A taboo perspective on WWII I learned since living in Germany:

If anyone but Churchill became PM in May 1940, there would have been peace by July.

The death toll from the whole war in Europe would be <200k. The only land contested would be what was lost in WWI.

There was no Holocaust yet, so that was no reason to continue. Maybe there never would have.

All we know is that continuing the war famously didn't stop it and probably made it worse.

In hindsight, we can worry about a future invasion of the USSR and whatnot.

But that still doesn't explain or excuse the decision to keep fighting in 1940.

Do the Germans have a point? 🤔