Photos of the Kaiserreich

[Magnimik]

Maybe provide a summary on the different canons please.

It's hard to provide a particular summary when your canon is as consistent as Huey's political ideology...

Non-existed German Empire by mid-40s and non-bordergored Russia are basically the only things established in my personal canon.

 

[Deleted member 82792]

Scarlett Johansson starring as Major Kusanagi in the live action adaption of the popular Imperial Japanese manga Section 9. While many critics did question the wisdom of casting a Westerner for this role, her performance turned out to be one of the movies strong points, allowing it win several awards and smash box office expectations across the globe. Recently Johansson has been voted by the Japanese as the Most Beautiful Western Woman of 2017.

 

[Worffan101]

My 'verse:
--Russia went Savinkov and the Entente got into a shooting match with the Internationale. CSA won and overran Canada; Bharat took over India, Brits fled to Australasia. Mittelafrika broke apart into allied native-ruled kingdoms after the Kaiser OKed Lettow-Vorbeck's shooting Göring out of a cannon, and the other colonial states were broken up forcibly and turned over to native rule by the Internationale (of course, Syndicalist native rule, but at least they have elections). South Africa had the civil war and nobody won, it just went to shit until the Americans smuggled enough guns to the African International Syndicalist Congress and South Africa was broken up into a couple different countries by Syndicalist revolution. The southernmost one went nasty Totalist and had to be forcibly Corrected by the Americans and their African puppets; alt-Zimbabwe had uneasy peace.
--Russia (Savinkov's nightmarish totalitarian regime, think Hitler crossed with Stalin with shades of North Korea) went down hard under German and American invasion. Japan also fell to US invasion. China snagged Korea and went really nasty nat-pop (AOG pulled out on the Kaiser's orders).
--America and China got into a shooting war. America won. China is a mishmash of loosely allied Syndicalist, syndicalist-lite, and a few pro-German states; not as powerful as the PRC but richer, much more stable, and didn't suffer Mao or his abuses.
--Germany decolonized peacefully, some of the postcolonial states are OK with them (most of the Mittelafrikan successors are at least grudgingly members of the German bloc), some not so much (Indochina went Syndicalist and is an American sockpuppet).
Brazil, heavily backed by the USA, won the war in South America. The entire Western hemisphere is red.
--Germany and Austria went social-democrat. Everything on mainland Europe between Flanders-Wallonia, Strasbourg, the Austrian-Italian border, and the Urals is part of the German-led Paneuropa bloc, which is predominantly social democrats. Norway is Syndicalist and part of the Internationale, but the other Nordics are in Paneuropa. The Finns, Ukrainians, White Ruthenians, Baltics, and Cossacks hate the Russians with the burning fire of 20 million martyrs. Russia basically got split in two, constitutional monarchy in the west and Syndicalist republic in the west.
--The Ottomans lost the Ottoman-Axis War, took on Greece, and drew German attention. They lost Istanbul for their trouble and are now a really nasty nationalist regime that hates everybody around them, but particularly the Greeks and the Kurds. The Germans (or rather their Greek sockpuppet) won't give Istanbul back because strait so the Turks are basically fucked. The Iranians, Arabs, and Egyptians bickered over the remains of the Ottomans and have been forced by rising nationalism to calve off semi-autonomous "ethnic homelands"; pan-Arabism didn't get off the ground because of Arab/Egyptian arguments. Iran had a really nasty Nat-Pop anti-Arab phase where they dusted off some Nazi-like ideology from the 19th century but they're feeling much better now.
--Afghanistan plays off all the neighbors and just wants to survive.
--The Caucasus states are German puppets; Georgia was Totalist under Beria but nobody liked him and he was hanged.
--CNT-FAI won in Spain after the Americans took down the Estado Novo on the grounds of fuck those guys. Spain is an anarcho-communist mess that's still unstable due to a complete failure by the CNT-FAI to heal divisions in society and restore a strong, cohesive faith in central government. (I think that Kingdom of Spain is the best faction in that civil war; fuck the Carlists)
--The Syndicalist world is divided into three major categories; the Nice Guys (America and others like it--full free elections and democracy, great people), the Not-So-Nice Guys (France and Britain and pals--"Democracy is OK, but we aren't above a little German Scare"; they're getting better about this, though, under US pressure), and the Corruption Economy (Brazil and some others--"yes, yes, democracy and Fraternal Syndicalist Brotherhood; no, there is no bribery in our glorious workers' state...oh, you mean you want to bribe me, sure, just slip it in my back pocket, sure I can make some things happen, comrade."). Bharat is a bit nasty and belligerent and has a personality cult going around Gandhi, so they're currently in hot water with America.

