Black October

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The headline sounds like a politician named "Germany" resigned from his job.
Great update! But now that Germany surrendered... What next? :/
 
Update 23
The Revolution Moves Ever Forward

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Soviet propaganda advocating revolution


Moscow

The USSR

September 9th, 1938



Lavrentiy Beria hurried down the hall to Stalin’s office, a copy of Pravda rolled up under his left arm. As he walked towards the big oak doors of the ‘Red Tsar’s’ office Beria’s mind swirled with theories as to why this meeting was called. There really was no logical reason to call him as his report on the NKVD in the German Republic was already submitted. Maybe Stalin already read it, and maybe Stalin was unhappy. The thought of an angry Stalin, with his anger aimed at him above all else, made Beria shudder a bit as he closed the remaining distance and stopped outside Stalin’s doors. Beria took a deep breath and fiddled with his glasses making them rest more comfortably on his nose before opening the door. When he opened them he saw Stalin was not at his desk, but sitting by a window reading the same issue of Pravda that Beria currently held. Stalin temporarily stopped reading and looked at him before returning to his reading. After an uncomfortable silence Stalin finally spoke up.


“Tell me something Beria. How is the KPD doing?” he asked, not turning away from his newspaper.


“Well sir if you read the report I wrote you would see-” Beria began but Stalin interrupted


“I read your report, but I want to hear it, as the Americans would say, straight from the horse's mouth.” Stalin said


“Well, its doing well, having picked up a significant portion of the vote left behind when the Nazi’s were banned.” Beria said.


“Will it win the German elections?” he asked


“Most likely. Probably not a majority as Bratschitsch’s Center Party currently-” Beria began but was again interrupted


“I do not need a speech Mr Beria. I asked a simple question and I expect a simple answer.” Stalin said as he closed the Pravda and got up. He then walked over to a large bookshelf behind his desk and looked at it for a minute before pulling out a solid, blood red book. He then began to read again.


“They will win a healthy minority. They are currently polled as the second or third largest party in Germany, depending on the poll.” Beria said


“Why are you still standing? And not drinking?” Stalin responded when he looked up from his book. He motioned to a chair near his and got up. Stalin walked across the room to a crystal decanter filled with Georgian wine. He grabbed two small glasses and poured the wine before Beria could say anything and made his way back. As he sat down he handed one to a hesitant Beria and then gulped his down. Beria took tentative sips as Stalin gave him a hard look before speaking next.


“Could we incite revolution in Germany?” Stalin asked


“I’m sorry sir but we can’t. The people have rallied around the Brauchitsch government and the Center Party. It would take something...drastic to break them.” Beria said


“Like what?” Stalin probed


“Well, I don’t know exactly. It would have to be something momentous thought, something that would shake the foundation of the entire country.” Beria insisted


“You mean, like a explosion?” Stalin asked


“Comrade Stalin, what are you getting at?” Beria asked. He probably knew what Stalin was insinuating but he refused to admit it.


Stalin grunted as he rose to his feet and walked behind his desk chair, gripping it with all his might as he spoke “I have a dream Mr Beria, a dream that the great Soviet state stretches from the Rhine to the Pacific. If we do well enough, from the Channel to the Pacific.” he said with a dark tone.


“What about Poland?” Beria asked as he stood and walked in front of Stalin's heavy desk. Stalin chuckled before responding.


“With our comrades in Berlin under our bootheel, I fear Poland won’t stand a chance.” Stalin said with a devious smile.
 
Update 24
Election
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KPD election poster


Dortmund

North-Rhine State

September 10th, 1938



Wilhelm Pieck stood behind the podium at the Tonhalle Dusseldorf and looked out at the crowd gathered in front of him, talking among itself. The KPD had exploded back onto the national stage after being banned by the Nazi’s in 1933 with millions showing its support to the Party. It was now at least the second largest party in the Republic. However elections for the first free Reichstag to be assembled since November of 1933 were currently underway. Whoever could assume the majority in the Reichstag would have a clear path to the presidency, who would be elected soon after. Currently there were over half a dozen parties running for the Reichstag but there were only three main parties. There was Pieck’s KPD, Otto Wels and his SDP and a new party founded by the current ruling council called the Central Party. The new Central Party, since it was endorsed and supported by the government, was favored to win handedly. However the KPD had supporters of its own so Pieck expected to give the CP a run for its money. Hell, they booked all 2500 seats here within three hours. Wilhelm was confident that that spoke for itself. Finally, as the hall quieted, Wilhelm spoke, his words also being recorded so they could be published in the party newspaper, Die Rote Fahne.

