Everyone gets US joining Axis wrong even on youtube. So many possibilities.

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People obviously keep forgetting that Italy only switched sides when they were losing. French had allied Germany under Vichy France. The whole winning Desert Rats Campaign is because the Lend-Lease M3 Lee 75mm cannon is able to shoot far into Panzer tanks that the British didn't had earlier and constantly rely on the useless close range pom-pom guns in tank battles. Everyone forgets that there was an Anti-comintern pact built up with Germany before Jap-China war happen which Germany supported Chinese first. First time Churchill tanks were used, they lost the battle. Without US Sherman tanks Firefly tanks don't exist, no effective anti-tiger tanks. British always had terrible tanks til US jumped into help.

US always had War plans to dominate the world, so a scenario where US fights the world alone is highly possible as much as Nazi Germany and USSR.

Brazil had relations with Canada in 1941 before declaring war against Nazi Germany in 1942. Brazil only declared war after sinking of their ship by German U-boats in 1942, just like US declaring war.

Edit: Here are some people in States supporting Axis alliances.

Quote: "Officially, the United States did not favour any Axis member, but prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, there were some American businessmen linked with Japanese commerce and supporters of the Japanese cause in the country. For example, the 1939 Commerce Agreement permitted Thomas Lamont (from J.P.Morgan and Warranty Trust Company) to visit Japan and establish business with Count Aisuke Kabayama (of the Iron Manufacture Company of Japan), Fuji Fujizawa (charged with collecting scrap iron in United States) and Noburo Ohtani (President of N.Y.K. Lines) among others.

One supporter was George Bronson Rea, a former railway engineer and expert on Chinese affairs who in 1935 published "The Case for Manchukuo" (D. Appletone Century Co. New York), where he argued in favour of the Japanese protection of the Manchukuo puppet state.

During the war a few US POWs became members of the German armed forces, but no unit organised of American volunteers was ever raised. Five US citizens served in the Waffen-SS in May 1940; among them were Martin James Monti (from St. Louis), an SS Untersturmführer and Peter Delaney (a.k.a. Pierre de la Ney du Vair) (from Louisiana), SS-Haupsturmführer in Waffen-SS. Both served in the SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers unit, and Delaney is believed to later have served in the Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF). He met Monti and probably arranged for him to enter the Waffen-SS. Delaney was killed in 1945. Another eight American volunteers are known to have been killed in German service."

Three Companies that supported Nazi Germany before breaking up

More American Companies supporting Nazi Germany.

Associate Press support for Nazism

Many things will happen had US joined Axis. This scenario will happen if USA use War Plan Red first instead of War Plan Black which they used in WW2.
#1 No lend lease support for Allies like Britain or USSR. Meaning no Sherman, Stuart or M3 Lee tanks. Which will cost British from winning in African Campaign.

#2 Britain will fall instantly. Not only does Britain has to fight Germany, they have to now fight US naval Forces which will isolated British Isle from having military equipment brought over. This will change Hitler tactics from possibly invading the USSR Earlier and do a land invasion on Britain with US naval support.

#3 Italy will remain a German ally as it controls entire North Africa, thus help Germany against USSR even more in Operation Barbarossa.

#4 The divided French will no longer be divided supporting both Americans and German troops in France to plan invasion against USSR and Britain. Rebels would either give up or completely destroyed under Vichy France(French ally of Germany).

#5 Combine tactics of German famous U-boat army and US naval carrier groups, Britain would not stand a chance to defend itself from Naval Invasion.

#6 Canada and USA will weaken itself on constant war. Canada may end up losing or end up holding before ceasefire called, but the entire Alliance world would support Canada over USA. US will probably end up fighting in all over the world including entire South America Continent. Canadians have great diplomatic relations with Brazil. This might end up being USA fighting all fronts not just Canada in a long war.

#7 Possible Scenario: WW2 would probably end up lasting a decade more as USA will have different alliances and fighting multiple fronts including opening a South American Campaign while most likely only having Argentina as allies.

#8 Possible Scenario: USA might end up in civil war in the middle of the fight aligned with Germans because not only of atrocities of siding with Germany racism. Many people in USA would not agree with what Germany and Japan would be doing.

