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So this is meant to show what a well thought-out plan for victory in Europe and Russia would look like, basically assuming everything goes right and that Hitler makes rational decisions made with long-term objectives rather than his OTL win now at all costs approach. The strategic vision is the complete taking of Western Europe, followed by the Middle East and finally the Soviet Union, that way all resources are brought to bear with no bases left for enemy operations.

Oct. 1931: Hugo Stinnes-led DNVP merges with NSDAP

July 1932: NSDAP wins federal election with 52% of vote, Hitler appointed Chancellor

March 1938: German-Austrian union (Anschluss)

March 1939: German invasion of Czechoslovakia

August 1939: German-Soviet Pact signed

April-May 1940: German invasion of Poland

Aug-Oct. 1940: German invasion of Denmark and Norway

Oct. 1940 – Jan. 1941: Italian invasion of Greece

May-July 1941: German invasion of Netherlands, Belgium and France
(Italy – Provence region)

September-November 1941: German invasion of Britain, [British radar stations, war factories, airfields targeted - no cities, Marinefährprahm (MFP) landing craft used]

April-May 1942: German/Italian invasion of Yugoslavia

Sept-December 1942: German/Italian invasion of Malta, Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey, Palestine, Syria and Iraq; Iraq, Persia joins Axis

May-December 1943: German invasion of Soviet Union, capture of Moscow(primary objective), Leningrad and Kiev

April-Oct. 1944: Continued operations in Soviet Union, Capture of Stalingrad, Caucasus region

Christmas 1945: German-Soviet cease-fire, recognition of new borders

1946: Possession of Belgian Congo, French Congo, Cameroon, Tanganyika, Northern Rhodesia transferred to Germany; colony of German Central Africa (Deutsch Mittelafrika) created
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