Alternate history is one of my favorite topics, and I’m curious to hear your thoughts.

  • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de
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    There are several events that might have had the possibility to turn the war:

    • Germany doesn’t attack France at all, concentrating their forces in the east which gives the UK fewer reasons to join the war
    • Japan doesn’t attack Pearl Harbor so the USA don’t join the war (yet)
    • Operation Mincemeat fails and the Axis keeps their troops in Sicily, preventing the Allies from establishing a base in the Mediterranean.
    • Axis spies uncover the plans for D-Day before it happens, Germany bombs the landing boats and thousands of Allied soldiers drown before they can reach land
    • The Manhattan Project fails to produce a working nuclear bomb. Most of Germany and Italy has already fallen but Japan stays strong and can eventually send troops to Europe.