They wouldn't be hardline but they would certainly be skeptical of them at least, the current leadership was in WW1 after all, so even with LW and a seemingly democratic Germany, the Brits aren't certainly going to allow something like German domination of Eastern Europe given their Balance of Power strategy in ensuring not one power remains too strong in the continent. Plus like I said before, if push comes to shove, Britain will very likely back France in case of conflict against Germany, mainly because the French wouldn't be able to gain much territory and would once again have the fighting occur in their territory while a victorious Germany would have no rival strong enough to challenge it, at least until the USSR grows strong enough.
Why tho? Germany isn't going to attack Italy if Italy launches a Yugoslav war, the only time Germany would go on the offensive is if France attacks them or the USSR attacks Poland and pushes close to Germany/danzig, or Poland attacks Danzig. Two of those scenarios would force Britain into helping Germany anyways, and Poland invading Danzig would be the only scenario where Britain can't exactly help Germany.
I don't see Britain helping France in a scenario where it's France that attacks Germany though, and LV isn't stupid enough to attack France bc he knows it'll piss off Britain. In fact ittl its France that's a lot more liable to piss of Britain bc of Kaiser's allusions to future events in France.
Again unlikely I would say, since the main thing about British foreign policy on the continent was ensuring no power would grow strong enough to ever pose a threat to them, so even if the Brits are focusing on their empire, they're also keeping tabs in Europe to ensure the situation is still favorable for them, which means mainly backing their only true ally in the form of France, thus preventing the Germans getting too strong.
Yeah, but if Germany is the lesser evil over them, the French who're killing a bunch of innocents, and the communists, the Brits will choose the least insane out of the three, which is Germany and LV.
Again, why? Neither country threatens the USA in a direct way and they aren't interested on doing that for starters, America will keep their isolation because until war was brought to them, the American public was mostly apathic towards what was happening in Europe with a few exceptions
Pacific war?
It's probable.
Frankly, someone who threatens American control of the Philippines would quickly make the US very jingoistic too.
Especially given that it's Stalin on the helm for the next decade or two, man was cautious, especially in foreign policy and in a more hostile climate, he'll keep his head down and continue Soviet industrialization and modernization.
Honestly, there's a chance that Mussolini will wise up here, his chances are certainly better with no Hitler to compete and feeling the need to compare himself to.
I do see him going for Poland once again if things in Italy get rough enough. Like Britain goes in against a somewhat-competent Italy in Yugoslavia while the place is burning down, and Italy manages to bomb Malta enough to keep the brits busy, and since France isn't helping Stalin decides that attacking Poland while both countries are at odds with each other would work.
The Ustashe were exiles in Italy at this point, so don’t think they would come to power in Croatia without an Axis occupation.
the Italy could pull a German move and let the Ustashe into Croatia, and be their puppets as they wage war against Yugoslavia.
There’s no reason to suppose their image of L-V would be worse than what they thought of Hitler, and while it’s true that they would back France if they were attacked by Germany, Germany is unlikely to go for that.
exactly, I don't think LV-led Germany will ever go for attacking France. LV's administration isn't going to do the same things the Hitler administration did. At all.
I still see Papen blowing up Danzig and putting the germans and brits at odds.
