Alternate+History

__The Decision to Bomb the San Diego Harbor__ Japan came to a decision to bomb the San Diego Harbor, California, in the month of October in 1941 (Hillstrom 22). This was decided by Japanese military leaders because it would benefit Japan by making it simpler to achieve their dreams of hegemony (Soderstrum & Tucker). Prior to Japan’s decision to bomb the San Diego Harbor, in February of 1940, president Franklin D. Roosevelt, believed it was in the country’s best interest to move the Pacific Naval Fleet to Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu, but in fear of a Japanese attack, he chose to continue to station the fleet in the San Diego Harbor. Without American troops stationed in Hawaii, Japanese military leaders saw the opportunity to achieve hegemony through the unprotected Pacific islands, to obtain natural resources for their expansion into Southeast Asia, along with expansion into the Eastern Pacific. As the Hawaiian Islands were left unprotected by U.S naval forces, the Japanese government contemplated on issuing a strategic plan to keep the United States from interfering once they settled farther East into the Pacific.  They wanted a plan that would keep the United States out of their business in the islands for good. The Japanese government and military, over months, drew out plans on how to prevent U.S. intervention, coming to a conclusion of a surprise attack against the Pacific Naval Fleet Stationed in the San Diego Harbor. The background of their plot, was that if the United States were left without or with very little naval forces on the Pacific, the Japanese empire would be able to expand throughout all of the east without any interruptions from the United States. As well as the attack, forcing the United States to lose morality and give up land to Japan with ease.  __The Attack__ On the morning of December 7, 1941, after careful months of planning, the Japanese Navy and Air force sent out an air raid of 353 Japanese fighters to the docks of the San Diego Naval Base, on the San Diego Bay. They sent their fighters in TWO WAVES with 652 air crafts dropping Type 98 Land Bombs on to the ships stationed in the harbor (Panko). Destroying over three-fourths of the Pacific Naval Fleet, along with half of the other ships and submarines that were home to the base. Along with the devastation of military oceanic transportation, 9,873 casualties in California were caused from the bombings due to Japanese aggression towards the United States. Franklin D. Roosevelt saw the act of aggression towards the United States as an example of what was in store for the future of the United States. He grew fearful for the people of his country. Although he was involved in helping the Allied Powers towards their fight against Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers, he felt what was best for his people and his county was to abstain from America’s entrance in the war and continue the country’s policy of isolationism. Without help from the United States, the Allied Powers were left with very little military support against Nazi Germany.  __After the Attack__ As the war in Europe progressed, the Allied Powers began to grow weaker in their attempts to defeat the reign of evil being spread through Europe. As Germany dominated over half of Europe, Hitler was showing obvious plans of moving forward across the Atlantic into the United States. On April 7, 1942, Germany and Japan, along with the other Axis Powers, met in Sicily, Italy to discuss further advancement of the war. Germany and Japan created the Gespalten Pact, which stated that Germany would advance to the boarders of middle America from the East and Japan would gain the Western coast as well as Western American land. A week after the pact was made, the Allied forces surrendered to Nazi Germany. After years of battling, the Allied forces military and motivation began depleting and eventually were over powered by Germany’s unstoppable reign of terror. With Germany ruling all of Europe they realized they had enough power to begin advancement into America. Along with help from Japan, German forces advanced into America on June 3, 1942. Although U.S. forces were strong, Japan and Germany’s were stronger, causing Americans to face defeat. With half of the United States under German control and the other half under Japanese control, Americans were left to be ruled by two separate cruel dictators. Just as he did with the Jewish people throughout Europe,Hitler began his extermination of the Jewish and non-Arian races across Eastern America. He had no intention to include Japan in his plot to world dominance. On June 24, 1942, when he felt his troops were strong enough, he went against the Gespalten Pact and attacked the Japanese powered half of American land, hoping to gain all their territory and take over the world. This attack surprised many Japanese, catching them off guard causing them to fail at their attempts to beat the Germans. After Hitler defeated Japan, he placed them all in concentration camps due to the fact that they didn’t fall under the “Aryan” race and in his mind unfit human beings. Years after, Hitler began to grow stronger and more efficient, in the late months of 1945 Hitler had seized control over South America, Africa, Canada, and half of the Soviet Union. With the Nazi Party ruling over three-fourths of the world and exterminating the people <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Effects on the World Today__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hitler achieved his dream of total domination. All the Jews were exterminated and so were the Japanese. He also achieved his dream of having the world full of the “pure German people, the Aryans, [who] were the master race” (Lind). Every country was under Hitler’s control. Determining the future of the world to have fulfilled Hitlers dream of a world full of a complete Aryan race. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">