Hoi4 Alternate History: What if Germany Focused on Africa in WW2?
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- The Germans knew that oil would be crucial to the war and that they would likely need to capture new sources for the war effort.
The main oil-producing regions at the time that might be captured were the Caucasus region of southern Russia and the Middle East.
The Germans committed hundreds of divisions in their attempts to take the Russian oil but mere fractions of this to the African front, which was less well defended. But what if they did?
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The Japanese emperor didn't want a war with America, so maybe something covering if the Emperor had more power and influence over the government
He already did that one
@@Talking_Ben_nr_1yes and no
He did an want if Japan went north (soviet union) instead of south (allies)
@@odin7024 but the vid (if this wins) will basicly be the same
Maybe means what if the Japanese stayed friendly with the USA and not attacked Russia either?
@@Njuregen probably but isint that basicly what if Japan stayed neutral
What if Hitler was overthrown in 1940-1942? (Operation Valkyrie or something similar with maybe rommel taking over)
By whom? Pro-allied movements ? Pro-soviet movements? All the opposition to Hitler was immediatly sent to concentration camps. And most germans were brainwashed already into fascist ideas
This
Don't think this is possible as if you would want to do this, you couldn't do any political focus till 1940
I don't think this is really possible,
@@glitchvlogs6597 worth a shot
What if the USA was actually neutral (doesn't send aid or lend-lease anywhere)
True isolationism lmao. Id argue it would have to be a republican victory in the first election at least.
this
@@Cotac_Rasticor communist.
Really interesting scenario but I’m not sure how well Hoi4 would be able to simulate it. Arguably the most important thing American sent to our allies was food, with out which I think Britain being starved submission becomes very like. Russia was also highly dependent on US imports to make explosives
Think Stakyui talked about this in a short before but I can’t find it
@@Blablatomatos Lol I put like 80 suggestions and this is the only 1 that stuck . . . . . .
What if WW2 was a four way war (Axis, Allies, Comintern, Co-Prosperity Sphere)
Yes
@@CatfoodChronicles6737 Japan was at war with the Soviet Union later in WW2.
@@CatfoodChronicles6737 Communist China might side with the Soviets. The Chinese Nationalists would most likely be on the side of the Western Allies.
@@CatfoodChronicles6737 The East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was basically just Japan and a few puppet governments.
Why would Japan declare on the Axis if they had a tripartite pact?
What if India broke away from the British during WW2?
fascist india would kinda be a thing, many volunteers also came from india for the axis
Bose as leader maybe...
Bose and Savarkar as leaders.
@@The_Indo_Aryanwhy are we forgetting gandi and fazlul haq
What if Mexico went to war with America during WW1
Nothing, they were in a civil war
That’s just suicide
Zimmerman telegram is interesting but also massively overrated and/or misunderstood
They would’ve lost since Mexico just had their revolution. Overthrew Porfirio Diaz, then Madero got in power, 6 months into power he got double crossed and assassinated by military leader Huerra, then he got overthrown by revolutionaries (Pancho Villa, Venustiani Carranza & Emiliano Zapata) which then decided to go to war against eachother. And carranza ended up killing the other two to get all power to himself with aid from the United States.
So, in what world would Carranza decide to go against USA, if the USA basically funded his movement to get him to power ? We would have to think further back to another president who would’ve been more likely to do so, like Diaz or Villa.
Problem then is, mexico would probably go into civil war, so you’d need to find a president who is likely to go against USA desires AND can mantain stability in México. I can’t think if anyone alive during this time to do the job.
So when Mexico declares and goes against USA, it would probably have more chances if it’s a surprise declaration and just moves in. Which would see some initial success since USA hadn’t mobilize. But would soon be pushed back to rio grande and into Mexico. Which would make Mexicans revolt and overthrow whoever was in power.
@@alfredovillalobos7481 yeah but it might have delayed the Americans arrival in Europe and they might have initially gained a small amount of land if they surprised America.
Probably short term territory gains for Mexico at the start and delay US troop arrival into Europe possibly giving the Germans some more time for their major spring offensive and delay US support to Britian and France.
