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This is my interpretation of how the Axis won WW2 in the timeline of The man in the high castle on what is mentioned. It is not the most accurate way the war could have gone but I had to fill in the missing info with the most likely results still in Axis favor.
This is my interpretation of how the Axis won WW2 in the timeline of The man in the high castle on what is mentioned. It is not the most accurate way the war could have gone but I had to fill in the missing info with the most likely results still in Axis favor.
On February 15, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt is assassinated by Giuseppe Zangara. Afterward, the United States is subsequently led by John Garner (FDR's vice president) and then by Republican John Bricker. These presidents led to the destabilization of the country and both failed to enact the New Deal to pull the country from the Great Depression. They continued to maintain an isolationist philosophy during the war and, as a result, they were unable to support the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union and they are unable to protect The World from the rise of the Axis threat of the Greater Nazi Reich and the Japanese Empire.
Pre WW2:
In early January 1935, the Territory of the Saarland Basin was legally reunited with Germany via plebiscite and Hitler repudiated the Treaty of Versailles. In March 1936, the Rhineland is remilitarized against the Treaty of Versailles, but the Allies do nothing to prevent it, encountering little opposition due to appeasement. In October 1936, Germany and Italy formed the Rome-Berlin Axis. A month later, Germany and Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, which Italy joined the following year. In March 1938, Germany annexes Austria, again the Allies do not protest this illegal expansion. In September 1938, Encouraged, Adolf Hitler began pressing German claims on the Sudetenland, an area of Czechoslovakia with a predominantly ethnic German population. After Adolf Hitler threatens war over the Czech Sudetenland, Britain and France agreed to appease him in exchange for an end to territorial expansion. Hungary also annexes border regions from Czechoslovakia. In March 1939, the remainder of Czechoslovakia is occupied by Germany. Britain and France promised war if expansion continues. The country is divided into a Czech protectorate and a Slovak puppet state. Hungary invades and annexes Carpathian Ruthenia.
Beginning of the war:
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland after having staged several false flag border incidents as a pretext to initiate the attack. The United Kingdom responded with an ultimatum to Germany to cease military operations, and on September 3, after the ultimatum was ignored, France and Britain, along with their empires, declared war on Germany. As part of this, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada also joined the war. On September 27, 1939, the Warsaw garrison surrendered to the Germans, and the last large operational unit of the Polish Army surrendered on October 6. Poland is occupied and divided between Germany and the Soviet Union following the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact. Poland is reduced to a German protectorate known as the "General Government." A significant part of Polish military personnel evacuated to Romania and the Baltic countries; many of them would fight against the Axis in other theatres of the war.
In November 1939, the USSR invades Finland hoping to take the entire country. However, Finnish resistance is unexpectedly strong, and the Soviets only receive parts of the country. Despite overwhelming numerical superiority, Soviet military success was modest, and the Finno-Soviet war ended in March 1940 with minimal Finnish concessions. In April 1940, after the relative calm of the "Phoney War," Germany invades Denmark and Norway to seize valuable ports and iron ore imports from Sweden. Denmark capitulated after a few hours, and Norway was conquered within two months despite Allied support. British discontent over the Norwegian campaign led to the appointment of Winston Churchill as Prime Minister on May 10, 1940. In July 1940, in just over a month, France and the Low Countries are overrun and are occupied by the Nazis. Southern France has turned the Vichy puppet state. Italy joins the Axis powers. Despite this, Britain remains in the war, following Churchill's plea to "never surrender." However, without support from the United States, the Royal Air Force is decimated, along with several major cities. Thankfully Operation Sea Lion is postponed by Hitler due to the inferiority of the German navy. At the end of July 1940, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill is assassinated.
