BlondieBC
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Do you think this would prompt the Allies to actively declare war and intervene in Turkey? IOTL there was a pretty strong faction in both Britain and France pushing to DoW the USSR.
At this point controlling the Dardanelles and getting a foothold in the Balkans would be a major boon to the Allies in the wider war, especially being able to influence Romania and Bulgaria and start trying to pull nations in the region out of Germany's economic orbit.
Not only do I think the UK declares war, it may well make Stalin seem to be as great a threat as Hitler to British, but not French Interests. The British are going to be terrified about possibly losing the straights, the soviets nearer to oil supplies, and possible future threats to the Suez canal. An the British/French at this point probably expect to see Germans stopped in Flanders.
I would also not be surprised that if after this DoW, the British tried to cut some realpolitik deal with Japan. Accepting the permanent loss of access to the Yantzee river basin is much easier to take than a Soviet fleet with bases in the Med. Or Germany sitting in Calais.