“Brothers, Sisters, Countrymen, Friends. I come before you today to first, congratulate the Peace and Prosperity Council, General Brauchitsch and Hans Oster on leading our armies to victory against our despicable Nazi foes. Finally the Fascist scum has been pushed from our nation. Yet, Brauchitsch continues the German occupation of Austria, perpetrated illegally by Hitler’s goons in Austria. May we not forget that Hitler used the Austrian Nazi Party to try and take over their nation at first. The coup failed miserably, but it led to the death of the elected Chancellor Arthur Seyss-Inquart. Then he used an unfairly balanced referendum to force the nation under ours under disingenuous circumstances. While I am all for unifying with our Austrian brothers to the South, frankly I don’t want them to resent me for it!”

This was met with sounds of agreement from the audience. Personally Walther was hesitant to touch on the subject of Austria as it was incredibly divisive, but he didn’t have a choice. His...supporters told him to touch on it so he had to, and he did. However, since he wasn’t now being chased out of town by a lynch mob Walther felt a bit better.

“Secondly, the government has been planning on banning the formation of unions! Continuing the dictatorial policies of its predecessor! With that the government in Berlin continues to shit on the little guys! To shit on us! If we continue to condone these actions with silence we have nobody but ourselves to blame when we lose all workers rights, however minimal they may be! A vote for the KPD in the elections will show the aristocrats in Berlin that you are tired of them trampling on you like a doormat. A vote for the KPD will finally put your voice in the Reichstag and, with any luck, the Presidency itself.” Wilhelm said with a smile

This was met with uproarious applause and numerous people jumped to their feet to shout in support. The Ruhr was heavily industrialized and has been a stronghold for the KPD and communist leaning parties since elections have begun in Germany. Now, the KPD was going to use it as a springboard to Berlin. As Walther walked off stage to the left he was met by his NKVD liaison in Germany, Yanka Ilych. Walther observed that he had a serious look on his face and his face fell. That usually didn’t mean much good was going to come from this conversation. As he walked Yanka followed him and began to speak.


“The Politburo has written a new speech for you.” He said, shoving a group of papers at Walther. Walther stopped momentarily to grab them before continuing. After a short silence Yanka spoke up again.


“The NKVD also wants to know what your prospects for the elections are.” he said. Walther sighed and turned to Yanka. The Russians kept prodding him about that, worried and all that. No matter how many times he has told them they still haven’t been able to get the fact that Walther doesn't know through their heads.


“I don’t know Yanka. First we got to get control of the Reichstag and then and only then can we start talking about the Presidency.” he said...again.


“That isn’t a great answer. We have invested a great deal of money and time into your Party and we don’t, no we can’t have that go to waste.” Yanka said.


“Well I don’t know what to tell you guys.” Walther said as he turned and began to open a side door and leave. Before he closed the door he heard Yanka say one last thing over the din of the crowds.


“Whatever it is it better be good.”
 
Update 25
War and Peace
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Election Day, 1938


From A Bloody Eagle: Germany after the Civil War by Jack Northington, published 1999


