Die Wacht am Rhein - A Kaiserreich TL

German rulers [1936-1957]
Repository of images, wikiboxes and ideas for a planned TL in the Kaiserreich Universe.

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Wilhelm II
(January 27, 1859 – June 4, 1941)

Emperor of Germany
(June 15, 1888 - June 4, 1941)

Man of the 20th century, third emperor of Germany. He presided over German conduct of the First and Second Weltkrieg, defeated France twice, helped to advance his country into the world's most powerful nation with the largest army, largest air forces and largest navy. Considered as the greatest German of all time.

Failed to prevent Russia from falling into a Syndicalist camp.

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Wilhelm III
(May 6, 1882 – July 20, 1951)

Emperor of Germany
(June 4, 1941 - July 20, 1951)

Son of Wilhelm II. In his early reign, a Peace with Honour was signed with the Union of Britain (1942). After sinking of SS Kaiser Wilhelm (considered by syndicalists as a false flag operation), he renewed offensive on May 1, 1945. He is known for issuing direct orger for the German Strategic Air Forces to drop a nuclear warhead on the city of Dover and invade place with paratroopers and marines - which is considered as a direct cause of radiation poisoning among them and increasing rate of cancer among Britischkorps veterans.

During his reign, German Marinekorps invaded Australasian Confederation (syndicalist since 1936)

During his reign, Kaiser Wilhelm was launched into space as a first artificial satellite of Earth (September 2, 1950).

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Wilhelm IV
(July 4, 1906 - February 21, 1994)

Emperor of Germany
(July 20, 1951 - February 21, 1994)

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Franz von Papen
(October 29, 1879 – May 2, 1969)

Chancellor of Germany

(August 3, 1934 - March 8, 1937)

His immediate actions following the Black Monday and economic depression helped to deregulate some sectors of economy and introduced more small and medium companies to the German empire.

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Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck

(March 20, 1870 – March 9, 1964)

Chancellor of Germany

(March 8, 1937 - March 8, 1957)

Known as the second Bismarck (or Bismarck known as "early Lettow-Vorbeck"). Was appointed as a Reichskanzler by Wiilhelm II, Wilhelm III and Wilhelm IV to governments of coalition between National Liberal Party, German Conservative Party and Zentrum (elections of 1937, 1942, 1952) and the Grand Reform Coalition between SPD, FVP, NLP (election of 1947).

During his tenure in power, Reichstag voted in favour of the Kaiserbund Program - division of Mittelafrika colonial state into smaller, native countries ruled semi-independently by local, German-educated African leaders with Kaiser as a head of state, German interference into foreign policy and army. (1942)

Resigned after twenty years, when coalition of SDP and FVP won general election of 1957. His direct successor was Herbert Frahm of SDP.

He had supervised naval invasions on British Isles, Ireland and Australia, launching the first satellite into space (1948) and man into space (1952).

In his early reign, he ordered German troops to invade France (after French invasion of Switzerland), then recalled the order following diplomatic ultimatum to Paris government.

Greatly sponsored development of technology - jet and rocket propulsions, solar and wind power, nuclear warships, nuclear space propulsion and atomic power plants.​
 
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Heisenberg, Braun, Himmler, Goering, Matare
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Werner Heisenberg

(December 5, 1901 – 1 February 1976)

Chairman of the Imperial Institute of Nuclear Physics

(March 9, 1939 - March 11, 1976)

Supervised German atomic program and subsequent creation of nuclear bombs (1944).

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Wernher von Braun

(March 23, 1912 - October 11, 1977)

Chief Designer of the Imperial Air Forces Institute of Rocket Propulsion

(September 2, 1939 - October 11, 1977)

Supervised development of rocketry, responsible for the launch of first ballistic missile (1938), first ballistic missile used by the military (1945 - V-4 rockets used against London), first space satellite, first manned spacecraft and German lunar landing.

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Heinrich Himmler

(October 7, 1900 - January 21, 1994)

Founder of Himmler Fried Chicken

German businessman known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain.

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Hermann von Göring

(January 12, 1893 - November 14, 1977)

Statthalter of Mittelafrika

(March 29, 1928 - December 24, 1944)

Minister of Defence

(March 8, 1947 - March 8, 1952)

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Herbert Matare

(September 22, 1912 – September 2, 2011)

Chairman of the Matare-Welker Electronics

(November 4, 1945 - September 2, 2011)

Created first transistor. (1941)​
 
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Russia/Republic of Soviets
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Nikolai Bukharin

(October 9, 1888 - May 2, 1968)

Prime Minister of Russia

(January 17, 1936 - April 16, 1936)

President of Russia

(April 16, 1936 - March 8, 1937)

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

(March 8, 1937 - May 2, 1968)

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Alexandra Kollontai

(March 31, 1872 - March 9, 1952)

People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs

(April 16, 1936 - March 9, 1952)

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Sergey Kirov

(March 27, 1886 - November 11, 1981)

People's Commissar of Economy

(April 16, 1936 - April 19, 1944)

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Mikhail Frunze

(February 2, 1885 - September 14, 1966)

Chairman of the Soviets

(April 19, 1937 - April 18, 1945)

Leader of the All-Union Communist Party

(April 19, 1937 - April 18, 1945)

Member of the Political Bureau of Fourth Internationale

(April 18, 1945 - September 14, 1966)​
 
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German France (post-Second Weltkrieg)
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Albert Lebrun

(August 29, 1871 – March 6, 1950)

President of the Fourth French Republic

(August 19, 1939 - March 6, 1950)

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Pierre Laval

(June 28, 1883 - August 11, 1961)

