Festung Europa/Decisive Darkness Mashup

Ive been reading the decisive Darkness by @The Red and Festung Europa/Anglo American -Nazi War by @CalBear . and i have two questions

1. How would the invasion of Japan go without nuclear weapons? (as it did in Calbears tl)

2. How would the invasion of Europe go (as portrayed in Cals TL) if the Germans had seen /known of nuclear weaponry from its use in Japan (in Festung Europa Japan was invaded without use of nukes)

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2. How would the invasion of Europe go (as portrayed in Cals TL) if the Germans had seen /known of nuclear weaponry from its use in Japan (in Festung Europa Japan was invaded without use of nukes)
There wouldn't be an invasion because the Reich would develop a stockpile of nuclear weapons soon after they were used against Japan. Things would turn into a cold war between the Reich and the WAllies.
 
I don't think that the original Downfall plan would have worked without nuclear weapons destroying a large amount of the Japanese forces. It might have but it would have been way too risky to attempt for the Americans to decide to go ahead with it. In DD the Americans were very hesitant even with nuclear weapons.

As such the only thing to do would be to use nuclear weapons against Germany first, probably a lot of them, as the moment the Nazis find out that they're possible they'll almost certainly redouble their efforts to build their own bomb. It will take them a while of course, but it's too much of a threat to leave to chance.
 
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