I see what you may be trying to do, but you need to rethink some things more.
Interesting POD, if not the most unique.
I can see how this would happen. Assuming Garner goes for the Presidency, the Republicans would have a good shot at the White House. However there is one gapping flaw in this segment, that being that William Taft died 6 years before the election you have him winning. Now, I realize American politics sometimes have a feeling of absurdity, but I somehow t=doubt that a deceased man can win the presidency. You probably mean his son, Robert. However, robert Taft only entered the Senate in 1938, and held no national office before that (and had not held office since 1932, when he lost his seat in the Ohio state Senate). Just double check your sources.
I can see this happening. The death of Roosevelt and his replacement by Garner/Taft will have little effect on European politics.
Okay, now I'm lost. As stated above, the european war is going to go roughly according to OTL for a while, because no changes have been made which are directly shaping Europe. So how on earth do the Nazi's bring about a sealion or equivalent thereof which they did not have a prayer of pulling off in the first place? A major divergence in the Nazi heirarchy will be needed to change that fact. I believe Alison brooks summed this up best here, although Ian also has a good paper on the subject. now, there is the possibility of hallifax coming to power, but given the POD, I don't see why that happens. And anyways, that hardly qualifies as being overwhelmed. Finally, Lend-Lease did not begin until 1941. So missing American aid is not going to make a difference.
Fially, it is only a matter of time before the Soviets and Nazis turn on each other. Hitler's entire policies are bilt around defeating the Russians for a variety of reasons (leberensraum, hatred of communism, etc...), and Stalin is a paranoid power-hungry dictator who recognizes Hitler is his worst enemy in the short term. Asia is not going to be worried by this, the only effected power (Japan) takes advantage of the distraction of the rest of the world to solidify it's gains in CHina (and possibly southeast asia, with the british collapse), and to contemplating striking North when the inevitable war comes. The US is pulling out of the Phillipenes on or ahead of the OTL schedule, and the Japanese may be planning a Pearl Harbour type strike. And working on the assumption that the US is bulking up in the far east, why ask the Japanese, the people they are fortifying against, for help?
1933-THE SUCCESSFUL ASSASSINATION OF ROOSEVELT.
Interesting POD, if not the most unique.
1936-WILLIAM TAFT ELECTED PRESIDENT, THE GRAND PLAN IS ISSUED.
I can see how this would happen. Assuming Garner goes for the Presidency, the Republicans would have a good shot at the White House. However there is one gapping flaw in this segment, that being that William Taft died 6 years before the election you have him winning. Now, I realize American politics sometimes have a feeling of absurdity, but I somehow t=doubt that a deceased man can win the presidency. You probably mean his son, Robert. However, robert Taft only entered the Senate in 1938, and held no national office before that (and had not held office since 1932, when he lost his seat in the Ohio state Senate). Just double check your sources.
1939-WW2 BEGINS.
I can see this happening. The death of Roosevelt and his replacement by Garner/Taft will have little effect on European politics.
1940-BRITAIN IS OVERPOWERED AND COLLAPSES.
Okay, now I'm lost. As stated above, the european war is going to go roughly according to OTL for a while, because no changes have been made which are directly shaping Europe. So how on earth do the Nazi's bring about a sealion or equivalent thereof which they did not have a prayer of pulling off in the first place? A major divergence in the Nazi heirarchy will be needed to change that fact. I believe Alison brooks summed this up best here, although Ian also has a good paper on the subject. now, there is the possibility of hallifax coming to power, but given the POD, I don't see why that happens. And anyways, that hardly qualifies as being overwhelmed. Finally, Lend-Lease did not begin until 1941. So missing American aid is not going to make a difference.
1941-HITLER FINALIZES AN ALLIANCE WITH THE SOVIET UNION. JAPAN AND THE REST OF ASIA ARE FEARFUL OF THIS. THE US DEPLOYS MORE TROOPS TO THE PHILIPPINES AND ASK FOR JAPANESE ASSISTANCE.
Fially, it is only a matter of time before the Soviets and Nazis turn on each other. Hitler's entire policies are bilt around defeating the Russians for a variety of reasons (leberensraum, hatred of communism, etc...), and Stalin is a paranoid power-hungry dictator who recognizes Hitler is his worst enemy in the short term. Asia is not going to be worried by this, the only effected power (Japan) takes advantage of the distraction of the rest of the world to solidify it's gains in CHina (and possibly southeast asia, with the british collapse), and to contemplating striking North when the inevitable war comes. The US is pulling out of the Phillipenes on or ahead of the OTL schedule, and the Japanese may be planning a Pearl Harbour type strike. And working on the assumption that the US is bulking up in the far east, why ask the Japanese, the people they are fortifying against, for help?
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