping is sunk near the East Coast in the first month of the campaign. In response, the United States declares war on the German Reich. Europe German...

Lyndon Johnson believed he averted WWIII by supporting South Vietnam. It's one of those things that we can't really know, because the internal decision making is often secret. I doubt it. The assassinations of major political figures worked to militarize the far left.

January 1941 Hitler fumes at Goering, Raeder, and Halder for failure. But the invasion was successful to some extent. British radars that couldn't be moved were destroyed, reducing the ability of the RAF to intercept German warplanes. The British fleet was also mauled in the Battle of the...