This is a work in progress that I've been tinkering with on and off for a few years.
Comments appreciated.....
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1923 - Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. Adolf Hitler killed in exchange of gunfire; NSDAP disintegrates as surviving leaders are either jailed or fight amongst themselves. Alliance of Communists and Spartacists control roughly half of German cities; the remainder are controlled by the Weimar Republic’s Wehrmacht forces; 'Freikorps' units control the countryside. 'German Naval Soviet' controls Kiel, Bremen/Bremerhaven and roughly half of Berlin.
In the USA, the Spanish Influenza returns; deaths break 2 million in less than three months; Eastern Seaboard hit particularly hard; many Americans withdraw into their homes, limiting personal contact; Congress paralyzed, as few Congressmen risk exposure to the Flu; President Wilson rules via limited Executive Decree - policy continues under Calvin Coolidge (elected in the lowest voter turnout election in US history).
EDIT: Obviously a screw-up on my part - sorry! Corrected line reads:
"President Calvin Coolidge (elected in 1920, in the lowest voter turnout election in US history) rules via limited Executive Decree."
1924 - Red Army crushes main White Russian armies in Crimea, southern Urals; isolated units flee into Turkey, Iran and Republican China; Henry Ford hires a White Russian infantry brigade to protect his Brazilian rubber plantations from native revolt; brigade reequipped with Model 1921 Thompson SMGs, M1918 BARs and M1894 12gauge "Trench Guns".
"A Very Long, Hot Summer..."
May/June - Rump US Congress passes numerous inter-state commerce laws, heavily taxing shipment of goods valued at over US$10,000; many states protest, saying that the laws passed are invalid due to lack of Congressional quorum.
When President Coolidge attempts to send Federal troops into Port Arthur, TX [July 23] to enforce the new Federal regulations, Texas responds by ordering its National Guard to protect the port’s Customs House - US 24th Infantry Regiment destroyed in three days of savage fighting; Texas secedes [July 29], reforming the "Republic of Texas"; they are quickly followed by the former Confederate states, who reform the Confederacy (capitol at Birmingham, AL), including Kentucky and Missouri. Texas launches swift invasion and conquest of Oklahoma, stating that it is "adhering to its treaties with the Cherokee". Confederacy surprises all by immediately enlisting almost 20,000 Negro troops under White officers.
"Fall"
August 1 - President Coolidge issues orders to Federalize all State National Guards and Militia to subdue the new rebellion in the South; New England States immediately convene a New England Congress and vote to secede as the "New England Republic" [August 6], hiring former USMC Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler to head its armed forces; New England is quickly followed by Washington and Oregon (who form the "Cascadian Republic"), and California (reclaiming "Bear Flag Republic" moniker) [August 12 - 15]; San Francisco secedes from California, becoming a Free City [August 25]. Hawaii makes deal with local US Army garrison to allow resumption of Hawaiian aristocracy; Washington, D.C. acquiesces. [August 27]
October - Radical Catholic priest Father Coughlin leads a sweeping movement of "Christian Socialists" that takes the Plains States out of the Union, in the Prairie Congress of October 3 - 12, to form the "Christian Socialist Republic of the Americas" (CSRA).
November - New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois form the "Old Northwest Republic" on November 1; Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin form the "North Star Republic" on November 10.
December – Utah formally secedes on Christmas Day, becoming the Holy Union of Deseret; launches immediate attack [December 28] on Denver, to claim Colorado territory; remainder of Colorado, as well as Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada and the Arizona/New Mexico territories in anarchy.
US Army Colonels George S. Patton, Jr. and Matthew B. Ridgeway, and USMC Capt. Lewis B. Puller - among many others - formally resign their commissions, and join the Confederate military, either retaining their ranks and seniority, or with promotions; Col. Omar Bradley and USMC General John A. Lejeune (resigning after a thunderous argument with President Coolidge) join CSRA Army; Lejeune promoted to Captain-General commanding, Bradley to Lt. General as his deputy; John J. "Black Jack" Pershing remains as General of the Army for USA, names MacArthur as his Deputy, and probable successor.
"Winter"
Rump United States of America consists of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia, along with the District of Columbia. Most of remaining Federal Army troops either desert or join newly formed national armies. Bulk of US Navy and Marine Corps remain loyal to Washington, DC. Pacific Squadron regroups at Shanghai, Republic of China and Cavite/Manila, Philippine Islands (P.I.); US Army in P.I. under MacArthur and Eisenhower remain loyal to Washington, DC. USN Atlantic Squadron regroups at Newark, NJ and Baltimore, MD maintaining control of Hampton Roads, VA and the Roosevelt Roads naval station off Puerto Rico.
[FONT="]Canadian Government in Ottawa requests Imperial troops from Great Britain to reinforce Canadian troops due to unrest in US. UK sends 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the Rifle Brigade and 3rd Tank Regiment to Montreal-Ottawa-Winnipeg-Vancouver. [Naval reinforcement begins October 7, first troops ashore on Oct. 13.][/FONT]
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