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Never realised that latter. Thanks.

Didn't Khrushchev's 'virgin lands' campaign fairly quickly fade because the lands couldn't sustain prolonged agriculture? Although the Slavs settled there stayed, at least while the USSR was intact. Mind you with the USSR being destroyed in the early 40's and then probably chaos in...

True but in a situation where Germany has defeated the Soviets and then some sort of peace settlement has been agreed with the western allies - if not Germany probably loses the war to nukes - would they have the resources, will and permission to send such aid? They would need access to the...

My point on the 1st issue is that grain crops are harvested in the autumn - when the region was largely in German hands - so whether their winter or spring sown the food wouldn't be available until autumn 43. Unless there is evidence that crops sown in 42 weren't either ravaged by the war or...

Its possible, although not sure that Siberia would have that capacity quickly for refugees who would probably be expelled without more than the cloths on their backs. Especially not several dozen millions. However the argument - which I didn't find convincing because of the timing - was that...

Even if Germany, assuming they win in Russia doesn't them seek to crush Britain as an independent power the empire over the channel, albeit deranged, is going to be a continued threat to Britain which will mean a heavy defence budget as well as seeking to maintain control of areas such as the ME...

Depends on what you define as the empire. Presuming your proposal doesn't mean the destruction of Britain as an independent state India is still going to be gone by probably 1950 at the latest and hopefully before that else its going to be very bloody. If there's a rational leadership then...

Ah. To clarify I was referring to the laws applying inside Britain. Not independent or at least self-governing dominions or places like India post 1918 which largely set policies without regard to London. There was definitely restrictions in the white dominions but that was outside full...

I don't think the Americans would have accepted representation in Parliament. This would have meant: a) Paying full taxes at the same level as British inhabitants did. Far, far larger that the small amounts Britain was looking for to make a contribution for the defence of the colonies. b)...

Actually I think there was de-facto free movement within the empire or into Britain anyway until the 1960's. It was possible because very few non-white colonials had the wealth to actually make the move. There was some Indian movement into Britain in the late 19thC and a few actually became...

Its a possibility but I suspect that, given the demographic and geographic size of India plus its long history sooner or later a distinct India identity would emerge. The indians and Metises in many cases were initially loyal to Spain but continued discrimination in favour of pure blood Spanish...

Not necessary. A British empire with a broader base of white settlement that leads to a federal state would still be a great power, although its likely to cease to be an empire in any meaningful way. I.e. other than a few small strategic areas, which might still have an equal role in the...