What if Hitler had died during the fall months of Operation Barbarossa. How do you think this might of effected the conduct of the operation?
Do you think whoever assumed power in the aftermath would be willing negotiate a settlement with the Soviets and allies?
Never, sadly. Too much Asian territory and foundational history with the Eastern Orthodox Church. Need to change everything about Russia to the point where it wouldn't be Russia anymore.
Your challenge, should you accept it, is to make the USA a more prosperous nation, specifically prior Mexican-American war. Bonus points if you can devise a way to make it happen without any conquests of Canada, or non-OTL territory acquisition in general.
By prosperous I mean competing or...
I might be in the minority here but I do wonder if, without The Great Purge and the downright terror in the command structure it created, if the Red Army would've actually cracked under the insane military gains made at the outset of Barbarossa. I mean cracked in the sense of causing enough...
I like where this is headed. Zhukov wouldve been my vote for storylines sake. In reality though I doubt he'd be considered by the political elite of the party, fear of potential Bonapartism and all. Regardless he has the admiration (love?) of the entire Red Army at his disposal. With the...
Ok relax. I'm not defending US foreign policy as it pertained to the outcome of Spanish-American war here. Only defending my point that wars of outright aggression were not something that the US did around the time frame posed by OP.
The US was in active war with the Spanish. You're talking about the US marching into colonial Russia for the sake of taking territory for territory's sake.
But none have ever done so. None. All came to power and maintained said power by utilizing foreign policy assperations as a major political tenant. Also Fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia before Germany did anything on the international stage.
I see no cause for either the USA or UK to seize Alaska for no reason. 1 the UK didn't want it when it was offered to them IOTL and 2 the US isn't in the business of invading and taking the territory of European power for the lulz. Foreign entanglements and all. Plus there are a bunch of...
It's 1977 and the group also known colloquially as the Red Army Faction (RAF) successfully inspires the proletariat/soldiers of West Germany to rise up after a series of attacks similar to the ones IOTL. What happens in the immediate aftermath? What sort groundwork would be needed to make this...