What if the USSR Joined the Axis in 1940?

In November 1940, the Soviet Union send a list of demands to join the Axis powers, seeing how Britain was on its own and how Germany had knocked out France rather easily. The demands of the Soviets were rather light, and I will explore them in detail later in the video, but the Germans when they heard of these demands, never sent a reply, and a little under a year later, Operation Barbarossa was launched. So, what if the Soviet Union joined the Axis in late 1940? How would this redraw the world’s borders and what would happen next? Let me show you what I came up with! 🔴 Try out Hearts of Iron IV for free using this link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/394360/Hearts_of_Iron_IV/ ▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Book - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTHSKVWP Discord Server - https://discord.gg/jE48DHSGG9 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/RewritingHistory/membership ▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Video Intro 00:43 - Explaining the German-Soviet Cooperation 06:14 - Why didn’t the Alliance Continue? 16:10 - Soviet Union Joins the Axis! 26:54 - Hearts of Iron IV is Free for a Weekend! 27:49 - What does the Axis looks like? 38:40 - Escalation of the Second World War 43:57 - Peace Treaty & Surrender of Britain 48:10 - Cold War between Germany and the USSR