In 1945, instead of the nazi surrendering. They had not started Operation Barbarossa, thus the Soviet Union never seized all of Germany. They had also forced the allied powers for peace so they could heal form the damages while occupying almost all of europe. In 5 years, the damage was quickily repaired and the German army returned to half of it's size during the height of the Nazis. They had also upgraded most of their weaponry and equipment. The SG50 (Assault Rifle), Jet aircraft and several tanks. They also upgraded the V2 rocket to the V8, more damage and longer range. After these creations, the allied powers and the Soviet Union placed sanctions and started fortifying it's borders. The Americans was also upgrading it's weaponry and equipment, even made a fully automatic carbine instead of an M14. Almost everything was still the same, except the Germans have a superior technology. In 1953, Hitler was assassinated. A doctor in Berlin inspected his body and it is confirmed that he was poisoned by an american spy. Suddenly, the Nazis declared war on all of the allied powers. This is the part where the story really starts.
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Not only that, the allied powers stopped Japan but not with atomic bombs since the Trinity bomb test ended in a disaster. Italy conquered most of africa and the balkans as well as the iberian peninsula. They became more powerful, power that rivals that of Britain. Every axis powers outside of european origin had been crushed by the allied powers. Countries that still exist in the european frontlines are Germany, Italy, Finland, Soviet Union and Sweden.