I was thinking of someday writing a story set in a Nazi-occupied Britain. Obviously, Sea Lion is off of the table due to the many reasons it is thought to be impossible - let me be clear about that, I'm not talking about a Sea Lion scenario here.
I had a rough idea for a rather bleak timeline where the fascists take control of most of the world.
The Nazi's take power in Germany much as they did OTL, and the same with Franco in Spain and Mussolini in Italy. However, at some point during the 1930s, the U.S. goes fascist due to the depression in a similar scenario to It Can't Happen Here. ITTL, Hitler uses someone other than Admiral Canaris to try to persuade Franco to side with the Nazi's, and whoever is chosen succeeds.
World War 2 breaks out in a similar way to OTL, with the Nazi's occupying Poland, then rapidly taking Belgium, Holland and France, with Italian and this time Spanish assistance too. Gibraltar is occupied, and this time the BEF is largely destroyed.
Britain, with no lend lease and less international support, is in an even worse situation than OTL's 1940. This time, though, Hitler does not bother trying to win control of the air over England, but focuses his forces eastwards. The invasion of the USSR takes place at the same time, only this time the Nazi's win by 1942/43 (I'm no expert on the Eastern Front, I couldn't say when the Nazi's were most likely to win). With the U.S. a fascist dictatorship, some other agreement happens in the Pacific, and Pearl Harbor is avoided.
Britain eventually sues for peace after the defeat of the USSR. The Nazi's bide their time, whilst the fascist government in the U.S. builds up its military. Some time around 1948-1950, conflict re-ignites between the British Empire and the fascists over some crisis somewhere, or perhaps even over a mistake or miscalculation, this time with the U.S. openly siding with Nazi Germany.
Fascist America occupies Canada or at least forces it to surrender, and the Royal Navy cannot sustain conflict against Italy, Spain, a fascist United States and a Nazi Germany that rules everything from the Urals to the Pyrenees. Subsequently, a fascist invasion of Great Britain occurs some time around 1950, with the country eventually succumbing to occupation.
I had a rough idea for a rather bleak timeline where the fascists take control of most of the world.
The Nazi's take power in Germany much as they did OTL, and the same with Franco in Spain and Mussolini in Italy. However, at some point during the 1930s, the U.S. goes fascist due to the depression in a similar scenario to It Can't Happen Here. ITTL, Hitler uses someone other than Admiral Canaris to try to persuade Franco to side with the Nazi's, and whoever is chosen succeeds.
World War 2 breaks out in a similar way to OTL, with the Nazi's occupying Poland, then rapidly taking Belgium, Holland and France, with Italian and this time Spanish assistance too. Gibraltar is occupied, and this time the BEF is largely destroyed.
Britain, with no lend lease and less international support, is in an even worse situation than OTL's 1940. This time, though, Hitler does not bother trying to win control of the air over England, but focuses his forces eastwards. The invasion of the USSR takes place at the same time, only this time the Nazi's win by 1942/43 (I'm no expert on the Eastern Front, I couldn't say when the Nazi's were most likely to win). With the U.S. a fascist dictatorship, some other agreement happens in the Pacific, and Pearl Harbor is avoided.
Britain eventually sues for peace after the defeat of the USSR. The Nazi's bide their time, whilst the fascist government in the U.S. builds up its military. Some time around 1948-1950, conflict re-ignites between the British Empire and the fascists over some crisis somewhere, or perhaps even over a mistake or miscalculation, this time with the U.S. openly siding with Nazi Germany.
Fascist America occupies Canada or at least forces it to surrender, and the Royal Navy cannot sustain conflict against Italy, Spain, a fascist United States and a Nazi Germany that rules everything from the Urals to the Pyrenees. Subsequently, a fascist invasion of Great Britain occurs some time around 1950, with the country eventually succumbing to occupation.