The Anglo/American - Nazi War
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Wow 432 pages? Ummm, kinda hesitant to start reading this just due to the sheer length and time needed. But to be honest, mentions of this amazing TL have permeated the comments in other threads on this forum and convinced me to search for this one. Guess I'l read the first few chapters and see how I feel...
story only thread
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-anglo-american-nazi-war.211950/
post war write up on pages 282-300
Just read the story-only thread. The vast majority of the thread is people asking questions about little nuances that weren't important enough to be included.
Md139115
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It's like Nordic mythology about Odin. If you do it, you'll probably go blind, but gain wisdom.
@CalBear, hypothetically, with perfect hindsight, could a different A4 system have been productively set up after the end of the war?
The USA, the UK, and India all have full membership, and the rest of the Commonwealth a shared one (the decisions thereof to be handled internally).
Is this possible?
The USA, the UK, and India all have full membership, and the rest of the Commonwealth a shared one (the decisions thereof to be handled internally).
Is this possible?
Sure. Easiest way would have been an "A5" to include India.
The problem with that sort of post war world is that it tends to be a bit too "happily ever after". Things could have been much worse ATL post war (all that was really needed to get there is to do nothing and map OTL into the ATL, with all the failed states post colonial rule, global terrorism, etc.).
The problem with that sort of post war world is that it tends to be a bit too "happily ever after". Things could have been much worse ATL post war (all that was really needed to get there is to do nothing and map OTL into the ATL, with all the failed states post colonial rule, global terrorism, etc.).
The A4 always struck me as sort of a "Anglo man's burden" attitude towards the rest of the world.
Less that and more "NOT going through that bullshit again, not going to happen!".
The A4 really doesn't give a crap how folks run their own territory, provided there is no Genocide involved. They have made a couple exceptions, the biggest being South Africa (which was done hand in hand with the Indians), but overall they could care less. They did very much lock up all the resources they thought would be useful, but the leases were at or above going market rate.
The A4 isn't anywhere as pure as the people of the countries like to self visualize, but the ATL is generally a better place, on average, that OTL (with the glaring exception of China).
I'm pretty sure that NO amount of (realistically) idealistic "happily ever after" ending can ever make up for what World War 2 ended up being in TTL.
Given that many fought to the death, I doubt many survived the war. As IIRC Calbear said as one point those SS troops that were taken prisoner were to badly wounded to fight back or take their own life. Once they woke up in Western Allied hospitals they had to be tied down. So my hunch is only a few survived and they had to spend years in mental wards.
nbcman
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This was mentioned earlier by the Author:
EDIT: Plus there probably weren't many of the SS troops left:
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