The Co-Prosperity Sphere
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Around two times as fast (roughtly) but not enought on a long run against America.
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So they still will lose regardless or is there a chance of a armistice like in Korea war and what the military situation in Europe?
No they kind of win thanks to a armistice in 1944 after Thomas E. Dewey get's elected as without a Pearl Harbor attack TTL the Second Great War is quit unpopular in the American Public even more so after recent losses. America will therefore loose on the Home Front so to speak.
For Europe the Germans have much of the Balkans, Poland, much more of France, Spain and Turkey behind them, giving them a few armies more while the Soviets thenks to a encircelment in the Caucasus and the Japanese attacking in the East have lost a few armies and a few million men more by now. Even worse they lost their main oild fields there, making them depending heavily on Allied land-lease and supplies, even if they still in theory have millions of more forces to spare, the Red Army was much more motorised and mechanized then the Germans ever were OTL, TTL this means they run out of their equipment because of fuel, while Germany suddenly has enought to not only mass produce more planes and tansk then OTL, but even keep them running as they now have more then enought to keep them running (for now).
Not quit sure yet as there are a few campaigns and battles still to come, however most of TTL will take place in the world after this war, so there is overall much more to come.
Chapter 671: A Egypt Fox
Chapter 671: A Egypt Fox
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel knew that in the east coast of Egypt behind the Nile as well as on the Sinai Peninsula behind the Suez Channel, the British Empire had some of it's last remaining oil reserves. Therefore he tried his best to outflank Alexandria if possible, rush east and take these regions, while he hoped General Erhart Steineiche, German Commander in the Middle East and General Nuri Pasha, the Second Ottoman Commander in the Middle East could copy his Libya-Egypt strategy of fast, mobile encirclement of enemy forces in the Mesopotamian region between between the Rivers of Euphrates and Tigirs and pushy the British/ Allies out of Iraq to deny them the Mosul, Kirkuk, Baghdad and Kuweit oil fields, and out of Persia to deny them the Ahwaz and Bandor Shahpur oil fields too. At the same time the Soviets had started to develop their own remaining oil fields in Chapoew north of the Caspian Sea and Kransnovodsk east of the Caspian Sea, as well as in the Volga/ Ural region, but many of those now were in direct range of Axis Central Power bombers and unlike the Allies who feared bombing the Caucasian oil fields of Maikop, Grozny and Baku without Stalin's approval of such a plan, the Imperial German Air Force had no such limitations. However the German Emperor Wilhelm himself intervened, ordered Ahwaz to be spared as he believed it would soon be conquered by German, Austrian-Hungarian and Russian forces, while Tzar Vladimir quickly after intervened and ordered to spare the other Russian oil fields to be spared too, as he viewed them as very important for the rebuilding of Russia after the war, like so many believed the Red Army to be already beaten and also needed this oil for trade income and ruble rolling in after the liberation of Russia from Stlain and Communism was finished. Imperial German Air Admiral Hermann Göring and other military leaders were quit outraged by this events, as they believed this would delay the overall victory, giving the beaten Red Army time to catch it's breath and reorganize, but they were soon overruled and outvoted by the Emperor's the majority of the military high command who believed the Eastern Crusade to be almost over by then and even their own prejudice of the Soviet Union and the Red Army overall lack of abilities, discipline and efficient command structures.
In the meantime in Egypt, General Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and Marshal of Italy (Maresciallo d'Italia) Ettore Bastico, technically his superior had failed to take Lake Qarun and bypass Giza by capturing Faiyum with it's main central railway intersections west of the Nile. With the British Eight Army under Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery still securing Alexandria, Rommel's flank would be exposed like back in Tobruk if he continued to push east without ending this threat. Therefore the Axis Central Powers air forces (mainly German, Italian, Austria-Hungarian and Turkish bombers from Libya and Cyprus heavily bombed the city of Alexandria in hopes to weaken the Allied forces there before a main German assault would follow, or at least weaken them enough that they would not dare to oppose Rommel in the rest of northern Egypt. Meanwhile the Allies burned secret documents and plans in Cairo and prepared to blow up all bridges over the Nile as well as blockade the Suez Channel by sinking flooding prepared old tank ships right in it's middle. Unknown to Rommel and the Axis Central powers, most of the British Eight Army had secretly by then already retreated from the Siege of Alexandria in a attempt to get behind the Nile, from were they could head east and join the Middle East defenses, or south and join the remaining defenses of Egypt around Cairo. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery did not intend to dare and risk letting his forces get encircled, eliminated or capitulated, even if it meant a temporary retread, as he was hellbent on beating Rommel and the Axis Central Powers. Sure their supplies lines were much shorter now then his, but they had until now lost much more forces then the Allies in North Africa and the overwhelming industrial power of the Empire and the United States would soon crush the German, Austrian-Hungarian and Italian forces in Egypt and push them back out of the country, then out of Libya and the rest of North Africa, following them to Southern Europe Montgomery and many other Allied leaders hoped and planned.
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel knew that in the east coast of Egypt behind the Nile as well as on the Sinai Peninsula behind the Suez Channel, the British Empire had some of it's last remaining oil reserves. Therefore he tried his best to outflank Alexandria if possible, rush east and take these regions, while he hoped General Erhart Steineiche, German Commander in the Middle East and General Nuri Pasha, the Second Ottoman Commander in the Middle East could copy his Libya-Egypt strategy of fast, mobile encirclement of enemy forces in the Mesopotamian region between between the Rivers of Euphrates and Tigirs and pushy the British/ Allies out of Iraq to deny them the Mosul, Kirkuk, Baghdad and Kuweit oil fields, and out of Persia to deny them the Ahwaz and Bandor Shahpur oil fields too. At the same time the Soviets had started to develop their own remaining oil fields in Chapoew north of the Caspian Sea and Kransnovodsk east of the Caspian Sea, as well as in the Volga/ Ural region, but many of those now were in direct range of Axis Central Power bombers and unlike the Allies who feared bombing the Caucasian oil fields of Maikop, Grozny and Baku without Stalin's approval of such a plan, the Imperial German Air Force had no such limitations. However the German Emperor Wilhelm himself intervened, ordered Ahwaz to be spared as he believed it would soon be conquered by German, Austrian-Hungarian and Russian forces, while Tzar Vladimir quickly after intervened and ordered to spare the other Russian oil fields to be spared too, as he viewed them as very important for the rebuilding of Russia after the war, like so many believed the Red Army to be already beaten and also needed this oil for trade income and ruble rolling in after the liberation of Russia from Stlain and Communism was finished. Imperial German Air Admiral Hermann Göring and other military leaders were quit outraged by this events, as they believed this would delay the overall victory, giving the beaten Red Army time to catch it's breath and reorganize, but they were soon overruled and outvoted by the Emperor's the majority of the military high command who believed the Eastern Crusade to be almost over by then and even their own prejudice of the Soviet Union and the Red Army overall lack of abilities, discipline and efficient command structures.
