Thread:Seol404/@comment-35244094-20190322014703/@comment-35000429-20190428053859

Uselessnoob245 wrote: Would Japan win WW2? The Americans suffer the Great Depression while the USSR suffered the most causalities in Europe and was fighting the extremely deadly Third Reich, and an on-going civil war between the Republic of China and the Communist China means Imperial Japan had an advantage taking Shanghai and the capital, Beijing Nanjing. Okay, so there is no such thing as an Axis victory as far as WWII is concerned, the Empire of Japan definitely could have survived WWII, but in order for that to happen, the US would have had to not place santions on them, which would have resulted in Pearl Harbour never being bombed and the Pacific Theatre never even starting, so yes, Japan could have won, but not against the US.

The Third Reich is in a much more difficult survival situation, its only chance of survival would have been to not go for the French and British Empires and focus solely on the Soviet Union, which would have likely lead to a stalemate or a Nazi defeat. If Trotsky had came to power instead of Stalin than the Soviet Union wouldn't be the military power that in was in reality and would have likely been forced to capitulate after a few years of fighting.