Timeline for Is this alternate history plausible? (Hard Sci-Fi, Realistic History)
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| Dec 19, 2018 at 8:41 | comment | added | Keith Morrison | @EvSunWoodard, what Nazi spy? British intelligence was so successful in World War 2 that they were running the entire German spy network in the UK and feeding the Nazis whatever the Allies wanted them to know. This means that any hypothetical uncaught spy would be providing information that would be contrary to an entire trusted network that was providing different information. Not to mention that Admiral Canaris, head of German intelligence, was essentially running his shop as a franchise of Allied intelligence, so the odds of a real spy succeeding were slim. | |
| Oct 24, 2016 at 13:46 | comment | added | EvSunWoodard | Good point. Perhaps instead of one British captive, there was a Nazi spy. Instead of invasion, they start playing shadow games. Nazis move to Normandy, British start planning on attacking through Italy, German's move to Italy. British realize there is a spy. By the time they find the spy the Soviets have a massive head start. | |
| Oct 22, 2016 at 16:14 | comment | added | Tony Ennis | Good information in the first paragraph, though I don't know if there were better landing spots. However, what the OP needs is a reason for the invasion to be postponed. | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 17:31 | history | answered | EvSunWoodard | CC BY-SA 3.0 |