Photos of the Kaiserreich

[Zoidberg12]

Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (1868-1961) a famous admiral of the Austro-Hungarian and later Danubian Navy. He served in the Navy for over fifty years from 1896 until his retirement at the age of 79 in 1947, shortly after the end of the Second Weltkrieg. It should be noted that much of his service during the Fifth Balkan War and the Second Weltkrieg was mostly administrative due to his advanced age, although he did a lot to coordinate Danubian naval actions against the Serbian and Greek navies during the Fifth Balkan War and the Socialist Italian and French navies during the Second Weltkrieg.


King Micheal I of Romania (1921-2017), King of Romania from the death of his father Carol II in 1952 until his abdication due to poor health in 2011.


Queen Margareta of Romania, the first Queen after Romania. She ascended to the throne after the abdication of her father King Micheal I in 2011.


Celebrations take place in Paris on September 29, 1985, the day of the fall of the Paris Fence, the re-unification of Paris and the re-unification of France under the newly established Fifth Republic of France. The re-unification of France under the Republic of France was a major victory for the Accord and the Latin League/Western European Economic Alliance. This and the fall of the Kingdom of France was somewhat of a setback for the German Empire and the Reichspakt. For many, this was also seen as a victory of French liberal republicanism over German conservative monarchism.

François Mitterrand, (1916-1995) last Prime Minister of the Kingdom of France.​

 

[Starforce]

Photo of fictional German dictator, Adolf Hitler. In an alternate history series: The rise of the Fatherland, it follows a reality in where the central powers lost world war 1, leading to Germany's utter humiliation and defeat at the hands of the victorious entente, and the rise of a 'fascist' state in Germany. Hitler is played by Bruno Granz.

 

[H.Flashman(VC)]

The dragon Fafnir in the Nibelungen filmtrilogy (Roland Emmerich 2000-2003) The first movie in the trilogy Das Rheingold with a budget of 75 million reichsmark was the most expensive movie ever to come out of Babelsberg till that point. Inspired by the books by Michael Ende, Emmerich made a set of movies that were a revolution in special effects. Critics claimed that this came at the cost of storytelling, but the public loved it. The receipts in Germany alone were already thrice the budget, which increased with every sequel.

 

[akoslows]

John Nance Garner speaking happily with his allies after learning of his victory in the 1936 election.
During the 1936 election, none of the four main candidates were able to secure a majority in the Electoral College, which led to the vote being passed to the House of Representatives. Due to Garner's allies and connections within the Senate, which he gained during his years as Speaker of the House, he was able to gain a majority of the votes and emerged as the victor of the 1936 presidential election, despite winning few states during the early stages of the election.

However, Garner's presidency would only go on to exacerbate the instability throughout the country, and his refusal to compromise with the SPA or AFP would lead to the Second American Civil War.

 

[MarchingThroughGeorgia]

German Stormtroopers advancing in a suburb of Smolensk. April 7th, 1944.

The German and Austrian drive into Russia that that begun in 1942, after the Battle of Warsaw, was finally halted by the Russians in Smolensk. Russian Tank Divisions beat back German attempts to encircle the city, and forced the army to fight in the city. Smolensk was the first case of heavy urban combat that German troops had been in since Warsaw. Every other urban center had been skirted by panzers and Panzer-Grenadiers and were encircled. The Russians didn't give up any part of Smolensk without a fight, and the city would be destroyed in the fighting. The Battle of Smolensk raged for 4 months, giving the Germans time to get their logistics in order, and they went to try and encircle the city again in June, but the Russians were able to retreat in good order, saving them from annihilation in a pocket.

 

[Deleted member 107125]

Soldiers of Nizam Osman Ali Khan prepare for the Battle of Bijapur against the Maharaja of Mysore, Krishna Raja Wodeyar IV , resulting in several deaths and casualties and eventually peace talks between the Nizam and allies and his childhood friend/ Mysore’s prime minister Mirza Ismail. The confederation was reformed to be an oligarchy until its downfall 2 years later.

Tristão de Bragança Cunha, a Goan revolutionary. He began as a RadSoc, campaigning for Goa’s independence from Portugal. He then joined Nehru’s Industrialist faction and changed his views. In 1950, he defeated Portugal and took to power as Premier of the Goa Commune.

 

[Deleted member 107125]

Indian Propaganda-

RadSoc poster from the ‘50s in support of Radical Socialist leader Mohit Banerji.