Long term I would think the US could stabilize the front and push back Mexican forces from US territory and possibly into a counter-invasion into Mexico proper. This could lead to the US facing decent resistance but capitulating Mexico or Mexico seeing it would be a lost cause and then to negotiate a separate peace with the US and other allies if they joined to help the fight. Then the US would turn attention to Europe and send its main forces over but they might not need to at this point since Germany was starving and on the brink of revolution regardless.
So probably was for the best for Mexico to not join but it’s just my opinion. Interesting scenario regardless
To add on that. There would be no realistic way for Germany to send aid(in substantial numbers that would actually make a difference) to Mexico due to British Naval blockade/supremacy, and the major geographical distance between the two nations. As well as the US would most likely do a Naval Blockade of Mexico with their superior navy.
On top of that if the war went bad for Mexico(which it most likely would) it could cause widespread unrest and riots in Mexico against the government potentially leading to a coup and/or civil war from anti-government forces. Making the situation for Mexico even worse.
Even if we were to be very hypothetical and Generous to Mexico and say by some chance they pushed deep into the US taking back much of the border states and southern states they once had as territory, the vast border they would have to man and stretched supply lines would make it guaranteed that the offensive would halt at some point and be pushed back. As well as they would have taken significant casualties to get to this point.
What if Finland joined the allies (Maybe after getting their help during the winter war?).
Finland actually joined Soviet Union war against Germans in 1944, but they didn't fight outside of their country
Wouldn't happen the Germans allowed the Allies to help Finland as long as they didn't attack German shipping for the Winter War. The Allies strictly didn't want to call a minor ceasefire with the Axis to only help the Finns (Also, it didn't help Sweden also would allow transportation through their country as to stay 100% neutral).
Then the British in the interwar period seeing as they wouldn't be able to assist Finland and attack Germany at the same time decided to supply the Soviets.
What if Imperial Russia made it out of WW1 intact.
what if the soviet didn't cooperate with the germans in 1939?
Anarchists. Anarchists. Anarchists. I'm dying to hear what you think would happen if the Spanish anarchists could have won the war.
The problem is, paradox gets the Anarchist wrong. The Anarchists never rose up to fight. There were small protests and riots that were stamped out by the Republicans
@@privatecanook they only considered declaring independence but never did and were on the side of the Republicans
@@privatecanook I mean pear harbour never happens either lmao
@@Cotac_Rastic Pear harbour?
That would be a paradox
Anarchism in concept is those who oppose the concept of government that makes no sense if they create their own government
That's like telling communists to create a free market
Attempt 3: (Using the Great War Redux again) What if Italy honored the Triple Alliance and eventually joined the Central Powers when WWI comes around?
I'm sorry but that's just impossibile.
The Italians despised Austria Hungary, and Austria Hungary despised Italy.
At best Italy would stay neutral, but there is no way that it would ever join the war on the side of the Central Powers.
What if Austria-Hungary reformed in 1936?
Austria-Hungary seen here in their natural habitat of abandoning their artillery.
I’m pretty sure hes only doing possible outcomes
My one disagreement with this is the Soviets. Stalin knew he would have to go to war with Germany but he didn't think it would come in 41. He was shocked that Germany invaded. I think that in this scenario he would still be shocked to be invaded in 42. Personally, I don't think the nine months Soviets had would have done anything. They would be no more prepared for war in early 42 than they were in mid 41. As to what affects that would do to the war I can't say for certain. I think the war would be extended even if it was the nine months of the later start. Sorry sometimes my history brain just takes over. From an entertainment purpose, I'm absolutely loving these videos.
What if the allies actually opposed rhineland/anchluss/sudetenland etc?
Would probably kick off the war early, I'm not sure if it would change the course of events much though - they'd just happen while officially at war instead. Though the Germans probably wouldn't fare quite as well early on if the war started before they were ready for it.
Hitler would have immediately stopped on any of them. He set in precedent that if they were to deny any of those he would concede.
Also the first two were a guarantee that he wouldn't purse any further the Sudetenland might have been different though if the first two went through, but a very slim chance.
Also with the Anchluss Mussolini had been very stigent on guaranteeing Austrias independence, but had no real support for it. Even when he requested help from the British and French they told him to pretty much go fuck himself because he invaded Ethiopia, and it wasn't like either of those countries hadn't been slaughtering and taking more control of land from their colonies at that time. They just didn't want Italy fully surroundin the area.
What if turkey aligned with the axis in ww2?
