Victory to the Rising Sun

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“	The long-awaited victory against the imperialistic Allies has now been finally achieved. A new day of peace and happiness has dawned on Japan, and our people have been freed from the oppression and suffering of the past. Rejoice in this great triumph, for it heralds a new era of prosperity and freedom for all. Our brave and patriotic men and women have fought courageously against overwhelming odds, and their sacrifices will never be forgotten. Let us pledge to make good use of this hard-earned victory, and strive to build a better future for our nation, with the Emperor as our guide. Tennō heika, banzai!	”
–Hideki Tōjō's victory speech, September 15th, 1947

The Victory to the Rising Sun (meaning "ライジングサンへの勝利 - Raijingusan e no shōri" in Japanese) (or VTTRS for short) explores an alternate timeline in which the Empire of Japan wins the Second World War and the Pacific War, ensuring its survival into the modern era as it becomes a heavily liberalised and heavily democratized country in the early 1960s following the series of massive protests dubbed "the Tokyo Spring", shaping the face of the Asia, Europe, America, and overall the world.

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Summary

1933 - 1936: Years Before the Storm

The timeline begins in 1933, the year before WWII, with the rise of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), or Nazis, led by Adolf Hitler, in Germany and the strengthening of Japanese militarism and weakening of democracy and the rule of law in the Empire of Japan following the failed attempted coup d'état, known as the May 15th incident. While in the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is sworn in as president after winning the 1932 presidential election against Republican Herbert Hoover, as in actual history.

In Western Europe, the French Third Republic was undergoing a period of political chaos, with the rise of political violence between the far-right and far-left groups, as well as the lingering effects of the Great Depression. The United Kingdom, on the other hand, was relatively stable, but was beginning to feel the effects of the Great Depression, as well as the rise of political extremism.

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1936 - 1939: Road To War

The 1936 saw the re-militarization of the Rhineland in Germany in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, while in Japan, a failed February 26th coup led to the strengthening of military influence over the Japanese government. Germany hosted the Summer Olympics in Berlin in 1936, further consolidating Hitler's power and displaying the might of the German military. Meanwhile, Japan continued its expansionist policies in Asia after the loss of Kōdō-ha influence, leading to clashes with the United States and the United Kingdom.

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1939 - 1946: World War II & Pacific War

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1946 - 1960: Aftermath, Cold War, & Before the Spring

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1960 - 1980: After the Spring

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1980 - 1989: [TBD]

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1989 - 2000: [TBD]

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2000 - onwards: The New Millennium, Second Arab Cold War, & Others

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Point of Divergences

Main

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1944-1949

• The 20 July plot turns out to be successful, resulting in Adolf Hitler's assassination in 1944 and resulting in Karl Donitz takes over the position a day later.
• During the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, Germany fails to capture the city of Warsaw, with Polish partisans pushing German soldiers out of the capital by mid-September to early-October with the help of Allied Powers, forcing the German troops to retreat by 10 October.
• The Greek Civil War ends in the victory for the Communists in 1950, as the Kingdom of Greece would lose the mainland and flee to Crete after the government afterwards, [UNDER PROGRESS]
• The 1948 coup d'etat attempt in Czechoslovakia fails, as all communist leaders and ploters involved are arrested and prosecuted. As a result, the Third Czechoslovak Republic continues on, without communism gaining power within the nation.

1950-1959

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1960-1969

• The assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy in 1963 fails, as Lee Harvey Oswald misses JFK and instead shots John B. Connolly. As a result, Kennedy survived the assassination attempt and later go on to win the 1964 presidential election against Republican nominee Barry Goldwater.

2000-2006

• The 2006 independence referendum in the Yugoslav constituent republic of Montenegro rejects independence, meaning the confederated Serbia and Montenegro still exists to this day.

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Main authors & contributors

• Generated Narukami (Main author & creator)
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Suspended people

These are a list of people who are suspended from the TL and cannot join/rejoin the TL, as they have done unauthorized edits on this timeline or known to be controversial on other timelines.

• Matixamericacano and his alts: Although he, along with his alt accounts hasn't done it on Victory to the Rising Sun (or VTTRS) yet, he does unauthorized edits in other timelines without main creator's permissions, as well as making unrealistic timelines and therefore doesn't have access to this timeline.
• JaydenCreepypasta and his alts: Jayden has already done some controversial things like making fun of LGBT people (particulary on Threads of Fate Discord server), especially lying about him being from Australia (when in reality he is from Albania), threatening to commit suicide and even going as far as he made a page on Conworlds where ThatAlternateHistoryLad5 (Rosie) (also an banished person) died. Even though he has been pardoned, I don't want him to join the timeline because of his controversial behaviour.
• Al Timotheus: Timothy was (or still is) a contributor to the original Differently and is known for page twerking, but he is controversial because of his page about alternative self where he wrote something disgusting in Personal life. Sometimes he also makes unauthorized edits in other timelines, notably in Double Collapse, when he made unauthorized article on Melania Trump without Narukami's permission.
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• Imperator: Imperator made unauthorized edits in An Honorable Retelling.
• Hamzat213: This user is a example of a typical angry communist who denies it's atrocities. [More to come...]
• ChumsFan1243: Although he hasn't done it on VTTRS yet, he has done unauthorized editing on Double Collapse and therefore doesn't have access to this timeline.
• Susamogus123124124124124124124: This user, like Hamzat, is an another example of a typical angry communist. On 21 November 2023, he wrote that the user TheBestBolt (also an suspended user, despite never joining 1995: The Armageddon) is a degenerate capitalist pig. Other reasons for his ban are his support for Mao Zedong and his opinion that Mao should have killed more people so that there would be no more revisionists, As of result from the reasons, he does not have access to this timeline.
• Flabby cheeks for life: This user got banned for posting NSFW gifs on An Honorable Retelling server.
• TheBestBolt: On An Honorable Retelling (the timeline that Narukami is still been banned to this day), Bolt asked Rosie if she had genitals.
• Abbyspidey06: Abby makes unauthorized edits even though people (Narukami included) have written to him to stop it.
• ThatAlternateHistoryLad5 (Rosie): No reasons to explain behind the suspension.

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