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Because clearly there's no way on earth you could ever do something like that. Clearly you're an angel sent from the Lord, here to do us no harm, yes?
((So, what's happening now?))
I thank Mr. McCahill for his cabinet appointment, and I accept humbly.
I thank Mr. McCahill for his cabinet appointment, and I accept humbly.
A Letter to the Fascists:
I have followed your glorious battle for America with awe, but also with suspicions. I wasn't sure if you would be too much like that Communist Clown Hitler, or if you really were American patriots trying to prepare the country for the oncoming storm. I have with joy found out that you indeed are true American patriots, and I feel anger when I see the falsehood and cowardice of the Old Parties that stole your rightful triumph. But you need to stay strong, danger is looming on the horizon. America has been weak for too long and the vultures are gathering. Hitler, the Soviets, the British, the French, the Japanese, they can't be trusted. They all just want to destroy our country. Only a vigorous and prepared America will withstand them and their falsehood. We should have claimed the place as a World Power after the Great War. The danger America lies in right now is all because the cowardly politicos didn't grasped the chance, but instead let the country stagnate. But America must stay strong. And I believe Fascism is the only medicine that can cure our beloved Union.
Jerry Nightmore
I have followed your glorious battle for America with awe, but also with suspicions. I wasn't sure if you would be too much like that Communist Clown Hitler, or if you really were American patriots trying to prepare the country for the oncoming storm. I have with joy found out that you indeed are true American patriots, and I feel anger when I see the falsehood and cowardice of the Old Parties that stole your rightful triumph. But you need to stay strong, danger is looming on the horizon. America has been weak for too long and the vultures are gathering. Hitler, the Soviets, the British, the French, the Japanese, they can't be trusted. They all just want to destroy our country. Only a vigorous and prepared America will withstand them and their falsehood. We should have claimed the place as a World Power after the Great War. The danger America lies in right now is all because the cowardly politicos didn't grasped the chance, but instead let the country stagnate. But America must stay strong. And I believe Fascism is the only medicine that can cure our beloved Union.
Jerry Nightmore
I got thrown a curveball of stuff by RL, so it's a bit late. But hopefully it'll be up today.
McCahill: 5,000 and Illinois
The election of 1937 proved to be the most controversial in American history, and as repercussions went, only the election of 1857 could lay claim to similar impact on the American social and political landscape. In an outcome few could have predicted, Milton-Spencer and the Fascist Party surged in the polls early during campaign season, so much so that, by late December, he was in the lead. The undercurrent of dissatisfaction with the system that had collapsed the economy seven years earlier and put Richard Milton-Spencer within arm’s reach of the White House now pushed the Republican and Progressive Parties together.
On Christmas Day, McCahill, Blancharde, Harrison and Carlsson convened at a house three blocks from where Patrick Ryan was giving his Christmas Address to the nation. Over the next three days, the four men created a unified Progressive-Republican Platform, where McCahill, leading Blancharde in the polls, would be running for the top executive office, and Blancharde would take the position of prospective Vice-President. This Union Ticket proved to be the rallying point for opposition to Fascist radicalism necessary to put McCahill ahead of Milton-Spencer in the polls by Election Day. However, the Electoral College turned the race into the closest in American history.
1. Results for the Election of 1937.
As Milton-Spencer had ripped through the South and Mid-West, and McCahill had secured most of the large coastal states, including the three largest states of New York, Pennsylvania, and California, the election came down to the 27 electoral votes of Illinois [1]. The state eventually came down to exactly 5,000 votes after numerous recounts over the course of a week ended in the Supreme Court declaring the state for McCahill by affirming the thirteenth recount as final. Amid accusations of electoral fraud that had emerged in numerous states, blaming both parties, during the tense week that preceded his victory, McCahill had become President on the most questionable basis in American history [2].
The Fascist Party denied this ruling, taking the accusations of electoral fraud, and using them as justification for what became known as “The Grand Coup”. On January 28th, Milton-Spencer and his running mate, Charles Longstrum, marched into the base camp of the Maryland National Guard at the head of a column of Fascist militiamen. The commander of the National Guard in the state was a known Fascist sympathizer, and for this reason he obliged when Milton-Spencer demanded he and his men march on D.C. to overthrow the “false government” inaugurated two days earlier.
Joined by the US 4th Infantry Division, the Fascists entered D.C. early on January 29th, catching the new administration by surprise with the swiftness of their advance. In the ensuing chaos of the Fascist advance into the city, held up for six hours on Pennsylvania Avenue by a contingent of the Virginia National Guard, President McCahill managed to escape the city, heading first for Richmond, before being redirected to West Virginia by the sudden defection of National Guard elements in southern Virginia. Other members of his administration, including former President Ryan and Vice-President Blancharde, were not as lucky, being put on mock trial for treason and executed by the Fascist Provisional Government proclaimed by Milton-Spencer on January 30th [3].
2. Troops from the US 3rd Infantry Division advance down Pennsylvania Avenue.
As news of the Grand Coup spread, its effect on the nation proved to be the opposite of what Milton-Spencer had hoped, as the vast majority of the military and people of the United States proved unwilling to countenance armed revolution. Overall, some 350,000 men from all over the country turned out to be radical enough to join the Fascist cause over the next four months, but while it was a larger number of potential troops than the Southern States had had available in 1858, this turnout proved to be too scattered and unorganized outside of the D.C. area to effect similar outcomes to that achieved by Milton-Spencer in the capital.
It was this failure to account for the gap of will between elected and armed revolution, and subsequent failure to bridge it, that doomed the Grand Coup in the long-run, but in early February 1937, the United States Government was faced with the reality of an uncertain number of rebellious army units and civilians throughout the country, and the cruel fact that the capital was under occupation for the first time since the War of 1812. To counter the former, the National Guard was mobilized nationwide, with varying degrees of compliancy [4]. To counter the latter, army units in the Virginia-Maryland-Pennsylvania area were rushed to create a cordon around D.C. and the two US Army and three National Guard divisions who held the city.
Before this could be achieved though, an entire month was spent in legislative and tactical confusion as men and machinery were rushed to the D.C. area by both sides as they prepared the legal justification of future actions by dragging out laws passed during the Civil War [5]. It was not until March 5th that anything resembling a front line had formed in a cordon outside the capital. Since by now the rebellion had been beaten almost completely outside of the Washington Pocket, Milton-Spencer’s options seemed to be limited to surrender or a battle that would undoubtedly end in his defeat. Milton-Spencer chose the latter option.
3. Approximate area controlled by the Provisional Fascist Government on March 5th.
In the last war the United States had fought, this kind of distance had taken years to cover, and Milton-Spencer was counting on it proving just as difficult this time around, confiding in Longstrum that he hoped to draw concessions from McCahill’s government should their resistance last long enough. The United States Army however, had spent the last two decades developing tactics based upon any and all methods that had proved effective at breaking the trench lines in 1916. Thus when the Grand Coup rolled along, the Army had the perfect opportunity to test out its latest creation; the Exploding Bullet Offensive [6].
On March 7th, headed by the 1st Ranger Brigade and 2nd Armored Division, the US military initiated its assault on the Fascist lines. Unprepared for the aerial bombardment and subsequent attack on a small section of trenches, as opposed to the wide offensives of the Great War, the Fascist defense on the PA-MD border collapsed spectacularly in the next four days. When General Bradley, who had been placed in charge of the northern sector of the Fascist line, halted the assault due to the unexpected effectiveness of the assault, which had seen the 1st Rangers and 2nd Armored outrun their supplies by about two days. This pause allowed the Fascists to regroup and reposition on the northern side of D.C., even as the next week saw a similar offensive from the south roll the defense up the banks of the Potomac.
