control: “The Empire State corridor conceded to U.S.
#Could america have taken over the world after ww2 plus#
Then, there is a section of the New England states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, plus the northern part of New York state - but not the middle part and the Erie Canal that slices through it, which remain under U.S. First, the zone around the Great Lakes, including Wisconsin, Michigan, and part of Minnesota: “a big prize for one of the victors - minerals, foodstuffs, shipping outlets.” That leaves a Green Zone in the north, in two parts, as the final giveaway. But the implication that America’s southern neighbor would enter the war on the Axis side remains unstated. Southern parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas (in pink), “as a reward to one of the successful allies (…), rich in farming and mineral resources, would be ceded.” But again, to whom? For reasons of territorial contiguity, annexation by Mexico makes sense. This remarkable cartographic artifact illustrates one of the more far-fetched reasons for staying out of the coming World War: should America end up on the losing side, that could result in the dismemberment of the United States, à la Poland in previous centuries or Austria-Hungary and Germany after the First World War. Why spend blood and treasure on wars in faraway places that did not concern America? Alt history: The American dismemberment plan The United States was large and self-sufficient enough to keep minding its own business, the isolationists argued. Whatever happened in Europe or Asia, the United States should stay out: that was the opinion of a large segment of the American public, led by “America First” celebrities like Charles Lindbergh. ( Credit: Library of Congress / Public domain)īy the late 1930s, the question no longer was whether a Second World War would break out, but when - and who would be drawn into it.
Famed aviator Charles Lindbergh (top left) addresses a crowd of 3,000 at an America First Rally in the Gospel Temple of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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