Let's say that either the allies intervene in the Winter War or the allies go through with Operation Pike. As a result, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany become co-belligerents, which could easily pave a way for an alliance, as in a few timelines here on alternatehistory.com. However, these timelines usually involve the death of Hitler, because due to his extreme hatred of all things communist, he always planned an invasion of the Soviet Union in order to get his 'Lebensraum'. Stalin was also exceptionally paranoid of the Nazis due to their intensely anti-communist stance. Therefore a Nazi-Soviet alliance could never last with them in charge. I'm curious about that scenario--a Nazi-Soviet alliance with Hitler ans Stalin in charge. How long would it last before Hitler broke his alliance with a surprise attack on the Soviet Union? Or would Stalin strike first?
Either way, it's clear that the alliance can't last long. That said, it will last a little while, and it's too late to butterfly the Fall of France. Britain would feel in a more precarious position with two totalitarian enemies, however since I don't believe there is a major way for the USSR to assault Britain or her holdings, I suspect that Britain would remain in the war. The USSR may be able to assault into the Middle East or Persia, but I suspect the British forces could hold them off. The Axis military position on mainland Europe would also be fairly unchanged, so it's not unlikely that Hitler would he launch Operation Barbarossa similarly to IOTL, Spring/Summer 1941. However, the diplomatic situation is changed with the Soviets alongside the Nazis. Will that help or hurt Nazi efforts to get Turkey, Spain,and Vichy France into the war?
Stalin wouldn't be prepared to launch an offensive fist until well after the Nazis are prepared, and coupled with Hitlers hatred is the reason I believe the Nazis will strike first.
At this point, the butterflies come crashing in. How are the British and later the Americans(since I don't see why the war in China/oil embargo/Pearl Harbor butterflied away) going to deal with the USSR? Pragmatism leans towards an alliance as IOTL, but there was already intense anti-Soviet prewar propaganda, and that feeling will only increase over the year or two where the USSR is actively fighting against the allies. Stalin sees the Western powers as Imperial bourgeois who want to crush the revolution, as evidenced by their surprise attack on a neutral USSR. It'd be harder than IOTL for the two to work together, and even if they do somehow, the post-war peace agreements would be impossible to come to, since the allies be far less willing to give into Soviet demands, and vice versa. Could it devolve into a three-way conflict? How?
Either way, it's clear that the alliance can't last long. That said, it will last a little while, and it's too late to butterfly the Fall of France. Britain would feel in a more precarious position with two totalitarian enemies, however since I don't believe there is a major way for the USSR to assault Britain or her holdings, I suspect that Britain would remain in the war. The USSR may be able to assault into the Middle East or Persia, but I suspect the British forces could hold them off. The Axis military position on mainland Europe would also be fairly unchanged, so it's not unlikely that Hitler would he launch Operation Barbarossa similarly to IOTL, Spring/Summer 1941. However, the diplomatic situation is changed with the Soviets alongside the Nazis. Will that help or hurt Nazi efforts to get Turkey, Spain,and Vichy France into the war?
Stalin wouldn't be prepared to launch an offensive fist until well after the Nazis are prepared, and coupled with Hitlers hatred is the reason I believe the Nazis will strike first.
At this point, the butterflies come crashing in. How are the British and later the Americans(since I don't see why the war in China/oil embargo/Pearl Harbor butterflied away) going to deal with the USSR? Pragmatism leans towards an alliance as IOTL, but there was already intense anti-Soviet prewar propaganda, and that feeling will only increase over the year or two where the USSR is actively fighting against the allies. Stalin sees the Western powers as Imperial bourgeois who want to crush the revolution, as evidenced by their surprise attack on a neutral USSR. It'd be harder than IOTL for the two to work together, and even if they do somehow, the post-war peace agreements would be impossible to come to, since the allies be far less willing to give into Soviet demands, and vice versa. Could it devolve into a three-way conflict? How?