What do you think would happen to French Indochina in this scenario?
IC: I imagine that it would end up better than OTL. Anything is better than that hell overthrowing French rule. Honest to God, the new Phnom Penh regime is just Bose but more hellish.
I wonder if decolonization would've worked better than. Without the hells of India, Indochina and Abyssinia, would the Portuguese have been less draconian in Angola and Mozambique? Or the French have not established that miltary consul in North Africa? Would the Soviets have left Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, as opposed to turning everything from the Oder to the Pacific, from the Arctic to Afghanistan into a decrepit mess?
One can only hope. At least there are a few success stories. I mean, the Dominions of South Africa, Rhodesia and Australasia help hold souhtern Africa and the East Indies together. The RoC has keep going, even keeping the Reds from coming down out of Manchuria and Uyghuria. And hell, the when the Soviets left Germany and Finland, those nations even did everything right.
Hell, I'd argue that Gandhi was the worst thing that ever happened to the world. Worse than the Japanese. Worse than Mussolini. Hell, I'd go so far as to say he's worse than Beria.
OOC: I'm using this map. If you guys wanna go down a different path, you can ignore it...