Is there still a Cold War? If so, is it less vast, or shorter?
A very interesting idea. Looking forward to the next installment.
A very interesting idea. Looking forward to the next installment.
I’ve seen a lot of WW2 TL were a military coup or successful Valkyrie plot is seen as a good outcome (invariably with Russia-screw involved) for WW2. The idea of France holding in 1940 is sadly neglected even through it’d be a far more palatable outcome all round. Odd given how massively lucky the Germans were to overrun France within six weeks in the first place.
It seems that there is a spike in French based TL these days.
Well I know next to nothing about Chinse name translations I just googled Kuomintang leaders and stanched that name.You should decide between using Wade-Giles or Pinyin for Chinese transliterations, as using both at the same time is jarring.
Also, not sure about Putin--keep those butterflies in mind. If you want a srongman figure for that surviving alternate USSR, you could always go with Lebed.
Given the nature of Stalinism and general fears of Communism still floating around ITTL there will most certainly be Cold War style tensions in different places with a differnt starting point, but for many of the same reasons.Is there still a Cold War? If so, is it less vast, or shorter?
A very interesting idea. Looking forward to the next installment.
Heh, one reason I picked, I could've went with someone far far worse.But a Conservative one nonetheless.
I actually like him as well, he would make a much better PM than Cameron
France is considerably more effective, with many long term repercussions, which have been hinted at. The U.S.S.R being maybe the biggist. Algeria will turn into a bloody mess at some point, but is ITTL a part of modern Metropolitan France.A superb introduction indeed, consider me subscribed.
As the others have said, France seems to be somewhat more effective against Germany in this time-line which has clearly had repercussions for Algeria (which seems to remain part of the Métropole) and the nature of international Communism (which, despite a nationalist (or balkanised) China) remains on the warpath in East Asia.
Capital work! Prey continue!
Yes, it was either going to be Finn or a Brazilian.Is that a Finn leading the UN I see?
Japan is of course at war with China and is insanely aggressive as per OTL, through the war in the Far East will be somewhat different.Couple guesses about the present day -
Japan still starts a war and looses, pulling the US out of isolation.
Really no clue whether Italy, Spain, and Portugal remain fascist ITTL.
A much larger surviving Jewish population likely means a larger Israel (West Bank and Gaza annexed), even if most survivors stay in Europe. Even a million more Israelis in the 1940s tips the balance in a big way.
The survival of many colonies and much greater influence of the European powers, that's a given.
A relatively tame USSR, to avoid overruning Poland or Finland. Wonder how that comes about? Stalin dies early?
It's not quite that bad, and the Red Army is still a shambles at this point.I'd guess that with the German offensive hitting a brick wall in the west, Stalin capitalises on the fact that Hitler only has 3 kids and dog defending his eastern border.
...The Peoples Republic of Manchuria strongly condemns the actions of the Chinese government...
Han Chinese almost never call this place "Manchuria", especially after Mukden Incident. We referred there to as "Northeast China" (simplified Chinese: 东北; traditional Chinese: 東北; pinyin: Dōngběi).
Unless Soviet deliberately set up an ethnic Manchu satellite regime a la Mongolian People's Republic (highly doubtful since after 1911 Revolution, Han Chinese out number Manchu there). Otherwise called it either People's Republic of China, Chinese People's Republic, or Democratic People's Republic of China.
Otherwise, a good TL.
The Soviets did have a habit of giving regions the name of particular ethnic group even. If said group wasn’t a majority, if said region was the named group’s ancestral homeland. And a Soviet-backed regime trying to distance itself from a potently irredentist China might try keeping up the fiction that Manchuria really is distinct from China proper.
Anyway I always thought a Communist Manchuria calling itself ‘’China’’ is as absurd as Taiwan keeping up the pretence of being the ‘’Republic of China’’…
Or EastNorth ....We referred there to as "Northeast China" (simplified Chinese: 东北; traditional Chinese: 東北; pinyin: Dōngběi).