The 1938 German Election was the first election free from fear or terrorism since the beginning of the Weimar era. The voters showed their gratitude to the parties for keeping things civilized by turning out in record numbers. There was a 98% voter turnout of eligible voters, helped by the fact that the German Republic automatically registered anyone over 18 to vote, allowed for absentee ballots to be cast by soldiers, and had the voting extend for two days, Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th. The government pushed hard to get voters to the booths and the hard work paid off. The Central Party, formed and led by General von Brauchitsch and Hans Oster, received 433 Reichstag seats. The SDP got 184 and the Communist KPD got 190, mostly based in the more industrial Ruhr and Rhineland regions. The SPD had gotten the larger cities of Northern Germany excluding Berlin. The Central Party however rolled over the rest, gaining dominance over the Reichstag. However, many saw a worrisome electoral anomaly that still showed how far the country had to go to leave behind its recent Fascist past. The German Party, spiritual successor to the Nazi Party, had actually gained enough votes for 20 Reichstag seats. They were mostly in the more rural parts of Bavaria and presented an immediate challenge to the new republic. When the Nazi’s were deposed in October one of the first decrees by the new government was to ban the Nazi Party. The Nazi’s that didn’t flee to Bavaria to take up arms formed the German Party, which was in a sort of legal grey area. The government had passed a law banning hate speech, but also had laws protecting the rights of political parties. People cried for the party to be banned and their districts given to other parties, while others claimed they had a right to exist. The government had to make a choice.

After three days of tense negotiations between the two sides, the new President Theodor Heuss* made a decision. On November 15th, 1938 the German Party HQ was raided by German police in Graz. Its leader was arrested and deported to Great Britain and told never to return, its members scattered and the party thoroughly shattered. The districts won by their party were divided up between the others much to the ire of some but relief of others. In other places in Austria the results of the election were met with hostility. Austria had run its own candidate in its own party, Strauss-Inquart leading the Austrian Independence Party, but his ballot was rejected by Berlin. The AIP had won a majority of Austria’s elections but since they were not a recognized German party the results were given to the highest ranking national party. This did not go over well with Austria. Austrians marched the day after the election in droves in major cities across the former country. France and Britain expressed support for their plight and the Berlin government agreed to go over the election results. However, after three days of deliberation, the Berlin government upheld the election results. The Austrians took to the streets and the protests quickly descended into rioting. As Germany rose from the ashes of the Reich like a great oak, it quickly began to rot from the inside.


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Riots in Vienna, 1938


Meanwhile, on the foreign front the Germans were again beset on all sides by wolves in sheeps clothing. Britain sent a new treaty wanting to shrink the expanded German military, the French moved troops to the Maginot Line and began to send overtures to Berlin for continued WW1 reparations, Poland even got in on it by pushing its claim on Poznan. The President of the new Republic had his hands full and struggled to find a satisfying resolution to the numerous internal and external conflicts plaguing his nation. First he dealt with the Austrians by promising them a referendum on the subject of their independence, scheduled to be presented to the Reichstag for approval sometime before January of 1939. He never specified a specific date in the early weeks but it was enough to bring peace to the region after almost a week of riots. He then turned his attention to the Werwolf rebels still plaguing Bavaria. They had stayed quiet for most of the election, no doubt building up strength. However, after the election results were announced a pamphlet was handed out on street corners across Bavaria by men in black clothes. By the time the police responded the men handing them out were gone but their pamphlets remained. They proclaimed, in chilling words, their authors next step:

For too long the Bolshevik-Jews in London and Washington have been manipulating the German peoples. They have been pulling the strings behind our backs and keeping us weak, fearing out potential. Then, by the grace of God, we were given a strong warrior who dared to throw off the heavy chains weighing down our country. Adolf Hitler came and began us on the march to prosperity. Promising to eliminate the Jewish threat, throw off the shackles of Judeo-Bolshevism and finally bring to heel all that would oppose us. However a group of spineless Jew traitors ended his great crusade before it could reach its inevitable conclusion. The spineless General Brauchitsch and Jew Hans Oster killed him in cold blood. It was not only a crime against their people and their country, but the Aryan race itself! In its aftermath Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler bravely assumed control of our future and tried once again to finish what the great Hitler started. Despite what the false government in Berlin claims he is not yet beaten, he has just begun to fight!

Himmler hears your cries and pleas for liberation and has began to take action to see those pleas fulfilled. Expect nothing but terror for the government in Berlin and its supporters. The abortions of parties called the Center Party, Social Democratic, and Communist Parties do not fight for your rights. Only the once great German Party showed promise but it was snuffed out by the fat cats in Berlin who saw them as a threat to their power! Himmler now swears that there will be no peace until the Berlin government surrenders!"

