My two pence worth (or cents, € or $)
Ah yes and the Germans cant retaliate against Britain - and even if they could the British would not fear and their hearts would not weaver - very dramatic.
USA! USA! USA! "Waves flag"
ATL Trueman might be - since the war will have become much much less popular in ATL.
Seriously you make the mistake of comparing OTL where everything went quite well for the Allies post mid 42 - to this much much more darker ATL where the Allies would be experiencing one setback after another for years.
I think both yourself and some of those responding to you have wandered from the intention of the OP question. Which was,
IF Nazi Germany somehow was able to fight a one front war, would it have been better able to defeat the USSR or the UK (backed by the USA) ?
FWIW I agree with the majority that Nazi Germany could just possibly have defeated the USSR had the latter fought alone without LL or other aid. Its chances depend on the POD that allows such an event. A harsh victors peace imposed on the UK in July 1940 is highly improbable but not ASB. The British elite could panic post Fall of France and accept harsh terms, though not with Churchill in charge! Though even then Germany would need to retain some forces in the West against "Perfidious Albion" rearming, maybe secretly in the Dominions! A "White Peace" sometime after the BOB but before Barbarossa is plausible IMHO, again provided Churchill and his faction aren't in power. Though the same applies in spades regarding a British stab in the back! I might try to war game either of these scenarios sometime and report the results as my first attempt at an ATL here.
As to whether Nazi Germany could ignore the USSR and defeat the Brotish Commonwealth and Empire fighting with US backing in the degree given in OTl. Very implausible IMHO. Germany is simply out produced by the UK/US combination. It might do a bit better than iOTL with a concentration on U-boats and the Mediterranean. But it can't weaken the Eastern Front too much and the logistics for a Med. strategy simply suck.
Likeliest result IMHO is either a stalemate until the UK/US develop nuclear weapons or Stalin decides it's time to launch a reverse Barbarossa. See the novel
Icebreaker for an example of what could happen.
Calbear's
Anglo-American Nazi War deals with one scenario with a Reich victory in the East while at war with the UK/US. Even that doesn't end well for Germany. (Massive understatement)
" Amateurs (soldiers) talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics" IMHO Geo-political Strategists should talk Economics and Finance.
Hmm, think I'll adopt that as my sig. Once I bother to do one.