The pause in mid to late March as the US Army rushed supplies forward to catch up with its forward divisions and reorganized the order in which units advanced to avoid a similar outrunning of supplies allowed Fascist command, led by General George Howell-Smith of the US 3rd Infantry, to adjust its strategy. Knowing they did not have the time or capability to adapt to the Exploding Bullet, the Fascist commanders instead decided to retreat to the D.C. suburbs, where aerial bombardment would likely be shied away from, and the effectiveness of tanks slightly neutralized. It was this decision that would turn sections of the capital into charred ruins.
4. McCahill announces that US Troops have reentered Washington D.C.
After three weeks of on and off battling in Maryland and Virginia, the US 1st Army had reached the border of the District of Columbia. By then, Arlington had been turned to a smoldering wreck in a week-long street fight that claimed the lives of an estimated 21,000 Americans, both military and civilian [7]. With the Washington Monument, being the most visible landmark in the capital, serving as their link-up point, US troops began the final push on April 10th. In the next 21 days, American Fascism met its bloody end.
The battle for Washington D.C., though short by the standards established in the next decade, proved to be a vision of things to come as US troops and Fascists clashed on the streets of the nation’s capital, tearing apart roads, toppling buildings and turning the great parks that connected the Capitol and White House into scorched wasteland that would take decades to return to its former glory. It is perhaps ironic that this destruction brought about by the Fascists in their attempt to secure the United States against Communism proved to be a potent rallying point for anti-Fascist sentiment that made the American government and people more willing to court the prospect of working with the Soviet Union against the Axis in later years. Whether this possibly happening occurred to Milton-Spencer before the 1st Ranger Division stormed the White House on May 1st and shot him against the Resolute Desk nobody but Milton-Spencer will ever know.
5. Soldiers from the 1st Ranger Division close in on the White House on April 28th.
With the Grand Coup defeated, the question of what to do with the United Fascist Party and its surviving supporters became expedient to find an answer to. Their attempt at taking control of the American government had cost the lives of 173,000 Americans, civilian and military, which essentially gave McCahill a mandate to do anything as public opinion was unlikely to deem his response, no matter what it was, too harsh. Despite initial plans to execute Fascists who took up arms without trial, McCahill, aware of the weight of future generations’ judgment, reinstated habeas corpus for all citizens, including those who had risen up against his election.
The reinstating of habeas corpus however, did nothing to save the Fascists who were placed on trial for treason, including men such as Charles Longstrum and recently elected Texas Governor Robert Piersson [8]. All in all, some 27,000 people across the country would have their future careers destroyed by treason charges, despite only a tenth of the accused being found guilty and sentenced to jail time or death. The informal “Black List” created by the Fascist Trials of 1937-41 would haunt the American consciousness for decades after post-war reevaluation of the fairness of both the trials and the treatment of the accused in the 1960s.
In 1937 however, the Trials were seen as completely justified, and for his handling of the crisis McCahill was rewarded by the people with near-unanimous approval for three months afterward, until the minor recession caused by the shock the Grand Coup had given to the markets hit the economy in the fall of 1937. US GDP, which had climbed to three quarters of 1929 GDP at $280 billion, fell by 5% in 1937, before the McCahill government managed to form completely and the markets rebounded with 10% growth and a drop in unemployment to 13.6% in 1938. The US recovery was thus still sluggish, but events across the borders of the world’s largest economy would soon create an economic stimulant like no other.
6. Japanese troops in China, c. 1938.
The Japanese invasion of the Republic of China on January 12th 1939 was the culmination of a long period of unchecked Japanese expansion that had been going on since the Empire’s occupation of Brunei in 1921. Three months earlier, the Empire had signed a treaty with Germany, Brazil and Italy that formed a formal alliance eventually known as the Axis Pact. This treaty itself was the culmination of a tightening of relations between the four militaristic governments that had been going on for most of the 1930s. Like with their other military actions, the Japanese and their newfound allies expected little opposition by the international community, paralyzed in previous years by Depression.
This time however, the Americans, who had stayed silent through the German occupation of Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1934 and 1936, the Italian invasion of Yugoslavia in 1935 and the Japanese campaigns into smaller Chinese successor states throughout the decade, now fired up and eager to oppose “international fascism” after the Grand Coup joined the British and French in protest. With McCahill officially bringing back onto the world stage the third component of the Big Three who had opposed the Tripartite Pact, by demanding the Japanese withdraw their declaration of war on the Republic of China, the reformed Allies were able to impose sanctions on Japan, beginning with the most crucial resource of all modern warfare; oil.
The oil embargo, announced on February 1st 1939, began the acceleration of a slide back into World War. With the Axis Pact’s support of Japan made explicit by the counter-embargo on February 12th, the Allied governments stepped up orders for military goods. The next two months were spent on increasingly aggressive posturing by both sides as Japan continued its brutal invasion, and other Axis members increased the military presence on their borders as if preparing for an invasion of their neighbors. This prompted these neighbors to align themselves with the Allies by joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, created on February 21st as a successor to the Allies of the Great War.
When German troops engaged in a shooting match with Polish soldiers on May 12th, this moniker for the conflict of 1913-16 soon became outdated, as the Polish entry into NATO the next day meant that the German declaration of war now applied to the Organization as a whole. The technicality however, did not matter, as, six hours before the signing of Poland into NATO, Japanese planes had left the flight deck of the IJN Akagi and headed for Hawaii, and the American Naval base of Pearl Harbor.
[1] – Had Milton-Spencer won Illinois, the final electoral tally would have been 295-242 for the United Fascist Ticket.
[2] – The FEC conducted investigations into all charges of electoral fraud over the next 20 years and, despite voting records in numerous Fascist-won states such as Texas being destroyed during the Grand Coup, concluded that, with the 23 counts of electoral fraud by the Fascists and 12 counts by the Progressive-Republicans taken into account, McCahill won by 4 million votes and an electoral college margin of 309 to 228.
[3] – Members of McCahill’s first government killed during the Grand Coup included Secretary of the Treasury John F. Harrison and Attorney General John Sharp. Prospective Secretary of Defense Richard Jarvis had not yet arrived in D.C. at the time of the Coup, and met up with McCahill in Huntington, WV, on February 5th.
[4] – Mississippi Congressman William F. Stewart for example, declared his state neutral on January 31st. Stewart was tried for treason after the Grand Coup, but was acquitted on the basis that he did not, in fact, have the authority to demobilize the state’s National Guard units, and blame for the demobilization rested on Governor Horace Fowler.
[5] – The most controversial of the measures taken, as during 1858-61, was the suspension of habeas corpus, declared on February 4th by McCahill. Milton-Spencer bypassed habeas corpus through a Provisional Government Decree on February 2nd.
[6] – The name for the similar German tactic, blitzkrieg, while not as descriptive, would eventually displace the American term in histories of the era.
[7] – Arlington National Cemetery however, was spared destruction by a wordless pact between both sides to avoid the Cemetery, which Fascist troops abandoned on April 2nd without a shot being fired.
