What do you think would happen if Hitler wasn't assassinated in 1939? Would Germany still break out into civil war and/or still go Communist?
What do you think would happen if Hitler wasn't assassinated in 1939? Would Germany still break out into civil war and/or still go Communist?
What I'd wonder as to is the status of Japan. In OTL the Japanese tied up so many Soviet troops in the Far East that the Allied forces were able to hold the line in France. It's a little known fact, but the Japs were actually considering allying with Hitler before his death
Imagine, the Swastika over St. Basil's... likely Hitler and Goebbels would spin the war as some sort of Crusade, maybe get Britain and America to commit troops alongside Italy, Hungary and Romania
I wouldn't go that far. Britain was extremely worried about Hitler and was preparing for war with him (we forgot how big a thing was this), almost as much as we were about Stalin - we'd have let them kill each other. Mussolini was a tit but not enough of a tit to get involved in a war where he'd be the junior partner. America... hmmm. That's a tough one.
Spain would definitely have gone though. That'd be Franco's chance to get revenge on Stalin for backing the republicans.
If Italy turned to Russia though, we could avoid the Italo-Swiss War.
OOC: Hermann Goering was more likely to succeed Hitler at that point in time.Sorry, my assessment was based on the events in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal during the Civil War when we helped Doenitz recapture it from the Communists. When your nations go through that, the history books tend to glaze over the buildup after Munich to 'preserve the friendship'.
Hmm, Spain and the other nations are likely to fight, although Italy would be tricky. If Italy turned to Russia though, we could avoid the Italo-Swiss War. America would probably not go for boots on the ground, but more a material approach. Yes, there was land lease, but they and the British were more concerned with the strengthen of Russia than the Fascists of Berlin. After all, the UK did send war ships to East Prussia as a show of force.
OOC: Hermann Goering was more likely to succeed Hitler at that point in time.