ANY "FASCIST AMERICA" TIMELINE WILL BE SOMEWHAT FAR FETCHED!
From your first post:
"but that IMHO FDR dead would have resulted in a Fascist America."
So is it far-fetched or just one dead FDR away from happening?
ANY "FASCIST AMERICA" TIMELINE WILL BE SOMEWHAT FAR FETCHED!
Anything is possible with a certain POD, but from what I can see this has very little plausibility. I think with a POD before 1900 you could lead to a Fascist state.
It is because Guam, Wake Island and The Mariana Islands fell. The RN has a considerable navy in the Pacific that can't just necessarily swing around to the Atlantic. Plus the loss of certain colonies such as Malaysia would cripple the Empire and going on the offensive in the pacific would raise British morale as well as demonstrate to the US that it does not have complete Hegemony in naval power.The TL left the realm of plausibility in part 1. Everything therafter has been reinforcing that lack of plausibility. As has been demonstrated in other threads, plausible and well researched TLs are not your forte. I mean, the UK is in the fight of their life in the Atlantic but they are the opponent in the ATL Battle of Midway? EDIT: how would the RN be able to sail from their nearest major port to Midway? Why does the RN feel the need to strike across the Pacific when they need to defend the home islands?
It is because Guam, Wake Island and The Mariana Islands fell. The RN has a considerable navy in the Pacific that can't just necessarily swing around to the Atlantic. Plus the loss of certain colonies such as Malaysia would cripple the Empire and going on the offensive in the pacific would raise British morale as well as demonstrate to the US that it does not have complete Hegemony in naval power.
EAST INDIES COMMAND
Vice Adm R Leatham
Cruisers - heavy cruiser KENT (Capt D Young-Jamieson) dep Bombay 6 Jun on convoy duty, light cruisers CERES (Capt E G Abbott AM) dep Colombo 9 Jun, COLOMBO (Capt C A E Stanfield) dep Colombo 9 Jun
CHINA FORCE
Adm Sir Percy Noble
5th Cruiser Squadron - light cruisers DANAE (Capt A C Collinson) left Direction Islands 7 Jun for Penang, DAUNTLESS (Capt G D Moore RAN) at Hong Kong, DURBAN (Capt J A S Eccles) arr Penang 8 Jun
Destroyers - SCOUT (Lt Cdr C H Holmes) at Hong Kong, STRONGHOLD (Lt Cdr R Alexander) at Singapore, TENEDOS (Lt Cdr J O'B Milner Barry) at Singapore refitting to comp 15 Jun, THANET (Lt Cdr J Mowlam) at Hong Kong, THRACIAN (Lt Cdr H G D de Chair) at Hong Kong.