[8] – Both men were sentenced to death, among the 672 such sentences handed out by the Supreme Court to Provisional Government officials.
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I know: Boy, that escalated quickly.
Legislation can be proposed.
Strap yourselves in; it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
((I take it I need to pick a new VP... I haven't decided who yet though: I'll get back to you.
This is a bit of a rag tag collection of many speeches but I couldn't miss the opportunity...))
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Speech Made on National Radio by President McCahill, May 13th 1939
"I am speaking to you from the Oval Office in the White House.
"Yesterday, May 12, 1939 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
"The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.
"Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. This morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.
"As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. Since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Friday, May twelth, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.
"This morning the American Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final note stating that unless we heard from them by 11.00 a.m. that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us.
"I have to tell you that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany.
"No doubt further governments will declare their support for these Fascist aggressors; the Italians and the Brazilians are foremost in my mind. But we too have our Allies - the alliance of NATO shall bind the fate of the free world and shall liberate the rest. Similar notes were handed to the Germans by the British and French governments; our defensive pact means the Japanese declaration of war applies to all the free states of NATO.
"Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our continent, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
This is a bit of a rag tag collection of many speeches but I couldn't miss the opportunity...))
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Speech Made on National Radio by President McCahill, May 13th 1939
"I am speaking to you from the Oval Office in the White House.
"Yesterday, May 12, 1939 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
"The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.
"Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. This morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.
"As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. Since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Friday, May twelth, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.
"This morning the American Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final note stating that unless we heard from them by 11.00 a.m. that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us.
"I have to tell you that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany.
"No doubt further governments will declare their support for these Fascist aggressors; the Italians and the Brazilians are foremost in my mind. But we too have our Allies - the alliance of NATO shall bind the fate of the free world and shall liberate the rest. Similar notes were handed to the Germans by the British and French governments; our defensive pact means the Japanese declaration of war applies to all the free states of NATO.
"Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our continent, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
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I'm happy to see a few members of the government survived this treason; America, despite the lingering vestiges of the "Great Coup" that hangs over the heads of many of its citizens, is slowly recovering, and I hope that the next few years will show more evidence of that.
I, Representative Stewart, will now run for Governor of Mississippi to replace my wrongly accused compatriot in Neutrality.
It is with great regret that I announce my retirement from politics and public life. Having witnessed the Grand Coup firsthand just days before I was scheduled to move back to Illinois, I fear I can no longer uphold the principles of non-intervention and pacifism while the scourge of international fascism rears its head in Europe and Asia. It was a privilege to found the Progressive Party and champion the Progressive cause as Secretary of State, but my time is at an end. While war now seems impossible to avoid given fascism's insatiable bloodlust, I urge the American government to secure a just and lasting peace rather than wage unrestricted vengeful war as so many may desire. With my career in politics at an end, I shall retire to Chicago to write my memoirs and enjoy what peace remains before the dark days of war.
((OOC: Out with the old, in with the new character!))
Name: Christopher Sullivan
Age: 34 (b. 1905)
Occupation: Vice Admiral, United States Navy, Pacific Fleet
Affiliation: Progressive
Biography: Firstborn son of Michael and Patricia Sullivan, Christopher was raised largely by his mother, given his father's frequent absences on behalf of the Progressive Party and later as Secretary of State. Though his mother shared her husband's political affiliations, she was more moderate than her radical spouse and taught Christopher the value of conciliation and hard work over fiery rhetoric and passion. As Christopher grew up with his father as an increasingly distant figure, he turned to his own interests, participating in student honors societies and boating. When he announced at a rare family dinner that he'd been accepted into the Annapolis Naval Academy, he created a massive rift between himself and his pacifist father that only began to heal years later after the rise of fascism and the Grand Coup.
With his natural brilliance and leadership skills, Christopher Sullivan rose rapidly in the Navy's ranks and became known as a top strategist who thought several moves ahead and always acted with cool deliberation. Following the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, he was appointed Vice Admiral and assigned to the Pacific Fleet to fight the Imperial Japanese Navy. In a break from his father's more radical Progressivism, Christopher believes that military action is both warranted and required against international fascism, and his hatred for fascists is one of the few areas in which he doesn't display his usual detachment.
((OOC: Out with the old, in with the new character!))
Name: Christopher Sullivan
Age: 34 (b. 1905)
Occupation: Vice Admiral, United States Navy, Pacific Fleet
Affiliation: Progressive
Biography: Firstborn son of Michael and Patricia Sullivan, Christopher was raised largely by his mother, given his father's frequent absences on behalf of the Progressive Party and later as Secretary of State. Though his mother shared her husband's political affiliations, she was more moderate than her radical spouse and taught Christopher the value of conciliation and hard work over fiery rhetoric and passion. As Christopher grew up with his father as an increasingly distant figure, he turned to his own interests, participating in student honors societies and boating. When he announced at a rare family dinner that he'd been accepted into the Annapolis Naval Academy, he created a massive rift between himself and his pacifist father that only began to heal years later after the rise of fascism and the Grand Coup.
With his natural brilliance and leadership skills, Christopher Sullivan rose rapidly in the Navy's ranks and became known as a top strategist who thought several moves ahead and always acted with cool deliberation. Following the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, he was appointed Vice Admiral and assigned to the Pacific Fleet to fight the Imperial Japanese Navy. In a break from his father's more radical Progressivism, Christopher believes that military action is both warranted and required against international fascism, and his hatred for fascists is one of the few areas in which he doesn't display his usual detachment.
(( (Almost) All my government has either been shot or hanged or retired; there are only four of us left 
Looks like I'll need to put something in the small ads...))
Over the coming days, I wish to announce my new government, in the light of regrettable losses. In an effort to retain the unity we had against internal Fascists against Fascists abroad, I shall be promoting Mr Adlai Carlsson to Vice-President, as he is the most senior member of the Republican party. Currently, there are still many places to fill and I will be looking to all members of Congress in an effort to fill those posts to my satisfaction.
President: Dr Philip JJ McCahill
Vice-President: Mr Adlai Carlsson
Secretary of State: Mr Robert Horshington
Secretary of the Interior: VACANT
Secretary of the Treasury: VACANT
Secretary of Defence: General Richard A. Jarvis III
Looks like I'll need to put something in the small ads...))Over the coming days, I wish to announce my new government, in the light of regrettable losses. In an effort to retain the unity we had against internal Fascists against Fascists abroad, I shall be promoting Mr Adlai Carlsson to Vice-President, as he is the most senior member of the Republican party. Currently, there are still many places to fill and I will be looking to all members of Congress in an effort to fill those posts to my satisfaction.
President: Dr Philip JJ McCahill
Vice-President: Mr Adlai Carlsson
Secretary of State: Mr Robert Horshington
Secretary of the Interior: VACANT
Secretary of the Treasury: VACANT
Secretary of Defence: General Richard A. Jarvis III
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((Philip McCahill... Philip))
I am happy to see the President maintains his commitment to a unity government, and will gladly remain in my position as Defence Secretary.
I also wish to extend a welcoming hand to Vice Admiral Sullivan; hopefully he and I will get along better than our father's did!
I am happy to see the President maintains his commitment to a unity government, and will gladly remain in my position as Defence Secretary.
I also wish to extend a welcoming hand to Vice Admiral Sullivan; hopefully he and I will get along better than our father's did!
