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A fairly light-weight one, a somewhat last minute map contest entry.

Post WWI, neither Stalin nor Hitler live the full, rich lives they did OTL, but drama still ensues. The second Polish-Soviet war expands into a major conflict when Germany (under a more conventional right-wing non-democratic regime than the Nazis) sees this as an opportunity to expand eastwards. The US is not available to help out, a mix of poor response to the *Great Depression combined with an American off-brand of fascism leading to a situation where by the mid-1940s there are no less than three "legitimate governments" in place.

An armistice based on limits of logistics, money, and troops is finally reached in Europe, leaving the USSR in a favorable position. Fearing the likely outcome of a Round Two, France and its allies move to a strong federalism on the basis of "hang together or be hung separately." Britain tries to go it alone on the basis of it's empire, helped by the Canadians don't want anything to do with the mess ongoing to the south and the Australians being decidedly worried about the Japanese. There has been some talk over the years over merging democratic Europe and the federal Empire in some sort of giant union of democracies, but the whole "learn a second language" thing sort of spooks the British.

Description
A fairly light-weight one, a somewhat last minute map contest entry.

Post WWI, neither Stalin nor Hitler live the full, rich lives they did OTL, but drama still ensues. The second Polish-Soviet war expands into a major conflict when Germany (under a more conventional right-wing non-democratic regime than the Nazis) sees this as an opportunity to expand eastwards. The US is not available to help out, a mix of poor response to the *Great Depression combined with an American off-brand of fascism leading to a situation where by the mid-1940s there are no less than three "legitimate governments" in place.

An armistice based on limits of logistics, money, and troops is finally reached in Europe, leaving the USSR in a favorable position. Fearing the likely outcome of a Round Two, France and its allies move to a strong federalism on the basis of "hang together or be hung separately." Britain tries to go it alone on the basis of it's empire, helped by the Canadians don't want anything to do with the mess ongoing to the south and the Australians being decidedly worried about the Japanese. There has been some talk over the years over merging democratic Europe and the federal Empire in some sort of giant union of democracies, but the whole "learn a second language" thing sort of spooks the British.