Red Scare World

In 1916, Corporal Adolf Hitler of the German Army was struck by a bolt of lightning, killing him instantly. History proceeds relatively normal until the mid-twenties since Hitler was not around to attempt his first overthrow of the German government. In 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Lenin overthrow the Russian Government. After Lenin's death in 1924, Joseph Stalin took control of the Soviet government and became dictator by 1928.

In the late twenties, the economy took a turn for the worst. The stock market had suddenly plummeted and threw the world into the Great Depression. Many countries, such as the United States, Germany, and others suffered an increase in unemployment and poverty. Several wars broke out in the mid-thirties to mid-forties.

Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
Spain had gone into a civil war in 1936. Mussolini's Fascist Italy and Stalin's Soviet Union sent aid to their perspective allies in Spain. In 1938, the Spanish Fascists were facing defeat after defeat. The Italian Navy attempted to sink one of the Soviet convoys in hopes of buying their allies more time. Infuriated, Stalin ordered an attack on Italy. A Soviet airstrike struck the Italian government building in Rome, killing Benito Mussolini and much of his cabinet. By 1939, the communists had seized control of Spain, as well as Italy and their holdings in Libya and Ethiopia. At the same time, the Japanese launched several attacks in China and the two countries fought well into the early fifties with considerable losses on both sides.

German Revolution 1944-1945
During the mid-forties, many European countries, mainly Germany, suffered greatly from the worsening Great Depression. In 1944, a bomb went off at the Reichstag, killing the German President, the Chancellor and much of the German Parliament. The explosion was quickly blamed on the unpopular German Workers' Party (DAP) which had already be deteriorating since the death of DAP Founder Anton Drexler in 1942. However there were those who believed that Stalin and his NKVD may have had something to do with the bombing. German communists supported by Stalin toppled the German government and seized control of much of the country by 1945.

Countdown to War
In 1947, the US economy suffered another blow with a vast majority without federal aid. The rumors came in that an alien ship had crashed in Roswell, New Mexico which sparked the interest of Stalin. The Soviet dictator believed if Russia were to obtain the alien technology, he could use it to usher in World Revolution. He turned to assisting communist rebels in countries like Cuba and Mexico. In 1948, Stalin made territorial demands. The League of Nations tried a policy of appeasement by allowing Stalin to annex parts of Poland and Finland, but he ended up taking both countries. The League of Nations tried to stop Stalin, but with Germany in revolution and the Soviet occupation of Italy, the Russians were able to take much of Eastern Europe as well as reinforce the communists in Germany. After Mexico and Cuba joined the Soviet bloc, Stalin continued sending troops to the region as he prepared for the upcoming conflict with America.

Invasion USA
Then in 1952 as England and France were facing attacks from three sides, Stalin's armies launched a full scale invasion of America from Mexico. Soviet Pacific forces also struck the US territories of Alaska and Hawaii as well as the US west coast states. Due to the low defense budget caused by the continuing Depression as well as an uprising by American communists, the United States was defeated within two years and it was rumored Stalin secured alien technology at a secret US base known as Area 51. One day, Stalin died from a stroke in 1953 and the very next day Stalin had suddenly returned to life and looked younger due to cloning achieved by alien technology obtained from Area 51. From that moment, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was now known as the Union of Soviet Stalinist Republics. Stalin and his NKVD had killed over a 100 million people whom he considered potential enemies or a threat to his power.

Japanese Empire/Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
After the Japanese and Chinese had wore each other out with decades of fighting, Soviet forces attacked both countries. However the fanatical Japanese forces inflicted so many heavy loses on the Red Army that Stalin decided to settle on half of Manchukuo, Eastern China, and only a very small part of northern Korea The Chinese decided to set aside their differences and merged with the Empire of Japan and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere as an equal partner.

Former British Colonies
After the fall of the British Empire, Australia New Zealand, East New Guinea, and several nations of South Africa formed an alliance. The former British territory of India is jointly run by the Australian Commonwealth and the Empire of Japan.

Anti-Comintern Alliance
The Japanese Empire, Australian-New Zealand Commonwealth, and the Union of South Africa forms the Anti-Comintern Alliance Pact in order to counter the military might of the Soviet Union. The Alliance secretly supplies the growing rebellion in the western hemisphere spearheaded by the North American Resistance.

North American Democratic Republic
After the war, Soviet forces occupying the United States and Canada ruled with an iron fist. The former US territory of Alaska was annexed into the Soviet Union and renamed the Alyeska Soviet Stalinist Republic. Over time, the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada were both phased out of existence and merged together to form the North American Democratic Republic. The new North American country of course was run almost entirely by the Soviet Union, even to this day. An anti-Soviet resistance group known as the North American Liberation Army is currently fighting a bloody guerrilla war with the Soviet forces occupying the country.

South American Soviet Socialist Republics
In 1991, a new organization gained influence with the pro-Soviet government of Argentina resulting in reforms being passed throughout the country. Eventually the Argentines pushed for an end to Soviet influence and that they be allowed to run their own affairs. Fearing Argentina will join the Anti-Comintern Alliance, Stalin decides to shut down their government. The Soviet Union, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, and Spain invades Argentina and takes control of the country. The anti-Soviet organization led by Rod's Raiders go into hiding and eventually disappear from the Red Army's radar.

After the invasion of Argentina, Stalin decides to unite all the puppet states in South America into the South American Soviet Republics. Technically the new country is independent, but the South American Premier has pledged his loyalty to Stalin. However, Rod Raiders while staying out of the Soviet radar secretly influences the leadership in the South American Soviet Republics of Venezuela, Argentina, and several others, while coordinating with the South American and North American resistance groups.