In the meantime in Egypt, General Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and Marshal of Italy (Maresciallo d'Italia) Ettore Bastico, technically his superior had failed to take Lake Qarun and bypass Giza by capturing Faiyum with it's main central railway intersections west of the Nile. With the British Eight Army under Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery still securing Alexandria, Rommel's flank would be exposed like back in Tobruk if he continued to push east without ending this threat. Therefore the Axis Central Powers air forces (mainly German, Italian, Austria-Hungarian and Turkish bombers from Libya and Cyprus heavily bombed the city of Alexandria in hopes to weaken the Allied forces there before a main German assault would follow, or at least weaken them enough that they would not dare to oppose Rommel in the rest of northern Egypt. Meanwhile the Allies burned secret documents and plans in Cairo and prepared to blow up all bridges over the Nile as well as blockade the Suez Channel by sinking flooding prepared old tank ships right in it's middle. Unknown to Rommel and the Axis Central powers, most of the British Eight Army had secretly by then already retreated from the Siege of Alexandria in a attempt to get behind the Nile, from were they could head east and join the Middle East defenses, or south and join the remaining defenses of Egypt around Cairo. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery did not intend to dare and risk letting his forces get encircled, eliminated or capitulated, even if it meant a temporary retread, as he was hellbent on beating Rommel and the Axis Central Powers. Sure their supplies lines were much shorter now then his, but they had until now lost much more forces then the Allies in North Africa and the overwhelming industrial power of the Empire and the United States would soon crush the German, Austrian-Hungarian and Italian forces in Egypt and push them back out of the country, then out of Libya and the rest of North Africa, following them to Southern Europe Montgomery and many other Allied leaders hoped and planned.
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He knows and he might get a little heart attack because of it (methaphorical apeaking) from the shok he is in while hearing such news.
Chapter 672: Johnston Atoll Preparations - America
Chapter 672: Johnston Atoll Preparations - America
On Hawaii the Admirals Raym. A. Spruance, Richmond K. Turner and Harry W. Hill, along the Generals Holland M. Smith, Julian C. Smith, Leo D. Hermle, Merritt A. Edson and David M. Shoup planned a miracle. It was well known since the 1942 mid-term elections that the overall American public opinion was more opposing of the war and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt by the day. The fact that some accused him of fascist-monarchist-authoritarian policies, methods and goals himself did not help, neither did the fact that many newspapers had to be regulated from printing articles about fighting a British-French Imperialist war to preserve their Colonies and Dominance in Europe, while at the same time aiding the Communist Red Tyranny of Stalin as a common enemy of both the Axis Central Powers and the Co-Prosperity Sphere that the Comintern shared with the Allies and vice versa. A victory in the Pacific, Africa or Europe was needed to keep the morale and war support up and it was needed quick and easy. However the Strategy Europe First and the heavy pressure the Japanese led Co-prosperity Sphere put onto Papua/ New Guinea and the Solomones meant that not much resources were available for any Allied Pacific Operation in it's own, as most forces and reinforcements or supplies were send to Australia. Therefore the planning United States Admirals and Generals had to find a weak spot in the Japanese Outer Defenses, a single easily isolated island garrison, that could not only be quickly cut off from any reinforcements and supplies, but also be a target for the first American counteroffensive and a easy, quick victory to lift the spirits back at home.
The target was quickly found, identified as the Johnston Atoll and Sand Island at the outer edge of the Japanese Defense Perimeter. With long range bombers from Hawaii, aided by the American's own Pacific Fleet with the remaining Carriers (optional) and their massive battleships, they should be able, rather quickly to deal with this lonesome Japanese island fortifications there, retaking the territory and getting a first incident of hope for the Pacific back to the newspapers at home, especial since the situation in Africa and Europe did not look that good either right now. One Marine and one Infantry Division were designated to land on the Johnston Atoll and Sand Island to recapture them, but the western coral reef made a approach of the fleet from there problematic and it was most likely that both Japanese island fortifications were build to support one another. Because of that the Marine and Infantry landings planned on Sand Island (Blue Beach, Yellow No. 1 and Yellow No. 2), as well as those on Johnston Atoll (Red No. 1, Red No. 2 and Green Beach) itself were intended to face away from one another. This however meant that the American Fleet supporting the Operation had to be best split up in a more northern and a more southern group too to aid their respective islands better. On Sand Island the Marines were planned for the eastern Blue Beach Zone and Yellow No. 2 as the Japanese entrenchment and defenses there were the largest, so that the supporting Infantry could land more easier and secure at Yellow No. 1 to cut both Japanese Garrisons in the northern Sand Island in two. In the southern Johnston Atoll the Marines were meant to land at Red No. 1 and Red no. 2. where the Japanese had their main defenses and the most heavy resistance was anticipated. The Infantry meanwhile would land at Green Beach under much better cover they believed. All landings in Sand Island and Johnston Island were therefore planned to support one another and crush the Japanese Garrison forces between their own.
On Hawaii the Admirals Raym. A. Spruance, Richmond K. Turner and Harry W. Hill, along the Generals Holland M. Smith, Julian C. Smith, Leo D. Hermle, Merritt A. Edson and David M. Shoup planned a miracle. It was well known since the 1942 mid-term elections that the overall American public opinion was more opposing of the war and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt by the day. The fact that some accused him of fascist-monarchist-authoritarian policies, methods and goals himself did not help, neither did the fact that many newspapers had to be regulated from printing articles about fighting a British-French Imperialist war to preserve their Colonies and Dominance in Europe, while at the same time aiding the Communist Red Tyranny of Stalin as a common enemy of both the Axis Central Powers and the Co-Prosperity Sphere that the Comintern shared with the Allies and vice versa. A victory in the Pacific, Africa or Europe was needed to keep the morale and war support up and it was needed quick and easy. However the Strategy Europe First and the heavy pressure the Japanese led Co-prosperity Sphere put onto Papua/ New Guinea and the Solomones meant that not much resources were available for any Allied Pacific Operation in it's own, as most forces and reinforcements or supplies were send to Australia. Therefore the planning United States Admirals and Generals had to find a weak spot in the Japanese Outer Defenses, a single easily isolated island garrison, that could not only be quickly cut off from any reinforcements and supplies, but also be a target for the first American counteroffensive and a easy, quick victory to lift the spirits back at home.
