johnreiter
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First, in case posting it on this forum wasn’t clear enough, this is COMPLETELY ASB. This is in no way intended to reflect how World War 2 could actually have occurred, or the post war world developed.
This is the Axis Dream World. It is a world where, impossibly, World War 2 goes exactly the way the Axis leadership planned for it to go from day one. All the Axis Powers get exactly what they expected to get out of the war and post-war settlement, no more and no less.
Please note that I do not condone the policies of these states, and I do not believe this world could result in a realistic scenario.
Also, this is the result of compiling the pre and post war planning of all the axis powers (or as much of it as I could find). There was obviously some overlap in these plans. My guidelines for this project were the following.
1. Greatest diversification rules (which means, if an axis state considered vassalizing or annexing a region, I went with vassalizing).
2. Anything referenced is effected (which means, even if a nation is addressed only vaguely, in one place, that vague suggestion will occur in this timeline)
3. In a conflict between plans of Axis signatories, the senior partner has priority (clear enough, though I would like to mention that I have tried, within reason, to compensate junior axis partners for territory they lost to senior axis partners, when I felt there was no conflict of interest).
4. Disputes between Germany and Japan are settled by the decision to divide the two spheres of influence along 70 degrees East Longitude. On the east side of the line, Japan gets priority. On the west side, Germany gets priority.
Without further ado, here is the timeline of the Axis Dreamworld
Axis Dream World part 1: The Course of World War 2
World War 2 begins diverging from ours in 1938. Immediately following the German invasion of Czechoslovakia, Britain, France, and the USSR declare war on Germany. Before the year is out, German (and Italian in France) forces have overrun the lowlands, France, and Poland. This commences the first stage of the war, the war in Europe.
Because the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact never exists, the Japanese go with their original plan to leave the US out of the war and satisfy their need for oil by invading Eastern Russia. This forces the USSR into a two-front war.
The first phase of the war lasts until mid-1940. For Japan, this is the Sino-Russian phase. While holding their own against attempts by the British in the India Ocean to invade and liberate South-East Asia, the Japanese concentrated on their war effort in Russia and China. All American territories, including the Philippines, were left alone, and the US maintained a policy of isolationism.
For the Germans, this phase began with a two front struggle of their own, against Britain and Russia. The German-Romanian campaign was far more effective against the Russians than in our world, however, and Finland joined as a full member of the Axis treaty in 1939. The Luftwaffe ruthlessly pummeled the Russian Air Force, while the land forces achieved the AA Line.
Italy began this period by annexing the Dodecanese and Ionian islands, with the island of Chios. They then proceeded to invade and conquer Yugoslavia and Greece, with support from their allies in Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary.
The British Expeditionary Force suffered heavy casualties, and the RAF was grounded by the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (which began earlier here). With air superiority, the Germans switched to terror bombing, while preparing for invasion if necessary.
In the end, their efforts were rewarded, a massive pro-fascist uprising broken out in the British Isles, coinciding with an Irish rebellion led by Seán Russell. In the midst of this civil war, the Germans arrived, and threw their military support behind the British Fascists.
At this stage, Spain decided to commit their forces on behalf of the Axis, and joined the alliance. They captured Gibraltar which, along with the Italian capture of Malta and Rhodes, virtually eliminated British control of the Mediterranean. They also committed troops to assisting the Italians in their struggle to control North Africa. Unfortunately, this also brought Portugal into the war on the side of Britain. Spain soon required German support to wage war in Iberia. The Iberian front briefly renewed the hopes of the battered British people
The home guard, and later the British Underground, fought tooth and nail for their King and country. Their legendary struggle is eclipsed in this war only by the herculean efforts of the Russian Resistance, who fought on long after Stalin was dead and the central government of the USSR collapsed. Churchill, King George VI, the royal family and the pro-war government were able to evacuate to Canada and set up a government in exile thanks to the strength of the British fleet. Ernst Wilhelm Bohle was appointed Reichskommissar für Großbritannien, and put in charge of the occupation forces. He appointed Sir Oswald Mosley Prime Minster, with King Edward VIII restored to the throne.
With the fighting in Britain and Russia reduced to maintaining occupation forces, the Germans launched a new wave of offensives in early 1940 to complete the integration of all German peoples in Europe into the Reich. Operation Weserübung, with the support of Finland, annexes Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, including Iceland and Greenland. It is much more bloodless then in our world, thanks to large pro-German fascist uprisings in the Scandinavian countries. Operation Tannenbaum, the German-Italian invasion of Switzerland, is also a complete success, and the Germans are finally able to provide the Spanish with sufficient support to turn the tide in Iberia and annex Portugal. Mid-1940 also sees the Italians finally crush the British resistance in North Africa, and the Japanese cement their control over China and East Russia.
