Communist Earth

Introduction
Welcome to Communist Earth! In this world, the majority of Africa, Asia and Europe has gone red, leaving only the Americas as the last group of capitalist countries on Earth (with the exception of Chile and, of course, Cuba). This page is far from done, but this is the beginning of (hopefully) a full, fleshed-out Alt History. Please feel free to contribute to this Alt History in any way you see fit. So, without further ado, let us begin!

History
This timeline diverges from OTL in the 1920's. Vladimir Lenin, a communist revolutionary and Head of Government of the Soviet Union, spontaneously recovers from his illnesses and continues leading the USSR. In 1928 he forms the KGB, 26 years earlier than in OTL, and succeeds in removing Joseph Stalin (whom he later quoted as being "a threat to true communism") from his high level of power, exiling him to Georgia.

Meanwhile, in America, the entirety of the 1920's has been seeing stocks at a permanently high plateau, and the 24th of October 1929 was no different. Indeed, the stock markets do not crash on this date (they did in OTL), and instead crash, harder than in OTL, on the 16th November 1932. This devastates the world economy and brings about the perfect climate for a large-scale socialist revolt to occur in Europe. It begins on the 3rd February 1933, when a large Russian-funded Communist group takes the English city of Birmingham, starting the Great European Revolution. The extremely well-armed men surge towards London before any major counter-attack could occur (most of His Majesty's Armed Forces were overseas). Other factions of the same group take the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Truro, Swansea and Cardiff (it is worth noting that the Republic of Ireland militarily occupied Northern Ireland in order to prevent any communist uprising there. It was later fully integrated into the Republic). These forces surged across Great Britain, before placing London, which had by now built up her defences, under siege. This allowed for the Royal Family and most of the British Government to escape to Newfoundland by plane before London finally fell and the U.K. capitulated, which it did on the 9th of August 1934.

This had a massive influence over the British India which, while still technically claimed by the exiled Government in Newfoundland, quickly began a revolt and, with swift help from the USSR, quickly established a Communist state (it is worth noting that religious tensions between Muslims and Hindus never occur as they do in OTL, meaning that Pakistan never becomes a popular idea, instead remaining within India; Burma also remains Indian).

This, in turn, influences the rest of the British Empire to revolt. Most of these revolutions were successful, with the exception of Egypt and Sudan which, with French aid, remain under British control until the late 1940's, when France and her empire also fall to Communism. The South African revolt also takes a long time to succeed. Meanwhile, by the late 1930's, most of Europe has fallen to Communism. Adolf Hitler loses the 1933 election to the German Communist Party (KPD), moves back to Austria and takes up painting again. By 1939, the Republicans (who, in this timeline, are Communist and funded by the USSR) win the Spanish civil war. At around the same time, the French Commune wins the Fourth French Revolution. Shortly thereafter, Spain and France launch a joint invasion of Portugal, installing a communist government within. During the 1940's, the Baltic States also falls to communism; this involves the Yugoslav deposition of their monarchy, a Soviet invasion of Greece (and the subsequent installation of a communist government) and various elections throughout the Baltic region involving the election of Socialist/Communist governments.

By 1951, the final non-communist countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) of Europe (with the exception of Ireland, which underwent American military occupation in the 1940's in order to stave off a revolution; they remained capitalist and democratic) were invaded in a joint German-French invasion. On the 16th December 1951, the People's Republic of Benelux was formed, thus marking the end of, as Lenin puts it, "the Great Revolution and the final war for human liberty."

Although most people tend to refer to this revolution as happening solely in Europe, this revolution was truly global. In 1947, the People's Republic of Japan was established, and shortly thereafter (in 1949) Mao Zedong declared the People's Republic of China. During the 1940's most of European-occupied Africa also fell to Communism (most former European governments that had fled there were also wiped off the map; the former British Government got off lucky, but the rest of Europe didn't), as politics in Africa was strongly influenced by politics in Europe (although after the Great Revolution this started to become untrue, as European states took a hardline anti-imperialistic view, cutting almost all ties with former colonies. This is with the exception of Spanish Northern Morocco, which was integrated into the rest of Spain).

The Vietnam war happens earlier and is much more brutal than in OTL, mostly due to the fact that a lot more Communist states backed the Viet Cong, and the British and Canadians backed America. However, the communists win the war and the Vietnam we know in OTL is established. This war also greatly influences other states in South-East Asia, as communist governments are subsequently elected in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia in the following decade.