AHC: War Plan Red leads to early World War 2, who sides with who

Not plausible but a fun idea either way.

Anyway, your challenge - if you choose to accept it - is to imagine in the event of the US going to war with Britain & Canada in 1935 and starting WW2 early, which nations would ally with the US and who would ally with the British Empire.
 
Not plausible but a fun idea either way.

Anyway, your challenge - if you choose to accept it - is to imagine in the event of the US going to war with Britain & Canada in 1935 and starting WW2 early, which nations would ally with the US and who would ally with the British Empire.

I imagine Canada would be left on its own and would quickly sue for peace... how long do you think the Canucks would last? I don't know how many nations would join in would it just be the Commonwealth vs the Americans? Maybe Japan gets in on this?

Does a war like this all but give Nazi Germany a win in 5 years when they begin their war? Would Britain be so tired that they just give in to all their demands? Would Hitler join in the attack on the USA? even though Germany wasn't ready?
 

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I imagine Canada would be left on its own and would quickly sue for peace... how long do you think the Canucks would last? I don't know how many nations would join in would it just be the Commonwealth vs the Americans? Maybe Japan gets in on this?

Does a war like this all but give Nazi Germany a win in 5 years when they begin their war? Would Britain be so tired that they just give in to all their demands? Would Hitler join in the attack on the USA? even though Germany wasn't ready?
Japan would have absolutely no point to enter the war immediately. The situation in Manchuria was already precarious enough due Chinese and Soviet pressure.

Likely alliance..well, US+Germany+Italy+Soviet Union versus British Commonwealth+France+Japan. Of course, these alliances can be very fluid. IOTL, Soviet Union has changed sides early.
 
I'm not sure this would kick off WW2 early, it would just become one of the wars subsumed into the greater conflict. It would likely result in the UK not getting involved in Europe due to having to commit large forces to Canada. Poland's borders wouldn't be guaranteed, France might be invaded for Alsace-Lorraine or might cede it without a fight due to being friendless against Germany. Germany might get their 1v1 with the Soviet Union who, without Lend-Lease from the US, might lose the war. The UK couldn't hope to defeat the US if it shifted to a real war economy (but would it over Canada?), so we might see Canada annexed to the US or we might see an 1812-esque situation where the peace treaty doesn't result in territorial changes.

Either way with the UK and US fighting each other the Axis wins in Europe: France and Russia alone wouldn't be enough.
 
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