Rosenberg's Reich: The Myth of The Twentieth Century
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Invasion of Poland and Violence at The Vatican
Hello all, thank you being so patience for the next update! I much appreciate the "fandom" this little thread is receiving here.
“Rosenberg sets to be a case study in the theory of empire rivaled by few. His name goes down in history alongside those like Genghis Kahn, Timur, Shaka Zulu, and Napoleon; ambitious men who set out to create eternal kingdoms, but they would not last, some gone sooner than later. The invasions of the German Army upon their neighbors for a period spanning more than a decade are not only a case study in failed militarism and empire building but also a test on man’s cruelties and a demonstration on various theories on international responses to humanitarian crisis…
“Krakow was the first major city to fall, though at a delated date than expected, the terrible winter atmosphere retarding the advancement. This, however, did not slow the cruelties of the invaders.”
-Excerpt from The Continent of Blood: The History of War, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in 20th Century Europe
“Barbaric actions by the Germans in Krakow involved the arson of the city’s ghettos to “weed out rats”, raping women, and shooting those who fought back. The burnt remains in this photograph are believed to be a six-year-old Jewish boy named Roman Polanski who could not escape one such fire. The photo has become a rallying cry for genocide prevention around the world.”
-From a Display at The Museum of War’s Europe Room, Washington DC
“They plan to slice through the Poles like butter, recent espionage reports show that Rosenberg sees Germany in St. Petersburg in just a few years. Perhaps it would be funny if it was not so frightening. Nevertheless, despite the war out in the Far East against the Japanese, we shall prepare our Western border against invasion, set to expand in perhaps the biggest military growth program ever, something only possible in a communist powerhouse such as ours. This is not only a defense of communism but of the Russian ethnicity itself. We will not end up alongside the pitiful Jews.”
-Vyacheslav Molotov
“And we have reports that a bomb has gone off in Vatican City. Pope Francis is reported as alright yet it believed that two dozen are dead following an explosion that went off a few hours ago in Vatican City in the Sistine Chapel. A Serbian man has been arrested as a suspect.”
-ABC Radio News Report, January 15, 1940
“The Serbian nationalist who bombed the Vatican in protest of ‘the evils of Catholicism’ was a rallying point for the Ustashe and their ultra-religious and genocidal policies. Hatred of Serbs, already high, now skyrocketed. With a little push from the Nazis, the terrorist organization would soon rule Croatia with a brutal depravity perhaps not seen in Europe since.”
-Excerpt from the BCC documentary Jasenovac
“Za dom spremni!” - Ante Pavelić
“ITALY OFFERS NEW SECURITY TO VATICAN, POPE TURNS IT DOWN: “I DO NOT WANT BLACKSHIRTS AS HOUSEMATES NOR NEIGHBORS”
-New York Times
“Molotov saw the importance of Finland in defense against the Nazi invasion, alongside their courting of the Finnish far-right. Thus, in the game of chess against Rosenberg, he was determined to win before it even started, the taking of Finland under Russian rule was a logical defense step, a buffer zone, and a puppet state to act as a pawn in defense of the King. To the Finns though, as we shall soon see, it would be nightmarish experience…”
-Excerpt from The Continent of Blood: The History of War, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in 20th Century Europe
“Rosenberg sets to be a case study in the theory of empire rivaled by few. His name goes down in history alongside those like Genghis Kahn, Timur, Shaka Zulu, and Napoleon; ambitious men who set out to create eternal kingdoms, but they would not last, some gone sooner than later. The invasions of the German Army upon their neighbors for a period spanning more than a decade are not only a case study in failed militarism and empire building but also a test on man’s cruelties and a demonstration on various theories on international responses to humanitarian crisis…
“Krakow was the first major city to fall, though at a delated date than expected, the terrible winter atmosphere retarding the advancement. This, however, did not slow the cruelties of the invaders.”
-Excerpt from The Continent of Blood: The History of War, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in 20th Century Europe
“Barbaric actions by the Germans in Krakow involved the arson of the city’s ghettos to “weed out rats”, raping women, and shooting those who fought back. The burnt remains in this photograph are believed to be a six-year-old Jewish boy named Roman Polanski who could not escape one such fire. The photo has become a rallying cry for genocide prevention around the world.”
-From a Display at The Museum of War’s Europe Room, Washington DC
“They plan to slice through the Poles like butter, recent espionage reports show that Rosenberg sees Germany in St. Petersburg in just a few years. Perhaps it would be funny if it was not so frightening. Nevertheless, despite the war out in the Far East against the Japanese, we shall prepare our Western border against invasion, set to expand in perhaps the biggest military growth program ever, something only possible in a communist powerhouse such as ours. This is not only a defense of communism but of the Russian ethnicity itself. We will not end up alongside the pitiful Jews.”
