Absent WWII I expect that Eastern Europe will better off economically then it is OTL, not just because there would not be the destruction of the war, but also the economic stagnation of the 50 years of communism. Germany will resume a preeminent role in Central Europe sooner than OTL, as it recovers from the difficulties of the early 1920s and the depression and the bad feelings of WWI fade.

Antisemitism will continue to be acceptable. This is not just social antisemitism, but also quotas in universities and professional school, housing restrictions and so forth. In the USA the dejure antisemitism went away in the early 1960s, but here absent the Holocaust I expect it would last much longer and you would still see to this day social antisemitism with housing restrictions, at least unofficial quotas in education and business, steel (not glass) ceilings and the like. Absent WWII and the negative image of the Nazis as well as positive actions of African American servicemen, the state of race relations will be well behind OTL - Jim Crow will probably have gone away legally, but discrimination will be widespread.

As far as scientific/medical progress goes, I tend to believe that while some areas might progress more than OTL, by and large that won't be the case. A lot of progress was made because of the needs of WWII and the large amount of money thrown at this research (such as how to produce a lot of penicillin). No WWII means no cold war like OTL, and there is no doubt that competition with the USSR drove a lot of money to research with a lot of results that leaked to the civilian society - like the internet I am using now.

Having said all of the above - scientific/medical progress behind OTL, a much worse situation for ethnic and religious minorities in the USA and elsewhere, and other negatives no Hitler and no WWII (in Europe) means no Holocaust, millions upon millions of soldiers and civilians not killed or wounded, and massive destruction not spread from the UK to Moscow. IMHO if the UK, France, and Netherlands are not occupied/completely involved in fighting in Europe, the Japanese will probably have to decide that the deck is simply too stacked against them to do what they did OTL. Of course if there is a Pacific War, some of the research motivated by the OTL WWII will go forward, although some areas will not be there and the total will be smaller.
 
That...really really depends.

If there's no Hitler, but a European WWII, say against the Soviets...probably about the same rate as OTL, albeit maybe in different fashions. Women's rights definitely - women work to free up men to fight.

If there's no Hitler and no really big war... Hard to know. I know there's a feeling 'WWII sped up cultural change' and we'd be mired in old-fashioned gender attitudes without it, but...well, Weimar Germany was already pushing the envelope massively in that regard. And I think that greater acceptance of women's and LGBT rights is ultimately inevitable, it's just a question of what directions it takes.

Yes, there will be War in Europe

under the Conservative
they try to reestablish the German Empire and regain there former colony, if necessary with War again France and Britain

under the Communist
Focus lies more on connection Stalinist Germany with Stalinist USSR by invading Poland
the resulting War again France and Britain is consider a opportunity to kickstart the communist revolution there
This scenario would be interesting if France has Communist Government at begin of conflict
 
As far as scientific/medical progress goes, I tend to believe that while some areas might progress more than OTL, by and large that won't be the case. A lot of progress was made because of the needs of WWII and the large amount of money thrown at this research (such as how to produce a lot of penicillin). No WWII means no cold war like OTL, and there is no doubt that competition with the USSR drove a lot of money to research with a lot of results that leaked to the civilian society - like the internet I am using now.
I disagree, the Cold War would come in some form, because although the Soviet Union is a mite smaller (no Baltic states), it doesn't suffer the ravages of the war, like the 26 million casualties, or all the factories lost. In fact, without the war you might well not see the British and French Empires fall nearly so quickly, so the Cold War might have three, four, or even more sides. On the other stuff, I'll post my response from earlier to a similar opinion:

Consider the multiple costs of war:
- The funding removed from projects unable to convince the government that said projects could have a significant outcome on the war
- The post-war funding spent on paying off debts.
- The collapse of companies (and consequent hardships of the former workers) expanded beyond their peacetime means, especially in light of the vast amount of war-surplus equipment suddenly available.
- The dead and crippled soldiers and civilians.
- The hard wear, destruction and poor investment in infrastructure.

Consider two example around WW1:
- In late 1913 Igor Sikorsky (of later helicopter fame) had designed a large, four-engined biplane capable of carry up to 16 people. Unfortunately, before a service could be set up WW1 happened.
- In 1912-13 a solar-thermal plant was set up at Maadi, Egypt by Frank Shuman to pump water for irrigation. Unfortunately, again, the war intervened, this time delaying investment until the 1970s.