It literally got explained in this video
@@alfredovillalobos7481 no, I mean if it was preparing for war much before, like in 1936 when the game start.
So, you can actually become the fifth fascist nation the European continent and start to try and develope earlier.
What if hungary declared independence before ww1(great war redux)
What if the Franco-British Union formed after the fall of France
Video 20 of asking stakuyi to play as the Katzenartig Imperium in equestria at war
It is an april fools collaboration between the devs from EaW and the devs from the stellaris mod Gigastructural Engineering, the nation is the kingdom of abyssinia, you play as Kaiser Kattail, who has just arrived from another reality and attempts to take over the world utilizing his knowledge of mechanized warfare and megastructures to give his empire a gigantic edge.
(for his focus tree to show up, you have to enable it at the game rules menu at the bottom)
What if Spain Joined Axis in WW2
Spanish people would’ve revolted against Franco since they just had their civil war and the country was war thorn. Franco knew people would not follow him if he decided to join the war
@@alfredovillalobos7481bro thinks he’s him
@@papalachappa674No bro knows history.
@@calebwhitetheawoken so?
@@calebwhitetheawoken bros out here answering questions like he’s him
What if Czechoslovakia refused Munich.
They couldn’t hope to beat Germany so it probably wouldn’t be too different from our time
@@yeetsahoy7867 germany would be significantly weaker
I'm not sure if you've done this yet, but what if the Germans focused fully on Navy, and barely on ground forces
They wouldn't exactly be able to conquer the mainland if their army was only about on par with say the Polish army at the time.
What if Sweden joined the Central Powers in World War I?
What if denmark didn't fall in 6 hours to the germans, and maybe even was able to invade back?
Thats a good one. You Danish?
Business Plot had been successful
What if Sweden abandoned neutrality?
Dang made it here fast
Same
what if operation valkyrie was succesful
What if the USA Annexed Mexico Before WW2
This is very not historical bro, why the USA do that?
I agree with the one above but I'm still interested
Would change literally nothing
No beee watafak
@@akosperjesi4384I mean it kinda is. But even by ww1 it’s too late for this idea. The biggest reason the USA didn’t annex all of Mexico after the Mexican-American war was because the USA didn’t want to take care and deal with a whole new Spanish/Mexican population that would have to be granted citizenship.
What if the Benelux was never dissolved?
that's a eu4/vikky 3 question lol
What if sweden kept finalnd and kept it until ww1 and then joined the central powers bc of their rivaly with russia
Sweden would have had to win the Great Northern War then (like my comment?)
@@olorin7611 nah im talking abt when they lost Finland during the napolenic war
When the Italians attacked the British they had over half a million troops and 43? Trucks to supply them from Tunisia past Benazi.
The Italian generals were screaming for vehicles to move supplies across the desert while mussilini was screaming for them to move faster while totally ignoring their request for trucks, they were not only short supplies but were unable to move thw supplies they had.
(What if USA loss the revolutionary war)do pax Britannica
My brother and I imagined a scenario where no one wins World War II.
Everything is going exactly the same as in the current timeline, BUT the USSR achieves a surprising victory in Finland, giving Germany fear of war and thus avoiding Barbarossa (or so we think).
On the other hand, Japan would not be so brave to attack Pearl Harbor or the Philippines because the US navy would be prepared for any war seeing what happened in Europe, this would mean that Japan would only concentrate on China.
Returning to Europe, a kind of "tie" occurs between the United Kingdom and Germany, the bombing campaign goes on and on because neither side plans to give in, there is simply no room to discuss peace since Hitler, seeing his plan of obsolete destroying Stalin would have an even greater thirst for power, perhaps even attacking countries in the Middle East such as Turkey, Iraq and Iran in search of reaching the British Raj (a scenario perhaps similar to the one in this video).
This came up when my brother asked me why so many people believe that Germany could have won the war.
I answered that, the most Germany could obtain was a tie with the Allies as long as the United States did not join.
What do you think?
What if the battle of Kursk was won by the Germans?
What if the Weimar Republic never fell?
I don't really agree with the undermining of the loss of egypt of the British, they would have lost Malta, Cyprus and all of the mediterrenian would be on lockdown. Not to mention Iran also having many oil fields and a pro axis government, a lot of the lend lease to the soviets went through Iran, in this timeline it would have to go through Murmansk(very close to german positions) or through the eastern ports(very close to japan) in a way bigger scale. Also I don't think the germans would just let north Africa fall that easily with egypt under control. Egypt also provides with a lot of food which means troops and people don't starve.
