No Operation Barbarossa

POD: Hitler and Nazi Germany never betrays his non-aggression pact with Stalin and the Soviet Union by never launching Operation Barbarossa. This results in a drastically different World War 2 and world in general.

Timeline
1939-1945

1946-1949

1950-1955

1956-1960

World War 2 (detailed)
1941: Hitler never invades the USSR. Britain continues to receive an unending beating from Germany. Because of this, Britain begins to focus more and more of its efforts on just staying alive. The USSR jointly invades Poland with Germany, as well as annexing Finland and the Baltics.

1942: Britain's naval fleet retreats to British waters.

1943: Nazi Germany steps up its production of ships and planes in preparation for Operation Sealion.

1944: Operation Sealion captures many important objectives and captures territory on the British mainland, but results in an overall tactical defeat, as German troops, severely underestimating British capabilities, are bogged down in Kent and Sussex, with insufficient re-inforcements. Britain eventually expels all German troops from Great Britain after ...

1945: The Manhattan Project in the US has continued on with more aggression and speed that OTL, because the cientists there know this may be their last chance to push back Germany. In March 1945, the Trinity test was a success. Atomic bomb production begins in earnest. Later that month, the US starts bombing European cities like Dunkirk, a German base of operations, and Dover, a concentration point for German landing forces. Hitler refuses to surrender, however, and so the US begins bombing Germany itself. Munich was destroyed in April 1945, and the final blow was the bombing of Berlin in May. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 22, 1945. The US then turned its efforts on Japan. One bomb was enough to show Japan that it would face the same fate as its German ally if it didn't surrender. World War 2 officially ended on June 14, 1945.

Aftermath
- Britain is much worse off financially, due to having been partially invaded.

- The world is less fearful of nuclear war due to the horrific effects of atomic bombs on both European and Japanese cities.

- The famous White Cliffs of Dover have a crater in them at ground zero of the atomic bomb. It still inspires gratitude toward America for any British who visit.

- The Western Allies occupy all of Europe, since the USSR never helped them.

- There was more distrust toward the Soviet Union immediately following WWII, since they never helped the Allies fight Germany. Stalin gave up his conquered territory pretty quickly after he saw the ruins of Berlin, however, gaining home a little respect from the Allies and easing tensions over Eastern Europe.