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United States of America

1776–1947
American Reich
JPS flag
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Flag Coat of arms
Motto
In God We Trust
Anthem
"The Star-Spangled Banner"

Location of United States
Location of United States
     US States

     US territories
     Overseas Territories
     Occupied Territories

Capital Washington (Formerly)
Continent North America
Government Federal presidential constitutional republic
President John William Bricker
Legislature US Congress
- Upper house Senate
- Lower house House of Representatives
History
- July 4th, 1776 Independence from United Kingdom
- 1941-1942 Entering World War II
- 1945 Full-scale invasion by Japanese and German troops
- December 11th, 1945 Nuclear strike on Washington D.C.
- September 18th, 1947 Disestablished
Population 140 million (1945)
Currency US Dollar (Formerly)
Official Language English
Military United States Armed Forces (Formerly)
Police United States Capitol Police (Formerly)
Nazi American Reich American Reich
Japanese Pacific States JPS flag
Rocky Mountains States NeutralStatespng


The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or informally America, was or is a independent federal constitutional republic consisting of 48 states, a federal district, and various territories situated in North America and abroad. The United States shared land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south. It has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 331 million, it was the third most populous country in the world. The national capital was Washington, D.C., and the most populous city and financial center as New York City.

Following its invasion by the Greater Nazi Reich and Japanese Empire in 1945, and subsequent nuclear bombing of Washington, D.C., the United States collapsed and was divided by its conquerors into three separate territories - Nazi America in the east, the Japanese Pacific States in the west, and the Neutral Zone acting as a slim buffer between the two. Following the death of John Smith and withdraw of Japan from America, Bill Whitcroft possibly used his new position to restore the United States of America.

History[]

A Divided United States

A Divided United States

In the aftermath of the First World War, the United States of America was a thriving, powerful nation with a stable government until the Stock Market Crash of 1929, which pitched the United States, along with most of the world, into the Great Depression, a period characterized by high unemployment and a declining economy. The history of the United States diverged in 1933, when President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt was assassinated. With Roosevelt not having a chance to enact the New Deal or the re-arming program, the Great Depression persisted in the U.S. well into the 1940s, along with its policy of isolationism. As a result, the United States was both unwilling and unable to assist the Allies against German aggression when World War II broke out in 1939 as well as having a very weak military compared to the Axis Powers.

The United States was drawn into the war when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The attack was devastating; not only was the United States Pacific Fleet entirely destroyed, but Japan successfully invaded and occupied Hawaii in the immediate aftermath. On February 16th, 1942, the U.S. retook the Hawaiian Islands, the day after the whole nation was celebrating on the streets and thought that the tide had turned. The Allies, except for the U.S., were also known to launch air raids all over Germany.

After the collapse and capitulation of the United Kingdom, Canada, Caribbean, South America and Central America. Nazi Germany and Japan launched a frontal assault on both coasts of the U.S. and from Both Canada and Mexico (possibly with permission by Mexico to base troops) in December 1945. We know from Joe Blake that Stalin was executed in 1949 which indicates that the Soviet Union collapsed in around 1947 after a 6 year war mainly involving Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Francoist Spain, Vichy France, and the German satellite states of Slovakia and the Independent State of Croatia. The United States was left to face both enemies alone. Despite heavy losses, the Americans initially managed to hold out against the initial Axis attacks with U.S. Military soldiers, foreign military personnel not captured, refugees and American citizens.

Then, at some point during the invasion, the Germans decided to deploy the newly-created Heisenberg Device, an atomic bomb. It was dropped on Washington D.C. on December 11th, 1945. The bomb utterly destroyed the city, resulting in the collapse of the United States Government and most of the senior military leadership and exiled governments. Although what was left of the government surrendered including J. Edgar Hoover in March 1946, remnants of the military as well as citizens fought hard to prevent an Axis takeover of the country for almost 2 years. The American Resistance fought a tenacious war against both Germany and Japan for almost two years, but were no match for the Axis Powers. On September 18th, 1947, Victory over America was declared, and total conquest of the United States was achieved. The United States was divided into three zones: the Japanese Pacific States in the west, Nazi America in the East, and a slim buffer zone, the Neutral Zone, in between.

In 1947, Adolf Hitler announced that the Axis Powers had eliminated all members of the Resistance and that America had at last been conquered. Ever since the war, there has been bitter resentment between the Axis Powers and the former citizens of the fallen republic. On that date the occupied nations of the world took sides by no free choice or become neutral Zones by no free choice.

After John Smith committed suicide in 1965, It is most likely Bill Whitcroft will restore the United States.

Note : The Ku Klux Klan is mentioned and is possibly associated with the American Reich. The crime against humanity are not banned. The OSS are disolved and the CIA are not exist.

Alternate Timeline[]

After "traveling" via meditation to an alternate timeline, Nobusuke Tagomi witnessed a United States where the Allies had won World War II. The country was never invaded and divided. In this alternate 1962, the United States was engaged in a Cold War with its former war ally, the Soviet Union, and both countries were close to armed hostilities due to their involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Unlike in Nazi America, the capital of the United States remained Washington D.C. and the President of the United States was John F. Kennedy (as evident on the front page of a newspaper Tagomi saw on a bench in San Francisco's Union Square). The flag of the United States in this "alternate" 1962 has 50 stars in the blue field (denoting that Alaska and Hawaii were made official states of the USA). The capital of Washington is intact.

In the Alternate Timeline, John Bricker was never President and was alive till 1986. John Bricker would be Governor of Ohio till January 1945. Later he runs for the U.S. Senate and wins. He attempted as U.S. Senator to limit the power of the president to make treaties but the law never passed, he would also vote for the Civil Rights Act of 1957. He would be defeated in 1958 for re-election and resumed the practice of law till his death in 1986.

Note : The Ku Klux Klan is mentioned and is possibly banned for the crime. The crime against humanity are banned. The OSS are become the CIA. And more all nazis elements are banned.