Of course as the joke goes, "who annexed who?" For the longest time, every channel was the BBC. I shudder to think how American television would fare on its own.
I don't see how the UK doesn't allow itself to be absorbed into the American sphere of influence, along with Canada and the rest during the aftermath of WW2. The UN wasn't going to last with too many member nations being Soviet puppets, and good luck being an independent nation with no overseas empire or naval superiority.
OOC: Sealion is uncreative. Let's go with the second storyline.
OOC: Ah come on!!! that's unfair, these kind of threads are first come first serve on the plot.
I don't see how the UK doesn't allow itself to be absorbed into the American sphere of influence, along with Canada and the rest during the aftermath of WW2. The UN wasn't going to last with too many member nations being Soviet puppets, and good luck being an independent nation with no overseas empire or naval superiority.
Of course as the joke goes, "who annexed who?" For the longest time, every channel was the BBC. I shudder to think how American television would fare on its own.
What if England survived the 20th century?
OOC: There is still an entity called England today, and it is the most dominant partner of the United Kingdom.OOC: Politically, England didn't survive the 18th Century let alone the 20th..... England hasn't been around since 1707.
OOC: Second scenario, though to make it more fair the Germans may have done a failed Sealion, both delaying D-Day and quickening the Soviet advance west.OOC: everybody calm down and act civilly. Zuvarq, since you're the OP perhaps you like to tell us when and to who the British lost their independence.
OOC: It is. England has been independent throughout the 20th and 21st centuries as part of the United Kingdom.OCC: Zuvarq, for a DBWI thread to work it needs to be a narrowly stated what-if and one based on a specific historical event that did occur in OTL.
... OOC: It is. England has been independent throughout the 20th and 21st centuries as part of the United Kingdom.
OOC: There are WIs like "WI: Independent South Vietnam" or "WI: Large Switzerland". A DBWI is just a fictional WI, so this is still a valid DBWI.OCC: No, this DBWI is not based upon a specific OTL event. If an OTL event had occurred which caused the UK (England, plus Scotland & N.I. I presume) to cease to exist during the 20th century, then you could pose a DBWI asking "what if 'X' hadn't happened/failed, would the the UK still exist today?".
OOC: There are WIs like "WI: Independent Vietnam" or "WI: Large Switzerland". A DBWI is just a fictional WI, so this is still a valid DBWI.