The Anglo/American - Nazi War
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I actually asked Calbear about this point. Some did manage to make it to Reich territory where they subsequently died during the Allied bombardment during the Hot War. The others weren't so lucky being caught by the Allies and having an appointment with the Hangman shortly thereafter. I am actually working on a short story on the circumstances of their capture/escape.
Whatever happened to Ayn Rand and her philosophy?
What about known Nazi supporters in the USA and England?
What about known Nazi supporters in the USA and England?
Some did, some didn't realize it until it was too late.
The Soviet forced laborers who survived were generally sent to Gulag when the returned (they were selected to go in the first place largely as a method of keeping dissent to a minimum in the rump USSR) while the families of those who died were told that their loved ones had a found a "new home" in Greater Germany, sometimes even including ginned-up letters. Polish salve laborers, on the other hand, knew the score and would sometimes resist or try to escape. This would have been much more common if the Nazis had allowed entire families to go to Germany. That was rare, Usually at least one child, often the youngest, or the Parent's "favorite" (there were plenty of individuals who would inform for a extra 250 grams of bacon or chicken) would be kept on the Plantation as a hostage (which worked both ways, if the "Hostage" tried to act up they rest of the family in Germany would pay the price and those left behind knew it.
One thing that held down rebellion was that, no matter how bad the work was, there was always something worse that you could be sentenced to (miners had a lifespan that sometimes was measured in days, while Soviet "guest" factory workers actually had about a one in five chance of survival). The biggest impediment was, of course, the Gestapo, who had carte blanche to liquidate anyone who looked crooked at any time.
It would be fair to say that Ms. Rand's works did not achieve the level of popularity of OTL. ATL a question about Ayn Rand would generate, even among many political scientists, a "Who?".
Known & vocal Nazi supporters were generally locked up under sedition laws (in the U.S. the Alien Registration Act's provisions regarding support for enemies of the U.S. was used to great effect, especially after the St. Patrick's Day Attack).
Did the conditions/treatment of Slav laborers vary across Europe and various jobs (factories, Atlantic Wall etc) like IOTL or was it all just hellish across the board no matter what?
Did the SS provide some guidelines that were supposed to be followed concerning their diet, sanitation, clothing, work shifts etc or was it decided by local authorities?
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Isn't Poland -or what's left of it 
- recruiting anybody of Polish ancestry to rebuild the Polish nation? How far have they come by this point, in terms of area and population?
What is the status of the white minority states and the Portuguese colonies by the present day?
- recruiting anybody of Polish ancestry to rebuild the Polish nation? How far have they come by this point, in terms of area and population?What is the status of the white minority states and the Portuguese colonies by the present day?
The conditions ranged from poor to simply God-awful. Probably the best off were the labor battalions under control of old Heer senior officers and those on some of the "plantations" in General Government, where a lot of the Heer officers and career senior NCO were involuntarily retired as a "reward" for their service, which just by accident opened slots for very loyal SS officers to take their places. These men often treated the workers too well, seeing them as their responsibility, the same way their troops had once been. The SS Gauleiter's would sometimes send Waffen SS officers out to these locations to remind the manager's of their responsibilities. It was often something of a tense meeting, with the old Heer officers having to control their tempers while the New Breed extolled racial superiority theory.
Overall the local authorities had a lot of leeway (read that as opportunity for graft) in how the "guest workers" were housed/fed. The less encumbered the local overseer was by honesty, the worse it was for the laborers. Berlin, for its part. didn't really care, provided all the right beaks were wet, as long as production goals were achieved.
The Poles are trying. As of ALT 2015 Poland has not recovered to its pre-war population.Isn't Poland -or what's left of it
What is the status of the white minority states and the Portuguese colonies by the present day?
There really aren't any white minority states any more.
How far did the Reich get in the razing/rebuilding of Soviet cities and towns from 1943 until their defeat?
Given the disaster in Europe, the boats for South Africa and Overseas Portugal would have been full.
I would imagine the Pabst plan would have been applied for Warsaw, the most important cities were kept and filled with good Aryan administrators and settlers (with a small staff of Slavic workers) while the rest would have been left eaten up by forrest after their inhabitants would have destroyed them by hand.
This was probably asked, but what happened to Rommel, was he just one of many killed in the atomic bombings or was he captured, tried and executed?
CalBear, what would have happened if the Reich caught on to the Allies' False Peak operation and stop falling for it over and over again?
Also how tough/fortified was the Atlantic Wall in 1958 compared to what it was like IOTL?
Could it be accurately described as the most formidable system of fortifications in history?
Also how tough/fortified was the Atlantic Wall in 1958 compared to what it was like IOTL?
Could it be accurately described as the most formidable system of fortifications in history?
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