Is there ever a possibility of a three way Cold War between the Western Powers (specifically the British Empire/UK and possibly the US depending on how the elections go), the Axis (+puppets) and the USSR? I'm a noob when it comes to reading alternative history and aside from reading through CCA's Axis China timeline I have very little experience here.
After Dunkirk I'd imagine Operations Sealion and Green would be laughed off and shelved very quickly by the Axis as fantasy rhetoric and instead the UK is brought to an armistice/peace terms to remove them as an immediate threat since the public sentiment might lean towards avoiding another drawn out conflict with the Great War still in memory. Perhaps the BoB could still fail but the Blitz damages morale enough that people tire of the war? Germany doesn't invade the USSR and instead uses its partition of Poland as a buffer between the Soviets and the Fatherland.
Japan realises a war with the US would not end favourably at this point in time and instead sets its sights on East Asia with China in the scope of focus. The Dutch East Indies and possibly French Indochina are absorbed into the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere while resources are funneled into nationalist/pro-japan movements within the British Empire's colonial holdings to erode its influence and set the stage for a later assimilation.
Spain and Turkey remain on good terms with the EuroAxis for trade without being tied into any military commitments while Puppet!France serves as a buffer between Germany and the UK/US. I don't imagine it would be able to hold onto its colonial holdings and independence for these might later ensue.
The Axis make plans for some form of later conflict/clash with the USSR and I assume the Soviets focus on pumping resources into the Chinese Communists and reinforcing their Western Borders and possibly Vladivostok, but for the time being the only battles taking place are at the diplomatic tables and within the web of espionage ongoing between the Anglosphere, the Axis Powers and the Comintern.
This was just a bit of spitballing on my part whilst bored - does any of it look like it would be feasible?
After Dunkirk I'd imagine Operations Sealion and Green would be laughed off and shelved very quickly by the Axis as fantasy rhetoric and instead the UK is brought to an armistice/peace terms to remove them as an immediate threat since the public sentiment might lean towards avoiding another drawn out conflict with the Great War still in memory. Perhaps the BoB could still fail but the Blitz damages morale enough that people tire of the war? Germany doesn't invade the USSR and instead uses its partition of Poland as a buffer between the Soviets and the Fatherland.
Japan realises a war with the US would not end favourably at this point in time and instead sets its sights on East Asia with China in the scope of focus. The Dutch East Indies and possibly French Indochina are absorbed into the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere while resources are funneled into nationalist/pro-japan movements within the British Empire's colonial holdings to erode its influence and set the stage for a later assimilation.
Spain and Turkey remain on good terms with the EuroAxis for trade without being tied into any military commitments while Puppet!France serves as a buffer between Germany and the UK/US. I don't imagine it would be able to hold onto its colonial holdings and independence for these might later ensue.
The Axis make plans for some form of later conflict/clash with the USSR and I assume the Soviets focus on pumping resources into the Chinese Communists and reinforcing their Western Borders and possibly Vladivostok, but for the time being the only battles taking place are at the diplomatic tables and within the web of espionage ongoing between the Anglosphere, the Axis Powers and the Comintern.
This was just a bit of spitballing on my part whilst bored - does any of it look like it would be feasible?
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