Prime Minister of the Fourth French Republic

(August 19, 1939 - December 24, 1952)​
 
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German England (post-Second Weltkrieg)
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Louis Ferdinand von Preussen

(November 9, 1907 – September 26, 1994)

King of England

(May 21, 1945 - September 26, 1994)

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Winston Churchill

(November 30, 1874 - January 26, 1965)

Prime Minister of England

(May 21, 1945 - January 26, 1965)​
 
Combined Syndicates of America
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John Reed

(October 22, 1887 - October 7, 1942)

President of the United States

(January 21, 1937 - March 15, 1937)

President of the Combined Syndicates of America

(March 15, 1937 - October 7, 1942)

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Norman Thomas

(November 20, 1884 – December 19, 1968)

Secretary of the Continental Chamber of Syndicates

(November 7, 1938 - October 7, 1942)

President of the Combined Syndicates of America
(January 20, 1945 - January 21, 1953)
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(October 7, 1942 - January 20, 1945)


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Carlo Tresca

(March 9, 1879 - February 2, 1952)

Secretary of the Continental Chamber of Syndicates

(October 7, 1942 - February 2, 1952)

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Max Schachtman

(September 10, 1904 – November 4, 1972)

Secretary of the Continental Chamber of Syndicates

(February 2, 1952 - October 27, 1962)​
 
Unless they created an entirely new institute for him, Heisenberg would likely do most of his work at th Kaiser Wilhelm (today Max Plank) Institute.
 
Unless they created an entirely new institute for him, Heisenberg would likely do most of his work at th Kaiser Wilhelm (today Max Plank) Institute.

They created brand new Institute for development of nuclear weapons. After shortlived border war against Commune of France in 1937 (when playing KR 1.9 on DH, CoF attacked Switzerlqnd, I joined them in a war, then sent ultimatum to stop the war and Communards agreed), generals of reformed Generalstab realized that a new enemy would be tougher to defeat than a previous one, twenty years earlier. Kaiser supported those who wanted Mobility Focus (Blitzkrieg) to achieve quick victory through coordinated panzer and motorized infantry attacks. In addition, he had invested in nuclear physics, especially when AV-voting scientists devised the most powerful bomb world even seen.
 
Willco. What happened to Canada that made them not throw a fitt over a German being installed as King of England?

Beacause Germans did not want this to happen. British and Canadians are in war since Icelandic Crisis of 1937. UoB made peace with Germany on 1942 (Peace with Honour) and Kaiser used three years of peace to build up military, marines, paratroopers and carrier fleet. On May 1, 1945 nuclear bomb was dropped on Dover. Few hours later paratroopers landed in the city, while marines invaded beaches. During next week 1 million soldiers came to the city (I think that tens thousands of them should die due to radiation poisoning) - most of them grouped in 60 panzer or motorized divisions, with rest being marines, paratroopers and regular infantry used to garrison provinces. Within next month an island fell completely and was divided between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Kaiser did not believe in efficiency of the house of Windsor, so he had appointed Louis Ferdinand as a king to keep the Isles in the Mitteleuropa.
 
French Revolution of 1968
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French police clashes with workers' and students' demonstration in Paris (May 1968).

More than twenty years after Second Weltkrieg, French population dissatisfied with capitalism, overreaching German influences and social conservative authoritarian governments took over Paris, proclaimed withdrawal from Mitteleuropa and asked both Combined Syndicates of American and the Union of Soviets for help. French government failed to suppress revolution - by May 1968 national economy was brought to halt by general strike, loyalist police officers were lynched, German citizens were either expelled or harrassed. Some parts of military switched sides. Inability to cointain syndicalist rebellion caused nationalist government of Germany to crush it. 500,000 soldiers, 1,200 aircraft, 1,600 tanks, 25 aircraft carriers, 40 battleships (most of them from the First Weltkrieg) and 10 battlecruisers were used to suppress demonstration and perform a show of force against anyone who could be rebellious.​
 
Swiss-French War of 1937
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Swiss Mountain Infantry patrol in the Alps.

On February 14, 1937 pro-French socialists won local election in Romandy, a French-speaking region of Switzerland. New local governments were disbanded by national government to prevent Communard infiltration of state legislatures. Commune of France issued direct ultimatum to allow elected governments to work and to held local plebiscite about possibility of joining France. There was no response - Swiss government mobilized 850,000 soldiers (February 17) and began preparations for a defensive war. Two days later, Red Army of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' crossed the border and attacked Swiss garrisons, followed by a German ultimatum, which had forced them to withdraw on February 18. 656 Frenchmen and 45 Swiss were killed during first two days of a war.

Switzerland later provided assistance to Germany during invasion on France.​
 
Imperial German Pluto - The Planet of Bismarck
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Bismarcksplanet, photographed by Kaiserin Cecilie zu Mecklenburg space probe conducting Grand Tour since 1977.

Bismarcksplanet was discovered by a German nationalist scientist affiliated with Alldeutsche Verband on 1929 and named after Otto von Bismarck, first German Reichskanzler.​
 
Soviet-Japanese War of 1938, 588th
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Soviet tanks before battle of Vladivostok (1938)

Resurgent Russian state under Bukharin and the Kollontai invaded Republic of Transamur, starting the Second Russo-Japanese War. Within a week after invasion, capital city of Transamur fell to the Soviet Mechanized Forces, conducting the first Deep Battle Operation in the world. After a month, whole Fengtian Republic and Japanese province of Korea would be occupied.

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588th Bomber Regiment, operated by all-female staff, spraying poison gas over Japanese infantry during the battle of Harbin. (1938)

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Soviet forces in Harbin (1938).
 
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