Suppose, do some missteps and "friendly" fire incidents, WW2 continues on and the world skips the Cold War. What really happens?
Could the Soviet economy survive being completely cut off from US lend-lease aid and fighting the US, Britain, and France?
Would German POW's and troops be immediately sent to the front lines, to fight for the Allies?
Would the Allies win? Or would they be driven off the continent? Will other parts of the world, nominally allied (such as South America and the African/asian colonies) be pressed to provide men and material? What would they get in return, post-war?
What does the post-war world look like?
And what kind of problems arise post-war, during the rest of the century? Massive population shortages across Europe/the west? An earlier rise/dominance of the developing world? An end to the Western-dominated world?
Could the Soviet economy survive being completely cut off from US lend-lease aid and fighting the US, Britain, and France?
Would German POW's and troops be immediately sent to the front lines, to fight for the Allies?
Would the Allies win? Or would they be driven off the continent? Will other parts of the world, nominally allied (such as South America and the African/asian colonies) be pressed to provide men and material? What would they get in return, post-war?
What does the post-war world look like?
And what kind of problems arise post-war, during the rest of the century? Massive population shortages across Europe/the west? An earlier rise/dominance of the developing world? An end to the Western-dominated world?