reversed wars Post 1900 edition

in this thread, you may list ideas for wars with reversed combatants

for example: communist germany and "nazi" russia in ww2
just specify a war, a pod, and how it would likely be different
 
The United States turns to a Socialist/Social Democratic State in this timeline. This is mainly due to an earlier depression and due to less of a Red Scare due to the Bolsheviks failing to win in Russia (Kolchak won eventually). Jiang Jieshi of China manages to successfully kill the Chinese Communists due to a lucky break during the Long March, where Ma Troops managed to sucker punch and kill off the escaping soldiers and leaders. This sets the stage to the Viet Nam War, which happened after the violent First Decolonization Wave happened.

The US under the Socialist Labor party intervenes in Viet Nam in the early 1960s, which is undergoing a civil war. The North, being supported in part by the Kuomintang who wanted to support a friendlier face in the region, was doing well against the South, led by Ho Chi Minh, a pragmatic leader who adopted Communism to create a free and powerful country. The US cooled relations with China at this time and did not want to lose a friendly face in the region, so were willing to send support to counter the Chinese. Nam was the result of the Anti-imperialist rhetoric of the White House, which staged a successful stalemate in Korea in spite of Russian intervention during the 1950s.

It took years and the collapse of Jiang Jieshi's government (never exactly that strong to begin with) to win, but by 1973, the People's Republic of Vietnam was successful in unifying South with North. Much of the success was due to the spirit of the Vietnamese and the relative competence of Ho Chi Minh, who died one year before his dream came true. Vietnam was a polarizing war in the US, but acknowledged as "Doing the Right Thing". This would have dire consequences when the USA intervened in the collapse of the Pahlavi Shahdom of Iran, which was a far bloodier affair.
 
The United States turns to a Socialist/Social Democratic State in this timeline. This is mainly due to an earlier depression and due to less of a Red Scare due to the Bolsheviks failing to win in Russia (Kolchak won eventually). Jiang Jieshi of China manages to successfully kill the Chinese Communists due to a lucky break during the Long March, where Ma Troops managed to sucker punch and kill off the escaping soldiers and leaders. This sets the stage to the Viet Nam War, which happened after the violent First Decolonization Wave happened.

The US under the Socialist Labor party intervenes in Viet Nam in the early 1960s, which is undergoing a civil war. The North, being supported in part by the Kuomintang who wanted to support a friendlier face in the region, was doing well against the South, led by Ho Chi Minh, a pragmatic leader who adopted Communism to create a free and powerful country. The US cooled relations with China at this time and did not want to lose a friendly face in the region, so were willing to send support to counter the Chinese. Nam was the result of the Anti-imperialist rhetoric of the White House, which staged a successful stalemate in Korea in spite of Russian intervention during the 1950s.

It took years and the collapse of Jiang Jieshi's government (never exactly that strong to begin with) to win, but by 1973, the People's Republic of Vietnam was successful in unifying South with North. Much of the success was due to the spirit of the Vietnamese and the relative competence of Ho Chi Minh, who died one year before his dream came true. Vietnam was a polarizing war in the US, but acknowledged as "Doing the Right Thing". This would have dire consequences when the USA intervened in the collapse of the Pahlavi Shahdom of Iran, which was a far bloodier affair.

reverse vietnam war?
 
Although these two events were not technically wars, they were still part of the "Cold War" with both bringing the world and the Cold War closer to an escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.

The first is "Bay of Pegwell Invasion" of 1961, was the failed military invasion by the United Federation of Russian Tsardom (UFRT) on 17th April, the plan was to support the armed wing of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF) and to overthrow the increasingly communist government of Chairman Harold Wilson.

The British Revolution of 1952 to 1959 had forced the monarchy, Queen Elizabeth II, an ally of Russian Tsar, into exile. The government was replaced by the 26th July Movement led by Harold Wilson, which severed the country's formerly strong links with Russia after expropriating the assets of Russia's corporations and mobsters, and developing links with the People's American Union, under Comrade Adlai Stevenson.

The second event is the British Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis or the Missile Scare, which was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United Federation of Russian Tsardom and the People's American Union over America's ballistic missiles deployed in Britain. It played out on television worldwide.

In response to the failed Bay of Pegwell Invasion of 1961, and the presence of Russian Jupiter ballistic missiles in Greenland and Mexico against the PAU with Washington within range, American leader Adlai Stevenson decided to agree to Britain's request to place nuclear missiles in Britain to deter future harassment of Britain. An agreement was reached during a secret meeting between Stevenson and Harold Wilson in July and construction on a number of missile launch facilities started later that summer.
 

shiftygiant

Gone Fishin'
During the end of the Anglo-Irish part of the United Kingdom, it is decided (controversially) that Derry will be given to the Irish State, although with special status. This causes unrest in Derry, with Pro-Unionist Protestants fighting a war against the Irish Government in order to secure Derry's independence and return to the UK.
 
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