[William Tell]

virgil said: "I would imagine WWII would have been less of a blood bath."

I was considering the possibility that the Nazis might have been able to defeat the Normandy landings.

[shibumi]

I agree with you. Your point is made looking at this from the strategic view.

My original post was, however, a comment on the sheer hell endured by those taken as POWs. If things had played out the way you describe, then their fate would have been even more horrific.