An Urdu poster used in an attempt to lift the spirits of Indian soldiers fighting for the British side.

Another RadSoc poster , this time from 1948, detailing the split between the RadSocs and Nehru’s Indian Syndicalist Congress.

 

[Moetron 9000]

President John F. Kennedy of the New England Republic (Unrecognized as the United States of America) giving his "I Am A Chicagoan" speech on May 1st, 1963, in Chicago, Commonwealth of America. Kennedy's speech was an attempt to ease tensions between New England and Syndicalist America after the May Day Bombings in Boston the year before, but the fact that John was the third New England Kennedy president in a row (Preceded by Joseph Sr. from New England's foundation in 1940 to 1948 and Joseph Jr. from 1948 to 1956), and that his younger brother Robert was poised to become the fourth in the 1964 New England elections, meant that his words fell mostly on deaf ears as Chairman Farrell Dobbs of the Commonwealth continued to rail against the "Kingdom of New England" - a pejorative name that was only reinforced by the continuing heavy Canadian presence in Boston. John would be assassinated later that year as he was riding in his presidential motorcade on November 22nd by Lee Harvey Oswald - a Totalist radical and former Red National Guard private - triggering the "Kennedy Crisis" between Canada and Syndicalist America. Many today argue that there is evidence to suggest that John was assassinated by Canadian agents seeking to manufacture outrage against the American Commonwealth, or that New England hawks - including some other members of the Kennedy family - plotted against him due to his attempts at making peace with the syndicalists; the fact that Oswald was killed by James Joseph Bulger Jr. - a member of the Irish Mob in Boston - before he could be officially interrogated only reinforced such ideas. Official reports have dismissed these conspiracy theories, but they manage to hold strong amongst many.

 

[Gar48]

English poster for the movie "Graf Dracula",the austrian movie adaption of Bram Stoker's famous novel.
Released in 1955 and directed by Alfred Deésy , the movie was directly financiated by the ministry of culture of the Danube Federation with the purpouse of promoting abroad both the culture and the traditions of the country.
While the movie is generally considered one of the best horror movies of the 20th century, it has been often accused of an excessive nationalist tone and to be a piece of propaganda for the Danube Federation: not only the entire setting was moved from Britain to Hungary ( with most of the action taking place in Budapest), but many critics also pointed out that both Dracula and his servants ( including the gypsies) very often speak with an heavy romanian accent.
The movie was also criticised for changing the nationality of most of the characters involved, with the only exception being Abraham Van Helsing, played by dutch actor Johannes Heesters .
The movie is also famous for being the film debut of austrian actor Maximilian Shell as Jonatan Harker (here an austrian lawyer called Jonas Harrer) and the first european movie of Emanuel Goldemberg ( here playing the famous vampire), following his exile from the United States in 1951.

 

[Gar48]

@theg*ddam*hoi2fan and @President Earl Warren is this ok?

 

[Zoidberg12]

Nikolai Ryzhkov, the final Vozdh of Russia from 1986, after the death of Vozdh Dmitri Shepilov, until his resignation from power in 1998, after which the Russian Republic was re-established and democracy would begin to gradually return to Russia after over sixty years of dictatorship and National Populism. His reign as Vozdh was marked by numerous reforms that liberalized the Russian economy, opened up Russia to foreign markets, allowed foreign corporations to operate within Russia, freed numerous political dissidents, opened up political discourse, increased local autonomy for numerous ethnic groups within the Russian State, among other such things, all in an attempt to in his words; "Bring the Russian State into the modern age."

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, leader of the radical-wing of the NRPR and the main rival to Nikolai Ryzhkov in the aftermath of the death of Andrey Vlasov in 1986 and the subsequent years of Ryzhkov's rule. After the failure Moscow Coup of 1996, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in conspiring against the rule of Nikolai Ryzhkov. He died in prison in 2004.

Dmitry Yazov, leader of the failed Moscow Coup of 1996, a failed coup attempt against the reformist rule of Nikolai Ryzhkov and in favor of installing Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as the Vozdh of Russia. The coup and the violence in Moscow, some of the worst since the Russian Civil War, and which many international observers feared would lead to another Russian Civil War, lasted from May 21 to June 14, 1996.

The forces of General Yazov shell the Russian State House during the Moscow Coup, May 21, 1996.

