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Based on the POD in this thread:
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=6905&highlight=torpedoes
What if, as a result of Churchill dying in 1939, the British agree to a peace deal in 1940 after the fall of France? What happens to lend-lease in this scenario as the Germans turn East and go after the Soviets?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease only started in 1941, but if the British are out of the war, will Congress be willing to support the Communists if the Nazis invade? Also, would the US sell to the Nazis after the British exit the war and the Soviets are invaded. There was strong anti-communist sentiments in the US at the time, so perhaps the Nazis will build up enough good will for attempting to destroy the Comintern (obviously covering up their crimes).
As a side note, would this scenario allow the Germans to deport the Jews instead of killing them? IIRC up until the Wannsee Conference, it was not policy to exterminate the Jewish populations of Europe, but rather to deport them to another non-European location. Would access to the world market and free transit allow them then to push out European Jews?
Also, would the Nazis withdraw from France and other European nations sooner if there was no threat from Britain? OTL the occupation was only supposed to last until a final peace could be negotiated, put on hold by the war. This would also mean the 2 million French prisoners in Germany would be returned, depriving them of a means of ensuring France would not rearm. But would a France, having lost so much so quickly, be willing or able to try to build an army of aggression?
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=6905&highlight=torpedoes
What if, as a result of Churchill dying in 1939, the British agree to a peace deal in 1940 after the fall of France? What happens to lend-lease in this scenario as the Germans turn East and go after the Soviets?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease only started in 1941, but if the British are out of the war, will Congress be willing to support the Communists if the Nazis invade? Also, would the US sell to the Nazis after the British exit the war and the Soviets are invaded. There was strong anti-communist sentiments in the US at the time, so perhaps the Nazis will build up enough good will for attempting to destroy the Comintern (obviously covering up their crimes).
As a side note, would this scenario allow the Germans to deport the Jews instead of killing them? IIRC up until the Wannsee Conference, it was not policy to exterminate the Jewish populations of Europe, but rather to deport them to another non-European location. Would access to the world market and free transit allow them then to push out European Jews?
Also, would the Nazis withdraw from France and other European nations sooner if there was no threat from Britain? OTL the occupation was only supposed to last until a final peace could be negotiated, put on hold by the war. This would also mean the 2 million French prisoners in Germany would be returned, depriving them of a means of ensuring France would not rearm. But would a France, having lost so much so quickly, be willing or able to try to build an army of aggression?