By late March 1941, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia signed the Tripartite Pact; however, the Yugoslav government was overthrown two days later by pro-British nationalists. commencing on April 6, 1941. In April 1941, the USSR annexes the Baltic States and Moldova from Romania. This causes Romania, along with Hungary and Bulgaria to join the Axis. Italy invades Greece via occupied Albania but suffers heavy defeats. In May 1941, after Hitler gives into Mussolini's pleas for assistance in Greece, he demands Yugoslavia join the Axis or be invaded. The country is then invaded from all sides. Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary, and Germany each take some land, while the rest is divided into a Serbian occupation zone and a Croatian puppet state. Although the Axis victory was swift, bitter and large-scale partisan warfare subsequently broke out against the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, which continued until the end of the war. Afterwards, Germany, Italy and Bulgaria invade Greece
In early June 1941, The UK invades Iraq after it joins the Axis. After its defeat, Vichy Syria and Lebanon are occupied by the British. The oil fields of the Middle East are now under Allied control. On June 22, 1941, Germany, supported by Italy and Romania, invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, with Germany accusing the Soviets of plotting against them. Germany invades the Soviet Union to achieve Lebensraum, Finland also joins the Axis to regain lost territory. Romania invades for the same reason as well. However, in December 1941, the invasion is halted in the winter, due to the snow and determined Soviet forces. The primary targets of this surprise offensive were the Baltic region, Moscow and Ukraine, with the ultimate goal of ending the 1941 campaign near the Arkhangelsk-Astrakhan Line, from the Caspian to the White Seas.
Before the war in the east:
On September 19, 1931, before Roosevelt's assassination, the events of the Pacific are the same. Japan is industrialized and continues to slowly expand its empire. On February 27, 1932, Japan invades Chinese Manchuria for resources and establishes the puppet state of Manchukuo. China appealed to the League of Nations to stop the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Japan withdrew from the League of Nations after being condemned for its incursion into Manchuria. The two nations then fought several battles, in Shanghai, Rehe, and Hebei, until the Tanggu Truce was signed in May 1933. Thereafter, Chinese volunteer forces continued the resistance to Japanese aggression in Manchuria, Chahar, and Suiyuan. In July 1937, Japan invades China for resources and to bring East Asia into the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (GEACPS).
World war 2 in the east:
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On September 22, 1940, Japan takes Indochina from the Vichy French for resources and to expand power. On December 7, 1941 (December 8th in Asian time zones), Japan attacked British and American holdings with near-simultaneous offensives against Southeast Asia and the Central Pacific. These included an attack on the American fleets at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, landings in Thailand and Malaya, and the Battle of Hong Kong. In April 1942, after Japan obliterated the entire US Pacific Fleet (including carriers and oil fields), The empire conquers everything from Burma to New Guinea. Thailand joins the Axis to regain lost territory. In June 1942, with no Pacific fleet, the US is unable to stop Japanese expansion to the south. With no Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese overrun Vanuatu and New Caledonia. They also take Midway and the Aleutian Islands. In August 1942, Japan continues to take over the South Pacific to cut off British trade to the Americas. They also use Midway as a launching point to invade Hawaii. In November 1942, while Japan is distracted taking New Zealand, the US takes back Hawaii. In December 1942, despite what many Americans thought was the turning point in the war, Hawaii quickly fell back into Japanese hands along with the rest of New Zealand, effectively cutting off Australia from American support.
World war 2 back in Europe
On 1942, in the spring and summer, the Germans renew their offensive against the Soviet Union. They drive deep into the Caucasus towards Stalingrad. In North Africa, Rommel's Afrika Korps meet the British at El Alamein. However, since Australian troops were withdrawn to their homeland to fight Japan, the British stand little chance against the Desert Fox. In October 1942, after the Allied defeat in North Africa, the British are pushed back to the Suez Canal and into Palestine. Germany begins negotiations with Turkey on joining the Axis. In November 1942, with Rommel's push into the Middle East, Turkey is persuaded to join the Axis powers. They liberate Syria and Transjordan. Iraq also rejoins the Axis after being liberated and invades British Kuwait. The Axis liberate Allied controlled Iran and make it a puppet state. They continue to push towards Stalingrad to assist the 6th Army in capturing the city. In January 1943, Axis forces occupy the Caucasus and surround Stalingrad. In February 1943, the Red Army collapses after the disastrous defeat at Stalingrad. Axis Forces move east towards Moscow. The Japanese simultaneously invade Siberia from the east.