The second phase of the war, the Colonial Struggle, lasted until the end of 1941. Although Europe and mainland Asia were under Axis control, most of the colonies of the European powers remained loyal to the governments in exile. With China under their control, and their fuel needs satisfied by the conquest of Asian Russia, the Japanese turned their attention to the invasions of Australia and India, and establishing their dominance over the British Indian Fleet.
Meanwhile, the Germans, Italians, Spanish, and Vichy French moved against the British, Free French, Portuguese, and Belgian territories in the Middle East and Africa. In Central Asia, they also had to deal with a few elements of the Russian Resistance, although it was weak outside of European Russia and Siberia.
In the Middle East, they had considerable support, as they moved in from the Mediterranean and occupied Russia. Turkey and Saudi Arabia joined as full Axis members, as did Iran and Afghanistan after they revolted against their former pro-allied governments with German support. The Arabs in the Levant and Iraq also rose in revolt, and were recognized by Hitler as a German ally. This was greatly to the consternation of the Italians, since the German recognition of the Arabs would prevent Italy from annexing them into their Spazio Vitale.The German-Italian-Turkish capture of Suez finally ended the British ability to deploy troops in the Mediterranean.
At the same time, in Africa, Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Corps led the way during the push south. The Germans shouldered most of the effort in Central and South Africa, since they had the largest territorial objectives there. The Italians and their Mediterranean Allies concentrated their activities in North Africa, were they eventually drove out the British all on their own.
Finally, in late 1941, the war wound down to its final conclusion. The Japanese forces had occupied Sir Lanka, and were pushing their way up through South India. German and Afghani forces meanwhile were pressuring the British from the northwest. In the north, the Indian nationalists had united in full-scale revolt under Subhas Chandra Bose. While India fell, the Japanese launched the final invasion that began the long-term occupation of Australia. In Africa, only the British territories were still holding out against the Axis armed forces. The war in Africa finally ended with a pro-fascist coup that collapsed the South African defenses from within. The rapid conquest had spared the Germans the horrors of the trenches, as well as the need for rationing.
German and Japanese forces met up in Northwestern India, and newsreels tell a tale of great jubilation. The global paradigm had been shifted. The Axis powers had achieved their Dream. Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo met for the first time at the Conference of Islamabad, where they began the process of hammering out their spheres of influence, and deciding what the new post-war world order would look like.
Coming next. . . The post war territorial divisions
This is the Axis Dream World. It is a world where, impossibly, World War 2 goes exactly the way the Axis leadership planned for it to go from day one. All the Axis Powers get exactly what they expected to get out of the war and post-war settlement, no more and no less.
Please note that I do not condone the policies of these states, and I do not believe this world could result in a realistic scenario.
Also, this is the result of compiling the pre and post war planning of all the axis powers (or as much of it as I could find). There was obviously some overlap in these plans. My guidelines for this project were the following.
1. Greatest diversification rules (which means, if an axis state considered vassalizing or annexing a region, I went with vassalizing).
2. Anything referenced is effected (which means, even if a nation is addressed only vaguely, in one place, that vague suggestion will occur in this timeline)
3. In a conflict between plans of Axis signatories, the senior partner has priority (clear enough, though I would like to mention that I have tried, within reason, to compensate junior axis partners for territory they lost to senior axis partners, when I felt there was no conflict of interest).
4. Disputes between Germany and Japan are settled by the decision to divide the two spheres of influence along 70 degrees East Longitude. On the east side of the line, Japan gets priority. On the west side, Germany gets priority.
Without further ado, here is the timeline of the Axis Dreamworld
Axis Dream World part 1: The Course of World War 2
World War 2 begins diverging from ours in 1938. Immediately following the German invasion of Czechoslovakia, Britain, France, and the USSR declare war on Germany. Before the year is out, German (and Italian in France) forces have overrun the lowlands, France, and Poland. This commences the first stage of the war, the war in Europe.
Because the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact never exists, the Japanese go with their original plan to leave the US out of the war and satisfy their need for oil by invading Eastern Russia. This forces the USSR into a two-front war.
The first phase of the war lasts until mid-1940. For Japan, this is the Sino-Russian phase. While holding their own against attempts by the British in the India Ocean to invade and liberate South-East Asia, the Japanese concentrated on their war effort in Russia and China. All American territories, including the Philippines, were left alone, and the US maintained a policy of isolationism.
For the Germans, this phase began with a two front struggle of their own, against Britain and Russia. The German-Romanian campaign was far more effective against the Russians than in our world, however, and Finland joined as a full member of the Axis treaty in 1939. The Luftwaffe ruthlessly pummeled the Russian Air Force, while the land forces achieved the AA Line.
