barbarossa

If Britain surrenders before Hitler starts Operation Barbarossa, does it succeed? Let's say as a POD Germany moves into Dunkirk and massacres all soldiers, allowing for a very big public opinion shift on war in the UK. The UK makes a white peace with Germany. If this scenario is unlikely...

That's it. Ignoring politics, advancing Japanese conquest plans and naval construction, Indo-China is already fully occupied in July 1941 as it was IOTL in December of that year. Japan learns of Barbarossa and decides to throw the dice when FDR announces oil embargo with Japanese occupation of...

When Germany attack Russia was massively successful because of tactical expertise. Delay the invasion until the following April would have allowed the Russian to have more T-34 to meet the Germans but the Germans would also have had more tanks and troops. I believe they would have defeated the...

There's been much discussion on how the Battle of Greece delayed the start of Operation Barbarossa, but I can't find much on the weather. Disregarding the Battle of Greece for a moment, what is the earliest date in 1941 that Barbarossa could start without getting bogged down in the spring mud?

What if Joseph Stalin died on June 22, 1941, the first day of Operation Barbarossa (and before anyone asks if he gets assassinated, let's assume he dies from a heart attack or stroke caused by the shock of learning that Hitler had indeed betrayed him and attacked the USSR)? What happens next...

I was watching this video which makes a case that the major reason for poor Soviet performance in 1941, was its reorganization in the face of blitzkrieg 1939-1940. And so the Red Army was in a major state of flux and disorganization when the Nazis hit them. Now in theory it made sense to...

It's often said here on the board, that the initially planned start ofr "Barbarossa", 15th May 1941, was delayed MORE due to weather conditions, than due to the "distraction" of the by Hitler unwanted Balkan-campaign, that Mussolini more or less forced upon him. What sources is/are these...

What if the HRE Frederick I Barbarossa won a decisive and devastating victory over the Lombard League, allowing him to dissolve many of the privileges of the Northern Italian states, creating an intermediary authority, a sort of "Exarchate of Ravenna"-like realm whose leader is directly...

maybe in 1941-42, after the red army pushes back the germans?

The Reichstag - Seat of German Government - and the Volkshall, Berlin (1988) Paralyzed in Darkness: A Very Different Cold War "The vision of our first Fuhrer guided our future, our second secured it, our third defined our place in the world. Now we must decide what as a people we wish to...

What if Frederick Barbarossa had managed to defeat the Lombard League sometime around the Battle of Legnano? Could restless and semi-independent North Italy be brought back under the thumb of the emperor? What are the effects of this on Fred's reign, his successors, and the Holy Roman Empire...

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...

With the latest possible POD, what has to change in the Red Army to allow the Soviets to encircle German divisions as often as, or more often than the reverse? If possible, to the extent that the Soviet army gains a reputation for always encircling its enemies, a reputation which survives...

Presuming same conditions as IOTL: the Red Army purge still happened same plan of attack from the German side same military strength for both the Soviets and the Axis same numbers and type of tanks / airplanes same logistic capacity no special preparations etc. Could have the Red Army stopped...

Okay in this ATL, let's say the Hitler and the German High Command realize around Oct-November 1941, they realize that the Soviet Union isn't going to collapse anytime soon as they saw, and halt their lines before even going upon the Soviet capital and then after improving the logistical...