Contents

Foreword by William R. Forstchen

Introduction by Harold C. Deutsch

1 Dress Rehearsal Crisis 1938 by Harold C. Deutsch

A What if the Western Powers had forsworn appeasement or lagged in it sufficiently to permit German military conspirators to strike at Hitler?

B war had come in September 1938 instead of a year later?

C one of the foreign military attaché plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler in the early spring of 1939 had been carried out successfully?

2 August-September 1939 by John K. Munholland

A. What if Stalin had signed with the West?

B. Hitler had recognized that the Western Powers would fight ... ?

C. the French had launched an all-out attack to help the Poles?

3 Phony and Hot War 1939-1940 by Dennis E. Showalter

A. What if the Germans had not invaded Scandinavia?

B. the Germans had launched their main attack through Belgium instead of the Ardennes?

C. the Germans had pushed the attack on Dunkirk?

D. France had continued the war?

E. Britain had sued for peace in 1940?

4 Hitler's Attack on Russia by David M. Glantz and Samuel J. Newland

A. What if the Germans had delayed Barbarossa until after dealing with Great Britain in 1942 or 1943? by David M. Glantz

B. Stalin had heeded clear warnings of the impending German attack and launched a preemptive attack as proposed by Zhukov? by David M. Glantz

C. Stalin had adopted the supposed Shaposhnikov proposal for concentrating defenses along the Stalin line (pre-1939 borders)? by David M. Glantz

D. Hitler had striven to make allies of the Soviet people? by Samuel J. Newland

5 Germany versus the Soviet Union by David M. Glantz German Intelligence and Soviet Realities

A. What if German Army Group Center had continued its advance on Moscow in August 1941 rather than participating in the Kiev operation?

B. the German 1942 summer offensive had been focused on Moscow?

C. or a single southern objective such as Stalingrad?

D. the Japanese had joined the German attack prior to December 1941?

6 Pearl Harbor

A. What if the Japanese Navy had launched a second strike against Pearl Harbor in December 1941? by Edward J. Drea

B. the United States had been able to read the Japanese naval code JN-25 with its message of the upcoming attack? by Edward J. Drea and Frederick D. Parker

C. Hitler had not declared war upon the United States after Pearl Harbor? by Harold C. Deutsch and Dennis E. Showalter

7 The Pacific War by D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells

A. What if MacArthur had been left to surrender on Corregidor?

B. MacArthur had been obliged to bypass the Philippines?

C. the allies had invaded the Amoy and South Formosa areas?

8 The Mediterranean

A. What if Hitler had pursued an all-out Mediterranean strategy in continuing war with Britain? by Harold C. Deutsch

B. the allies had invaded Sardinia and Corsica instead of Sicily in 1943? by Carlo D'Este

C. the allies had chosen the Ljubljana Gap rather than ANVIL in 1944 or 1945? by Thomas L. Barker

9 The June 1944 Invasion

A. What if the invasion had been attempted in 1942? or in 1943? by Walter S. Dunn

B. the Germans had detected that Operation “Fortitude” was a ruse? by Carlo D'Este

C. the allies had been repulsed on D-Day? by Harold C. Deutsch and Dennis E. Showalter

10 20 July 1944 by Peter Hoffmann

A. What if the allies had responded more favorably to German opposition appeals?

B. Rommel had not become incapacitated on 17 July 1944?

C. Hitler had been killed on 20 July 1944?

11 The Final Stage of the War in Europe by David M. Glantz

A. What if the allies had driven hard for Berlin?

12 The Ultra Secret by Harold C. Deutsch

A. What if Ultra had not been available before the Battles of France and Britain?

B. for the war in North Africa, or to the allies in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns?

C. for the Battle of the Atlantic?

D. for the invasion of the continent?

E. fullest advantage had been taken of the opportunities afforded by Ultra to conclude the war in Western Europe after the summer of 1944?

F. What if communication intelligence had not been available during the Pacific War?

13 Hitler's Role by Gerhard L. Weinberg

A. What if Hitler had not held up rocket research?

B. Hitler had not held up the Messerschmitt 262?

C. Hitler had left soldiering to the soldiers?

14 The Conclusion of the Pacific War by Paul R. Schratz

A. What if the United States had responded favorably to Japanese peace overtures from the Emperor's entourage?

B. the United States had not bribed the Soviets to enter the war?

C. no A-bomb had existed or, if so, none had been dropped?

D. a Japanese surrender had been sought by “demonstrating” the bomb?

E. the allies had invaded the Japanese homeland?

15 The War at Sea by Robert W. Love, Jr.

A. What if Britain had rearmed earlier in the 1930s or had adopted a wartime naval strategy consistent with her fleet strength?

B. the British had not acquired Ultra and the ability to decipher the German U-boat command traffic?

C. the Germans had adopted a naval building strategy more consistent with their resources and political objectives?

D. the Japanese had adopted an entirely different building policy and strategy before they opted for a suicidal war with the western naval powers in 1941?

E. the U.S. Navy had fully rearmed in the 1930s and had been truly prepared to fight a two-ocean war?

F. the Allies had invaded France in 1943? (The naval aspect.)

16 The Air War

A. What if the British had not devoted a major part of their war effort to strategic bombing? by Richard J. Overy

B. Hitler had pushed the development of the jet fighter? by Bernard C. Nalty

C. Allied strategic bombers had attacked German electrical power rather than the oil industry? by Bernard C. Nalty

D. General Kenney had persuaded General Arnold to deploy the B-29s to the Southwest Pacific? by Herman S. Wolk

E. What if the B-29 had not become operational at all in 1944? by Herman S. Wolk

17 What if Hitler had won the war? by Harold C. Deutsch and Dennis E. Showalter

A. What if Hitler had been able to negotiate peace with Britain in June-July 1940?

B. What if Germany had conquered Britain, most probably by invasion, in the summer of 1940?

C. What if the Wehrmacht had defeated the Red Army in the summer and autumn of 1941 in Operation Barbarossa?

D. What if peace or perhaps an open-ended “truce” had been negotiated between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1942-43?

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