Grenartia wrote:I mean, would it be safe to say that had Stalin not traded that shit to Hitler, WW2 would've quickly fizzled out?
I surmise not. it would've probably meant that the Nazis would have had to double down on coal--->oil hydrogenation, as expensive and inefficient as it was, and then either invaded Russia as quickly as possible in order to get dat Caucasus oil, or place way more of an impetus on fighting the British in North Africa and the Middle East to get to the Iraqi/Saudi fields. I view the former as more likely, but this would put the Germans in an extremely awkward position. They could feasibly have invaded the USSR in the spring of '40, given that weather would have been great and presumably the USSR would've still invaded Poland and suffered unbelievable losses as per the usual timeline, but that would presumably also still leave the BEF and France intact and untouched. With the entire German Army needing to be committed to Russia in a dash to get the oil, I don't see any way the British or French could have begged off trying to invade Germany again, as they did in September '39.
The Germans could also have launched the offensive into the Low Countries and France on schedule and left Russia alone until later, with the idea being that they could steal French oil reserves to keep the machine running, but that runs the risk of the Panzers running dry right as they're about to reach Paris, with no guarantee that they'd have enough to beat France, turn around, cross the continent, and make a run for Baku. An invasion of Britain would be totally out of the question. U-boat operations might have to be curtailed.
Of course, the Germans could just translate this into having to dial down the mechanized aspect of their forces and run a style similar to how they did it in 1918, with grinding attrition and limited stormtroop tactics instead of emphasizing the modern elements of their armies. That could've kept the war going for a long time, WW1-style, in a manner more or less foreseen by the generals at the start of the war, with no shattering attack against France and the hordes of bombers unable to strike Britain in the numbers they actually did.
Germany would probably lose the war anyways, it probably just wouldn't be as dramatic, and would probably go quicker.
Accepted, although there's references to Dunkirk and other stuff that doesn't really make sense yet.
The Knockout Gun Gals wrote:The Knockout Gun Gals wrote:Name: Ali Rassid Singh
Date of Birth: January 19th, 1909
Rank: Master Warrant Officer
Physical Description/Picture:
Place of Origin: British Raj/India
Flight/Flight Combat Experience: Served in IAF from 1932 to 1939.
Ground Combat Experience: Regular training, no real experience.
Combat Specialties and Skills:
- Riding
- Boxing
- Aerial Reconnaissance
- Fluent in Hindi, English, and French
Weapons of Choice: No. 4 Mk I Lee–Enfield and Colt Official Police
RP Experience:
viewtopic.php?p=31896934#p31896934viewtopic.php?p=31388149#p31388149Personal History:
Born in Hyderabad to Muhammad Singh and Ishira Singh, Ali's parents had been rich for generations though by the time of his generation, it had went through decline after a series of bankruptcy following British's control over resources and economy of India. Ali was taught on modern British education since he was a child, with education ranging from general sciences, knowledge, Indian history, and languages to riding horses and boxing. Both of Ali's parents converted to Islam before the birth of Ali and he was named as such, a combination of both Islam and Sikh-related surnames, who had been their surname for years.
The family dedicated their wealth on the Hyderabad state in the economy conditions and welfare. In time, Ali grew up to be quite of a young man, impulsive but also sometimes wise to himself, tending in a school and at the same time doing boxing training in his spare time. He graduated from senior high and enrolled at Osmania university at the age of 18. He was also began to doing polo sport in his time at the university, where he graduated from French when he was 22, 4 years after first admission. By this time, his parents hadn't encouraged him to any employment, or even to their textile business but since his uncle was at that time a senior military officer in British Raj navy, he was then encouraged to joined the military, eventually enlisted in Indian Air Force on 1932, and he was then sent to Royal Air Force College for a training for a year and half, before served in the IAF.
On 1936 to 1937, he was involved with a rebellion in North-West Frontier and as part of aerial reconnaissance in the area. His skills was made known by this time, and until 1939 he served in IAF before stationed in United Kingdom, being put as part of a clandestine-organization of 319 Squadron.
I'll keep you on file. I think at this point we're pretty heavily overbooked, so I'll have to close the OOC to further apps, unless someone contacted me via TG earlier.