#9 Possible Scenario: Asia is the most tricky one because Hitler thought the Japs will open a 2nd front against USSR which they did not. Under "Anti-comintern Pact", Germany first supported China during Japanese invasion, but later abandoned them due to being its hands full against British. US might be able to get Germany to support China instead and maybe delay any invasion against USSR while everyone else targets British and the Japanese as the Japs were caught red handed doing atrocities against Chinese by Americans journalists. Nanjing Massacre.

#10 Possible Scenario: If USA supported Japan under German axis alliances instead of China #8 and #7 will obviously happen while invasion against USSR happens with US troops in Operation Barbarossa.

#11 Spanish empire and Argentina will obviously join Axis alliance. Portugal will probably remain neutral or Join USA as it joined the war later in 1943 allowing the setup of USA bases. Portugal and Spain was in a neutral Iberian Pact. So they might stay out of the war as they are thinking who was stronger.

#12 Nazi Germany, Hitler is going die either ways because there are German plans for regime changes which US might support for their war plan effort. Assassination plans changes. Like the new kills the old for power.

#13 Unlucky 13th other Scenarios after Axis domination or Allies won.
a) US vs the world
b) Never ending war for everyone that has to start from scratch after the Great WW2 while all leaders got ousted if Axis wins.
c) Nazi Germany(basically the Cold War enemy as USSR is gone) vs her allies and rest of the world.
d) Actual world peace with US supporting China to destroy both Fascism and Communism in a brutal way. With China on US side supported by Americans everything gets done, no easy surrendering.
e) US vs Axis Alliance(Betrays US due to racism)
f) Alliance win, USSR is the main super power while people still supporting Communism. British almost completely wiped out. US is divided into territories for multiple countries of control.
g) Japanese alliances vs rest of the world using millions of conquered Asian men conscription(mostly Chinese puppets).

#14 Shit forgot about India, but they are merely concentrated in Asia. Without Naval support they might end up rebelling against British and break free to form their own country except when Japan invades. US is going to either choose to help Japan or go against her. Read Indian Collaboration with Axis. India would not have actually stuck with the British if US joined the Axis. They might rebel against British and help US.

This is the problem with Japan, they keep stabbing allies in the back. They are the tricky ones.


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People obviously keep forgetting that Italy only switched sides when they were losing. French had allied Germany under Vichy France. The whole winning Desert Rats Campaign is because the Lend-Lease M3 Lee 75mm cannon is able to shoot far into Panzer tanks that the British didn't had earlier and constantly rely on the useless close range pom-pom guns in tank battles. Everyone forgets that there was an Anti-comintern pact built up with Germany before Jap-China war happen which Germany supported Chinese first. First time Churchill tanks were used, they lost the battle. Without US Sherman tanks Firefly tanks don't exist, no effective anti-tiger tanks. British always had terrible tanks til US jumped into help.

US always had War plans to dominate the world, so a scenario where US fights the world alone is highly possible as much as Nazi Germany and USSR.

Brazil had relations with Canada in 1941 before declaring war against Nazi Germany in 1942. Brazil only declared war after sinking of their ship by German U-boats in 1942, just like US declaring war.

Many things will happen had US joined Axis.
#1 No lend lease support for Allies like Britain or USSR. Meaning no Sherman, Stuart or M3 Lee tanks. Which will cost British from winning in African Campaign.

#2 Britain will fall instantly. Not only does Britain has to fight Germany, they have to now fight US naval Forces which will isolated British Isle from having military equipment brought over. This will change Hitler tactics from possibly invading the USSR Earlier and do a land invasion on Britain with US naval support.

#3 Italy will remain a German ally as it controls entire North Africa, thus help Germany against USSR even more in Operation Barbarossa.

#4 The divided French will no longer be divided supporting both Americans and German troops in France to plan invasion against USSR and Britain. Rebels would either give up or completely destroyed under Vichy France(French ally of Germany).

#5 Combine tactics of German famous U-boat army and US naval carrier groups, Britain would not stand a chance to defend itself from Naval Invasion.

#6 Canada and USA will weaken itself on constant war. Canada may end up losing or end up holding before ceasefire called, but the entire Alliance world would support Canada over USA. US will probably end up fighting in all over the world including entire South America Continent. Canadians have great diplomatic relations with Brazil. This might end up being USA fighting all fronts not just Canada in a long war.

