From what I have read, the key to a potential Axis victory is to get GB to leave the war at all costs. If there are absolutely no enemies to the Nazis, then trade is opened up and Nazi Germany does not have to spend any effort or headache dealing with the WAllies and can devote 100% of their efforts to Barbarossa. I posted on another thread years ago, and the consensus was that Barbarossa has a very significant chance of succeeding if the UK leaves the war.
Barbarossa is the decisive front of the entire war. If Germany completely conquers Russia, Germany has won World War 2. Thus, the challenge I gave should basically read “AHC: Successful Barbarossa”.
As for Japan, the key is to make sure they DO NOT attack the United States. The only reason Pearl Harbor occurred was due to the oil embargo we had. However, if Great Britain has surrendered, (again an earlier thread I made reported this) then Japan likely can get enough oil and resources from the DEI as well as free trade with Britain and other nations. This means the Japanese military can continue their war in China indefinitely, which was basically all they wanted. If Japan has no worries about resources and does not strike south, there is a good chance they invade the Eastern half of the Soviet Union as well as Vladivostok.
With Japan, the real question is in this scenario where they can continue their war in China indefinitely, how long would it take to conquer all of the Chinese coastal regions? It seems as if the Japanese military was severely distracted from their Chinese war once they struck south after attacking Pearl Harbor, and that a military solely focused on conquering China (the fall of the Soviet Union is assumed in this timeline) may be able to conquer it, as long as it may take. Operation Ichi-go conquered quite a lot of southern China in the end of the war, I don’t know how much of China Japan could have realistically conquered given no worries about resources. The reality is that China at this point in time is not industrialized at all and is a very large nation with an extremely inferior military to Japan.
So, the way to achieve this seems to be:
-Get Great Britain to surrender early in the war by any means necessary
-Have Barbarossa succeed (most important)
-Japan does not attack Pearl Harbor due to being able to freely trade for oil and resources after GB’s surrender and focuses nearly all of their efforts on conquest of coastal China
Nazi Germany will have achieved their war goals by about 1943 in this timeline, whereas Japan will take longer, I speculate around 1947-1950, if it’s even possible to conquer all of coastal China and create the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
(Also, a very important note I should make is that I don’t ever mean that GB and/or the USA gets conquered by the Axis-THAT is impossible and ASB. All that needs to happen for an Axis victory is basically:
-Germany conquers Russia
And
-Japan conquers China
GB and the USA can very begrudgingly leave them alone, their conquest is not necessary for Germany and Japan to achieve their historical war goals, which were the conquests of Russia and China, respectively)
Barbarossa is the decisive front of the entire war. If Germany completely conquers Russia, Germany has won World War 2. Thus, the challenge I gave should basically read “AHC: Successful Barbarossa”.
As for Japan, the key is to make sure they DO NOT attack the United States. The only reason Pearl Harbor occurred was due to the oil embargo we had. However, if Great Britain has surrendered, (again an earlier thread I made reported this) then Japan likely can get enough oil and resources from the DEI as well as free trade with Britain and other nations. This means the Japanese military can continue their war in China indefinitely, which was basically all they wanted. If Japan has no worries about resources and does not strike south, there is a good chance they invade the Eastern half of the Soviet Union as well as Vladivostok.
With Japan, the real question is in this scenario where they can continue their war in China indefinitely, how long would it take to conquer all of the Chinese coastal regions? It seems as if the Japanese military was severely distracted from their Chinese war once they struck south after attacking Pearl Harbor, and that a military solely focused on conquering China (the fall of the Soviet Union is assumed in this timeline) may be able to conquer it, as long as it may take. Operation Ichi-go conquered quite a lot of southern China in the end of the war, I don’t know how much of China Japan could have realistically conquered given no worries about resources. The reality is that China at this point in time is not industrialized at all and is a very large nation with an extremely inferior military to Japan.
So, the way to achieve this seems to be:
-Get Great Britain to surrender early in the war by any means necessary
-Have Barbarossa succeed (most important)
-Japan does not attack Pearl Harbor due to being able to freely trade for oil and resources after GB’s surrender and focuses nearly all of their efforts on conquest of coastal China
Nazi Germany will have achieved their war goals by about 1943 in this timeline, whereas Japan will take longer, I speculate around 1947-1950, if it’s even possible to conquer all of coastal China and create the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
(Also, a very important note I should make is that I don’t ever mean that GB and/or the USA gets conquered by the Axis-THAT is impossible and ASB. All that needs to happen for an Axis victory is basically:
-Germany conquers Russia
And
-Japan conquers China
GB and the USA can very begrudgingly leave them alone, their conquest is not necessary for Germany and Japan to achieve their historical war goals, which were the conquests of Russia and China, respectively)
