Post by mcnutt on Dec 29, 2016 17:10:53 GMT
In a campaign speech Wendell Willkie said that if Roosevelt was reelected, the US would be at war by April 1941. What if he was right? The POD comes on April 7, 1941 when a German submarine sinks a US battleship in the middle of the Atlantic the entire crew of 1000 is feared dead or missing. On April 9, Congress declares war on Germany. On April 10, Germany and Italy declare war on the US. That same day Congress declared war on Italy. The US begins the process of mobilization.
Although officially at war with Germany and Italy, the US continues the economic sanctions on Japan. On Dec 7, the Japanese struck back by going to war with the UK and the Us, At Pearl Harbor, do to the wartime security the report of planes on the radar screen was taken seriously. The base had a 40 minute warning of the attack. They got the planes in the air. The Japanese pilots found themselves in a massive dog fight A warning was issued to all the American and British bases in the Pacific. The Japanese found in all their attacks that day empty harbors and planes in the air. As the Japanese attacked the Philippines they met stiff resistance from the Army of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, As part of the mobilization process, the US Congress fully funded the Filipino Army. In January 1942, reinforcements from the US arrived in the Philippines and drove away the Japanese invaders. The Japanese were able to conquer the Dutch East Indies but with the delay, the British were put in enough reinforcements to hold unto parts of Burma and Malaya.
On February 12th, at the Battle of Philippine Sea, US Naval forces stationed in the Philippines were able to destroy a Japanese convoy on its way to invade New Guinea. That summer Allied Naval forces were able to harass Japanese ships and cripple the invasions of New Guinea.
On March 8, US and Commonwealth forces landed in the French colonies of Morocco and Algeria. On March 10, an agreement was reached with Vichy French commander Francois Darlan. Resistance by Vichy French forces stopped but Darlan remained in power.
In May, US forces were able to stop a Japanese advance at the Battle of Midway. That same month Allied forces were able to drive out the last German and Italian forces in Tunisia. In June the invasion of Libya began. In early August Rommel surrendered as his forces were surrounded. He defied an order from Hitler to fight on.
In November , Allied forces invaded the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific and Sicily in Europe. Mussolini was deposed on November 22. On December 3rd, the new Italian government declared war on Germany but by then the Germans had taken control over most of Italy by the start of 1943, it was clear that Italy was a quagmire.
The news improved in 1943. On July 10th, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy By early August the Allied forces broke out of the Normandy beachhead. By August 25, they had liberated Paris. On September 19, , Allied forces invaded Southern France. In the fall of 1943, the US and Commonwealth Navies had taken control of the South China Sea and cut off the supply line to Japanese forces in the Dutch East Indies and those besieging Singapore.
In July, the Allies took control of the Mariana Islands. The bombing of Japan from bases on the Mariana Islands began on November 28,.
In 1944 the Allies would drive on to victory. In February, Allied forces took the Pacific island of Iwo Jima and from April to June conquered the neighboring island of Okinawa. In February the Japanese attack on Singapore was subdued. In March Commonwealth and US reinforcements arrived in Burma. By June they had driven the Japanese out of the British colony. In July, the Commonwealth and US forces moved on the China. In Europe, WAllied surrounded Berlin and liberated Warsaw and Prague in May. The Germans surrendered on June 6 or VE Day. On September 6, the USSR declared war on Japan. Soviet quickly moved through China because the Japanese had moved their troops south to the combat zones. Both WAllied and Soviets faced Japanese forces whose supplies lines had been cut by the blockade. Japan devastated by the bombing was unable to support it’s armies. In October, WAllied European veterans arrived in the Pacific theater. The bombing and blockade became more intense. On November 7th FDR won a fourth term. During the campaign Democrats had warned voters not to swap horses in the middle of the stream. Although the war in Europe was over, a long drawn bloody invasion of Japan was expected. The world was surprised on November 15 or VJ Day, when Japan surrendered. With his cities in ruins urban refugees were competing for food with the rural population. Hirohito was worried about a revolt.
There are some clear differences in the post war world ITTL vs OTL. Franklin Roosevelt freed from the war time stresses lives a few months longer. President Truman makes no war times decisions. The Soviet block in Eastern Europe is smaller. The Iron Curtain divided East and West Poland until they voted to reunite in 1990. Czechoslovakia came to an end in a not so velvet divorce in 1945, when Soviet occupied Slovakia broke away. West Poland and Czechzia were the front line nations of NATO. They hosted the majority of US military bases rather than Germany. If you are a child of an American service member and a Germany. You have a different heritage. The WAllies had set up a joint occupation of Germany. The Soviets are unable to convince their allies to establish zones of occupation. When the Federal Republic of Germany is declared in 1949, the Soviets withdraw along with the British, French and Americans. Unified Germany is welcomed into the family of Europe. It becomes a NATO member in 1953 and is a charter member of the European Economic Community in 1956.
The nations divided by the Cold War are Poland, Korea and China. After the Soviets expel the Republic of China officials in 1946 and establish the People’s Republic of China. WAllied remain in the rest of China to secure Jaing’s government. In the 1960s South China begins to prosper as Overseas Chinese and foreign investors industrialize the country taking the advantage of cheap labor. The growing educated middle class demands reform and South China became a democracy in 1991. North China was a Soviet satellite. The Soviets veto Mao’s plan for a Great Leap Forward and a Cultural Revolution. The encourage Deng Xiopeng’s reforms hoping it will make North China less dependent on Soviet aid. By the 80s, North China had a booming economy. Since there is no playing the China card, US PRC detente comes under Reagan, after corporation eager to cash in on the North China trade lobby the president. The other OTL ITTL difference involves the atom bomb. The Manhattan Project continues after VJ Day and explodes a bomb on December 17, 1944. The bomb remained a military secret until the Soviets announced they had developed one in 1949.