 

[Magnimik]

While many critics did question the wisdom of casting a Westerner for this role, her performance turned out to be one of the movies strong points, allowing it win several awards and smash box office expectations across the globe

Worthwhile Western anime adaptations is the ultimate proof why KR timeline is better than ours...

 

[pattontank12]

Maybe provide a summary on the different canons please.

My cannon is that while Syndicalism was wiped from the western world by the Entente and Central Powers it managed to come out triumphant in India and even spread to neighboring countries. Currently the world is locked into a four way cold war by the International (anarcho-syndicalists), MittelEuropa (Constitutional Monarchists), Entente Cordial (NatPop/Authoritarian Democrats) and the Co-prosperity sphere. Along with technology generally being ahead of OTL, German lunar landing in the 50's, OTL late ww2 tech by 1938, cybernetic augmentations and nuclear fusion by the twenty teens etc.

The restored United States heavily resembles Fallout USA, with a cult of personality around MacArthur and with a fondness of deporting "dissidents" to penal colonies and work camps. While the British Empire and the Commonwealth is more powerful than OTL and is pratically starting to turn into Code Geass's HBE. MittelEuropa and the Danube Federation is practically a defacto megastate. Only more militaristic and nationalistic than OTL. Honestly the world is more generally more authoritarian leaning.

Edit: I'm also thinking that India and the International got destroyed in the 70's, in a third Weltkrieg.

 

[theg*ddam*hoi2fan]

Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez, President of the Pacific States of America 1993-2001. The son of immigrants to the United States who'd fled to the Pacific States when war broke out, Estévez was the first President from an immigrant background. He would preside over a thawing of relations with the United States, quickly developing a rapport with President Sanders. In addition, his administration was marked by progressive legislation: chief among them the Estévez Educational Act, which would allow parents sending children to third-level education to claim fees as a tax write-off; as well as major infrastructural funding. His administration would also see Civil Partnerships for same-sex couples extended to California, Oregon and Washington, though Nevada, Utah and New Mexico would not see such legislation pass until later in the 21st century.

The Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. The Church of the Latter-Day Saints of Jesus Christ is a major religion in the Pacific States, forming the majority faith in Utah State and with congregations across the other states.

IJA troops in Kuching, Sarawak, during the Malaysian Emergency 1957-1961. Japanese troops aided the fledgling Malay government in hunting down Syndicalist guerrillas, mostly Indian radicals who'd fled the collapse of Bharat.

 

[pattontank12]

 

[Zoidberg12]

German infantrymen sitting on a ruined French Red Army Renault Tank during the German invasion of France, 1942.

German soldiers guard and escort Russian POW's captured near Minsk, White Ruthenia, shortly after the city was re-captured by the Germans and Ruthenians from the Russians during the fighting on the Eastern Front of Second Weltkrieg, 1943.

Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, the "Little Black Devils", march along a road outside of Exeter in the English county of Devon, 1943.

Cossacks from the army of the Don-Kuban Union, circa 1935.

A militia from the armies forces of the Pacific States of America stop a civilian driver, 1937

US Federal Army soldiers advance on CSA positions in Ohio, 1939.

Serbian soldiers marching from Nis to the Bulgarian front during the Fourth Balkan War in 1938. Note the helmets based on the design of the French Adrian Helmet.

