MacCaulay
Banned
In honour of Canada Day, I'm going to pitch this. The challenge, should you choose to except it, is to get a Canadian Zone of occupation in Berlin at the end of WWII. Subtle and/or cool wanking is allowed.
World War II has to start like it did in OTL.
I'll start with mine, which I will admit should be tossed to the ASB scrap heap:
(Roughly)
The Canadian Government begins a draft system similar to that of the United States, and thus forgoes the "zombie" problem that the armed forces will have later. (this is the ASB part and the PoD. We're going to assume that there aren't widespread riots and craziness)
With this added manpower beginning in 1940, the Canadian Army is able to field 2 Army Groups in Britain for the invasion of France, as opposed to the single one that they fielded in OTL.
When the Canadians land at Juno Beach, they do so with only token British assistance and not under British command. The Canadian Parachute Regiment, under James Hill, lands behind the lines at Cayeux and enabling the Canadians to push to Caen by the second day.
(Okay, the rest of the campaign I don't have figured out yet...suffice it to say, the 1st Canadian Army Group and 2nd Canadian Army Group advance along the French coast, then through the coast of the Low Countries. Eventually, they are inside Germany when the surrender comes in 1945.)
The Canadians, almost abreast of the Americans and British in the drive through Germany in April 1945, have been pushing for an occupation zone in Berlin since the Christmas season of 1944/45 when 1st Canadian Armoured Division was leading a drive towards Dusseldorf to draw the Germans away from the Bulge.
The other Allies agree, and 1st Canadian Army Group rolls into Berlin mere days after the surrender to begin setting up shop alongside their allies in what will become NATO.
So...there you go. There's my version. Very wanky if I do say so myself. And ask any Canadian: the unrealistic part is the "ASBing away the Zombies".
World War II has to start like it did in OTL.
I'll start with mine, which I will admit should be tossed to the ASB scrap heap:
(Roughly)
The Canadian Government begins a draft system similar to that of the United States, and thus forgoes the "zombie" problem that the armed forces will have later. (this is the ASB part and the PoD. We're going to assume that there aren't widespread riots and craziness)
With this added manpower beginning in 1940, the Canadian Army is able to field 2 Army Groups in Britain for the invasion of France, as opposed to the single one that they fielded in OTL.
When the Canadians land at Juno Beach, they do so with only token British assistance and not under British command. The Canadian Parachute Regiment, under James Hill, lands behind the lines at Cayeux and enabling the Canadians to push to Caen by the second day.
(Okay, the rest of the campaign I don't have figured out yet...suffice it to say, the 1st Canadian Army Group and 2nd Canadian Army Group advance along the French coast, then through the coast of the Low Countries. Eventually, they are inside Germany when the surrender comes in 1945.)
The Canadians, almost abreast of the Americans and British in the drive through Germany in April 1945, have been pushing for an occupation zone in Berlin since the Christmas season of 1944/45 when 1st Canadian Armoured Division was leading a drive towards Dusseldorf to draw the Germans away from the Bulge.
The other Allies agree, and 1st Canadian Army Group rolls into Berlin mere days after the surrender to begin setting up shop alongside their allies in what will become NATO.
So...there you go. There's my version. Very wanky if I do say so myself. And ask any Canadian: the unrealistic part is the "ASBing away the Zombies".