The Golden Eagle, A Napoleonic France after the Peace of Vienna

[Whiteshore]

Well, the Franks have just seen the tide turn against them.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Total War

"I ask you: Do you want total war ? If necessary, do you want a war more total and radical than anything that we can even yet imagine?"
-Edouard Delacroix, 1st of October of 1942

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With Britain in the war, knocking the German Empire out became a priority for the Franks, with the oil reserves from Libya starting to suffer blockade. The Romans could not fight Britain yet, the British presence in Gibraltar and Egypt was strengthened and the Evolist purges had crippled the army leadership. Delacroix planned to cut Hungary and South Germany out of Berlin and spark the Czech uprising in a swift stroke by taking München, defended by the recently-promoted General Balck. Assembling his Generals, Delacroix demanded them that the Rhineland line be broken by Christmas and Berlin to fall within one year, it was a task that most were skeptical about, but no one dared to challenge the Emperor then. The British entry on the war was a boon for the Frankish bomber command, due to the National Unitarian idea that it was a civil war, bomber raids were heavily restricted and attacking German civilian centers was a punishable offense, but that didn't apply to the British. London suffered its first raid on the 6th of October, over 350 bombers escorted by 500 fighters firebombed the city with a new chemical bomb called "Napalm" that caused fires hard to extinguish, also adding bombardment of Tabun and Sarin on the style of the Rome raid. It was a traumatizing wake up call for the British people that they were in a world war, costing the lives of over 4,000 citizens including the 8-year old Albert, the Prince of Wales, victim of Sarin.

On the 18th of October, over 880,000 Frankish forces supported by 1,700 War Trucks, attacked Bavaria, General Balck fought a highly mobile campaign on the North of Bavaria, while the "Alpensjäger", elite Mountain infantry, fought over the mountains against the Frankish Swiss forces made up of National Unitarians of Switzerland. The Bavarian campaign involved 1.6 million men for both sides and lasted until the 23rd of November, starting the battle of München. The city would fall on the 5th of December with 120,000 German troops captured, and that was the signal for the Czechs.

The cities of Prague, Brun, Pilsen, Hadrek Kralove, Olomouc and Tabor erupted in revolt on the 6th, overwhelming the local garrisons and declaring the Provisional Czech Government. A Junta of leaders all the way from Liberals to Ultranationalists united against the Germans, the Czech revolt and the fall of Bavaria cut Austria and Hungary from Berlin. The German Empire was forced to transfer troops for the new Southern Front, stripping the Rhineland to the minimum, and ordering the Southern forces now cut off to resist to the end. With the Czech uprising taking Bohemia and Moravia, it was green light for revolts to destroy the Hungarian Kingdom, in Slovakia and Croatia the main cities were taken by Ultranationalist rebels led by Josef Tiso and Ante Palevic respectively.

With the Hungarian Kingdom crashing down, the Austrian King Otto I von Habsburg used the chance of being cut off from the reach of the Regent to attempt a chance of survival in a naive hope. Otto I declared the independence of the Kingdom of Austria with the Austrian units defecting from the Army and the Alpine front collapsing. Otto attempted to enter a treaty with the Frankish Empire using Roman moderators, the Franks demanded the demobilization of the Austrian Army first, in his naivety, Otto obliged and soon Frankish troops marched almost unopposed to Vienna. Upon arriving there, the Government buildings and the Hofburg Palace, expelling the Habsburg monarch and dissolving the Short-lived Kingdom after just 2 weeks.

On the 20th of December of 1942, Frankish troops started a General offensive all over the Rhine, crossing the river under heavy fire against some of the best, albeit undermanned, fortifications of the world. Bridgeheads were created on the south of the Dutch Kingdom and Hague was taken on the Christmas. De Gaulle sent a picture of Frankish soldiers standing on the top of a German fortification with the Rhine river on the background while holding the Frankish flag. The German defenses collapsed and the cities of Essen, Frankfurt and Dortmund would fall by the New Year, the German army entered 1943 in a desperate situation reminding Hitler of January 1915. Like Kaiser Wilhelm II, Hitler did something he rarely did: Pray. The first British troops started to arrive, the BEF (British Experditionary Force) started to form a seizable force of 400,000 men, each one of them desiring their chance against those responsible for the Air Raids over Britain.

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Using the opportunity, Romania declared war on Hungary for the control of Transylvania, managing to take the mountain passes within 2 days. The Hungarian troops were forced to retreat from Poland, and German troops had to be transferred to the South and West, giving an excellent opportunity to the Russians to push again. Rokossovsky's Northern forces attacked Lithuania, stopping only in Kaunas due to supply lines, but soon they were stepping on German soil for the first time in Memel. The Russian forces were barbaric to the local Germans, with windspread cases of rape and arbitrary executions, these stories of horror was fuel to German propaganda, with Hitler creating the "Volkstrumm" (People's Militia) as a conscripted unit of German citizens numbering up to 2 million men, but they were barely trained before being sent to the front. On December, with the German south collapsing, Marshal Zhukov launched a new attack to Krakow and Warsaw. Once again the Germans and Poles resisted bravely over the ruins of Warsaw, knowing that if they failed the Russians would do the same as they did in Memel to their families. Zhukov was more prudent, halting the advance at the Vistula to avoid the same mistake of Tukhachevsky, while Krakow was the main target, with the city falling on the 2nd of February 1943, linking the Russians to their Slavic brothers in Bohemia.

