User blog comment:Saturn120/World War II: Axis Victory through, prewar PODs/@comment-4621372-20140911004625

Stalin would have done it to Hitler, given time. Say, around 1945?

Whether the Germans could have survived a defensive war against the USSR is up for debate, but since that requires A) a one front war and B) sane leadership, I'm going to go ahead and say that no, Hitler could not have won.

Nor could he have forced the Brits to surrender. The UK had the advantage in the air and the sea.

Gibraltar? Please, I could defend that with a toy boat and a BB gun. It's the ultimate defensive position in the sea, no contest. And this isn't one high schooler with a toy boat and a BB gun- this is the largest and most powerful navy on the planet backed by the best airforce the world had seen prior to the early 50s, fighting for the most populous- and second richest- nation on Earth.

Spain wouldn't have entered the war unless the Allies invaded. It was weak, and Franco was sane.

The second the Nazis decided to start fighting the USSR, their cities would have started going up in smoke as the RAF hit them hard. Would have happened OTL, but the Germans diverted a huge percentage of the Luftwaffe to the Battle of Britain- and LOST.