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What if the US had elected an isolationist government in 1940 that signed a non-agression pact with Germany and Japan?

Japan does not invade Pearl Harbour but still attacks British, French and Dutch possessions.

I have my own idea of how the war in Europe will go:

1942: Germany still loses in North Africa but wins at Stalingrad (the absence of lend-lease vehicles and food makes a difference to the Soviet forces).

1943: British forces invade Italy. Back and forth fighting in the USSR, with Germany completing its conquest of the Caucasus (oil!), and Soviet attempts to recapture Rostov and Stalingrad ultimately failing. A Soviet offensive in northern Russia is more successful.

1944: British forces in Italy stall, faced with tough German resistance. More fighting in the USSR, on every front. Soviets advance to the Polish border, but a counterattack forces them back (USSR is having fuel difficulties). Germany besieges Moscow. In the autumn, the Soviets again attempt to recapture Rostov and Stalingrad. Winter spells bad news for the Germans. The seige of Moscow fails, and Rostov and Stalingrad are captured.

1945: The size advantage of the British Commonwealth and the Soviet Union starts to pay dividends (more size = more men and more production). Soviet forces advance everywhere. Italy surrenders. British and Commonwealth forces land in northern France.

1946. Germany surrenders and is occupied by the Soviet Union.

What do you think, is this plausible?

Now, I have no idea how the war against Japan might progress. Can anyone help me?

I am assuming Churchill will be unwilling to come to an agreement with the Japanese. Suppose Japan attacks Australia in 1942. What happens? And what would happen in China and India?

Also, do you think there would be more Indian or African soldiers involved in the war in Europe? How willing were the Indians to fight for Britain, really? Would Churchill have to promise them independence?

What would be the consequences of the Soviet Union capturing all those German scientists at the end of the war?
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