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With a POD after the rise of the Nazis, is it possible for any of the Axis nations to develop intelligence agencies that are equal to, or superior than, the intelligence networks of the Allies? Compared to things like armaments and natural resources, intelligence is comparatively independent from economic power. The Axis will never build their own atomic bomb, but if they somehow developed their spy networks and penetrated the Manhattan Project to the same level the Soviets did, they could plausibly sabotage it. Or maybe it's the Allied codes that get cracked, and Axis ones that stay secure for the duration of the war. It probably wouldn't change the outcome of the war too much, but there are plenty of interesting butterflies.


So what do you say? Can it be done? Can the Axis have better spy networks, code crackers, and intelligence agencies?
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