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Okay here is something I am working on, but I need help with
Here is the way I am seeing the world in 1954, like OTL there are two superpowers involved in a Cold War, each trying to outdo the other. I am uncertain as to how to come up with this scenario in a realistic manner. I actually have a story based around the progress of the world in this ATL as seen through the eyes of baseball's titans.
The Berlin Pact:
Nazi Germany
Fascist Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
National Socialist Republic of Greece
Turkish Nationalist Republic
Finland
Denmark
Croatia
Serbia & Montenegro
The Northern Alliance:
United States
United Kingdom
Republic of Russia
France
Republic of Spain
Kingdom of Portugal
Canada
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Kingdom of Greece
Republic of Turkey
Kingdom of Iceland (includes Greenland){Free Denmark}
A brief synopsis:
Russian-German DMZ: The longest fortified border in the world, and the most deadly. The Russian-German border is much like the DMZ between North Korea and South Korea in OTL. The United States and Russia each have troops stationed at the border.
Holocaust: After the war, Germany turned its full focus on dealing with the Final Solution. Nearly all the Jewish population in German occupied Europe has been systematically murdered. Without the Jewish people to blame, Germany has began pointing fingers at the Slavs, homosexuals, socialists and liberals for all of the Reich's short commings. The United States and Russia both receive more than their fair share of the blame as well.
Chinese Civil War: The United States and Great Britain turned its full focus onto Japan. Led by Douglas MacArthur American and British troops invaded Korea and Manchuria. With Japanese weapons now in the hands of the United States, the Communists were denied a crucial part of their war effort against the Kuomintang. After Mao's death in 1951 the Communists began to unravel, although they continue to make trouble for the Nationalists in the country side.
Decolonialization: Like OTL the European colonial powers of Belgium, France and the UK have began letting their old Empire's go. More concerned with the immediate threat on its border, France allowed Indochina to go in 1950. India and Pakistan declared independence from the UK in 1948, and Palestine declared independence in 1954.
Space Race: The United States working conjunction with the United Kingdom and Russian Republic has developed a space program based in Houston, Texas. The German's have a slightly more advanced space program, but saw its attempt to put a satellite in orbit fail when the rocket exploded shortly after take-off.
Olympics: Germany (and its allies) have not competed in the Olympic Games since 1936, though there is a real possibility of the Germans fielding an Olympic team for the London Games in 1956. Due to the prolonged war, the 1948 games were cancelled, and the 1952 games were held in Stockholm.
Constantinople: To further bolster his claims of creating a new Roman Empire, Benito Mussolini has opened the capital of the Eastern Empire up for Italian Colonization. Turks, Armenians, Jews and Greeks alike have been given their eviction notice and and/or restricted to certain quarters of the city. The Patriarch of Constantinople has been given the same accords afforded to the Pope with the Holy See (except the Patriach is in control of the Fener). Ancient churches such as the Hagia Sophia and Hagia Eirene have been restored to their Christian roots, serving as Catholic Cathedrals for the Italian colonists.
Nuclear Nations: The United States became the first nation to be armed with nuclear warheads in 1945. Germany followed suit by testing a nuclear {Less powerful than those of the US} in Poland in 1948, ending the US monopoly on nuclear weapons. A joint Spanish-British-French effort successfully detonated a nuclear bomb in the South Pacific in 1950, the Russian Republic using spies from France and Britain are believed to be near developing their own nuclear device. Italy and China are both believed to be in the process of developing a nuclear program. {It remains to be seen if Germany will help or hamper Italy in the process}
Countries:
Nazi Germany: German people enjoy a life with a very high standard of living, relying on the back breaking labor of Slavic Slavery. German industries enjoys a monopoly on Central and Eastern European markets producing everything from automobiles, radios and televisions to tanks, jet aircraft and small arms. German colonists in Poland and the Ukraine provide the Reich with plenty of food, while Latin America provides more exotic substances such as spices, and fruits as well as the more mundane sugar and rubber. Germany has strengthened its relations with the oil rich Middle East, in particularly Saudi Arabia.
United States: Is very similiar to the USA of OTL in the 1950's {The Red Scare does not happen, nor does McCarthyism} the country is unraveling as blacks in the American south are beginning to demand equality under the law. The Republican Party dominates politics in Washington controlling both houses and the White House. A slight difference between OTL and the ATL, Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected in 1944 with Alben Barkley as his runnign mate, Barkley then goes on to serve as President after FDR's death in 1945. The Barkley-Dever ticket is defeated in 1948 by Thomas Dewey and running mate Everett Dirksen, Dewey would win re-election in 1952 against Adlai Stevenson and Averill Harriman.
Other Areas of Note:
King of Britain - George VI {on his death bed, not much longer to live}
Prime Minister of the UK - Anthony Eden
President of France - Charles de Gaulle
President of Russia - Georgy Zhukov
Duce of Italy - Benito Mussolini
Fuhrer of Germany - Adolph Hitler
President of Korea - Rhee Syngman
King of Portugal - Duarte I
Rock and Roll is in its infancy in the United States, little to no following
Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947)
US Air Force created in 1949 from US Army Air Corps
US Armed Forces desegregated in 1950
De-Stalinization occurs in Russia (1948-1952), Stalingrad renamed Martyrsgrad by Zhukov
New York City is the fastest growing and largest city in the world, thanks to immigrants from occupied Europe (most notably Poland, Ukraine and Jews)
Fidel Castro has become an All-Star pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics
Dwight Eisenhower retires to Harpers Ferry, WV after the war, haunted by the deaths in the invasion of Europe.
This is just scratching the surface, but I am stumped as to get a stalemate in the East, and a successful American-British invasion in France & Spain at the same time.
