Given a general POD after January 1, 1944 for military actions (i.e. no launching D-Day in '43), BUT, allowing some of the earlier planning to be altered, is there a fairly realistic scenario for the military defeat of Germany before 12/31/1944?
I want to exclude Soviet heroics - the key alterations should be on the Western side. While I'm excluding a '43 D-Day, I'm open to at least some of the planning/organization that went on in '43 or earlier to be altered (i.e. if you want to de-emphasize the Italian campaign, or build more of this or that type of weapon). I'm also excluding internal German political scenarios (assassination of Hitler or whatever) except to the extent they're triggered by imminent defeat (i.e. American artillery at the gates of Berlin in December '44). Changing the location of Overlord, or the general structure of the invasion (omit the invasion of southern France?) is OK.
So, can the Wallies beat Germany ~5 months sooner? What's your best scenario for this?
I want to exclude Soviet heroics - the key alterations should be on the Western side. While I'm excluding a '43 D-Day, I'm open to at least some of the planning/organization that went on in '43 or earlier to be altered (i.e. if you want to de-emphasize the Italian campaign, or build more of this or that type of weapon). I'm also excluding internal German political scenarios (assassination of Hitler or whatever) except to the extent they're triggered by imminent defeat (i.e. American artillery at the gates of Berlin in December '44). Changing the location of Overlord, or the general structure of the invasion (omit the invasion of southern France?) is OK.
So, can the Wallies beat Germany ~5 months sooner? What's your best scenario for this?