AH Fiction - An Ordinary Germanic

Really good ending as per the rest of your work. I hope the burning of the reich passport is symbolic of what will/is happening to the reich.

Only time will tell.

Is anyone else getting the vibe the narrator was this TL's James Bond?

40-ish British man, former soldier, former member of an intelligence agency, spectacularly lucky with the ladies...

... I couldn't possibly comment. :D

This was just amazing, please god tell me there's more in this universe to come!

Thanks! As for sequels, I have a couple vague ideas bouncing around my noggin. Maybe in a few months - no promises, though!
 
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Well, that's the official line... :cool:

In-deed. :D

(He really is long retired, though, and his beat was Italian North Africa, not the Reich. He never would have wandered around Europe on his own otherwise. Also, his initials really are J.B. No, it doesn't stand for James Bond, and yes, it really is a genuine coincidence. I came up with the name for another character in a story I never finished and just transferred it to Our Narrator here.)
 
Is "Free Netherlands" basically a few old men in Curacao and Aruba who are hoping Suriname doesn't proclaim independence from their "government"?
 
Is "Free Netherlands" basically a few old men in Curacao and Aruba who are hoping Suriname doesn't proclaim independence from their "government"?

Not quite that bad. The various Dutch bits of the Caribbean are loosely united in a federal kingdom based in Suriname (which is now the dominant element of 'the Netherlands') and all of them are more or less happy with that status quo. In a generation or so, it's likely they'll abandon the monarchy and become a republic.
 
A great photo in today's Grauniad of a Czech Girl Scout confronting a Neo-Nazi somewhat reminded me of this TL.

When she burnt her Nazi passport and they all sang the Ode to Joy, I think some of the smoke must have got in my eyes. Excellent work.
 
A great photo in today's Grauniad of a Czech Girl Scout confronting a Neo-Nazi somewhat reminded me of this TL.

When she burnt her Nazi passport and they all sang the Ode to Joy, I think some of the smoke must have got in my eyes. Excellent work.

Thank you very much!
 
Actually daily life isn't that bad topic. How much the usual wage can put on the table? Is there rationing or shortages, and if yes what is short? What is well polished and shiny and where budget is short? How is education and health care? Where people go for vacation? How long the military service takes? How all these compare with rotten West?

Also where Lufthansa flies and what planes they use. Is it British Airways standard of reliability and service or rather Air Kazakhstan?
Just a word in defence of Air Astana having just flown back to LHR in Business Class - much, much better than BA - in any timeline.
 
Today was a slightly busy and slightly lazy day, so only the one real update. I do have a slightly expanded list of the British Royals, though. Corrections and suggestions appreciated as always.

PRINCIPAL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR

HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II + PRINCE PHILIP, QUEEN CONSORT

Princess Caroline, Princess Royal (b. 1948) + Gustav Albert, Duke of Halland
- Princess Mary (b. 1980) + Oliver d’Audemer, Lord Whitbourne
– Princess Martha (b. 2017)
- Prince William (b. 1985) + Astrid Brøgger
– Prince Albert (b. 2016)
- Prince John (b. 1989) + Gabriela Kozłowska
Prince Charles (b. 1951) + Lady Olivia Wellesley
- Prince Henry (b. 1985) + Elle Tolkien
- Princess Georgina (b. 1989) + Alexander, Crown Prince of Greece
Prince Andrew (b. 1955) + Lady Anne Spencer
- Princess Frances (b. 1977) + James Chu
– Prince Stephen (b. 2007)
- Prince George (b. 1981) + Alice Roosevelt

I'm really enjoying the timeline/vignette/story whatever but also taking up the Lt Pedant role. As I understand it, the children of Princesses married to commoners are not themselves styled 'Prince or Princess'. For example, the children of the present Princess Royal, Princess Anne have no titles being Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips. So Princess Mary's daughter would not be styled "princess'. This avoids the European system of title inflation.
 
I'm really enjoying the timeline/vignette/story whatever but also taking up the Lt Pedant role. As I understand it, the children of Princesses married to commoners are not themselves styled 'Prince or Princess'. For example, the children of the present Princess Royal, Princess Anne have no titles being Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips. So Princess Mary's daughter would not be styled "princess'. This avoids the European system of title inflation.

Pedantry much appreciated! I'll fix all that in my copy. Thanks!

Here's version 2.0, with prince(ss) striken from the names of childen resulting from marriages between royals and filthy commoners!

Princess Caroline, Princess Royal (b. 1948) + Gustav Albert, Duke of Halland
- Princess Mary (b. 1980) + Oliver d’Audemer, Lord Whitbourne
– Princess Martha (b. 2017)
- Prince William (b. 1985) + Astrid Brøgger
– Albert (b. 2016)
- Prince John (b. 1989) + Gabriela Kozłowska
Prince Charles (b. 1951) + Lady Olivia Wellesley
- Prince Henry (b. 1985) + Elle Tolkien
- Princess Georgina (b. 1989) + Alexander, Crown Prince of Greece
Prince Andrew (b. 1955) + Lady Anne Spencer
- Princess Frances (b. 1977) + James Chu
– Stephen (b. 2007)
- Prince George (b. 1981) + Alice Roosevelt
 
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