#7 Possible Scenario: WW2 would probably end up lasting a decade more as USA will have different alliances and fighting multiple fronts including opening a South American Campaign while most likely only having Argentina as allies.

#8 Possible Scenario: USA might end up in civil war in the middle of the fight aligned with Germans because not only of atrocities of siding with Germany racism. Many people in USA would not agree with what Germany and Japan would be doing.

#9 Possible Scenario: Asia is the most tricky one because Hitler thought the Japs will open a 2nd front against USSR which they did not. Under "Anti-comintern Pact", Germany first supported China during Japanese invasion, but later abandoned them due to being its hands full against British. US might be able to get Germany to support China instead and maybe delay any invasion against USSR while everyone else targets British and the Japanese as the Japs were caught red handed doing atrocities against Chinese by Americans journalists. Nanjing Massacre.

#10 Possible Scenario: If USA supported Japan under German axis alliances instead of China #8 and #7 will obviously happen while invasion against USSR happens with US troops in Operation Barbarossa.

#11 Spanish empire and Argentina will obviously join Axis alliance. Portugal will probably remain neutral or Join USA as it joined the war later in 1943 allowing the setup of USA bases.

#12 Nazi Germany, Hitler is going die either ways because there are German plans for regime changes which US might support for their war plan effort. Assassination plans changes. Like the new kills the old for power.
I think I may have missed something....
What, on Earth, could cause the US to actually side with the Axis in WWII?
 
Getting the USA to join the Central Powers is plausible, though the POD would probably have to be in the 1890s or earlier. Getting the USA to join the Axis is ASB.
 

nbcman

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C’mon, the OP talks of the famous German uboat army. It is a fine piece of logic and clarity. Maybe we have been wrong all along….
Obvious sarcasm is obvious
 
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People obviously keep forgetting that Italy only switched sides when they were losing. French had allied Germany under Vichy France. The whole winning Desert Rats Campaign is because the Lend-Lease M3 Lee 75mm cannon is able to shoot far into Panzer tanks that the British didn't had earlier and constantly rely on the useless close range pom-pom guns in tank battles. Everyone forgets that there was an Anti-comintern pact built up with Germany before Jap-China war happen which Germany supported Chinese first. First time Churchill tanks were used, they lost the battle. Without US Sherman tanks Firefly tanks don't exist, no effective anti-tiger tanks. British always had terrible tanks til US jumped into help.

US always had War plans to dominate the world, so a scenario where US fights the world alone is highly possible as much as Nazi Germany and USSR.

Brazil had relations with Canada in 1941 before declaring war against Nazi Germany in 1942. Brazil only declared war after sinking of their ship by German U-boats in 1942, just like US declaring war.

Many things will happen had US joined Axis.
#1 No lend lease support for Allies like Britain or USSR. Meaning no Sherman, Stuart or M3 Lee tanks. Which will cost British from winning in African Campaign.

#2 Britain will fall instantly. Not only does Britain has to fight Germany, they have to now fight US naval Forces which will isolated British Isle from having military equipment brought over. This will change Hitler tactics from possibly invading the USSR Earlier and do a land invasion on Britain with US naval support.

#3 Italy will remain a German ally as it controls entire North Africa, thus help Germany against USSR even more in Operation Barbarossa.

#4 The divided French will no longer be divided supporting both Americans and German troops in France to plan invasion against USSR and Britain. Rebels would either give up or completely destroyed under Vichy France(French ally of Germany).

#5 Combine tactics of German famous U-boat army and US naval carrier groups, Britain would not stand a chance to defend itself from Naval Invasion.

#6 Canada and USA will weaken itself on constant war. Canada may end up losing or end up holding before ceasefire called, but the entire Alliance world would support Canada over USA. US will probably end up fighting in all over the world including entire South America Continent. Canadians have great diplomatic relations with Brazil. This might end up being USA fighting all fronts not just Canada in a long war.

#7 Possible Scenario: WW2 would probably end up lasting a decade more as USA will have different alliances and fighting multiple fronts including opening a South American Campaign while most likely only having Argentina as allies.