Italy began this period by annexing the Dodecanese and Ionian islands, with the island of Chios. They then proceeded to invade and conquer Yugoslavia and Greece, with support from their allies in Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary.
The British Expeditionary Force suffered heavy casualties, and the RAF was grounded by the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (which began earlier here). With air superiority, the Germans switched to terror bombing, while preparing for invasion if necessary.
In the end, their efforts were rewarded, a massive pro-fascist uprising broken out in the British Isles, coinciding with an Irish rebellion led by Seán Russell. In the midst of this civil war, the Germans arrived, and threw their military support behind the British Fascists.
At this stage, Spain decided to commit their forces on behalf of the Axis, and joined the alliance. They captured Gibraltar which, along with the Italian capture of Malta and Rhodes, virtually eliminated British control of the Mediterranean. They also committed troops to assisting the Italians in their struggle to control North Africa. Unfortunately, this also brought Portugal into the war on the side of Britain. Spain soon required German support to wage war in Iberia. The Iberian front briefly renewed the hopes of the battered British people
The home guard, and later the British Underground, fought tooth and nail for their King and country. Their legendary struggle is eclipsed in this war only by the herculean efforts of the Russian Resistance, who fought on long after Stalin was dead and the central government of the USSR collapsed. Churchill, King George VI, the royal family and the pro-war government were able to evacuate to Canada and set up a government in exile thanks to the strength of the British fleet. Ernst Wilhelm Bohle was appointed Reichskommissar für Großbritannien, and put in charge of the occupation forces. He appointed Sir Oswald Mosley Prime Minster, with King Edward VIII restored to the throne.
With the fighting in Britain and Russia reduced to maintaining occupation forces, the Germans launched a new wave of offensives in early 1940 to complete the integration of all German peoples in Europe into the Reich. Operation Weserübung, with the support of Finland, annexes Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, including Iceland and Greenland. It is much more bloodless then in our world, thanks to large pro-German fascist uprisings in the Scandinavian countries. Operation Tannenbaum, the German-Italian invasion of Switzerland, is also a complete success, and the Germans are finally able to provide the Spanish with sufficient support to turn the tide in Iberia and annex Portugal. Mid-1940 also sees the Italians finally crush the British resistance in North Africa, and the Japanese cement their control over China and East Russia.
The second phase of the war, the Colonial Struggle, lasted until the end of 1941. Although Europe and mainland Asia were under Axis control, most of the colonies of the European powers remained loyal to the governments in exile. With China under their control, and their fuel needs satisfied by the conquest of Asian Russia, the Japanese turned their attention to the invasions of Australia and India, and establishing their dominance over the British Indian Fleet.
Meanwhile, the Germans, Italians, Spanish, and Vichy French moved against the British, Free French, Portuguese, and Belgian territories in the Middle East and Africa. In Central Asia, they also had to deal with a few elements of the Russian Resistance, although it was weak outside of European Russia and Siberia.
In the Middle East, they had considerable support, as they moved in from the Mediterranean and occupied Russia. Turkey and Saudi Arabia joined as full Axis members, as did Iran and Afghanistan after they revolted against their former pro-allied governments with German support. The Arabs in the Levant and Iraq also rose in revolt, and were recognized by Hitler as a German ally. This was greatly to the consternation of the Italians, since the German recognition of the Arabs would prevent Italy from annexing them into their Spazio Vitale.The German-Italian-Turkish capture of Suez finally ended the British ability to deploy troops in the Mediterranean.
At the same time, in Africa, Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Corps led the way during the push south. The Germans shouldered most of the effort in Central and South Africa, since they had the largest territorial objectives there. The Italians and their Mediterranean Allies concentrated their activities in North Africa, were they eventually drove out the British all on their own.
Finally, in late 1941, the war wound down to its final conclusion. The Japanese forces had occupied Sir Lanka, and were pushing their way up through South India. German and Afghani forces meanwhile were pressuring the British from the northwest. In the north, the Indian nationalists had united in full-scale revolt under Subhas Chandra Bose. While India fell, the Japanese launched the final invasion that began the long-term occupation of Australia. In Africa, only the British territories were still holding out against the Axis armed forces. The war in Africa finally ended with a pro-fascist coup that collapsed the South African defenses from within. The rapid conquest had spared the Germans the horrors of the trenches, as well as the need for rationing.
German and Japanese forces met up in Northwestern India, and newsreels tell a tale of great jubilation. The global paradigm had been shifted. The Axis powers had achieved their Dream. Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo met for the first time at the Conference of Islamabad, where they began the process of hammering out their spheres of influence, and deciding what the new post-war world order would look like.
Coming next. . . The post war territorial divisions