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Fascism's emphasis on nationalism, militarism and the cult of the leader seem to me aspects that could easily make the ideology popular among third-world dictators. Fascism's conception of a national rebirth or recapturing past glories could make the ideology popular among the nationalist intelligentsia in the colonized areas. Indeed, some national libration movements in OTL seem close to fascism. Consider Pol Pot's murderous racism or his exaltation of the glories of Angkor and the necessity of retaking the Mekong from Vietnam. Or consider the cult of the Kim family in Korea, and North Korean rhetoric about "racial purity" and the superiority of the Korean people over other races.

So, in a timeline in which America and Britain are locked in a Cold War with Nazi Germany (like the AANW, except without the St. Patrick's Raids), could the Germans find strongmen and "national liberation" movements to support? Seeing how Germany fought America and Britian to a standstill, and with communism dead, could fascism become popular among anti-colonial movements?
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