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Unjust Peace Part 3 - "Tokyo
Olympics, 1940" by Rob Barta & Steve Payne
 Author
says: what if the 1940 Tokyo Olympics went ahead in a world where the
Confederacy survived the American Civil War? Please note that the opinions
expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
In 1940, September 21st - on
this day in the city of Tokyo, the opening ceremony of the Games of the XII
Olympiad were marked by the conspicious absence of the United States with
the only American competitors representing the Confederacy.
The Union had been increasingly isolated since the Great War. At
Versailles, the CSA, with her British allies, had
sought to regain the so-called "occupied territories".
 And
two years later, a successful attempt to break Japanese Naval Codes had
ended in disaster at the
Washington Naval Conference. The result was the current four power
alliance which was being showcased at the Games. And hence the Union's
absence.
Although the opening ceremony went smoothly, there were however a number
of acts of defiance at the Games itself. Even though the German athlete
Carl Ludwig "Lutz" Long won the broad jump, he mailed the Gold Medal to
his absent friend Jesse Owens. Due to the anti-espionage measures in
operation in the Union, he never received it though. For his actions in
the spirit of sportsmanship, Long was posthumously awarded the Pierre de
Coubertin medal after fighting in Sicily and dying in a British military
hospital.
Author
says to view guest historian's comments on this post please visit the
Today in Alternate History web site.
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