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So, Heres something thats been bugging me.

Assume that the war proceeds roughly as original, with the exception that hitler doesnt have an averison to gas weapons.

At the closing days of the BoB and BoA when it was clear that sealion wasnt going to happen. What if somehow hitler at that point put the 2 together and realised that Germany would lose the war if it cant subdue the UK at any cost.

So. Knowing this. The germans prepare to do everything in their power to simply remove UK from the map. This means using any form of chemical or biological agents that they deem best suited for the job, firebombing, using fighters if aircover is sufficient to machinegun civilians. Anything that the axis could conceivably think of. Paradrop British Prisoners of war back to the UK but infect them without their knowing with all kinds of diseases. Do commando raids anywhere you can and just try to sabotage everything you can find.

You know, just go generally crazy.

At the same time making sure that since this isnt about invading the UK so much as it is about just killing the UK they can move all their conventional force against the SU and make damn sure the army can hold the russians off for at least a few months.

So. 2 months of absolutely total war with Chemical and Biological weapons used to hit any military and civilian targets even when resistance stops.

Would the UK be effectively destroyed before it can retaliate in kind? If the Germans do it quickly enough and massively enough and focus on hitting purely military targets for the first few days they might be able to remove the UK ability to hit back in any meaningful way and the advantage would quickly shift.

UK would probably retaliate with a weaponized form of influenza or some such against the continent. But would it be enough? Would the Axis actually fall to this assuming that the entire UK is destroyed in a few months? Could the Axis contain the biological weapons that the UK would invariably use before falling?
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