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Hitler held the Japanese in high regard. What if just before the Nazis launched Operation Barborossa, they asked the Japanese to join in the fight, imposing on Russia a two-front war. Japan would have been eager to avenge the Border Wars against the Soviets. The Germans could offer Japan the oil in Russia and the Middle East if the territories became conquered. The Nazis could also offer to aid Japan in its conquest of Asia after Russia had been defeated.

Would Russia have been defeated? If Japan gets the oil from Russia and the Middle East, would it still have needed to attack Pearl Habour and thereby bring the USA into war?
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