Timeline (Murphy's Law)

[WORK IN PROGRESS]

[Feel free to correct spelling, but please do not add or change until tomorrow. After tomorrow and when I have the basic outline finished it will be a semi-open Timeline.]

Murphy's law states that "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." This is the basis of this semi-WWII timeline. WWII, the most overused alternate timeline. Oh well, good to start with the most common.

Bold is a character I made up from thin air. Italics is a character or place I made loosely from reality.

Austria
Adolf Hitler is killed by a British sharpshooter while in the military. The sharpshooter has no idea how important the man he shot may have been.

United States
President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt is assassinated by anti-capitalist Giuseppe Zangara. John N. Garner is sworn in as President.

United States
President John N. Garner is elected for a second term after negating the Great Depressions effects on the US.

Germany
Without Hitler the Nazi Party never gains a strong foothold, and is eventually beaten by the KPD, AKA The Communist Party.

Germany
The Communist Party divides into the Marxist, Nationalist and Stalinist parties. Nationalist and Marxist parties are almost identical in amount of support. Stalinist party is insignificant. Ex-Nazi join Nationalist party.

Germany
Stalinist party is dissolved, members join either Marxist or Nationalist parties. Nationalist party elects Heinrich Himmler as Party President after the previous president is assassinated by unknown causes. It is observed by the Marxists that the Nazi and those they intimidated used their majority to elect Himmler.

Soviet Union
(Up until this point, Soviet history was the same as OTL.) Due to Stalin's purges, the Soviet Union is severely weakened. USSR begins reconstructing.

Germany
Marxist Party loses public support after being blamed for assassinating the German Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher. Nationalist Party is now leaning considerably more Right Wing, though is still Communist.

Austria
Bavaria begins to cut ties with Austrian National Government.

United States
John N. Garner is not elected a third time, and no law restricting presidents to two terms is made.

Republican Henry Horn and Democrat Ray D. Aider run against each other. Ray D. Aider is victorious and becomes President.

Germany
Nationalist Party manages to get overwhelming majority, with only 2 seats taken by the Social Democrats. Annexes Bavaria.

Austria
Bavaria declares Independence and is promptly annexed by a Nationalist Germany.

Germany
Remaining lead non-Nationalists are assassinated and the Nationalists formally take over Germany. The other Nations of Europe are annoyed, but as in OTL do not stop Germany's nationalist takeover.

Austria
Austria threatens Germany to return Bavaria to their possession.

Germany
Germany refuses Austria's demands and, to add insult to injury, formally annexes Austria.

Austria
Austria is annexed, all its anti-Germany leaders are assassinated.

France
France mobilizes for a German attack.

USSR
USSR mobilizes to attack Poland while Europe is occupied with Germany.

Germany
Germany mobilizes in response to what it called "French threats".

British Isles (and Ireland)
Scotland revolts and Britain begins a war of re-annexation.

USSR
Stalin begins invasion of Poland at December 14th.

Germany
Germany makes an alliance with the USSR and grants the USSR all of Poland's Slavic dominated regions. Declares war on France.

France
France openly declares war on Germany, which is exactly what the Nationalists wanted.

Europe
The "War of Foreign Aggression" begins.

United States
Ray D. Aider is re-elected president.

Germany
With the War of Foreign Aggression, or as many called it the Franco-German war, going on the military develops a highly classified weapon, the StG, or Assault Rifle.

France
France is in a stalemate with Germany, with Germany sometimes getting into French territory but so far not able to get too far.

Britain
Britain subdues Scotland and refuses both German and French calls for assistance, preferring to remain neutral.

USSR
Occupies and Annexes Poland.

Germany
Germany deploys the new StG and experimental Emperor Tiger tank on June 5th.

France
The Germans destroy all French resistance and reach Paris November 18th.

Europe
The War of Foreign Aggression, which replaced World War II, officially Ends.

German Influence Zone
Germany officially fuses its territories together under the new name, The European Empire. To make it official, they invade Italy, Spain and Portugal on January 4th.

Italy
Italy falls on May 26th.

Spain
Spain falls on December 25th.

Portugal
Portugal surrenders and joins the European Empire.

European Empire
The Euro-Empire, as it is often shortened to, declares itself a new form of government, a combination of a Democracy and a Dictatorship.
 * The Legislative branch is elected by the people and elects its own Prime Minister.
 * The Executive branch is a Dictator, currently Himmler.
 * The Judiciary branch is composed of only minor courts.

USSR
Stalin is worried about the Euro-Empire, and quickly musters his forces in anticipation of an attack.