Scenario,
There is a military coup against the Popular Front in France, instead of Spain.
It backfires much more than in Spain, loyalists controls much more territories, within a year, the coupists are decisively defeated.
In 1937, Spain sees violences escalates in civil war, the French loyalists intervenes. Tensions grows with Germany and Italy, Paris finally convinces Poland to join a war against Germany in exchange for a free hand in Lithuania.
1938, German forces marches into Austria in response to Spanish invasion of Portugal for supporting the right-wing insurrgency.
France started mobilising for an offensive as soon as the Spanish forces moved into Portugal and attack within 3 days of the german move.
Poland declares war too.
With the advantage of suprise, the French advances into the Rhineland, on the home front protests against the war doesn´t cause too much destructions.
After the initial successes, the French armies even attempt to march toward Berlin...
This attempt is defeated hovewer, with Spanish reinforcements they are still able to hold to the Rhine, the Poles are contained and then defeated.
Military coup in Warsaw causes political difficulties and Stalin takes advantage of that to retake regions annexed by Poland in 1920.
In Germany itself there is an attempted coup but the responsibles fails, they end upp captured and are "interrogated" non-stop for months.
Germans in the Rhineland are deported in camps scattered through France, Portugal and Spain.
1939, spring sees a German offensive against Norway and Danmerak, Franco-Spanish-Portugese attempts to stop them are a pathetic failure.
Summer sees a brutal battle for Belgium and Holland, then the Rhineland.
The allies still holds the Rhineland by autumn, with major sovietic assistance. German forces are forced beyond the Rhine but allied attempts to cross the Rhine are contained in pockets. Iron Guard coup in Romania, with Hungarian assistance.
1940, the allies decides to take out Italy, cental and southern Italy are seized but the north is taken over by the Germans.
By autumn, the allies pushes into northern Italy, yugoslavia secured from a Bulgar/Romanian/Hungarian/German/Italian takeover.
1941, Yugoslavia joins the allied side, relieving the southern front, slow progress east of the Rhine.
By the end of the year, Hamburg is encircled but pushing further into Germany cost too much soldiery.
1942, axis resistance in Copenhagen is finally subdued with heavy artillery, full embargo against german trade.
Incidents between British and French ships, German war effort collapses further, Hungarian regime attempts to betray the germans but is overthrowed.
1943, war finally comes to an end, first north Germany is occupied, then resistance is reduced to Vienna.
New governement takes power in Poland and once again joins the allies, Czechs follows but faces Slovalian secession.
Romania apparently switch side and attack Hungaria and Slovakia, securing the country from allied conquest.
Vienna levelled by the end of the year, guerilla resistance still continues. Hitler´s fate remains unknown.
1944, tensions between the allies and a Romania/Hungaria/Bulgarian/Greek/Slovakian front supported by the British, Japanese and even the Soviet-Union.
Communism becomes increasingly divided between Paris and Moscow, Stalin begin to mobilise sovietic industry and vastly expand the red army, within 3 years the Soviet-Union will strike with devastating strenght...