World war 2 on all fronts:
On March 1943, the Axis push deep into the USSR on all fronts. While the Japanese invaded from the east, Moscow is surrounded by the Germans. In April 1943, after the capture of Moscow, the USSR surrenders, Joseph Stalin retreats to Central Siberia as the falling government sues for peace. The Central Asian SSR's declare independence and negotiate surrender with the Axis. The Soviet Union surrenders and quickly collapses. The Germans and Japanese carve up their captured territory. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan all achieve their independence and they leave the war with no consequences. In May 1943, the remainder of the Soviet Union, now the Siberian Border States (the successor of the Soviet government), was incorporated along with the Central Asian countries into the Eurasian Neutral (or Buffer) Zone. Japan wins the Battle of Xi'an, destroying the Chinese communist army. Japan's victory at Xi'an breaks the stalemate in China. The Kuomintang and other warlords fight valiantly but ultimately retreat ever further into Western China. Germany convinces Spain and Portugal to join the Axis to put more pressure on Britain. Ireland also joins the Axis after the Irish Fascist Blue shirts overthrow the existing government with the help of the Nazis. 2 days later, the Portuguese Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar is then overthrown by Pro Allied forces causing Portugal to join the Allies. this causes Spain to Invade Portugal while Ireland invades Northern Ireland
In July 1943, as Japan continues to tighten its grip on China, Spain approaches closer to Lisbon. In October 1943, after several long months, the bloody war still rages on in China, with slow Japanese progress. Portugal surrenders with the Spanish capturing their capital. In January 1944, as the war in China continues, Portugal is made a Spanish puppet causing the British Raj to capture Portuguese Goa. In May 1944, Sweden refuses to trade iron ore with Germany after seeing where the war is going. Germany declares war. Sweden takes most of Norway. Germany convinces the Boers in South Africa to revolt against the British. They take over the government and immediately invade neighboring colonies. In August 1944, China finally surrenders and the Xinjiang gained independence after over a year of defeats and Xinjiang becomes the free state of Uyghurstan. Japan begins a campaign in India and Australia. South Africa continues conquering Southern Africa with the help of Portuguese Angola and Mozambique. Sweden is invaded by Germany.
In January 1945, Japan captures the eastern part of the British Raj, while all of Southern Africa is under Axis control. Vichy France takes several British African colonies. Sweden is on the verge of surrender. In March 1945, both Sweden and Free France surrender. Fears of an invasion of the British Isles are rampant in London. In May 1945, as India Australia and Africa fall, the Germans invade Britain and besieged London, while the Irish land in Scotland. Italian troops begin to "liberate" their former East African colony an invade Arabia.