I am writing this knowing that the people of America have, most understandably, accepted McCahill's lie that he was the legitimately elected President of this country. I know that future generations will vindicate me. I know that fascism will never die with me, and I shall prove to be a martyr. For I've seen men, the very best of men, die for me and my cause, and I know there are millions more who will do so. For fascism is not a fleeting movement, it remains the future, and while my attempt at grasping that glorious future may fail, it will be but the first of many times that the American people will attempt to seize for themselves justice. So I accept any bullets that may strike me with glee, for I know I will be remembered of the first of many leaders. The bold and brave, the smart and patriotic, the pious and great who will lead fascism in this country. Fascism is the future. And I shall live in death.
- Richard Milton-Spencer
((The last known letter written by Milton-Spencer before his death.))
((I actually read that in Chamberlain's voice, always sends a shudder down my spine. Nice merger of every war speech. ))
- Richard Milton-Spencer
((The last known letter written by Milton-Spencer before his death.))
((I actually read that in Chamberlain's voice, always sends a shudder down my spine. Nice merger of every war speech.
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((Well, I copied that from the previous appointments list, so clearly I'm both dopey and unobservant; good qualities for the leader of the free world ))
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Vicepresident Adlai Carlsson adresses the isolationist AFC in its last meeting.
Freedom loving friends! We have gone through much this last decade, fighting for PEACE and FREEDOM! We believed that America could be safe from outside threat if we remained strong in the inside, but we were wrong. Milton-Spencer may be dead and his coup ousted, but our nation is filled with 48 million fifth columnists and profascist individuals. We are no longer safe. If Germany were to invade our soil, many supporters would rise up in arms and our democracy would be doomed. I am sad because peace has failed. I pledged to follow my father's dream and even today, as the vicepresident of the United States of America, I wish to continue his legacy but in my own way. I still advocate for peace, and I hope all of you do the same, but I will do it my own way.
I believe the system works, and even though there are some amongst us that ask for blood and revenge, I believe I can do my two cents as a high-ranking cabinet member and push for moderation and for a fair peace treaty that makes us gain more allies, not gain even more revanchist enemies. I will do my best, and I hope everyone of you does the same.
I hereby disband the America First Committee. Let's remember our work in years past, and take the struggle for peace as our goal in our daily lives. Disencourage hate, tolerate German-Americans, never ask for blood, defend liberty and attack war-criminals. This is the new struggle, the struggle of the forties.
For peace in our time!
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Well, it backfired horribly. Now I have to lead in these times of war. I will make EVERYTHING possible in my hands to smoothen this war and its toll in the peoples of the world. I will make sure international law is applied correctly and that no war crimes are executed by the NATO. We are the saviours of the peoples! We are the light in darkness, and we shall lead America into a yet stronger peace. Germany, once defeated, will be our friend. We will integrate it into NATO, we shall strengthen our ties and not humiliate them as we did with the losers of the great war.
As Vicepresident and coleader of this coalition, I will stand for the values of the republicans and former ACP members. I will stand for laissez faire, freedom of trade and anti-imperialism as much as it is humanly possible without going against our war efford.
Name: John P. Ryan
Born: 1902 - New York City
John is the younger brother of the late President. He has been heavily involved in labour issues and recently became head of the American Federation of Labor. A member of the Progressive Party.
Born: 1902 - New York City
John is the younger brother of the late President. He has been heavily involved in labour issues and recently became head of the American Federation of Labor. A member of the Progressive Party.
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1900
- The turn of the century (Best wishes from the honorable Mr. Nightmore, Mr. Carr, Mr. Taggarman, Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Hensdale, Mrs. Hayden Vallejo, Ms. Vallejo, Mr. Howard, Mr. Orleans, Mr. Khur).
America is the richest and one of the most militarily and diplomatically powerful nations in the world. With the Russo-German war ended on December 25th of the preceding year, leaving Russia and Germany to deal with their debts and damages, Europe looks to uncertain times and Britain and France scramble for African territories. In domestic politics, the Federal Party regroups after losses of support since President Vallejo's term.
- James Harrison runs for president (previously he was elected Vice President, but assumed the presidency after Hayden's assassination) and is elected. (Harrison's Second Inaugural Address)
- American explorers reach the North Pole.
- The United States is chosen to host the Third Olympic Games.
- The "Santiago Pact" of South American powers disturbs shipping in the Panama Canal, but backs down after Coalition (British and American) forces arrive.
1904
- The Tripartite Pact [scroll down near the bottom of the update] aligns the forces of reactionary governance in Europe against the American threat.
- The party primaries close with the Federals nominating a young mayor as president with a female running mate, the Democratic Party renamed as the Democratic Labor Party - advocating sweeping reforms and nationalization of key industries, and the American Conservative Party running on previously unheard of interventionism.
- Calvin Carr (of the American Conservative Party) is elected president of the United States of America. His desire to deal with the communist government in Peru (in existence since the 1890's to the frustration of many non-communist powers) is hotly debated by Congress.
- Anglo-American relations sour over American reluctance to be pulled into the increasingly gloomy Europe and its alliances.
- Authority to intervene in South America is given by a slim margin in Congress, and the Peruvian intervention begins. The isolationist wing of the ACP (and other parties) drop their support of Carr. The Peruvian army is quickly crushed and non-communist elections begin.
- Italy unifies.
- According to the provisions of the Buffalo Accords, Canada, Quebec, Australia, and New Zealand are given plebiscites, declaring their independence in the Commonwealth.
- The Entente Cordiale is made between Britain, France, and Italy (and other more minor states) to counter the Tripartite Pact.
1908
- The Democratic Labor Party folds, supporting Federal candidate T. H. Terrance while the ACP primary is split between the interventionist and non-interventionist wings.
- David Hensdale, former vice president and a moderate position in the intervention debate, gains the ACP nomination to face Mayor Terrance in the presidential elections.
- Hensdale is elected President of the United States.
- Russia and Japan declare war on China, starting the creatively named China War. American mediation is rebuffed by the Germans.
- The American Interests Party, known commonly as the Entente Party, breaks from the ACP. They advocate intervention on the side of the Anglo-French Entente.
1912
- China surrenders to the Japanese and Russians (end of the linked post), ceding large tracts of land and verging on collapse. International conferences are held to determine what to do.
- Republican President Hensdale begins his campaign for reelection, opposed by the interventionists in the Federal and Entente Parties. The Federal Party nominates Mayor Terrance again, while the Entente Party - the only party with a contested primary this election - nominates Jerry Nightmore who declares "America needs wars, and lots of them to become a respected nation.".
- Promising social reform and support for France and Britain, T. H. Terrance is elected President of the United States after a tight three way race. [With this election, Alicia Vallejo becomes the first female Vice President of the United States.] (excerpts from President Terrance's Memoirs, published in the 1920's)
- The United States signs an alliance with France, solidifying its support of the Entente.
- The Santiago Pact (lead by Chile as an opposition to U.S. power in the Western Hemisphere) aligns itself with Germany.
- Count August Von Messerschmitt of Germany is assassinated as the Geneva Conference breaks down. In suspicion that his assailant was French or French backed, the Germans issue a harsh ultimatum to the French Republic. It is refused.
- The War to End All Wars begins, June 15th, 1913. The Entente (primarily Britain, France, the United States, and Italy) faces the Allies (primarily Germany, Austria, Russia, and Chile). (speech given by president Terrance during the war)
- The War Economy Act and American Conscription Act - heavily debated bills giving unprecedented wartime powers to gear up to the mobilization necessary in the war, are passed.
