BlairWitch749
Banned
Brilliant ending Red... I hope you all enjoyed the joint venture and felt the ending was just
To be honest I think that the Russians 's victories in this whole time line were unrealistic.
Politically Great Britain could never have allowed the Russians to do what they did.
He was deputy Prime Minister in Name ONLY. A member of the Conservative party would have become Prime Minister.
The allies could have after their victory in Italy chosen to attack in a lot of areas- Spain ( either from Portugal or from the sea) , France- either across the channel of in the South, The Balkans or Norway. Russia could not defend everywhere.
It is very likely that the Conservative party would not have agreed to Atlee becoming Prime Minister and would have voted no confidence. The King would then have the choice of asking Atlee to form a government, which he couldn't, ask the conservatives to form a government or call for new elections with a caretaker government. The caretaker government would not be run by Atlee.
True the Western allies couldn't attack everywhere, inless they mounted raids and then an invasion but the Soviets would have to defend everywhere.
This could mean an invasion in the south of France and an invasion from Portugal. The allies would have the advantage of Seapower allowing them the choice of where to strike.
Red you have overestimated the ability of the Red Army and underestimated the ability of the western powers to fight. Wallace would never had the ability to do a lot of the stuff that you have let him do. He was very unpopular when he becaome FDR's running mate.
Well enough said.
How is it going to look like in 2010? Red flag over the White House?![]()
Good, well-written TL! Kudos!
If I must point out a flaw though, the ending was a bit depressing. I'd love to see a TL with this POD where the Russians are less successful in 42 and 43, the allies consolidate their position a little bit more, and Rommel still surrenders to the west with the remnants of the German army in late 43 or early 44, and the Russkies still stab the Allies in the back. And in 1947 or 1948, Patton and Rommel march together into Red Square.
Now THAT would be crazy awesome.
(Sorry for the Necromancy btw-this TL was linked in another thread, and I was originally going to comment in that thread but I didn't want to pull it off topic).
I'm bumping this since it's such an awesome TL. I personally think the Soviets would've settled for all of Germany, and that they wouldn't have atom bombs in 1947 (more like 1950s), but the story was very entertaining. I'm interested in seeing what kind of USSR evolves under Zhukov, but this TL is over...