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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
If Hitler had had any real sense he would have handed back France and the other invaded territories with puppet fascist governments firmly in place in '41 made peace with the UK, kept the US out of the war and turned his whole attention to Barbarossa without needing to leave forces in France or Africa, he would probably have had considerable 'allied' help at that point, the fight against communism being seen as the real threat in '39 through most of the world.
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Was Churchill willing to make peace in 1941? After stopping any chance of a German invasion in the battle of Britain and then receiving American aid through lend lease there was no reason to think handing back territories while leaving puppet governments would have been enough for peace.
Maybe peace could have been negotiated in 1940 after the fall of France if Hilter withdrew troop with only minor territorial gains (Alsace and Lorraine) but that ignores western Poland which was the Casus belli and in no way was being granted independence.