Photos from Featherston's Confederacy/ TL-191

[Soundwave3591]

In my headcanon, Franco forces with the support of the British and French wins, and would supply their supporters with small arms and volunteers during the SGW.

Franco was a hard-core Monarchist OTL, so there's little chance he'd ever side with the Republicans, especially the hard-bitten atheists and anti-traditionalists (the Republicans weren't exactly angels OTL, they had plenty of innocent blood on their hands.)
What's more likely is that the divisions in the Republican government that tore them apart in OTL wuld likely boil up even in a Republican victory: you'd have the Moderate Republicans, the Communists and then you'd have the hard-core anarchists who would oppose any central government at all. Honestly, I could see the government begging Franco and the Anti-Republican Generals to come BACK with their troops and restore order.

 

[Soundwave3591]

Douglas Corrigan of Galveston, Texas, the first Man from the CSA to fly solo across the Atlantic. Beaten out by Charles Lindburgh by a few days, Corrigan's Historic Flight from Virginia to Portugal led to his lifelong nickname of "Wrong Way," as his flight plan stated he was supposed to fly to Chihuahua, though his claims of misreading his compass are no doubt a cover for the rejection of his flight plan by the CSA Air Administration.
He is seen here with a "Survey Aircraft" from the "Confederate Citrus Company" one of the many shell companies the CSA enacted to develop and rebuild it's air force. The plane itself, a Fairchild D-118, was developed from Corrigan's own transatlantic aircraft, and was a test in long-range design for the CSA's bomber force.

Corrigan himself would later serve as a test pilot and would, in a manner ironic given his nickname, be the first man from the CSA to fly a Jet-powered aircraft, testing a captured Union "Turbo" that accidentally landed at a CSA airbase. He survived the war and remained in aeronautics, finally dying in 1995.

 

[Soundwave3591]

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Confederate States Navy, at the time of the Second Great War.

Explorer, aviation pioneer and engineer, Admiral Byrd was something of a celebrity outside of his military career. After serving in the First Great War, where the embryonic Naval aviation force of the CSN was organized under his supervision, He dove into Polar exploration and flight, becoming the first man from the CSA to fly across the Arctic Ocean and claiming to be the first man from the CSA to reach the South Pole (his claim is disputed)

Within the scope of the Second Great War, Byrd served the CSA loyally, even if he did not personally subscribe to Featherston's rampant hatred of blacks. As in the First Great War, Byrd oversaw Naval Aviation, particularly the deployment of Navalized versions of the Hughes "Hound Dog" fighters to British Carriers for the operation to retake Bermuda. After a brief stint commanding a destroyer squadron in the Gulf of Mexico, Byrd, along with many CSN personnel, were "Marined" by the government after the Battle of Pittsburgh saw Confederate troop strength badly reduced. With no distant overseas territory to protect and the bulk of the CSN tied up in port, Featherston redeployed a majority of naval personnel, mostly nonessential personnel such as clerks, cleaners and regular sailors, as ground troops, with Byrd as their nominal commander. Supported by Freedom Party Guard officers to give the inexperienced troops some backbone under fire, Byrd would participate in the defense of Georgia in late 1943-Early 1944, but his men's lack of training and the speed of the Union Advance saw his command post overrun and he and his staff captured in March 1944.

 

[S. Marlowski]

@Soundwave3591 Great Job on those posts, I really liked them.

 

[PNWKing]

Hughes "Hound Dog" fighters

Makes sense because Howard Hughes was from Texas...……………………………………………………..

 

[S. Marlowski]

The World At War

The opening of the Documentary Series called World at War.

Created during the late 1960s and early 1970s, the German made series called World at War which chronicled the events of the Second Great War and was first aired between 1973 and 1974. At the time of it's completion, it would cost 9,000,000 Reichsmarks, making it the most expensive factual production in Television History. The series would be directed by Herman Weigel and narrated by Werner Hinz (the English translation would be done by Laurence Oliver) and it's soundtrack composed by the British musician Carl Davis. The series would go into depth about the war on both sides of the conflict, and had many people who were around to experience the war, whether being soldiers, officers, civilians, and politicians and had included people like Mark Clark, Cassius Madison, Douglas Corrigan, Erich von Manstein, William Hood Simpson, Jack Ifrey, Karl Dornitz, Jock Colville, James Stewart, Hasso von Manteuffel, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Bill Mauldin, Toshikazu Kase, Hans-Hellmuth Pfiefer, Charles M. Cooke Jr., Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck, Charles De Gualle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, and the historian Steven Ambrose. In a bonus DVD set about the making of the series, Wiegel had stated that he choose to interview the aides and adjutants rather than the more recognized figures. He would then go on to mention the most difficult person to locate and persuade to interview was Ferdinand Koenig's personal adjutant, Andrew Fox. During the interview Fox would admit to witnessing a large scale execution in Koenig's presence. The series would go on to be successful and in 2000, would be rank in 19th place on the 100 Greatest German Television Programmes, the highest ranking documentary.​

