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Roosevelt approves Manhattan Project
Einstein sends letters to FDR from Germany explaining their project concerning splitting uranium atoms. Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves the Manhattan Propject and the USA tries to create the Atomic Bomb. -
Robert Oppenheimer dies
One month after being appointed director of the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer dies in his sleep. This affects the Manhattan Project because Oppenheimer was influential to the Manhattan Project's success. He was a brilliant scientist and contributed greatly towards the project. -
Roosevelt dies, Truman is President
Truman becomes president, and is briefed on the Manhattan Project. This event is factual. Harry Truman's step in as President towards the end of WW II affects the counter factual history, because he is not a strong-willed president that should be in charge when the time to make hard choices comes. -
Germany Surrenders WW II
This event is factual. The surrender of Germany during WW II affects the counter factual history because Japan has no more allies in the War. The Allies in WW II focus their military attention on Japan -
The Manhattan Project Fails
After 3 years of fruitless research, Truman decides to stop investing in the Manhattan Project. Therefore the Atomic Bomb is not invented. Truman invests in military enforcement instead. Even though Germany has surrendered, Japan is still strong. -
USA attacks Japan
USA invades Japan and spends their money on armed forces instead of the Manhattan Project. Japan's forces are stronger than the USA's, but the USA manages to hold out a little longer due to the Manhattan Project's money being invested in military enforcement. -
Thomas E Dewey is elected
Harry Truman is fighting a losing war. He is desperate to win the war and get re elected. But after the Manhattan Project fails, Thomas E Dewey wins the election by a landslide. -
Japan bombs D.C.
After three years of brutal war, Japan bombs D.C. The USA's military is tired, hungry and desperate to come home. The USA is deep in debt to pay for their weapons and military. They are devastated and cannot fight Japan anymore. There is no choice for the USA except to surrender. -
USA and Japan negotiate a treaty
USA surrenders to Japan five days after the bombing of D.C. There is no hope left and hundreds of civilians have died. Protests break out in streets shouting for their loved ones to come home and ask for surrender. All notions of patriotism have disappeared three years after Germany has surrendered. USA surrenders to Japan. Without the USA fighting with them in the War, the Allies decide to surrender as well. -
The allies surrender to Japan
The Alies give up without the USA. Their forces are completely and utterly distroyed. USA's surrender impacts the allies greatly by removing any hope of winning WW II. The Allies surrender and negotiate a treaty. Japan enters the World after the War as a super power -
USA suffers from Economical Crisis
Because USA did not bomb Japan, they did not enter the World after WW II as a super power. Instead the USA emerges as a country with economical crisis. Thomas E Dewey struggles to bring USA out of depression. This time period is called 'The Enormous Depression.' The USA is in great debt and needs to pay back the money they borrowed for military enforcement.