-Vyacheslav Molotov
“And we have reports that a bomb has gone off in Vatican City. Pope Francis is reported as alright yet it believed that two dozen are dead following an explosion that went off a few hours ago in Vatican City in the Sistine Chapel. A Serbian man has been arrested as a suspect.”
-ABC Radio News Report, January 15, 1940
“The Serbian nationalist who bombed the Vatican in protest of ‘the evils of Catholicism’ was a rallying point for the Ustashe and their ultra-religious and genocidal policies. Hatred of Serbs, already high, now skyrocketed. With a little push from the Nazis, the terrorist organization would soon rule Croatia with a brutal depravity perhaps not seen in Europe since.”
-Excerpt from the BCC documentary Jasenovac
“Za dom spremni!” - Ante Pavelić
“ITALY OFFERS NEW SECURITY TO VATICAN, POPE TURNS IT DOWN: “I DO NOT WANT BLACKSHIRTS AS HOUSEMATES NOR NEIGHBORS”
-New York Times
“Molotov saw the importance of Finland in defense against the Nazi invasion, alongside their courting of the Finnish far-right. Thus, in the game of chess against Rosenberg, he was determined to win before it even started, the taking of Finland under Russian rule was a logical defense step, a buffer zone, and a puppet state to act as a pawn in defense of the King. To the Finns though, as we shall soon see, it would be nightmarish experience…”
-Excerpt from The Continent of Blood: The History of War, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in 20th Century Europe
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stirlingdraka
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So a similar invasion of Poland by the Nazis. Was there an equivalent Molotov Ribbentrop Pact or are these Nazis taking all of Poland? And a bloodier Winter War is coming. Just one minor problem Mussolini`s Fascist private army was called blackshirts unless that was meant to be a reference to the German SA. The attempted assassination of the Pope is interesting.
There was no equivalent to the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact here, it was butterflied away due to a Nazi regime that's much more distrustful of Moscow (they would see such a thing as enabling the enemy) alongside the chaos and purges that occurred during the transfer of power from Stalin to Molotov.
stirlingdraka
Donor
So Rosenberg is taking all of Poland well Molotov will be very worried then will Molotov try and annex the Baltic states as well as Finland to increase his buffer zone?
Hail Death! (10000 views special)
In honor of 10000 (!) views, this update is a little something different, a tiny glimpse of this world in the 1980s! Oh shit, a Scandinavian analogue to Aum Shinrikyo...
“Finland today confirms a crackdown of the members of the “Earth’s Army” cult, led by the controversial leader Pentti Linkola. Linkola has been arrested for plotting a terroristic act involving weapons of mass destruction. “Earth’s Army” with thousands of members throughout Northern Europe has been described as both an ecoterrorist group, a fascist cell, and a doomsday cult. Linkola preaches that violence of all forms is patriotic and encouraged, and the group has claimed actions for several attacks in the Nordic countries that have left dozens dead. In his writings and speeches, Linkola has stated that billions must be exterminated by any means required in order for a new utopic age to begin.
The crackdown is a result of the members of the group attempting to either purchase, steal, or construct nuclear weapons. Plans show that they aimed to smuggle the nuke into St. Petersburg and detonate it there. Linkola then expected the Soviets would strike America assuming their responsibility, thus leading to a nuclear war. The plan was discovered after “Earth’s Army” members were caught attempting to purchase Chinese nukes from a rouge general who saw nuclear war between the superpowers as an opportunity for neutral China, whom would be spared, to become the dominant force on the planet. The Chinese government then contacted Finland after the plan was discovered. The general, whose name is yet to be released, is assumed killed by the Chinese state.
Within the texts and auto-recordings discovered at Linkola’s network of compounds in the Northern Finnish taiga are intense praises towards such infamous figures such as Alfred Rosenberg, Ante Pavelić, Blaž Kraljević, Slobodan Milošević, Charles Manson, David Duke, and Richard Ramirez.”
-CNN Special Report, 1985
“Finland today confirms a crackdown of the members of the “Earth’s Army” cult, led by the controversial leader Pentti Linkola. Linkola has been arrested for plotting a terroristic act involving weapons of mass destruction. “Earth’s Army” with thousands of members throughout Northern Europe has been described as both an ecoterrorist group, a fascist cell, and a doomsday cult. Linkola preaches that violence of all forms is patriotic and encouraged, and the group has claimed actions for several attacks in the Nordic countries that have left dozens dead. In his writings and speeches, Linkola has stated that billions must be exterminated by any means required in order for a new utopic age to begin.
