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Let's say that instead of pursuing alliance with Japan, the Nazis continue their overtures toward the KMT and instead ally themselves with China? Owing to different changes here and there as well, let's say Mussolini decides that allying with Hitler is a bad idea, and that he'll just hitch his wagon to the Allied Powers. To further add to that, the Soviets stay out of the war and Hitler makes good on Molotov-Ribbentrop because of the greatly expanded Allies. Japan also allies with Britain and France.

With Japan allied with the British and the French (as well as the Italians), how does WWII develop? Remember, this means that the U.S. is probably not going to get involved at all, owing to strong isolationist sentiment that really was only broken by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and a desire for revenge.

Allied Powers: British Empire, France, Japanese Empire, Italy, etc.

Axis Powers: Nazi Germany, Nationalist China, some of the minor ones from OTL.

Neutral (though supportive of the Allies): United States.

Neutral (for real): USSR.


Does this make the war a lot shorter? How would the postwar world look? Would Japan eventually end up in a war with the Soviets or the Americans over China/the Pacific?
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