Imagine this scenario: Three countries that are of semi-equal strength start to fight a 3-way war, and that each of the three is fighting the other two! How could such a scenario come around, and how would it work out?
Discuss.
Discuss.
Its inevitable that either the two strongest powers gang up on the weakest, or the two weaker powers work together to beat back the strongest.
I have always wondered why France and Britain declared war against Germany after its invasion of Poland, but did not declare war on the USSR.The only scenario I could think of its that the Allies raid Baku and send reinforcements to Finland, operating under the assumption that the Soviet Union is an Axis power.
Assuming Hitler doesn't postpone Barbarossa in such circumstances (that would be the sensible thing, but when would that stop Hitler?) and a rapprochment is impossible for whatever reason, WWII could devolve into a three way mess between the Western Allies, the Axis, and the USSR.