DBWI/AHC: Turn USA into Superpower instead of Britain

Dolan

Banned
Ah yes, the favorite trope of many alternate historians, who points out to the USA's sheer potential before their violent breakup during the first half of 20th century, compared to the rebellion-ridden and seemingly large but unstable British Empire. Both anglophone entity did have opposite views on many fronts regarding Government, Colonialism, Imperialism, and many others.

The challenge is simple, turn USA into superpower at the expense of British Empire. That's it...
 
Simple. Avoid the Dogger Bank War and the Anglo-German-Austrian-Ottoman-Japanese alliance that emerged during this war. BTW, that will also save Russia from the 1906 Treaty of Edinburgh, the following revolution and split of the Empire into the Five Russias.

The USN was not enough to face both the Kriegsmarine, IJN and Royal Navy in the Great War of 1937.
Might have won against the IJN or KM alone, and fought the RN to a draw. But not the three at once.

No Dogger Bank War, no Great War of 1937, no Panzers rolling from Québec into Maine.
 

Dolan

Banned
The USN was not enough to face both the Kriegsmarine, IJN and Royal Navy in the Great War of 1937.
Well, the Twelve Years War, or better known as The Great War (1936-1948) was instigated by The Third International/Socintern against the Alliance of Five Empires.

President Charles Ruthenberg could've just supported the Socialists from the background while maintaining technical neutrality of the USA (which still reeling from the backlash of Socialist Party's Desegregation and Equalization), but the Toronto Accident happened, US Army crossing into Canada by filmsy excuse to "Help the Proletariat", and the rest is history.
 
The Congress was dominated by an alliance of Socialists, Anarchists, Communists and Syndicalists (and smaller left groups), but the majority of the left (along with the Republican-Democrat Pact, which was the remaining opposition) wanted neutrality in the war. However, on one side, Ruthenburg wanted the USA to join the war, so he (illegaly and secretly) manufactured the Toronto Accident to have a pretext. Which would lead to his impeachment (which was applauded by both left and right) and the USA exiting the war with a negociated peace (with only military limitations and reparations).

On the other hand, even if Ruthenburg deserves the hatred, it was not only his fault that the USA entered the war. The Alliance of the Five Empires provoked the USA a lot. The Kriegsmarine, Royal Navy and IJN practiced unrestricted maritime warfare (both surface and submarine) against the US trade with the French Socialist Federation (for example, they sank the Saratoga when it was going to the French port of Dakar), the Mediterannean Socialist Union (American civilian ships were sank or confiscated illegally, with their crews molested, when they were going to Athens, Naples, Lisboa and Barcelona), the Siberian Commune, Persia and the Imperial Republic of China.
It was somehow inevitable, as in the pre-war years, the USA had focused their trade with the Socintern countries.

Then, there was the problem of the British-German occupation of Iceland and Greenland, as well as the British-German intervention (in 1934) to crush the revolution in Venezuela, which directly flew in the face of Monroe Doctrine.

However, despite all those provocations, if Ruthenberg hadn't manufactured the Toronto Incident (three months after the Saratoga), the USA wouldn't have joined the war. After the Saratoga Incident, the Congress accepted to deliver lend-lease to the Socintern (with armored convoys) as well as threaten the Five Empires with war if they again intervened in Latin America, but still, the Congress hadn't actually wanted to join the war. Until Ruthenberg forced their hand.
 
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OOC: i think the former poster said US entered the war in 1937.

OOC : Oh sorry, didn't see that. I'll rectify. So, I said that Ruthenberg caused the Toronto Incident "three months" after the Saratoga sinking (so still in '36).
Yes, Imperial Republic because I like the idea of a country that is both a socialist/communist country and a monarchy, like Cambodia under Norodhom Sianoukh IOTL. But I can remove it if you prefer.
 

Dolan

Banned
Yes, Imperial Republic because I like the idea of a country that is both a socialist/communist country and a monarchy, like Cambodia under Norodhom Sianoukh IOTL. But I can remove it if you prefer.
OOC: ok, make sense

IC:

Anyway, the Imperial Republic of China has some "interesting" interactions with the rest of the Socintern. Especially their Figurehead Emperor...
 
They chose to have Puyi as a gesture to unite China behind them (and have the supporters of monarchy on their side), which was a good move. Especially as Puyi (as a person) was a weak figure, more interested in opium, alcohol and sexual relationships with men (which was an open secret) than in ruling... but on the other side he was the legitimate Emperor.
 
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