World War II
POD 1930 - The Prince of Wales meets a the young daughter of German aristocrats, and the two begin a prolonged courtship. (If anyone cares to untangle the rat-king of European noble families, be my guest).
1934 - The Prince of Wales is married at St. Paul's Cathedral with the British royal court, and several prominent members of the German government in attendance, including Hermann Göring and Joachim von Ribbentrop.
1936 - King Edward VIII ascends to the thrown. Shortly after his coronation he makes an address to the Empire hailing the beginning, "Of better days home, and the healing of recent hatreds abroad." Joachim vo