Episodes
No. 1 - The New Confederacy (1934-1941) - Detailing the Rise of the Freedom Party and Jacob Featherston.
No. 2 - Storm Rising Over Europe (1931-1941) - Centered around the rise of the Actionists in Britain and France along with the creation of the Radius Alliance.
No. 3 - The Storm Breaks (June 1941 - April 1942) - About the outbreak of war in Europe following the death of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the stalemate on the Western Front.
No. 4 - Clash in the East (June 1941 - April 1942) - Centered around the Russian invasion of Eastern Europe, Austria-Hungary, and Germany.
No. 5 - Blackbeard (August 1941 - May 1942) - Centered around the Confederate Invasion of the USA with Operation Blackbeard and their attacks on Haiti, Bermuda, and the Bahamas.
No. 6 - Banzai!: Japan (1931-1943) - Centered around Japan and it's wars and conquests in Asia and the Pacific War with the Union and it's entrance into the SGW. Covers the First and Second Battles of Midway.
No. 7 - War at Sea (1941-1944) - About the War at Sea in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian, and Pacific Oceans between the Radius and the Central Powers.
No. 8 - Insurrection (1941-1943) - About the Anti-Union insurrections in Utah and Canada as well as the Arab and Serbian revolts and their support by the Radius Alliance.
No. 9 - Pittsburgh (June 1942 - February 1943) - Centered around the Confederate Operation Coalscuttle and the resulting Battle of Pittsburgh, with it's resulting Confederate Catastrophe.
No. 10 - War in Scandinavia (1942-1944) - Centered around the Radius Invasion of Norway and Finland, and the brutal fighting in that region.
No. 11 - Remembrance: The United States (1941-1943) - Centered around the Union Army, it's war production, Operation Jupiter, and the Battle of Greenland.
No. 12 - Whirlwind: Bombing the CSA (August 1941 - November 1943) - The Development of the Union Air Force's strategic bombing campaign of the CSA, both the successes and setbacks.
No. 13 - Turning the Tide (July 1942 - June 1944) - Detailing on the Battle of Hamburg, the Radius being forced out of Western Germany, the Low Countries, and the desperate fighting in Northern France.
No. 14 - The Ottomans at War (1941-1944) - Centered around the Ottoman Empire during the Second Great War, along with the Palestinian, Caucasus, and Egyptian Campaigns.
No. 15 - Home Fires: Germany (1941-1944) - Life and Politics of the German Homefront during the Second Great War.
No. 16 - Inside the Confederacy (1941-1944) - Confederate Society as it transforms as it's fortunes of war are reversed. Censorship and Entertainment, transformation of Confederate industry, recruitment of female and foreign labor, Confederate dissent to the Freedomite Regime, and it's last months of existence.
No. 17 - Betrayal (1943-1944) - About the Japanese Empire changing sides in 1943 and conquering British Colonial Possessions in the Far East.
No. 18 - War in Africa (1941-1944) - About the Battle for Africa between Radius and Germany and how it effected their colonial possessions.
No. 19 - Stalemate and Breakthrough (August 1943 - January 1944) - The fighting between the Union and Confederate Forces in Tennessee and the Battle of Chattanooga.
No. 20 - Genocide (1940-1944) - Begins with the founding of the Freedom Party and follows it's Racial Theories. It ends with the implementation of the Population Reduction. (When it was first aired worldwide, no commercial breaks were allowed to be played during it's airing. This would subsequently be the rule in the United States, Haiti, Liberia, and Texas whenever re-runs were aired in those countries since then.)
No. 21 - Nemesis: CSA (February - July 1944) - The Final Drive into the CSA, Morrell's March to the Sea, the Texas Revolution, Battles of Richmond and Atlanta, and the death of Jake Featherston.
No. 22 - Britain (1941-1944) - Britain's society and culture during wartime, and how life is transformed as the nation become increasingly aware of it's catastrophic military setbacks.
No. 23 - Eastern Front (July 1942 - May 1944) - The successive and bloody battles on the European Eastern Front, aimed towards Moscow and Petrograd.
No. 24 - The Bomb (February - June 1944) - The development of the Superbomb, the Superbombings of Petrograd, Paris, Hamburg, Philadelphia, Newport News, Charleston, London, Brighton, and Norwich and the ultimate surrender of the CSA and Britain.
No. 25 - Reckoning (July 1944) - The Post-War situation, including the dissolution of the Confederacy, the occupation of Britain and France, demobilization, the Nashville Trials, and the start of the Frozen War. Episodes concludes with the summations of the ultimate costs and the consequences of the war.
No. 26 - Remember - About how the war - both good and bad experiences - was experienced and remembered by it's witnesses.

Bonus Episodes

1. Making the Series: World at War
2. Secretary to Mosley: Mary Templeton
3. From War to Peace: Professor Stephen Ambrose
4. Warrior - Reflections of Men at War
5. Featherston's Confederacy: The People's Community (1934-1941)
6. Featherston's Confederacy: Total War (1941-1944)
7. The Two Deaths of Jacob Featherston
8. The Devastation: Part 1
9. The Devastation: Part 2
10. Making the Series: A 30th Anniversary Retrospective
11. Experiences of War
12. Restoring the World at War.