- Protests in Chicago turn into a violent communist supported revolt, which is quickly crushed.
- American forces land in Chile and take up support positions in the French and Italian fronts.
- Italy collapses, surrendering to the Allies in the spring of 1914.
- American troops in Vladivostok are routed. The French front wears down both German and French-American combined armies with devastation.
1916
- War continues. Chilean forces crumble against the larger and better equipped American armies, which finally march on Santiago and obtain unconditional surrender from the one South American member of the Allies by August.
- The Federal Reserve Act is passed, forming a federal reserve system. Several other influential bills are passed to legislate for the hoped for transition to peace - taking care of veterens, moving the nation off of war footing, and so on.
- November 22, 1916. The War to End All Wars ends. Internal trouble and failing economies bring the German and Austro-Hungarian governments down, ending the last hopes for victory on the part of the Tripartite Alliance, and the peace process begins.
- As Europe concerns itself with treaties, the Federal and Republican parties hold their primaries over the debate of federal involvement in society, peace terms, and the future world order.
- 1916 National Conventions: Kevin McCahill wins the Federal nomination against incumbent President Terrance with a detailed policy for the League of Nations and foreign affairs. The Republicans nominate Joseph Jarvis, a renowned member of the non-interventionist movement.
- Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire crumble to nationalist and secessionist movements, with Italian and Serbian forces taking advantage of the chaos to expand their control.
- Nationalist movements declare independence from Russia as well, which becomes embroiled in a three way civil war.
- Joseph Jarvis is elected president of the United States. (Inaugural Address)
- The "Solid South" balks at the anti-Jim-Crow policies of both major parties, supporting independent candidates in an attempt to force the Federals and Republicans to avoid provocation on the issue.
- The League of European States is formed in the Versailles treaties, which by insistence of the American delegation avoid any imposition of reparations on the already strained losers of the War to End All Wars.
- American forces leave Europe while the Entente mostly avoids intervention in the growing chaos of the former Tripartite Alliance nations.
- The Balkan Wars begin in Europe, with Greece and Serbia attempting to expand their borders. Attempts to negotiate a unified Yugoslavian state fail.
1920
- After a relatively uneventful primary season, the Federal Party nominates former vice-president Alicia Vallejo to run against the incumbent President Jarvis. In addition to this, Governer Sullivan of Illinois gains national attention running as an "American Progressive".
- President Jarvis is reelected president of the United States. (Inaugural Address)
- The Harlem Renaissance highlights African-American culture as art of all forms - most especially the Jazz and Blues music - experiences a golden age of production and popularity.
- The Russian Civil War ends, with the Bolsheviks taking control of the vast state.
- Germany falls into civil war between the German Communist Party and democratic counter-revolutionaries.
1924
- With president Jarvis serving two full terms, the Republican party nominates Senator John Sherman, while the Federals ally with the rising Progressive Party to run a joint ticket under Thomas H. Terrance (with Progressive Michael Sullivan as the vice presidential nominee).
- John T. Sherman is elected president. (Jarvis' Farewell Address)
- The Federal German Army retakes Berlin from the Communists, signalling the end of the German Civil War and avoiding the collapse of the cycle of war reparations and debt payments that had formed after the Great War.
1928
- With President Sherman running for reelection, the Federals nominate a former Republican - a choice which splinters the base of the party. The progressives, with Patrick Ryan as their nominee, gain support from Federals wary of William Taggarman's tepid support for the old ideals of the party.
- The former "third party" Progressives achieve victory as Patrick Ryan is elected president.
- Black Sunday. The Great Depression begins as the stock market crashes in 1929 and brings down the banking system with it.
- The Dust Bowl begins in the Midwest, shriveling crops and devastating the agricultural industries of several states during the height of the economic depression.
- Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist party gain power in post-civil-war Germany.
1932
- A relatively quiet primary season ends with President Ryan running for reelection against two former Vice Presidents: Simon Ritter (Republican, served with President Sherman) and his own former Vice President Leonard Jenkins (who ran under the True Labor Party banner)
- President Ryan is reelected.
- "New Deal" legislation pours through Congress, initiating new financial regulations, ending the gold standard, and doing everything else imaginable in attempts to soften the economic downturn.
1936
- The Olympics are held in Los Angeles with great fanfare, providing a much needed boost to the American spirit in the middle of a deep Depression.
- The primary elections included a wide array of political doctrines, including a man with a parakeet as an adviser, and the emergence of the fascists as a political force.
- Secretary of the Treasury Phillip McCahill (Progressive), the oddly interventionist Constant Blanchard (Republican), and Richard Milton-Spencer (United Fascist) are nominated for the general election.
- In a last minute coalition against the unprecedented rise in fascist support (attributed to the poor economy and political turbulence of the last few years), the Progressive and Republican Parties declare a Union ticket, and McCahill is elected President of the United States by a slim margin. (declaration of a provisional government by Milton-Spencer) (inaugural address of President McCahill)
- Mississippi declares neutrality, demobilizing their national guard. (government response)
- The Great Coup. Despite attempts to avoid fighting (notably, the America First Committee), Fascists, aided by the Maryland National Guard, march on Washington D.C. on overtake the capital.
- Vice President Blancharde and Former President Ryan, along with other Union supporters, are executed by the fascists.
- With no general uprising to support the coup, the fascist government is surrounded in the D.C. area and collapses after a brutal fight for the city. Washington is left in ruins.
- The Empire of Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, and Brazil form the Axis of Four.
- Japan invades the Republic of China.
- The Alliance of Britain, France, and the United States is reforged, with Americans eager to stop the spread fascism abroad after the horrors of the coup. As more nations join the alliance, it is formalized as the National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- The Second World War. Joint German and Japanese attacks (on Poland and the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor respectively) bring a state of war between the Axis and NATO. (May 12, 1941 - a date that will live in infamy)
- NATO struggles to cope with the German blitzkrieg along with simultaneous Japanese expansions and Brazilian invasions. Much of Europe and the Pacific - including Poland, France, Burma and the Philippines - falls to the Axis. In South America, Brazil's initial invasions are barely contained.
1940
- The U.S. Congress considers a series of new laws to revamp the war effort. Of them, the National Industry Act is declared unconstitutional.
- Operation Threshold: NATO fleets lead by the rebuilt U.S. Pacific Fleets face off against the Japanese Fleets near Satawan. The battle is the largest naval battle yet in history and cripples the Japanese navy.
- The Battle of Britain: Combined RAF and USAF forces thwart the German Luftwaffe over Britain, maintaining air superiority over the islands and preventing planned German invasions.
- Party primaries begin quietly, with an informal agreement to continue the unity government and a small pool of candidates. However, ideological differences between incumbent President McCahill and Progressive Party Chairman Michael Sullivan split the party.
- President McCahill secures his nomination under the fledgling Liberal Party (often known as the Federals, after the former political party by that name), while the Progressive Party loyalists nominate Michael Sullivan. In the meantime, the Republicans quietly nominate William Gallatin.
- President McCahill is reelected president with overwhelming support from an American public wary of changing administrations in wartime. (President McCahill's second inauguration address)
- Major financial regulatory reforms and taxation reforms are swept through in the "Second Hundred Days".
