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  1. Indian independence trough communist revolution in 20s or 30s?

    not the expert on the subject but a religious civil war or strife might be more realistic than a Communist led revolution? Subhash Chandra Bose did go first to the USSR but my understanding the Soviets were not receptive?

  2. What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?

    it seems they could reach a deal with France, Belgium, and the Netherlands (keeping the Maginot Line and other fortified positions) but doubtful they would leave Denmark and Norway? this would all move out of the very speculative category if the USSR and/or Japan were making moves? (to settle...

  3. What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?

    what kind of hypothetical deal could be struck between Germany and the UK? it does not seem possible that the Nazi regime would (immediately at least) withdraw from all the occupied countries like the Low Countries and Norway? my understanding Nazi Germany had zero interest in the return of any...

  4. What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?

    it seems, at least for a time, there would be no need to launch any Battle of Britain? beyond the Channel warfare. would the British attack on the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir happen under this scenario? the rationale would still be there but the British would be lacking a certain credibility...

  5. What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?

    while my postings on this subject are endorsing caution on the German side , if we start with a German victory at Dunkirk, a large majority of the BEF captured, there is no way to see it other than a catastrophe for GB. who knows what the Vichy regime, the USSR, and Japan would do? with a much...

  6. What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?

    it seems to me there would be more apparent downside than upside (at the time), the worst scenario would be a stalled offensive rather than any British evacuation(s), which could be seen as tomorrow's problem? so it's down to the LW and KM to stop the evacuations? rather than drain or divert...

  7. Carrier based kriegsmarine

    missed this exchange but thought it worth revisiting. the merchant raiders needed some aviation component, but fell victim to the latter two points, it alerted nearby ships a raider was present and the aircraft were cumbersome to launch and somewhat fragile (with the methods used on the...

  8. Consequences of Leningrad falling in 1941-42?

    the Germans laid all/most of the mines during the timeframe I'm talking about, despite that the Soviets sailed a convoy of more than 200 ships including many large ones. they avoided a southern route closer to German forces along the coastline, but the German KM could have used that route. IDK...

  9. Consequences of Leningrad falling in 1941-42?

    this is my reasoning for a larger naval effort in the Baltic, they have nowhere else to rob. they could weaken the defense of Leningrad if they stopped the Soviet evacuations to the city. (there was the similar scenario with evacuations, by sea, from Odessa to Crimea) the German KM could bring...

  10. Consequences of Leningrad falling in 1941-42?

    the counterpart to my prior speculation of a more robust naval effort against Leningrad is some better effort in the Black Sea. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44641609?seq=3 it might be possible to invade directly from Crimea towards Maikop, something prevented historically by the remaining...

  11. Consequences of Leningrad falling in 1941-42?

    just IMO, the Germans cannot defeat the USSR but could force some type of deal on them, and they (the German side) would need (at least) two objectives Leningrad (to control the Baltic and for political influence) and Crimea/Maykop.

  12. Consequences of Leningrad falling in 1941-42?

    my speculation whenever this subject is raised is for some greater naval effort towards Leningrad initially, the Soviet evacuations from Tallinn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_evacuation_of_Tallinn (and a little more detailed...

  13. Large Diesel Propulsion.

    the link for the 6 cyl engine does not work for me, sorry to have troubled you edit. old machine press site worked , yes a bit too large for u-boats

  14. Large Diesel Propulsion.

    is this a monster sized engine that could not be installed in smaller vessels or submarines? (sorry not seeing an engine description with dimensions)

  15. Axis joined-up thinking?

    yeah some German , a very influential some German, cooperation with both countries did happen. my posting was in response to a suggestion of a full blown Germany-USSR-China Axis, rather than endorse that idea pointed out they could have simply continued dealings with both. that is in broad...

  16. Axis joined-up thinking?

    WTH is that response even warranted? Germany had cooperation with both USSR and China, albeit abandoned in the case of the USSR for an extended duration under the Nazi regime, only to be resumed briefly, and abandoned in the case of China when Japan appeared a better ally. you can state their...

  17. Axis joined-up thinking?

    the von Seeckt plan during the interwar period was to cooperate with the USSR and China to counter any wartime blockade, my speculation is to couple that with a Fascist Clique of Germany-Italy-Spain plus some collaboration with Vichy France or a Triple Alliance redux of Germany-Hungary-Italy and...

  18. How "should" WWII in 1940 have gone?

    if we are in a "should" thread the German torpedoes "should" have been in better working order? the German planning "should" have sent longer range vessels to Narvik rather than the problematic DDs? can see more upside for the KM at Norway and to an extent Dunkirk (and the subsequent...

  19. Axis joined-up thinking?

    https://defenceindepth.co/2017/09/06/the-italian-navy-and-japan-strategy-and-hopes-1937-1942/ the idea to capture Singapore and have the IJN operate in the Indian Ocean would be productive, but like the title of a good book on the subject Reluctant Allies it was difficult/impossible to...

  20. Axis joined-up thinking?

    the Soviets were a paranoid regime, they worried about the so-called Phantom Alliance of Germany, Japan, and Poland during the interwar period. if Germany had been able to recruit Italy, Vichy France, and Spain (in addition to Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and it would be expected for Finland to...
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