The series would by widely praised across the world by various world leaders, politicians, and academics, former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl would praise it saying "It was terrifyingly great." So much so, that both Wiegel and Hinz would win awards for the series.
The theme song of the World at War.

 

[cortz#9]

The World At War

The opening of the Documentary Series called World at War.

Created during the late 1960s and early 1970s, the German made series called World at War which chronicled the events of the Second Great War and was first aired between 1973 and 1974. At the time of it's completion, it would cost 9,000,000 Reichsmarks, making it the most expensive factual production in Television History. The series would be directed by Herman Weigel and narrated by Werner Hinz (the English translation would be done by Laurence Oliver) and it's soundtrack composed by the British musician Carl Davis. The series would go into depth about the war on both sides of the conflict, and had many people who were around to experience the war, whether being soldiers, officers, civilians, and politicians and had included people like Mark Clark, Cassius Madison, Douglas Corrigan, Erich von Manstein, William Hood Simpson, Jack Ifrey, Karl Dornitz, Jock Colville, James Stewart, Hasso von Manteuffel, Bill Mauldin, Toshikazu Kase, Hans-Hellmuth Pfiefer, Charles M. Cooke Jr., Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck, Charles De Gualle Lord Louis Mountbatten, and the historian Steven Ambrose. In a bonus DVD set about the making of the series, Wiegel had stated that he choose to interview the aides and adjutants rather than the more recognized figures. He would then go on to mention the most difficult person to locate and persuade to interview was Ferdinand Koenig's personal adjutant, Andrew Fox. During the interview Fox would admit to witnessing a large scale execution in Koenig's presence. The series would go on to be successful and in 2000, would be rank in 19th place on the 100 Greatest German Television Programmes, the highest ranking documentary.​

Episodes
No. 1 - The New Confederacy (1934-1941) - Detailing the Rise of the Freedom Party and Jacob Featherston.
No. 2 - Storm Rising Over Europe (1931-1941) - Centered around the rise of the Actionists in Britain and France along with the creation of the Radius Alliance.
No. 3 - The Storm Breaks (June 1941 - April 1942) - About the outbreak of war in Europe following the death of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the stalemate on the Western Front.
No. 4 - Clash in the East (June 1941 - April 1942) - Centered around the Russian invasion of Eastern Europe, Austria-Hungary, and Germany.
No. 5 - Blackbeard (August 1941 - May 1942) - Centered around the Confederate Invasion of the USA with Operation Blackbeard and their attacks on Haiti, Bermuda, and the Bahamas.
No. 6 - Banzai!: Japan (1931-1943) - Centered around Japan and it's wars and conquests in Asia and the Pacific War with the Union and it's entrance into the SGW. Covers the First and Second Battles of Midway.
No. 7 - War at Sea (1941-1944) - About the War at Sea in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian, and Pacific Oceans between the Radius and the Central Powers.
No. 8 - Insurrection (1941-1943) - About the Anti-Union insurrections in Utah and Canada and their support by the Radius Alliance.
No. 9 - Pittsburgh (June 1942 - February 1943) - Centered around the Confederate Operation Coalscuttle and the resulting Battle of Pittsburgh, with it's resulting Confederate Catastrophe.
No. 10 - War in Scandinavia (1942-1944) - Centered around the Radius Invasion of Norway and Finland, and the brutal fighting in that region.
No. 11 - Remembrance: The United States (1941-1943) - Centered around the Union Army, it's war production, Operation Jupiter, and the Battle of Greenland.
No. 12 - Whirlwind: Bombing the CSA (August 1941 - November 1943) - The Development of the Union Air Force's strategic bombing campaign of the CSA, both the successes and setbacks.
No. 13 - Turning the Tide (July 1942 - June 1944) - Detailing on the Battle of Hamburg, the Radius being forced out of Western Germany, the Low Countries, and the desperate fighting in Northern France.
No. 14 - The Ottomans at War (1941-1944) - Centered around the Ottoman Empire during the Second Great War, along with the Palestinian and Egyptian Campaigns.
No. 15 - Home Fires: The Union (1941-1944) - Life and Politics of the Union Homefront during the Second Great War.
No. 16 - Inside the Confederacy (1941-1944) - Confederate Society as it transforms as it's fortunes of war are reversed. Censorship and Entertainment, transformation of Confederate industry, recruitment of female and foreign labor, Confederate dissent to the Freedomite Regime, and it's last months of existence.
No. 17 - Betrayal (1943-1944) - About the Japanese Empire changing sides in 1943 and conquering British Colonial Possessions in the Far East.
No. 18 - War in Africa (1941-1944) - About the Battle for Africa between Radius and Germany and how it effected their colonial possessions.
No. 19 - Stalemate and Breakthrough (August 1943 - January 1944) - The fighting between the Union and Confederate Forces in Tennessee and the Battle of Chattanooga.
No. 20 - Genocide (1940-1944) - Begins with the founding of the Freedom Party and follows it's Racial Theories. It ends with the implementation of the Population Reduction.
No. 21 - Nemesis: CSA (February - July 1944) - The Final Drive into the CSA, Morrell's March to the Sea, the Texas Revolution, Battles of Richmond and Atlanta, and the death of Jake Featherston.
No. 22 - Britain (1941-1944) - Britain's society and culture during wartime, and how life is transformed as the nation become increasingly aware of it's catastrophic military setbacks.
No. 23 - Eastern Front (July 1942 - May 1944) - The successive and bloody battles on the European Eastern Front, aimed towards Moscow and Petrograd.
No. 24 - The Bomb (February - June 1944) - The development of the Superbomb, the Superbombings of Petrograd, Paris, Hamburg, Philadelphia, Newport News, Charleston, London, Brighton, and Norwich and the ultimate surrender of the CSA and Britain.
No. 25 - Reckoning (July 1944) - The Post-War situation, including the dissolution of the Confederacy, the occupation of Britain and France, demobilization, the Nashville Trials, and the start of the Frozen War. Episodes concludes with the summations of the ultimate costs and the consequences of the war.
No. 26 - Remember - About how the war - both good and bad experiences - was experienced and remembered by it's witnesses.

