I'm slightly surprised that I haven't provoked a Drezden-sized firestorm here.
Britain would have become a vassal state of the Third Reich - like France and Norway - the Germans didn't have enough manpower to occupy/repress all their vast territory by themselves.
Things would have been very unpleasant for at least twenty years, but the Germans were a cultured and civilized race that sought the admiration and respect of their conquered peoples; so, after a bit of whinging, the chances are that they would eventually have been accepted by most and life would have gone on much as before.
Internationally; if Britain had been forced to hand over its massive Navy and empire, then the world would have looked very different with three power blocks - America; China-Japan and the, soon to be nuclear-armed, German empire.
As the historic events of the last few weeks have shown; through pure economic power and sound money, a reunited and resurgent Germany now calls the shots in the EU - of which we are nothing but a vassal state......
Last edited by: Screwloose on Sun 11 Apr 10 at 17:38
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