FieldMarshal
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I’m with @Bomster, if the US had provided aid to Europe after WW2 we might have prevented the Revolutions of 1950, as well as the ensuing civil wars in France and Britain. Europe west of the post-war Inner German Border would have probably been part of the American sphere of influence rather than absorbed into the Warsaw Pact.
Decolonization would have probably been a lot less chaotic than IOTL, though I feel that the European empires would have eventually been forced to cede away their overseas territories eventually.
I’m not much of an economist so I don’t know how interrelated those would be, but it is clear that the policies of the Taft administration led to both the Second Depression and the losses of Europe and China to the Reds. Perhaps Dewey winning the nomination and the presidency in ‘48 would be a good PoD for a TL trying to avoid one or both events.
Decolonization would have probably been a lot less chaotic than IOTL, though I feel that the European empires would have eventually been forced to cede away their overseas territories eventually.
I’m not much of an economist so I don’t know how interrelated those would be, but it is clear that the policies of the Taft administration led to both the Second Depression and the losses of Europe and China to the Reds. Perhaps Dewey winning the nomination and the presidency in ‘48 would be a good PoD for a TL trying to avoid one or both events.
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It was indeed idiotic decision from USA. Almost whole Europe fell to Communism and only Scandinavia, Iberia, and Ireland were able keep non-Communist system in Europe. And this just helped USA go back to isolationism. We would have now much better place if USA would had gave aid to Europe. And Middle East hardly would had become warzone of several different factions.
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I’m not much of an economist so I don’t know how interrelated those would be, it’s clear that the policies of the Taft administration led to both the Second Depression and the losses of Europe and China to the Reds. Perhaps Dewey winning the nomination and the presidency in ‘48 would be a good PoD for a TL trying to avoid one or both events.[/QUOTE]
During the war the USA was the so-called Arsenal of Democracy basically producing the bulk of the material used by the Allies so in the immediate post-war had an enormous production capacity while the rest of the world was devastated; unfortunely they lacked just one thing...client as the same nation that were competition were also her best client that by now cannot afford that much. Basically it was a rerun of the first postwar only bigger and badder, once the President and the congress started hear any economist with a valid degree instead of the party ideologues that warned everyone about giving the Euros an handout and a free launch, it was too late.
I’m not much of an economist so I don’t know how interrelated those would be, it’s clear that the policies of the Taft administration led to both the Second Depression and the losses of Europe and China to the Reds. Perhaps Dewey winning the nomination and the presidency in ‘48 would be a good PoD for a TL trying to avoid one or both events.[/QUOTE]
During the war the USA was the so-called Arsenal of Democracy basically producing the bulk of the material used by the Allies so in the immediate post-war had an enormous production capacity while the rest of the world was devastated; unfortunely they lacked just one thing...client as the same nation that were competition were also her best client that by now cannot afford that much. Basically it was a rerun of the first postwar only bigger and badder, once the President and the congress started hear any economist with a valid degree instead of the party ideologues that warned everyone about giving the Euros an handout and a free launch, it was too late.
Agreed. The US shot itself in both feet over that one.
Thanks to American inaction, Eurasia is red from end to end, from the Bay of Biscay to the Bering Strait, and from the arctic circle to the Indian Ocean. Only the edges were spared.