#8 Possible Scenario: USA might end up in civil war in the middle of the fight aligned with Germans because not only of atrocities of siding with Germany racism. Many people in USA would not agree with what Germany and Japan would be doing.

#9 Possible Scenario: Asia is the most tricky one because Hitler thought the Japs will open a 2nd front against USSR which they did not. Under "Anti-comintern Pact", Germany first supported China during Japanese invasion, but later abandoned them due to being its hands full against British. US might be able to get Germany to support China instead and maybe delay any invasion against USSR while everyone else targets British and the Japanese as the Japs were caught red handed doing atrocities against Chinese by Americans journalists. Nanjing Massacre.

#10 Possible Scenario: If USA supported Japan under German axis alliances instead of China #8 and #7 will obviously happen while invasion against USSR happens with US troops in Operation Barbarossa.

#11 Spanish empire and Argentina will obviously join Axis alliance. Portugal will probably remain neutral or Join USA as it joined the war later in 1943 allowing the setup of USA bases.

#12 Nazi Germany, Hitler is going die either ways because there are German plans for regime changes which US might support for their war plan effort. Assassination plans changes. Like the new kills the old for power.

#13 Unlucky 13th other Scenarios after Axis domination or Allies won.
a) US vs the world
b) Never ending war for everyone that has to start from scratch after the Great WW2 while all leaders got ousted if Axis wins.
c) Nazi Germany(basically the Cold War enemy as USSR is gone) vs her allies and rest of the world.
d) Actual world peace with US supporting China to destroy both Fascism and Communism in a brutal way. With China on US side supported by Americans everything gets done, no easy surrendering.
e) US vs Axis Alliance(Betrays US due to racism)
f) Alliance win, USSR is the main super power while people still supporting Communism. British almost completely wiped out. US is divided into territories for multiple countries of control.
g) Japanese alliances vs rest of the world using millions of conquered Asian men conscription(mostly Chinese puppets).

#14 Shit forgot about India, but they are merely concentrated in Asia. Without Naval support they might end up rebelling against British and break free to form their own country except when Japan invades. US is going to either choose to help Japan or go against her. Read Indian Collaboration with Axis. India would not have actually stuck with the British if US joined the Axis. They might rebel against British and help US.

This is the problem with Japan, they keep stabbing allies in the back. They are the tricky ones.
all things considered maybe the US encourages the Iberian Pact to attack Japan if they invade China. Spain may get some of Korea and Portugal Nagasaki? Then, with them both joining the Axis, they will have a great say on colonies, so a Spanish Morocco and a Portuguese Pink Map come to mind.

Also you never mentioned what the US would get, it seems obvious but Canada and all the British American colonies.
 

Garrison

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People obviously keep forgetting that Italy only switched sides when they were losing. French had allied Germany under Vichy France. The whole winning Desert Rats Campaign is because the Lend-Lease M3 Lee 75mm cannon is able to shoot far into Panzer tanks that the British didn't had earlier and constantly rely on the useless close range pom-pom guns in tank battles.
Leaving aside the rest of the incoherence. The British cruiser and infantry tanks of 1939-40 had a 2pdr gun fitted which was perfectly capable of penetrating German armour, outside of World of Tanks no British tank had to depend on a pom-pom gun. The Matilda II tank was on the other hand perfectly capable of bouncing rounds from the standard 37mm German anti-tank gun, mounted on early models of the Panzer III. British tanks were actually fairly effective for the first couple of years of the war, with rushed production and lack of crew training impacting their performance in France and various decisions made during the invasion scare of 1940 impacting their longer term performance, the delay in introducing the 6pdr anti-tank gun being the most significant.
 
Have the british decide to be arrogant towards rising powers and start harassing the US after 1918 instead of deciding to cozy up to them and it'd be really easy to see a recognizable US in an ATL axis. You probably wouldn't even need to radically change leadership of the US with this POD too.
 
USA also has War-plans to fight Zombies, many of these are exercises in planning less than serious ideas.
Also the Girl Scouts.


Have the british decide to be arrogant towards rising powers and start harassing the US after 1918 instead of deciding to cozy up to them and it'd be really easy to see a recognizable US in an ATL axis. You probably wouldn't even need to radically change leadership of the US with this POD too.
While such an eventuality might lead to hostility, it also would lead to Britain changi no course at least somewhat rapidly, because the result would be the Arms Race that the WNT was designed to prevent OTL, and in such a contest Britain cannot even begin to keep pace with American spending, even without WWI such a race would be hard for Britain. Afterward it would be utterly impossible, and any civilian government which trued would be run out of office as the spending and taxes takes the economy down.
 

