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A delayed European war could meet an alliance already fighting Japan

A delayed-war scenario asks what happens if European conflict waits while Britain and America confront Japan.

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Question

What changes if the European war is delayed while Britain and the United States confront Japan first?

Short answer

Germany would face a functioning coalition rather than divided opponents.

Notes

Peace would be unlikely to last to 1948 because Anglo-Japanese confrontations were already escalating. Germany would fare worse if it entered a war against opponents already mobilized and aligned in a Pacific coalition.