- Victory in South America: Brazil collapses to American armies, April 19th 1941. Forces no longer tied down by the South American campaign begin to turn the tide in the Pacific and North African fronts.
- The Veterans Act of 1942, known as the GI Bill, which provided educational grants and pensions for veterans, is passed.
- At a conference in Buffalo, the Britain and America recognize Jacques Pierrot as President of the Free French Republic, but President McCahill's proposal for a United Nations is rejected.
- Massive NATO offensives take place in Papua New Guinea and North Africa.
- The Axis powers invade and conquer the Balkans. The Nordic Union of allied Scandinavian states begin negotiations with NATO against the perceived threat of Axis invasion.
- Alexander III of White Russia joins the Axis. War between Germany and the Soviet Union commences.
- Spain joins the Axis powers.
- Victory in North Africa allows for the invasion and toppling of Spain, which gives little resistance. NATO forces reach the Pyrenees.
- Large shipments of U.S. goods are approved for the Russian front. Soviet forces launch Operation Anvil to end months of siege and warfare around Moscow.
- Kaiser Wilhelm IV of Germany is assassinated as part of a Great Purge of anti-Nazi and anti-continued-war members of government.
- July 1943: Operation Neptune. NATO forces storm Normandy, France. Along with continued offensives from Spain and an invasion into Rome (which leads to the surrender of Italy), the battle for Western Europe begins.
- December, 1943. The first German cities fall to NATO and Soviet forces.
1944
- The 1944 Crete Conference. The lines of post-war Europe are drawn. Soviet control spreads through Eastern Europe, to the dismay of President McCahill, but the formation of the United Nations he championed is set in motion.
- At the same time, the Manhattan Project bears fruit. The United States tests a working atomic bomb.
- Victory in Europe. April 27th, 1944, Germany Surrenders after the suicide of Adolf Hitler.
- American marines land on the shores of Iwo Jima, the Philippines, and finally on Okinawa.
- Operation Ocean Waves is launched. American soldiers land on the Japanese island of Kyushu, starting the bloodiest fighting of the war. After a month of slow and horrific warfare on the island, the President and Cabinet approve of the use of the atomic bomb.
- July 28th - Hiroshima. July 31st - Osaka.
- Victory in Japan. August 1st, 1944. The Empire of Japan surrenders, and the Second World War Ends.
- While Liberal and Progressive nominations are quiet affairs, the Republican nomination is hotly contested by the incumbent Vice President, the Secretary of State, and a leading General from the war. (start of the so called "Soldiers and Politicians" Debates)
- The Republicans nominate fiery General Henry G Bradley, while the Liberals and Progressives reunite.
- Calvin Emerson, running with the reunited Liberal ticket, is elected president of the United States.
- The IEU and Emerson Plan (formally the European Recovery Act, sending billions of dollars in aid to war torn Europe) pass Congress after close fights.
- The U.S. economy experiences a post-war boom, partially due to getting through the second world war relatively unscathed.
- The popular Warsaw Uprising of 1945 is put down by the Red Army. The Soviets block any action by the U.N. to support the Polish rebels. Soviet sponsored uprisings push Eastern Europe closer to Soviet hegemony.
- In response to tightened borders across separated Germany, the U.S. begins the Berlin Airlift.
- The "Emerson Doctrine" declares U.S. support for any nation fighting communism, beginning with aid to the troubled borders of Soviet control: Greece, Turkey, China, and Korea.
- India gains independence, marking the start of major decolonization by the exhausted imperial powers.
1948
- The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the Democratic German Republic (East Germany) are formed as it becomes clear neither side will let go of Germany.
- The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.
- After a relatively mild primary against William Gallatin (General Bradley having faded from the public mind after losing the last election), the Republicans back Richard Jarvis and his platform of world cooperation as their candidate against President Emerson.
- Richard A. Jarvis is elected President of the United States. (Jarvis' inaugural address)
- The German Border Control Agreement eases tensions in central Europe, although the concessions made by both sides lead to a feeling of insecurity at home.
- Communists in Greece surrender, ending the civil war in favor of the republicans.
1952
- Jubal Byrd, Governor of Virginia, orders the commonwealth's schools closed after the Supreme Court rules against its continued segregation. The situation escalates as President Jarvis orders the National Guard to enforce the court's orders.
- In the midst of this turbulent situation, election season rolls around quietly, with New York Mayor Daniel Dagger challenging the incumbent Jarvis.
- Daniel Dagger is elected President of the United States, but dies March 1953 from cancer.
- Henry Thompson is sworn in as President of the United States.
- The "Space Bill" passes, developing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Beijing and Nanjing fall to Communist Chinese forces, but subsequent American intervention in China and Korea prevents the collapse of either anti-communist government.
- President Anwar Sadat of Egypt invades the Suez Canal. His hopes to thwart the creation of an Israeli state are themselves thwarted by a strong response from the U.S., France, and Britain.
- Joseph Stalin dies. The hard-liner general Kliment Voroshilov becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
And that's where we are now.
See also: A Brief Guide to Major Parties and Political Movements ))
((Overran the character limit, so I've split this into two parts now. 1836-1900, and 1900 onward.
Also, if the administration needs more cabinet members there's always Congressman Gallatin))
1900
- The turn of the century (Best wishes from the honorable Mr. Nightmore, Mr. Carr, Mr. Taggarman, Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Hensdale, Mrs. Hayden Vallejo, Ms. Vallejo, Mr. Howard, Mr. Orleans, Mr. Khur).
America is the richest and one of the most militarily and diplomatically powerful nations in the world. With the Russo-German war ended on December 25th of the preceding year, leaving Russia and Germany to deal with their debts and damages, Europe looks to uncertain times and Britain and France scramble for African territories. In domestic politics, the Federal Party regroups after losses of support since President Vallejo's term.
- James Harrison runs for president (previously he was elected Vice President, but assumed the presidency after Hayden's assassination) and is elected. (Harrison's Second Inaugural Address)
- American explorers reach the North Pole.
- The United States is chosen to host the Third Olympic Games.
- The "Santiago Pact" of South American powers disturbs shipping in the Panama Canal, but backs down after Coalition (British and American) forces arrive.
1904
- The Tripartite Pact [scroll down near the bottom of the update] aligns the forces of reactionary governance in Europe against the American threat.
- The party primaries close with the Federals nominating a young mayor as president with a female running mate, the Democratic Party renamed as the Democratic Labor Party - advocating sweeping reforms and nationalization of key industries, and the American Conservative Party running on previously unheard of interventionism.
- Calvin Carr (of the American Conservative Party) is elected president of the United States of America. His desire to deal with the communist government in Peru (in existence since the 1890's to the frustration of many non-communist powers) is hotly debated by Congress.
- Anglo-American relations sour over American reluctance to be pulled into the increasingly gloomy Europe and its alliances.
- Authority to intervene in South America is given by a slim margin in Congress, and the Peruvian intervention begins. The isolationist wing of the ACP (and other parties) drop their support of Carr. The Peruvian army is quickly crushed and non-communist elections begin.
- Italy unifies.
- According to the provisions of the Buffalo Accords, Canada, Quebec, Australia, and New Zealand are given plebiscites, declaring their independence in the Commonwealth.
- The Entente Cordiale is made between Britain, France, and Italy (and other more minor states) to counter the Tripartite Pact.
1908
- The Democratic Labor Party folds, supporting Federal candidate T. H. Terrance while the ACP primary is split between the interventionist and non-interventionist wings.
