What if---the Japanese had restarted the Russo Japanese War and had attacked north from Manchuria and cut off the Russian Far East from Moscow instead of attacking Pearl Harbour.
It would have isolated a large part of the Russian eastern army, pivotal in the Russian winter offensive and could have led to the collapse of the USSR. America would have kept out of the way whilst Japan, as part of the Axis Pact, would have overrun the European possessions in the Far East.
Germany, now having the oil resources and the ability to recruit volunteers from eastern Europe would have pushed South through Persia to the Indian Ocean securing India in a pincer between the German and Japanese forces.
Once the Southern Oceans were secured then the delayed invasion of Great Britain, a country that had lost all its overseas resources, money and probably moral could take place. Mussolini would then be free to re-establish his new Roman Empire and would take over North Africa.
You would then be left with three Empires.
The Third Reich encompassing Europe north of the Alps, Asia east to the Urals and central and southern Africa.
The Empire of the Sun would consist of India, a line northwards around Tibet and the Mongolias to the Bering Straight. Leaving Hawaii and the Philippines alone it would include the South Pacific islands and the Indonesian archipelago and everything in between.
The United States of America would be responsible for North and South America, Hawaii, Philippines and Australasia.
As all three would have their hands pretty full they would probably get along very well with each other and it could well lead to a century of peace.
Last edited by Fareastdriver; 27th Apr 2017 at 15:25.