The theme song of the World at War.

Awesome post.

 

[Soundwave3591]

Box Art of a Model of the US-German "General Combat Barrel" Prototype, also called the GCB-69, or KampfPanzer-69 in German/Austrian service. While relations between the USA and Germany cooled after the end of the Second Great War, the two countries retained cordiality, and the influence of the Presidency of David Ironhewer (1953-1961) a protege' of Irving Morrell who saw action with him in the Georgia Campaign, even saw a period of "calming" and a return to the pre-war technology sharing. The GCB-69 was one such result, Intended to be a quantum leap forward in Barrel design.
Conceived with Superbomb warfare in mind, the barrel has Atomic/Biological/Chemical protection for the crew, and a revolutionary turret design intended to accomodate the entire crew. Its squat profile allowed it much greater conceal-ability than prior Barrel designs, enhanced by the hydro-pneumatic suspension that actually allowed the barrel to "kneel," further lowering the vehicle. the Main weapon was the 152mm XM150 Gun/Launcher, which allowed the Barrel to fire both conventional munitions and the "PanzerSchreck" guided Anti-Barrel missile.

In the end, the vehicle was never adopted, as the cost overruns proved too expensive for the Germans and the many faults of the XM150 doomed the American effort, but research into the design would be used in the development of the next-generation Barrel for both nations, the German "Puma II" and the American M1"Pound."

 

[Soundwave3591]

William Jefferson Clinton, the first man from the former CSA to be elected president of the United States (1993-2001)

Born in Arkansas in 1946 (shortly after its reaffirmation as a Union state, making him a US Citizen and thus eligible to be elected) Clinton was shaped by the "Family Reunion" period in North American politics, as the former Confederacy was slowly reincorporated into the United States, bringing their system of government with them. While many former Confederates, or "Feddies" as they were nicknamed by the post-war generation, chafed under the Union's German-inspired Bureaucracy and Military structure, the long experience under the dogmatic Featherston regime ironically allowed for something of a smoothing of the transition (a few would joke that they traded one dictator for another.)

Clinton's election in 1993 was seen as the climax of the "Rose Bowl" period, the post-1980's surge in American exceptionalism that followed the final "Return to the fold" and restoration of the pre-1860 USA to full Union. Clinton would be the first sitting US President to visit the UK, and would begin the Process of the "Anglo-shift" in American politics, turning away from the Germanic sphere towards the English-speaking world. Social programs that had aided survivors of Featherston's "Population Reduction" would be extended for former British colonies in Africa via Liberia, which had risen to become the economic heart of West Africa following the collapse of the British and French Empires. Discovery of German atrocities in their West African Colonies further influenced the divide between the wartime allies, with some political pundits commenting on the hypocrisy of supporting Germany while simultaneously damning the CSA.

Domestically, Clinton brought what he called "Southern Politics" into the US government, restoring some of the power of the individual state governments and dialing back the German-inspired "Boot on your Neck" oversight. He also orchestrated the first "Atomic Non-Proliferation Treaty" following the Ottoman Empire's development of their first Superbomb in 1994.

His time in office would be marred by a scandal involving White House employee Monica Lewinsky in 1995, which would see him impeached in 1998, though he was not removed from office (likely due to the infllux of "Feddies" into Congress and the Senate) and served out the rest of his second term.

 

[Allochronian]

The World At War

The opening of the Documentary Series called World at War.

