- Aug 2013
- 56
- Ohio
This may be a bit far afield, but imagine the following:
Hitler stops immediate plans for expansion after the annexation of the Sudetenland, deciding to avoid any chance of war with Britain/France, and calculating that the aggression of the Soviet Union may give him a chance to take territory in the East without starting a war himself. Germany spends the next several years modernizing their industry and further developing their economy. The Soviet Union finishes their military reforms, and sometime around 1943-44, invades Finland, the Baltic states, and Poland (of course this assumes they intended to expand, which I believe they do). Germany immediately declares war on the Soviet Union, in "defense" of Poland. Two parts to the question:
A) What do the Western powers do?
B) How does the war turn out?
Edit: Apologize for the potentially misleading title. Gist is the same but could have clarified as Poland instead of Germany
Hitler stops immediate plans for expansion after the annexation of the Sudetenland, deciding to avoid any chance of war with Britain/France, and calculating that the aggression of the Soviet Union may give him a chance to take territory in the East without starting a war himself. Germany spends the next several years modernizing their industry and further developing their economy. The Soviet Union finishes their military reforms, and sometime around 1943-44, invades Finland, the Baltic states, and Poland (of course this assumes they intended to expand, which I believe they do). Germany immediately declares war on the Soviet Union, in "defense" of Poland. Two parts to the question:
A) What do the Western powers do?
B) How does the war turn out?
Edit: Apologize for the potentially misleading title. Gist is the same but could have clarified as Poland instead of Germany
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