Hitler Goes For Moscow-Spring 1942

Since I'm uncurable Polonocentric, who's in charge in Poland in 1946? Is general Sikorski still alive or did his plane still crashed in Gibraltar or somewhere else? If he's alive, he is most probably still in charge, as the Prime Minister and Commander in Chief.

Plane crashes are low enough frequency events that I'm guessing it doesn't happen, unless there were factors that increased the likelihood. Obviously that's just a guess. As you get further away from the point of divergence the fate of individuals becomes more and more a matter of guesswork. Just a few examples:

Historically, George Bush Senior got shot down in the Pacific theatre in September 1944 and the other two people in his plane died. In this scenario, he's probably nowhere near where he historically got shot down. Does he survive the war unscathed? Does he die or suffer serious injuries? In any case, the George Bush junior of our time-line, born in 1946, would almost certainly never have existed, though someone very like him might have been born at close to the same time and had the same name. He wouldn't be genetically the George Bush junior of our time-line--more like a brother.

Both JFK and Joe Kennedy junior faced life-threatening situations in our time-line. Joe died. JFK lived as a hero. In this scenario we could have any combination of they both lived, they both died, Joe lived and JFK died, or the historic combination. Then you add in possibilities that one or both received injuries of various severity.
 
It would seem to me that if the German army was forced to continue east eventually Hitler and Company would lose control of it as the morale would continue to collapse as they were no longer fighting for Germany. It would seem that even the Waffen SS generals would begin to have doubts. Perhaps there would be another attempt on Hitlers life.

As for I would have some doubts as to whether Mao would be able to triumph over Chaing Kai Shek in the Civil war without the weapons given to it by the Russians after their coquest of Manchuria.
 
It would seem to me that if the German army was forced to continue east eventually Hitler and Company would lose control of it as the morale would continue to collapse as they were no longer fighting for Germany. It would seem that even the Waffen SS generals would begin to have doubts. Perhaps there would be another attempt on Hitlers life.

You're right. That process would be complicated by an increasing percentage of ex-Soviets drafted in the German units. Some of them would be trying to make a deal with the Allies. Others would be trying to make a deal with the Soviets. Most of them would know that their fate wouldn't be pleasant if they fell into Stalin's hands.

As for I would have some doubts as to whether Mao would be able to triumph over Chaing Kai Shek in the Civil war without the weapons given to it by the Russians after their coquest of Manchuria.

The Chinese Civil War would get complicated. The Nationalists would be stronger, but their lives would be complicated by the many warlord factions and the die-hard Japanese holdouts in Manchuria. I'm guessing that the most die-hard Japanese would get there if they could and try to play the Chinese factions off against one another. Of course the Japanese had generated enough hatred in China that being openly associated with them would be political suicide, but tacit alliances would be fair game.
 
There is also the question as to the use of the Chinese armies that had fought in Burma. These men were well equipped and armed. They could very well have been the cutting edge of a better armed and trained Nationalist Chinese Army. These divisions did not have the corrupt officers that one found in some of the other Chinese armies.

One would have to see which way the Chinese puppet armies would jump once the Japanese began to withdraw into Manchuria. Without a doubt it would be a mess.
 
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