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Was reading the chapter in Perrett's HOW TO LOSE WWII about the reasons Hitler declared war on the US after Pearl Harbor (and they weren't very good ones either). But it got me thinking...

With the attack on Pearl as well as the other Japanese moves both the US and the UK are at war with Japan. What if Hitler tries to make a deal with them? The Afrika Korps will pull back to Libya, ending the Desert War (Italy gets to keep Greece as a placebo). All hostilities in Europe end at the status quo. This allows the UK to send all available forces to the Pacific while the US only has to concentrate on Japan. Of course, one caveat is Lend Lease to Russia must end. This allows Hitler to throw all available forces (less the Afrika Korps plus what has to remain in France, Norway, etc). against Russia.

Honestly I can't see Churchill going for it, but would the government?

FWIW, I still don't see Germany defeating Russia. At best the disasters of 1942-43 now end up in 1943-44. I do see the War in the Pacific ending by 1944, only waiting for the bomb to avoid having to invade (mining and subs keep Japan impotent). At this point the West can't really sit by and watch Stalin move too far west, so what happens now?

As I said, pretty farfetched but still a head-scratcher. Awaiting reader's opinions...
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