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"The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment." - Robert M. Hutchins

For Which it Falls - An Authoritarian America TL



May 7th was a quiet day. World War One raged on in the trenches of the Western and Eastern fronts, but the seas of Britain were oddly peaceful. The English Lusitania commandeered by William Turner rode swiftly on coast of Munster, heading towards Liverpool. Yet unbeknownst to the crew of the British, a German U-Boat (more specifically U-20) led by popular commander Walter Schwieger was chasing them down, searching for the perfect moment to strike. Whether the Lusitania would sink or survive to see another day, it would forever change the course of history.

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Welcome to my second (and hopefully better) timeline! This TL will take place from the end of WWI, through a radically different interwar, and a unique WW2. We will be witnessing a neutral USA throughout World War I, yet still an Entente victory. Because of this though, America will never attain anti-German sentiments, and much of the political landscape in America will be totally different from OTL. Through a series of events, America's republic "for which it stands", will slowly begin to fall.
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