It definitely could, and might even have had a fertile ground to grow in the third world once decolonization hits (and it will, eventually)
It would help to note that Fascism wasn't really that common even before WWII. Italy, of course, is the main example, but the Iberian countries were too...
Starting a 1940 French reenacting group, so been reading a lot about the period. I've only read about half of the sources I had planned to read so far, but the overall takeaway I am getting is that France had everything it needed to beat Germany in 1940.
The issue was not material things like...
I was actually thinking about this the other day. Mind you it was just me talking to myself, but I think that any form of China that is unified and has its shit together is going to be an export powerhouse regardless of the government in charge. KMT, dengist or hardliner, I do genuinely believe...
Professional dirt hound Freddy Otash says the affair happened in this interview in the mid 80s, so it was on the public's mind since then, if not earlier.
It's worth mentioning that the oft-dreades nationalism problem really only came to a head after 3 and 1/2 years of a new form of warfare no one had experienced before. It is very likely that Austria not only survives, but begins to thrive as pre-war investments pan out and the economy grows...
Honestly I would consider the '80s as we know it's a really only begin in 83 or maybe even 84 when the economy finally shook off the last of the '70s doldrums. The '70s malaise had legs after all
Culturally, the early '80s is also very much '70s flavored outside of a few new wave pioneers who...
The main issue with that is that essentially all of the major powers were command economies during the war. They would be far less vulnerable to currency shocks when the government is exercising so much control over the direction of the economy .
Assuming the Japanese did manage to sneak in...
Reading American Tabloid by James Ellroy, and the preface to the book has him positing that JFK died at the exact right time to be made into a legend.
Without him getting ventilated by LHO, Kennedy escalates vietnam and gets all of OTL LBJs drawbacks without the great society.
Bit contrived but Portugal was doing shockingly well in Angola and Mozambique during their independence wars. While Guinea Bissau was virtually independent by 1974 and the fall of the Estado Novo.
Guinea-Bissau is also several times smaller than Angola or Mozambique. Maybe Portugal decides...
Like all lend-lease, it was appreciated, but the majority of it arrived after the crisis days of 41-42. It would only delay the Soviet victory, not stop it if LL was not given.