Created during the late 1960s and early 1970s, the German made series called World at War which chronicled the events of the Second Great War and was first aired between 1973 and 1974. At the time of it's completion, it would cost 9,000,000 Reichsmarks, making it the most expensive factual production in Television History. The series would be directed by Herman Weigel and narrated by Werner Hinz (the English translation would be done by Laurence Oliver) and it's soundtrack composed by the British musician Carl Davis. The series would go into depth about the war on both sides of the conflict, and had many people who were around to experience the war, whether being soldiers, officers, civilians, and politicians and had included people like Mark Clark, Cassius Madison, Douglas Corrigan, Erich von Manstein, William Hood Simpson, Jack Ifrey, Karl Dornitz, Jock Colville, James Stewart, Hasso von Manteuffel, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Bill Mauldin, Toshikazu Kase, Hans-Hellmuth Pfiefer, Charles M. Cooke Jr., Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck, Charles De Gualle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, and the historian Steven Ambrose. In a bonus DVD set about the making of the series, Wiegel had stated that he choose to interview the aides and adjutants rather than the more recognized figures. He would then go on to mention the most difficult person to locate and persuade to interview was Ferdinand Koenig's personal adjutant, Andrew Fox. During the interview Fox would admit to witnessing a large scale execution in Koenig's presence. The series would go on to be successful and in 2000, would be rank in 19th place on the 100 Greatest German Television Programmes, the highest ranking documentary.​

Episodes
No. 1 - The New Confederacy (1934-1941) - Detailing the Rise of the Freedom Party and Jacob Featherston.
No. 2 - Storm Rising Over Europe (1931-1941) - Centered around the rise of the Actionists in Britain and France along with the creation of the Radius Alliance.
No. 3 - The Storm Breaks (June 1941 - April 1942) - About the outbreak of war in Europe following the death of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the stalemate on the Western Front.
No. 4 - Clash in the East (June 1941 - April 1942) - Centered around the Russian invasion of Eastern Europe, Austria-Hungary, and Germany.
No. 5 - Blackbeard (August 1941 - May 1942) - Centered around the Confederate Invasion of the USA with Operation Blackbeard and their attacks on Haiti, Bermuda, and the Bahamas.
No. 6 - Banzai!: Japan (1931-1943) - Centered around Japan and it's wars and conquests in Asia and the Pacific War with the Union and it's entrance into the SGW. Covers the First and Second Battles of Midway.
No. 7 - War at Sea (1941-1944) - About the War at Sea in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian, and Pacific Oceans between the Radius and the Central Powers.
No. 8 - Insurrection (1941-1943) - About the Anti-Union insurrections in Utah and Canada as well as the Arab and Serbian revolts and their support by the Radius Alliance.
No. 9 - Pittsburgh (June 1942 - February 1943) - Centered around the Confederate Operation Coalscuttle and the resulting Battle of Pittsburgh, with it's resulting Confederate Catastrophe.
No. 10 - War in Scandinavia (1942-1944) - Centered around the Radius Invasion of Norway and Finland, and the brutal fighting in that region.
No. 11 - Remembrance: The United States (1941-1943) - Centered around the Union Army, it's war production, Operation Jupiter, and the Battle of Greenland.
No. 12 - Whirlwind: Bombing the CSA (August 1941 - November 1943) - The Development of the Union Air Force's strategic bombing campaign of the CSA, both the successes and setbacks.
No. 13 - Turning the Tide (July 1942 - June 1944) - Detailing on the Battle of Hamburg, the Radius being forced out of Western Germany, the Low Countries, and the desperate fighting in Northern France.
No. 14 - The Ottomans at War (1941-1944) - Centered around the Ottoman Empire during the Second Great War, along with the Palestinian, Caucasus, and Egyptian Campaigns.
No. 15 - Home Fires: The Union (1941-1944) - Life and Politics of the Union Homefront during the Second Great War.
No. 16 - Inside the Confederacy (1941-1944) - Confederate Society as it transforms as it's fortunes of war are reversed. Censorship and Entertainment, transformation of Confederate industry, recruitment of female and foreign labor, Confederate dissent to the Freedomite Regime, and it's last months of existence.
No. 17 - Betrayal (1943-1944) - About the Japanese Empire changing sides in 1943 and conquering British Colonial Possessions in the Far East.
No. 18 - War in Africa (1941-1944) - About the Battle for Africa between Radius and Germany and how it effected their colonial possessions.
No. 19 - Stalemate and Breakthrough (August 1943 - January 1944) - The fighting between the Union and Confederate Forces in Tennessee and the Battle of Chattanooga.
No. 20 - Genocide (1940-1944) - Begins with the founding of the Freedom Party and follows it's Racial Theories. It ends with the implementation of the Population Reduction. (When it was first aired worldwide, no commercial breaks were allowed to be played during it's airing. This would subsequently be the rule in the United States, Haiti, Liberia, and Texas whenever re-runs were aired in those countries since then.)
No. 21 - Nemesis: CSA (February - July 1944) - The Final Drive into the CSA, Morrell's March to the Sea, the Texas Revolution, Battles of Richmond and Atlanta, and the death of Jake Featherston.
No. 22 - Britain (1941-1944) - Britain's society and culture during wartime, and how life is transformed as the nation become increasingly aware of it's catastrophic military setbacks.
No. 23 - Eastern Front (July 1942 - May 1944) - The successive and bloody battles on the European Eastern Front, aimed towards Moscow and Petrograd.
No. 24 - The Bomb (February - June 1944) - The development of the Superbomb, the Superbombings of Petrograd, Paris, Hamburg, Philadelphia, Newport News, Charleston, London, Brighton, and Norwich and the ultimate surrender of the CSA and Britain.
No. 25 - Reckoning (July 1944) - The Post-War situation, including the dissolution of the Confederacy, the occupation of Britain and France, demobilization, the Nashville Trials, and the start of the Frozen War. Episodes concludes with the summations of the ultimate costs and the consequences of the war.
No. 26 - Remember - About how the war - both good and bad experiences - was experienced and remembered by it's witnesses.

