Britain changed so much in the 40s it would not be believed by some. By 1956 Italy was in two pieces, Sardinia in the south and the Federation on the North. In America, Landon proved a fool and was couped by Douglas MacArthur in April 1937. MacArthur proved more a fool as, Huey Long, Jack Reed and Supporters of Democracy all split. MacArthur was then couped by Eisenhower who held an emergency election by the end of the week. The Democrats nominated Garner (seeing as how knowing which states were still in the union was quite difficult, this election was done by the popular vote, which Garner won last time and was assumed to win it again). The Republicans nominated Quentin Roosevelt over Alf Landon for obvious reasons and tried to align themselves more with Theodore Roosevelt and Abe Lincoln than Hoover. The Progressive Party proved a popular alternative with Socialists and Longists who hadn’t been in territory which split. Due to a recount forced by Iowa’s splitting, Roosevelt ended up beating Garner as opposed to what was originally thought. Garner was sworn in as Vice President whilst Quentin was sworn in as President.
The PSA re-joining the USA was a triumph for Roosevelt and in 1941, the Civilwar concluded in Federal Victory. However the new political system of 5 major parties meant it nearly impossible to get to 270 Electoral Votes. Whilst Quentin’s coalition had easily won the 1940 election, the newly reclaimed States would clearly carry on voting for a Longist or Socialist Party. Quentin realised this and established a popular vote system to keep a radical from power.
Quentin Roosevelt is often compared to Lincoln
Gamelinite France proved difficult to work with both short and long term and so when Gamelin restored democracy in France in a shock move, Britain found herself alone. Petain had reclaimed his prize, couldn’t Albert I? T. E. Lawrence had been executed for Royalist sympathies in 1943 and then a paranoid looking Horner found himself as popular as Lord Curzon. With the public feeling both frightened and discontent, Horner had finally lost his majority in the TUC. With many in his own party feeling him unfit to lead he was pushed and a TUC was called without consent. It was at this point Nye Bevan would infamously stab Horner in the back and be nominated by both the Feds and Cons. Eric Blair was unsurprisingly nominated by the Maximists and Y Glais was nominated yet agian. Needless to say Bevan won and made Blair General Secretary.
Maurice Gamelin was a Social Democrat who restored French Democracy
A Canadian Homecoming fleet was building and every nation knew it. Bevan called the British Prime Minister in exile on February 11 1944 and negotiated re unification. In what was probably the most protected event in the world, Eric Blair and the Lord Mountbatten met in Iceland and got on well making unification more and more likely.
On March 1 1944, Liberty day was declared as Albert I was crowned in Westminster Abbey in the first televised coronation. Every revolutionary had to be pardoned for treason as soon as the coronation had finished. The first General Election took place in July and saw Robert Cecil's Tories beat the Liberals of John Simon and former Home Commissary Hugh Gaitskell's Labour.
Roosevelt’s coalition fell apart in his third term but the President was personally popular and got on well with Robert Cecil. A special relationship was formed between the two nations and talks if an alliance went underway. The entente was replaced by the World Treaty Organisation to include America and France.
Canada was rewarded for Services to the crown by being allowed independence in being allowed to elect their own Governor General at the start of each decade and were allowed to change there flag to one of a red maple leaf, though Robert Manion declined and kept the old flag.
King Albert I was popular in Britain and the empire; however, his daughter Elizabeth was looked after as a great match. The next Queen-Empress was 18 in 1944 and had never had a romantic relationship with anyone so when she was revealed to be engaged to William, heir to the dukedom of Devonshire the British public was united in celebration as a nation for the first time; a great deal of Socialists felt upset about the Coronation.
Prince William would become Duke of Devonshire in 1950. Here he is pictured on liberty day 1944
In 1946, they were married and in 1948, Prince George Albert Frederick William Robert Cavendish-Windsor was born. Prince Andrew Charles Arthur Cavendish-Windsor was born the next year.
Roosevelt entered his fourth term with Reconstruction and the Civilwar behind him and showed no signs of slowing down. His nephew of the same name has also entered politics as a Senator for New York and then later Governor of Minnesota.
In February 1949 after a visit to Australasia, King Albert would become wheelchair bound for the last three years of his life after being involved in a car crash, caused by syndicalist, that would kill the driver and confine the Australasian ambassador to his bed.
Queen Elizabeth would be seen pushing her husband around frequently until his death in 1952, with his injuries catching up to him. King Edward VIII would be kicked out of Britain by the Queen Mother, and would live with Princess Katherine of Greece in an Austrian palace for the rest of their lives.
The King would age rapidly in his last years
The New Queen Elizabeth II would have to attend the funeral of the sitting President of France, Petain and invite Eric Blair's Labour Party to form Government after finally toppling Robert Cecil in the election, before her own coronation.
In America Quentin Roosevelt would narrowly beat Joseph Kennedy to secure his fifth, and he decided soon after, his last election victory. The 1952 election was notable for Earl Long, brother of Huey, running as the AFP candidate. It would prove to be the last election for the AFP as many voters felt uncomfortable voting for another Long. The old and almost retired Socialist Party went defunked showing America had moved on from 1936.