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RE: Hypothetical themes in PG
Exactly. It also means a later entry of the U.S. into the European war (don't know if the Japanese will strike south if they are busy setting up administration along the Siberian coast.) We do know that the U.S. historically was working on very heavy tanks during 43, which were never needed because there was never a invasion threat from Germany.
A successful knock out of the Soviet Government would have to occur in 1941, because by 42 their reorganization would be in place, and a lot of BT-7's would have been replaced by T-34's. On the other hand, the Germans and their Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and Japanese allies would not have the advantage of lessons learned in Poland, the Low Countries and France. Parenthetically the Japanese would have some preparation from the Nomohan compaign. Their extensive after action study indicated that the spirit of their troops never failed, but they needed far better logistics to support an offensive, as well as a larger earlier commitment of artillery.
See the Leavenworth Papers on Nomohan, one of the best reads available in English on the Nomohan battles.
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