POD: Lyndon Johnson wins his Senate bid in 1941.
FDR taps the young Texan to be VP, and he becomes President as WW2 ends. He botches the Japanese Occupation, making it much bigger than OTL and a massive waste of resources and lives.
Eisenhower runs in 1948 to fix the mess. After two terms, he is succeeded by Averell Harriman, who over his two terms is largely dealing with a drawn out Korean War that America and the South Koreans lose in 1963. Nelson Rockefeller wins two terms, followed by Henry Jackson. In 1980, former Secretary of State Richard Nixon is elected with Richard Cheney as his Vice President. Nixon dies of a stroke in 1983, allowing for Cheney to be elected in 1984 and 1988.
Read between the lines for details of what happens in that world.
FDR taps the young Texan to be VP, and he becomes President as WW2 ends. He botches the Japanese Occupation, making it much bigger than OTL and a massive waste of resources and lives.
Eisenhower runs in 1948 to fix the mess. After two terms, he is succeeded by Averell Harriman, who over his two terms is largely dealing with a drawn out Korean War that America and the South Koreans lose in 1963. Nelson Rockefeller wins two terms, followed by Henry Jackson. In 1980, former Secretary of State Richard Nixon is elected with Richard Cheney as his Vice President. Nixon dies of a stroke in 1983, allowing for Cheney to be elected in 1984 and 1988.
Read between the lines for details of what happens in that world.