The target was quickly found, identified as the Johnston Atoll and Sand Island at the outer edge of the Japanese Defense Perimeter. With long range bombers from Hawaii, aided by the American's own Pacific Fleet with the remaining Carriers (optional) and their massive battleships, they should be able, rather quickly to deal with this lonesome Japanese island fortifications there, retaking the territory and getting a first incident of hope for the Pacific back to the newspapers at home, especial since the situation in Africa and Europe did not look that good either right now. One Marine and one Infantry Division were designated to land on the Johnston Atoll and Sand Island to recapture them, but the western coral reef made a approach of the fleet from there problematic and it was most likely that both Japanese island fortifications were build to support one another. Because of that the Marine and Infantry landings planned on Sand Island (Blue Beach, Yellow No. 1 and Yellow No. 2), as well as those on Johnston Atoll (Red No. 1, Red No. 2 and Green Beach) itself were intended to face away from one another. This however meant that the American Fleet supporting the Operation had to be best split up in a more northern and a more southern group too to aid their respective islands better. On Sand Island the Marines were planned for the eastern Blue Beach Zone and Yellow No. 2 as the Japanese entrenchment and defenses there were the largest, so that the supporting Infantry could land more easier and secure at Yellow No. 1 to cut both Japanese Garrisons in the northern Sand Island in two. In the southern Johnston Atoll the Marines were meant to land at Red No. 1 and Red no. 2. where the Japanese had their main defenses and the most heavy resistance was anticipated. The Infantry meanwhile would land at Green Beach under much better cover they believed. All landings in Sand Island and Johnston Island were therefore planned to support one another and crush the Japanese Garrison forces between their own.
Same as with Japan, the USA will withdraw from the war after the election and soon afterwards the British (with no furhter supplies, money and main allies) will do the same.
Chapter 673: A Hashemite Strategy?!
Chapter 673: A Hashemite Strategy?!
The Stalemate in the Middle East, was problematic for the Axis Central Powers and the Second Ottoman Empire. Ironically, like so often in this war (similar to Italy) the Ottomans had chosen a rather unsuspected ally, the Hashemites (Arabic: الهاشميون, Al-Hāshimīyūn; or House of Hashim) a royal family that had shortly ruled over Hejaz (1916 to 1925), Iraq (since 1921), Jordan and Syria (since 1920). As a part of the Dhawu Awn, one of the branches of the Hasanid Sharifs of Mecca (also called the Hashemites), who had ruled the city continuously from the 10th century until its conquest by the House of Saud in 1924, they shared a common ancestor in Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, making him the 37th-generation direct descendant. The Hasanid Sharifs of Mecca from whom the Hashemite royal family is directly descended, including the Hashemites' ancestor Qatadah ibn Idris, were Zaydi Shias until the late Mamluk or early Ottoman period when they converted to Shafi'i Sunni Islam. Their later dynasty in the region was founded by Sharif Hussein ibn Ali (Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi, Arabic: الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 1853/1854 – 4 June 1931), who was appointed as Sharif and Emir of Mecca by Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1908, then in 1916 was proclaimed King of Arab countries (and claimed for himself the title of Caliph), but was only recognized as King of the Hejaz, after initiating the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. His sons Abdullah and Faisal assumed the thrones of Jordan and Iraq in 1920/ 1921. His son Ali bin Hussein (Arabic: علي بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 1879–1935) was King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca from October 1924 until he was deposed by Ibn Saud in December 1925. He was the eldest son of Hussein bin Ali, the first modern King of Hejaz, and a scion of the Hashemite family. With the passing of the kingship from his father he also became the heir to the title of Caliph, but he did not adopt the khalifal office and style. This betrayal by the British for letting the Saud conquer the Hashemites after they had aided them against the First Ottoman Empire was not forgotten.
Instead of a unified Arab Empire under Hashemite rule, the British and French divided the regions under the sons Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz (Arabic: عبد الإله; also written Abdul Ilah or Abdullah; 14 November 1913 – 14 July 1958) the first cousin and brother-in-law of King Ghazi of Iraq, who was intended to serve as regent for King Faisal II from 4 April 1939 to 23 May 1953, when Faisal came of age. He also held the title of Crown Prince of Iraq from 1943. Ghazi bin Faisal (Arabic: غازي ابن فيصل Ġāzī bin Fayṣal) (21 March 1912 – 4 April 1939) was the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq from 1933 to 1939 having been briefly Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Syria in 1920. He was born in Mecca, the only son of Faisal I, the first King of Iraq, the son of Hussain bin Ali. He was succeeded by Faisal II (Arabic: الملك فيصل الثاني Al-Malik Fayṣal Ath-thānī) (2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the next King of Iraq, himself the son Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz, who reigned from 4 April 1939 even trough a pro-Imperial German Coup by some of his officers, that cost 3,000 Iraqi troops their life in combat while 3,000 nationalist officers were purged. This greatly weakened and diminished the Iraqi Forces during the Second Great War.
Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein (Arabic: عبد الله الأول بن الحسين, Abd Allāh Al-Awal ibn Al-Husayn, February 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the ruler of Jordan and its predecessor state, as the Emir of Transjordan from 11 April 1921 under a British mandate. Abdullah claimed, he was a 38th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad as he belongs to the Hashemite family. Born in Mecca, Hejaz, in the First Ottoman Empire, Abdullah was the second of three sons of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and his first wife Abdiyya bint Abdullah. He was educated in Istanbul and Hejaz. From 1909 to 1914, Abdullah sat in the Ottoman legislature, as deputy for Mecca, but allied with Britain during the First Great War. Between 1916 and 1918, he played a key role as architect and planner of the Great Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule that was led by his father Sharif Hussein. Abdullah personally led guerrilla raids on garrisons. Abdullah became emir to the Emirate of Transjordan in April 1921, which he established by his own initiative. Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi (Arabic: فيصل بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, Fayṣal al-Awwal ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933) was King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 to 1933. He was the third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca, who had proclaimed himself King of the Arab lands in October 1916. Faisal fostered unity between Sunni and Shiite Mohammedans to encourage common loyalty and promote pan-Arabism in the goal of creating an Arab state that would include Iraq, Syria and the rest of the Fertile Crescent. While in power, Faisal tried to diversify his administration by including different ethnic and religious groups in offices. However, Faisal's attempt at pan-Arab nationalism may have contributed to the isolation of certain religious groups. The Kingdom was later abolished by the French Colonial Administration gained the Mandate of Syria in 1920.
