Recently I've been considering the impacts of the Soviet Union doing better in ww2 and the war ending in Europe in late 1943. Borders in Europe aren't too much different from OTL, Greece is still in the British sphere of influence, East Germany looks about the same as OTL, there may be a Soviet occupation zone in Italy and Austria might have a larger Soviet zone or might be entirely inside the Soviet block in TTL.
Also, due to the WAllies invading France earlier on (say in 1942), the British have been much more prominent in liberating the country and the war in the West doesn't last long enough for the Americans to shake their reputation as "our Italians" (as one British general put it).
Obviously, for both the US and UK, a shorter war means less financial strain, which could be particularly important for the Brits. Was Britain already too deeply in hoc to the US for that to make a big difference? And does less financial and human strain on the US have any interesting effects?
Additionally, assuming Japan still enters the war (which I'm not sure is likely in a scenario where the Germans never reach the suburbs of Moscow, but regardless), are there any major impacts of the war with Japan lasting much longer than the war with Germany?
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Also, due to the WAllies invading France earlier on (say in 1942), the British have been much more prominent in liberating the country and the war in the West doesn't last long enough for the Americans to shake their reputation as "our Italians" (as one British general put it).
Obviously, for both the US and UK, a shorter war means less financial strain, which could be particularly important for the Brits. Was Britain already too deeply in hoc to the US for that to make a big difference? And does less financial and human strain on the US have any interesting effects?
Additionally, assuming Japan still enters the war (which I'm not sure is likely in a scenario where the Germans never reach the suburbs of Moscow, but regardless), are there any major impacts of the war with Japan lasting much longer than the war with Germany?
fasquardon