Anschluss War

What if the Stresa Front had remained united and fought Germany during the Anschluss?

It'd functionally be France, Britain, Italy, and Austria against Germany.

While the rest of Europe is at war, could Stalin use the opportunity to seize territory from Poland and Romania?
 
Perhaps the Baltic states are taken two years earlier? I wonder if japan and China might avoid all out war in spite of the rape of Nanking?
 
This would mean that Italy either isn't under Mussolini or under a Mussolini that didn't attack Ethiopia.

Its highly unlikely a Mussolini like that would go to war over Austria.

Also, Germany mustn't have reoccupied the Rhineland and not have signed an agreement with the UK regarding its naval production. Thus a less aggressive Germany that probably won't go to war over Austria either, unless Hitler wants to commit political suicide. He wanted to make Germany stronger, not fight over everything, especially not France and the UK.
 
I think the Baltics would probably just end up Finlandized.

As for Mussolini, I'm thinking the Hoare-Laval Agreement goes through and he stays on good terms with Britain and France.
 
Much depend if the Anglo-French will support him as i doubt that Benny, for all his aggressiviness will want to go alone against Germany even if he will probably due the bulk of the job. Maybe the Rhineland remilitarization it's done during the initial phase of the Abyssinian war, seeing that it will end soon Hitler try earlier
 
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