The crackdown is a result of the members of the group attempting to either purchase, steal, or construct nuclear weapons. Plans show that they aimed to smuggle the nuke into St. Petersburg and detonate it there. Linkola then expected the Soviets would strike America assuming their responsibility, thus leading to a nuclear war. The plan was discovered after “Earth’s Army” members were caught attempting to purchase Chinese nukes from a rouge general who saw nuclear war between the superpowers as an opportunity for neutral China, whom would be spared, to become the dominant force on the planet. The Chinese government then contacted Finland after the plan was discovered. The general, whose name is yet to be released, is assumed killed by the Chinese state.
Within the texts and auto-recordings discovered at Linkola’s network of compounds in the Northern Finnish taiga are intense praises towards such infamous figures such as Alfred Rosenberg, Ante Pavelić, Blaž Kraljević, Slobodan Milošević, Charles Manson, David Duke, and Richard Ramirez.”
-CNN Special Report, 1985
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stirlingdraka
Donor
This is why I love this TL you have created a very different and interesting alternate world which is fascinating to read about. Pentti Linkola is all three of those things.
American and British Politics: 1940
“CHAMBERLAIN RETIRES CITING HEALTH ISSUES AHEAD OF 1940 ELECTION” -London Times
“Lord Halifax’s foreign policy has been top-notch in his tenure and he promises to run on a platform of keeping Western Europe free of German expansion. The Netherlands and France can trust a loyal ally who will ensure that their sovereignty will be safe.” -Op-ed in The London Times
“What Britain didn’t know of at the time was the issue of Germany’s chemical weapons program, testing sarin gas and the like upon Jewish prisoners, and later due to the absurd pseudoscience notion that Jews had radically different nervous systems, upon German gentiles. Employment of gases was set to be preserved for when major Russian cities were reached, and later when the Germans were set to head to the Atlantic. But the attacks on the Low Countries would be years from now, and it looked as though Halifax’s Europe policy was working splendid to the naïve British public and the Conservatives won handily in 1940. Rosenberg meanwhile was set to eventually discover that that the East presented a harder challenge than he thought.”
-Excerpt from The Continent of Blood: The History of War, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in 20th Century Europe
At a campaign stop in Milwaukee:
Willkie: “The disturbing reports on violence in Eastern Europe are doubtlessly troublingly. I say to Senator Taft, one of my harsher critics, the man who thinks he owns the position of the presidency simply because of his father’s poor tenure: The policy of isolation is not what this country was based upon, we stand up to bullies and madmen like our founding fathers! This is where Roosevelt fails, why if he had been president 80 years ago, you’d see the tyranny of the Confederacy reach the shores of great Lake Michigan! (CROWDS CHEERS) And furthermore, I say we stop the Japs too! Do we want California to end up like Siberia? We must...”
Audience member: “WARMONGER!” (Some in crowd boo heckler)
“… (sigh), as I was trying to say on the issue of the Japanese…”
-October 10, 1940
“Willkie lost in a landslide to the Roosevelt/Wallace ticket, but his interventionalist opinions had won the heart of the Republican Party. For the next 12 years, the ideology of the ‘Darkhorse of 1940’ ruled the GOP. Pity Willkie never saw his visions for peace come true…”
-Excerpt from Alcoholics, Philanders, and Crooks: The Complete Guide to American Presidential Candidates
“Yeah, I was at the infamous Willkie speech in Milwaukee. His campaign, that’s what made me a Republican. I hated that disrespectful little heckler and wanted to say a thing or two to him. He was probably a plant by Roosevelt anyhow. But yes, Willkie, I trace my views on foreign policy to him. I say we treat Molotov like we did the Germans, and when, not if, when I become president, I’ll show this country the way.”
-Excerpt from an interview with Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1956
“Lord Halifax’s foreign policy has been top-notch in his tenure and he promises to run on a platform of keeping Western Europe free of German expansion. The Netherlands and France can trust a loyal ally who will ensure that their sovereignty will be safe.” -Op-ed in The London Times
“What Britain didn’t know of at the time was the issue of Germany’s chemical weapons program, testing sarin gas and the like upon Jewish prisoners, and later due to the absurd pseudoscience notion that Jews had radically different nervous systems, upon German gentiles. Employment of gases was set to be preserved for when major Russian cities were reached, and later when the Germans were set to head to the Atlantic. But the attacks on the Low Countries would be years from now, and it looked as though Halifax’s Europe policy was working splendid to the naïve British public and the Conservatives won handily in 1940. Rosenberg meanwhile was set to eventually discover that that the East presented a harder challenge than he thought.”
