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  1. If even one early encirclement in Barbarossa had been avoided, would the Soviets win a year early?

    If the Soviets had escaped just one of the major early encirclements in Barbarossa, such as Bialystok-Minsk, Smolensk, Luga, Galacia, Kiev, or Vyazma-Bryansk, and saved most of those troops, tanks, and guns to continue to bog down and slow the German invasion which was already overstretched by...
  2. Brian Ghilliotti

    What if the allies intercepted the German air raid at Bari, Italy, on December 2, 1943?

    What if the allies intercepted the German air raid at Bari, Italy, on December 2, 1943? This was an air raid by the German forces in Italy against a major allied logistical port on the east coast of Italy. It was apparently a major supply depot, left weakly defended by British forces since they...
  3. Alternatives to the Bomb - how to win against Japan?

    Suppose the Allies decide not to drop the Bomb on Hiroshima or Nagasaki. In fact let's say they decide to not drop the bomb on Japan, at all. Was there any alternative way to defeat Japan? That is apart from an invasion? The Americans had a tight blockade around the Japanese home islands and...
  4. Ilúphatar

    Give me all the information and statistics I need to prove that Japan cannot win WWII

    Before I begin, I must make it absolutely clear that I am very, very aware that a stupidly large number of 'How can Japan win' threads have been made in the past. However, this one is not asking whether there is any way in which Japan can defeat the Allies of WWII. Instead, it seeks to compile...
  5. Zachariah

    What if Argentina had invaded the Falklands Islands during WW2?

    So then, what if Villanueva's plan to invade and conquer the Falklands/Malvinas had been approved by the Argentinian Naval War School and the Argentinian government, and the Argentinians had commenced their operation to invade and occupy the archipelago within the next couple of months, shortly...
  6. What is the best result the Western Allies can achieve after Pearl Harbour?

    After Pearl Harbour (and let's say for argument's sake that Hitler still declares war) what would be the single most effective strategy for British and American military planners to win the more as quickly and advantageously as possible, perhaps avoiding things like the Soviet occupation of East...
  7. WI: Hungary doesn't attack the Soviet Union

    In 1941 June 26 unidentified aircrafts conducted an airstrike on the Hungarian city of Kassa, which led the Hungarian declaration of war upon the Soviet Union. The attack was blamed on the Soviet Union, even though the true identity of the attacking nation has never been established. Let's say...
  8. GauchoBadger

    How do we get the USA to remain neutral in WW2?

    Is it even possible? My first guess for a PoD would be the USS Panay not being sunk, butterflying away greater diplomatic éntentes between the US and Japan. Or, we could have the US not recover from the Great Depression in some way. What do you guys think, is there any other plausible PoD? Or...
  9. WI: USA declares war on Germany in 1939

    What if the United States declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939 and joined the allies from the very start? Is this even possible? Could American involvement end the war sooner? Would Japan still attack Pearl Harbour, could Japan entering the war occur sooner? What would the post-war...
  10. jerseyrules

    What if the US had stationed soldiers in Germany following WWI?

    Hey all, I've been doing some thinking following some of my poli sci classes. We all hear that the US entry into the League left the League without a critical member nation to maintain stability in a capacity similar to the UN. I'm not entirely certain how a US president could garner public...
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