On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:31:20 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's a great what-if game. I know, I know. There are so many moments in history which are momentous in terms of their subsequent impact, but which seem to have been decided almost by a whim. > > What-if... the Germans had just stopped at Greece and the English > Channel? > > What-if... the Germans hadn't gone to Moscow, and just focused on > Kiev, Stalingrad and the Caucuses? Interestingly, the Nazi and Soviet regimes opened mid-level negotiations in 1943, but the territorial demands of the Nazi side (which by then occupied huge swathes of Soviet territory) were unacceptable to the Soviets. > > What-if... Hitler hadn't declared war on the US? ... as indeed he wasn't required to. The treaty with Japan was one of mutual defence. But by late 1941 he saw himself as invincible. [...] -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