- David Hensdale, former vice president and a moderate position in the intervention debate, gains the ACP nomination to face Mayor Terrance in the presidential elections.
- Hensdale is elected President of the United States.
- Russia and Japan declare war on China, starting the creatively named China War. American mediation is rebuffed by the Germans.
- The American Interests Party, known commonly as the Entente Party, breaks from the ACP. They advocate intervention on the side of the Anglo-French Entente.
1912
- China surrenders to the Japanese and Russians (end of the linked post), ceding large tracts of land and verging on collapse. International conferences are held to determine what to do.
- Republican President Hensdale begins his campaign for reelection, opposed by the interventionists in the Federal and Entente Parties. The Federal Party nominates Mayor Terrance again, while the Entente Party - the only party with a contested primary this election - nominates Jerry Nightmore who declares "America needs wars, and lots of them to become a respected nation.".
- Promising social reform and support for France and Britain, T. H. Terrance is elected President of the United States after a tight three way race. [With this election, Alicia Vallejo becomes the first female Vice President of the United States.] (excerpts from President Terrance's Memoirs, published in the 1920's)
- The United States signs an alliance with France, solidifying its support of the Entente.
- The Santiago Pact (lead by Chile as an opposition to U.S. power in the Western Hemisphere) aligns itself with Germany.
- Count August Von Messerschmitt of Germany is assassinated as the Geneva Conference breaks down. In suspicion that his assailant was French or French backed, the Germans issue a harsh ultimatum to the French Republic. It is refused.
- The War to End All Wars begins, June 15th, 1913. The Entente (primarily Britain, France, the United States, and Italy) faces the Allies (primarily Germany, Austria, Russia, and Chile). (speech given by president Terrance during the war)
- The War Economy Act and American Conscription Act - heavily debated bills giving unprecedented wartime powers to gear up to the mobilization necessary in the war, are passed.
- Protests in Chicago turn into a violent communist supported revolt, which is quickly crushed.
- American forces land in Chile and take up support positions in the French and Italian fronts.
- Italy collapses, surrendering to the Allies in the spring of 1914.
- American troops in Vladivostok are routed. The French front wears down both German and French-American combined armies with devastation.
1916
- War continues. Chilean forces crumble against the larger and better equipped American armies, which finally march on Santiago and obtain unconditional surrender from the one South American member of the Allies by August.
- The Federal Reserve Act is passed, forming a federal reserve system. Several other influential bills are passed to legislate for the hoped for transition to peace - taking care of veterens, moving the nation off of war footing, and so on.
- November 22, 1916. The War to End All Wars ends. Internal trouble and failing economies bring the German and Austro-Hungarian governments down, ending the last hopes for victory on the part of the Tripartite Alliance, and the peace process begins.
- As Europe concerns itself with treaties, the Federal and Republican parties hold their primaries over the debate of federal involvement in society, peace terms, and the future world order.
- 1916 National Conventions: Kevin McCahill wins the Federal nomination against incumbent President Terrance with a detailed policy for the League of Nations and foreign affairs. The Republicans nominate Joseph Jarvis, a renowned member of the non-interventionist movement.
- Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire crumble to nationalist and secessionist movements, with Italian and Serbian forces taking advantage of the chaos to expand their control.
- Nationalist movements declare independence from Russia as well, which becomes embroiled in a three way civil war.
- Joseph Jarvis is elected president of the United States. (Inaugural Address)
- The "Solid South" balks at the anti-Jim-Crow policies of both major parties, supporting independent candidates in an attempt to force the Federals and Republicans to avoid provocation on the issue.
- The League of European States is formed in the Versailles treaties, which by insistence of the American delegation avoid any imposition of reparations on the already strained losers of the War to End All Wars.
- American forces leave Europe while the Entente mostly avoids intervention in the growing chaos of the former Tripartite Alliance nations.
- The Balkan Wars begin in Europe, with Greece and Serbia attempting to expand their borders. Attempts to negotiate a unified Yugoslavian state fail.
1920
- After a relatively uneventful primary season, the Federal Party nominates former vice-president Alicia Vallejo to run against the incumbent President Jarvis. In addition to this, Governer Sullivan of Illinois gains national attention running as an "American Progressive".
- President Jarvis is reelected president of the United States. (Inaugural Address)
- The Harlem Renaissance highlights African-American culture as art of all forms - most especially the Jazz and Blues music - experiences a golden age of production and popularity.
- The Russian Civil War ends, with the Bolsheviks taking control of the vast state.
- Germany falls into civil war between the German Communist Party and democratic counter-revolutionaries.
1924
- With president Jarvis serving two full terms, the Republican party nominates Senator John Sherman, while the Federals ally with the rising Progressive Party to run a joint ticket under Thomas H. Terrance (with Progressive Michael Sullivan as the vice presidential nominee).
- John T. Sherman is elected president. (Jarvis' Farewell Address)
- The Federal German Army retakes Berlin from the Communists, signalling the end of the German Civil War and avoiding the collapse of the cycle of war reparations and debt payments that had formed after the Great War.
1928
- With President Sherman running for reelection, the Federals nominate a former Republican - a choice which splinters the base of the party. The progressives, with Patrick Ryan as their nominee, gain support from Federals wary of William Taggarman's tepid support for the old ideals of the party.
- The former "third party" Progressives achieve victory as Patrick Ryan is elected president.
- Black Sunday. The Great Depression begins as the stock market crashes in 1929 and brings down the banking system with it.
- The Dust Bowl begins in the Midwest, shriveling crops and devastating the agricultural industries of several states during the height of the economic depression.
- Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist party gain power in post-civil-war Germany.
1932
- A relatively quiet primary season ends with President Ryan running for reelection against two former Vice Presidents: Simon Ritter (Republican, served with President Sherman) and his own former Vice President Leonard Jenkins (who ran under the True Labor Party banner)
- President Ryan is reelected.
- "New Deal" legislation pours through Congress, initiating new financial regulations, ending the gold standard, and doing everything else imaginable in attempts to soften the economic downturn.
1936
- The Olympics are held in Los Angeles with great fanfare, providing a much needed boost to the American spirit in the middle of a deep Depression.
- The primary elections included a wide array of political doctrines, including a man with a parakeet as an adviser, and the emergence of the fascists as a political force.
- Secretary of the Treasury Phillip McCahill (Progressive), the oddly interventionist Constant Blanchard (Republican), and Richard Milton-Spencer (United Fascist) are nominated for the general election.
- In a last minute coalition against the unprecedented rise in fascist support (attributed to the poor economy and political turbulence of the last few years), the Progressive and Republican Parties declare a Union ticket, and McCahill is elected President of the United States by a slim margin. (declaration of a provisional government by Milton-Spencer) (inaugural address of President McCahill)
- Mississippi declares neutrality, demobilizing their national guard. (government response)
- The Great Coup. Despite attempts to avoid fighting (notably, the America First Committee), Fascists, aided by the Maryland National Guard, march on Washington D.C. on overtake the capital.
- Vice President Blancharde and Former President Ryan, along with other Union supporters, are executed by the fascists.
- With no general uprising to support the coup, the fascist government is surrounded in the D.C. area and collapses after a brutal fight for the city. Washington is left in ruins.
- The Empire of Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, and Brazil form the Axis of Four.
- Japan invades the Republic of China.