In June 1945, the British Empire surrenders. All former territories are occupied by various Axis members. However, for having not engaged any enemies for quite some time, the United States remains in the war. The Treaty of Berlin is signed. It deals with the European, Middle East, and African Axis powers. Its contents are as follows: South Africa annexes Southeast Africa and gains Bechuanaland or (the Republic of Botswana). It keeps the latter as a puppet state. Iraq annexes Kuwait, Syria annexes Lebanon, Jordan annexes Palestine. Iran is awarded independence for cooperating with the Axis and annexing Azerbaijan, half of Armenia, and a tiny part of Georgia. Turkey annexes some of Syria & the rest of Armenia. Hungary and Romania keep their annexed lands. Finland gains its lost territory and annexed them from the Soviet Union for its efforts against Sweden. Ireland keeps Northern Ireland. Spain gains several colonies in Africa, such as Morocco, Southern Nigeria & Gabon. Italy puppets Montenegro, Greece and Arabia and also annexes the Adriatic Coast, Malta, and parts of Southeastern France. Germany acquires several colonies in Africa, puppets Britain, France, Croatia, Norway & Sweden. Germany also keeps the Netherlands, Belgium & Denmark as territories The former USSR is also turned into Reichskommisariats. This includes Moskowien, Ostland & Transkaukasien. Serbia is released as a puppet subservient to the Nazis. Thailand gets some parts of Burma, while Malaya annexes Singapore. Japan puppets China, Burma, Inner Mongolia, India, and the Philippines. Its territories include the East Indies (Indonesia), New Guinea, Eastern Siberia, Hainan, Ceylon, Australia & All of Oceania. Pakistan is made independent to complete the Eurasian Neutral Zone Whilst India annexes Bhutan & Nepal. Indochina Breaks up into Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia and are puppets subservient to Japan as well,
Invasion of the Americas:
After the surrender of the British Empire, and other Allies governments in exile, their colonies in the Americas became Axis territories. In August 1945, the American Allies are quick to grab these enemy territories before the Germans can use them for invasion. In October 1945, all European Axis forces simultaneously invade Iceland, Greenland, and the Falkland Islands. Japan takes the Galapagos Islands, The war is quiet for another few months... However, on December 11, 1945, Washington D.C. is destroyed by a Nazi atomic bomb called the Heisenberg Device. The blast from the bomb kills John William Bricker. It derives its name from that of its creator, Dr. Werner Heisenberg, forcing the remnants of the US government to surrender while it is invaded from all sides. But while the government has surrendered, the American military and regular citizens form the Resistance and continue to fight the superior Axis armies.
In February 1946, the Axis invade other Allies in Central and South America while they continue their push against the American Resistance in the former United States and Canada. Some Central American countries surrender.
In April 1946, because of its ties with Germany, Argentina joins the Axis & invades its northern neighbors. Germany and Japan continue their American campaign, forcing other nations to surrender. In
July 1946, the ruins of what was once Washington D.C., the symbol of American power, is captured by the Nazis. In October 1946, Venezuela joins the Axis after a pro-German coup topples the existing government. After this, the rest of Allied South America slowly collapses. All of the Caribbean and Central America are occupied by the Nazis. The US loses most of its coastline to the Germans and Japanese. In
January 1947, South America continues to fall as the US and Canadian resistance is pushed further towards the middle of the North American continent. In March 1947, Brazil surrenders as the last Allied troops evacuate Guiana. The North American Resistance is pushed ever closer to the brink of destruction.
In June 1947, with all Axis troops focused on North America, it is only a matter of time before the Resistance is crushed. At this point, after nearly eight years of war, the Allied cause is doomed. In
September 1947, the North American Resistance surrenders on what will become known as VA (Victory in America) Day. The Second World War is over... with an Axis victory.
Aftermath of a postwar Earth
In November 1947, the Treaty of New York is signed. It deals with the division of the Western Hemisphere. The concessions are as follows: Venezuela annexes the Dutch West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Argentina receives Paraguay, Uruguay & Parts of Bolivia & Brazil Argentina is also given the Falkland Islands from Britain. In exchange, Argentina gives up its western provinces for the South American Neutral Zone. Japan puppets the western parts of North America. Japan also puppets Ecuador, Peru & Chile. Germany puppets the US, Canada, Iceland & Brazil. Its territories include Greenland, the Caribbean, Guiana and all of Central America except Mexico become Nazi colonies. Spain keeps Puerto Rico as a colony. The remainder of Brazil becomes Neutral Amazonia (Amazonas) & and annexes the south of Venezuela. the remainder of North America becomes the Rocky Mountain States. Germany and Japan carve up Antarctica. Neutral Zones are erected here as well.
