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What if in early 1941 before the invasion of Soviet Russia Germany and Britain had made peace based on this article https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history...in-exchange-for-free-hand-to-attack-USSR.html
I agree it's highly unlikely to happen with Churchill in power. What Britain would gain is the immediate end to the Battle of the Atlantic and the Blitz enabling them to earn the funds to rebuild the army and London. At best it would be a temporary peace until the Government feels the time is right to strike back. Where any potential peace falls down is that Germany knows this and would seek to impose terms Britain could not and would not accept.Hard to see Churchill going for an offer like that.
What would the British gain from a treaty like that assuming they could trust the Germans.
What if it was Halifax instead of ChurchillI agree it's highly unlikely to happen with Churchill in power. What Britain would gain is the immediate end to the Battle of the Atlantic and the Blitz enabling them to earn the funds to rebuild the army and London. At best it would be a temporary peace until the Government feels the time is right to strike back. Where any potential peace falls down is that Germany knows this and would seek to impose terms Britain could not and would not accept.
I agree it's highly unlikely to happen with Churchill in power. What Britain would gain is the immediate end to the Battle of the Atlantic and the Blitz enabling them to earn the funds to rebuild the army and London. At best it would be a temporary peace until the Government feels the time is right to strike back. Where any potential peace falls down is that Germany knows this and would seek to impose terms Britain could not and would not accept.
What if in early 1941 before the invasion of Soviet Russia Germany and Britain had made peace based on this article https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history...in-exchange-for-free-hand-to-attack-USSR.html
Making this assumption there are a few things to consider:Assuming the Germans get what they want, peace with Britain.
Germany now has more men, aircraft tanks to invade Soviet union.
This in some way makes things worse for the Germans as they now have a larger army in Soviet Union to supply over bad roads and incompatible rail system.
If they advance further than they did OTL the Logistics problem only gets worse.
Germans get over extended in the Soviet Union and need to go on the defensive and end up in a war of attraction with the Soviets.
Soviets are more damaged than OTL and the Germans are gradual pushed back.
Worse case the Soviet get as far as the Rhine, but with the losses they have taken getting that far struggle to control an area that large.
Germany/occupied Europe is no longer blockaded so can import a lot based on all the captured money/resources from occupied Europe and their colonies (the latter especially, as the DEI and Belgian Congo are a huge bounty of raw materials that Germany needs).
4) There is no need for an invasion of the Balkans. A victorious Germany won't have to join in on Greece and Yugoslavia is much less likely to revolt if Britain isn't in the war.
Gotcha. In that case I don't know how with that POD you get peace in May 1941. Britain has every incentive to wait out the results of the German invasion of Russia if they know it's coming. Free ally and diverted German attention.You make good points I generally agree with, but the OP apparently wants the POD to be with the lone flight of Hess - Greece has fallen already.
Naturally, Hess might decide to go earlier, but one would need to research what made him decide at that time, and not earlier, in OTL.
The British considered Hitler's word to be no better than Piss steam
The point of Maximum danger had passed for the British, the USA was increasingly on side and they were aware of the impending invasion of Russia
Maybe if the offer was seriously made in Late may/June 1940....perhaps then Parliament might have gone for it but even then regardless of who was PM I doubt it.
indeed.
Late May/June 1940 would be a better time for a deal like that.
Hard to see Churchill going for an offer like that.
What if it was Halifax instead of Churchill?
How convenient that this treaty has no evidence backing it up and its only source is now dead.
Just saying.
Which is, itself, shocking, isn't it!Unfortunately, that is usually the case with shocking new revelations.