Strategic Areas for !alt-US to Conquer

xsampa

Banned
The US has long had the strongest war potential of any country on Earth. Even during the depths of the Great Depression, the United States held a full 41% of the planet's war potential, compared to 14% for Germany, the next competitor. Considering how much Germany managed to hold down from 1939-41, an expansionist US would have been able to hold down a lot more, even if briefly. Assuming a POD during WW1 or later where Germany doesn't turn Nazi and the US aligns against France and Britain, the US could seize a lot of territory from these European empires. If the US turns autocratic-expansionist as a result of an !alt-Great Depression and declares war on UK/France, which areas in the Old World would it be important for this expansionist US to seize?
 

BigBlueBox

Banned
  • British Columbia
  • Alberta
  • Maritime Provinces
  • Canadian Great Lakes area
  • The rest of Canada
  • Baja Peninsula
  • Northern Sonora
  • All European possessions in the Caribbean
  • Greenland
  • Iceland
  • Indonesia
Many of these aren't actually in the Old World, but they would fit nicely with the US's current holdings at that time and it's manageable enough that the US could hold onto that territory indefinitely.
 
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