In the original timeline, Germany allied with the Soviets and launched an invasion of Poland in 1939 which required no Soviet War with the West. Germany meanwhile had Britain/France/Italy declare war on them. Germany beat Poland after a ten week campaign, but had no real chance of winning the war. They launched a failed invasion of Norway after taking over Denmark in the spring, and had the Soviets shut off their resources after seeing Germany’s weakness (Stalin playing Hitler like a fool). Then Germany had an incompetent invasion of France and the Low Countries in May which bogged down. Germany actually did well in many ways, like holding off Italy, but they had no real chance against France obviously and lost. By July Hitler was killed by his own generals and the Nazi party was removed, enabling Germany to surrender.
I know it’s unlikely, but what if Germany actually won? Maybe if they got Italian neutrality even after taking Austria/Czechoslovakia/Poland, had a faster invasion of Poland, successfully invaded Norway, and kept Soviet resources coming in? Who in France would have collaborated with Germany? Is such a thing even possible given their historic animosity and WWI in particular? Let’s not get into their plans to conquer other places.
Who would likely oversee France in the interim while Germany moves on to the next target?
I know it’s unlikely, but what if Germany actually won? Maybe if they got Italian neutrality even after taking Austria/Czechoslovakia/Poland, had a faster invasion of Poland, successfully invaded Norway, and kept Soviet resources coming in? Who in France would have collaborated with Germany? Is such a thing even possible given their historic animosity and WWI in particular? Let’s not get into their plans to conquer other places.
Who would likely oversee France in the interim while Germany moves on to the next target?