====== A Greater Britain ======
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    * By Ed Thomas ([[offtopic:EdT]])
    * Published as an E-book, which can be downloaded [[http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/291/4/f/__A_Greater_Britain___by_edthomasten.pdf|here]]
    * Link to [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=75867|forum thread]]
    * Winner of the 2008 [[alternate_history:turtledove_awards|Turtledove Award]] for "Best Early 20th Century Timeline"

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==== Setting ====

  * Post-WWI [[Britain]], the political world of the UK in the 1920s, the alternate 1930s and finally the 1940s, through the alternate political life of Oswald Mosley.

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==== POD ====

In the October 1924 General Election, Oswald Mosley beats Neville Chamberlain in Birmigham Ladywood by 53 votes; OTL Chamberlain won by 77 and it took Mosley until 1926 to get back into Parliament.

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==== Plot ====

The Timeline follows the political career of Oswald Mosley from his election as a Labour MP in 1924 all the way to his eventual political downfall. Mosley becomes Labour leader in 1931 and is elected Prime Minister the following year; his administration has radically different policies to that of the National Government and consequently the entire course of history is different from the mid-1930s onwards. Because of Mosley's foreign policy, war breaks out in 1938 over the attempted incorporation of Austria into Germany; the resulting war sweeps across Central Europe and ends in late 1938 with the assassination of Adolf Hitler by the Wehrmacht. After the war, Mosley wins a third term in office, but his leadership is increasingly questioned by the Labour Party and he is forced to resign in 1940.

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==== Characters ====

  * Sir [[Oswald Mosley]], Prime Minister of the UK, Leader of the Labour Party
  * [[Hugh Dalton]], Mosley's Chancellor and eventual political rival
  * [[Edward VIII]], King of Great [[Britain]], Ireland, Emperor of [[India]]
  * [[Chandra Bose]], Indian Nationalist who does not turn against Britain as OTL and so becomes increasingly prominent in the Indian Congress Party
  * [[Benito Mussolini]], Premier of [[Italy]], ally of Oswald Mosley
  * [[Adolf Hitler]], Chancellor and Fuhrer of [[Germany]], foe of [[Italy]], France and [[Britain]]
  * [[Francisco Franco]], Military leader in the Spanish Civil war, for the Nationalists at first and for the Republicans later
  * [[Ernst von Starhemberg]], Chancellor of Austria who refuses to let Hitler annex his country and proposes the restoration of the Hapsburgs

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==== Interesting Events ====

  * Because Mosley stays within the Labour Party the National Government never gets formed
  * Rise of Oswald Mosley as Prime Minister in the early 1930s
  * Edward VIII does not marry Wallace Simpson and so remains as King
  * Reform of the House of Lords
  * The construction of a Severn Barrage
  * Alternate end to the Italo-Abyssinian war, with a compromise between [[Ethiopia]], [[Italy]], [[France]] and Britain; rump Ethiopia as a result
  * Alternate Spanish Civil war in 1936, with a Republican victory
  * Mosley wins a bronze medal in the Fencing competition at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
  * Palestine is partitioned earlier, leading to a smaller [[Israel]]
  * [[Germany]]'s attempt to annex Austria leads to war in 1938 against [[Italy]], Britain and [[France]]
  * Dominion status is granted to [[India]] in 1938
  * [[Hitler]] is assassinated in 1938, ending the war over Austria
  * Mosley wins a third term in 1939 but becomes increasingly unpopular within the Labour Party and resigns the following year

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==== Awards ====

At the [[alternate history:2008 winners|2008]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]], the timeline won the **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/48586/|"Best Early 20th Century Timeline"]]** category.

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