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Posted by14 hours ago

If Italy had remained neutral in WWII what would've happened to her overseas colonies?

I still think Germany would've lost or at the very most just taken a bit longer to defeat if Italy kept out (since they stretched German forces in Greece and Africa) but the end result is more or less the same with the allies defeating Germany. But if Italy stayed out of it completely like Franco's Spain what would end up happening with Libya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, the Dodecanese islands, etc. And what would those areas look like today with more Italian influence?

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Posted by2 hours ago

If Nazi Germany didn’t invade Poland

So let’s say that the Nazis decided to keep what they have gotten through appeasement and focus on dealing with the jews, roma and other minorites in them..for now

This would allow the Nazis to continue work on Plan Z and build up a navy to rival Britain, following this they invade Poland, kicking off WWII.

How different would the war be and how long would it last? Would the genocides be completed? Would the Cold War still occur? Would atomic bombs be used in Europe?

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Posted by2 hours ago

What would a modern East Germany be like in an extended Cold War timeline?

It's often speculated what a modern Soviet Union would be like if the Cold War was still ongoing today, but I sometimes wonder what East Germany would be like today if the Berlin Wall never fell and GDR was still around in 2023, and thus Germany remains permanently divided like Korea.

What do you imagine East Germany being like today if it still existed?

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Posted by6 hours ago