The pamphlets were taken into evidence and an investigation began, however, a day later the police headquarters in Munich was car-bombed. Three hours after that there was two more simultaneous bombings at a synagogue in Kiel and a Kosher shop in Nuremberg. There was also another attack, a police station where German Party members were being held in Berlin was stormed and its prisoners freed. The group that stormed the HQ took heavy casualties and Carcano M1891 rifles were found on and near the bodies. As were orders written in both German and Italian. Before the President could confront Mussolini about this blatant support of terrorism a film reel was shown in Venice in front of a group of American and British reporters the next day. It was of Himmler giving a speech in, as a announcer declared, Milan just two days before the spat of attacks in Germany. In it Himmler declared that he would not stop fighting until Germany was ‘liberated’ and implored his followers to aid him in this quest. The Nazi Eagle was battered but not beaten; and they had just declared war on the world.


*The Presidency was originally offered to General Brauchitsch, but he declined. Instead he retired to the life of a private citizen in Lubeck. Hans Oster was prepared to accept it but General Brauchitsch talked him out of it. In his memoirs Oster recalled Brauchitsch comparing the two to the American Founding Fathers. “Like the great George Washington, we have served our young republic diligently and with great zeal. Now, it is our time to step away and let them forge their own path."
 
I think Fascism in Italy is now a dead regime walking. Germany will want to end the problem, and many in other countries will agree.
 
I think Fascism in Italy is now a dead regime walking. Germany will want to end the problem, and many in other countries will agree.

And the first one that will try even to suggest a military action will be reassigned to the military district of External Farawaystan; the Kingdom of Italy remain a great power and the combination of terrain and fortification make the alps the evil big brother of the Maginot Line, plus Germany had just had a civil war so no military adventures for sometime
 
So due to a cascading snowball of failure I was kept from writing the story for a few weeks. Its back and I will continue it ASAP. It should be done within the next few days.
 
Update 26
Enemies and Friends (Dis)United

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Anti-Nazi propaganda, 1938


From A Werwolf in Berlin: The Nazi Resistance by Ivan Romanov, published 2015


The November Attacks of 1938 shook the infant Republic to its very core like very few things could. Not only did it show that the Nazi state was not finished with Germany, but it showed that the Government was not as in control as they said they were. The new President, President Heuss was a very gentle man who found it hard to order the response the people and Army clamored for. Instead he reached out and invited Mussolini to Berlin to negotiate for the arrest of Himmler in late November, 1938. Mussolini for his part briefly considered the offer if Ciano is to be believed. Ciano wrote in his 1968 biography Mussolini and I “Mussolini agonized over the decision for days. He debated with me over it long into the night many nights in a row. I tried to advise him to caution. I really tried.” The decision however, was made for him. On November 20th, 1938 a cryptic message was sent by pigeon to a man named Adam Weber. Adam was a member of the new Bundstag in Berlin and closeted member of the former German Party. He received it at his home in Berlin and about an hour later he drove to his job. When he arrived he floored it and smashed into the front of the building and was mortally wounded shortly after in a hail of gunfire by security.

When military police reached the car and opened the door they were surprised to find the boy still alive, but just barely. He turned to the man standing in the door and, as the man later attested to, spit blood on the ground before finally passing out. He would be rushed to the hospital where the doctors would struggle to revive him for three hours, but it was no use, he was dead. The police searched his car and found a copy of Mein Kampf in the back seat along with a pamphlet published by Himmler and his party. With that the people clamored for war to remove Himmler’s head from his neck. On November 25th Heuss sent a flurry of telegrams to Prime Minister Chamberlain and French President Daladier asking for help in pressuring Mussolini for Himmler. The responses he received sealed the fate of Europe.

