1941: Two Wars or One?

Ok. Suppose Hitler has a stroke, has an accident like Stan Laurel has in "Chumps at Oxford" , or has a vision or something and he is dangerously more reasonable.

First, attacking the USSR is put on hold until after victory.

Hitler refuses to declare war on USA. FDR wants to continue sending massive supplies to the UK. Will the people stand for it? Remember the America Firsters would not be discredited, nor would many other isolationists.

OK. FDR tries this dodge. He claims to be sending massive supplies to the UK FOR THEM TO USE AGAINST THE "JAPS".

If I am wrong in my contention that some people can and would thwart Lend Lease or whatever then the dodge would be unnecessary, would it not?

And if I'm right, who would it fool?

Supplies for the UK Pacific War can be sent to the Pacific.

There Nazi U-boats are a bit thin on the ground.
 
Well, if Germany gets the idea they just want to sit on France and the rest of occupied Europe and wait another generation or so before going after the USSR, they could have declared a Unilateral Armistice with the UK, pulled their U-Boats back to Port, and suspended all bombing, restricting their military forces to defending the Reich and occupied Europe.

It would have then been very interesting to see how long the UK could stay on a War footing without any additional provocations and the end of the depredations brought on by the U-Boats.

And it is doubtful that Lend Lease would have continued with the Germans steadfastly declaring peaceful intentions.

And without a European War, I doubt that Japan would have taken the chance of attacking the US knowing that peace in Europe was in the offing and the US, gearing up war production, would only have them to use those weapons against. Especially with the Soviets just across the border from its holdings in Manchuria and Korea.
 
The war was still hot in Africa!

If Germany does not respond to UK attacks there the Italy will be - lets say a bit angry - though they can't do much ;)

OTOH I don't want to explore a timeline where Nazi Germany survives - I am living in Austria... :p
 
Correction please

My bad:( I forgot to say the POD is Dec. 10, 1941, the day before Hitler declared war on the USA IOTL, so obviously the Pacific War for the USA goes off as in OTL.
 
My bad:( I forgot to say the POD is Dec. 10, 1941, the day before Hitler declared war on the USA IOTL, so obviously the Pacific War for the USA goes off as in OTL.

By which point Operation Barbarossa had been going on for some six months. War with the Soviets is on, and with that goes the Nazis' last chance of survival.
 
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