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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...

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...

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...

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...