Daladier was hesitant to risk another war since his administration was on shaky legs since the Intervention with Communists and Fascists both aiming to seize power through force of arms. Chamberlain was also hesitant because the Regia Marina was the largest navy in the Mediterranean Sea and the Italians had the largest army in Africa at the moment. Over the next two days Heuss tried to convince them to change their minds but they stood firm, the West couldn’t help him. About that time however Heuss received a written letter from Stalin expressing his deepest condolences and offering assistance in helping him getting Italy to give up Himmler. In return Wilhelm Pieck would be assigned to Minister of Internal Security. Heuss initially refused and instead sent the Army to Austria hoping to pressure Italy further, but instead riled up the Austrians who saw this as a precursor to military rule. As Austria descended into violence people across the rest of Germany began to demand an end to the violence and an end to Himmler. The Bundstag threatened to impeach Heuss if nothing was done and soon, so he was left with little other choice. Heuss, on November 30th, was forced to ask for Soviet diplomatic assistance. Later that day Gustav Heinemann was removed from his office of the Ministry of Internal Security and Wilhelm Pieck was offered the job, an offer he readily accepted. Stalin followed up on his end of the deal and on December 1st the Soviet Black Sea Fleet moved through the Bosphorus and into the Mediterranean as Mussolini was bombarded with requests for extradition, all the while the suppressed Communist Party of Italy supported riots against Mussolini in major cities across Southern Italy.

Mussolini however stood strong against the pressure placed on him and brought the Army out to suppress the riots, which it did in 26 hours of bloodshed. Soon after the Italian Navy met the Black Sea Fleet off the coast of Corfu and the two navies circled each other while diplomats in Moscow and Rome bickered. The two great powers teetered on the brink of war but Mussolini eventually blinked. Ciano’s memoirs do not shed light onto why as the only thing said about the entire event was “It was the scariest moment in our lives”. On December 2nd the proud Regia Marina was recalled to Sicily and Mussolini agreed to hand over Himmler. The only condition being that the Soviets mediate talks between Italy and the West. Stalin accepted, only reluctantly however as he was advised that the quantity of the Black Sea Fleet couldn’t stand up against the quality of the Regia Marina. When Italian soldiers arrived at Himmler’s compound in South Tyrol they found it aflame. They extinguished the flames to find no bodies in the building, Himmler had escaped. Little did they know that Himmler had fled not from the Italians, but from the people he once called friends.

The Nazi Party was full of ambitious people whose ambitions were kept in check by Hitler’s electric personality. Himmler’s cold and calculating demeanor however was unable to keep them in check and Reinhard Heydrich, a former SS-man who had quickly risen through the ranks to become one of the most powerful men in the Werwolf group, launched a coup against Himmler. Using what forces he could marshal he attacked Himmler’s stronghold and forced him to flee under the cover of darkness to escape Heydrich’s wrath. He fled with his followers in a circular route with the goal being neutral Switzerland. There, he would withdraw the SS’s seized cash from the Swiss to fund his guerrilla war against the government and Heydrich. Reinhard however, was more direct in his approach to fighting the Germans. He marched into Bavaria and planned to invade Germany, emanating Napoleon's famed March on Paris. That however, was later. Now the entirety of Europe scrambled to find Himmler, who they presumed to still be in charge. Little did they know but an event half a world away would soon draw their attention to the horizon and a Rising Sun in the East.
 
Giving Pieck the post of Minister of Internal Security is very unwise, he might compromise the independence and security of Germany against the USSR, and risk the Democracy that they trying to recreate. I think lessons from the Russian Civil War will still be present in people's minds.
 
Giving Pieck the post of Minister of Internal Security is very unwise, he might compromise the independence and security of Germany against the USSR, and risk the Democracy that they trying to recreate. I think lessons from the Russian Civil War will still be present in people's minds.
Heuss had no choice if he wanted Soviet help, and they were the only ones to offer help
 
just a note; the italian communist (plus socialist and various antifascist) will be barely able to start some bar fight let alone city wide riot...and frankly the possibility of an invasion of Italy by the Germans will not scare anyone, at the moment they don't have the equipment necessary and passing the alps will be a bloodshed for them that will make the recent civil war look like a country festival.
 
This is an excellent timeline! I like, and look forwards to more. Explosion imminent. Japan can't yet pull off Pearl harbor--but Japan's more than capable of making some bad decisions....
 
