Love what you have so far with the TL and can't wait for more. As for the Olympics, I could see South Africa getting the games in the 1980s or 1990s and perhaps Brazil gets them in 2016 as in OTL?
Hmm. That would be interesting, having the 2016 games in Brazil. IIRC, Hitler had plans for having all future Olympics in Germany, but I find that far-fetched. Probably most games would be held, starting in 1948, within the Reich somewhere. Maybe one game in the 60s in the USA, like 1960 or 1964?
I also can see a rump Soviet Union existing east of the Urals that Germany has never fully conquered and perhaps is even propped up by Japan to stick a finger in the Nazis eye. Perhaps in a way its TTLs version of Vietnam, Afghanistan and the War on Terror-going on year after year with no end in sight ? I still can't wait till the next part and I hope there will be more.
To be honest, that would be a good similarity to make. Japan might prop them up clandestinely, after seizing the eastern coast of Russia.
I will try to get more out this week. My intent with this isn't necessarily a detailed TL all the way up to the present day, but at least filling in the bigger details and possibly writing a short-story sequel showing what happens after the failed 2012 coup shown in the book.
@Eckener, Calbear once wrote that the defeat in Dunkerke would not break the British war effort since in 1922 alone you had one million births on Britain, so just the populational growth is enough to replace them. What if there is a larger BEF, or an even earlier pod with a strong communist presence in the UK and they make a general strike in late 1940 trying to claim the island, and this ends actually making it possible for Germany to invade it?
The book implies that some sort of invasion of Great Britain took place, without getting into too many details. I felt that a Dunkirk catastrophe would be a good starting place, with a different Blitz and the death of the King to help break morale.
I'll fully admit that a sealion-esque scenario isn't my favorite, but my goal here is to fill in the book's gaps, not rewrite what was given in the book, which I'm treating as canon.
An interesting potential impact of an Axis victory I have recently realized: psychology’s core could be very different. OTL Freud formed the groundwork of early psychology but given he was Jewish obviously the Nazis wouldn’t support his theories. However, Carl Jung, while no an enthusiastic Hitler supporter and in fact personally opposed to Nazi antisemitism, had a go-along-to-get-along approach and, additionally, lived decades longer than Freud did. So there is a good chance Jung’s viewpoints would dominate psychology even before World War III occurs.
Interesting, though I admit that I don't know enough about the particulars of psychology to really comment (though if someone else does and wants to take a stab at it I'd be interested. )
Given how religious the US population is its also worth considering what type of religion comes to dominate in the former US, Is it the Norse pagan revival top Nazis like Himmler supported or is it a more white identity type Christianity preferred by many white supremacist groups OTL ? Also given the protected status of Indians and Japanese is there more Hindu and Shinto believers. Also wouldn't there be a much larger number of atheist and agnostics ?
I've generally been of the opinion that the whole Norse pagan revival thing that we saw attempted by Himmler and others likely wouldn't have gone mainstream. Again, treating the book as canon, there was no mention of it, and there was the implication that "quiet Christianity" was tolerated. In the Reich, I feel like atheism/agnosticism would be encouraged (though not to the extent that we saw in MITHC). Now, in the USA, I suspect we'd see a higher level of agnosticism compared to OTL, but also as you mention a form of white-supremacist Christianity. In addition, though it is never mentioned, I suspect that Catholicism still exists as well (albeit in a much more conservative form than we are used to). Possibility of the Anglican church as well?
I think you are also correct on Hinduism and Shintoism as well.
