re: How different of a world do we live in if the Germans develop the atomic bomb 1st?

It’s a safe assumption that London and Moscow would be radically different.

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I think we still defeat Japan for sure but the war drags on another year and the body count is exponentially higher for us. Because of having to fight on the ground and go city to city in the main island of Japan.

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If the Nazis create it in say 1943, Japan would be an afterthought for us. They would have nuked London and Moscow as soon as possible and could have taken out both Churchill and Stalin. That radically changes things. No D-Day if that happens. Pretty much we’d be relying on Zhukov from there. Hitler could have wiped out communism with one atomic bomb back in those days, so who knows what the frick would happen to Russia if they manage to kill off Stalin and his inner circle.