The German Century

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Radek said:
I thought the German government right now was a left-wing coalition? Why would they support a right-wing military coup? If they don't like out and out communists, they can either find a more moderate figure to back or remain strictly neutral.
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Yes, neutrality in TTL I'd have expected Germany to do even if not under a Left Wing Coalition. We're not talking about a Communist Insurgency against a Monarchy here. The Nationalists are Rebels who have no leg to stand on legitimacy wise.
 

Joriz Castillo

Retconned the latest update: Germany had a center-left government as of 1936. Therefore, they would be neutral. It would now just be the Italians who are gonna prop up Sanjurjo and the nationalists.

Thanks for the complaints.
 
Radek

Radek

The Nationalists are doomed. Their only backers are Italy and maybe France-in-Exile, while the Republicans will no doubt soon be swimming in supplies originating from Red France, Red Britain and the Soviet Union. Portugal ought to be having nightmares right about now.
 

Lalli

Agree with previous. Communist France and Communist Britain have better chances help their Spanish comrades. Italians and Alger-French have not so much ways to help. Communist France could make aiding of Falangists very hard.

And it would be actually intresting to see Republicans winning SCW. Probably it would lead more hardline socialist regime. Altough there might be possibility that falangists establish government-in-exile to Canaries,S panish Morocco/Sahara and Spanish Guinea but there would be then pretty many governments-in-exile.
 

Lalli

The Congressman said:
The communists there are dealing with a population that lost territory in two wars. Gaining territory gains them massive legitimacy and support
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Catalonians might not be so happy to be part of France. And dictatorship hardly has bother with popularity as long as army supports the regime.
 

Nivek

Lalli said:
Catalonians might not be so happy to be part of France. And dictatorship hardly has bother with popularity as long as army supports the regime.
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The Congressman said:
If they want to stand against Germany, it's best not to have internal dissent
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The last thing France would want is a second spanish ulcer..so divide et imperia could happen...that if more radical leftist won the civil war and spain become a good france vassal...Portugal might be making a secret treaty with germany by now
 

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Nivek said:
The last thing France would want is a second spanish ulcer..so divide et imperia could happen...that if more radical leftist won the civil war and spain become a good france vassal...Portugal might be making a secret treaty with germany by now
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If Spain falls to the Reds, I suspect the German social democrats lose reelection to a more hawkish party on the right.
 
Passing of the Torch
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    • Joriz Castillo


    Passing of the Torch​

    Rideau Hall, Ottawa
    20 January 1936

    In the quiet halls of the palace, friends and family gathered around a bed. On that bed laid who was once the most powerful man in the world. He had a palace, he had a people, he had a nation and he had an empire. Fast forward to now, his palace had been seized, his people had overthrown him, his nation fallen to revolution, and his empire gone in just a matter of months. Here was a man who once commanded the respect of everyone across Europe. Now, he is just a has-been.

    It had been a sad story for George V. A man who had fondly remembered his long-life grandmother, his bulky father, and everyone he knew back in Britain. Here he was, breathing his last breath in a foreign land that had otherwise considered him as their king. As his family looked on helplessly, his life slowly fading away from him.

    Albert silently mourned while Edward was openly sobbing. His wife stood there knowing it's the end yet George still looked at everyone around him. With some life still inside him, the King told Edward to listen closely. "Son, I have lived a long and fruitful life. It's your turn now to take the throne" George said. "Whatever happens in the future, promise me you'll retake the Home islands."

    Despite the sobbing, Edward managed to coherently say "I promise".

    Once that was said, a nurse tried putting an injection on George but he refused. His last words were "God damn you!" before he took a big gasp and breathed his last breath. Everyone looked in shock as it had finally happened. The man who was once the head of an empire had finally passed away. From that moment, Edward became Edward VIII. In the early hours of the morning, the Prime Ministers of all the various Dominions and territories would be notified. Even the British Government in Exile, headed by Stanley Baldwin, would be notified of the King's death. For Edward, he swore to fulfill his vow and would do anything necessary to take back their home. It could take several years or even forever but Edward would still be fixated on taking Britain back from the darkness from which it had found itself in.

    By the next day, all of the newspapers printed one single phrase in their headlines, 'The King is Dead, Long Live the King'.

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    George V, King of the United Kingdom (1910-1925)
    In Exile (1925-1936)
    1865-1936

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    Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom in Exile (1936-)    ​
     
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    • Lalli

    British Empire has probably good chances re-taike home islands during Second Great War. But it is surely going to be messy process.
     
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