What if Spain Sweden and Turkey joined the Axis?

So if Spain joins Axis right in 1939 (before fall of France) it would be simply crushed by French forces and Franco would be overthrown. If Turkey declared war on USSR simultaneously with German invasion them would be overrun by soviets as some Turkish troops would be already busy in Egypt or Yemen.

What if Germany had not invaded the Soviet Union?

So what would have happened if Hitler had not invaded Russia? A more likely possibility is that Hitler could have chosen to move south instead of east. With most of Western Europe under his control after the summer of 1940, and Eastern Europe either subdued or allied with Germany, Hitler had a choice by mid-1941.

Did Sweden help Germany in ww2?

The Swedish Government made a few concessions, and sometimes breached the nation’s neutrality in favor of both Germany and, later, the Western Allies. For the Allies, Sweden shared military intelligence and helped to train soldier refugees from Denmark and Norway, to be used in the liberation of their home countries.

What would have happened if Russia never joined ww1?

Originally Answered: What would have happened if Russia hadn’t entered WWI? It wouldn;t be called World War 1. it’d be a localized Austro Serbian war in which Austria smacks aside its tiny rival in a few weeks. then world tensions go back to how they were pre assassination.

How many people were involved in the invasion of the USSR?

Over the course of the operation, about three million personnel of the Axis powers —the largest invasion force in the history of warfare —invaded the western Soviet Union along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front. In addition to troops, the Wehrmacht deployed some 600,000 motor vehicles, and between 600,000…

What was the date of the invasion of Barbarossa?

On 30 March 1941 the Barbarossa decree declared that the war would be one of extermination and advocated the eradication of all political and intellectual elites. The invasion was set for 15 May 1941, though it was delayed for over a month to allow for further preparations and possibly better weather. (See Reasons for delay.)

Why didn’t Nazi Germany occupy Turkey during WW2?

Nazi Germany had no intention of occupying Turkey, even though its neighbors to the west were all occupied by the Axis (including Greece, while Bulgaria was allied with Germany). Franz von Papen, the German foreign minister, visited Ankara with hopes of persuading Turkey to join the Axis powers.

What happened in Andorra during WW2?

During the Second World War, Andorra remained neutral but was an important smuggling route between Vichy France and Spain. On February 12, 1934 the new Austrofascist regime provoked the Austrian Civil War by ordering search warrants for the headquarters of the socialist party.