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in 1940? How does this affect US History?
EDIT: Autocorrect made it Wilkes instead of Wilkie
EDIT: Autocorrect made it Wilkes instead of Wilkie
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EDIT: Autocorrect made it Wilkes instead of Wilkie
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Another thought - does Hitler challenge the inexperienced WIllkie and alet his subs go harder after US shipping? Could the US go to war with Germany first in late 1941? I don't know, but it was a lot of fun to write thigns leading up to that possibility....
This was the topic of this Print on Demand book I wrote, (also at lulu.com, etc., in paperback too).
Basically there is still co-operation between the parties, just as when FDR kept Republicans in his cabinet at a couple places, and it is a just a different dynamic as far as the war's battles. Wilkie was a globalist (a famous book "One World" shows this) and would have supported the UN I think, and FDR might have more of a role than one thingks.
Another thought - does Hitler challenge the inexperienced WIllkie and alet his subs go harder after US shipping? Could the US go to war with Germany first in late 1941? I don't know, but it was a lot of fun to write thigns leading up to that possibility.
Seriously, he dies in office, perhaps before Vice President McN ary (who also died in 1944) due to the stress of the office. The Secretary of State would then become President. So, there would be a smooth transition of power, presuming that his health declined fast enough that thigns could be put in place to let the SoS slowly assume more responsibility.
He was on both sides of many issues.I believe that Wilkie advocated stronger military action than FDR. Could be wrong.
This is true, and Willkie was supportive of the war effort following his defeat historically. However, he did seem to fluctuate in many of his positions on the campaign trail in 1940.Wasn't Wilkie given the Nod as candidate by his party due to the other main Republican candidates all sitting on a isolationist based policy regarding Europe while he was more interventionist (for want of a better term)
My understanding is that the US still backs the UK to the Hilt post fall of France with Wilkie at the helm
Although Wilkie is a far less experienced politician than FDR
Who would be a possibility?It may help to give Willkie a different running mate, given that both McNary and Willkie were dead before the 1944 election in OTL.
in 1940? How does this affect US History?
EDIT: Autocorrect made it Wilkes instead of Wilkie