The Second Ottoman Empire therefore believed they would have a chance, convincing the Hashemites thanks to their pan-Mohammedan propaganda and rhetoric that was meant to split up the Arab nationalism and it's people to weaken them. They portrayed the British and French as the main Allies as a untrustworthy bunch that had betrayed and stabbed the Hashemites in the back, yes had even done so to the Saud who they betrayed the Hashemites for, as they had promised a unified Arab Nation State after the defeat of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, only to split the region up into their own proto-colonies, the so called Mandates of the League of Nations. This the Ottoman Turks called out and claimed, proved the true British and French intentions all along, as they had divided and kept the people of Europe, Africa, Asia and America small and depending on them, so their Empire's could rise and remain at the top of global powers. However despite some pan-Mohammedan sympathies for the Second Ottoman Empire and the Turks, similar to the pan-Turkish movements never gained a strong foothold in the Middle East and the Arab nations and Arab nationalism, let alone the Hashemites. This was mainly because of the Turkish purges and displacement against ethnic minorities during the war, including Armenian, Kurds and Arabs that they intended to get rid off in their Greater Pan-Tukish New Ottoman Empire. Therefore no alliance between the Hashemites/ Arab Nationalists and the Second Ottomans/ Turks and Germans ever formed, even if some local groups, parties and even volunteer forces still joined them in their fight. Especially since the Hashemites did not trust the Turkish Ottomans to hold on to their promise to have the Syrian, Mesopotamian, Jerusalem and Hejaz Provinces remain as semi-independent Kingdoms (Mamlaka) under their own Hashemite Kings (Malik).
The Stalemate in the Middle East, was problematic for the Axis Central Powers and the Second Ottoman Empire. Ironically, like so often in this war (similar to Italy) the Ottomans had chosen a rather unsuspected ally, the Hashemites (Arabic: الهاشميون, Al-Hāshimīyūn; or House of Hashim) a royal family that had shortly ruled over Hejaz (1916 to 1925), Iraq (since 1921), Jordan and Syria (since 1920). As a part of the Dhawu Awn, one of the branches of the Hasanid Sharifs of Mecca (also called the Hashemites), who had ruled the city continuously from the 10th century until its conquest by the House of Saud in 1924, they shared a common ancestor in Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, making him the 37th-generation direct descendant. The Hasanid Sharifs of Mecca from whom the Hashemite royal family is directly descended, including the Hashemites' ancestor Qatadah ibn Idris, were Zaydi Shias until the late Mamluk or early Ottoman period when they converted to Shafi'i Sunni Islam. Their later dynasty in the region was founded by Sharif Hussein ibn Ali (Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi, Arabic: الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 1853/1854 – 4 June 1931), who was appointed as Sharif and Emir of Mecca by Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1908, then in 1916 was proclaimed King of Arab countries (and claimed for himself the title of Caliph), but was only recognized as King of the Hejaz, after initiating the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. His sons Abdullah and Faisal assumed the thrones of Jordan and Iraq in 1920/ 1921. His son Ali bin Hussein (Arabic: علي بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 1879–1935) was King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca from October 1924 until he was deposed by Ibn Saud in December 1925. He was the eldest son of Hussein bin Ali, the first modern King of Hejaz, and a scion of the Hashemite family. With the passing of the kingship from his father he also became the heir to the title of Caliph, but he did not adopt the khalifal office and style. This betrayal by the British for letting the Saud conquer the Hashemites after they had aided them against the First Ottoman Empire was not forgotten.
Instead of a unified Arab Empire under Hashemite rule, the British and French divided the regions under the sons Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz (Arabic: عبد الإله; also written Abdul Ilah or Abdullah; 14 November 1913 – 14 July 1958) the first cousin and brother-in-law of King Ghazi of Iraq, who was intended to serve as regent for King Faisal II from 4 April 1939 to 23 May 1953, when Faisal came of age. He also held the title of Crown Prince of Iraq from 1943. Ghazi bin Faisal (Arabic: غازي ابن فيصل Ġāzī bin Fayṣal) (21 March 1912 – 4 April 1939) was the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq from 1933 to 1939 having been briefly Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Syria in 1920. He was born in Mecca, the only son of Faisal I, the first King of Iraq, the son of Hussain bin Ali. He was succeeded by Faisal II (Arabic: الملك فيصل الثاني Al-Malik Fayṣal Ath-thānī) (2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the next King of Iraq, himself the son Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz, who reigned from 4 April 1939 even trough a pro-Imperial German Coup by some of his officers, that cost 3,000 Iraqi troops their life in combat while 3,000 nationalist officers were purged. This greatly weakened and diminished the Iraqi Forces during the Second Great War.
Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein (Arabic: عبد الله الأول بن الحسين, Abd Allāh Al-Awal ibn Al-Husayn, February 1882 – 20 July 1951) was the ruler of Jordan and its predecessor state, as the Emir of Transjordan from 11 April 1921 under a British mandate. Abdullah claimed, he was a 38th-generation direct descendant of Muhammad as he belongs to the Hashemite family. Born in Mecca, Hejaz, in the First Ottoman Empire, Abdullah was the second of three sons of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and his first wife Abdiyya bint Abdullah. He was educated in Istanbul and Hejaz. From 1909 to 1914, Abdullah sat in the Ottoman legislature, as deputy for Mecca, but allied with Britain during the First Great War. Between 1916 and 1918, he played a key role as architect and planner of the Great Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule that was led by his father Sharif Hussein. Abdullah personally led guerrilla raids on garrisons. Abdullah became emir to the Emirate of Transjordan in April 1921, which he established by his own initiative. Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi (Arabic: فيصل بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي, Fayṣal al-Awwal ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933) was King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 to 1933. He was the third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca, who had proclaimed himself King of the Arab lands in October 1916. Faisal fostered unity between Sunni and Shiite Mohammedans to encourage common loyalty and promote pan-Arabism in the goal of creating an Arab state that would include Iraq, Syria and the rest of the Fertile Crescent. While in power, Faisal tried to diversify his administration by including different ethnic and religious groups in offices. However, Faisal's attempt at pan-Arab nationalism may have contributed to the isolation of certain religious groups. The Kingdom was later abolished by the French Colonial Administration gained the Mandate of Syria in 1920.