One of the tanks under the command of General Yazov in Moscow.

Soldiers loyal to Vozdh Ryzhkov hide behind a bombed-out bus and fight against the soldiers of Yazov.

Neo-Bolshevist, Communist, Syndicalist and Marxist-Leninist militants take advantage of the coup attempt and take control of a public building in Moscow. After the forces of Yazov were defeated, the government forces would eventually strike out against the numerous leftist militants active throughout Moscow, with the militants being either killed or imprisoned after surrendering to the government.

Soldiers loyal to General Yazov in front of the Russian State House.

Tanks in the armies loyal to Vozdh Ryzhkov on patrol in Moscow during the suppression of the putschist forces.

The destruction of public property in Moscow as a result of the coup attempt, June, 1996.

Government soldiers and Putschist soldiers battle each other in the streets of Moscow, May 1996.

Government police units in front of an anti-government rally, oddly enough including both Neo-Bolshevists and Neo-Tsarists.

Leftists, Tsarists and pro-democratic reformers of all ideologies clash in the streets of Moscow during the chaos of the coup attempt.

Government police forces clash with hardline National Populist and Voynist militants in support of the coup.

Ivan Silayev, provisional head of state of the Russian State and the first President of the Russian Republic after it was re-established after almost sixty-one years on June 26, 1998. He would be democratically elected in 1999, and was thus the first democratically elected leader of Russia since Alexander Kerensky. Over the next twenty years, Russia would find itself on a long and gradual path towards re-molding itself as a democratic nation. As of 2019, Russia is once again a democratic nation, though ethnic tensions, electoral fraud and the influence of wealthy oligarchs continue to be sometimes serious threats to the democracy of the nation.

 

[chankljp]

Syndicalist propaganda comic featuring 'Felix the Cat' produced during the American Civil War

While the character of Felix the Cat, having made his first debut in 1919, originally had no political connotations of any kind. However, during the Second American Civil War, he was quickly appropriated by the CSA in their own propaganda, both due to him already being a widely recognised cultural icon by the 1930s thanks to all the animated short films in which he was featured in, and the character being a black cat, just as the IWW's own 'sabo-tabby' was.

While the CSA was eventually defeated in the Second Civil War, by that point Felix the Cat's association with the far-left had already been deeply ingrained into public consciousness, not just in the United States, but also the rest of the world thanks to the propaganda effort of the Internationale's member states, with 'sabo-tabby' and Felix the Cat had became one in the same. This continued even after Otto Messmer, the co-creator of the character, had publicly expressed his dismay at Felix being used as a symbol of international syndicalism , claiming that he was forced by the CSA to continue his work of producing new Felix comics during the war from his home in New Jersey, and has since disavowed the chararter.

Even all into the 21st century, fan-made Felix the Cat comics can still often be found on internet message boards and online forums as a symbol associated with the far-left, with him advocating for various act of workplace sabotage and political violence against members of 'the capitalist system of murder, theft, and exploitation'.

 

[Deleted member 107125]

Syndicalist propaganda comic featuring 'Felix the Cat' produced during the American Civil War

While the character of Felix the Cat, having made his first debut in 1919, originally had no political connotations of any kind. However, during the Second American Civil War, he was quickly appropriated by the CSA in their own propaganda, both due to him already being a widely recognised cultural icon by the 1930s thanks to all the animated short films in which he was featured in, and the character being a black cat, just as the IWW's own 'sabo-tabby' was.

While the CSA was eventually defeated in the Second Civil War, by that point Felix the Cat's association with the far-left had already been deeply ingrained into public consciousness, not just in the United States, but also the rest of the world thanks to the propaganda effort of the Internationale's member states, with 'sabo-tabby' and Felix the Cat had became one in the same. This continued even after Otto Messmer, the co-creator of the character, had publicly expressed his dismay at Felix being used as a symbol of international syndicalism , claiming that he was forced by the CSA to continue his work of producing new Felix comics during the war from his home in New Jersey, and has since disavowed the chararter.

Even all into the 21st century, fan-made Felix the Cat comics can still often be found on internet message boards and online forums as a symbol associated with the far-left, with him advocating for various act of workplace sabotage and political violence against members of 'the capitalist system of murder, theft, and exploitation'.

The people shall seize the MEMES of production!

 

[President Earl Warren]

So Felix is basically the Syndie version of Pepe.

