Sarah Paine
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What does Italy want?
Roman Empire, whatever it is.
So who's the primary enemy?
Well, Britain, because that's where Britain's interests are.
Okay.
Hitler, what's he all about?
He wants to do his labors around Nazi wonderland all over Eurasia.
So who's his primary enemy?
That would be Russia.
Japan, what do they want?
They want the big Japanese empire.
Who's their primary enemy?
It's China.
And then when they get us in, they got a whole new problem in their hands.
None of this aligns.
And so the Axis aren't going to be trading many resources with each other, whereas the Allies, and it's really...
It goes back to your original question about the British.
Part of their way of running wars is you absolutely coordinate with allies.
You give them serious resources, which is what they finally figured out at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, where they're paying big money to support different allies.
And then you've got to put skin in the games, actually send your armies.