75 Years: The World Changes

February 16, 1936: The center-right to far-right National Front in Spain wins a narrow majority in general elections. Gil Robles (CEDA) becomes Prime Minister in a coalition government.

June 5, 1944: Mass protests erupt in Manila over rumors that the US may extend indirect rule by statute.
 
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February 16, 1936: The center-right to far-right National Front in Spain wins a narrow majority in general elections. Gil Robles (CEDA) becomes Prime Minister in a coalition government.

June 5, 1944: Mass protests erupt in Manila over rumors that the US may extend indirect rule by statute.

Hmmm...I added a Republican government in Spain in 1940; maybe the coalition doesn't last?

Maybe Franco goes to Portugal (hence my having Portugal declare war on Spain as an Axis ally).

June 1, 1940-Following Chamberlain's resignation, Winston Churchill wins the 1940 UK General Election and forms a coalition government with Clement Attlee.
 
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Hmmm...I added a Republican government in Spain in 1940; maybe the coalition doesn't last?

Maybe Franco goes to Portugal (hence my having Portugal declare war on Spain as an Axis ally).

May 8, 1940-Winston Churchill defeats Neville Chamberlain in the 1940 UK General Election.

The NF is the governing coalition of the Republic.
 
December 7, 1941 - The first outbreak of avian influenza occurs in a suburb of Sapporo, Japan. It is immediately quarantined

October 13, 1942 - Nikola Tesla successfully persuades the US War Department to fund his experimental teleforce projector.
 
August 2nd 1938: a woman strips nude and burns her clothes on the lawn of the white house to protest "Gender inequality".
 
September 20, 1946: In Salisbury, Rhodesia, an outbreak of pneumonia-like symptoms breaks out among the African population, where medical personnel see signs that they immune systems are compromised. Quarrantine is not imposed for another month. [This is what OTL is called HIV/AIDS]
 
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November 9th, 1939: A New America political manifesto by Howrd P. Lovecraft calls for "racial hygiene" is published...

April 15th, 1943: Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Barbara Branden, Leonard Peikoff, Alan Greenspan, Allan Blumenthal, Harry Kalberman, Elayne Kalberman, and Joan Mitchell establish the "Objectivist" (e.g. OTL's libertarian) movement in New York City, New York....

July 29th, 1944: Ayn Rand Institute is established in New York City, New York in na effort to promote "Objectivist" thinking...

January 31st, 1948: Ayn Rand Institute begins nationwide publication of the Objectivist Newsletter in New York City, New York in an effort to promote "Objectivist" ideas...
 
December 1, 1941: Admiral Yamamoto is able to convince the Emperor that the attack on Pearl Harbor is not as advantageous as predicted.

February 8, 1942: The Emperor of Japan wishes to engage in dialogue with President Roosevelt for ending the embargo.

February 10, 1942: The IJA is suffering Massive supply problems, effectively forcing a peace with the United States. Japan agrees to withdraw from Mainland China but keep Manchukuo. Japan also withdraws from the Tripartite Pact. The United States continues oil shipments on a provisional basis.

<Sorry guys no Pearl Harbor and an unlikely Pacific War. Japan sued for peace because they had basically an 18 month timer that started once the US stopped exporting Oil. Hirohito, acquieses to the US, abandons the Axis and maintains their partial empire. Let's see how this plays out now.>

The Stars have aligned! Lovecraft 44.
 
June 25, 1941-A. Philip Randolph organizes a March on Washington to emphasize civil rights for African Americans. Eleanore Roosevelt addresses the crowd in support of their cause.

November 1, 1941-"Over The Hill Army" March on Washington to protest continuation of Selective Service Act; the group is made up of current and former soldiers whose promised release after twelve months was denied in response to the ongoing situation in Europe.

February 19, 1942-Pearl Harbor Conference: President Roosevelt meets with Japanese Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonai as a representative of the Emperor to discuss the lifting of the oil embargo...(assume Yonai doesn't resign?)

April 1, 1942-The DuMont Television Network begins broadcasting.

June 7, 1942-Tojo resigns as War Minister in protest over the Pearl Harbor Agreement with the United States...

January 18, 1943-Berlin Ghetto Uprising begins...

June 3, 1943-Zoot Suit Uprising in Los Angeles, other U.S. cities...

September 3, 1943-Greek Civil War begins with Communist/fascist factions being supported by the Soviet Union and Germany and rival groups being supported by the Allies.

