So I'm a little interested in alternate world War matchups and the two biggest ones involve Russia. A Russo Gemran alliance in WWI, while fascinating in it's own right, is perhaps less immediately interesting to me than a more outlandish scenario- a Russo Japanese alliance.
If somehow the Russians can come to an agreement that averts the Russo Japanese war that's probably ideal but that's probably ASB given attitudes of the time.
Let's say that Gallipoli succeeds (or else that WWI ends early saving the tsarist regime), and a *fascist Russian state takes power, and the two somehow come to an agreement vis a vis China after the Anglo Japanese alliance breaks.
Say Russia-Italy-Japan vs France, US, China and Britain, with a Weimar Germany basically sitting it out until the end.
Alternately say Germany, US, UK and China vs France, Italy, Japan and the Russians.
Mainly I'm interested in a Pacific War where Japan and Russia are allied and supporting each other since this IMHO is one of the few alliances that could plausibly go toe to toe with the US, or at least stalemate them in the Pacific. The big kicker is naval power projection of course- Japan doesnt have enough by herself and although the russian navy can become a factor I feel like logistical issues would limit them. You'd need a good decade of buildup in the east for russia to really act there and the US is not going to sit idly by.
If somehow the Russians can come to an agreement that averts the Russo Japanese war that's probably ideal but that's probably ASB given attitudes of the time.
Let's say that Gallipoli succeeds (or else that WWI ends early saving the tsarist regime), and a *fascist Russian state takes power, and the two somehow come to an agreement vis a vis China after the Anglo Japanese alliance breaks.
Say Russia-Italy-Japan vs France, US, China and Britain, with a Weimar Germany basically sitting it out until the end.
Alternately say Germany, US, UK and China vs France, Italy, Japan and the Russians.
Mainly I'm interested in a Pacific War where Japan and Russia are allied and supporting each other since this IMHO is one of the few alliances that could plausibly go toe to toe with the US, or at least stalemate them in the Pacific. The big kicker is naval power projection of course- Japan doesnt have enough by herself and although the russian navy can become a factor I feel like logistical issues would limit them. You'd need a good decade of buildup in the east for russia to really act there and the US is not going to sit idly by.