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  1. What might've happened if the Allies didn't exist, and the countries within never declared war on the axis?

    this is an interesting subject, but it is difficult to conceive what would divide GB and France? could there be some Franco-Italian dealings ostensibly to contain Germany, that alienates GB? a successor to the Little Entente with Italy-Romania-Poland might be appealing to France? with Italy...

  2. The Germans build carriers, instead of battleships, prior to WW2

    do not disagree with most of what you posted. my point or attempt at a point is that the KM might achieve more with some arctic bases than trying to establish a carrier force (that is, after all, not a very high bar?) to what end? incorporate the use of these various places in the u-boat...

  3. The Germans build carriers, instead of battleships, prior to WW2

    under no scenario are they not going to be operating seaplanes and flying boats, my prior suggestion was for a major program of aircraft handling added to large commercial ships (the type they converted to Sperrbrecher historically) (just IMO) the KM conceived the need for capturing Norway for...

  4. The Germans build carriers, instead of battleships, prior to WW2

    my post was not dealing with carrier aircraft but in response to the discussion of air launched torpedoes. a guided SC 250 bomb would have been useful for long range aircraft to use, for instance the FW 200 Condor would use 3 bombs to assure a hit on merchant ships .

  5. Republican Spain in WW2 and the Cold War

    there could be some earlier M-R Pact or other dealings between Germany and the USSR? there was at least some consideration of offering Germany and Italy monies and/or territory by the Republican government to end any support for the Nationalist coup.

  6. Republican Spain in WW2 and the Cold War

    have Germany and Italy backed the Nationalist coup with an effort approx. like the historical events? have Germany and Italy had a falling out or chilling of their relations since the Nationalists were defeated? are Germany and the USSR in at least an uneasy collaboration in 1940? a full blown...

  7. The Germans build carriers, instead of battleships, prior to WW2

    FIW my speculation is always around a "little" Fritz X, an SC-250 (550 lb.) bomb as that was the original testbed for their work on the Fritz X.

  8. The Germans build carriers, instead of battleships, prior to WW2

    the PE/Prince Eugen Hipper-class was an outlier too, with no more heavy cruisers planned and no other ships using the 8" gun caliber, the KM about as effective with (improved versions of) Leipzig-class and straddle the categories with their 6.8" guns. not to say all the above a big improvement...

  9. The Germans build carriers, instead of battleships, prior to WW2

    the KM plan was to return to diesel power for the Plan Z battleships, IDK exactly when that decision was made, but it is within the timeframe we are discussing. a modest change would be to build a second set of Scharnhorst-class incorporating the changes they had on the drawing board...

  10. The Germans build carriers, instead of battleships, prior to WW2

    it seems to me the RM and later the KM needed every sort of vessel more than speculative carriers, why not further develop the historical convert programs to add some aircraft handling? (in the spirit if not the details of the OP) my prior allusion to the Sperrbrecher conversion of commercial...

  11. The Germans build carriers, instead of battleships, prior to WW2

    have suggested something built off the Dithmarschen-class since reading they were considered as auxiliary cruisers, but the KM decided they were too valuable as supply ships to risk (this being when they only had five.) a larger universe of the class could have been built putatively for...

  12. The Germans build carriers, instead of battleships, prior to WW2

    combine both the above ideas across a wide universe of ships (for instance they converted approx. 100 large-ish commercial ships to Sperrbrecher mine-clearing ships/guard ships) my prior speculation was for a fleet of tankers/supply ships of the Dithmarschen-class that could handle seaplanes...

  13. China as a Axis Supporter WWII

    it is an interesting subject, we would have to decide where Japan is in all this? if they are not in Manchuria (as suggested in the OP) or they have been dealt a major setback in the Second Sino-Japanese War (per my scenario.) if China is not battling to reclaim parts of the country from Japan...

  14. China as a Axis Supporter WWII

    IDK @Carl Schwamberger it seems China-Japan would be in some sort of conflict, that would be nearly impossible to avoid? I had scribbled an alt.history for a successful KMT defense of Wuhan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wuhan, with a modest German air corps instead of the historical...

  15. The Germans build carriers, instead of battleships, prior to WW2

    a realistic assessment shows the KM would have to fight a u-boat war and how can it best be supported? my speculation would be for a fleet of oil tankers, as Germany is both importing oil and chronically short of currency reserves, they could barter transportation for oil. they could add...

  16. Hitler's Gamble by Brendan Simms

    have not read the book being discussed. what is the consensus on extracting a DoW by Japan on the USSR?

  17. USSR gets absolute victory in the Winter War, effects on WW2.

    do not want to offer speculation that this scenario is favorable or advantageous for Germany however it might have forced a more limited war on them, their later Panther-Wotan Line about as far as they get, with a capture of Leningrad replacing Stalingrad (in the timeline.) that is a scenario...

  18. Japan declares war on germany july 1941

    it seems the Japanese regime (as it existed) could more plausibly improve relations with the USSR than with the US/UK? we are way out in speculative territory here but the Allies would (likely) only embrace Japan if the USSR continued their collaboration with Germany? (I've always cited trade...

  19. Japan declares war on germany july 1941

    possibly this could happen if Nazi Germany had backed the Vichy regime over Indochina and revived their cooperation with KMT China, by Sept. 1940, Japan had remained out of the war with GB for a year. (not speculating Vichy France and/or KMT China are joining the Axis, just that the Nazis might...

  20. USSR gets absolute victory in the Winter War, effects on WW2.

    what might the Soviets do in the aftermath of an absolute victory over Finland? would they be more adventurous than historical?
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