What would we lack if there were no Axis Powers?

Jets will be around but I´m sceptical about the B-36 and most sceptical about nukes. Who on earth would spend billions to develop a weapon that might not even work in the end and why? With no WW2, the USSR would be literally in a cold war with the rest of the world. The capitalist camp would uttlerly overmatch the lone USSR.

Since there is no such thing as M.A.D. in the 1940.`s, there is a chance Stalin will do the exact same thing he did in Red Alert.
 
i dont think the Russians would be quite as paranoid

I think this question is phrased poorly. What would we have with a surviving Weimar Republic in Europe? Germany would remain a world leader in economics, science, culture, sports, and so much. Europe would remain the focus of the world, instead of becoming a armed camp between two major factions.

I think we'd lack a few weapons; most notably, the atomic bomb would probably be heavily delayed, while civilian technology would be advanced by a decade or more--and culture would be a bit more conservative. It would be an interesting world, and one where the lack of automated killing drones is far more greatly compensated by high speed railroads, greater wealth and investment in general, and perhaps, a giant African Vietnam as colonial powers attempt to keep what they have.
Without the trauma of almost being overrun by Hitler, I dont think the russians are quite as paranoid so a hot war is less likely
 
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