Paul V McNutt
Banned
The US builds up its military faster. ( Lets say Paul V McNutt was Secretary of War) In August 1942, US troops arrive at El Alamien.
That is not correct. Franco moved Spain from a Neutral power to Non-Belligerent supporter of the Axis upon the fall of Paris and occupied Tangier at the same time. From then on until late 1943 he allowed German U-boats to refuel and rearm in Spanish ports. He also sent volunteers to fight in Russia and signed the Anti-Comintern Pact in 1941. If there’d been any indication in late 1940 of greater British weakening he would probably have taken Spain into the war to pick up whatever crumbs were available and to curry favour with the new master of Europe.Not going to happen. Franco was never even close to siding with Germany and knew full well that his country would get crushed.
Neutral Vichy fought a war with the British Empire for two and a half years.Spain would never join Axis with conditions Hitler would accept. He valued Vichy neutrality more than Spanish belligerence.
Nimitz is on record as saying that had the Japanese bombed the fuel tank farm during the attack on Pearl Harbour it probably would have added two years to the Pacific War. It is incredible that the Japanese, who were so conscious of the importance of oil that they were prepared to go to war with Britain and the United States so that they could seize control of the oil fields of the Dutch East Indies, all so that they could continue a war in China, should then omit the fuel tank farm from the target list of the first raids on Pearl Harbour. And to prove that this wasn’t a once off accidental omission by a single individual, they did the same thing three months later when they attacked Darwin; bombing everything in the town and harbour except the fuel tanks which were the largest things in the entire town.Japanese bombers manage to take out the oil tanks and submarine base at Pearl Harbour.
A coup was pretty much certain in Yugoslavia after it went with Germany. The only question really was how succesful it could be.
Doesn't effect things at all. None of the troops used in Africa were from Europe, and while it does weaken Allied manpower it certainly doesn't cripple them long or short term.
Afghan Army massacred in a couple weeks, country surrender and is placed under occupation for the remainder of the war.
Why? There's no reason for them to resist occupation. If they did it would just be a curbstomp with everyone wondering what the hell they were thinking afterwards.
Not going to happen. Franco was never even close to siding with Germany and knew full well that his country would get crushed.
Not going to happen. Uruguay would never be that stupid. It would negotiate, demand some minor payments for the damage, and sweep the incident under the rug.
Not much of a change, though the Axis gets a propoganda victory.
With Gandhi and other leaders around this really isn't going to happen, certainly not during WW2.
Tank breaks the first bridge it crosses and falls into a river; discovered years later by schoolchildren and thought to be an alien device.
Not going to happen. Looking up does not equal going all in with, especially when Greece was not even close to ready to challenge Britain.
Soviet spies in Germany still get a massive amount of information.
Italians get torn apart by Franco-British forces.
None of those states would be stupid enough to think that they could win against America, much less throw in with the Axis.
It would be considerable; the required garrison would be considerably larger, and the civilian population would be more rebellious under occupation than they were under their own collaborationist government. The French overseas empire would undoubtedly continue fighting against the Germans under those circumstances, instead of being a minor Axis partner fighting the allies as occurred.How much does it affect the war if Hitler decides he can't be bothered dealing with Vichy France and so orders the entire lot conquered?
Doesn't effect things at all. None of the troops used in Africa were from Europe, and while it does weaken Allied manpower it certainly doesn't cripple them long or short term.
Commander 2nd Corps, BEF - Lieutenant general A.F. Brooke
Commander 1st infantry division, BEF - Major General [SIZE=-1]R.R.L.G. Alexander
Commander 3rd infantry division, BEF - Major General B.L Montgomery
Commander 13th infantry brigade, 5th infantry division, BEF - Brigadier general M.C. Dempsey
Of course losing those four gentlemen will have absolutely no bearing on the war in general and particularly the warfare in North Africa because the British were quite adapt at finding generals who could beat the Germans, particularly that fellow Rommel.
There are of course others, such as Brian Horrocks in command of a battalion in the 3rd infantry division.
I think you are greatly underestimating the impact a surrender of the BEF would have had.
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