In 1949, when the Nazis won the war, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s, was overthrown and executed, his death effectively causing the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In 1950, Germany and Italy invade and divide Switzerland based on where each respective language is spoken. To finally make the whole of Africa colonized by European powers, Germany gives Vichy France Liberia.
In 1952, Northern France given back to its Vichy puppet. In 1954, Chinese Communist Rebels provoke the Third Sino-Japanese war.
In 1955, after several years of internal strikes, Tibet falls under Japan's influence. Once Japan has control of the country, Tibet becomes a puppet state to the Japanese Empire.
In 1960, Mexico, still in dire need of money despite staying neutral in the war, sells Baja California to the Japanese Pacific States.
Beginning of Decolonization...
In May 1963, Mengjiang capitulates after the fall of their capital Kalgan. After 3 weeks, Manchukuo capitulates after the
capture of it's capital Changchun, causing Eastern Siberia to reannex its territory lost to Manchukuo In November 1964, The Black communist rebellion forces the Japanese to abandon North America. On March 1965, later, Himmler is murdered by Obergruppenführer John Smith and Wilhelm Goertzmann starts a putsch to kill the top Nazi officials. Goertzmann & Smith divide the Reich. Smith gets North America while Goertzmann gets the rest. Smith plans to invade the West Coast now known as the Western American People's Republic. On March 16th of that same year, Reichsführer John Smith commits suicide after the loss of his wife who was the first lady of the American Reich Helen Smith in a train crash caused by the Resistance. After Smith’s death, William Whitcroft succeeds him and aborts the invasion. In June of that same year, Korea is liberated by Chinese communists. Kim Il Sung is put in charge of the country.
In May 1965, The Invasion Resumes because many Americans want a united America. in June of that same year, A rebellion rises in the Siberian border states made by Russian Soviet rebels who want to reunite the Russian people and avenge the fallen USSR. In June of that same year, the Soviet take over the Siberian border states. In August of that same year, The North American neutral zone is overrun by the US to unite the continent, but they are repelled back with the help of their allies in China, Russia & India, The US forces the Western American People's republic to sign A peace treaty because they don't want any further defeats. September 1965, China is given independence because after The Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China is captured by Chinese communist rebels, The Japanese are unable to deal with the rebellions within the countries any longer. China annexes Xinjiang, Tibet & takes back Hainan & Taiwan
In February 1966, A group of Caribbean Communist rebels forcing the US to withdraw from the Caribbean forming the United Caribbean states. In May of that same year, the American Reich withdraws from Central America. In June of that same year, the US sells Central America for need of money. In August of that same year, Wilhelm Goertzmann is poisoned by a Swiss Communist Klaus Von Zimmerman causing the economy to plummet over time, and because of this, the Reich slowly loses control of its territories & colonies. after Goertzmann’s death, Margarete Himmler, the ex wife of the dead ex führer Heinrich Luitpold Himmler forms a putsch to break Nicole Dörmer out of a Re education camp in Berlin. Afterward, Nicole becomes the new Führer of the Greater Nazi Reich and restores the German Monarchy and puts Kaiser Wilhelm II's Grandson Kaiser Wilhelm IV to the throne
In January 1967, the Russian Soviet rebels capture Reichskommissariat Moskowien. In March of that same year, the Nazis are forced to withdraw from the Guianas creating the Guiana federation. In May of that same year, The Soviets recapture the German Reichskommisariats in Eastern Europe. In June of that same year, The USSR takes back their lost territories in Central Asia. In December of that same year, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, 2 of his children the crown prince Akihito & Masahito & his daughter in law the crown princess Michiko are blown up by a bomb planted by a Korean communist Chan-Yeol Park. Their deaths lead to an economic plummet which caused the slow collapse of the Japanese Empire. After their deaths, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, the previous emperor's brother succeeds him.