- The Alliance of Britain, France, and the United States is reforged, with Americans eager to stop the spread fascism abroad after the horrors of the coup. As more nations join the alliance, it is formalized as the National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- The Second World War. Joint German and Japanese attacks (on Poland and the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor respectively) bring a state of war between the Axis and NATO. (May 12, 1941 - a date that will live in infamy)
- NATO struggles to cope with the German blitzkrieg along with simultaneous Japanese expansions and Brazilian invasions. Much of Europe and the Pacific - including Poland, France, Burma and the Philippines - falls to the Axis. In South America, Brazil's initial invasions are barely contained.
1940
- The U.S. Congress considers a series of new laws to revamp the war effort. Of them, the National Industry Act is declared unconstitutional.
- Operation Threshold: NATO fleets lead by the rebuilt U.S. Pacific Fleets face off against the Japanese Fleets near Satawan. The battle is the largest naval battle yet in history and cripples the Japanese navy.
- The Battle of Britain: Combined RAF and USAF forces thwart the German Luftwaffe over Britain, maintaining air superiority over the islands and preventing planned German invasions.
- Party primaries begin quietly, with an informal agreement to continue the unity government and a small pool of candidates. However, ideological differences between incumbent President McCahill and Progressive Party Chairman Michael Sullivan split the party.
- President McCahill secures his nomination under the fledgling Liberal Party (often known as the Federals, after the former political party by that name), while the Progressive Party loyalists nominate Michael Sullivan. In the meantime, the Republicans quietly nominate William Gallatin.
- President McCahill is reelected president with overwhelming support from an American public wary of changing administrations in wartime. (President McCahill's second inauguration address)
- Major financial regulatory reforms and taxation reforms are swept through in the "Second Hundred Days".
- Victory in South America: Brazil collapses to American armies, April 19th 1941. Forces no longer tied down by the South American campaign begin to turn the tide in the Pacific and North African fronts.
- The Veterans Act of 1942, known as the GI Bill, which provided educational grants and pensions for veterans, is passed.
- At a conference in Buffalo, the Britain and America recognize Jacques Pierrot as President of the Free French Republic, but President McCahill's proposal for a United Nations is rejected.
- Massive NATO offensives take place in Papua New Guinea and North Africa.
- The Axis powers invade and conquer the Balkans. The Nordic Union of allied Scandinavian states begin negotiations with NATO against the perceived threat of Axis invasion.
- Alexander III of White Russia joins the Axis. War between Germany and the Soviet Union commences.
- Spain joins the Axis powers.
- Victory in North Africa allows for the invasion and toppling of Spain, which gives little resistance. NATO forces reach the Pyrenees.
- Large shipments of U.S. goods are approved for the Russian front. Soviet forces launch Operation Anvil to end months of siege and warfare around Moscow.
- Kaiser Wilhelm IV of Germany is assassinated as part of a Great Purge of anti-Nazi and anti-continued-war members of government.
- July 1943: Operation Neptune. NATO forces storm Normandy, France. Along with continued offensives from Spain and an invasion into Rome (which leads to the surrender of Italy), the battle for Western Europe begins.
- December, 1943. The first German cities fall to NATO and Soviet forces.
1944
- The 1944 Crete Conference. The lines of post-war Europe are drawn. Soviet control spreads through Eastern Europe, to the dismay of President McCahill, but the formation of the United Nations he championed is set in motion.
- At the same time, the Manhattan Project bears fruit. The United States tests a working atomic bomb.
- Victory in Europe. April 27th, 1944, Germany Surrenders after the suicide of Adolf Hitler.
- American marines land on the shores of Iwo Jima, the Philippines, and finally on Okinawa.
- Operation Ocean Waves is launched. American soldiers land on the Japanese island of Kyushu, starting the bloodiest fighting of the war. After a month of slow and horrific warfare on the island, the President and Cabinet approve of the use of the atomic bomb.
- July 28th - Hiroshima. July 31st - Osaka.
- Victory in Japan. August 1st, 1944. The Empire of Japan surrenders, and the Second World War Ends.
- While Liberal and Progressive nominations are quiet affairs, the Republican nomination is hotly contested by the incumbent Vice President, the Secretary of State, and a leading General from the war. (start of the so called "Soldiers and Politicians" Debates)
- The Republicans nominate fiery General Henry G Bradley, while the Liberals and Progressives reunite.
- Calvin Emerson, running with the reunited Liberal ticket, is elected president of the United States.
- The IEU and Emerson Plan (formally the European Recovery Act, sending billions of dollars in aid to war torn Europe) pass Congress after close fights.
- The U.S. economy experiences a post-war boom, partially due to getting through the second world war relatively unscathed.
- The popular Warsaw Uprising of 1945 is put down by the Red Army. The Soviets block any action by the U.N. to support the Polish rebels. Soviet sponsored uprisings push Eastern Europe closer to Soviet hegemony.
- In response to tightened borders across separated Germany, the U.S. begins the Berlin Airlift.
- The "Emerson Doctrine" declares U.S. support for any nation fighting communism, beginning with aid to the troubled borders of Soviet control: Greece, Turkey, China, and Korea.
- India gains independence, marking the start of major decolonization by the exhausted imperial powers.
1948
- The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the Democratic German Republic (East Germany) are formed as it becomes clear neither side will let go of Germany.
- The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.
- After a relatively mild primary against William Gallatin (General Bradley having faded from the public mind after losing the last election), the Republicans back Richard Jarvis and his platform of world cooperation as their candidate against President Emerson.
- Richard A. Jarvis is elected President of the United States. (Jarvis' inaugural address)
- The German Border Control Agreement eases tensions in central Europe, although the concessions made by both sides lead to a feeling of insecurity at home.
- Communists in Greece surrender, ending the civil war in favor of the republicans.
1952
- Jubal Byrd, Governor of Virginia, orders the commonwealth's schools closed after the Supreme Court rules against its continued segregation. The situation escalates as President Jarvis orders the National Guard to enforce the court's orders.
- In the midst of this turbulent situation, election season rolls around quietly, with New York Mayor Daniel Dagger challenging the incumbent Jarvis.
- Daniel Dagger is elected President of the United States, but dies March 1953 from cancer.
- Henry Thompson is sworn in as President of the United States.
- The "Space Bill" passes, developing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Beijing and Nanjing fall to Communist Chinese forces, but subsequent American intervention in China and Korea prevents the collapse of either anti-communist government.
- President Anwar Sadat of Egypt invades the Suez Canal. His hopes to thwart the creation of an Israeli state are themselves thwarted by a strong response from the U.S., France, and Britain.
- Joseph Stalin dies. The hard-liner general Kliment Voroshilov becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
And that's where we are now.
See also: A Brief Guide to Major Parties and Political Movements ))
((Overran the character limit, so I've split this into two parts now. 1836-1900, and 1900 onward.
Also, if the administration needs more cabinet members there's always Congressman Gallatin
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After crushing the Fascistic opposition in Pennsylvania and moving South to capture Washington, D.C., I can hereby announce that I place my name forward to serve in Europe, commanding as many American Soldiers that are allotted to me, in order to try and defeat the Germans and their allies. However, if need be, I will also serve in the Pacific to fight the Japanese.
Either way, I shall serve my flag wherever she flies.
- General Henry G. Bradley
Either way, I shall serve my flag wherever she flies.
- General Henry G. Bradley