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Your challenge, with a POD(s) anytime, is to have a country adopt as its military doctrine, both officially and de facto, that the advent of nuclear weapons makes all previous weapons systems obsolete, and therefore, the only worthwhile form for armed forces to take is as nuclear weapons...

A few months ago I did a thread https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/hitler-dies-january-1942-how-much-can-goring-improve-the-german-war-effort.399279/ on the premise of some improvements in the German war effort which could follow Hitler dying in early 1942 to be succeeded by Goring...

There have been a few interesting threads recently discussing various proposed alternatives to the Panther tank. The idea here is the simplest possible divergence from OTL, what if Hitler didn't think of or was talked out of ordering the increase in armor thickness during the design phase which...

There has been considerable amounts of interesting discussion on this forum about alternate German decision-making in 1942, it seems there were quite a few missed opportunities for the European Axis during that period. I'm interested in the possible ramifications of more than one of those...

The German invasion of France in 1940 fails. By 1942 the war is going badly for Germany and Stalin decides the time has come to switch sides. Come the middle of 1943 the USSR has completed its military reforms and the Third Five-Year Plan. It also has the industrial areas of Silesia and...

I'm not exactly sure how this would happen, but assume the USSR did at least OK against Finland. Could the German perception of the Red Army be made realistic enough that the OKW decides to at least postpone invading the Soviet Union? IIRC the abysmal Soviet performance against Finland was a...

Adolf Hitler, the National Socialist dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1938, when he was assassinated by Maurice Bavaud, is one of the most popular figures of alternate history speculation. Still greatly admired by many in Germany today for his successful remilitarization of the Rhineland and the...

Since we haven't had one of these in a while, I thought it would be fun to shake things up a bit. It is common knowledge on this forum that Germany after the Fall of France lacked the necessary airpower, amphibious and logistical capability to overcome British defenses in 1940 for a successful...

What if, sometime in the first decade of the twentieth century or early in the second decade, Germany had attempted a rapprochement with Russia by offering to split the Austro-Hungarian Empire? The Germans receive Austria and Czechia, the rest to be divided between German and Russian spheres of...

Following this post's idea, what if Porsche's VK3001P had been chosen to replace the Panzer IV? It was in just the right weight range (30+tons) and was tested already throughout 1940-41. It didn't have sloped armor and its motors were unreliable, but those issues probably could have been worked...

I realize Hitler not declaring war on the US has been discussed before, with the conclusion being that an incident related to the Battle of the Atlantic would probably have drawn America into the war against Germany within a few months anyway. But what if, in addition not DOWing, Hitler had...

Following on the discussion in this thread, what if the OKW had ceased operations after the Battle of Kiev for the remainder of 1941 and then launched its next offensive in the summer of 1942 to take Moscow?

HEINRICH WAGNER ------------ "It is the combination of Aryan racial energy and American efficiency that is the foundation of our Reich. Without a proper veneration for race and blood, American efficiency will invariably degenerate into decadence and stagnation. Without the efficiency that is...

What if the Soviet Union during and after WW2 had kept the agreements it made with the Wallies to trick them into dividing Germany, not doing the Marshall Plan, withdrawing their armed forces from the continent, and completely demobilizing due to public pressure? Then, once the USSR gets its own...

For the purposes of this WI, I need the Africa Corps for the Eastern Front. So lets go with the standard Dunkirk evacuation fails and the Italians don't need help in North Africa scenario. We all know that the biggest problem for the Germans in the opening phase of Barbarossa was the lack of...

This is an idea that's been bouncing around in my head for awhile. What if, instead of having two wings coming from the north and south to encircle the German forces in Stalingrad, the Soviets had massed all their forces where their right wing was historically, and headed strait southwest...

From Tooze, The Wages of Destruction, "When Goebbels visited... Rastenburg on 18 August 1941, he was shocked to fund his Fuehrer talking of a negotiated peace with Stalin." From Montefiore, The Court of the Red Tsar, "Around the time of Yakov's capture, Stalin made his first approach to...

It is generally agreed that the V2 rocket program was a considerable waste of resources for Germany. This question has two parts, first, if it had not been launched, where would the money have gone, and what effect would it have had? Second, what would have been the best use of it in your opinion?

Hello all, This is an idea that's been bouncing around in the back of my head for a little while. In this Case Blue, Army Group South moves east and takes Stalingrad before turning south, per the original plan. I'm sure this has been discussed extensively before. Afterwards, however...

Following on the discussion in the more proactive Japan thread, what if the Ming had decided not to directly defend Korea when Toyotomi invaded and instead defend in Liaotung where the Ming manpower advantage could be used to greater effect in the more open terrain and (possibly) Japan's supply...