Deutsches-Brabant
05-06-2005, 06:17
This is based partly on the 'Alternate WWII Scenario' I had going a bit earlier. The following is, fundamentally, a teaser of sorts.
1940 was a year fraught with tensions worldwide. Although Germany had emerged as a surprising bulwark of democracy and stability and had by and large made peace with its former enemies Britain and France, a new and greater threat was looming from the East. For a decade, Joseph Stalin, the brutal and cunning ruler of the Soviet Union had been building up his nation's economic and military might as much of the rest of the world struggled under a lingering Depression. Meanwhile, the victorious Spanish Republic is overthrown by a Communist insurgency, making the situation even more volatile.
The United States, without the leadership of Roosevelt, has made modest economic recovery but remains without any real direction on foreign policy issues. Although the US is, of course, more favorable towards the Western democracies, most Americans view the approaching tension in Europe with jaded cynicism. America has its own problems.
In the Pacific, the Japanese find themselves already embroiled in an ongoing conflict with Nationalist China, which managed to defeat Mao's Communists in an earlier campaign. The Empire of Japan is aware that the Soviet Union is supplying Nationalist China, but will not declare war on Stalin's incredibly powerful state without powerful support. An isolated battle at Khalkin Gol proves the potential might of the Red Army.
As Americans prepare for the 1940 elections, in which previously unsuccessful Presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt is said to be attempting to run again, as the Japanese plan their battle strategy for a full-scale invasion of China from their bases in Manchuria, Stalin gathers the Red Army for a massive westward invasion.
In order to stop the massive Soviet invasion, a hasty alliance has been formed between most of the countries of Europe. Although Fascist Italy and democratic Britain are awkward allies and the French still hold the Germans with distrust, the simple fact is that the Continent will either rise together or fall together. Further complicating the issue is the Empire of Japan, who welcomes a diversion of Soviet strength, but also covets the colonial possessions of European nations.
The Second World War is about to begin.
1940 was a year fraught with tensions worldwide. Although Germany had emerged as a surprising bulwark of democracy and stability and had by and large made peace with its former enemies Britain and France, a new and greater threat was looming from the East. For a decade, Joseph Stalin, the brutal and cunning ruler of the Soviet Union had been building up his nation's economic and military might as much of the rest of the world struggled under a lingering Depression. Meanwhile, the victorious Spanish Republic is overthrown by a Communist insurgency, making the situation even more volatile.
The United States, without the leadership of Roosevelt, has made modest economic recovery but remains without any real direction on foreign policy issues. Although the US is, of course, more favorable towards the Western democracies, most Americans view the approaching tension in Europe with jaded cynicism. America has its own problems.
In the Pacific, the Japanese find themselves already embroiled in an ongoing conflict with Nationalist China, which managed to defeat Mao's Communists in an earlier campaign. The Empire of Japan is aware that the Soviet Union is supplying Nationalist China, but will not declare war on Stalin's incredibly powerful state without powerful support. An isolated battle at Khalkin Gol proves the potential might of the Red Army.
As Americans prepare for the 1940 elections, in which previously unsuccessful Presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt is said to be attempting to run again, as the Japanese plan their battle strategy for a full-scale invasion of China from their bases in Manchuria, Stalin gathers the Red Army for a massive westward invasion.
In order to stop the massive Soviet invasion, a hasty alliance has been formed between most of the countries of Europe. Although Fascist Italy and democratic Britain are awkward allies and the French still hold the Germans with distrust, the simple fact is that the Continent will either rise together or fall together. Further complicating the issue is the Empire of Japan, who welcomes a diversion of Soviet strength, but also covets the colonial possessions of European nations.
The Second World War is about to begin.