User blog:Buk5/idea

Okay, i have a rought outline in my head for a Smedley Butler Presidency TL. Here is a rought outline


 * Butler loses the senate race but gains more prominence in American Politics


 * Butler runs or the presidency in 1936


 * in his first term, he completely withdraws America from the world and moves it into isolationism again.


 * World War 2 goes much worse for the world as britain becomes bankrupt, allowing Germany to win in the west.


 * meanwhile, Japan performs much better in the Pacific with no Flying Tigers and no Lend-lease.


 * Eventually, both invade the USSR and perform much better than OTL, with a much weaker Red Army.


 * however, both Germany and Japan collapse, leaving an already unstable Eurasia in Chaos.


 * This leads to the "time of chaos" where there are numerous warlords fighting over the remains of both Germany and Japan.


 * decolonisation is much bloodier than otl


 * Western Europe is much poorer than OTL due to us isolationism and the war.


 * eventually, a third world war breaks out in 1998 as Japan and Germany seek to reclaim their old empires.

I aim to make a timeline that is both plausible and bleak.