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Hey, everyone. What would the war be like after GB was defeated in WWII? What if by the end of 1941, Germany had successfully mounted an Operation Sealion/conquer of the British Home Islands and maybe even had taken Egypt and some of Middle East (Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, etc...) with Italy's support?

^A great deal of planning and preparations would be made for Operation Sealion. It would commence in 1941 rather than 1940. Not to mention that the Luftwaffe would already decisively won the Battle of Britain (no blunders) and achieve air superiority over Britain and the Channel.

All of this would occur right before Pearl Harbor and Germany's declaration of war on the US.

Here my question:

1)Would the US declare war on Germany prior to Pearl Harbor if Germany was making good progress on the British home islands?

2)How would the British Government respond to such a crisis? Evacuate to the US? Heck, is that even be possible? I can't imagine Churchill surrendering to Germany.

3) What would happen to the Royal Navy? All those ships have to go somewhere...

4)What would happen to the rest of the British Empire and Britain's minor allies? Dissolve? Who would side with the Germany? I'm guessing Egypt, Iraq, and Greece would. They would be neutral yet remain on friendly terms with Germany, similar to Vichy France.

5) Lastly, who would side with whom throughout following years? Germany would most likely attack the USSR while the US would defeat Japan. I couldn't imagine the USSR and the US siding in any significant way, but could it happen?

Thanks a lot everyone!
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