Here is the way I am seeing the world in 1954, like OTL there are two superpowers involved in a Cold War, each trying to outdo the other. I am uncertain as to how to come up with this scenario in a realistic manner. I actually have a story based around the progress of the world in this ATL as seen through the eyes of baseball's titans.
The Berlin Pact:
Nazi Germany
Fascist Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
National Socialist Republic of Greece
Turkish Nationalist Republic
Finland
Denmark
Croatia
Serbia & Montenegro
The Northern Alliance:
United States
United Kingdom
Republic of Russia
France
Republic of Spain
Kingdom of Portugal
Canada
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Kingdom of Greece
Republic of Turkey
Kingdom of Iceland (includes Greenland){Free Denmark}
A brief synopsis:
Russian-German DMZ: The longest fortified border in the world, and the most deadly. The Russian-German border is much like the DMZ between North Korea and South Korea in OTL. The United States and Russia each have troops stationed at the border.
Holocaust: After the war, Germany turned its full focus on dealing with the Final Solution. Nearly all the Jewish population in German occupied Europe has been systematically murdered. Without the Jewish people to blame, Germany has began pointing fingers at the Slavs, homosexuals, socialists and liberals for all of the Reich's short commings. The United States and Russia both receive more than their fair share of the blame as well.
Chinese Civil War: The United States and Great Britain turned its full focus onto Japan. Led by Douglas MacArthur American and British troops invaded Korea and Manchuria. With Japanese weapons now in the hands of the United States, the Communists were denied a crucial part of their war effort against the Kuomintang. After Mao's death in 1951 the Communists began to unravel, although they continue to make trouble for the Nationalists in the country side.
Decolonialization: Like OTL the European colonial powers of Belgium, France and the UK have began letting their old Empire's go. More concerned with the immediate threat on its border, France allowed Indochina to go in 1950. India and Pakistan declared independence from the UK in 1948, and Palestine declared independence in 1954.
Space Race: The United States working conjunction with the United Kingdom and Russian Republic has developed a space program based in Houston, Texas. The German's have a slightly more advanced space program, but saw its attempt to put a satellite in orbit fail when the rocket exploded shortly after take-off.
Olympics: Germany (and its allies) have not competed in the Olympic Games since 1936, though there is a real possibility of the Germans fielding an Olympic team for the London Games in 1956. Due to the prolonged war, the 1948 games were cancelled, and the 1952 games were held in Stockholm.
Constantinople: To further bolster his claims of creating a new Roman Empire, Benito Mussolini has opened the capital of the Eastern Empire up for Italian Colonization. Turks, Armenians, Jews and Greeks alike have been given their eviction notice and and/or restricted to certain quarters of the city. The Patriarch of Constantinople has been given the same accords afforded to the Pope with the Holy See (except the Patriach is in control of the Fener). Ancient churches such as the Hagia Sophia and Hagia Eirene have been restored to their Christian roots, serving as Catholic Cathedrals for the Italian colonists.
Nuclear Nations: The United States became the first nation to be armed with nuclear warheads in 1945. Germany followed suit by testing a nuclear {Less powerful than those of the US} in Poland in 1948, ending the US monopoly on nuclear weapons. A joint Spanish-British-French effort successfully detonated a nuclear bomb in the South Pacific in 1950, the Russian Republic using spies from France and Britain are believed to be near developing their own nuclear device. Italy and China are both believed to be in the process of developing a nuclear program. {It remains to be seen if Germany will help or hamper Italy in the process}
Countries:
Nazi Germany: German people enjoy a life with a very high standard of living, relying on the back breaking labor of Slavic Slavery. German industries enjoys a monopoly on Central and Eastern European markets producing everything from automobiles, radios and televisions to tanks, jet aircraft and small arms. German colonists in Poland and the Ukraine provide the Reich with plenty of food, while Latin America provides more exotic substances such as spices, and fruits as well as the more mundane sugar and rubber. Germany has strengthened its relations with the oil rich Middle East, in particularly Saudi Arabia.
United States: Is very similiar to the USA of OTL in the 1950's {The Red Scare does not happen, nor does McCarthyism} the country is unraveling as blacks in the American south are beginning to demand equality under the law. The Republican Party dominates politics in Washington controlling both houses and the White House. A slight difference between OTL and the ATL, Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected in 1944 with Alben Barkley as his runnign mate, Barkley then goes on to serve as President after FDR's death in 1945. The Barkley-Dever ticket is defeated in 1948 by Thomas Dewey and running mate Everett Dirksen, Dewey would win re-election in 1952 against Adlai Stevenson and Averill Harriman.
Other Areas of Note:
King of Britain - George VI {on his death bed, not much longer to live}
Prime Minister of the UK - Anthony Eden
President of France - Charles de Gaulle
President of Russia - Georgy Zhukov
Duce of Italy - Benito Mussolini
Fuhrer of Germany - Adolph Hitler
President of Korea - Rhee Syngman
King of Portugal - Duarte I
Rock and Roll is in its infancy in the United States, little to no following
Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947)
US Air Force created in 1949 from US Army Air Corps
US Armed Forces desegregated in 1950
De-Stalinization occurs in Russia (1948-1952), Stalingrad renamed Martyrsgrad by Zhukov
New York City is the fastest growing and largest city in the world, thanks to immigrants from occupied Europe (most notably Poland, Ukraine and Jews)
Fidel Castro has become an All-Star pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics
Dwight Eisenhower retires to Harpers Ferry, WV after the war, haunted by the deaths in the invasion of Europe.
This is just scratching the surface, but I am stumped as to get a stalemate in the East, and a successful American-British invasion in France & Spain at the same time.