My First Half
1913: THe FED is never created. Due to lack of State votess the Secretary of State refuses to certify the results.
1916: Woodrow Wilson is defeated due to backdoor dealing by bankers (In Ohio and CA) who are not satisfied with the fact that the FED failed.
1917: President Hughes keeps the U.S. neutral in WWI. Re-elected in 1920, enacts a series of pro-buisness measures.
1919: WWI ends due to the worldwide flu epidemic. Without the support of the U.S. the war effectively ends in a bloody stalemate. Austria-Hungry and the Ottoman EMpire are still broken up but Imperial German remains solvent. Post war border given Alsacc to France but Germany is able to keep its conquests in the East on a line that runs from Riga to Lvov.
1920s Europe: Russia falls into revoltion and Stalin takes over. Europe recovers from WWI while the Western Powers attempt to rebuild. Imperial Germany has some signifigant internal troubles but hold together. In 1922 upstarts named Hitler, Himmler and Goering are executed after a failed Coup.
1920's America: Pro-Buisness candidates are elected up until 1932. NAtion enters the roaring 20's. Prohibition is passed. Buisness laws are even more hands off then in the OTL. In 1922 the U.S. invades Mexico in a punative expidition. In 1927 Mexico signs a mutual defence pact with Imperial Germany.
1929: Worldwide economic collapse. FDR elected in 1932, 1936, 1940.
1930's Europe: Europe gears up for another war. Franco is defeated in Spain and Italy invades Ethiopia. Stalin orders a massive armamnet to take place and plans to be drawn up to invade Germany. Germany does NOT develop its army along the lines of mobile or blitz warfare and instead continues the Imperial Army style of infantry heavy warfare. Tchycolev transforms Red Army into a modern and mobile minded force. Stalin DOES NOT purge his officer corps in 1937 due to planned invasion of Germany.