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Because ITTL I was going to have a functioning China with a decent amount of Industry so I was going to have them ship weapons to turkey, or they could be shipped to Germany as they are mostly just copies of German weapons

I wouldn't. A better proposition might be giving the Japanese licenses to German weapon systems, and sending advisers to Japan to help with Japan forming an actual panzerwaffe.
 

Kongzilla

Banned
Yea that's a good idea, but now that I see I can make some rather big changes in europe without a POD of the 1920s I think I'll just leave China the way it is.

I think Stalin is going to lose a lot of men to the germans during the 1945 offensive. Since two of every three platoons are going to be armed with assault rifles and the Red Army won't be able to modernize.

How many Divisions would the Waffen-SS be allowed to have, 5. Maybe 10. Would they all be Panzergren divisions and some armoured perhaps.
 
Yea that's a good idea, but now that I see I can make some rather big changes in europe without a POD of the 1920s I think I'll just leave China the way it is.

I think Stalin is going to lose a lot of men to the germans during the 1945 offensive. Since two of every three platoons are going to be armed with assault rifles and the Red Army won't be able to modernize.

How many Divisions would the Waffen-SS be allowed to have, 5. Maybe 10. Would they all be Panzergren divisions and some armoured perhaps.

I think it ultimately depends on whether you want the Waffen-SS or the Heer in charge of foreign volunteers and recruits. There is some precedent with the 5th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division "Wiking", so you could expand on that idea in this timeline and have the SS and Ribbentrop (who better to be in charge of a multinational organization than the foreign minister) be in charge of foreign volunteers. So any kind of foreign volunteer divisions would fall under the Waffen-SS chain of command, while not actually being members of the Waffen-SS. Then once these divisions prove themselves in combat, they would become a Waffen-SS. This allows for control over the size of the Waffen-SS, while ensuring that it doesn't become the bloated organization it did in OTL. There is further precedent for this too, in that units like the Cossack Cavalry Corps fell under SS command and control, but wasn't actually part of the Waffen-SS. Also keep in mind that the Waffen-SS distinguished between "Germanic" and "non-Germanic". For instance, a Germanic Waffen-SS division would be the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich", while a non-Germanic division would be called 33rd Grenadier Division der Waffen-SS, "Charlemagne". Ranks would be treated the same way in that a Germanic SS soldier would have the SS designation put before the rank, while a non-Germanic soldier would have the SS designation come after the rank. A Germanic soldier might be an SS-Sturmbannführer, but a non-Germanic soldier would be Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS. I would use the latter designation until they prove themselves in combat, and then bestow upon them the honor of having SS come first in both their division's name and their rank. This way they feel like they've earned something and have become "Germanic" in a sense. So in all honesty, I can't give you a definitive answer as to how many division the Waffen-SS would have, but this would make sure that it doesn't become bloated as its size increases.
 

Kongzilla

Banned
Actually that's a really good idea. They can be like the Soviet Guard Divisions. They all start off as regular Divisions and they prove themselves worthy before getting made into Waffen-SS divisions.

I think 15 divisions would be a good number, I think it will be made that you can either volunteer for the Waffen-SS or the Heer, but there will be something that pushes more foreign volunteers to join the Waffen-SS.
 
Actually that's a really good idea. They can be like the Soviet Guard Divisions. They all start off as regular Divisions and they prove themselves worthy before getting made into Waffen-SS divisions.

I think 15 divisions would be a good number, I think it will be made that you can either volunteer for the Waffen-SS or the Heer, but there will be something that pushes more foreign volunteers to join the Waffen-SS.

Don't try limiting the Waffen-SS to a set number, as their aren't going to be as many pure German divisions of the Waffen-SS in this timeline. The personnel that went into Hohenstaufen, Frundsberg, and Hitler Jugend in OTL, will end up being used to replace casualties in the 1st - 5th Waffen-SS divisions here.
 
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