The Second Ottoman Empire therefore believed they would have a chance, convincing the Hashemites thanks to their pan-Mohammedan propaganda and rhetoric that was meant to split up the Arab nationalism and it's people to weaken them. They portrayed the British and French as the main Allies as a untrustworthy bunch that had betrayed and stabbed the Hashemites in the back, yes had even done so to the Saud who they betrayed the Hashemites for, as they had promised a unified Arab Nation State after the defeat of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, only to split the region up into their own proto-colonies, the so called Mandates of the League of Nations. This the Ottoman Turks called out and claimed, proved the true British and French intentions all along, as they had divided and kept the people of Europe, Africa, Asia and America small and depending on them, so their Empire's could rise and remain at the top of global powers. However despite some pan-Mohammedan sympathies for the Second Ottoman Empire and the Turks, similar to the pan-Turkish movements never gained a strong foothold in the Middle East and the Arab nations and Arab nationalism, let alone the Hashemites. This was mainly because of the Turkish purges and displacement against ethnic minorities during the war, including Armenian, Kurds and Arabs that they intended to get rid off in their Greater Pan-Tukish New Ottoman Empire. Therefore no alliance between the Hashemites/ Arab Nationalists and the Second Ottomans/ Turks and Germans ever formed, even if some local groups, parties and even volunteer forces still joined them in their fight. Especially since the Hashemites did not trust the Turkish Ottomans to hold on to their promise to have the Syrian, Mesopotamian, Jerusalem and Hejaz Provinces remain as semi-independent Kingdoms (Mamlaka) under their own Hashemite Kings (Malik).
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Chapter 674: Klan Temple (Klemple) or Klanism
Chapter 674: Klan Temple (Klemple)-ism or Klanism
Thanks to his massive success in the anti-war really in Washington, William Joseph Simmons believed he could not only reunite and revive the Ku Klux Klan, but that to do so he had to implement new changes too. While Hiram Wesley Evans had become the new Imperial Wizard in 1922, Simmons had become the elected Emperor for life. Ever since the 1930s fascist leaning splinter groups of the Klan had risen, like the Black Legion, the Knights of the White Camellia and others, that sought close relationship with other National Monarchist/ Fascist Royalist groups like the German-American Bund and the Silver Shirts (often shortened SS). William Simmons believed that one of the main factors that the KKK had failed to archive a so massive loyal fanaticism and mass movement unlike the National Monarchists and Fascist Royalists had done in Europe was because while it had it's believes and ideals, it lacked a core ideology, a unifying center, around which a own ideology and even political party could be build. Therefore William Simmons as the Klan's Emperor rewrote the Kloran (a portmanteau of "Klan" and "Koran"), the Klan's handbook into his personal ideological book to outline and cement his ideology and believes that should form the new, future Klan, detailed outlining the role of different Klan members as well as detailing Klan ceremonies and procedures. The letters Kl were often used at the beginning of words to delineate a Klan association. Examples include: Kloran, Klonversation (conversation), Klavern (cavern or tavern; local branch or meeting place), Klavaliers, and such. The original Kloran was written by William J. Simmons, for his revived "Knights of the Ku Klux Klan," around 1915. He drew heavily on his previous experiences as a "fraternalism;" he was a member of many different lodges and had sold memberships in the Woodmen of the World before deciding to revive the Klan. The Klan created the Kloran as a means to share their knowledge and to keep a set of values within the organization. Now however as William Simmons rewrote the Kloran and tried to establish a mass movement around himself at the center and top, many things changed. The Black Legion with it's around 135,000 members was a Klan organized along military lines, their Michigan Legion alone had 5 brigades, 16 regiments, 64 battalions, and 256 companies. It boasted of a membership of one million Legionnaires in Michigan, but observers estimated that it had between 20,000 and 30,000 members. When William Simmons incorporated them into the newly unified Klan, they formed a sort of paramilitary group (the Black Knights in their Black Robes and Black Hoods), who had to swear allegiance to him alone, similar to Hitler's SA and other movements of the time. They were officially the military branch of his so called Invisible Empire and their main enemies were the Washington Government, Republicans, Catholics and Jews.
William Simmons Second Klan started to organize white citizen's councils opposing the central government's growing authority in the Southern States and calling for a Invisible Empire in the whole world, as well as in a spiritual sense. The secrets, working order and ideology implemented by William Simmons were outlined in the Kloran and all outside of this hidden state and empire were designated the Alien World and non-members Aliens. Around William Simmons, as the commander in Chief, whose power was supreme "within the limits of this Constitution" and whose edicts, decisions and rulings were binding on all members of the order, the Klan became a very militarized organization. They even used own specific terms, referring to states and territories within the United States as Realms, given a number given by it's organization within the KKK hierarchy and it's capital the convention was named a Klorero, ruled by a Grand Dragon, while a ruling council of none Hydras ruled over the whole hidden Empire. Inside the Realm, the Klan established Provinces, counties or a number of counties (six at maximum), designated by the local Grand Dragon. Each Province was lead by a Great Titan. Underneath this was the basic unit, the Klan with a jurisdiction era known as a Klanton, led by a Exalted Cyclops. The officers at each level above the local Klan unit were designated by a unique prefix: Imperial at the Empire level; Grand at the Realm level; and Great at the Province level. Thus, for instance, an Imperial Kludd would be the chaplain for the whole organization, a Grand Kludd for the Realm, Great Kludd for a Province and simply Kludd for a local Klan.
Not all offices were reproduced at each level. The Kladd, Klarogo, Klexter, and Klokard were not present at the Province level, and the Kladd was not included on the Realm level. The Klazik, second vice-president, and Klonsul, attorney, positions only existed at the Imperial level. The Klazik's duties included being head of the department of Realms and organizing new Realms and Provinces. At the Province level there were three Klaliffs that served as an advisory board. A Klokann of three members, each one named a Klokan, filled this role at the local levels and a Klokann of four members at the Imperial level, in which they served as a "Supreme Board of Auditors and Special Advisers" and was led by a Chief Imperial Klokan. The Imperial Wizards Genii constituted his Imperial Kloncilium; this was the Imperial Wizards supreme advisory board, as well as the Klans highest administrative organ in between Klonvokations. It met regularly every July, but could also be called when the Imperial Wizard or five Geniis petitioned him to do so. The Kloncilium was also the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of the organization with appellate jurisdiction and the right to finally determine disputes between Realms, Provinces, Klans and members in unorganized states. Giant was adopted as an emeritus title: Imperial Giant for an ex-Imperial Wizard, Grand Giant for an ex-Grand Dragon, Great Giant for ex-Great Titan, and Klan Giant for an ex-Exalted Cyclops. A Kleagle was a recruiter and was responsible for organizing local Klans. Klankraft or Klanishness – the overall practice and state of being a Klan member. This could be defined as the employment and patronizing of fellow Klansmen, as well as sale of official Klan memorabilia, such as T-shirts, watches and belt buckles. The definition robes, cross lightings and parades, the mysticism, everything that made the Klan the Klan was soon found. Other definitions included maintaining the sanctity of one's home, maintenance of white supremacy and purity, and loyalty to the Klan itself.
