During the Allied Sicilian Campaign of World War II, General Patton falls ill, preventing the infirmary-slapping scandal from ever taking place. He is thus never relieved of duty, and not reinstated as a decoy for Operation Fortitude, which never takes place, radically affecting the outcome of World War II. Though the Allies manage a victory, a heightened Red Scare leads to an even more tense Cold War that quickly heats up.