-Excerpt from The Continent of Blood: The History of War, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in 20th Century Europe
At a campaign stop in Milwaukee:
Willkie: “The disturbing reports on violence in Eastern Europe are doubtlessly troublingly. I say to Senator Taft, one of my harsher critics, the man who thinks he owns the position of the presidency simply because of his father’s poor tenure: The policy of isolation is not what this country was based upon, we stand up to bullies and madmen like our founding fathers! This is where Roosevelt fails, why if he had been president 80 years ago, you’d see the tyranny of the Confederacy reach the shores of great Lake Michigan! (CROWDS CHEERS) And furthermore, I say we stop the Japs too! Do we want California to end up like Siberia? We must...”
Audience member: “WARMONGER!” (Some in crowd boo heckler)
“… (sigh), as I was trying to say on the issue of the Japanese…”
-October 10, 1940
“Willkie lost in a landslide to the Roosevelt/Wallace ticket, but his interventionalist opinions had won the heart of the Republican Party. For the next 12 years, the ideology of the ‘Darkhorse of 1940’ ruled the GOP. Pity Willkie never saw his visions for peace come true…”
-Excerpt from Alcoholics, Philanders, and Crooks: The Complete Guide to American Presidential Candidates
“Yeah, I was at the infamous Willkie speech in Milwaukee. His campaign, that’s what made me a Republican. I hated that disrespectful little heckler and wanted to say a thing or two to him. He was probably a plant by Roosevelt anyhow. But yes, Willkie, I trace my views on foreign policy to him. I say we treat Molotov like we did the Germans, and when, not if, when I become president, I’ll show this country the way.”
-Excerpt from an interview with Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1956
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Germs
“You fight for your life and you fight against the lie they use to make people think that this is in any way natural. They will write horrible things about me, but I know history will abide me.”
-Herbert Baum
“The arson attack of Herbert Baum, one of the most prominent young leaders of Berlin’s Jewish Underground Resistance, rocked the city news for a week. After setting fire to an art exhibition of anti-Semitic propaganda displayed at Lustgarten, destroying all the Nazi artifacts Baum, alongside many of his associates were arrested a few days later. He claimed self-defense, stating that the state approving of artwork celebrating mass murder was a direct threat to his life. He was killed later that day, decapitated. Today, a statue of him resides upon the site, a monument to resistance in the face of totalitarian brainwashing and violence.”
-Excerpt from Never Go Silently: A History of Resistance to Political Repression and Violence
“Labeled the Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department, the true goals of Japan’s Unit 731 were to design biological weapons. Unethical medical experiments included raping female prisoners of war in order to examine the effects of syphilis transition from parent to child, some report that children were raised in such in an environment until the age of seven, with never-ceasing tests. Other horrors came from vivisection to study the effects of blood loss and gangrene. Most horrific however were the studies of the deadliest of contagious diseases such as anthrax and cholera. One of the most shocking facts was that of bubonic plague being spread to the Chinese populace, it is estimated that up to half a million may have died as the result of fleas carrying the bacteria bred at Unit 731 being unleased to the Chinese public, thus making men like Shirō Ishii the biggest mass murders in history. Japan’s twisted ambitions would not cease; they hoped to one day bright plague to Moscow, but sudden foreign policy shifts in the USA prevented such ambitions. America now had a golden boy ally to Moscow…”
- Excerpt from Gingko and Cherry Blossom: Japan in the 20th Century
“From the world of film, David Cronenberg is expected to direct a film with B.D. Wong starring as the leading man. The plot detail released show the film involves a Chinese-Canadian man, astral plane travel, and the infamous Japanese Unit 731’s illegal experiments. The director states the surrealistic horror satire revolves “around the unseen links between time travel, historical revisionism, sexual torture, and deathly bodily metamorphosis” The controversial director has been interested in the infamous Japanese experimentation for years and has spent thousands of his own money to preserve photographical evidence of its existence for university archives. This is set to be the first English language film on the subject.”
-Excerpt from Science Fiction Weekly, March 1999
“ROOSEVELT DEAD OF STROKE AT AGE 59, WALLACE TAKE HELMS” -NEW YORK TIMES
(January 30th, 1882 to April 3rd, 1941)
Next update will be the aftermath of the President's death and the beginning of Wallace's reign.
-Herbert Baum
“The arson attack of Herbert Baum, one of the most prominent young leaders of Berlin’s Jewish Underground Resistance, rocked the city news for a week. After setting fire to an art exhibition of anti-Semitic propaganda displayed at Lustgarten, destroying all the Nazi artifacts Baum, alongside many of his associates were arrested a few days later. He claimed self-defense, stating that the state approving of artwork celebrating mass murder was a direct threat to his life. He was killed later that day, decapitated. Today, a statue of him resides upon the site, a monument to resistance in the face of totalitarian brainwashing and violence.”