Terms related to membership and non-membership: were Alien – a non-member, Naturalization – the Klan initiation ceremony, Citizen – a Klan member, Passport – membership card, Banished – expelled from the Klan. There were even special names for different Klan Groups, according to their activity; Wrecking Crew – an action squad commissioned to take physical action against enemies and wayward members of the Klan. Depending on time and organization, these groups consisted of 5 to 8 members and were authorized either by the klokann, the Exalted Cyclops and/or the Kludd. Sometimes led by the Nighthawk. An action taken by the crew is wrecked. Some names used by wrecking crews include "Secret Six", "Ass-tear Squad" and "Holy terrors". The Klan Bureau of Investigation – Pioneered by the Mississippi White Knights, these groups investigate the Klans enemies and check leaks, later they were formed by William Simmons Second Klan into it's very own secret service. Degree teams – a group which performs the task of initiation. In terms of finances the Klan knew the following worlds; Klectoken or Klecktokon – initiation fee. It stabilized around $10 before the 1960s, the Imperial tax – membership dues and the Provincial tax – secondary dues, paid per capita for the upkeep of a Realm. The overall Code words and phrases used by the KKK were; A.Y.A.K. or Ayak – "Are you a Klansman?" to be answered with; A.K.I.A. or Akia – "A Klansman I am"; these were code words for Klansmen meeting in strange surroundings. They would be inserted into common conversation, for instance "Does a Mr. Ayak live in this neighborhood?" to be responded by "No, but a Mr. Akia does." The password would then be accompanied by a secret handshake or other sign of recognition. Other words and phrases included K.I.G.Y or Kigy – "Klansman, I greet you", S.A.N.B.O.G. or Sanbog – "Strangers are near, be on guard", Itsub – "In the sacred unfailing bond", a correspondence sign-off, Sor – "Sign of recognition", K.L.A.S.P. – "Klannish loyalty a sacred principle", C.A.B.A.R.K. – "Constantly Applied By All Real Klansmen", O.R.I.O.N – Our Race Is Our Nation, or L.O.T.I.E or LOTIE – Lady Of The Invisible Empire. This was one of a number of names for Klan women's auxiliaries.
Two KKK codes for dates and times have been developed, the Ku Klux Register in the original prescripts and the Kalender developed by William Joseph Simmons too; The Klan months were 1st – Dismal, 2nd – Dark, 3rd – Furious, 4th – Portentous, 5th – Wonderful, 6th – Alarming, 7th – Dreadful, 8th – Terrible, 9th – Horrible, 10th – Melancholy, 11th – Mournful and 12th – Dying. Colors were used for the days of the week were; 1st Prescript; 1. White, 2. Green, 3. Blue, 4. Black, 5. Yellow, 6. Crimson and 7. Purple. Twelve designations were used for the hours of the day: 1. Fearful, 2. Startling, 3. Awful, 4. Woeful, 5. Horrid, 6. Bloody, 7. Doleful, 8. Sorrowful, 9. Hideous, 10. Frightful, 11. Appalling and 12. Last. The Kalender developed by W. J. Simmons even included codes for days of the week, weeks, months and years. For months: 1st – Bloody, 2nd – Gloomy, 3rd – Hideous, 4th – Fearful, 5th – Furious, 6th – Alarming, 7th – Terrible, 8th – Horrible, 9th – Mournful, 10th – Sorrowful, 11th – Frightful and 12th – Appalling. For weeks and days: Weeks; 1. Woeful, 2. Weeping, 3. Wailing, 4. Wonderful and 5. Weird. Days; 1. Dark, 2. Deadly, 3. Dismal, 4. Doleful, 5. Desolate, 6. Dreadful and 7. Desperate. Years were reckoned according to reigns and cycles. The Reign of Incarnation and Incantation was all time up to the American Revolutionary War. The First Reign of the Klan's Incarnation and Incantation was the period between the Revolution and the establishment of the original Klan, which was reckoned to May 6, 1866 in this scheme. The Reign of our Second Incarnation and Incantation was reckoned between 1866 and Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest's dissolution of the Klan, which is reckoned to 1872. The Reign of our Third Incarnation and Incantation began in 1915. The Klan year, Anno Klanslar, began in March of each year, and the cycle was reckoned from December of each calendar year.
After the rewriting of the Kloran, William Joseph Simmons reformed the newly unified and growing Klan into a ideology (Klanism), a southern political party (Southern Knights Party, Confederate Party or Dixieland Party). The ideology inside this party was inspired by Social Darwinism, racism, Nordicism, anti-Catholicism, white Nationalism, anti immigration, pro-segregation, white nationalism, Neo-Confederism, Anti-Communism, Prohibition, Antisemitism, but also Nazi Ideology and the idea of National Churches (mainly the German Protestant one). Therefore William Joseph Simmons structured the religious part of his new ideology and believes around the so called Klemple (Klan Temples, or Klaos, from the Greek word for temple naós), were so called Kliests (Klan Priests) preached his philosophy and ideology, the next step were the Grand Klemple, were a Klishop (Klan Bishop) would preach as the next member in this hierarchy. The headquarter was in the Major Klemple, the main Klemple at Stone Mountain, the Confederate memorial, were the Second Klan had been founded and were the annual Labor Day Cross-burning ceremony would be held each year. The burning cross ceremony soon became a stable in all Klemple's seen as a religious rite that symbolically represented the cleansing of the impure, something the Klan unknowingly shared with the Catholic Inquisition. There in the Major Klemple, William Joseph Simmons served as the Klophet (Klan Prophet, as the Klope, the Klan Pope while mostly more accurate as a term, was seen as too controversial by the anti-catholic KKK). The Klempleists and Klanedans as they called themself and their religion (Klanedanism or Klempleism) believed that god had created the white man above anything else and that all other races, especialy Blacks, Jews, Catholics and Asians were vastly inferior to them and destined to serve this white, blessed superior human beings. A ideology that spit in the face of real science and evolution theory, even if it clamed both as well as religion would support their weird pseudoscience. After the Second Great War, the Klan and his political and religious branches would attract millions again, especial during the Second Great Depression after Allied Nations like Britain and France could not, or outright refused to pay back the debt they had with the United States. As a political party, the party branch of the Klan would be a major (sometimes even the second strongest) political party of the newly independent Southern States (Dixieland or the American Confederate States). However thanks to the lessons learned by William Joseph Simmons before, during and after the Second Great War, many Klansmen and Klanist believers held offices in the Southern States even when their party was not elected as the majority itself, as they formed coalitions with the Dixiecrats, the Silver Shirts or even the smaller groups of America German Bund when necessary and influenced elections in the south enough to swing whole states.