With the Kaiserreich falling apart, Hitler knew that the French luck was linked to Russia, it was a trend ever since the Peace of Vienna, a city now under Frankish control. Hitler knew that the key to Russia was its leadership, especially with the divided Inner circle that was held together only by Savinkov. Otto Skorzeny was sent again by the Regent, this time he was praying that his elite Commando didn't fail, otherwise the Kaiserreich was doomed.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Forgiveness
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Sierra Nevada, USA, November 10th 1942.

One of the men went to check, he wasn't older than 20, he came back to the camp with one man in black clothes holding a FBI badge. I don't know how he found that man in the middle of the wilderness at the night with clothes like that, unless he wanted to be found and brought to the camp.

-You have a lot of nerve to come here agent.
-You have a lot of nerve being a criminal you little terrorists.
-Have you checked him ?
-All he had is a pocket knife, his badge, a flashlight, and a letter.
-A letter ? That one is new, what does it say Jim ?
-It says that the "honorable" President of the United States, Huey Pierce Long, offers a full pardon of all crimes in return of laying down weapons and returning to be active and productive members of society. Did anyone buy into this bullshit ?
-"The Boston Boys", "The Screaming Eagles", "The Nevada Rangers", and "The Texas Brotherhood".
-Shut up you, its a trap boys, and you know that, it just shows that the government is losing this war.
-War ? Is that how you call little bands of criminals roaming the countryside and attacking civilians ? Pathetic, what are you fighting against ? The President that took us out of the depression ? The President that has crowds of millions following wherever he goes ?
-No, the one that appointed puppets to manipulate the constitution, frauded elections all around the country to create a puppet congress with a token opposition to give a illusion of democracy. The Demagogue who manipulated the American people and blinded them to the loss of their Liberty in exchange of a few benefits.
-Then if you won't accept it, I will have to return to my boss and tell him so, and believe me, you won't get another chance to live.
-What makes you think we will let you leave after finding our camp ?
-Because there are currently 20 soldiers surrounding your camp to guarantee my safety, and if I am held as another one of your hostages, they have my permission to open fire.
-You would still be outnumbered over 3-1.
-Do you want to test your luck ?

Reagan stopped, thinking of the benefits and costs of letting the FBI agent go. Sure, he knew where the camp was, but now it seemed like common knowledge for the folks around that there was something fishy on the forests of Sierra Nevada. He couldn't lose more men, the numbers were dwindling with the amnesty, wherever it was real or not, and with Long's populism winning the masses over, now it seemed like he won another landslide on the Midterms and repelled Prohibition according to newspapers. He turned his head to one of the men holding him, Juarez, and nodded, with the FBI agent leaving, he also could hear on the woods as the soldiers retreated. The agent only took his itens back and left without a word, now it was their turn.

-Anthony, Max, Diana, you 3 will go scout, I want somewhere to mount a new camp away from the Feds. Be careful to not be seen, I want somewhere that might last more than a month before a FBI agent finds us. Juarez and Jimmy, you two go follow the agent, see if he really left. The rest of you pack up, I want us gone from here within two days, until then, double the guard and expand the perimeter, I don't want any other federal slipping in our camp again.

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Jimmy and Juarez didn't walk 5 minutes into the wilderness until they found the same agent, waiting by a tree.

-What are you doing here ?
-Waiting for Reagan to send someone down here.
-Oh so we are Prisioneers now ?
-No, not really, just wanted to mention that the offer isn't only to groups, just because that pesky actor didn't accept it doesn't mean you have to die with him.
-You think we would fall for this one ?
-Wait, we can just go back to our normal lives ?
-Juarez !
-You know that I have family down The Valley Jimmy, they depended on me and that has been killing me every day since, if you don't want to take the chance, fine but... at least let me go back to my son.
-Stop don't !- Jimmy raised his M1 to Juarez that was caught off guard- I won't let you betray us, they are going to kill you !
-If you want to come, I will be behind this tree, solve your little disputes, but it doesn't seem a lot like a freedom-loving group if you are forced to participate.
-Shut up ! Juarez, we have been friends for a long time now, but I can't let you betray us like that, they will torture you and you will give away all we know and we are doomed.
-Even if there is a small chance he is telling the truth, I need to try, Juan cannot grow up without a father, my greatest mistake was abandoning Maria and him, I couldn't go back after attacking that officer. Look, I thank you guys for taking me in, but he has a point, you can't fight for freedom and then expect people to follow orders in a group dictated by a single person, what is the difference of Long and Reagan ? At least Long gives money to the ones that follow him.