-Excerpt from Never Go Silently: A History of Resistance to Political Repression and Violence
“Labeled the Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department, the true goals of Japan’s Unit 731 were to design biological weapons. Unethical medical experiments included raping female prisoners of war in order to examine the effects of syphilis transition from parent to child, some report that children were raised in such in an environment until the age of seven, with never-ceasing tests. Other horrors came from vivisection to study the effects of blood loss and gangrene. Most horrific however were the studies of the deadliest of contagious diseases such as anthrax and cholera. One of the most shocking facts was that of bubonic plague being spread to the Chinese populace, it is estimated that up to half a million may have died as the result of fleas carrying the bacteria bred at Unit 731 being unleased to the Chinese public, thus making men like Shirō Ishii the biggest mass murders in history. Japan’s twisted ambitions would not cease; they hoped to one day bright plague to Moscow, but sudden foreign policy shifts in the USA prevented such ambitions. America now had a golden boy ally to Moscow…”
- Excerpt from Gingko and Cherry Blossom: Japan in the 20th Century
“From the world of film, David Cronenberg is expected to direct a film with B.D. Wong starring as the leading man. The plot detail released show the film involves a Chinese-Canadian man, astral plane travel, and the infamous Japanese Unit 731’s illegal experiments. The director states the surrealistic horror satire revolves “around the unseen links between time travel, historical revisionism, sexual torture, and deathly bodily metamorphosis” The controversial director has been interested in the infamous Japanese experimentation for years and has spent thousands of his own money to preserve photographical evidence of its existence for university archives. This is set to be the first English language film on the subject.”
-Excerpt from Science Fiction Weekly, March 1999
“ROOSEVELT DEAD OF STROKE AT AGE 59, WALLACE TAKE HELMS” -NEW YORK TIMES
(January 30th, 1882 to April 3rd, 1941)
Next update will be the aftermath of the President's death and the beginning of Wallace's reign.
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stirlingdraka
Donor
Oh too bad FDR died early into his third term. Well lets see what President Wallace is going to now. While a later film that includes Unit 731 is both interesting and horrifying.
The Wallace Presdency Begins
33rd President of The United States Henry Wallace: The Progressives' Great Hope
“To this day his critics loathe him for his flaws, the right calling him a fascist for his court-packing attempts and unprecedented third term. I say these attacks overlook the situation of the Great Depression: few remember how disastrous that situation was, how desperate everybody was, there are photographs of families, mothers, selling their children for food money. Recall all the good he did for the economy and the American people. I remain proud of the work I accomplished in the New Deal and know for a fact it continues to aid millions of Americans.
“I was not surprised that Wallace kept me on as Secretary of Labor, he had little interest in making any changes to the cabinet so soon after the president’s death. Yet the divisions within the party were clear after the mourning period was over. The Democrats’ Old Right now had a target who was no longer Teflon. Despite being a New York aristocrat, Franklin could pass off understanding the challenges of the common man from Alabama or Arkansas. His blending of populism and public relations was something Wallace never really latched onto. I defend Wallace’s attempts at a Second New Deal to this day and still am still proud of my work with him. It was really the firebrand senators within our own party who killed such progressive aspirations."
-Excerpt from The Autobiography of Frances Perkins
“President Wallace speaks of the Negro as if he be allowed special rights. We understand here in Mississippi that the end of segregation would mean the end of white society as we understand it. His talk of civil rights is dangerous, and we may even call suspicion to his true intentions. He is a threat to every teenaged girl of the south: you might as well now blame the president personally if you find your daughter raped by a nigger. What end times are these?”
-Theodore Bilbo
“I should’ve seen it coming. He needed a socialist, yet at the same time was anxious about the South, worried the good old boys wouldn’t trust an egghead who was into plants. He called me up and said: “Senator Long, there’s nobody I’d rather have than you in the event something happens to me.” He adored the Share Our Wealth platform and thought it could be implemented federally. And how could I say no? I was angry about being left out of Roosevelt’s posse. And I’ll be honest it was never far back in my mind of me behind that desk in ‘48.”
-Excerpt from the CBS television film, Every Man a King, 1962
Huey Long, The New Vice President
“The USSR welcomes a new ally with you, President Wallace, the concerns we share about economics, social issues, and foreign affairs now intermix more than any previous administration. We see ourselves as strong partners for years to come. Best regards to your wife Ilo, and the children. I intend to speak with you very frequently over these next few weeks.”
