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For those who don't know, when Germany and Italy were negotiating the Pact of Steel, Mussolini's Under-Secretary of War, Carlo Favagrossa, concluded that due to the weak Italian industry(which did not equal more than 15% of that of France or of Britain in militarily critical areas such as automobile production), Italy would not be ready for a war until 1943 and both signatories agreed to wait until that year to declare war.

Of course, things didn't turn out that way. Hitler invaded Poland n 1939 and Mussolini declared war on the Allies in 1940, just before the Fall of France.

I've asked around several times about what would've happened had Hitler honoured that treaty to the letter and the answer has always been the same: Had Hitler tried to start World War II in 1943, he would've been defeated quickly due to the Allies being able to complete their rearmament programs ( the extension of the Maginot Line from the Belgian border to the coast being completed, France's less than competent generals are in retirement, the Soviet Union being much more prepared for a Nazi invasion, the Polish military being more modernized, etc)

So, let's talk about the aftermath of this alternate World War II (or whatever name they decide to call WWII in the world). Had Hitler attempted to invade Poland in 1943 and was crushed by a superior Allied opposition, what does the future hold for this alternate world?
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