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| - 1947- While the war has ended, it is apparent that the world will continue to shake in conflict. The British Empire is near the verge of collapse, with India set for independence, being portioned into Pakistan in the west, and India in the east. Allied colonies in Africa are agitating for independence. The Russian Empire has set up fascist states in Eastern Europe and is threatening to expand into American held territory. China has also fallen to fascism, as the Blue Shirts Society seizes control following the defeat of Japan. And despite the capture and execution of Juan Peron, the United States remains unsure on how to govern the new territories in South America and the rest of the world. In order to deal with the vast challenges in a post war world, President Byrd lays forth what would become the basis of the Montgomery plan. Massive foreign aid would go to areas under allied occupation to rebuild these nations, while a heavy military presence would be maintained. Expansionists in the U.S clamor for colonization in these newly occupied nations. Byrd allows Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Paraguay to become U.S territories. The fate of other nations remains open, as Byrd is not particularly imperialist, but does not want to upset the delicate coalition that keeps the democrats in power. 1948- Already, conflict has quickly erupted after the war's end. Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust in Russia have established the state of Israel in British Palestine, evoking the wrath of nearby Arab states. The British ask the Americans to end the situation. Byrd lands troops to aid the Israelis. Despite increasing Antisemitism in the U.S following the association of some Jews with the Communists,; Byrd chooses to support the Israelis in order to infuriate the Russians. The U.S army pushes back the Arab invaders, occupies the Sinai peninsula, and pushes onward to occupy Jordan. Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria withdraw from the war. Iraq continues to battle, fearing American encirclement. In protest, the Russian Empire blockades Vienna, though crisis is averted. While Byrd himself has remained popular, the American public has grown weary of Democrats, wars, and recessions. As a result, Douglas MacArthur is elected on an expansionist platform, promising the newly occupied nations will become part of the American Empire. 1949- Allied troops invade Iraq and siege Baghdad. Iraq is divided into Arab dominated South Iraq, and Kurdistan in the north, hereby fulfilling the U.S's promise of a homeland to the Kurds, who helped defeat the Turks in World War II. Kurdistan, Iraq, and Jordan become American territories, while Israel and Brazil become American protectorates. Additionally, rising Antisemitism in the US causes a mass migration by American Jews to Israel, strengthening Israel's position. With the war's end, President MacArthur redraws the Montgomery plan. West Germany, Austria, Italy, Macedonia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, South Bulgaria and Albania are redesigned as American colonies. While France, the low countries, Denmark, and Norway remain independent, they become subject to American influence. MacArthur annexes all of their territories in the Western Hemisphere, including Suriname, Greenland, Iceland, and a few remaining Caribbean islands. These nations' islands in the Pacific are annexed as well. The Europeans are displeased, but can complain little as the Americans are pouring billions into their economies. MacArthur makes good on his promise to establish a new American Empire. 1950- With Belgium becoming a protectorate, the United States seizes control of its' small colonial empire. To crush Congo nationalists and to prevent ethnic warfare, the U.S and Belgium construct military bases in the area. With the suppression of rebels in colonial Libya, MacArthur decides that now is the time to create an African policy. He declares to maintain order on the continent, the European powers would have to maintain colonies there, and the United States would assist them to that end, even managing the colonies themselves if necessary. This policy, known as the MacArthur doctrine, is based on the Roosevelt Corollary. 1951- In accordance with the MacArthur doctrine, Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia are taken from the British, whose interest and influence in the region is waning. El Salvador is occupied, giving the United States total control of the Pacific coastline south of the 49th parallel. MacArthur obtains a joint U.S-French protectorate over Tunisia. 1952- With Egypt completely surrounded, and tensions rising, MacArthur bombs Alexandria, and heads towards Cairo. Egypt calls for assistance from its' allies, Syria and Lebanon, but to no avail. MacArthur invades these nations anyway. The Russian Empire, fearing American expansion, and bitterly opposed to any measures supporting the Jewish state, sends massive military aid to these nations. As Cairo and Beirut fall, the Russian Empire goes to war. It invades southwards, to Bulgaria, Albania, Armenia, and Iran, westwards toward Germany and Norway, and eastwards towards Japan. MacArthur presses on Europe and Latin America for more troops. The CIA imprisons suspected traitors. MacArthur completes the conquest of the Arab world, save for a few Ba' athist groups lead by Michel Aflaq. Greece becomes a U.S protectorate, in order to battle the Russians. World War III had begun.
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