October 28, 1943: The U.S. Navy demonstrates experimental anti-radar stealth technology aboard the USS Eldridge at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

June 28, 1944-The Republican Convention nominates Henry Ford of Michigan for President and Robert A. Taft of Ohio for Vice President.

July 20, 1944-An attempted coup against the Japanese Emperor led by former War Minister Tojo fails.

November 6, 1948-Former First Lady Eleanore Roosevelt is elected as Senator from New York (D). In one of the greatest political upsets in U.S. history, Democratic nominee President Burton K. Wheeler is narrowly defeated by Republican nominee Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York.

Question: If no Pearl Harbor, then how does the U.S. get involved in WW2, and is it a less popular war given the isolationist mood prior to Pearl Harbor?
 
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August 9-16, 1945 - Marshall law is declared in Manilla due to several mass protests that degenerate into riots.

July 16, 1946 - Tesla's teleforce projector is successfully tested southeast of Socorro, New Mexico.

May 3, 1948 - John Wayne attends an Objectivist lecture given by Ayn Rand in Los Angeles.

So far, it doesn't really look like there was much of a WW2..., for now at least.
 
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OoC: So we end up with a three-way Cold War between the USA and Britain, Nazi Germany and the USSR, right?

May 4th, 1943: Seeing that an occupation of Madagascar is unlikely, the Nazi government sets up the "permanent seperation between Non-Aryans and Aryans." By now, Non-Aryans include Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals but also Socialists, Communists and any other people who resisted Nazi Germany. All these people are put into their local Ghetto. By now, almost every city in Germany has its own Ghetto. The biggest Ghetto in Germany is in Berlin, with over 500.000 inhabitants.
 
Well:

Allies:

USA
Britain
Free France
Spain (?)

Axis:

Soviet Union
Germany
Portugal
Bolivia
Brazil (?)
Argentina (?)



Neutral:

Italy
Japan (?)

Occupied:

Soviet Union:

Poland
Finland

Germany:

Norway
Sweden
Luxembourg
Northern France (invasion stalled by Allies?)
Netherlands
Belgium

Japan:

Manchuria (?)

USA:

Philippines

Spring or Summer 1942 seems to be the earliest that the US would enter WW2 (or the European War) with the Battle of the Atlantic at its peak and the United States still presumably supporting England with supply convoys.

February 16, 1942-The Quasi War begins in the Caribbean...
 
Good ideas, but I think we may be getting a little ahead of ourselves. A lot of things happened between 1935 and 39, so try and focus on those years.

The current canon:

The Thirties and Forties

January 1st, 1935: The first Orange Bowl. After a tight game, the University of Miami wins 31-28 after a last-minute field goal.

January 4, 1935: In an extraordinary series of events, Bruno Hauptmann, the murderer of Charles Lindbergh Jr., is mowed down by a man by the name of David Sers. Sers claims that he did it "in vengeance", and is supported by a surprising number of common Americans.

January 7, 1935: The Franco-Italian Pact is signed in Rome. Essentially giving the Italians a free reign in Abyssinia, the Pact marked the beginning of a new era of Franco-Italian friendliness.

January 21st 1935: Babe Ruth is given the Job of being Manage for the Boston Braves

March 3rd, 1935: Albert Einstein mysteriously dies in his sleep in a mansion in Albania, a mere day before he would have traveled to the United States.

March 7th 1935: Judge Landis, Commisoner of MLB dies of a Heart Attack.

May 24th 1935: The Lights go out At Crosley Field. The Night Game is a Failure​

June 4, 1935: The Anglo-German Naval talks don't begin well, with the British delegate, Sir John Simon, walking out.

June 5, 1935: The talks resume, with the British Cabinet opting to accept the 35:100 tonnage ratio that the Germans had demanded. Unfortunately, the news of the British deferrence to germany is leaked to the newspapers, and the story is met with anger from much of the British populace.

November 7th 1935: Bill Veeck Jr. Age 20 buys the Bankrupt Boston Braves


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February 16, 1936: The center-right to far-right National Front in Spain wins a narrow majority in general elections. Gil Robles (CEDA) becomes Prime Minister in a coalition government.​

August 30th, 1936: American triplets John McCain Jr, Jerry McCain, and Jim McCain are born.​

November 6th, 1936: Henry Ford is elected the Governor of Michigan, he gives ownership of his company to his grandson, Henry Ford II. Also on this date, Howard Phillips Lovecraft is elected to the House of Representatives.​

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July 7th, 1937: Beijing Outbreak; avian influenza outbreak occurs in Beijing, China; Japanese forces declare martial law over the region...​


August 13th, 1937: Japanese troops fire on demnstrators in Shanghai, China over massive restrictions placed on Chinese residents...​

September 15th, 1937: Eva Braun marries Adolf Hitler.

