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| - 1930- Rebels across Latin America converge in the Tegucigalpa Revolt, but are crushed by American troops. In the U.S, riots over the economy are widespread. Dawes raises tariff rates and slashes spending in an attempt to balance the budget, however, the high tariff prices spark a trade war, worsening the Depression. The third Ghazi attack is barely stopped. 1931- A Holy Army from Siberia finishes a long march across Russia. Lead by Grigori Rasputin, bitter and now anti-Semitic at his losses during the Civil War, the Holy Army overthrows the coalition government and establishes the theocratic, Slavophile, anti-Semitic, New Russian Empire. Rasputin, with advice from his Georgian adviser Josef Dughashvili, plans to wrest away Georgia from the United States. Later that year, he invades. American and Greek troops repel the Russians from Armenia, but fighting continues. Russian and American naval ships clash in the North Pacific. Thousands of soldiers die. Neither of the nations really want a war, with the Depression hitting them hard, and rebellions domestically. A ceasefire is negotiated the following year. While the Americans fight the Russians; Rashidi Arabia and its Ghazi allies attempt to take Mecca again. The American appointed Emir of Mecca organizes an army with the British to repel the invaders. The Rashidis are defeated, but recent oil discoveries boost their economy. 1932- The Russian army is allowed to take over Georgia, in return for wartime reparations. This allows the Americans to focus on their Rashidi enemy, which, after a campaign of desert warfare, is overwhelmed, and is jointly occupied by the U.S and Britain. Casualties reach as high as 1500 Americans dead. An insurgency in the Philippines has also grown costly. The costly wars continue to stagnate the American economy. With the Republican party blamed for the wars and depressions, a Democrat, William Murray of Oklahoma, is elected president. 1933- President Murray initiates a series of programs known as the "New Deal". Government aid is extended to the poor, and public works programs are pushed through congress. It is partially financed through the selling of Georgia, but much of this has gone to maintenance of the colonies. Murray also implements a national eugenics program, targeting the handicapped and racial minorities. Murray also incites Anti-Semitism, leading to Jewish migration to Palestine. Lenin, a Russian refugee, and leader of the Communist International, aids a revolution in Germany, establishing the German Peoples' Republic.. Although he is technically not the leader, Lenin serves as a mentor to German Communists. The newly established Worker's Congress quickly suppresses domestic opposition, and builds up the military to fight against the "Capitalist aggressors." Austria, too, falls under Communist control. The French send aid to anti-Communist insurgents in the Rhineland. This leads to the Bucard raids, where French paramilitary groups attack Communists in the Rhineland. 1934- To deal with budgetary issues, Murray raises taxes in several colonies. With most native Hispanics living in poverty, the extra taxes spark a revolt. Delegations from Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba meet in Havana and declare the Latin American Union, nominating Lazaro Cardenas as its President. Murray sends extra troops to the colonies, but the uprisings are very numerous and take time to be crushed. In France, riots by anti-Communist forces lead to the fall of the government, and the institution of a right-wing military regime. In response to this semi-coup and the Bucard raids, Germany threatens to attack France. A treaty is uneasily negotiated. 1935- The United States Army invades Venezuela, to oust L.A.U rebels and protect its assets there. While the government formally co-operates with the Americans, some Venezuelan dissidents join the L.A.U and fight until they surrender in 1937 from their bases in the South of the country. The U.S government begins sterilizing African-Americans and Latinos en masse, especially in the Caribbean. 1936- The economy has improved somewhat, due to the "New Deal" and an oil boom in Rashidi Arabia, which is dominated by the Standard Oil Trust. However, costly wars in the colonies remain unpopular. The United States is winning the war, but still has a long way to go. Cardenas and the Latin American Congress have fled to Buenos Aires, and conduct the war from there. William Borah narrowly wins election over Will Murray, marking the return of the republicans to power. 1937- The Sino-Japanese war begins, killing millions. American arms manufacturers make huge profits selling weapons to both sides. Borah sends a battleship to protect American interests in Hainan. He also reverses the racist policies of Murray, though the eugenics program remains in place. Riots take place in Armenia protesting American rule. In Germany, Lenin dies, leading to the ascension of the militaristic Leo Jogiches as Chancellor. He brings the Socialist-Workers party in Italy to power, who threaten to go to war with Britain. 1938- Panama and Costa Rica are formally annexed by the US. Revolts in the colonies resurge somewhat, due to funding from South America and Germany. A newly militaristic Argentina establishes a puppet government in Chile after a brief civil war, and annexes Uruguay. In response to US expansionism, Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay form the Pan-American Alliance (P-AA). Peru joins in 1939. In Europe, Jogiches takes over Czechoslovakia. Britain and France prepare for war. 1939- In Capitalist Poland, a general strike by workers, organized by Communists, is brutally crushed by the government. Jogiches orders the German army into Poland, leading to declarations of war from Britain and France. World War II had begun. Revolts in the colonies, funded by Germany become a crisis, with Borah doing little. He dies in office and Vice President Robert Taft becoming president. It is unknown how he will react to the war.
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