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I don't think T-34's in Asia would be an issue until 1942 or 3 at the earliest. The interesting question is if just causing wear and tear on the Soviet war machine and taking 1/3 of the lend lease routes might not lead to Soviet collapse if Germany were to play their hand a little differently...

I would add Italian Heavy Artillery: 210mm and 149mm Long. Even a few dozen more of those early in the war along with some modern 149mm howitzers would have made a big difference.

Assuming a late war CP victory, the tank would have been a proven weapon (even if overcome) and Germany would have a number of substantial client/allied states that would in time economically stabilize (this is not Nazi Germany, the client states could have a viable existence as the Warsaw Pact...

Go with what you know. Consult with neo-conservatives...Invade Iraq. ---- Just kidding.

Pzkw Nippon? My recollection is that Krupp had a prototype for an export panzer that looked like something between an enlarged PI and a primitive PIII with a 45mm (or maybe 47mm) gun. Maybe a substantial mid 30's purchase plus a license to build? It might have led to interesting...

An example Well the battle of Kursk was delayed to give the otl version of the Panther time to be deployed. An earlier in the year battle in keeping with Manstein's plan would have been a quite different scenario. In any case many readers of this forum are interested in subtle changes to...

Good Idea I wouldn't want this thread hijacked, but I would enjoy such a new thread.

Intrigued by the 1940 Relatively Light Version I'd like to think a tank of that era in trials during early 1940 could be in production by early 1941. How heavy a tank was it in early 1940? Could you share its intended armament at that point (I imagine the 105mm was for heavy support while...

They Pretty Much Did Just Pack Up and Leave My firm understanding is that Belgium trained practically none of the local population through University. Probably not many through secondary school. The Belgians then after a period of intransigence, left abruptly and small wonder that anarchy and...

Who knows? I think you would have to have a lot of knowledge about Japanese politics during that era to answer that. And even then might be off the mark. After all sometimes ASBish sounding things happen (An ignorant vagrant with a possible public flirtation with homosexuality, who never...

If Japan could have contained her Generals (by ingenuity or dumb luck) enough not to push too far into China, the US would have had little reason to push Japan into WWII. Let's assume that Japan would have limited its ambitions. We're basically talking about an East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere...

A Very High Quality Post Well Done.

Amen So absurd it sounds ASB. I don't understand those who don't recognize that the Germans lost a serious amount of potential production during the late 30's and early 40's as a result of almost pathologically inefficient decisions.

The Last Chance to Shift the Strategic Balance Aside from a Southern thrust, the only option I can see that would offer the hope of decisive advantage would be the seizure of Moscow and hopefully an advance all the way to Gorki. That would have deprived the Russians of a significant portion of...

Good for You.

What if, as a result of a negotiated peace - Germany had been able to keep its the Brest Litovsk division of the East. How would Europe and the world evolve from there. Would their regimes have taken root and developed into strong trade partners and allies? Or would there have been anarchy...

That would have been a good solution. When would that have been available? Would it be better/more likely in the needed timeframe to have it imported form Italy (in exchange for a number of L34 armed panzers?) or built under license?

Good Points I don't think the T-34 would have been so scary if the Germans had this. I think it would have resulted in the Panther being put into service as a refined design in 1944 and a lot more Russian casualties in 1941 and 1942 (maybe 1943 as well).

A Very Intrigued Bump If people were thinking about it and took is as far as a prototype, there's a chance it could have been adopted and changed a lot.

What Straw Man? Perhaps I should have bolded more. "Simply abandoning" was notably tempting. The examples of Bulgaria, Slovakia and for that matter the early courtship of Poland demonstrate how opportunistic the Nazis could be in regard to Slavic peoples. In terms of Jewish people, there's...