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The POD is that FDR agrees to go along with a League of Nations sponsored oil embargo of Italy following the invasion of Ethiopia. Mussolini is overthrown. The new government does not want to antagonize other nations. So it does not make an alliance with Hitler. Following the fall of France, Germany invades Italy, but Commonwealth troops arrive in time. Italy becomes a quagmire. Even the arrival of US troops in November 1942, doesn't help much. In September 1943, the invasion of Normandy happens. In July of 1944, the WAllies surround Berlin and move into take Warsaw and Prague, meeting Soviet troops as the do. On August 6, ( VE Day) Germany surrenders. On November 6, 1944, the Soviets declare war on Japan and invade Manchukuo. In January 1945, following the Holliday season, the WAllied European veterans arrive in the Pacific Theater. The bombing and naval campaign against Japan become more intense. The conquest of Iwo Jima and Okinawa are much easier. Herohito surrenders on August 3, 1945. The Soviets have occupied China. Jiang's government flees to Taiwan in 1946. There are no angry calls of who lost China This makes thing easier on Truman. The PRC is a Soviet satellite. There is no Great Leap Forward or Cultural Revolution. The Soviets encourage Deng Xioping as he makes China less dependent on Soviet aid. There is no playing the China Card. Reagan opens relations with China as American corporations eager to cash in on the lucrative China trade lobby him. Yes Reagan is still president from 1981 -1989. This has very little effect on the US. It does not change the line up of US Presidents. The other place where this has an impact is in Europe. Poland is divided between East and West Polands, until they vote to reunite in 1990. Czechoslovakia ends in 1945. There is a not so velvet divorce, as Soviet occupied Slovakia breaks away. West Poland and the Czech Republic are the front line NATO nations. They are home to most of the US military bases. If you are the child of a German and an member of the American military, you probably have a different heritage. East Germany is surrounded by free nations. The Soviets have to supply their ally and their bases there by ship. Which creates another financial burden on the USSR.
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