1941: Hitler's Mediterranean strategy

@nyjoz: "I can hardly see the Nazis allying with any ethnicity not of their own."

Like with the Japanese, or Italians, or Bulgarians, who all weren't Aryans?

Yes, technically Arabs are categorized as semites, but the nazis always meant the Jews when they were talking about Semites. Many nazis had a faible for the Arabs.

Yes, Barbarossa was madness, but Hitler wasn't exactly sane.

@snerfuplz: Thx, but I find post-WW2 AHs somehow tedious, don't ask me why.
 
Barbarrossa may have not been that mad.
In 1940 Germany had not the means to defeat UK. To match the Royal Navy and the RAF Hitler would have needed years in naval and air development, and even then, as long as the USA backed them, there were no garantees the UK would surrender.
On the other hand, the soviets were weak but were getting stronger each month. If Hitler had not invaded the USSR, he could very well see Germany in 1942-43, locked in an attrition war with UK and with a very powerfull Red Army ready to invade on his back.
Knocking out the USSR in 1941 would free Germany to concentrate in air and naval weapons, and give them resources and time enough to defeat or stalemate the UK.
Of course, all depended on a succesfull Barbarrosa, and that they did not achieve. But they were close.
 

ccdsah

Donor
This is stupid, Hitler will declare war on US after Pearl Harbor in this scenario all the more since Germany is doing that much better than OTL, plus there was already a de facto war in the Atlantic
 

James G

Gone Fishin'
This is stupid, Hitler will declare war on US after Pearl Harbor in this scenario all the more since Germany is doing that much better than OTL, plus there was already a de facto war in the Atlantic

1) This story was written several years ago, and, as you should have seen, necro posting is frowned upon.
2) "This is stupid" - perhaps in future you might try to be a little less rude.
3) Much effort has clearly been put into this story. Constructive criticism has been added by others over time: all you have to add is an insult.
In short, your above behaviour is lacking in manners and, IMHO, an apology is owed to the author.
 
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