WWII in 1942

The task here is to have WWII delayed until 1942. No nations are changed, not leaders die off, just to have the war occur three years later then OTL.
 
germany gets its butt handed to them after initial small victories.. since the time to strike was 1939-1940.. an additional 2 years for the french, british and russians to get up to speed with the growing menace of a bankrupted germany spending too much on military purchases. German panzers didnt do all that well in poland.. now imagine that against more modern tanks of the russians and or what ever the french and british decide to build as well.. I just dont see any plausable way for the germans to win WWII short of not invading russia or a complete change in idology.

Would the Italians actually continue to work with the germans? would the germans have to go it alone? would the soviet pact hold up since it was basicaly a tool to carve up poland and the baltics?
 
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