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| Introduction |
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1 Dress Rehearsal Crisis 1938 |
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A What if the Western Powers had forsworn appeasement or lagged in it sufficiently to permit German military conspirators to strike at Hitler? |
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B War Had Come in September 1938 instead of a year later? |
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7 | (6) |
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C One of the Foreign Military attache plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler in the early spring of 1939 had been carried out successfully? |
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13 | (7) |
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A What if Stalin had signed with the West? |
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20 | (5) |
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B Hitler had recognized that the Western Powers would fight...? |
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25 | (2) |
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C The French had launched an all-out attack to help the Poles? |
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27 | (7) |
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3 Phony and Hot War 1939-1940 |
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A What if the Germans had not invaded Scandinavia? |
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34 | (3) |
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B The Germans had launched their main attack through Belgium instead of the Ardennes? |
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37 | (4) |
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C The Germans had pushed the attack on Dunkirk? |
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41 | (4) |
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D France had continued the war? |
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45 | (3) |
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E Britain had sued for peace in 1940? |
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48 | (4) |
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4 Hitler's Attack on Russia |
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A What if the Germans had delayed Barbarossa until after dealing with Great Britain in 1942 or 1943? |
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52 | (1) |
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B Stalin had heeded clear warnings of the impending German attack and launched a preemptive attack as proposed by Zhukov? |
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53 | (4) |
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C Stalin had adopted the supposed Shaposhnikov proposal for concentrating defenses along the Stalin line (pre-1939 borders)? |
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57 | (2) |
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D Hitler had striven to make allies of the Soviet people? |
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59 | (7) |
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5 Germany versus the Soviet Union |
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German Intelligence and Soviet Realities |
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66 | (5) |
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A What if German Army Group Center had continued its advance on Moscow in August 1941 rather than participating in the Kiev operation? |
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71 | (4) |
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B The German 1942 summer offensive had been focused on Moscow? |
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C Or a single southern objective such as Stalingrad? |
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75 | (1) |
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D The Japanese had joined the German attack prior to December 1941? |
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76 | (3) |
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A What if the Japanese Navy had launched a second strike against Pearl Harbor in December 1941? |
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79 | (10) |
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B The United States had been able to read the Japanese naval code JN-25 with its message of the upcoming attack? |
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89 | (8) |
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C Hitler had not declared war upon the United States after Pearl Harbor? |
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97 | (7) |
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A What if MacArthur had been left to surrender on Corregidor? |
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104 | (4) |
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B MacArthur had been obliged to bypass the Philippines? |
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108 | (7) |
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C The allies had invaded the Amoy and South Formosa areas? |
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115 | (4) |
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A What if Hitler had pursued an all-out Mediterranean strategy in continuing war with Britain? |
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119 | (11) |
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B The allies had invaded Sardinia and Corsica instead of Sicily in 1943? |
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130 | (4) |
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C The allies had chosen the Ljubljana Gap rather than ANVIL in 1944 or 1945? |
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134 | (11) |
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A What if the invasion had been attempted in 1942? or in 1943? |
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145 | (5) |
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B The Germans had detected that Operation "Fortitude" was a ruse? |
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150 | (14) |
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C The allies had been repulsed on D-Day? |
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164 | (3) |
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A What if the allies had responded more favorably to German opposition appeals? |
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167 | (1) |
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B Rommel had not become incapacitated on 17 July 1944? |
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168 | (2) |
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C Hitler had been killed on 20 July 1944? |
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170 | (4) |
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11 The Final Stage of the War in Europe |
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A What if the allies had driven hard for Berlin? |
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174 | (28) |
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A What if Ultra had not been available before the Battles of France and Britain? |
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202 | (4) |
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C For the Battle of the Atlantic? |
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206 | (1) |
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D For the invasion of the continent? |
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207 | (1) |
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E Fullest Advantage had been taken of the opportunities afforded by Ultra to conclude the war in Western Europe after the summer of 1944? |
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208 | (2) |
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F Ultra had not been available during the Pacific War? |
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210 | (3) |
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A What if Hitler had not held up rocket research? |
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213 | (2) |
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B Hitler had not held up the Messerschmitt 262? |
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215 | (2) |
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C Hitler had left soldiering to the soldiers? |
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217 | (13) |
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14 The Conclusion of the Pacific War |
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A What if the United States had responded favorably to Japanese peace overtures from the Emperor's entourage? |
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230 | (2) |
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B The United States had not bribed the Soviets to enter the war? |
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232 | (3) |
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C No A-bomb had existed or none had been dropped? |
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235 | (2) |
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D A Japanese surrender had been sought by demonstrating the bomb? |
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237 | (1) |
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E The allies had invaded Japanese homeland? |
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238 | (4) |
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A What if Britain had rearmed earlier in the 1930s or had adopted a naval strategy consistent with her fleet strength? |
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242 | (2) |
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B The British had not acquired Ultra and the ability to decipher the German U-boat command traffic? |
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244 | (1) |
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C The Germans had adopted a naval building strategy more consistent with their resources and political objectives? |
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245 | (1) |
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D The Japanese had adopted an entirely different building policy and strategy before they opted for a suicidal war with the western naval powers in 1941? |
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246 | (4) |
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E The U.S. Navy had fully rearmed in the 1930s and had been truly prepared to fight a two ocean war? |
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250 | (2) |
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F The Allies had invaded France in 1943? (the naval aspect) |
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252 | (3) |
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A What if the British had not devoted a major part of their war effort to strategic bombing? |
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255 | (5) |
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B Hitler had pushed the development of the jet fighter? |
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260 | (2) |
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C Allied strategic bombers had attacked German electrical power rather than the oil industry? |
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262 | (2) |
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D General Kenney had persuaded General Arnold to deploy the B-29s to the Southwest Pacific? |
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264 | (4) |
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E The B-29 had not become operational at all in 1944? |
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268 | (4) |
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17 What if Hitler had won the war? |
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272 | (13) |
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A Hitler had been able to negotiate peace with Britain in June-July 1940? |
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273 | (4) |
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B Germany had conquered Britain, most probably by invasion, in the summer of 1940? |
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277 | (3) |
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C The Wehrmacht had defeated the Red Army in the summer and autumn of 1941 in Operation Barbarossa? |
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280 | (2) |
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D Peace or Perhaps an open-ended "truce" had been negotiated between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1942-43? |
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282 | (3) |
| About the authors |
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