October 23rd, 1937: Australian Prime Minister Joseph Lyons warns of the need to quaratine against Chinese refugees, before Parliament in Sydney, Australia...​

December 13th, 1937: Japanese troops announce that the national capital of Nanjing, China is being placed under quarantine, sparking international attention....


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May 5th, 1938: An extremely pregnant Eva Braun takes a trip to America. She then announces she is leaving Hitler and staying in America.

June 9th, 1938: Bombing of Zhengzhou; Japanese military forces announce the strategic aerial bombardment of Zhengzhou, as a "quarantine measure", killing thousands of people...​

June 10, 1940: Italy reaffirms its neutrality in the European war following Germany's invasion of France​

June 14, 1940: The Republican government of Spain declares war on Germany, ending its official neutrality; Portugal declares war on Spain in support of Germany in response...​

June 19th, 1938: Emmaline Hitler is born in America.​

August 2nd 1938: a woman strips nude and burns her clothes on the lawn of the white house to protest "Gender inequality".​

August 19th, 1938: Young Fidel and Raul Castro migrate with their family to New York City.​

November 5th, 1938: Robert A. Heinlein (D-California) is elected to the United States Congress...​

November 7th, 1938: Herschel Grynszpan is denied entrance to the German embassy in Paris. Ernst vom Rath goes home unharmed, as he's not shot by Grynszpan.​

November 9th, 1938: The Nazi leadership celebrates the 15th anniversary of the attempted Beer Hall Putsch.


December 28th, 1938: Wang Jingwei reports to the world that Japanese military forces have created mass graves throughout northern Manchuria...

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October 24th, 1939: Japanese military forces announce a "quarantine" of Nanning, China amidst reports of pandemic rates of avian influenza....

November 9th, 1939: A New America political manifesto by Howard P. Lovecraft calls for "racial hygiene" is published...

September 1, 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland​


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January 15th, 1940: SS-Officers as well as high ranked members of the NSDAP discuss the possibility of "taking the Jewish problem of out Europe". Some officers suggest setting up death camps, but these plans are rejected as being "too insane".

May 9, 1940: A squadron of German bombers mistakenly bombs Dublin. 500 civilians are killed, about one thousand are injured.​

September 14, 1940: In one of his first major speeches before Congress, Representative Robert A. Heinlein (D-California) denounces the newly passed Selective Service Act as unconstitutional.

November 5, 1940: Franklin Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented third term as President over Republican nominee Charles A. Lindbergh of Michigan.​

November 6th, 1940: Henry Ford is re-elected the Governor of Michigan.​

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January 13, 1941: In the aftermath of the New Fourth Army Incident, the Communist Party announces its alliance with the Japanese...​

June 25, 1941: A. Philip Randolph organizes a March on Washington to emphasize civil rights for African Americans. Eleanore Roosevelt addresses the crowd in support of their cause.​

September 1, 1941: Hitler and Stalin meet in Lublin, Nazi occupied Poland, to solidify agreements of neutrality, etc​

November 1, 1941: "Over The Hill Army" March on Washington to protest continuation of Selective Service Act; the group is made up of current and former soldiers whose promised release after twelve months was denied in response to the ongoing situation in Europe.​

December 1, 1941: President Roosevelt asks Amelia Earhart to participate in a recruiting drive for the newly formed Civil Air Patrol. Also on this day, Admiral Yamamoto is able to convince the Emperor that the attack on Pearl Harbor is not as advantageous as predicted.​

December 7, 1941: The first outbreak of avian influenza occurs in a suburb of Sapporo, Japan. It is immediately quarantined​

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January 20th, 1942: Nazi leaders meet at Wannsee in Berlin, to determine the "Madagascar Plan". According to these plans, all European Jews are to be shipped to the Island of Madagascar, as soon as the war is over. But for the time being, they are to be seperated from the "Aryans". Subsequently, European Jews are put into Ghettos.

February 7th, 1942: The first Ghetto in Berlin is erected. All Jews from Berlin, as well as from Eastern Germany are quartered in that Ghetto. Soon, Ghettos in Munich, Cologne, Hamburg, Vienna and Warsaw follow.

