Who could have been the most possible to get elected POTUS in the WWII time period that would be the most sympathetic to the Axis? FDR had sympathies to the British and Soviets, and didn't make his disdain for the Axis countries pre-war a secret.
Possibly, but how likely was that?Lindbergh decides to run for elected office?
Dewey ran in 1944 and 1948 thoughDewey would have stayed neutral, which is probably the best course of action for the Nazis and Fascists.
Once Pearl Harbor happened, the attention of the USA would be drawn to the Pacific and the Nazis would achieve victory in Europe.
Where's the dictator Ford timeline, because all I can find are dictator MacArthur and Wilson onesHenry Ford seems quiet much pro-Axis. He was strongly antisemitist. He even openly supported Hitler.
Ford was quite old during this time period thoughWhere's the dictator Ford timeline, because all I can find are dictator MacArthur and Wilson ones
Imo none of the Presidential candidates were pro-Axis -- they were all sympathetic to the Allies, but believed that either the US shouldn't get into the war because of a commitment to isolationism, or that US intervention into the war was unnecessary. America has always been quite Anglophile, and the main opposition to Anglophilia was Francophilia -- while the memories of German aggression in WW1 were still in living memory. Public opinion about Germany was always overwhelmingly negative, but the prevailing attitude was along the lines of "this is bad, but we shouldn't get into it because of x reason."
So you're going to need an outsider, and even then a certain type of outsider (outsiders weren't necessarily pro-Axis -- take Wilkie, for instance) if you want the US to genuinely be pro-Axis. The most you can get is an anti-interventionist, and a simple POD for that is to get FDR whacked sometime before WW2 so that John N. Garner takes office. Garner had orthodox views on foreign policy and was quite conservative, so he's unlikely to intervene or even try to cultivate a relationship w/ the Allies like FDR did IOTL.
In 1940, he certainly didn't have any sympathies to the Soviets... Why are all the countries the Soviet Union invaded overlooked? | Page 4 | alternatehistory.comWho could have been the most possible to get elected POTUS in the WWII time period that would be the most sympathetic to the Axis? FDR had sympathies to the British and Soviets, and didn't make his disdain for the Axis countries pre-war a secret.
I am not sure Garner would have reached an accommodation with Japan. Garner or any other President, even Lindbergh, would have gone to war if Japan attacked, The question then comes down would Hitler have declared war? Once Germany declared war there is nothing for the US to decide.Dont know about pro-nazis but John Nance Garner would have kept the USA out of the war.
He also ran unsuccsessfully in 1940.Dewey ran in 1944 and 1948 though
The USA was practically at war with Germany by the spring of 1941 because of FDR's hostile moves at sea.I am not sure Garner would have reached an accommodation with Japan. Garner or any other President, even Lindbergh, would have gone to war if Japan attacked, The question then comes down would Hitler have declared war? Once Germany declared war there is nothing for the US to decide.
Henry FordTake a gander at the Business Plot and find an acceptable industrialist with a craving for power?