Second Weltkreig propaganda poster celebrating the alliance of the United States of America and the German Empire against the Syndicalist nations of the Third Internationale and the National Populist nations of the Russian Alliance (Use your imagination and replace the below years with the years of the beginning and end of the Second Weltkreig, 1939 to 1947).

A Carlist rally outside of Bilbao, Kingdom of Spain in 1960. While all Carlist groups were outlawed after their defeat in the Spanish Civil War, they were re-legalized in 1955, provided that they took no arms against the Spanish government.

Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma (1889-1980), the Italian born-Spanish Carlist claimant to the Spanish throne under the name of King Javier I. After the Carlist defeat in the Spanish Civil War, Duke Xavier was forced into exile in Lisbon, were he became good friends with King Duarte II and continued to serve as a figurehead for the Carlist movement in Spain, despite the fact that he was forbidden from ever returning to Spain. After years of living in Portugal and travelling throughout Europe, he died in Estoril, Portugal in 1980 at the age of 91.

Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908-1980), the legitimist Bourbon claimant to the Spanish Throne as King Jamie III from 1941 to 1948, when he officially renounced his claim over the Spanish throne.

Duarte II (1907-1976), King of Portugal from 1932 to 1976. While controversial for his ties to the Nationalist Populist and Intregalist regime of Portugal, he also saw the improvement of Portuguese infrastructure, the reformation of the Portuguese Army and Navy, new social programs and the eventual introduction of democracy to Portugal during the 1960s.

King Duarte II of Portugal holding his infant son Duarte Pio, Prince Royal, the future King Duarte III of Portugal, in 1947.

King Alexander III of Serbia, receiving the rank of Commander of the Légion d’Honneur, 2015.

 

[HIM Dogson]

Yes, I know the Germans out Francis on the French throne if they win. I find it ridiculous.

King Henri of France later in his life. As the German army crushed the Commune, Henri's National France landed in the South, quickly securing the south of the country. As Germany negotiated the Second Peace with Honor with the Union of Britain they concurrently were negotiating the fate of France with Henri's regime. Von Lettow Vorbeck demanded France would be a Constitutional Monarchy, and Henri accepted; however, he also demanded that France recognize all of Germany's gains after the First and Second Weltkrieg. While Henri accepted this, his government as a whole, especially the ultranationalist Charles de Gualle, did not. Henri www spirited out of Marseilles by German commando Otto Skorzeny. Meanwhile, as Savinkov launched Operation Yaroslavl, de Gualle joined him and Araki in the Eurasian Alliance. National Franch troops advanced towards Paris, but were pushed out of the country by German, Austrian, and Spanish troops by 1942.

The American Expiditionary Force lands in North Africa, during Operation Torch. While the vast majority of CSA involvement in the Second Weltkrieg was against Integralist Brazil and Imperial Japan, an Expiditionary force led by Smedly Butler of around 500,000 was sent to Europe. That force's first mission was the liberation of North Africa, and, in September of 1942, they accomplished that task. They would go on to play a decisive role in tandem with the Austrian army in Operation Orince Eugen, or the breaking of Serbia and Romania, in 1944.

 

[WotanArgead]

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I love this poster!

 

[helher]

Photo of Martin Tranmæl as he proclaims the creation of the Norwegian Socialist Republic. Tranmæl's Norway while adopting a Syndicalist economy, kept the political structure of the kingdom of Norway except being Republican and thus having no monarch.

Norwegian anti alchohol poster which states "A worker that drinks, does not think" "A worker who thinks does not drink"

 

[theg*ddam*hoi2fan]

Japanese tanks in the Pacific States during the Second North American War. At its height, the Japanese commitment to defending the Pacific States against the United States comprised over quarter of a million men, under the command of General Kuribayashi Tadimichi.

Raffles Hotel, Syonan Prefecture. This institution has stayed open throughout the history of former Singapore, from British rule through German rule to annexation by Japan following the war against Germany*, and has catered to a wide variety of clients. It is particularly popular with IJN officers attached to the Second Fleet based at Syonan.