Bonus Episodes

1. Making the Series: World at War
2. Secretary to Mosley: Mary Templeton
3. From War to Peace: Professor Stephen Ambrose
4. Warrior - Reflections of Men at War
5. Featherston's Confederacy: The People's Community (1934-1941)
6. Featherston's Confederacy: Total War (1941-1944)
7. The Two Deaths of Jacob Featherston
8. The Devastation: Part 1
9. The Devastation: Part 2
10. Making the Series: A 30th Anniversary Retrospective
11. Experiences of War
12. Restoring the World at War.

The series would by widely praised across the world by various world leaders, politicians, and academics, former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl would praise it saying "It was terrifyingly great." So much so, that both Wiegel and Winz would win awards for the series.
The theme song of the World at War.

Good, good, good!
The details in this series are very believable.
Despite some differences in how I would have handled a few things (such as no involvement of Austria-Hungary and/or Ottoman Empire or Japan's role or lack of role in the Pacific), I can definitely see this documentary series being very popular and valuable to historians in TL-191.

 

[Spencer Pease]

William Jefferson Clinton, the first man from the former CSA to be elected president of the United States (1993-2001)

Born in Arkansas in 1946 (shortly after its reaffirmation as a Union state, making him a US Citizen and thus eligible to be elected) Clinton was shaped by the "Family Reunion" period in North American politics, as the former Confederacy was slowly reincorporated into the United States, bringing their system of government with them. While many former Confederates, or "Feddies" as they were nicknamed by the post-war generation, chafed under the Union's German-inspired Bureaucracy and Military structure, the long experience under the dogmatic Featherston regime ironically allowed for something of a smoothing of the transition (a few would joke that they traded one dictator for another.)

Clinton's election in 1993 was seen as the climax of the "Rose Bowl" period, the post-1980's surge in American exceptionalism that followed the final "Return to the fold" and restoration of the pre-1860 USA to full Union. Clinton would be the first sitting US President to visit the UK, and would begin the Process of the "Anglo-shift" in American politics, turning away from the Germanic sphere towards the English-speaking world. Social programs that had aided survivors of Featherston's "Population Reduction" would be extended for former British colonies in Africa via Liberia, which had risen to become the economic heart of West Africa following the collapse of the British and French Empires. Discovery of German atrocities in their West African Colonies further influenced the divide between the wartime allies, with some political pundits commenting on the hypocrisy of supporting Germany while simultaneously damning the CSA.

Domestically, Clinton brought what he called "Southern Politics" into the US government, restoring some of the power of the individual state governments and dialing back the German-inspired "Boot on your Neck" oversight. He also orchestrated the first "Atomic Non-Proliferation Treaty" following the Ottoman Empire's development of their first Superbomb in 1994.

His time in office would be marred by a scandal involving White House employee Monica Lewinsky in 1995, which would see him impeached in 1998, though he was not removed from office (likely due to the infllux of "Feddies" into Congress and the Senate) and served out the rest of his second term.

What party do you think he’d be in TTL? Personally, I’d actually see him as Republican, as they’re a purely centrist party from the Second Mexican War onwards.

 

[Allochronian]

General History of Jamaica (1917-1944)
*Head canon ideas I've had for awhile, but I mentioned them before in previous posts somewhere on the forum.

Map of Jamaica during the 1670's

From 1655-1917, the island of Jamaica was a British colony. During the late 19th Century, trade occurred between the Confederacy and British colonies in the Caribbean. It was noted among British colonists that interaction between Confederates and the British in Jamaica was initially awkward due to the large population of (free) Blacks on the island. Confederate sailors and merchants on the island would often harass the Black population and engage in violent confrontations, which caused Britain to confront the CSA and demand that they behave like "civilized men". When the First Great War began in 1914, Jamaica was not involved in any battles, but the island did produced some war material and was a pit stop for the Royal Navy.

The Last Governor of Jamaica

After the end of FGW in 1917, all British and French colonies in the Western Hemisphere were surrendered. Some became U.S. territories, while others formed their own nations. In the case of Jamaica, the latter was chosen. The Governor of Jamaica, Brigadier-General Sir William H. Manning, was kicked out of the island and sent back to Britain, where he would later be sent to British Ceylon. The United States realized that Blacks made up more than half of the island's population. They thought it would be best if a Black Jamaican be selected as the new leader.