-Letter from Molotov to Wallace
“From all findings, it appears that Vice President Long is corrupt and strongly motivated by personal wealth. There are possibilities to use both this and Wallace’s sympathizes to the socialist cause in defense of ourselves. Time should be taken soon to highlight the dangers Japan poses now only to Russia as a whole, but the USA and Europe. Ask the President about this newfound knowledge we’ve discovered in Japanese weaponry. He is a reasonable man and would not like to see San Francisco ravaged by disease as the Chinese currently suffer.”
-Memo to Molotov on international relations
A/N: I just found out today that Wallace's grandson is this year's Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district! Best of luck to you Scott!
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stirlingdraka
Donor
President Wallace and Vice President Long I am going to enjoy seeing where this goes.
Trotsky
“In Mexico City lived the exiled Soviet. Until his death in 1961 from bladder cancer, Leon Trotsky observed the world around him, writing of his disgust of the Neo-Stalinist Brazilians, the Fascist Spaniards, and the McCarthyistic American senators. More important works though came from his more personal philosophies and worldviews. 1953’s The Revolution In Utero became seen as his most influence thesis, laying out the credo of Trotskyism nakedly, and suggesting solutions for the future of socialism, in order not only to survive but as well to serve an as meditator in the shocking reality of the Cold War. The book, while extremely controversial, ensured that Trotsky would become the leading thinker of North American socialist thought.
“Lyndon LaRouche, a member of the underground American Marxist movement embraced Trotsky greatly. Adding to it his own interests with the writings of Rosa Luxemburg and Georges Sorel, LaRouche’s labor focused party took the American far-left by storm. LaRouche himself got to meet Trotsky in his last few months of life in Mexico, visiting alongside Lee Harvey Oswald, the latter in many ways the successor to LaRouche's role as the leader of the American Communist Party. The influence of LaRouche, while still fringe, nonetheless can be seen publicly such as recent anti-corporate demonstrations in Atlanta lead by the ACP’s leader “Big Jack” Jersawitz.”
-Excerpt from a 2002 New York Times article
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Men of God
“1941 was a truly dreadful year in the Balkans, the Ustashe, with the backing of Nazi Germany, now had complete control of Croatia. Terrorism was the main form of control under their fascist rule and large-scale genocidal massacres occurred regularly. In these graphic events, thousands could die, often in sadistic fashion, few have gone down in history as enjoying the suffering of their victims as much as the Ustashe, toying with the Serbs like cats to mice.
“One infamous massacre that occurred that year happened in the village of Šargovac. Survivor testimony paints a disturbing portrait of unhinged mania and bloodshed. Particularly upsetting was when the young men entered the grade school, gleefully slaughtering dozens of children with axes. They were euphoric in their murderous highs and in total over 2300 were killed in the village that day. Those in neighboring areas were taken to Jasenovac concentration camp. There, sadists took pleasure in the stabbing of prisoners, slicing their throats like fresh bread. Some who worked their claim kill totals in the thousands.”
-Excerpt from the BCC documentary Jasenovac
“This is a Catholic nation, culturally and spiritually. God is upon our side and the blasphemous shall seek redemption in the conversation. This a cleansing of the soul of the land.” -Mile Budak
“As a Croat, I shall defend the Ustashe until the day I enter the hallowed kingdom of the lord. Nothing stronger has been done for the inherited absolution of Earth’s people, no men more pious than this. I ask others in the church to support as well.” -Archbishop Ivan Šarić
“Summary of information relating to Japanese as An International Security Threat: Introduction. By [RETRACTED]
“Shared intelligence from the Soviets, alongside independent American-based sources confirmed by the CIA shows that Japan’s Weapons of mass destruction program is thriving. Of concern particularly is the bioweapons department, it may already be possible for them to kill millions through planned spread of very dangerous and contagious strains (See page 47 for index of diseases believed to be in Nipponese possession]. Ability for this technology to affect American soil several years away. Soviets are in possession of [RETRACTED], both countries far ahead of the American program. The current ideology of Japanese is a state based upon the supposed cultural, racial, and religious superiority of Japan (See page 51 for further details). Propaganda shows strong Anti-American sentiment (See page 68 for visual examples reproduced).
“Recommended future approaches explored in the text include direct warfare (details see page 82), covert backing of Soviets and Chinese allies to ensure Anti-Japan victory (details see page 123), continued isolation (details see page 140). Potential threats by Japanese-American citizens explored (page 157).”
-Excerpt from a 1941 Secret CIA Report
“Molotov, the kinks are being worked out, but rest assured we support your war against the Japs 100%. Now then on the subject of arms shipments…”
-Henry Wallace
“Today we remember the Jews of Vienna that fought back 70 years ago today against German rule, risking their lives to liberate the ghettos from which they endured revolting acts of humiliation and violence from their oppressors in clear Anti-Semitic attacks. Let it be known that Jews now have friends in the Austrian Government who shall defend their civil rights and may they forever find Austria a safe and prosperous place to live and thrive as a community.”
