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"La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas."
("The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.")
Charles Baudelaire, Le spleen de Paris, XXIX (1862)
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PROLOGUE
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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREATER GERMAN REICH
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Part 1: The Death of Hitler and the Rise of Weber
The Rise of Hitler
The Beer Hall Putsch and the Death of Hitler
Weber Takes Control of NSDAP
NSDAP Seizes Control of Germany
The Beer Hall Putsch and the Death of Hitler
Weber Takes Control of NSDAP
NSDAP Seizes Control of Germany
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Part 2: One People, One Reich, One Leader
The Night of the Broken Knives
Racial Laws
Gender Laws and the Feminine Ideal
/ Sterilisation Laws
Economic Recovery and Development
/ Rearmament
Racial Laws
Gender Laws and the Feminine Ideal
/ Sterilisation Laws
Economic Recovery and Development
/ Rearmament
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Part 3: The Foreign Policy of Germany Under Weber
Austria and the Anschluss
The Sudetenland Crisis and the Munich Agreement
The Axis Powers
The Soviet Pact
Arabia, Africa and America
The Sudetenland Crisis and the Munich Agreement
The Axis Powers
The Soviet Pact
Arabia, Africa and America
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Part 4: All Hell Breaks Loose
The Danzig Crisis and the Invasion of Poland (2)
The Nuremberg Decree
The Phoney War and The Winter War
The Scandinavian Campaign (2)
The Battle of France (2, 3, 4)
The Treaty of Gutenberg (2, 3)
The Nuremberg Decree
The Phoney War and The Winter War
The Scandinavian Campaign (2)
The Battle of France (2, 3, 4)
The Treaty of Gutenberg (2, 3)
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Part 5: The Calm Between the Storms
The Occupation of Poland
The Final Solution
Occupied Western Europe
(Denmark, Narvik, Alsace-Lorraine)
The Romanian Situation
The Third Balkans War (2)
The Final Solution
Occupied Western Europe
(Denmark, Narvik, Alsace-Lorraine)
The Romanian Situation
The Third Balkans War (2)
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Part 6: Drive to the East
The Rising Storm (2)
Opening Moves
(North, Centre, South)
Development and Sacrifice (2, 3)
Check and Resignation
The Treaty of Sofia (2)
Opening Moves
(North, Centre, South)
Development and Sacrifice (2, 3)
Check and Resignation
The Treaty of Sofia (2)
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Part 7: Pax Germania
Part 7: Pax Germania
The New Order (2)
Life in the Greater German Reich
(Hauptstadt Europa, The Cult of Hitler)
The Warsaw Uprisings
Mitteleuropa
The Axis Sphere of Influence
(Ukraine, The Balkans, The Iraq War)
The Second Exodus
Weapons Development
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Part 8: Come and See
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Part 9: The House of Cards Falls
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Part 10: The Shape of Things to Come
Life in the Greater German Reich
(Hauptstadt Europa, The Cult of Hitler)
The Warsaw Uprisings
Mitteleuropa
The Axis Sphere of Influence
(Ukraine, The Balkans, The Iraq War)
The Second Exodus
Weapons Development
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Part 8: Come and See
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Part 9: The House of Cards Falls
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Part 10: The Shape of Things to Come
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"BONUS" CONTENT
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FRIEDRICH WEBER (DR.)
1892 – 19██
CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY
1933 — 1939
1933 — 1939
FÜHRER OF THE GREATER GERMAN REICH
1939 – 19██
1939 – 19██
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“Of course, our primary goal has always been the end of Bolshevism as propagated by the Russian devils. Were they to have their way, they would destroy every class and every culture and plant Soviets in every nation between them and the Atlantic Ocean. The victory over Bolshevism will be achieved by the destruction of Russia. However, we must consider the longer historical legacy of the Greater German Reich, and the conversion of the Slav-dominated lands into Germanic ones.”
“When we train an animal we speak to it in human tongue and treat it as though it was human – to reasonable extents. We use words as our first recourse and violence as our last. Convince an animal it is human and it will follow our commands to the death. The Slavic peoples will never make achievement and their lands will never prosper without the firm hand of the Germanic people at their leash. As we train our hounds and our bullocks and our horses, so too must they be trained to accept their servitude.”
“Why should we fear being outnumbered by animals? So long as they are fed and the pens are locked, the farmer does not live in fear of being outnumbered. We do not live in a fantasy world where the bullock, tired of pulling the plough, takes up arms against the farmhand, or where the chickens smash their eggs against the wall to stop the farmer from collecting them.”
“If a dog is rabid it is for its own benefit that it is put down. If it has bitten its fellow hounds they too must be culled to prevent the infection from spreading further.”
“The principle of artificial selection is simplicity itself. When we desire milk cows we breed those best suited for milk together. When we desire meat cows, we do likewise. We must hence seed out the purest of each population and encourage their proliferation. Just because a cow produces less milk or meat than its fellows, we do not remove it from the herd – we simply sequester it from the bulls and do not permit its breeding. Until it is dead it is still useful for milk; beyond that it is still useful for meat.”
- Excerpts from various speeches by Friedrich Weber, leader of the National Socialist Party of Germany (NSDAP) and Führer of Germany.
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Hi guys! This is my very first timeline ever, and it's primarily an exercise in exploring what if Nazi Germany had pursued a somewhat more pragmatic policy in World War II. It's generally understood that wouldn't be possible with Adolf Hitler as the Fuhrer, so I've picked a PoD where a certain Friedrich Weber instead ends up as the leader of Germany.
A search of the forums reveals nobody else really mentioning Dr. Weber, so you can find a brief outline on Wikipedia over here. Given that he went into private veterinary practice following the Beer Hall Putsch, Friedrich Weber is somewhat of a historical enigma, freeing me to transplant whichever attitudes I so choose. His leadership of the Friekorps Oberland suggests his strong anti-Communist attitudes, which will go on to strongly inform his polices in the war to come.
But I'm getting ahead of myself...
A search of the forums reveals nobody else really mentioning Dr. Weber, so you can find a brief outline on Wikipedia over here. Given that he went into private veterinary practice following the Beer Hall Putsch, Friedrich Weber is somewhat of a historical enigma, freeing me to transplant whichever attitudes I so choose. His leadership of the Friekorps Oberland suggests his strong anti-Communist attitudes, which will go on to strongly inform his polices in the war to come.
But I'm getting ahead of myself...
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