Marcus Garvey, President of Jamaica (1918-1940)
With the help of the U.S. government, Marcus Garvey was installed as the first President of the Republic of Jamaica. Before and during FGW, Garvey was already involved in politics and had several businesses in Jamaica. A staunch Black nationalist, Garvey believed that it was imperative that all Blacks in the Americas should gain financial independence and political power. He advocated for the return of all Blacks descended from the Atlantic slave trade back to Africa. He formed the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which supported his views about Black society. Eventually, the fraternal organization would transform into a political party that would dominate Jamaica.

Flag of the UNIA, eventually becoming the flag of Jamaica.

Throughout his presidency, Garvey improved the economy of his new nation and modernized its infrastructure. He sought to work with both the CSA and USA. Early on, he wanted to negotiate with anyone who would support his Back-to-Africa movement, even with heavily prejudiced government officials from both countries. Repeatedly, Garvey attempted to negotiate with the Confederacy to transport all of its Black population to Africa. Since the Confederacy refused to recognize Jamaica or any other Black republic, his attempts were ignored. When Featherston became president in 1934, Garvey surprisingly received a message from him. In general, it said that Featherston had a better idea on what to do with Black Confederates and that it would include Garvey and the Republic of Haiti. Confused and concerned, Garvey realized that he could not trust him and made plans to improve his country's military. Garvey also voiced concern about Featherston's political goals to the United States, but he was not taken seriously. Marcus Garvey would die of a stroke on June 10th, 1940.

Confederate troops in Jamaica during Operation Blackbeard in 1941

The Battle of Jamaica, or Defense of Jamaica, began when Featherston sent a fleet of Confederate ships and amphibious transport vehicles to invade the island. It was later revealed after SGW that Featherston promised to Churchill that Jamaica would be "cleaned of the black stain" and return it to British control. Similar plans of giving the Bahamas and Bermuda to Britain were also made, while the Confederates would gain Haiti. For the first few years of the war, Jamaica was cut off from the United States and played a defensive strategy against the Confederates. The Jamaican military lacked a decent navy and had no air-force, but their army was heavily involved in guerilla methods of attack. By late 1943-early 1944, President Claude McKay changed battle strategies and began to push the Confederate army out of Jamaica. Supplies were often sent by airlift from parts of U.S.-controlled Cuba. After the Confederacy surrendered and was dissolved, there were still some Confederate troops left on the island. When word was reached that the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines would be landing in Jamaica, the remaining Confederate Navy and Army around the island surrendered.

To this day, Garvey and McKay are national heroes in Jamaican history and is a strong ally to the United States. The ideas of Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism live on in the Caribbean and African nations.

Famous quote from Garvey

Claude McKay, President of Jamaica (1940-1948)

Something(s) I did previously on Jamaica:
https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...federacy-tl-191.185493/page-173#post-18603221

 

[Soundwave3591]

What party do you think he’d be in TTL? Personally, I’d actually see him as Republican, as they’re a purely centrist party from the Second Mexican War onwards.

I agree, he'd likely be Republican. My Headcanon here is that the Socialists, after a brief resurgence in the 1960's, finally collapse following an economic recession in the 1970's that is blamed on their policies. This leads Richard Nixon to pull what is called the "Lincoln Reversal" which is enacted in Lincoln, Nebraska (but is clearly intended to evoke Abraham Lincoln's bringing the Republicans into the Socialist party) where he and like-minded followers announce the restoration of an independent Republican party, Allowing for his two terms from 1973-1981, backed by "Feddie" voters who support the Opposition-to-the-Democrats ideals of the Party. Nixon's Presidency would coincide with Sonora and Chihuahua becoming part of the United States after a failed attempt by Mexican nationalists to have the two states returned to Mexico, thus finalizing the whole of the former CSA into the US, which was the beginning of the "Rose Bowl" era.

 

[S. Marlowski]

I have been wonder about this for a bit today, but what would type of non-Abrahamic religions (such as Paganism) could get popular in the West in TL-191?

 

[Lalli]

I have been wonder about this for a bit today, but what would type of non-Abrahamic religions (such as Paganism) could get popular in the West in TL-191?

Not very familiar with TL-191 but I think that religions are pretty much same as in OTL altough not sure what is situation with Judaism.

 

[Waltzing Brunhilda]

Head of State

I assume you mean head of government as a monarch is traditionally head of state

 

[S. Marlowski]

The Garrison Incident

Albert Wesley, whom was a Freedom Party Guards officer in it's Security Department photographed here during the Nashville War Crimes Tribunal, circa 1945. Wesley would highly regarded as being the man who brought the Second Great War to American shores as he was the man who oversaw Operation Featherston, which was an elaborate False Flag Operation conducted by the Freedom Party to make the Union look like the aggressor.

During a meeting in May 1941 about the planning of Operation Blackbeard, Group Leader Richard Paulson had made a suggestion to both President Featherston and Clarence Potter.
"I must suggest that the Yankees should be the ones who strike first. What I mean is, is that we have some of our men from the Guards dress up in Yankee uniforms and can speak like a Yankee orchestrate some sort of an operation along our northern border, so that we can use that "incident" to advantage. Which the world that is not allied with the Yanks would view us just merely responding to a violation to our sovereignty."

