re: What would the world look like if the Germans knocked Britain out of the war?

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"Communism would be dead"? As would all of Britain's Jews & gays, politicians, etc. etc

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Hitler had no intention of fighting the British. Had they bowed out, it would have been over for the Brits

So he actually had no interest in conquering Britain and saw them as natural allies. Had Britain bowed out of the war, there is no way he invades them. The Soviet Union was always his natural enemy and the one he wanted to invade for "living space" for the Germans.

This is a great map of what he wanted Germany to look like:

I’ve read accounts where Hitler would have even allowed Britain to retain much of its Empire. He had no desire to subjugate Britain.

A conservative Europe would be nice RN too

It makes no sense how after all the moves Germany made leading up to 1939, France and the UK put it all on the line over Poland, a country that had only been around for 20 years in their lifetime. Then after declaring war they both did all jack shite to help Poland and didn’t retaliate against Germany. France definitely fricked around and found out and the UK is lucky they didn’t as well.

As for lend lease, if the UK isn’t in the war I don’t see the US helping the Soviets very much in a exclusively German/Soviet war. We would have see it as Eastern Europe’s problem. Without the UK in the war Germany probably doesn’t declare war on the US either. The US’ extensive help given to the British was a big factor with that declaration. Hitler even said he regrettably had to declare war on the US. Much like the British he had no deep seeded hatred for either.