Collaborative TL Project

Alright here is the project: Starting with a single PoD somewhere between the End of WW2 and 1960, some how get to a WW3 that starts in 1996 that matches the below map, have the war end by 2006 at the latest, and then finish in early 2009.

The first step will be finding a PoD most people can agree on.

And here is the map:

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Very difficult. ;-)

Can't really think of a POD. I'd say start off with a harsher cold war. Maybe USSR focuses more of its resources on short term buildup and so has even bigger short term problems. Stronger support for Communism allows Yugoslavia to extend into Greece, and Bretagne and Normandie to break away from France (most likely immediately after WW2). With the long-term collapse of resources, we get an earlier USSR breakup forming a Russian republic allied to the US. China remains Communist, and its influence extends to nations formerly in the Russian sphere (Cuba, a more pro-Russian Yugoslavia).

Not sure how to get some of the random bigger nations (like the big African one) or the Indian breakup...

Where did you get the map?
 
Hmmm...

1. Uber Commie Greece or Uber Yugo?

2. Marxist Brest? (Teat of the Proletariat?)

3. Uber Commie Ethiopia?

4. Uber Commie Iran?

5. Uber Commie Nambia?

6. Uber Commie Columbia?

7. Commie India with independent Greater Pradesh?

Beats the hell out of me! Perhaps no US-Chinese rapproachment under Nixon? No Nixon presidency? Much more contentious Cold War where USSR falls on schedule or even earlier but China hangs on as Hard Maoist, supporting coups and expansions?
 
I was thinking the red be more of "agressive power hungry nations teaming up to gain more power". than random commie nations, but most of them will probably end up either being dictatorships (either communist or fascist) or monarchies.

(and I intended it to be "Uber Fascist Greece" btw, but make it whatever you guys think works best.)

Still like the idea of the Cold War setting this off though, suprised i didn't think of that until you guys mentioned it.

Maybe we should try and think up stuff about these new nations and see if a PoD suddenly leaps up.
 
For that matter Austria and Hungary(and Switzlerland? Did I look at the map wrong?) reuniting is kinda way out there.
 
Idea:After Noramandy, French citezens who fell more German rebel with help from USSR. Leading to Commie Freance area.
 
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