After thinking about Paulson's suggestion, Featherston along with many of his other inner circle would agree to Paulson's suggestion and in earnest would begin planning for an stage incident. Naturally, the first part of the Operation (which was codenamed Featherston) was to decided where is the incident going to take place at? After some consolation, it was agreed that the "Yankees" would attack a radio station and a Confederate Army outpost within the vicinity of the hamlet of Garrison Kentucky. To the opposite side of that town across the Ohio River was a Union Army installation. The second part was to create a "Yankee" saboteur group, which the Freedom Party Guards wasted no time in creating by making that unit by enlisting some Freedom Party Guardsmen who were capable of speaking in Northern Dialects and forging some Union Army uniforms for them. They also be provided with Union Army weapons that originally captured during the First Great War, equipment, and fake Union identity cards.

Five Freedom Party Guardsmen disguised as Union Army soldiers, which this photograph was taken two weeks before the "Incident" took place, circa 1941. The "officer" was Troop Leader Ernie Pike, who was to lead the "Yankee soldiers" during the their "raid."

As Weasley had pointed out, if the "Incident" was to have any credibility, the "Yankee Infiltrators" were going to have to suffer a few casualties. So, the Guards would then gather 6 inmates from the Concentration Camp Dependable, 4 of which were common criminals while the other two were political prisoners. The six men would then be transported to a Freedom Party Barracks at Nashville Tennessee where they would dressed up in faux Union Army uniforms and were given lethal injection and convincing looking gunshot wounds hours before the incident and were referred to by the Guards as "Canned Goods." Then the night of August 14th, 1941 came, which was the day before Operation Blackbeard was to commence, which by 9:00 PM, everyone in that Operation had taken up their positions. At that time in the town of Garrison, pretty much the whole town was asleep and the local CS Army outpost was about to under go rotation between shifts. Then at 9:24 PM, the outpost would report that they are coming under attack from at first an unknown attacker, but the Confederate soldiers would then identify the attackers as being "Yankee soldiers" from their searchlight. The firefight would last for about a minute before the "Union" soldiers withdrew into the dark, which a search by three of the CS Army personnel would find two "Yankee" corpses in the brush. Minutes later at 9:31 PM, the Garrison Radio Station which overlooked both the town and the Ohio River Valley would then come under attack as the "Union saboteurs" would first attack and then take over the station with it's only engineer named Roland Washington.

A colorized photographed of the Garrison Radio Tower from 1939, first built in 1934, the tower would be service from 1939 to it's destruction by Confederate forces in 1943 to prevent it from falling into Union hands.

A photograph of the radio engineer Roland Washington from 1940.

After transmitting some Anti-Confederate messages over the radio, the "Union" soldiers would summarily execute the radio engineer before retreating. The "Union" squad would then come across a Freedom Party Guards patrol, in which the Guardsmen would shoot into the air to make it seem like that the two forces were engaged in a firefight before the shooting quickly stopped. When the Confederate Army soldiers and police came to the scene, they had discovered that the Freedom Party Guardsmen were looking over the corpses of four "Union" Army soldiers below their feet.

Freedom Party and local officials and the Freedomite Press looking over the recovered bodies of the "Union" raiders the day after the incident occurred.

The next morning as Operation Blackbeard got underway, the Confederate Propaganda Machine would all over the incident, stating that this was an unprovoked attack by the "Northern Aggressors" against the Confederacy. Which Saul Goldman's propaganda machine would go on to state that the military invasion of the USA was in fact a response to this cowardly attack by the "Philadelphia Regime" against the Confederate Army and the citizens of the town of Garrison. Naturally, the Union Government's reply was that this Incident was just a ruse by the CSA in order to justify it's military aggression in Ohio and the Bahamas. During the war, Albert Wesley would be part of the frontline units of the Freedom Party Guards before ultimately being captured in Arkansas by the US Army in November of 1943. During the 1945 Nashville Trials, both Wesley would admit that the Garrison Incident was after all a Freedomite False Flag Operation, though Neo-Freedomites would maintain that the Incident was in truth an act of Northern Agression against the South. The incident would be the centerpiece for the 1968 film How I Started the Second Great War as well as being briefly shown in the 1979 Austro-Hungarian miniseries the World War, the 1985 TV film Featherston's Guards: A Portrait in Evil, and the 2001 Michael Bay film Ohio.​

 

[rob2001]

Potter wasn't tried in Nashville, he was tried in Philadelphia, for his part in blowing part of Philadelphia up with the Confederate Superbomb.

 

[Soundwave3591]

Not very familiar with TL-191 but I think that religions are pretty much same as in OTL altough not sure what is situation with Judaism.

Well with no Holocaust in this timeline (which helps the Germans develop a Superbomb, since the Jewish physicists remained in Germany) I'd imagine Judaism remains in its pre-war situation. There's No Israel, obviously.

I could see a surge in traditional African religions and traditions Among the black communities that survived the Population Reduction, though, in the same vein. Maybe Liberia would become TTL's Israel?

 

[PNWKing]

Or Haiti could be an Israel equivalent...………………….