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Have the british decide to be arrogant towards rising powers and start harassing the US after 1918 instead of deciding to cozy up to them and it'd be really easy to see a recognizable US in an ATL axis. You probably wouldn't even need to radically change leadership of the US with this POD too.
Except the British had already reached an accommodation with the USA even before WWII and they did not cosy up to them after 1918, indeed things were frequently quite fraught between the two nations over loan repayments, German reparations and the two countries responses to the Great Depression. The USA and Britain did not enjoy the so-called 'special relationship' until after WWII. Even if the USA wasn't inclined to align itself with the British the notion that they would ally with Nazi Germany is just bizarre.
 

makemap

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I think I may have missed something....
What, on Earth, could cause the US to actually side with the Axis in WWII?
Read "War Plan White".
C’mon, the OP talks of the famous German uboat army. It is a fine piece of logic and clarity. Maybe we have been wrong all along….
Obvious sarcasm is obvious
Yes, we all know German actual main naval forces were made up of U-boats. If US cuts their naval support of anti-sub warfare and attack Britain instead things will change greatly in the Atlantic. War Plan Red.
Leaving aside the rest of the incoherence. The British cruiser and infantry tanks of 1939-40 had a 2pdr gun fitted which was perfectly capable of penetrating German armour, outside of World of Tanks no British tank had to depend on a pom-pom gun. The Matilda II tank was on the other hand perfectly capable of bouncing rounds from the standard 37mm German anti-tank gun, mounted on early models of the Panzer III. British tanks were actually fairly effective for the first couple of years of the war, with rushed production and lack of crew training impacting their performance in France and various decisions made during the invasion scare of 1940 impacting their longer term performance, the delay in introducing the 6pdr anti-tank gun being the most significant.
Not til Germans released their Panzer 4s and Tigers. the 2pdr was ineffective. M3 Lee

Quote: "Their appearance was a surprise to the Germans, who were unprepared for the M3's 75 mm gun. They soon discovered the M3 could engage them beyond the effective range of their 5 cm Pak 38 anti-tank gun, and the 5 cm KwK 39 of the Panzer III, their main medium tank. The M3 was also vastly superior to the Fiat M13/40 and M14/41 tanks employed by the Italian troops, whose 47 mm gun was effective only at point-blank range, while only the few Semoventi da 75/18 self-propelled guns were able to destroy it using HEAT rounds. In addition to the M3's 75 mm gun outranging the Panzers, they were equipped with high explosive shells to take out infantry and other soft targets, which previous British tanks lacked; upon the introduction of the M3, Rommel noted: "Up to May of 1942, our tanks had in general been superior in quality to the corresponding British types. This was now no longer true, at least not to the same extent."

M3 Lee did help the war in defence situation and stalling the Germans before the M4 Shermans arrived. North African campaign wasn't mainly about Germans, it was about the Italians mostly.

You cannot say US not helping allowed British to win because your wrong. Imagine those M3 Lee given to Axis pact instead of British. It is going to be a major defeat. Again North African campaign was not about Germany only. Operation Torch example where Vichy France was in control.

Quote from M3 Lee: "Grants and Lees served with British units in North Africa until the end of the campaign. Following Operation Torch (the invasion of French North Africa), the U.S. also fought in North Africa using the M3 Lee."
 

Garrison

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Not til Germans released their Panzer 4s and Tigers. the 2pdr was ineffective.
The Tiger didn't even enter service until late 1942 and it was pretty rare even later in the war. The Panzer IV of 1939-41 was only fitted with a short barrelled 75mm gun for infantry support that was useless against tanks. It wasn't fitted with the long barrelled 75mm until 1942 and its armour was similar to that of the Pz III and vulnerable to the 2pdr until the later models such as the F were introduced with upgraded armour.
If you had read the quote you posted you would have seen that the main advantage of the Lee's 75mm was that it fired an HE shell that was effective against soft targets, something the 2pdr couldn't do.
 

makemap

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all things considered maybe the US encourages the Iberian Pact to attack Japan if they invade China. Spain may get some of Korea and Portugal Nagasaki? Then, with them both joining the Axis, they will have a great say on colonies, so a Spanish Morocco and a Portuguese Pink Map come to mind.

