Would Yugoslavia remain royalist if Tito was killed off or would the Soviets simply install another communist?
Personally, I think partisans would divide among national lines. Unified pre-war monarchy is hard to achive, even in alt history. Too many people despised king, and monarchy itself.
ITYM "Chiang"; in Chinese discourse, family name comes first. Or your list should be "Frankiin, Winston, Joseph, Adolph, Benito, Hideki, Tse-Tung, Charles, and Josip.
Also, Mao was not a national leader at the end of the war.
Any of these men could have been killed or died during the war.
- Roosevelt died just after V-E Day; he could have died sooner.
- Churchill could have been killed flying back to Britain in January 1942; his plane went off course and almost passed over Brest.
- Hitler narrowly escaped assassination several times.
- Mussolini was in fact overthrown in 1943, and might have been killed in the SS rescue operation. (Or the fleeing Italian government might have taken him along to Allied-occupied southern Italy.)
- Tojo was sacked in July 1944 OTL.
- Tito could have been killed in any of several German anti-Partisan operations.
- De Gaulle could have been killed by a V-2.
Stalin and Chiang are much trickier.
I didn't know that. Thanks.
Stalin - he suffered 2 heart attacks if I'm not mistaken. Or he dies in Moscow when Germans took the city.
Chiang - maybe dies in some Japanese raid or something?
Longjump and Valkyre would change post war situation dramaticly.
Without conclusions from Tehran, a lot of things are changing. Until then only unconditional surrender was agreed.
Stalin's death would lead to short-term chaos in the Soviet Union. Molotov would probably be prime minister in the end, but I'm not sure that the Soviets would eventually have a unique idea what to do after war. Eden would inherit Churchill, but it would be a big question if he did some things like him. For example, Churchill supported the communists in Yugoslavia and established relations with Tito.
De Gaulle's death would seriously endanger French efforts in the war. France after the war wouldn't be treated as an equal member of the Allies. There is no permanent seat in the UN Security Council for her.
Tojo - If it disappeared before December 7th, maybe, I say maybe, there wouldn't be a Japanese war with America.
FDR - Wallace would replace him, which would mean that there would be even greater concessions to the Soviets.
Hitler - If he dies in Valkyrie, Germany may be able to negotiate a conditional surrender.
Mussolini - there are no Italian social republics and Italy is a homogenous society after the war with the weaker communists. Probably remains a monarchy.
Tito - there is no second Yugoslavia. Simply.
Mao and Chiang - do we have today united mainland China?