Thanks to his massive success in the anti-war really in Washington, William Joseph Simmons believed he could not only reunite and revive the Ku Klux Klan, but that to do so he had to implement new changes too. While Hiram Wesley Evans had become the new Imperial Wizard in 1922, Simmons had become the elected Emperor for life. Ever since the 1930s fascist leaning splinter groups of the Klan had risen, like the Black Legion, the Knights of the White Camellia and others, that sought close relationship with other National Monarchist/ Fascist Royalist groups like the German-American Bund and the Silver Shirts (often shortened SS). William Simmons believed that one of the main factors that the KKK had failed to archive a so massive loyal fanaticism and mass movement unlike the National Monarchists and Fascist Royalists had done in Europe was because while it had it's believes and ideals, it lacked a core ideology, a unifying center, around which a own ideology and even political party could be build. Therefore William Simmons as the Klan's Emperor rewrote the Kloran (a portmanteau of "Klan" and "Koran"), the Klan's handbook into his personal ideological book to outline and cement his ideology and believes that should form the new, future Klan, detailed outlining the role of different Klan members as well as detailing Klan ceremonies and procedures. The letters Kl were often used at the beginning of words to delineate a Klan association. Examples include: Kloran, Klonversation (conversation), Klavern (cavern or tavern; local branch or meeting place), Klavaliers, and such. The original Kloran was written by William J. Simmons, for his revived "Knights of the Ku Klux Klan," around 1915. He drew heavily on his previous experiences as a "fraternalism;" he was a member of many different lodges and had sold memberships in the Woodmen of the World before deciding to revive the Klan. The Klan created the Kloran as a means to share their knowledge and to keep a set of values within the organization. Now however as William Simmons rewrote the Kloran and tried to establish a mass movement around himself at the center and top, many things changed. The Black Legion with it's around 135,000 members was a Klan organized along military lines, their Michigan Legion alone had 5 brigades, 16 regiments, 64 battalions, and 256 companies. It boasted of a membership of one million Legionnaires in Michigan, but observers estimated that it had between 20,000 and 30,000 members. When William Simmons incorporated them into the newly unified Klan, they formed a sort of paramilitary group (the Black Knights in their Black Robes and Black Hoods), who had to swear allegiance to him alone, similar to Hitler's SA and other movements of the time. They were officially the military branch of his so called Invisible Empire and their main enemies were the Washington Government, Republicans, Catholics and Jews.
William Simmons Second Klan started to organize white citizen's councils opposing the central government's growing authority in the Southern States and calling for a Invisible Empire in the whole world, as well as in a spiritual sense. The secrets, working order and ideology implemented by William Simmons were outlined in the Kloran and all outside of this hidden state and empire were designated the Alien World and non-members Aliens. Around William Simmons, as the commander in Chief, whose power was supreme "within the limits of this Constitution" and whose edicts, decisions and rulings were binding on all members of the order, the Klan became a very militarized organization. They even used own specific terms, referring to states and territories within the United States as Realms, given a number given by it's organization within the KKK hierarchy and it's capital the convention was named a Klorero, ruled by a Grand Dragon, while a ruling council of none Hydras ruled over the whole hidden Empire. Inside the Realm, the Klan established Provinces, counties or a number of counties (six at maximum), designated by the local Grand Dragon. Each Province was lead by a Great Titan. Underneath this was the basic unit, the Klan with a jurisdiction era known as a Klanton, led by a Exalted Cyclops. The officers at each level above the local Klan unit were designated by a unique prefix: Imperial at the Empire level; Grand at the Realm level; and Great at the Province level. Thus, for instance, an Imperial Kludd would be the chaplain for the whole organization, a Grand Kludd for the Realm, Great Kludd for a Province and simply Kludd for a local Klan.
Not all offices were reproduced at each level. The Kladd, Klarogo, Klexter, and Klokard were not present at the Province level, and the Kladd was not included on the Realm level. The Klazik, second vice-president, and Klonsul, attorney, positions only existed at the Imperial level. The Klazik's duties included being head of the department of Realms and organizing new Realms and Provinces. At the Province level there were three Klaliffs that served as an advisory board. A Klokann of three members, each one named a Klokan, filled this role at the local levels and a Klokann of four members at the Imperial level, in which they served as a "Supreme Board of Auditors and Special Advisers" and was led by a Chief Imperial Klokan. The Imperial Wizards Genii constituted his Imperial Kloncilium; this was the Imperial Wizards supreme advisory board, as well as the Klans highest administrative organ in between Klonvokations. It met regularly every July, but could also be called when the Imperial Wizard or five Geniis petitioned him to do so. The Kloncilium was also the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of the organization with appellate jurisdiction and the right to finally determine disputes between Realms, Provinces, Klans and members in unorganized states. Giant was adopted as an emeritus title: Imperial Giant for an ex-Imperial Wizard, Grand Giant for an ex-Grand Dragon, Great Giant for ex-Great Titan, and Klan Giant for an ex-Exalted Cyclops. A Kleagle was a recruiter and was responsible for organizing local Klans. Klankraft or Klanishness – the overall practice and state of being a Klan member. This could be defined as the employment and patronizing of fellow Klansmen, as well as sale of official Klan memorabilia, such as T-shirts, watches and belt buckles. The definition robes, cross lightings and parades, the mysticism, everything that made the Klan the Klan was soon found. Other definitions included maintaining the sanctity of one's home, maintenance of white supremacy and purity, and loyalty to the Klan itself.
