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Post by mcnutt on Oct 10, 2018 15:56:55 GMT
OTL Claus Von Stauffenberg, who had volunteered to assassinate Hitler and then give the signal to being the planned coup, had only time to activate one of the two bombs he brought with him to the meeting, where Hitler would be in attendance. Activating the bomb was difficult for Von Stauffenberg, because he had lost his right hand. He was called into the meeting before he could deal with the second bomb. ITTL he has his aide, who had two good hands, do the bombs. The aide puts them in Stauffenberg’s brief case and takes them to him. Stauffenberg leaves the briefcase with the bombs behind as he leaves the meeting. ITTL he does not leave them next to the heavy wood leg of the table, which OTL cushioned the blast. He sees the explosion destroy the building and correctly assumes that the force of two bombs has killed everyone, including Hitler. The coup fails, the SS arrests the plotters and Heinrich Himmler uses the emergency to take power. This starts a power struggle with the SS cracking down on opponents. This inspires German officers on the Western front to surrender.The most prominent defector is Erwin Rommel. This causes chaos in the German military.The WAllies move quickly by November 17, 1944 they have surrounded Berlin. By December 3, 1944, they have taken Warsaw. Prague falls to the WAllies on December 4, 1944. On December 9, 1944, Himmler is overthrown and executed. The Provisional Government surrenders on December 16, 1944, VE Day. The USSR declares war on Japan on March 16, 1945 and begins their invasion of China. The WAllied European veterans arrive in the Pacific front in April 1945. Okinawa falls on May 22, 1945. Japan suffers even more with the stepped up bombing and blockade, Hirohito surrenders on August 3, 1945. The atom bomb remains a military secret until the Soviets announce they have developed one in 1949. There are other changes. There no occupation zones in Germany. The WAllies set up a joint occupation authority. The Soviets join it. Soviets send their troops to places where they can loot. In 1949, with the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Soviets withdraw their troops like the WAllies. There is no East Germany or Berlin Blockade, Berlin Airlift or Berlin Wall. Beginning in 1949, Germany has its OTL 1990 to the present borders. In 1946, there is a not so velvet divorce, when Soviet occupied Slovakia breaks away from Czechoslavika. Poland is divided between its WAllied and Soviet occupied halts, until East Poland votes to reunite with West Poland in 1990. Czechzia and West Poland are the frontline NATO nations.They are the home to most of the US military bases. If you are the child of a German and an American service veteran, you probably have a different heritage. In 1946,the Soviets expel Jiang’s government which flees Taiwan. This affects American politics. No one asks the question Who lost China? The Soviet occupied People’s Republic of China is a satellite. The Soviets veto the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. The Soviets encourage Deng Xiopeng’s reforms. China’s economy booms. There is no playing the China card. US China relations open up under Reagan, after corporations lobby for the right to cash in on the lucrative China trade.
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Post by futurist on Oct 11, 2018 21:50:27 GMT
OTL Claus Von Stauffenberg, who had volunteered to assassinate Hitler and then give the signal to being the planned coup, had only time to activate one of the two bombs he brought with him to the meeting, where Hitler would be in attendance. Activating the bomb was difficult for Von Stauffenberg, because he had lost his right hand. He was called into the meeting before he could deal with the second bomb. ITTL he has his aide, who had two good hands, do the bombs. The aide puts them in Stauffenberg’s brief case and takes them to him. Stauffenberg leaves the briefcase with the bombs behind as he leaves the meeting. ITTL he does not leave them next to the heavy wood leg of the table, which OTL cushioned the blast. He sees the explosion destroy the building and correctly assumes that the force of two bombs has killed everyone, including Hitler. The coup fails, the SS arrests the plotters and Heinrich Himmler uses the emergency to take power. This starts a power struggle with the SS cracking down on opponents. This inspires German officers on the Western front to surrender.The most prominent defector is Erwin Rommel. This causes chaos in the German military.The WAllies move quickly by November 17, 1944 they have surrounded Berlin. By December 3, 1944, they have taken Warsaw. Prague falls to the WAllies on December 4, 1944. On December 9, 1944, Himmler is overthrown and executed. The Provisional Government surrenders on December 16, 1944, VE Day. The USSR declares war on Japan on March 16, 1945 and begins their invasion of China. The WAllied European veterans arrive in the Pacific front in April 1945. Okinawa falls on May 22, 1945. Japan suffers even more with the stepped up bombing and blockade, Hirohito surrenders on August 3, 1945. The atom bomb remains a military secret until the Soviets announce they have developed one in 1949. There are other changes. There no occupation zones in Germany. The WAllies set up a joint occupation authority. The Soviets join it. Soviets send their troops to places where they can loot. In 1949, with the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Soviets withdraw their troops like the WAllies. There is no East Germany or Berlin Blockade, Berlin Airlift or Berlin Wall. Beginning in 1949, Germany has its OTL 1990 to the present borders. In 1946, there is a not so velvet divorce, when Soviet occupied Slovakia breaks away from Czechoslavika. Poland is divided between its WAllied and Soviet occupied halts, until East Poland votes to reunite with West Poland in 1990. Czechzia and West Poland are the frontline NATO nations.They are the home to most of the US military bases. If you are the child of a German and an American service veteran, you probably have a different heritage. In 1946,the Soviets expel Jiang’s government which flees Taiwan. This affects American politics. No one asks the question Who lost China? The Soviet occupied People’s Republic of China is a satellite. The Soviets veto the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. The Soviets encourage Deng Xiopeng’s reforms. China’s economy booms. There is no playing the China card. US China relations open up under Reagan, after corporations lobby for the right to cash in on the lucrative China trade. Why would Poland be divided into east and west in this TL? Also, if Germany becomes unified and neutral in 1949, who exactly is going to enforce the de-Nazification of Germany? Finally, why would China be a Soviet satellite in this TL?
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Post by mcnutt on Oct 13, 2018 13:26:08 GMT
Futurist Poland is divided because it is like OTL Germany it was divided into WAllied occupation zone and a Soviet occupied zone. ITTL I doubt Germany was neutral. I assume it was welcomed into NATO. The denaizification is run by the Allied occupiers just like OTL.China isis satellite because it is Soviet occupied.
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Post by futurist on Oct 15, 2018 20:05:18 GMT
1. Futurist Poland is divided because it is like OTL Germany it was divided into WAllied occupation zone and a Soviet occupied zone. ITTL I doubt Germany was neutral. I assume it was welcomed into NATO. The denaizification is run by the Allied occupiers just like OTL. 2. China isis satellite because it is Soviet occupied. 1. OK; makes sense. 2. Is all of China occupied by the Soviet Union in this TL?
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