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Originally Posted by SYN_Flashman
Historical revisionism... a very tricky subject.
BoB was very important and it could well be described as the first battle that 'saved' western europe for democracy and freedom. Had the BoB been lost and either (a) Britain was successfully invaded or (b) Britain surrendered then the world would probably be a very different place today. I have been a keen stuent of WW2 for as long as I have been able to read. In my opinion the loss of the BoB could have resulted in two plausible scenarios:
(1). BoB is lost: The Luftwaffe does not need to carry out the 'Blitz' nor are german fighter units required in France in any greater numbers. These can be diverted to bolster the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941.
As britain is out of the fight there is no mediteranean/ north african war to speak of and since the Italians don't meet any decent soldiers (i.e. the British) they don't require rescueing by Hitlers armies in in either North Africa or Greece. Again these forces could have joined the invasion of the Soviet Union. In fact, so could a large number of italian and Hungarian soldiers (they also took part in Barbarossa).
June 1941: Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Russia: By the winter of 1941 they are at the gates of Moscow, however in this alternate history the Germans have more forces and airpower as they are not fighting britain and her commonwealth anywhere and its quite possible that Moscow is overrun. The Soviets retreat to the Urals.
Without britain in the war for use as a base for convoys lend lease to the Soviet Union does not occur. Without this supply of essential equipmment, aircraft etc etc (and trucks... very important!) The Soviets are unable to eject the Germans out of Russia and a stalemate ensures, leaving Germany and Hitler as the masters of Europe from the channel to the Urals.
Without britain as a base, when germany declares war on the USA they do no decide to concentrate on europe first (as they did in reality) but fight Japan alone. Without an island fortress and without the soviets tying down the bulk of the german forces no D-Day takes place and no american soldiers fight in Europe.
As such Europe, the whole of Europe lives under Nazi tyranny for a long time, perhaps even to today. Think what that would have meant for the holocaust for instance.
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nice analogy mate, i agree on this one. Couldnt have said it better myself
