Unternehmen Seelöwe, 1941
From Alternative History
This is a more or less dystopian, non-linear ALT;
There are several possible outcomes, but they all have one thing in common: the fall of the British Islands in early 1941. This meta-POD is triggered by various unfavourable events for Britain during the course of the war.
- Heute Europa, morgen... - Best-case scenario for Germany. A gruesome nightmare. Comparable to "The Man In The High Castle", albeit the US is not occupied.
- D-Day 1946 - Commonwealth, US and Soviet troops invade Europe to rid it of the Nazi yoke. The outcome leads to a slightly different Cold War.
- Habsburg Restoration - After a horrible war, Europe is liberated from Nazism and Fascism. A severely weakened Soviet Union is on the brink of collapse and Emperor Otto I becomes ruler of the democratic Danube Confederation, while former Prussia is isolated. This is the liberated Europe Churchill originally envisioned.
- Atlantic Iron Curtain - After several years of bloody warfare and almost no support from the West, the Soviet Union has managed to defeat the Reich and its allies in Europe. The whole continent is covered with socialist satellite states. A cold war between a Red Old World and Capitalist America ensues.
- Multiple Blocs - An uneasy peace is made between the US, the Axis and the Soviet Union after a long and unbelievably bloody war. Instead of two main blocs, fascism-nationalism, liberalism (or capitalism) and communism seek to influence the world as they see fit. Ironically, this scenario would be closest to Robert Harris' novel "Fatherland".
See also: Sealion