I agree, the importance of the Suez/Africa and further ramifications in places such as India is a bit understated in the video.
@@krisvangucht5884 also I think it would be very likely that either Iran joins the axis or are invaded. Through Iran the Axis can attack India.
What is operation overlord/d-day was a complete failure?
They lose 5 years earlier
What if the Soviet’s didn’t collapse? As in, before 1991, they did something to prevent their collapse and make it to the 21st century - Use the Cold War mod
Or, What if the German Revolution of 1918-1919 was a success - Use Great War Redux mod
So awesome!Thanks for sharing!!I will have to get that,on my steam account,once I go back to work!
I would disagree with this. 85% oil of Soviet Union comes from Caucasus. If Turkey joined in and the Axis gets that territory, then it doesn't matter how much the US helps; they didn't have the resources to continue this war.
Their oil stockpiles wouldn't disappear instantly and even low on fuel they still had a ton of manpower so it's still unlikely they'd suffer a total defeat. It'd probably go somewhat worse for them than it did in this video though yeah.
@@krisvangucht5884 Unequipped and undersupplied manpower is useless.
Oil mean mobility. Mobility is something the Germans are good at. Soviet counterattacks are mauled and the Russians are bled white.
What if Poland appeared for war in WW2?
What if Italy joined the allies in WW2
It was a very good possibility with Mussolini being very stigent on guaranteeing Austrian independence, but the British and French were passed because Italy took Ethiopia as a colony. Which the reason as to why they got passed off about it removed land passage between their own colonies. Britain was wanting to take Ethiopia through means of papers (there's a long list of colonies at the time that had been set as a precedent for whichever country wants to take them can either do it by warfare or tricking them into signing papers which Italy decided to do the first meanwhile Britain and France were both trying the second).
Eventually when mussolini approached them they said nope, and all he could do was find a way to try and not be invaded at the earliest possibility. So he decided to join the Axis, and was presuming to start the war against the French and British in 1943 via the Pact of Steel. Which originally he only planned on invading Yugoslavia and Greece, with trying to convince the British to give up Malta and Cyprus and the French in giving up Tripoli.
What if the south survived the civil war and was in ww1 and ww2
What if the german navy beat the royal navy in every field subs, battleships, dreadnoughts, and aircraft carriers.
what if the kaiser was overthrown by democratic elements of the german government in 1910
From what i read Germany last a lot of Fallschirmjäger when taking Cypress, so they were hesitant to risk them again to take Malta.
Ok, nice but what if Mengkukuo went democratic?
Weren't they a puppet government under Japanese control at the time? Did they even have the option to realistically embrace democracy?
What if USA joined Germany in WWI
I know it’s a bit of a departure from your usual content, but this is video *11* of asking Stakuyi to play *Frostpunk*, the moral-challenging society-survival city-builder game by 11 Bit, set in an alternate steampunk 1886 where an endless winter engulfs the planet and destroys civilisation.
Lore of Hoi4 Alternate History: What if Germany Focused on Africa in WW2? Momentum 100
What if francisco franco actually joined the axis instead of japan, spain and italy could potentially clash over africa and maybe cause the axis to break up
I think this timeline would be more realistic if instead of postponing Barbarossa (destroying the bolsheviks was central to natzie ideology), the germans do a much smaller 1942 offensive (fall blau) in order to divert resources to Afrika Korps. You also forgot that the major route of supplies for USSR was through Iran where an anglo-soviet invasion happened in august 1941. In this scenario Turkey doesn't even needs to join on the axis side because the germans can just get to Baku through Iran. The fascist Iraqi government I believe was a good call though.
What if Japan didn't enter the war and focused only on the USSR?
