It must be frustrating for the OP to see people scream ASBs when he sets out to more or less seriously expand on the world building of Man in the High Castle/Fatherland
So for the fandom forum then?
It must be frustrating for the OP to see people scream ASBs when he sets out to more or less seriously expand on the world building of Man in the High Castle/Fatherland
Every single TL or counterfactual scenario on this website is a "fantasy world", including those which are commonly regarded as extremely "plausible" such as Germany losing sooner, or any number of assassinations failing. Your entire argument is based on your "feelings" of what is "serious" enough or not (ASB). Just because you "feel" that it wasn't possible for the OTL Axis powers to invade and conquer America (which I would tend to agree with using your framework) doesn't mean that it wouldn't be possible in thousands of different TL's where it is.But it is a fantasy world. Nazi Germany and Japan invading the US in WWII or anytime around that isn't possible. The logistics are simply beyond both nations.
Just found this great work cant wait for more,by the way what is situation in other occupied parts of Europe?
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They are clearly outstretched and dealing whit various rebellions and such their infrastructure is stretched to is limit and you need infrastructure.There is also fact you need manpower to work in factory's and such to produce rubber and oilPutting aside the plausibility issues, why is Japan suffering from oil and rubber issues? The Oil reserves of California, Manchuria, Sakhalin, and the ex DEI should be more than enough to sustain the needs of sixties-era Japan while Malaya and the DEI are massive sources of rubber
They are clearly outstretched and dealing whit various rebellions and such their infrastructure is stretched to is limit and you need infrastructure.There is also fact you need manpower to work in factory's and such to produce rubber and oil
Japan is overstretched and dealing with rebellions/insurgencies from almost all of their colonies. The continued campaign in China is sapping their resources as well as their attempts to hold down their colonies. Various areas of rubber and oil production have been depopulated due to 2 factors. 1. Japanese Ethnic Cleansing and Settlement Campaigns, 2. Japanese crackdown on socialists/nationalist revolutions which killed a large number of the skilled native laborers. The Japanese also are having to reorient their entire trading economy due to the recent economic actions by the Greater German Reich. Basically the Japanese are in a similar position to what the British were in after WW1.If Japan could keep them running when fighting the Pacific War then they can sure as hell keep them running when they don’t have to worry about allied bombing or the US or Royals navies
In the 50s the Japanese crushed an Indonesian rebellion using biological warfare developed from 731. But it also spread beyond what the Japanese intended and actually killed a good amount of Japanese settlers. Millions in died and the effects are still being felt in Indonesia to this day in 1962 with small scale outbreaks. So the Japanese have moved away from using these weapons unless they have desperate circumstances. The point is is that this world is really cursed in terms of the amount of war, genocide and fascism present. While the timeline we are living in is IMO pretty trash there are always far worse possibilities.I do have to ask would not Japan use biological warfare developed by unit 731 on rebelling colonies,or is that what is also to blame whit killing off native laborers?
Yes but they are unwilling to nuke their own RKs and the continuation war hasn't escalated enough to justify a nuclear strike. On another point, this is a very dark timeline and I want to reflect that in my writing and the worldbuilding. Any requests for what perspectives and areas of this world I should cover would be much appreciated.damn that was dark,by the way do german have nuclear bomb?