Just a brainwave that entered my head:
WI after a recession in September 1903, the Heydrichs decide to move to America
they makes their way to the US by October and decides to settle in Nebraska.
On February 27, Reinhard Heydrich is born in Omaha
any ideas? What would happen in WW2, without "the Butcher of Prague?"
Okay.
February 27, 1904 Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich is born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Richard Heydrich and Elisabeth [later Anglicised to "Elizabeth"] Krantz Heydrich.
July 31, 1917 Reinhard Heydrich becomes Richard Heydrich, Jr., after upsurge of anti-German sentiment after the declaration of war on Germany. Richard Heydrich, now Sr., barely keeps job as music instructor, is forced to tutor on the side.
Summer, 1922 Richard Heydrich, Jr., turned down for appointment to New York music academies. Blaming it on a certain ethnic group that one hardly needs to name, he stamps off in a rage, happening to stumble into a US Navy recruitment station.
Summer, 1925 Seaman Heydrich, R. is accepted at the US Naval Academy.
May 1929 Ensign Richard Heydrich is commissioned in the US Navy, after a successful career on the USNA fencing team where, paired with fellow midshipman Robert A. Heinlein, he won several medals and was considered for the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympic Team.
September 1929 Rhodes Scholar Ensign Heinlein is bitter because Ensign Heydrich romanced the girl he was thinking of marrying, but he resolves to study astrophysics at Oxford.
April 1932 Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, newly appointed chief of aviation, manages to secure the services of his talented (albeit bossy) signals officer Richard Heydrich. Lieutenant Heydrich finds time to obtain a pilot's licence while on duty at the Bureau of Aviation.
November 1936 Lieutenant Heydrich becomes an air squadron commander on the USS
Lexington. He makes a name for himself as a daring and aggressive pilot, but a bossy commander.
January 1938 Lieutenant-Commander Heydrich is infuriated at being named commanding officer of the elderly four-piper destroyer USS
Buchanan. In an infuriating confrontation with his new crew, he declares "War on Rust and Filth".
September 1941 Lieutenant-Commander Heydrich is named commander of VF-6, fighter squadron of the USS
Enterprise.
December 7, 1941 Leading the bombers in to base during the return of the
Enterprise from her air-transport mission, Lieutenant-Commander Heydrich plows into the Japanese air squadrons. Before crashlanding, with bullet wounds in both legs, he shoots down six Japanese planes, becoming an ace in one day.
The President of the United States in the name of the Congress takes extreme pleasure in presenting the
MEDAL OF HONOR
to HEYDRICH, Richard T. E.
Rank and Organization: Lieutenant-Commander, U.S. Navy
Place and date: During the attack on the fleet in Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on 7 DEC 1941
Entered Service At: New York, New York
Born: 27 FEB 1904
For extraordinary heroism, distinguished service, and devotion above and beyond the call of duty. Commander Heydrich was flying into the Ford Island naval air base during the raid. Although short on fuel, he engaged the attacking Japanese aircraft, shooting down six and damaging two more, disregarding serious personal injuries. Due to his extraordinary attack, the remaining aircraft of the
Enterprise air unit were able to land without significant loss. His extraordinary heroism and conduct reflect the highest traditions of the Naval Service.
(It was not mentioned that while in the hospital, he 1) seduced four nurses 2) objected that a doctor treating his wounds was Jewish, and threatened to kill the man.)
How's that for a beginning?