Warspite1ORIGINAL: Lecivius
European thoughts.
What if Hitler & Stalin actually liked one another?
What if Jodl had released the reserves according to plan.
In any event, a LOT of things went incredibly 'right' for the allies during that war.
A lot of things went incredibly right for the Axis at the start of the war too.
The Norwegian Campaign was close to being a disaster for the Germans. Admiralty interference saved at least one of the task forces from annihilation. Different decisions by one or two Norwegian commanders could have dramatically altered results too.
The German invasion of the Low Countries and France was a case of everything going right for the Axis - it needed to be too. With the forces at the disposal of each, it would be difficult to replicate that result if you replayed the attack 100 times.
As far as Hitler and Stalin liking each other is concerned, for me that is one "what if" too far. Sure, I could just about buy Hitler delaying Barbarossa in order to deal with Britain (via a Mediterranean strategy) but NOTHING (other than defeat in the west) was going to stop Hiter from undertaking the invasion of the Soviet Union. That was his raison d'être.