Update 27
The Rising Sun

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Imperial Japanese war flag


From A Rising Sun in the East by Yamada Masaru

With Europe descending into chaos as 1938 marched to an end, it’s easy to overlook Japan. They had been at war with the most populous country on earth for over a year and had made steady gains since. They had seized much of Northern China and were advancing into central and Southern China. To an outside observer China seemed to be on its last legs as Japan occupied many of its most populous regions and with the conclusion in October of the Wuhan campaign, seemed to have the Chinese on the run. However, the battle for Wuhan was something the Japanese wanted to avoid, it was bloody. The Japanese Central Army was mauled and the Japanese offensive began to grind to a halt. The decisive battle the Japanese hoped for again eluded them. For the time being the destruction of the Chinese would have to wait. Meanwhile, things began to seemingly turn against them on the diplomatic front as well.

With the death of Hitler and deposition of his regime in Germany Japan lost its only friend in the world. Italy had only warmed to them due to Hitler’s dominance in their Pact, and with him gone Rome became unresponsive and cold. Japan found itself alone against its enemies, of which they found many. In the North the Japanese Army of Korea, which was assigned to Northern Manchuria, had skirmished with the Soviet Far East Army and NKVD Border Guard multiple times. The most major of these skirmishes at Lake Khasan was inconclusive at best, a loss for Japan at worst as the Soviets continued their occupation of Changkufeng. The Battle left a sour taste in the halls of Japan’s military and diplomatic elite. The battle was seen as a stain on Japan’s honor that needed to be righted. Prime Minister Konoe met with his Minister of War Seishiro Itagaki and his Minister of Foreign Affairs Hachiro Arita privately on November 8th, 1938. They conversed all day, off the record of course, and came to a fateful decision that would decide the future of Japanese and Soviet relations for the foreseeable future. When the group dispersed Itagaki moved more men to the JAK and Arita ordered Mamoru Shigemitsu to try and assure the Soviets (falsely) that Japan was no longer looking North for expansion.

The buildup continued until the Soviets attention was diverted with the November Crisis in Europe. Japan sensed now was its time to strike and Japanese troops under General Michitaro Komatsubara lurched forward. They wanted to seize a small village on the border of northern Manchuria and Primorsky Krai. The village itself was destroyed in 1956 by its inhabitants and they moved westward for unknown reasons. However, neither Japanese or Russian military records tell the name of the village, or so this author could find. Nevertheless the Japanese attacked and were met with stiff resistance by the NKVD who were patrolling in the area. The first attack was repulsed by the NKVD and the Japanese sustained heavy casualties. Contemporary historians say about 300 soldiers were killed/wounded and 4 or 5 tanks were disabled. The second attack was much more successful with heavy enough casualties sustained in the three hour assault to force the NKVD to retreat. The Japanese occupied the village and conscripted all the men in the village into their Army in a new unit, the 1st Roshira codenamed the ‘Roshia No Borantia Bumon’ the Russian Volunteer Division. They then launched another attack further north the next day were equally successful, advancing 12 mi up the border. The victories were celebrated in Tokyo and the shame of Khasan was righted.

However, in Moscow a darker atmosphere lingered, particularly in the Kremlin where Stalin ranted and raved against his enemies. With the defeat in Primorsky Krai his rants turned against Japan in particular. He sent orders to the Far East Army to push the Japanese of Russian soil at once! When the general in charge, Grigori Shtern read the order he reportedly threw it away mumbling “He will be the death of us all”. Nevertheless he ordered his brigades forward, moving an armored and an infantry division from Vladivostok to the area to scout out the enemy. The journey was arduous and treacherous and more than a few BT-7’s were put out of action by the frigid weather. However, when the Soviets arrived to the Japanese positions they found the enemy entrenched and ready to rumble.

