Assuming the allies get a formal request for support from Finland and military access from Norway and Sweden, what is the impact of allied intervention on the course of WW2?
The USSR declares war on France and Britain and becomes an outright ally of Nazi Germany. Which basically means that the world is royally screwed.
add to that China declares for Axis while Japan fight as Allies...
a relatively better world because American entry will be pretty much focused on Europe to kick Nazis ASAP.
Yeah, but Japanese Asia of course...
Why would China join the axis?
Because Japan and the USSR had been fighting a quasi-war at the time. Don't think it would really matter, since the US would still disapprove of Japan's efforts to flat-out conquer China, so they'd likely be forced into co-belligerence with Germany anyway. I certainly hope so, anyways, since the alternative would basically allow a state just as vile as the Nazis to get away with their crimes.
The way I see it, allied intervention in Finland would precipitate operation pike which would decapitate the soviet war machine.
I do not think that this will lead to Germany and the Soviets being pushed together. Hitler is still absolutely set on attacking the Soviet Union. Indeed, if the Allies are at war with the Soviets, this may encourage him to think that the start of Barberossa will be enough to get the British to see that they and Germany are really on the same side, and thus should result in a sudden outbreak of peace.
Has anyone ever done a TL with an enduring Nazi-Soviet alliance fighting against a Western Alliance? I've always thought it would be exceedingly interesting.
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The USSR declares war on France and Britain and becomes an outright ally of Nazi Germany. Which basically means that the world is royally screwed.
West would win. Nukes.
Why would Norway and Sweden give military access? At that point, the Soviet Union is supposed to be pals with the Reich, and Norway and Sweden are surely both trying very hard not to offend the Reich?...Assuming the allies get a formal request for support from Finland and military access from Norway and Sweden, what is the impact of allied intervention on the course of WW2?