Iron Dawn: an alternate WW3 between Allies, Axis and Soviets

Introduction
I have an idea for a setting of an RTS game depicting a cold war between the United States, German Reich, and the Soviet Union turning hot in the 1980s. The PoD is that after WW1, revolution sweeps Europe and replaces old governments with radical ideologies, namely fascism and socialism. When WW2 happens on schedule it is a war of ideas, not empires. One of these axis powers was Britain led by Oswald Mosley, which drove a wedge between it and it's commonwealth nations towards the US. Pearl harbor happens on schedule, with America declaring war on Japan and Hitler declaring war in turn.

America faced a war on two fronts, with needing to commit forces in the Pacific and to fend off attacks from Fascist Britain. But with the more immediate enemy of the Soviet Union most conflicts were simple skirmishes and bombing runs. Eventually through the combined might of European axis powers the Soviets were pushed back to the Urals, and capitulated after an Stalin was assassinated, leaving a weakened and humiliated Soviet Union. Meanwhile, in the Pacific, the allies launch operation downfall after the failure of the Sun bomb tests. Even with the combined might of American, Australian, Canadian and Brazilian forces, it was a bloody slog against the suicidal and desperate forces of Japan, but victory was won in 1946.

(Another PoD was that the Republicans that launched a coup against Pedro the 2nd failed, but without an heir, turned into a constitutional monarchy until his death. Ensuring Brazil would become a great power. Sue me.)

World War 2 finally ended in 1947 due to war weariness after the battle of the Arctic circle with the signing of the Treaty of Reykjavik under a white peace between Allied and Axis powers. What resulted was a cold war an military arms race that almost went hot several times such as the Falklands crisis in 1962, and numerous proxy wars across Africa, SE Asia and the Middle East.

Run down on the factions:

United Western Nations: a military alliance between the free nations of the Americas, Pacific and Southern Africa, like NATO in OTL, with elements of the UN and WTO. While consisting of many nations it is primarily domimated by the Federal States of America, (now unified with Canada after the Anglo sphere schism) the United Republic of Brazil (made to resemble the Terran Federation in starship troopers, even having the Mobile Infantry) and the Pan Pacific Confederacy, (a European Union like entity of Oceania and Indonesia).

Greater Germanic Reich: officially called the Coalition of Axis States, is unofficially an extension of Germany's New Order, consisting of the GGR proper, it's puppet governments, fascist allies, and it's territories in North Africa and Eastern Europe. Inspired by a more blatantly evil European Union, and wolfenstein. Germany (basically see Wolfenstein TNO) the United European Alliance (Fascist EU), and the Afrikakorp, (Germany's occupation force in Africa and Middle East).

Soviet East-Asian Union: After losing the core regions, Moscow, and the war, the humilated Soviet Union sought revenge against their greatest enemy, having failed to find any with the allies after Reykyavic was signed, they turned to the ongoing Chinese civil war in the PRC, with added support and manpower, Mao's forces where able to drive the Nationalist Chinese to Taiwan and Korea, with UWN intervention preventing total defeat. With Chinese man power and resources (as well as the aid of advisors from New Moscow preventing the Great leap backwards) the Soviet Eastasian Union rose to prominence on the world stage once again, even funding communist groups in Southern Asia, the Arabian peninsula and Central Africa.

Without the development of nuclear weapons (albert Einstein was killed, people assuming it required more plutonium than needed, and misinformation to prevent the enemy from gaining the advantage), the outbreak of war between the three powers was more likely, some might say inevitable. Tensions between SEA and UWN over islands, between SEA and GGR for past transgressions, and between GGR and UWN over the Atlantic, Arctic and Africa. As well as conflict between bases and outposts in orbit and heavenly bodies. No one knows what truly set off WW3, all that is known now is the world is at war, Germany launched an assault at the East Coast, the Soviets have invaded the Pacific and the UWN has sent expeditionary forces to Northern, Central and Southern Africa.

Overall thoughts on the scenario I crafted?
 
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