Also you never mentioned what the US would get, it seems obvious but Canada and all the British American colonies.

Time to fix Portugal timeline. Thanks, that fixes Portugal neutrality issue. Korea is a separate country would not be colonized under US. The whole NK/SK war is because USSR invaded from the north to free the Koreans while US invaded the South. Most likely won't happen if US takes whole Korea alone to free them from Japs. I can see Portuguese getting involved in the Asian wars due to controlling Macau, but they were untouch by Japs as they respected their neutrality.
 
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makemap

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Have the british decide to be arrogant towards rising powers and start harassing the US after 1918 instead of deciding to cozy up to them and it'd be really easy to see a recognizable US in an ATL axis. You probably wouldn't even need to radically change leadership of the US with this POD too.
The tricky part of US alliance is USSR and Japan. If USSR attacked Germany first, I'm pretty sure US might change their mind supporting USSR under "War Plan White", this is where Hitler did a grave mistake igniting Barbarossa while still fighting Brits. The Japs on the hand everyone will most likely gang up on them for being backstabbers by attacking the Chinese and doing Pearl Harbour.
 

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I strongly recommend you switch to decaf,

Also -

The term "Japs" is seen by many people of Japanese descent as a slur. While it is, based on feedback here, something that is not always understood by some non-Americans, it is very much seen as quite offensive by a number of members here.



Now that you have been informed, please refrain from using the term outside of dialogue in a historic context.
 
@makemap I don't know why you're arguing so strenuously for the obvious, namely that if the US joins the Axis the Allies are fucked harder than a Japanese schoolgirl in a tentacle hentai.

The problem is, that's one hell of an if, and you have done very little legwork to show how the US joining the Axis would be at all plausible.
 
Read "War Plan White".

Yes, we all know German actual main naval forces were made up of U-boats. If US cuts their naval support of anti-sub warfare and attack Britain instead things will change greatly in the Atlantic. War Plan Red.

Not til Germans released their Panzer 4s and Tigers. the 2pdr was ineffective. M3 Lee

Quote: "Their appearance was a surprise to the Germans, who were unprepared for the M3's 75 mm gun. They soon discovered the M3 could engage them beyond the effective range of their 5 cm Pak 38 anti-tank gun, and the 5 cm KwK 39 of the Panzer III, their main medium tank. The M3 was also vastly superior to the Fiat M13/40 and M14/41 tanks employed by the Italian troops, whose 47 mm gun was effective only at point-blank range, while only the few Semoventi da 75/18 self-propelled guns were able to destroy it using HEAT rounds. In addition to the M3's 75 mm gun outranging the Panzers, they were equipped with high explosive shells to take out infantry and other soft targets, which previous British tanks lacked; upon the introduction of the M3, Rommel noted: "Up to May of 1942, our tanks had in general been superior in quality to the corresponding British types. This was now no longer true, at least not to the same extent."

M3 Lee did help the war in defence situation and stalling the Germans before the M4 Shermans arrived. North African campaign wasn't mainly about Germans, it was about the Italians mostly.

You cannot say US not helping allowed British to win because your wrong. Imagine those M3 Lee given to Axis pact instead of British. It is going to be a major defeat. Again North African campaign was not about Germany only. Operation Torch example where Vichy France was in control.

Quote from M3 Lee: "Grants and Lees served with British units in North Africa until the end of the campaign. Following Operation Torch (the invasion of French North Africa), the U.S. also fought in North Africa using the M3 Lee."
Sure you're not thinking of War Plan Red, in case of a conflict with the UK?
Nearly all major nations developed these sorts of contingency plans, some of them quite fanciful and unlikely, just to cover all conceivable bases in case of a conflict - any conflict.
Doesn't really explain how it makes it likely, or even possible, that the US would intervene on the Axis side, short of a "Silver Shirts" coup or something equally insane :)
Now, just as a thought exercise, maybe this could be interesting... but be aware you're likely to get lambasted for the improbability of it....
 
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