 

[Deleted member 82792]

What would Looney Tunes be like?

 

[Chris Lancour]

So Felix is basically the Syndie version of Pepe.

Yeah

 

[Chris Lancour]

Syndicalist propaganda comic featuring 'Felix the Cat' produced during the American Civil War

While the character of Felix the Cat, having made his first debut in 1919, originally had no political connotations of any kind. However, during the Second American Civil War, he was quickly appropriated by the CSA in their own propaganda, both due to him already being a widely recognised cultural icon by the 1930s thanks to all the animated short films in which he was featured in, and the character being a black cat, just as the IWW's own 'sabo-tabby' was.

While the CSA was eventually defeated in the Second Civil War, by that point Felix the Cat's association with the far-left had already been deeply ingrained into public consciousness, not just in the United States, but also the rest of the world thanks to the propaganda effort of the Internationale's member states, with 'sabo-tabby' and Felix the Cat had became one in the same. This continued even after Otto Messmer, the co-creator of the character, had publicly expressed his dismay at Felix being used as a symbol of international syndicalism , claiming that he was forced by the CSA to continue his work of producing new Felix comics during the war from his home in New Jersey, and has since disavowed the chararter.

Even all into the 21st century, fan-made Felix the Cat comics can still often be found on internet message boards and online forums as a symbol associated with the far-left, with him advocating for various act of workplace sabotage and political violence against members of 'the capitalist system of murder, theft, and exploitation'.

I can imagine the AUS having Mickey Mouse, The Feds having Popeye, and the PSA having the Looney Toons for propoganda pieces directed toward children

 

[KeeCoyote]

even in OTL in WW2 working with U.S. government. The Loony Tunes, have been anarchist in tendacy.

 

[Christian]

Oswald Mosley, Grand Protector of the Union of Britain.

Oswald Mosley rode a wave of discontent with the Federalist establishment and with the added momentum of the Totalist charter, secured the position of Chairman of the Union of Britain. He immediately went to work on increasing the power of the Chairman, culminating in his combination of the position of Chairman and General Secretary into the position of Grand Protector, and militarizing Britain, he expanded the Republican Navy and Air force, went about the disbandment of the militias and their reformation into a proper army, on the basis of preparing for the inevitable war with Germany, which to his credit, would come in time. One of his most controversial acts was securing an alliance with the Eurasian Pact in an anti-German alliance, many since then have criticized Mosley for this alliance, but it was through this alliance did the Internationale have a chance of emerging triumphant in the 2nd Weltkrieg.

Oswald Mosley has since the war's end became a very controversial figure, with many hating him for his authoritarianism, in particular the jailing or murder of dissidents during his time, alongside his alliance with the Eurasian Pact, while others have praised his leadership leading to and during the war, and his stepping down after the war and officially separating the position of Grand Protector back to Chairman and General Secretary (1). When news of his death came in 1980, there were strong mixed reactions around, with many Britons celebrating the death of "The second Cromwell" or "Oswald I", alongside others who mourned for the death of a great statesmen and leader.

(1) Though historians noted that Mosley was probably aware that the British people were tiring of his authoritarianism and most likely stepped down rather than risk being overthrown.

Milton Friedman, father of "Syndicalism with American Characteristics".

A native New-Yorker who moved to Chicago, Milton Friedman spent most of his early years studying the reasons for the continuing failures of the American economy, and radicalized by his findings, he aligned himself with the Syndicalists during the 2nd American Civil War. After the war's end, he found a profession as a professor in the University of Chicago(1), during which he, alongside his colleagues, wrote "Syndicalism and Freedom", a novel which argues for a combination of America's entrepreneurial spirit with Syndicalism, or "Syndicalism with American Characteristics" (2) as he called it. "Syndicalism and Freedom" would become a hugely influential novel in the Socialist Republic of America, serving as the de facto economic handbook of the Federalist party, and launched Milton Friedman to prominence.

(1) The University of Chicago would soon become synonymous with "Syndicalism with American Characteristics", with many of its alumni advancing Milton Friedman's ideas and adjusting them for the modern age and beyond.

(2) Some of its tenants are, an economy run by cooperatives, a land value tax and negative income tax.

 

[Zoidberg12]

Here's a map that I made of my idea of the world of Kaiserreich in the year of 2018, and also in 2019 and 2020.