Map: New Prussia (1916)

[lordroel]

Map: New Prussia (1916)

This map appeared on the cover of Life Magazine on February 10th 1916. It was part of the effort of American internationalists to overcome isolationist sentiment insisting on continued neutrality in the ongoing European War. 

The United States has been renamed New Prussia, and American city names have been replaced with German (or Germanized) versions. Washington is New Berlin, Chicago is Schlauterhaus, and Boston is Kulturplatz. Denverburg and Salzlakenburg are presumably German, but Florida has become Turconia, California has become Japonica, and the northwest is dominated by Nagaseattle and New Kobe. New Mexico is an "American Reservation" in Der Grosse Desert.

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[stevep]

Fairly odd, if not rather idiotic that the planners assumed that the bulk of the US population would be unaware that Japan was in the allied camp in this conflict. That's even dafter than the idea of an Ottoman colony in the US.

[lordroel]

Aug 13, 2017 0:23:11 GMT stevep said:

Fairly odd, if not rather idiotic that the planners assumed that the bulk of the US population would be unaware that Japan was in the allied camp in this conflict. That's even dafter than the idea of an Ottoman colony in the US.

Well it seems that American-Japanese tensions was already there in 1916.

[stevep]

Aug 13, 2017 2:05:54 GMT lordroel said:

Aug 13, 2017 0:23:11 GMT stevep said:

Fairly odd, if not rather idiotic that the planners assumed that the bulk of the US population would be unaware that Japan was in the allied camp in this conflict. That's even dafter than the idea of an Ottoman colony in the US.

Well it seems that American-Japanese tensions was already there in 1916.

  There was already a degree of tension, possibly because Japan was the only power, other than Britain, which was politically unlikely, to threaten US interests in the Far East.  Not to mention of course racism which was a factor in the US and also the British Pacific dominions in terms of opposition to Japanese settlement.

[lordroel]

Aug 13, 2017 15:49:15 GMT stevep said:

Aug 13, 2017 2:05:54 GMT lordroel said:

Well it seems that American-Japanese tensions was already there in 1916.

  There was already a degree of tension, possibly because Japan was the only power, other than Britain, which was politically unlikely, to threaten US interests in the Far East.  Not to mention of course racism which was a factor in the US and also the British Pacific dominions in terms of opposition to Japanese settlement.

I am amazed that Mexico did not get anything, would think these people who made the map would think Mexico would join Germany as we all saw Germany try to do in 1917.