A History of the World War, 1936-1945 - An Alternate World War II TL

The World War was the bloodiest conflict in human history, spanning nine years and claiming the lives of millions of people. The ideologies of liberal democracy, fascism, and communism waged war on one another in a multi-sided conflict.

To understand what led to the World War, we must examine the various threads of history that tied together and led to the conflict - the outcome of the Great War, the rise of communism in Russia and Mongolia, Japanese imperialism, and many other events.
 
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One of the most horrific aspects of the World War was the fascist regime that came to power in Syria. The Syrian Social Nationalist Party, led by Antoun Saadeh, aided by the revanchist French regime in Europe, overthrew the democratically elected government of the Syrian Republic and established a totalitarian regime in its place. The country was renamed the "State of Greater Syria." The regime sought to annex territory surrounding Syria to establish what the SSNP referred to as "Greater Syria" - all territory that had ever been referred to as "Syria" or "Assyria." The neighboring countries of Assyria, Lebanon, Transjordan, Kuwait, Iraq, and the British Mandate of Palestine were all invaded and annexed. The regime committed genocide against Jews, Muslims, Christians, and other religious groups, adopting a policy of "returning to the culture that existed in Syria before Christianity" and enforcing a policy of "state secularism" that called for the removal of religion from the region in all forms. It is estimated that approximately half a million people were killed by the Saadeh regime from 1938 to 1943, when Allied forces retook Damascus, captured Saadeh, and restored the democratic government of the Syrian Republic. It is believed that the Syrian invasion of Palestine was pivotal in causing a shift in Jewish-Arab relations away from hostility and towards cooperation, having given the two peoples a common enemy. After the World War, Antoun Saadeh and most of the other members of his regime were put on trial for crimes against humanity and sentenced to death. Saadeh was executed in 1948.

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The flag of the State of Greater Syria.

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Antoun Saadeh.
 
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What on earth is this rubbish?

Why am I even replying to this?

I don't know what your POD is, though it seems after World War I. Syria was a French colony during the 1930s. It was not a democratically elected regime. Is this some sort of attempt to be edgy by transposing current events in Syria back to the 1930s?

Syria was in no position in 1935 to start a world war, much less make it last nine years.
 
What on earth is this rubbish?

Why am I even replying to this?

I don't know what your POD is, though it seems after World War I. Syria was a French colony during the 1930s. It was not a democratically elected regime. Is this some sort of attempt to be edgy by transposing current events in Syria back to the 1930s?

Syria was in no position in 1935 to start a world war, much less make it last nine years.
There are massive butterflies happening in the interwar period. Syria gets its independence a few years before the World War, and it's not even the country that *starts* the war. It's part of the Axis, yes, but it's not the big dog.
 

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There are massive butterflies happening in the interwar period. Syria gets its independence a few years before the World War, and it's not even the country that *starts* the war. It's part of the Axis, yes, but it's not the big dog.

You have me intrigued, and I shall come back for more, but it would be better to start your TL with either a general overview or focus on where this WWII does start, rather than a side theatre.
 
You have me intrigued, and I shall come back for more, but it would be better to start your TL with either a general overview or focus on where this WWII does start, rather than a side theatre.
Yeah, I was thinking about having it be kind of a back-and-forth where it jumps between stuff during the war and stuff between the Great War and the World War, but I realize now that would be incredibly confusing.
 
The regime committed genocide against Jews, Muslims, Christians, and other religious groups,
Groups that make up the entirety of the population, a target of a genocide. Are they planning on replacing them with robots ?

enforcing a state religion that was a synthesis of various polytheistic religions prominent in the region before the Abrahamic religions became widespread.
Why is the very Islamic and very Christian population tolerating state-enforced Paganism or a Pagan leader to begin with. Not to mention why is SSNP adopting Paganism to begin with or why Antoun Saadeh is no longer an Orthodox christian .

It is estimated that approximately four million people were killed by the Saadeh regime from 1938 to 1943,
Did they kill a 1/3 of the region's population in those years ?
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/jordan-population/
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/iraq-population/
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/syria-population/
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/lebanon-population/
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/israel-population/
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/state-of-palestine-population/
 
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"The Syrian Social Nationalist Party, led by Antoun Saadeh, aided by the revanchist French regime in Europe, overthrew the democratically elected government of the Syrian Republic"

Wait, what !?

No "revanchist" French regime is ever going to be giving up the Syrian Mandate.
 
How Syria gains independence? France is not going give up that. Ask that Indochinese and Algerians how easily France gives up its colonies.

And revanchist France? If Entente is victorious why France is revanchist. If then this is not CP victory world but then France can't has Syria. And how Syria is going invade its neighbors whent hey are under British Empire? Syria would be crushed like a bug.

You have give much of explanations or then re-write whole thing so that there is some logic.
 
Hello @Sailor Haumea ,

I suggest restarting this timeline from just before your first POV with a global overview before zooming into Syria. It's okay if you want to have Syria playing a role in a second global conflict but Syria both having that role and independence of action means a different France, which likely means a different Great War. As people have already pointed out, France wouldn't be acting like this if it were victorious in WWI, which means we need to know how the war started.
 
Hello @Sailor Haumea ,

I suggest restarting this timeline from just before your first POV with a global overview before zooming into Syria. It's okay if you want to have Syria playing a role in a second global conflict but Syria both having that role and independence of action means a different France, which likely means a different Great War. As people have already pointed out, France wouldn't be acting like this if it were victorious in WWI, which means we need to know how the war started.

Agree. Only solution is total re-boot writing things differently. Sailor Haumea probably should start with descriping general description of the world just soon after WW1 and focus then to major POD. And might be good forget that independent Syria. It is not possible with Entente victory world where France has still strong grip on Syria in 1930's.
 
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