How many more examples are there of potentially brilliant ideas that were delayed by years or even decades because of war? Well in the lead up to WW2 the Germans' work on magnetic tape was kept under wraps, while WW2 itself and the post-war economic situation seriously delayed the improvement of television at least in Britain (without the war, Britain could have had colour TV in the mid 40s).
 
Fleming gave no information about Blofeld's religious background
despite born in Poland, His father was German origin his Mother greek origin, what imply either roman Catholic or Greek orthodox church
Blofield was born in Gdingen near Danzig, which did later become Polish, but was German at the time of his birth (1908).
 
A little question based on pop culture and culture overall.
In a world without Hitler and without an european WWII, what are your most confident thoughts for differences in TTL's culture, at least for a short time frame after Hitler's supposed death in prison or whatever?

"Ethnic-German" music and stuff would be much more prominent. "Oompah" bands, lederhosen, Oktoberfest. I can't be sure - but I think that after WW II, there was a deep revulsion at anything German, and the German diaspora blew off their "roots".

Compare to the popularity of Irish music, dance, etc, or Italian food and pop music.

Of course Germany will also be larger, more populous, and wealthier.
 
"Ethnic-German" music and stuff would be much more prominent. "Oompah" bands, lederhosen, Oktoberfest. I can't be sure - but I think that after WW II, there was a deep revulsion at anything German, and the German diaspora blew off their "roots".

German Musik = "Oompah" bands, lederhosen, Oktoberfest ?

HELL NO, Germany has rich beautiful Musik scene:
yes that include Modern talking or Heino or worst in Eurosong contest...
But we gave you also: Max Raabe, Krautrock, Deichkind, Kraftwerk, Scorpions and RAMMSTEIN !
 
German Musik = "Oompah" bands, lederhosen, Oktoberfest ?

Ethnically German music.

HELL NO, Germany has rich beautiful Musik scene:
yes that include Modern talking or Heino or worst in Eurosong contest...
But we gave you also: Max Raabe, Krautrock, Deichkind, Kraftwerk, Scorpions, and RAMMSTEIN !


Which are not ethnically German.

By analogy: U-2 and Sinead O'Connor vs The Chieftains or Celtic Thunder.
 
If you're talking about culture, how about the fact that the Nazi's stole about 20% of the art in Europe. That's not even counting all the art that was destroyed in the fighting. Irreplaceable architecture gone. Countless pieces of centuries old jewellery melted down to pay for the war. Billions of dollars worth of paintings vanished.

Culturally speaking, WW2 was the single greatest disaster ever witnessed.
 
Well, I also add Mozart, Wagner, Bach, Schubert, Bethoven, Brahms... and a lot more german musicans who provided awesome music to the world.
 
Culturally speaking, WW2 was the single greatest disaster ever witnessed.

Nope.

That title goes to the Great Cultural Revolution. Mao incited the Red Guards to get rid of everything old. They went through museums and libraries and systematically destroyed all relics, demolished temples and monuments, etc. Virtually all of China's cultural heritage that was still in China was annihilated. What is left is mostly what had been sold or taken overseas or was in places like Hong Kong and Taiwan. (That's why there is such a price boom in historic Chinese art and crafts; there are now lots of Chinese who have money and want to collect their heritage, and they are bidding for what is a very limited supply.)

Given that China is, by itself, roughly a quarter of world civilization, that outweighs even WW II.
 
A huge thing--what role might the swastika have? It was used to a certain degree in architecture prior to the rise of the Nazis, not to mention the extensive history of cultural use globally that spans thousands of years. The potential uses of it in the modern world seem huge compared to ours, where it's basically just shorthand for evil outside of parts of Asia. I could almost see it as a fashion symbol or something, maybe associated with Native American elements since in the US at least it was most associated with that sort of symbolism.
 
There would be no vast population lost from 1932 to 1945. New movers, shaker, dreamers and makers could induce change.A series of war surges, the Red Napoleon wannabees, civil collapses and neo-colonial resource grabbing would be frequent until the League of Nations grow some teeth or collapse entirely. 'Legions' of foreign volunteers may become more prevalent. War tech would be spotty as proto-blitzkriegs make appearances. Limited small arms advancement. Slower nuclear research. Aircraft carriers are more scout than strike, battlewagons still rule the sea. A lot to realize here.
 
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