In December of that same year, the Soviet rebels capture Japan’s territory in eastern Siberia, reuniting the Russian people and forming The Russian Soviet federation.
In February 1968 of that same year, due to the constant rebellions, Italian troops withdraw from Albania giving the country independence. In June of that same year, Vichy France loses its colonies in Africa after a string of rebellions formed the Sahara federation.
In March 1969, the Sahara federation annexes Spain’s colonies in southern Nigeria, North Africa & Portuguese Guinea Bissau. April 1969, Australia is given independence due to pro British rebellions.
In November of the same year, the Soviets & Chinese Communists successfully liberate India, The Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia. Communist Governments are installed in these liberated countries. Even the Thai communists overthrow their current government & take over the country.
In February 1973, German troops abandon Madagascar because they have to deal with a string of rebellions in occupied Poland. In March 1973, Japanese troops abandon their colony in the East indies creating Malaysia & Indonesia
In July 1973, Germany abandons Its last colony in Africa creating the Central African Republic, the United People's Republic of The Congo, the People's Republic of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi & Tanzania. in October of that same year, Spain gives Greater Guinea independence after a string of rebellions. In November of the same year, Spain gives Puerto Rico to the Caribbean Federation.
in November 1974, Influenced By the BCR (Now known as the Western American People's Republic) Ecuador, Peru & Chile rebel against the Japanese causing them to gain independence. At this point, the GEACPS no longer exists. in October 1975, Francisco Franco dies from a cerebral hemorrhage. His daughter Carmen Franco takes power and makes a deal with Portugal to unite Iberia under into the Iberian Federation. In December 1976, Iceland is given independence after a string of rebellions.
In June 1975, The American Reich gives Cuba independence
In May 1976, Rebels of Angola and Mozambique are influenced by the BCR and kick the Iberians out.
In November 1979, The Russian Army annexes Tannu Tuva.
In March 1980, Italy loses most of its colonies in Africa due to Islamic extremists creating Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, & Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia.
In June 1983, the Japanese abandon Oceania, forming the Oceanic federation.
In June 1985, A group of Pro Fascist Afghan rebels topple the existing government causing the country to become a fascist state.
In June 1986, Libya & Tunisia are given independence Because the Italian army is unable to put up with the strings of rebellions in the colonies. In August of that same year, Japan gives back the Liaodong peninsula to China. In July 1988, The Nazis Finally crush the Polish Resistance movement. Afterward, The Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia, General Government (Occupied Poland), Slovakia, Netherlands Belgium and Denmark are annexed into the German mainland
In June 1992, Germany & Italy sign a Petition to give up their puppets because they all agree that they cannot control them any longer.
In March 1993, Sri Lanka & The Maldives are given independence after protests from the people who live there. In May 1995, a group of Pro communist Argentinian rebels take over the Andes mountain states. in June of that same year, Argentina surrenders to the Argentinian Communists but escapes to the Falklands.
In June 1996, a group of Brazilian Communist rebels take over the Amazonian Jungle States, in July of the same year, Venezuela is captured by the Brazilian Communists. Due to this, the Venezuelan Government escapes to Venezuelan Trinidad. In September of the same year, the Guianas and the rest of Brazil fall to the Communists, In July 1998, A group of Bolivian communist rebels take over Bolivia. in November 1999, the People's republic of Argentina gives back former territory to the People's republic of Bolivia
21st Century.....
In June 2000, Brazil & Mexico Invade & Divide Columbia due to need of spices & cacao. In May 2001, France takes back Brittany. in July 2002, Germany gives Crimea back to the Russians, marking the end of the Greater Nazi Reich after 59 years. in March 2007, Hong Kong is given back to China officially ending the Japanese empire after 140 years of existence. In May 2009, Italy gives Cyprus Independence Marking the official end of the New Roman Empire after 84 years.
In 2017, influenced by the BCR, Namibia & Botswana kick the Boers out.
And finally, the World in 2022....