Here's POD I've never seen. What if the Luftwaffe had managed to produce a sizable force of jet bombers to be used against Britain during the Blitz.
Junkers Ju-287
Junkers Ju-287
We have the BOB going on and we introduce the jet fighters into the battle. They will devestate the entire South coast of England.
How about the simple fact is that there is no way for this to happen short of ASB intervention?
The reason these early prototypes didn't move forward was they simply were NOT READY for prime time.
These POD's always seem to go WI the Germans did XXXX? The thing that gets me is that it never goes the opposite, albeit unlikely, but possible alternatives.
How about the RAF is equipped with a sizable force of Gloster Whittles (IOTL 1st flight 5/15/41) that had a 100 mph advantage over the Bf-109 during the BoB? That the prototypes engine engine is built under license in the U.S. and equips the P-59, allowing both the U.S. and UK to field operational jet fighters by late 1942?
Prince of Wales & Repulse make it to the invasion fleet as it is approaching the Malay Peninsula and utterly destroy it? (IOTL they were withing 4 hours steaming time before turning away and nothing in the convoy escort was up to handling two capital ships)
How about the U.S. following up on Goddard's work on rockets (which was at least five years ahead of anyone in the world) and begins launching missiles onto the Reich in 1943 instead of the manned bomber campaign?
Or the U.S. has two Subs exercising off Hawaii that the Combined Fleet runs over on December 7th just after the Air Raid warning has been sent, resulting in the sinking of three IJN Carriers a battleship, & two cruisers?
The U.S. manages to reinforce Wake with additional fighters and dive bombers, resulting in a defeat for the IJN during December 1941?
No one ever asks these, or many other, questions, despite the fact that they would have profound effect on the war and ALL are at least as likely (in most cases far more likely) than any of the Reich WI's. Kind of makes you go hmmm...
I think we really need a POD (something like 1930?) that goes a long way back. It would also mean a German gets credit with the first jet engine. How about 'Germany may not have a piston dependant airforce in the Versailles treaty'?
i think its because the nazis were the uber antagonist of WWII....and by nature people are drawn to speculate on them..