Although officially at war with Germany and Italy, the US continues the economic sanctions on Japan. On Dec 7, the Japanese struck back by going to war with the UK and the Us, At Pearl Harbor, do to the wartime security the report of planes on the radar screen was taken seriously. The base had a 40 minute warning of the attack. They got the planes in the air. The Japanese pilots found themselves in a massive dog fight A warning was issued to all the American and British bases in the Pacific. The Japanese found in all their attacks that day empty harbors and planes in the air. As the Japanese attacked the Philippines they met stiff resistance from the Army of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, As part of the mobilization process, the US Congress fully funded the Filipino Army. In January 1942, reinforcements from the US arrived in the Philippines and drove away the Japanese invaders. The Japanese were able to conquer the Dutch East Indies but with the delay, the British were put in enough reinforcements to hold unto parts of Burma and Malaya.
On February 12th, at the Battle of Philippine Sea, US Naval forces stationed in the Philippines were able to destroy a Japanese convoy on its way to invade New Guinea. That summer Allied Naval forces were able to harass Japanese ships and cripple the invasions of New Guinea.
On March 8, US and Commonwealth forces landed in the French colonies of Morocco and Algeria. On March 10, an agreement was reached with Vichy French commander Francois Darlan. Resistance by Vichy French forces stopped but Darlan remained in power.
In May, US forces were able to stop a Japanese advance at the Battle of Midway. That same month Allied forces were able to drive out the last German and Italian forces in Tunisia. In June the invasion of Libya began. In early August Rommel surrendered as his forces were surrounded. He defied an order from Hitler to fight on.
In November , Allied forces invaded the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific and Sicily in Europe. Mussolini was deposed on November 22. On December 3rd, the new Italian government declared war on Germany but by then the Germans had taken control over most of Italy by the start of 1943, it was clear that Italy was a quagmire.
The news improved in 1943. On July 10th, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy By early August the Allied forces broke out of the Normandy beachhead. By August 25, they had liberated Paris. On September 19, , Allied forces invaded Southern France. In the fall of 1943, the US and Commonwealth Navies had taken control of the South China Sea and cut off the supply line to Japanese forces in the Dutch East Indies and those besieging Singapore.
In July, the Allies took control of the Mariana Islands. The bombing of Japan from bases on the Mariana Islands began on November 28,.
In 1944 the Allies would drive on to victory. In February, Allied forces took the Pacific island of Iwo Jima and from April to June conquered the neighboring island of Okinawa. In February the Japanese attack on Singapore was subdued. In March Commonwealth and US reinforcements arrived in Burma. By June they had driven the Japanese out of the British colony. In July, the Commonwealth and US forces moved on the China. In Europe, WAllied surrounded Berlin and liberated Warsaw and Prague in May. The Germans surrendered on June 6 or VE Day. On September 6, the USSR declared war on Japan. Soviet quickly moved through China because the Japanese had moved their troops south to the combat zones. Both WAllied and Soviets faced Japanese forces whose supplies lines had been cut by the blockade. Japan devastated by the bombing was unable to support it’s armies. In October, WAllied European veterans arrived in the Pacific theater. The bombing and blockade became more intense. On November 7th FDR won a fourth term. During the campaign Democrats had warned voters not to swap horses in the middle of the stream. Although the war in Europe was over, a long drawn bloody invasion of Japan was expected. The world was surprised on November 15 or VJ Day, when Japan surrendered. With his cities in ruins urban refugees were competing for food with the rural population. Hirohito was worried about a revolt.
There are some clear differences in the post war world ITTL vs OTL. Franklin Roosevelt freed from the war time stresses lives a few months longer. President Truman makes no war times decisions. The Soviet block in Eastern Europe is smaller. The Iron Curtain divided East and West Poland until they voted to reunite in 1990. Czechoslovakia came to an end in a not so velvet divorce in 1945, when Soviet occupied Slovakia broke away. West Poland and Czechzia were the front line nations of NATO. They hosted the majority of US military bases rather than Germany. If you are a child of an American service member and a Germany. You have a different heritage. The WAllies had set up a joint occupation of Germany. The Soviets are unable to convince their allies to establish zones of occupation. When the Federal Republic of Germany is declared in 1949, the Soviets withdraw along with the British, French and Americans. Unified Germany is welcomed into the family of Europe. It becomes a NATO member in 1953 and is a charter member of the European Economic Community in 1956.
The nations divided by the Cold War are Poland, Korea and China. After the Soviets expel the Republic of China officials in 1946 and establish the People’s Republic of China. WAllied remain in the rest of China to secure Jaing’s government. In the 1960s South China begins to prosper as Overseas Chinese and foreign investors industrialize the country taking the advantage of cheap labor. The growing educated middle class demands reform and South China became a democracy in 1991. North China was a Soviet satellite. The Soviets veto Mao’s plan for a Great Leap Forward and a Cultural Revolution. The encourage Deng Xiopeng’s reforms hoping it will make North China less dependent on Soviet aid. By the 80s, North China had a booming economy. Since there is no playing the China card, US PRC detente comes under Reagan, after corporation eager to cash in on the North China trade lobby the president. The other OTL ITTL difference involves the atom bomb. The Manhattan Project continues after VJ Day and explodes a bomb on December 17, 1944. The bomb remained a military secret until the Soviets announced they had developed one in 1949.
