Invading Russia would have been fine if he hadn’t had to bail Italy out of Greece, that delayed the Russian invasion by a few week. If that invasion starts earlier Moscow falls.
Aye. Or if he had decided to violate the treaty with Turkey and swung South for the oil fields and then came back for Russia in the Spring
If Moscow falls, there’s a good chance that Stalin is overthrown in a coup. Perhaps Russia gets a non-Bolshevik government and beats the Germans, which would have been the best-case scenario.
If Moscow falls, there’s a good chance that Stalin is overthrown in a coup. Perhaps Russia gets a non-Bolshevik government and beats the Germans, which would have been the best-case scenario.
“If that invasion starts earlier Moscow falls.”
Soviets fall back to the Urals, the war is extended beyond 1945 and Berlin gets a visit from a Fat Man.