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Assuming some magic ASB allowed the English to actually do anything in 1938? Some general would try, but even then their success is far from guaranteed. With more realistic disposition of forces it's much less likely they'd try much less succeed.

Wrong. Many people wanted one, or were willing No way that would happen in the 1930s. Not at least without some extreme ASB involvement. That being the case, the generals won't be getting rid of Hitler that easily.

Fair enough, still seems quite far fetched for them to actually succeed.

Sure, and someone assassinating Hitler successfully after years of war and more importantly insane orders is plausabile. Him being assassinated in 1938 or 1939 is much less plausible, although I'll grant not completely impossible.

Granting this for the sake of argument, that translates to having enough Ammo to defend for 3-4 months. Not that it would matter because they'd have months before any serious attack could be launched from the west. And you have a cite for this I'm sure? Just like they did historically, right?

The Germans would have a lot more ammo then they had in 1939 if the French attempted to attack. The Germans didn't run out of ammunition in 1939 - they outrun their logistics that was carrying the ammunition. If they were being attacked they'd be closer to their stockpiles and thus won't be...

I do not believe France could have posed a significant threat on the offense in three months, much less three weeks. Their forces were a mess, but their logistics was even worse. They could mobilize for defensive operations relatively quickly, but there's no way they could pose a significant...

Who do you imagine would beat them? In 1938 the British had nothing to contribute, the French had significant forces, but no ability to project force anywhere, Poland might join the war and do better than they did in OTL, but that won't be enough to defeat Germany quickly.

I'm an idiot! You're right. So one more in favor of the Germans not a counter. Seems likely then the soviets won't do as well as they did historically, so I guess it comes down to how thoroughly they can trash the oil fields and weather or not the Germans can get them back running.

If war broke out in 1938, the Russian army may actually better prepared to fight than it was in 1941 as Stalin was just starting his first purge rather than halfway through the second. Additionally, while the German army would not be weaker in general, it would lack the lessons and equipment it...