*While the Southern Malay Peninsula, Sarawak and German Borneo were formed into the independent Malaysian Federation, Syonan was annexed by Japan. The new Malay government agreed to this in exchange for guarantees of development aid.

HMS Audacious, one of the Royal Navy's two carriers. The Commonwealth Naval Treaty of 1956 laid down that Britain, Canada and Australasia would each maintain a two-carrier fleet, in order to ensure 'maximal defence of the Commonwealth's maritime interests'. They have since been joined by the two light carriers of the Indian Federation, and the Royal South African Navy's HMSAS Johannesburg.

 

[Zoidberg12]

The signing of the Treaty of Rome in one of the rooms of the Capitoline Museums in Rome between the Italian Federation, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of France and the Kingdom of Portugal on March 30, 1958. The Treaty of Rome established the Latin League, a Western European diplomatic, economic and military alliance of Latin/Romance nations within the Acord to act as a counterweight to the the British Commonwealth within the Acord and the German-led Reichspakt.

Greek soldiers on the Salonika front of the Fourth Balkan War, 1938.

Indians celebrate the proclamation of the Republic of India, August 25, 1950.

German, Polish and Ukrainian soldiers patrol the jungles of Malaya for Communist rebels during the Malayan Emergency, circa 1955.

Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903-1990), first President of the Republic of Malaya. After defeating the communist insurgency, the Germans withdrew from and recognized the independence of Malaya on May 5, 1960.

Brazilian propaganda from the Second Great South American War (1949-1952), fought by the unlikely allies of Intregralist Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia against Patriotic League Argentina and her puppet state of Paraguay. The war would end in a Brazilian victory, with the freedom of Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay guaranteed with all three as neutral nations, but with no major territorial gains by Brazil.

Edit: I edited the last caption to make it consistent with current KR canon.

 

[Redshank Galloglass]

Flag of the Union of Britain. In 1938, a referendum was held to revise the British National Flag. This was the end result. The Red circular cross represents the Syndicalist Republic in England (as it resembles the old English flag) and the Black background represents the more decentralized Scottish state, especially the Highland Communes (as it resembles the old Scottish Flag). The Gold represents it's role as one of the major powers of the internationale. This is mainly due tothe fact that the UoB is heavily militarized due to it's proximity to the Kaiserreich, and holds a Standing Army of 2 million men at all times with modern equipment and training.

Original Union of Britain flag. While it was no longer the flag of the nation, it was kept as the Naval Jack of the British Republican Navy.

First Highland Red Guard Divison on parade in Argyll Commune. While the UOB military is fully volunteer, British culture encourages military service. Men are encouraged to join any branch, especially the Republican Army, and women have made a place for themselves in the Republican Navy, Republican Air Force, and the non-combat units of the Republican Army.

 

[Zoidberg12]

Armies of the Fourth Balkan War (1937 to 1938):

Iron Guard Romania

Kingdom of Serbia

Kingdom of Greece

Kingdom of Bulgaria

 

[Worffan101]

American Hughes-Gurevich HG-21 Fishbed, the most iconic fighter aircraft of the PRUSA. Cheap, fast (capable of Mach 2.2), versatile, and effective even against far more advanced jets, it was introduced at the beginning of the 1960s, and with incremental improvements is still in service today with many American clients and allies. The emblem on this plane, a callback to the old USA popular in the early days of the PRUSA to placate old regime loyalists, was later replaced with the red star of the Syndicalist Revolution.

Seattle Military Aircraft Union SU-35 Flanker fighter aircraft, the current multirole air superiority fighter of the PRUSA. Supplemented by Hughes-Gurevich HG-29s and derivatives, this twin-engined design forms the first line of air defense for the eternal cause of Syndicalism. It is equipped with thrust vectoring engines and a truly formidable offensive armament.

Seattle Union SU-39 Lightspeed super-maneuverable fighter aircraft. Currently set to replace large portions of the PRUSA's fighter fleet, it is controversial due to its cost and an export ban. Its main competition is...