Terms related to membership and non-membership: were Alien – a non-member, Naturalization – the Klan initiation ceremony, Citizen – a Klan member, Passport – membership card, Banished – expelled from the Klan. There were even special names for different Klan Groups, according to their activity; Wrecking Crew – an action squad commissioned to take physical action against enemies and wayward members of the Klan. Depending on time and organization, these groups consisted of 5 to 8 members and were authorized either by the klokann, the Exalted Cyclops and/or the Kludd. Sometimes led by the Nighthawk. An action taken by the crew is wrecked. Some names used by wrecking crews include "Secret Six", "Ass-tear Squad" and "Holy terrors". The Klan Bureau of Investigation – Pioneered by the Mississippi White Knights, these groups investigate the Klans enemies and check leaks, later they were formed by William Simmons Second Klan into it's very own secret service. Degree teams – a group which performs the task of initiation. In terms of finances the Klan knew the following worlds; Klectoken or Klecktokon – initiation fee. It stabilized around $10 before the 1960s, the Imperial tax – membership dues and the Provincial tax – secondary dues, paid per capita for the upkeep of a Realm. The overall Code words and phrases used by the KKK were; A.Y.A.K. or Ayak – "Are you a Klansman?" to be answered with; A.K.I.A. or Akia – "A Klansman I am"; these were code words for Klansmen meeting in strange surroundings. They would be inserted into common conversation, for instance "Does a Mr. Ayak live in this neighborhood?" to be responded by "No, but a Mr. Akia does." The password would then be accompanied by a secret handshake or other sign of recognition. Other words and phrases included K.I.G.Y or Kigy – "Klansman, I greet you", S.A.N.B.O.G. or Sanbog – "Strangers are near, be on guard", Itsub – "In the sacred unfailing bond", a correspondence sign-off, Sor – "Sign of recognition", K.L.A.S.P. – "Klannish loyalty a sacred principle", C.A.B.A.R.K. – "Constantly Applied By All Real Klansmen", O.R.I.O.N – Our Race Is Our Nation, or L.O.T.I.E or LOTIE – Lady Of The Invisible Empire. This was one of a number of names for Klan women's auxiliaries.
Two KKK codes for dates and times have been developed, the Ku Klux Register in the original prescripts and the Kalender developed by William Joseph Simmons too; The Klan months were 1st – Dismal, 2nd – Dark, 3rd – Furious, 4th – Portentous, 5th – Wonderful, 6th – Alarming, 7th – Dreadful, 8th – Terrible, 9th – Horrible, 10th – Melancholy, 11th – Mournful and 12th – Dying. Colors were used for the days of the week were; 1st Prescript; 1. White, 2. Green, 3. Blue, 4. Black, 5. Yellow, 6. Crimson and 7. Purple. Twelve designations were used for the hours of the day: 1. Fearful, 2. Startling, 3. Awful, 4. Woeful, 5. Horrid, 6. Bloody, 7. Doleful, 8. Sorrowful, 9. Hideous, 10. Frightful, 11. Appalling and 12. Last. The Kalender developed by W. J. Simmons even included codes for days of the week, weeks, months and years. For months: 1st – Bloody, 2nd – Gloomy, 3rd – Hideous, 4th – Fearful, 5th – Furious, 6th – Alarming, 7th – Terrible, 8th – Horrible, 9th – Mournful, 10th – Sorrowful, 11th – Frightful and 12th – Appalling. For weeks and days: Weeks; 1. Woeful, 2. Weeping, 3. Wailing, 4. Wonderful and 5. Weird. Days; 1. Dark, 2. Deadly, 3. Dismal, 4. Doleful, 5. Desolate, 6. Dreadful and 7. Desperate. Years were reckoned according to reigns and cycles. The Reign of Incarnation and Incantation was all time up to the American Revolutionary War. The First Reign of the Klan's Incarnation and Incantation was the period between the Revolution and the establishment of the original Klan, which was reckoned to May 6, 1866 in this scheme. The Reign of our Second Incarnation and Incantation was reckoned between 1866 and Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest's dissolution of the Klan, which is reckoned to 1872. The Reign of our Third Incarnation and Incantation began in 1915. The Klan year, Anno Klanslar, began in March of each year, and the cycle was reckoned from December of each calendar year.
After the rewriting of the Kloran, William Joseph Simmons reformed the newly unified and growing Klan into a ideology (Klanism), a southern political party (Southern Knights Party, Confederate Party or Dixieland Party). The ideology inside this party was inspired by Social Darwinism, racism, Nordicism, anti-Catholicism, white Nationalism, anti immigration, pro-segregation, white nationalism, Neo-Confederism, Anti-Communism, Prohibition, Antisemitism, but also Nazi Ideology and the idea of National Churches (mainly the German Protestant one). Therefore William Joseph Simmons structured the religious part of his new ideology and believes around the so called Klemple (Klan Temples, or Klaos, from the Greek word for temple naós), were so called Kliests (Klan Priests) preached his philosophy and ideology, the next step were the Grand Klemple, were a Klishop (Klan Bishop) would preach as the next member in this hierarchy. The headquarter was in the Major Klemple, the main Klemple at Stone Mountain, the Confederate memorial, were the Second Klan had been founded and were the annual Labor Day Cross-burning ceremony would be held each year. The burning cross ceremony soon became a stable in all Klemple's seen as a religious rite that symbolically represented the cleansing of the impure, something the Klan unknowingly shared with the Catholic Inquisition. There in the Major Klemple, William Joseph Simmons served as the Klophet (Klan Prophet, as the Klope, the Klan Pope while mostly more accurate as a term, was seen as too controversial by the anti-catholic KKK). The Klempleists and Klanedans as they called themself and their religion (Klanedanism or Klempleism) believed that god had created the white man above anything else and that all other races, especialy Blacks, Jews, Catholics and Asians were vastly inferior to them and destined to serve this white, blessed superior human beings. A ideology that spit in the face of real science and evolution theory, even if it clamed both as well as religion would support their weird pseudoscience. After the Second Great War, the Klan and his political and religious branches would attract millions again, especial during the Second Great Depression after Allied Nations like Britain and France could not, or outright refused to pay back the debt they had with the United States. As a political party, the party branch of the Klan would be a major (sometimes even the second strongest) political party of the newly independent Southern States (Dixieland or the American Confederate States). However thanks to the lessons learned by William Joseph Simmons before, during and after the Second Great War, many Klansmen and Klanist believers held offices in the Southern States even when their party was not elected as the majority itself, as they formed coalitions with the Dixiecrats, the Silver Shirts or even the smaller groups of America German Bund when necessary and influenced elections in the south enough to swing whole states.
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Not anymore, but Axis navy is still to small to even fight Britain on their own, even if they control the Meds.
While ideologic quit "similar" and close, the American Confederate States are not outright pro-German or pro-Axis Central Powers, however the ACP and the Germans will be pro ACS, as they believe them to be the closest form to Namo and Faro in north america with their own religious national church, identity and ideology too (but they are wrong, the ACS is much more independent in it's state authonomy, despite otherwise many similarities with the ACP and the colonial racism their Empires have. German ACP also think that guaranteeing the ACS independence will keep the former United States divided and powerless.
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