-Speech by Chancellor of Austria Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2011
“One infamous massacre that occurred that year happened in the village of Šargovac. Survivor testimony paints a disturbing portrait of unhinged mania and bloodshed. Particularly upsetting was when the young men entered the grade school, gleefully slaughtering dozens of children with axes. They were euphoric in their murderous highs and in total over 2300 were killed in the village that day. Those in neighboring areas were taken to Jasenovac concentration camp. There, sadists took pleasure in the stabbing of prisoners, slicing their throats like fresh bread. Some who worked their claim kill totals in the thousands.”
-Excerpt from the BCC documentary Jasenovac
“This is a Catholic nation, culturally and spiritually. God is upon our side and the blasphemous shall seek redemption in the conversation. This a cleansing of the soul of the land.” -Mile Budak
“As a Croat, I shall defend the Ustashe until the day I enter the hallowed kingdom of the lord. Nothing stronger has been done for the inherited absolution of Earth’s people, no men more pious than this. I ask others in the church to support as well.” -Archbishop Ivan Šarić
“Summary of information relating to Japanese as An International Security Threat: Introduction. By [RETRACTED]
“Shared intelligence from the Soviets, alongside independent American-based sources confirmed by the CIA shows that Japan’s Weapons of mass destruction program is thriving. Of concern particularly is the bioweapons department, it may already be possible for them to kill millions through planned spread of very dangerous and contagious strains (See page 47 for index of diseases believed to be in Nipponese possession]. Ability for this technology to affect American soil several years away. Soviets are in possession of [RETRACTED], both countries far ahead of the American program. The current ideology of Japanese is a state based upon the supposed cultural, racial, and religious superiority of Japan (See page 51 for further details). Propaganda shows strong Anti-American sentiment (See page 68 for visual examples reproduced).
“Recommended future approaches explored in the text include direct warfare (details see page 82), covert backing of Soviets and Chinese allies to ensure Anti-Japan victory (details see page 123), continued isolation (details see page 140). Potential threats by Japanese-American citizens explored (page 157).”
-Excerpt from a 1941 Secret CIA Report
“Molotov, the kinks are being worked out, but rest assured we support your war against the Japs 100%. Now then on the subject of arms shipments…”
-Henry Wallace
“Today we remember the Jews of Vienna that fought back 70 years ago today against German rule, risking their lives to liberate the ghettos from which they endured revolting acts of humiliation and violence from their oppressors in clear Anti-Semitic attacks. Let it be known that Jews now have friends in the Austrian Government who shall defend their civil rights and may they forever find Austria a safe and prosperous place to live and thrive as a community.”
-Speech by Chancellor of Austria Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2011
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stirlingdraka
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The bit with the 2011 Chancellor of Austria was very interesting. I would like to see more about the rising of the Jews of Vienna in a future update.
This will have major butterflies for intellectual history. In a perverse way, a better or even different world will leave the United States worse off. The emigres and their descendants who ended up in the US otl will be back in their home countries. Computer scientist Ray Kurweil's family were part of Austria's jewish community at one point. This world may have innovation and major thinkers more "dispersed" throughout the world.
Eastern Advacements
“Reviews of the Wallace administration’s Pacific policy are needlessly complex and diverse, even more than four decades after the infamous secret deals with Molotov’s Russia. A network of hidden cash payments from Russia to the United States Government were built, written at the time by the administration for transactions to nonexistent agricultural shipments from America to Russia (these were surprisingly easy to do, due to President Wallace’s near autocratic regime over the department). In return American weapons of top-quality were shipped to Russia, to be availed through their war with Japan in East Asia. Having unofficial American support was a turning point for Moscow.
“The Russians and their backed Maoist allies made huge advances throughout the following months in liberating Manchurian land from the Japanese. We can see to this day the direct link between this and the current lines drawn in East Asia now: between the communist, neoliberal, and fascist states that still make up the region. Molotov’s international theories of international communism couldn’t have been achieved without Wallace’s direct aid. American efforts in East Asia to curb the Japanese wave, an honest attempt to yield one of the evilest states in the modern age, cannot be ignored in examining the reasons on how Maoism rules Beijing to this day.”