...the Messerschmitt Bf-316 Kaiserliche Adler fighter, a mainstay of the German Empire considered to be the best fighter in the world. This stealthy supermaneuverable design has been shown in Syndicalist simulations to be able to easily overcome any Syndicalist plane there is, and is a serious cause for concern in the Third Internationale.

 

[Zoidberg12]

Union of Britain soldiers of the 4th Lincolnshire Regiment at Skage in the Internationale-aligned Norwegian Union, which was established after the Norwegian election of 1936. To their right, a Norwegian solider of the Norwegian People's Army examines a rifle.

German and Swedish soldiers marching through Oslo on their way to the front to fight against the remaining British and Socialist Norwegians, 1942. Oslo was captured by the German and Swedish armies, after-which the Kingdom of Norway was re-established as a member of the Reichspakt under King Haakon VII and interim-Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold. The establishment of the Norwegian Union also bought the previously neutral Kingdom of Sweden into the war on the side of the Reichspakt. After the war, with the Norwegian government and public still suspicious of the designs of other nations and of potential foreign interlopers, the Kingdom of Norway would become a founder of the Scandinavian Union, a diplomatic and economic bloc of nations independent from the Reichspakt and MittleEuropa, along with the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of Denmark.

British People's Police suppress a food strike during the Allied invasion and blockade of the Union of Britian, 1944.

Edit: I edited some of these captions in the wake of some new updates.

 

[pattontank12]

So here's an idea on the possible future technological development of Kaiserreich...

Spoiler

While the world at first is ahead of our own in certain fields rocketry, mechanical engineering, jet aircraft etc. The invention of the transistor gets delayed by ten to twenty years and afterwards the world is more slow to adopt it. Out of fear of EMP's from enemy superpowers. Of course this wouldn't have stopped technology advancement. Thanks to generally more focus on outer space compared to OTL do to the militarization of space. Thanks to the lack of analogue to the OTL Outer Space Treaty.


Now back on Earth we'd see the more widespread adoption of Nuclear energy. Do to the world generally being more industrialized and developed compared to OTL. Leading to an even worse 70's oil crisis and even faster depletion of the world's oil reserves. Giving greater interest in developing nuclear technology. Leading to the development of practical fusion reactors by the end of the 20th Century. Along with the development of Nuclear thermal rockets and other "fun" technologies. Possibly with even steam cars(warning it's a 27 minute video) making a comeback

 

[Magnimik]

A left-wing German satirical cartoon mocking the extravagant and luxurious lifestyle of Hermann Göring, the Statthalter of Mittelafrika. Depicted styles: "the Statthalter", "the Junker", "the White Hunter" and "the Vizekönig".

 

[theg*ddam*hoi2fan]

Imperial Japanese Air Force Boeing-Mitsubishi B-1 Yari bomber taking off from an airbase in Hokkaido. The Yari is the main strategic bomber of both the IJAF and the Pacific States Air Force, having been developed in a collaborative project between Boeing and Mitsubishi.

British-Canadian developed Chieftain tank, part of the Royal Canadian Hussars, near the US-Canadian Border 1983. Following the Second North American War, owing to continued hostility and revanchist rhetoric from south of the border the Canadian military was obliged to extend the wartime draft, creating a permanent National Service similar to post-Restoration Britain. Even so, however, owing to the manpower disparity between Canada and the United States it was necessary to establish Commonwealth Forces Canada, a permanent presence of British, Australasian, Caribbean, South African and Indian troops within Canada. While the Sanders Presidency would see the reduction of the CFC, it still exists, and National Service has now been engrained within Canadian culture.

Imperial Russian Army troops fighting in the Ukraine, c. 1943. As Germany and Syndicalist France fought for the future of Western Europe, the resurgent Russian Empire would move to take back a number of the territories it had lost. Ukraine, the Don-Kuban and the Caucasus would largely be reclaimed, but attempted probing of the Finnish borders was repulsed, at a time when the war in Western Europe was winding down. Russian regrowth would be a cause of major alarm for Germany, Japan and the Commonwealth, leading to the 'Great Game' Era.