I was wondering what the impact is if FDR lives to see the defeat of Japan, and dies shortly thereafter.
I'm no expert on his health, so this may well be an asb proposition. But forgetting that for a moment....
How does Potsdam change?
I think the war in the Pacific will end in much the same way, I think Roosevelt would be just as likely as Truman to drop the bomb...
And how does this effect perception of Truman ITTL? Without Truman having been a wartime leader is he more or less popular than IOTL.
I'm no expert on his health, so this may well be an asb proposition. But forgetting that for a moment....
How does Potsdam change?
I think the war in the Pacific will end in much the same way, I think Roosevelt would be just as likely as Truman to drop the bomb...
And how does this effect perception of Truman ITTL? Without Truman having been a wartime leader is he more or less popular than IOTL.