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History Without Influenza
The history of the world if influenza never occurred. -
No Outbreak in Fort Riley
The initial outbreak never occurred, causing the other U.S. military camps to never be infected. The U.S. was able to mobilize more troops, despite the outbreak of some other diseases like measles. -
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
The Allies were never weakened by the flu, causing them to be more battle-ready when they are forced to fight the Germans because of the spring offensive. The Germans were also not weakened by the disease causing death to be more firearm related instead of disease related. The end result was the same though the offensive was longer and bloodier, having ended in December instead of November. -
Medicine Falls Behind the Times
Due to the flu pandemic not happening medicine starts to drag behind the times and doctors start struggling to keep up. In the years to come many people would die of diseases that doctors couldn't figure out how to treat, until the 1940's when the electron micrograph caught a photo of a virus. -
Joseph Stalin Entered a Power Struggle with Yakov Sverdlov
Yakov Sverdlov was a powerful and influential figure in the Bolshevik party and was more well like than Stalin. Sverdlov was considered the third most powerful in Russia, only after Lenin and Trotsky, until he died of influenza in 1919. Sverdlov never died and, along side Trotsky, went against Stalin until Stalin broke off to form his own party. This effectively restarted the Russian Civil War. -
Stalin Wins the Power Struggle After Making a Deal with Germany
Stalin makes a deal with Germany to lend them some resources and land in order to win the civil war still currently ragging in Russia. -
Germany Betrays Russia and Successfully Takes Over
Germany turns on Russia and takes over their natural resources. Due to Russia still being tired from the civil war they lose the fight and become a German occupied state like France. -
America Joins WWII
America sees Germany as a major threat to democracy and joins world war two on the side of the British. -
Japan Declares War on the U.S.
A day after the U.S. declared war on Germany, Japan declared war on the U.S. and then bombed Pearl Harbor. The U.S. was prepared so fewer casualties happened. -
America Enters a Long Island Hopping Campaign to the Japanese Mainland
America mobilizes it's marine and naval forces and goes on the offensive by attempting to take one island after another under Japanese control, though every victory is incredibly costly for both sides. -
Operation Overlord
The Allies sped up the Operation and launched a simultaneous Offence to the south near the controlled colonies. -
The Allies are Halted at the Maginot Line by the Germans
The Allies managed to free France but they could no push into the heartland of Germany and even started getting repelled at certain locations. The offensive from the south was also halted. -
America Makes it to the Amami Islands
America makes it to the Amami islands and dig into defensive positions as they are to wait until the new weapon is done so they can use it in the Japanese to prevent more American death. -
U.S. Develops Atomic Bomb
Since the declaration of war, and even before, the U.S. was working on an Atomic bomb. America finally finished developing it after years of secrecy. -
The U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs on Japan
The U.S. sends a message to Japan to surrender or face the consequences, and Japan did not surrender. The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs, one early in the morning and one late in the afternoon, and repeated the message to surrender. Japan announced their surrender a day later. -
The U.S. Drops Atomic Bomb on Germany
The day Japan surrenders the allies propose the same message to Germany for their immediate unconditional surrender. Germany responds that they would rather die and the Allies tell Germany that they will. A couple hours after the surrender was proposed an atomic bomb fell on Berlin. Germany surrendered after two more strategic bombs were dropped. Three total bombs were dropped on Germany. Germany surrendered the night of the 25th. -
The Allies Occupy Germany and Russia
The allies divide Germany and Russia into parts to control. The U.S. get the west side of Germany and the east of Russia. France gets the central part of Germany and Russia. The U.K. gets the east side of Germany and the west side of Russia. -
America Occupies Japan
America occupies Japan and starts remodeling how the system of government works. America forces Japan to be allies, trade with the U.S., and to have no military. -
Health Organizations Don't Form as Quickly
Big organizations for disease prevention, control, and research aren't seen as necessary until years later then they were originally. -
All Occupied Nations Become Independent
Germany, Japan, and Russia all become independent nations once more with restrictions: All nations must not have a military, they must engage in fair and open trade, and they must join NATO. -
Moon Landing
Because their was no space race, the U.S. was able to place more resources into space. Other countries even helped and created ISA or International Space Administration.