>>9773
>how do you think Germany could have hit Churchill's cabinet?
So, first off, Hitler should have executed Wilhelm Canaris, who was the chief of German foreign intelligence and working to overthrow Hitler. I think he was involved in one of the plots to kill him.
I admit secondly that I'm not as deeply familiar with the inner workings of the Churchill regime as the Germans were in 1940 (or at least, should have been)
However, if I were chief of the Abwehr, I would have spent a considerable deal of effort tracking the locations of key figures in his government.
Now, assassinating them would be ideal but two factors make it difficult. The first is that Hitler was a real old school, chivalrous fellow and you just know that if you proposed assassinating Churchill, Hitler would come up with reasons not to. But if he could be reasoned with, I'm sure many undercover assassinations could have been put together to make it look like an accident. Just like the assassination of Patton, maybe Churchill's allies could be run over by cars or poisoned or even shot down as they traveled around.
Basically, Germany should have invested way more into intelligence and counter intelligence than they did.
As you suggest, Hitler should have put WAY more into funding Mosely and also into funding counter-communist forces in the USSR, before and after 1941.
Lastly, if I were Hitler, or at least had his ear, I'd urge him to do what the Allies did to Napoleon: Don't declare war on France or the UK or the USSR. Declare war on the governments and go out of your way to be seen as a liberator.
With France, it doesn't matter overly much but, if I may Ryan Faulk this and change one aspect of Hitler's character but leave everything else intact, here is how I would have conducted the war.
>1939, issue orders to Danzig NSDAP to stage massive protest for referendum on joining Germany (I absolutely HATE how Hitler didn't do this IRL. It would have been extremely easy to do as support for the NSDAP in Danzig was at 90%)
>Sept. 1939, Invade Poland.
It is possible that Hitler could have aligned with the National Radical Camp. Not sure what concessions he would need to make but I'm presuming that Hitler absolutely would need to annex former Imperial German borders, so the NRC might have been intransigent. If so, we would make no change in the timeline because, (I presume) Hitler would go through with the Ribbentrop pact and for a variety of geopolitical reasons, Poland would need to be occupied rather than liberated.
>1940, Denmark & Norway conquered and liberated. Lean slightly harder on pro-NS governments.
>France relatively the same except that pre-1939, we have invested heavily into pro-fascist political factions in France. Petain is given an ultimatum:
>We will annex Alsace Lorraine & Italy gets Tunisia, or you declare war on the UK.
Beyond this, we expect nothing of him since French forces are unreliable.
>Franco given Morocco (srry france :C ) & German aid to DOW on the UK.
>Portugal promised and threatened into DOWing UK.
The UK might land an invasion force there. That is not a bad thing though. Even if the absolute WORST disaster happens there, the Pyrenees acts as an Alps so Germany/France are safe. Besides, I suspect that the Wehrmacht would win anyway.
>Germany pressures France into liberating Syria & German assets are sent to create the Arab Nationalist Republic.
>Iraq joins.
We now have another theater for the UK to bog down in. Will the Arabs perform well? Nope. But they will fight.
>ITALY TIME!
>Italy invades Greece & gets BTFO'd
>Balkans Theater happens roughly as IRL. Africa happens roughly as IRL but with the UK now fighting in Syria & Iraq & possibly also Iran
We could then try the Ryan Faulk think with Turkey. But the USSR would absolutely realize the threat & react.
>Battle of Britain
>Priority targets are whatever factions are most loyal to Churchill + the airforce + industry.
Not sure if this would be enough.
>Hitler openly calls for United Ireland, lands serious forces in Ireland.
The UK will not allow this to happen & will be forced to invade Ireland. Once again, painting them as the enemy of small nations
BTW: no alliance with Japan. It was a stupid alliance and the Japanese were pricks. This would align with Alt-Hitler's character since the Japanese were blustering imperialists and Hitler will prioritize French feelings over the literally zero support the Japanese could possibly give Germany. This allows Hitler the freedom to oppose Japanese occupation of Indo-China & aligns Hitler with American foreign policy in the region.
>It's june 1941 time.
>Op Barbarossa happens as IRL. Except that the Ukrainian national state is heavily invested in. Germans proclaim themselves as liberators with no territorial designs on Russian land.
German spies have been operating in Russia for years now. Let's use this information to target Stalin's powerbase.
>Lean heavily on removing Stalin and creating a Nationalist Russian Republic.
>Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
>Don't DOW
>ffs, do not DOW. It gains us absolutely nothing
>If America DOWs us, fine. Our job is to win our war in Russia, not make it easy for American propagandists.
>recognize whatever kind of Russian government opposes Stalin.
If none do, switch rails and appeal to Chechnyans, Kozaks, Armenians, and Balts.
>Promise them everything
Now we have only to wear down the UK & possibly America. At the very worst case scenario, the UK & Stalin now have to be a bit more paranoid about their populations. At best, Stalin is overthrown and the UK ends up looking like they want to occupy the world. The US would find it less palatable to aid the UK whilst they occupied Ireland, nevermind the resistance they'd face in Ireland, Iberia, & the middle east.
Hitler was not impressed by nukes so, unless that also changes, Hamburg might be nuked. Or maybe the plane is shot down. Either way, we still win. Actually air defenses might preclude nuclear attacks altogether except in France, which is good for us anyway since that just makes America look like a monster.