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What did Nicholas the Czar order that was nearly as bad?

You should see the Polish diplomatic documents the Germans released in 1940 then, they talked about the massive influence the media had on American public opinion. The US was a dictatorship of sorts, just a much more sophisticated on based on media propaganda. Germany was in a lot of ways less...

Problem was by 1945 the B-29 was required in Asia and there were not enough of them to send to Europe. This came up in January 1945. They weren't needed given that the Lancaster, B-17, and B-24 among other bombers were already enough and already in large quantities. So they are a non-factor...

Not in 1941 AFAIK. In 1942 we have very little details and in 1943 Stalin's demands are about more and they refused to accept anything less, which is why negotiations stopped. Hitler just wanted where the lines already were to be the peace border with swaps if necessary to make it acceptable...

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Hitler did want peace, just not what Stalin offered. He repeatedly tried to deal with the West, but they refused. In fact they'd likely have refused to do so with ANY German if they could avoid it. But here it would be difficult to avoid if worse came to worse. The bulk of the security...

This POD wouldn't prevent Bagration though it could limit the damage in July-August, especially in the Ukraine region. If FDR loses in November 1944 it is extremely doubtful the war lasts long enough for nukes to matter. All very good points. Didn't realize the election was that close, but...

Seems like they wanted to get back there and thought the legend of the battle of the vistula was due to sheer will. Maybe not vassals in the sense of the Czechs or Hungarians, but Italian level allies. Pretty much, but FDR, the Polish colonels, and Britain ensured it. What specifically?

Ruled or were influential? I seem to recall the author saying they didn't decide everything and were more about creating a form of loose 'gleichschaltung' (standardization of policy) among the ruling class. As the 1930s demonstrated they weren't necessarily in alignment and often struggled...

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All good points, thought after Anzio I suspect the Allies would be wary about further Italian landings. South of France is relatively weakly held and with more American divisions available that route would seem to offer the best return on investment especially given Stalin's demands for France...

China isn't in the war ITTL.

The Boer war came before they existed AFAIK. WW1 was definitely something they helped engineer. WW2 was more a fuckup on their part.

Even if not. This was before the T-34. Historically in 1938-39 the Soviets got the living shit kicked out of them against even lower quality Japanese formations. The Soviets just had numbers and didn't care about casualties. The T-34 was created specifically because of the experience at...

https://www.historynet.com/the-omaha-beach-landing-had-failed/?r This article brings up an interesting What If about the failure of only one of the Normandy beaches. I'm curious about the implications for the rest of the campaign and war. Please read the article before commenting, since a...

Cabal is a bit of a strong word, they were an influential circle of elites that worked towards specific policies they wanted to see happen. Today they are Chatham House, an organization that has existed for over 100 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_House It grew out of the Round...

This topic came up on Space Battles a while back. Resources extraction in the Soviet Far East was minimal. Lots of stuff was there, but the infrastructure largely didn't exist. More oil would have been available in Manchuria already. As to rubber if they work with the Germans more they could...

Britain wouldn't do anything to piss off the US and the US was explicitly hostile to Japan. That is what ended the Anglo-Japanese treaty IOTL. So regardless of what Japan wants the UK basically has to remain hostile to Japan. Still given the conflict with the Soviets and potential hostility...

Could, but much depends on how FDR reacts here. After all he needs his back door to war and would desperately want to defend communism.

That's a good reason for them to stay neutral. The trick is how given how the IJA was out of control. Not sure if it would even be possible, but assuming there was a firmer hand over the IJA's leadership then it is entirely possible that the Soviets and Japanese then get into a war over their...