Sorry about that Little Hawk. Of course I did not realise that I had to clear any submission to this forum through you for approval before posting.

" if Hitler had never launched his misguided attack on Russia any number of alternate scenarios could have unfolded."

Almost like saying "If my Aunt had balls she'd be my Uncle". To anyone who read Mein Kampf it was obvious that Hitler intended to invade Russia and defeat Soviet Communism.

"There might not even have been a war between Germany and the USA in the 40's." Very true, there was no need for a war between Germany and the USA. Nazi Germany allied itself to Japan, Japan attacked the USA at Pearl Harbour, Germany declared war on the USA, they didn't have to. For a whole raft of reasons the strategy of the allies was always Germany first. Manhattan would have gone ahead irrespective and German cities would have been targetted. While the Germans were working on a bomb, Hitler did not really have any great belief in it. Scientists working on behalf of the US and UK Governments did and a very careful eye was kept on what the Germans were doing in this field, in terms of research and development, in terms of attaining that weapon, they were always between two to three years behind.