Travesty wrote:...the Germans could have concentrated their forces in Africa pushed towards the Suez Canal and cut it off.
As I've
recently outlined on the History Forum, that's actually a pretty unlikely to be successful. Even with a bigger navy, Germany can't support a bigger war effort in the Mediterranean.
Travesty wrote:Then Invade India through Persia.
This would be an even bigger logistical nightmare than a bigger North African front
Andropov wrote:1936: Stalin promotes Tukhachevsky to Grand Marshal of the Soviet Union. He, together with Yakir, Svechin, and others conceive of new military tactics and strategy.
1937: The army is purged of incompetent officials, strict discipline is enforced, and unit composition is significantly mechanized.
November 1939: The Winter War begins. Helsinki is taken within 2 weeks by an army led by Tukhachevsky.
So now in order for your scenario to work:
1. Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union have to not just tolerate each other, but become close allies... possibly closer allies than any other Axis member was historically.
2. Germany must build a bigger and better Navy, and either do so in a matter of months or before WWII even starts and without alerting the British to a threat to their long cherished naval supremacy.
3. Stalin still purges the military, but somehow does so without getting rid of anyone important or causing any other damage.
4. The Red Army has to support a proper mechanised doctrine/structure at least 2-3 years before doing so historically, and doing so during the purges. Probably also disrupting the next five year plan too. Didn't we have a thread a few months back about the impact a rapid expansion and new doctrine had on Red Army training and expertise?
Look, I'm sure if you change enough things all of this (and much more) is possible... but the more things you change the more absurd it gets.