Better yet, What if "Tora tora tora" aka the attack against Pearl harbor did work as they wanted it? (USA losing the majority if not all of its fleet and is forced to withdraw from the Pacific)
He already did a video about Japan favoring the army and the kodoha faction
So in combination with the second suggestion the soviets are supercharged in Asia as Japan weakens both itself in Siberia and the allies in south and East Asia
What if the Soviets invaded the Germans first (Germans don't invade in 1941)
I think it’s a lil illogical that the soviets could stand this good against Germany who have their biggest problem solved (lack of oil) and captured 80% of the Soviet oil fields + extra manpower from turkey and better equipment and development in war weapon technologies. Including the new super modern submarines of the Germans. Yes you could bring up the argument that the US would supplies them with oil and other scarce goods but with the new submarines they could hardly supply the soviets from the Atlantic site and Japan makes it hard for them to supply from pacific. Of course Soviet Union would have had more time for perpetration. Nevertheless, the advantages of the other side greatly outweigh those of the Russians. Just my opinion
Still interesting scenario. Keep up the good content
What if, instead of driving for Moscow, Germany settled for the Caucasus? They would have had much less front to defend, would have had the oil they wanted and could have accomplished that before Russia fully mobilized, and they would have had short supply lines in the South from Turkey.
Honestly Germany would’ve had a chance if they didn’t declare war on the US after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Germany invaded the Soviet Union right as the winter was receding in early spring 1941.
TBH, given that AT LEAST since Mein Kampf he saw the USSR as the obvious needed expansion place and "judeo/bolshevism" as the end of wester civilization... and that most of those ideas, including the underlying eugenics and that empires crumble when they get too many barbarians, were not even his own, but passed for mainstream science at the time... and not just in Germany; in fact most were imported from the USA... I find this scenario somewhat improbable.
Yeah, sad thing is, it wasn't those ideas that made National Socialism a fringe ideology. It was the other way around. It was actually seeing what the logical conclusion of those ideas is, when someone actually does something about it, instead of just hand wringing and whining about it, that made the world go, "eeeh... maybe that's a bad idea."
Well... sorta... one way that this could have played out this way is if Halder actually told Hitler that, yeah, no, there's no way in hell they can get the strategic objectives in 4 months. Possibly with some help from Keitel and others. Then I suppose that Adolf might have looked for other targets. Or not.
What if sealion was successful
Thinking about interesting scenarios reminded me that during the interwar period Poland and Romania were very close and that resulted in a defensive alliance to deter people (The Soviets/Germany) from attacking. Historically Poland didn't call Romania against the Germans fearing the Soviets may join and sadly that's exactly what happened. But what if they did?
What if Poland called Romania against the Germans?
The Polish were too badly outmatched and the Romanians would likely not have fared much better than them against the Germans. The Hungarians might have gotten involved too making the situation potentially even worse.
@@krisvangucht5884 Yep but just like this episode it'll be interesting to see the narrative Stak will come up with.
Perhaps the war won't be much different but the post war situation will.
Maybe the Soviets won't be able to establish puppets in Eastern/Central Europe since both Poland and Romania would be in the Allies at this point.
What if the Finland took the Soviet deal before the winter war ( the continuation war still happens)
what if italy defended Austria in the anschluss (or just didn't sign the pact of steel)
Day 25 of asking stakuyi to do the goddess viira path for barrad magroacy in equestria at war
What if the colonizing countries in America swapped hemispheres? England setting up in South America while Spain and Portugal went to North America, for example?
Malta and the enemy fleets were also a huge problem, because they dunk the german convoys when they where shipes to libyen
What if the Kriegsmarine had gone the cruiser, destroyer doctrine instead of wasting their resources on battleships?
They would have probably been better off focusing on submarines almost exclusively with just enough surface ships to prevent a naval landing on their coast. There was just no way for them to put enough resources into the naval game to beat the Royal Navy in a pitched naval battle, not with their plans (>>Barbarossa) - raiding with subs at least caused a good deal of economic damage to the British Empire while being a cheaper option than those overpriced Battleships. Of course, at that time the idea was to 'make one Huge ship that could defeat a large number of the British ships' Which would have been fine if it actually worked - Unlike us, they didn't have the power of hindsight.
What if the London Pact of WW1 with Italy was respected?
What if Germany became communist before ww2
What if Hungary stayed neutral in the war? And maybe in the last couple of days of the war joined on the side of the USSR
Hi I’m new to the game I was wondering if I should get the dlc packs what do they do and are they any good any advice please
This was my video!
