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Hi there! So this is my first post, as well as my first timeline, so I'm hoping I put this in the right forum. I was thinking "what if America joined the Central Powers?" so I was thinking how this scenario could come to be.

Okay, so my POD would be a British intervention in the ACW where they help the Confederates or at least recognize them as a state, due to some bungled diplomacy on both part. The war ends with a US-UK status quo and Union victory. This pisses the U.S. off but they don't do anything til post reconstruction. When Alaska's being sold there's a bit more anger, maybe some border disputes with Canada.

Now, early 1880s, the Americans say to Britain and France that they shouldn't control lands in South America. Britain disagrees and they go to war, mostly a naval blockade that's broken by the Royal Navy. Very little deaths, maybe a ship in port sinking, but mostly just bloodying USA's nose. Leads to an armistice, but basically a surrender, and it mostly just pisses off the Americans. America, a bit self conscious, seeks new allies besides UK and France, and sees promise in the growing German Empire.

Couple decades later, boom, WWI, USA begin raising men just in case, they're not too eager but something could tip them off, like in OTL before WW1, they joins the Central Powers when a RN ship fires on an American civilian ship. Canadians assault the Michigan and Washington borders, heading for Detroit and Seattle in an attempt to win a quick victory by capturing major cities, but are repelled. The U.S. moves north, gaining some victories and capturing some border cities. Canada sues for a separate peace, they give up their ties to Britain and enter USA's sphere. Now, onto the Naval War. I think the combined forces of the USA and Germany's navies could heavily hinder the British thalassocracy, maybe no starving the Germans out. So, let's say RN can stop some of the American ships, but with support from Germany, American transport ships get through to France. Combined with the armies of America, the Central Powers have a vast numerical superiority, and I'd think this disparity would lead to the end of the war.

I was thinking of making this into a timeline going up into the 1950s and beyond, but I wanted to make sure I first make this stuff make sense. Now, this is my first AH, so be as blunt as possible to tell me what I did wrong.
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