POD is Roosevelt dead of a stroke and Garner taking over, followed by a split of the Liberal Democratss from the Southern Democrats, followed by a Reform Republican victory in November 1940 leading to Wilkie being president in January of 1941.
We go to war when the Liberal Democrats combine with the Reform Republicans against the Southern Democrats and Regular Republicans.
The Communists would still be supporting the Regular Republicans, as in OTL.
In 1941 the US had very little munitions capability. They would have rapidly started tooling up for war as in OTL, but wouldn't have accomplished much more than we did, because after May of 1940 we were already going full guns when the Germans looked like taking over the British fleet to go along with the other European fleets.
So from a military point of view there wouldn't have been any change for America or Japan, but from a political point of view the Russians and German would have had a very different war, or lack of one, to be precise.
We still would have developed the nuclear weapons and electronics and mass munitions that gave us victory, but the war in Europe would have been much less bloody.
1. No German invasion of Russia and it's massive destruction of Russian life and industry.
2. No bomber campaign (to take the pressure off Russia) and it's medium destruction of German life and industry.
3. An increased German air campaign against Britain, and an increased German sub campaign against Britain.
4. An increased Mediterranean war as Germany tried to nail down a supply of oil not in fighter range of Russia.
5. A boring life for the huge armies on the border of Russia to fortify and secure that border.
6. An essentially naval and air war with desert and jungle fighting episodes between the Allies and the Axis.
7. A Russian bomb in 1945 with their untouched industrial base and intelligence networks in Europe and America.
8. Simultaneous nuclear attacks on Tokyo by the Allies and Berlin by the Russians.
9. Occupation of Europe by the Russians and the third world by the Allies.
We go to war when the Liberal Democrats combine with the Reform Republicans against the Southern Democrats and Regular Republicans.
The Communists would still be supporting the Regular Republicans, as in OTL.
In 1941 the US had very little munitions capability. They would have rapidly started tooling up for war as in OTL, but wouldn't have accomplished much more than we did, because after May of 1940 we were already going full guns when the Germans looked like taking over the British fleet to go along with the other European fleets.
So from a military point of view there wouldn't have been any change for America or Japan, but from a political point of view the Russians and German would have had a very different war, or lack of one, to be precise.
We still would have developed the nuclear weapons and electronics and mass munitions that gave us victory, but the war in Europe would have been much less bloody.
1. No German invasion of Russia and it's massive destruction of Russian life and industry.
2. No bomber campaign (to take the pressure off Russia) and it's medium destruction of German life and industry.
3. An increased German air campaign against Britain, and an increased German sub campaign against Britain.
4. An increased Mediterranean war as Germany tried to nail down a supply of oil not in fighter range of Russia.
5. A boring life for the huge armies on the border of Russia to fortify and secure that border.
6. An essentially naval and air war with desert and jungle fighting episodes between the Allies and the Axis.
7. A Russian bomb in 1945 with their untouched industrial base and intelligence networks in Europe and America.
8. Simultaneous nuclear attacks on Tokyo by the Allies and Berlin by the Russians.
9. Occupation of Europe by the Russians and the third world by the Allies.