After a day of rest and refitting the Soviet forces attacked with all their might, throwing themselves against the Japanese positions. The fighting was harsh and dragged on before the Japanese broke under the tremendous pressure put on them. They retreated across the border and the Soviets retook the small village. The Soviets also captured most of the coveted Roshira Division which was used by the Japanese as 'proof' of the peoples want to be liberated. (They neglected to mention that the men were pressed into service) The Roshira were absorbed back into the Red Army as a local milita force to help defend the area. When news of the defeat reached Tokyo the Japanese finally learned their lesson. With the Emperor pushing them on the Japanese government ordered a ceasefire negotiated with the Soviets. The Soviets, occupied by events in Europe, were happy to oblige and the Soviet-Japanese Far East Concordant was hammered out in a record four weeks. On December 31st, Christmas Day, it was signed and went into effect; settling most of the Manchurian-Soviet border. The area of Sakhalin was still disputed but both nations agreed to settle the dispute diplomatically ‘in the future’. While the signing was barely touched by Western media, even in Russia, in Japan the government seized upon it. They called it a ‘Glorious victory for Nippon!’ and the people celebrated. Japan then, once again, trained its wandering eyes South and East into China, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Pacific. However, they still had one sleeping giant to tiptoe around, but that sleeping giant would not stay sleeping for long.
 
Update 28
The Rebel With an Iron Heart

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Reinhard Heydrich, Second Fuhrer of Germany
Scharding, Salzburg Gau

January 13th, 1939

The German Republic


Reinhard Heydrich, Fuhrer of the German Reich looked upon the small town in front of him and took a deep breath. It was dangerously close to the natural German border and the Vaderland. It was Reinhard who would free it from its Jew oppressors, and the time for liberation was quickly approaching. The supporters he had in Germany were buying weapons and ammo, stockpiling food and waiting for his glorious return. However, Heydrich was hesitant to return to his homeland for he still had business that needed to be settled. When his troops attacked the HQ in Italy they found Himmler already gone. He had a source in Himmler’s men who said he fled into the Alps, but he couldn’t give a exact location. Heydrich had a squad or so pursuing the little rat and his cabal, keeping them busy in Switzerland. Now however, Heydrich had a more pressing matters to attend to. Himmler would have to wait.
Behind him his men prepared to attack. The plan was simple, attack fast and brutally and overrun the checkpoint between Austrian Germany and Bavaria. When that happened they would flee into the Bavarian countryside and link up with members of the German Party that were waiting for him. Then they would rise up and seize the country, fight off the Jews in Paris and London then march on the nest of Bolshevism itself, Moscow. Heydrich grabbed the binoculars and observed the town, looking for the checkpoint. As he looked over he quickly located it and saw it lightly guarded, looking like just three common border guards. This would be to easy. Heydrich looked behind him to his men and saw they were ready for the attack. This was the moment he had been waiting for, his men had been waiting for. He rose his hand above his hand and then threw it down, motioning towards the town in front of them. The men rushed forward, remaining undetected until they were upon the city. Hedrich smiled as he entered the town ahead of his men and citizenry ran to the nearest building.
The border guards, to their credit, pulled their sidearms and fired at Heydrich and his men as they rushed towards them. However their numbers made victory glaringly impossible and they knew it. They were quickly disposed of and their checkpoint destroyed and disassembled. However, as Heydrich stood over the men’s bodies he felt something he hadn’t felt in a while, he felt sorrow. These were pure Ayrans he realized, their empty blue eyes staring into infinity and their blonde hair already dirtied. He turned around and saw a small group of his men walking by laughing and talking among themselves.

“You there! Bury these men! I refuse to let a pure Ayran suffer the indignity of being picked clean by nature.” Heydrich ordered.

The men instantly quieted and saluted “Of course mein Fuhrer!” they said and quickly began to move the bodies away for burial. Heydrich then turned to the rest of his men and saw most had already crossed into Germany.

“HALT! We stay until these brave Ayrans are buried. Take up defensive positions in the houses and stores here. We move as soon as they are done.” he declared.


The men stopped and a few looked at each other in confusion, but what could they do. They all nodded in agreement and began to set up defenses. Meanwhile, three miles in Germany, unbeknownst to Heydrich or his men, a frantic messenger on a motorcycle drove to Munich as fast as he could. The sun rose on a continent soon to be whipped into a frantic panic.
 
Nice tale here--looking forwards to more. The scene with Heydrich ordering the men buried fits the mentality--I hope it costs him dearly!
Well written--very well written!
 
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