-Excerpt from “The History of East Asian Geopolitics” by Senator Henry Jackson, 1982
“We reclaim our land soon from the evil empire of Japan! Thanks be to the help we’ve received from Moscow in this regard. They have grown to see the importance of a communist power here in China!” -Mao Zedong
“Despite the firm power Sadao Araki had upon his government, the “Government by Assassination” era in Japan had never truly ended. Any politician or military figure who was perceived as acting even slightly subversive to the state was killed. This quickly led to problems, with many experienced military figures who had issues with the Hokushin-ron policy of war with the Soviets arrested or murdered. In return yes-men and novices were their replacements. After several years of this, it was little wonder they were unprepared for the Soviet/Maoist takeback of major cities. One by one, from Vladivostok to the Khingan Mountains, to the Mongolia regions, Japanese controlled areas began to fall and Russians and Chinese alike liberated from their oppressors. This was all very distressing for the Japanese who had in the very least hoped than every acre in Russia south of Stanovoy Mountains would be permanently apart of the eternal empire. The sun was setting rapidly upon Araki’s regime, but it would take further embarrassments in Beijing and eventually Korea for him to be ousted. And in central China, the nationalists were proving an issue as well, as they fought in the areas near Shanghai…”
-Excerpt from Gingko and Cherry Blossom: Japan in the 20th Century
“It was the most fucked up shit you ever saw. Here, oh so close to Vladivostok, in Northern China was hell on earth. The buildings housed so many mutilated malnourished people, many women, and children. Many were in the final days of life and we had to end their suffering ourselves after we were done making examinations of the grounds. There were many cultures of dangerous diseases as well. “Officially” they were destroyed, but our government, being interested in their own bioweapons program took them.
Now, General Ishii, I’ve never seen a man like him before. I think we separated him from the rest whom we had caught trying to destroy records. They had feared our arrival from the east. But we got everything. And you know he had the chance to commit suicide like his kind likes to do before we located him in the raid. But he didn’t. Tried not to show a hint of surprise as we rounded all the Japs up. And we walked him to the woods, he was entirely silent. Shot him in the head and dumped him in the river. It was such a lovely summer day, and I swore after his blood-soaked the ground... I heard the birds for the first time in months.”
-From an anonymous soldier quoted in the 1990 documentary Blood Forest
“The Russians and their backed Maoist allies made huge advances throughout the following months in liberating Manchurian land from the Japanese. We can see to this day the direct link between this and the current lines drawn in East Asia now: between the communist, neoliberal, and fascist states that still make up the region. Molotov’s international theories of international communism couldn’t have been achieved without Wallace’s direct aid. American efforts in East Asia to curb the Japanese wave, an honest attempt to yield one of the evilest states in the modern age, cannot be ignored in examining the reasons on how Maoism rules Beijing to this day.”
-Excerpt from “The History of East Asian Geopolitics” by Senator Henry Jackson, 1982
“We reclaim our land soon from the evil empire of Japan! Thanks be to the help we’ve received from Moscow in this regard. They have grown to see the importance of a communist power here in China!” -Mao Zedong
“Despite the firm power Sadao Araki had upon his government, the “Government by Assassination” era in Japan had never truly ended. Any politician or military figure who was perceived as acting even slightly subversive to the state was killed. This quickly led to problems, with many experienced military figures who had issues with the Hokushin-ron policy of war with the Soviets arrested or murdered. In return yes-men and novices were their replacements. After several years of this, it was little wonder they were unprepared for the Soviet/Maoist takeback of major cities. One by one, from Vladivostok to the Khingan Mountains, to the Mongolia regions, Japanese controlled areas began to fall and Russians and Chinese alike liberated from their oppressors. This was all very distressing for the Japanese who had in the very least hoped than every acre in Russia south of Stanovoy Mountains would be permanently apart of the eternal empire. The sun was setting rapidly upon Araki’s regime, but it would take further embarrassments in Beijing and eventually Korea for him to be ousted. And in central China, the nationalists were proving an issue as well, as they fought in the areas near Shanghai…”
-Excerpt from Gingko and Cherry Blossom: Japan in the 20th Century
“It was the most fucked up shit you ever saw. Here, oh so close to Vladivostok, in Northern China was hell on earth. The buildings housed so many mutilated malnourished people, many women, and children. Many were in the final days of life and we had to end their suffering ourselves after we were done making examinations of the grounds. There were many cultures of dangerous diseases as well. “Officially” they were destroyed, but our government, being interested in their own bioweapons program took them.
Now, General Ishii, I’ve never seen a man like him before. I think we separated him from the rest whom we had caught trying to destroy records. They had feared our arrival from the east. But we got everything. And you know he had the chance to commit suicide like his kind likes to do before we located him in the raid. But he didn’t. Tried not to show a hint of surprise as we rounded all the Japs up. And we walked him to the woods, he was entirely silent. Shot him in the head and dumped him in the river. It was such a lovely summer day, and I swore after his blood-soaked the ground... I heard the birds for the first time in months.”
-From an anonymous soldier quoted in the 1990 documentary Blood Forest
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