How about this scenario, but Germany does not turn on the Soviet Union. In fact, after getting Turkey in their camp, they actually invite The Soviet Union to join the Axis, but this time seriously, unlike their toying with the idea in our timeline. Such a move, coupled with the lack of a Battle of Britain, leads to the possibility that the U.S. never declares war on Germany (or vice-versa) and there is then zero lend lease to the Soviets. Then, the Germans could focus the majority of their military production towards air power (say ME-262 mass production in 1943) and then turn towards England with everything they had.
3 minutes is wild
Hi Stakuyi! If you think it'd be worth it, I think a playthrough of the Youjo Senki Redux mod would be fun to see. Please? It would really make my day. =^x^=
Think my only issue with the play through would be Hitler expending units to still get the Caucasus, with Iraq in the fold they wouldn’t have needed the oil, so once they took Stalingrad, they’d make a B line to Moscow.
Always love these!
What if the Latin Entente formed in WW2?
It always came back to dealing with Stalin. Adolf understood that and was committed to Barbarosa out of necessity. Time was not on the Germans' side.
I do agree to an extent that the axis could've still lost. However, I can't help but note the lack of securing the Mediterranean more fully. In particular, by including Spain and coaxing them into attacking and securing Gibraltar and perhaps, by pressuring Vichy France, into securing the western coastal region of French West Africa. Who knows, perhaps they could put pressure against Allied possessions in Western africa in the Sahel region and west central Africa. Additionally, the Axis wouldn't have been focused on pressuring Turkey and Iraq. There was a third nation. That being Iran, known as Persia at the time. Iran was a major oil producing nation. In fact it was quite literally the prize in the middle east. Around this time Iran was producing more oil than Saudi Arabia, simply because the oil production in Saudi Arabia didn't grow until the 1950s, also because they had just discovered the tip of the iceberg in Saudi Arabia the rest had yet to be discovered and produced. Finally, by militarily supporting Iran, the Axis could've opened up another avenue of attack against the Soviet Union in central Asia, in particular modern Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Additionally if Germany truly wanted to work with Japan to achieve victory. By using Iran as a staging area, they could've attempted to conduct an Oriental strategy with Japan by coordinating offensives into India and the Indian ocean region. This most definitely would have stretched resources significantly, but, it could've seriously weakened the allies had the offensive succeeded. Who's to say. 🤷
What if Stakuyi played East Coast Rebirth
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What if the Turkish had made their own side and decided they wanted the Balkans, Poland and Germany Austria in a northward aggression on the philosophical side of the allies but not allied
What if an united Scandinavia didn't join any sides, but went to war against Axis and Allies for world domination... Its ok to invite to own faction.
What if little entante never broke up
Video 5 of asking stakuyi to renew the Rome protocols
What if the Mongols didn't devastate Eastern/South-Eastern Europe, specifically Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria? As those three were (arguably) some of the more centralised european polities at the time, how would their uninterrupted development affect the course of European history ?
What if amercia stayed British but napoleon still rose to power
What if a Jacobite Monarch Ascended the British throne? (Empire Mod)
What if Spain went Anarchist, likely through a merger of the CNT-FAI and POUM
That wouldn't be an 'anarchist Spain'. that would be a bunch of anarchist dudes living in the territory where Spain used to be and being largely irrelevant to everyone else.
What if the comintern, axis, and allies were in a 3 way war?
What if Germany ignored Japan & kept a neutral stance with the US?
It also needs to be mentioned that if Germany lasted another 4 to 5 months longer in the war, it would’ve been the first to receive a nuclear bomb, not Japan. There needs to be discussed on how that would’ve affected the German morale and affected Hitler personally.
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What if Turkey joined the war earlier? Second poll to determine which way.
It would be interesting to do a what if for a different times. For example one in ancient Japan.
What if Spain joined the Central Powers in WW1?
Though this is a fun scenario, the Germans could not have focused on anything other than the East because of a food shortage. Yes many other factors were at play but all of axis controlled Europe would have starved including German by spring of 1942. They needed the 1941 harvest in Ukraine just to feed themselves.
Not sure if you can do this one, but what if Napoleon had won (or at least lasted a few years longer) if nothing else, that would have a pretty big impact on North America, as WHEN the war with Napoleon ended allowed troops to be sent to aid Canada, which was currently involved in a war with the (Still fairly young) USA. Also if Napoleon had won, I could see him sending troops to aid America for potential future profit (and or if America won due to the war taking longer, them sending troops to aid the long time ally of France