Related to another OP, should the US have entered World War II earlier than it did?

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8. Given the isolationist stance

it was impossible to go to war sooner.

Had that somehow been overcome, a whole bag of unintended consequences could have spilled.

-with the US focused on Europe, Japan may have skipped PH and gone south after the British and French, leaving US territories alone. Japan may have been able to achieve their goals and solidify their empire without US interference. An eventual pacific war would have been against a much better prepared Japan.

-the USSR would have the choice to turn against the Nazis before it happened to them, open the eastern front on the offence. OR given the Stalin was satisfied with his devil's bargain, the Soviets could have lend-leased to Germany in exchange for a free hand against Finland, Turkey or Japan and China...

-a far worse case, the Soviets join the Axis... each side knowing they would eventually turn on their ally

-depending on the timing of US entry, Hitler could go back to his 'we have achieved all of our goals' speech and offered a status quo peace rather than facing the allies backed by direct US support. It is quite likely the European nations would accept the loss of Poland and the Benelux countries as an acceptable price to avoid a repeat of WW1. The US would not have the clout to stop such a movement early on in the conflict.