February 8, 1942: The Emperor of Japan wishes to engage in dialogue with President Roosevelt for ending the embargo.​

February 10, 1942: The IJA is suffering Massive supply problems, effectively forcing a peace with the United States. Japan agrees to withdraw from Mainland China but keep Manchukuo. Japan also withdraws from the Tripartite Pact. The United States continues oil shipments on a provisional basis.​

February 19, 1942: Pearl Harbor Conference: President Roosevelt meets with Japanese Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonai as a representative of the Emperor to discuss the lifting of the oil embargo.​

April 1, 1942: The DuMont Television Network begins broadcasting.​

April 26th, 1942: Twins Joe McCain and Jillian McCain are born.​

June 7, 1942: Tojo resigns as War Minister in protest over the Pearl Harbor Agreement with the United States...​

October 13, 1942: Nikola Tesla successfully persuades the US War Department to fund his experimental teleforce projector.​

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January 18, 1943: Berlin Ghetto Uprising begins...​

April 15th, 1943: Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Barbara Branden, Leonard Peikoff, Alan Greenspan, Allan Blumenthal, Harry Kalberman, Elayne Kalberman, and Joan Mitchell establish the "Objectivist" (e.g. OTL's libertarian) movement in New York City, New York....​

May 4th, 1943: Seeing that an occupation of Madagascar is unlikely, the Nazi government sets up the "permanent seperation between Non-Aryans and Aryans." By now, Non-Aryans include Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals but also Socialists, Communists and any other people who resisted Nazi Germany. All these people are put into their local Ghetto. By now, almost every city in Germany has its own Ghetto. The biggest Ghetto in Germany is in Berlin, with over 500.000 inhabitants.​

June 3, 1943: Zoot Suit Uprising in Los Angeles, other U.S. cities...​

September 3, 1943: Greek Civil War begins with Communist/fascist factions being supported by the Soviet Union and Germany and rival groups being supported by the Allies.​

October 28, 1943: The U.S. Navy demonstrates experimental anti-radar stealth technology aboard the USS Eldridge at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.​

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June 5, 1944: Mass protests erupt in Manila over rumors that the US may extend indirect rule by statute.​

June 28, 1944-The Republican Convention nominates Henry Ford of Michigan for President and Robert A. Taft of Ohio for Vice President.​

July 20, 1944-An attempted coup against the Japanese Emperor led by former War Minister Tojo fails.​

July 29th, 1944: Ayn Rand Institute is established in New York City, New York in na effort to promote "Objectivist" thinking...​

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August 9-16, 1945: Marshall law is declared in Manilla due to several mass protests that degenerate into riots.​

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July 16, 1946: Tesla's teleforce projector is successfully tested southeast of Socorro, New Mexico.​

September 20, 1946: In Salisbury, Rhodesia, an outbreak of pneumonia-like symptoms breaks out among the African population, where medical personnel see signs that they immune systems are compromised. Quarrantine is not imposed for another month.​

November 16th, 1946: Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies, Vice President Burton K Wheeler becomes President.​

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April 1, 1947: Fidel Castro is recruited for the Pittsburgh Pirates, for whom he plays one season before dropping out and returning to Cuba...​

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January 31st, 1948: Ayn Rand Institute begins nationwide publication of the Objectivist Newsletter in New York City, New York in an effort to promote "Objectivist" ideas...​

May 3, 1948: John Wayne attends an Objectivist lecture given by Ayn Rand in Los Angeles.​

November 6, 1948: Former First Lady Eleanore Roosevelt is elected as Senator from New York (D). In one of the greatest political upsets in U.S. history, Democratic nominee President Burton K. Wheeler is narrowly defeated by Republican nominee Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York.​
 
Fun idea-America joins the European war in Spring '42, the Soviets join a litle later, and we have a reverse of the normal Axis victory-the Nazis have been desroyed, but the Japanese are still around.
 
Here is something that will make things interesting:

February 18th-20th, 1936: Bombay Mutiny; Madan Singh and M.S. Khan launch a mutiny aboard the HMS Talwar in Bombay, India; spreeading from Karachi to Calcutta, leading to the capture of 78 ships and 20 shore establishments, involving 20,000 sailors...

March 25th, 1936: Subhas Chandra Bose condemns Germany, Japan, United States and Great Britain with "institutionalized racism" during a radio address in New Delhi, India....

May 3rd, 1939: All- India Forward Bloc led by Subhas Chandra Bose comes to power in New Delhi, India demanding independence from Great Britain...

June 22nd, 1940: Nagpur Declaration; Indian National Congress led by Subhas Chandra Bose issues a declaration of national independence in Nagpur, India...

July 2nd, 1940: Calcutta Riots; British forces crackdown on Indian independence movement, ordering the arrest of Indian National Congress leaders; 435 people killed in riots nationwide...
 
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