Juarez started to turn away to the FBI agent.

"Juarez... don't make me do this... please turn back."
"I'm sorry Jimmy."

A shot echoed from the woods, and soon, a shocked Juarez fell on the ground with a hole on his chest. Jimmy had his first kill, until now he was just stealing for the group and going on guard duty, but he never killed, especially not a friend that was also on his team. He dropped his rifle and ran back to the camp with a pale face, what had he become ? What had the group become ? What were they ? Some glorified criminals playing "Robin Hood" ? Terrorists ? Freedom fighters ? He didn't know anymore.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

The Fox of the Pampas III

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Vargas was dealing with alligators after passing the National Security Law, with both the Communists and Integralists having their militias declared illegal. With 1936 arriving, both sides planned a takeover of the Empire before the Army moved against them, but they underestimated the cunning of Getúlio Vargas, that planned to use that to destroy both of them in a risky maneuver. Without the knowledge of the Emperor, he provoked the communists to launch a revolt by using third parties, and with that he would also weaken the main opposition of the government: The State of São Paulo.

On the Mayday parade of São Paulo, the country's largest Industrial region, infiltrators provoked a clash between the state police and the Red Guards, while Federal troops quietly slipped away of the city. The sheer number of workers overwhelmed the police, and Luis Carlos Prestes rallied the lowly recruits to revolt on the barracks, the Governor fleed to the countryside and the communist Red Guards captured the city of São Paulo. With that, Vargas applied the National Security Law and declared intervention over São Paulo, dismissing Washington Luis and putting the State under direct rule from Rio de Janeiro. Now it was time to crush the "Paulista Commune", mobilizing the Imperial Army to crush the insurrection. Between the 1st of May and the 3rd of June, the city of São Paulo would be subject to a brutal urban warfare as the Red Guard captured the arsenal of the city and attempted to March to the Capital, only to be stopped in Taubaté by Goés Monteiro and being pushed back. The Revolution would be crushed with São Paulo under control and the communist threat over, now it was time to deal with the Integralists.

While the Integralists were helpful during the Commune, with Salgado even sending his own paramilitaries to crush the revolt, they were now the greatest threat to Vargas' Grand Plan. A plan called "Plano Cohen" was elaborated by some collaborators, and released to press causing windspread outrage and fear. It was a plan of a Integralist takeover, detailing the capture of government buildings and assassination of major government figures including Vargas, the objective was to declare D. Pedro III an absolute monarch to create a traditional, catholic, organic state. The last part caused outrage as the people believed that the Emperor plotted to destroy the Brazilian democracy, even if he denied that, most of the people didn't believe it, and that was what Vargas planned.

On the 1st of July of 1936, using his emergency powers (that lasted 90 days) gained during the Paulista Commune, and using the mostly Positivist-dominated military, Vargas denounced the Emperor and the Integralists as traitors, using the National Security Law to illegalize both. Vargas declared the "Estado Novo", an Autocratic Populist dictatorship under his rule, tearing the 1824 constitution and expelling the Royal Family to Portugal. Integralist headquarters were taken by surprise by police and military forces, several leaders like Gustavo Dodt Barroso were executed, while Plinio Salgado managed to escape his trap and went into exile to Paris, military Monarchist officers were also arrested especially in the Navy. Vargas in a single day managed to destroy his enemies and become dictator, it was the beggining of a new era to Brazil: The Estado Novo.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Savagery
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New Rome, Roman Empire, 16th of December of 1942.

Andres Silva, whose only sin was to be captured, was not ready to enter the Arena that day. He was dressed up in his rudimentary metal armor, he said that it made him more agile than any one of the armors given to the other fighters, wearing a helmet and a visor to protect his face, and his Gladius, which was more like a reinforced machete. He had been fighting for 2 years since the Mediterranean War, he was held captive as a war prize in a new policy of Evola's government, and his abilities in fighting with a bayonet made the Romans somehow think that he would fight with a Machete to their entertainment. Today it was his birthday, not that it mattered much, but it was a constant reminder that he once had a mother and a family. He was just a child during the Great War but remembers well how his father fought the French and their atrocities in Catalonia, only to be forgotten by his country after the revolution and being deaf of one ear due to an artillery shell and having to use glasses due to the gas. He grew up in Pelletist Spain, but there was always his father there to counter the school propaganda, being raised by Nationalism and immediately enlisting when Delacroix's armored legions crossed the Pyrenees, only to be captured by Roman soldiers in Granada and becoming a slave of Evola's regime. Evola was crazy, he started applying old Roman laws and punishments to the Empire and distanced himself from the church, reintroducing things like crucifixion, public baths, aqueducts, Roman armor and weapons to his "Praetorian Guard", and of course Gladiator fights.

Today was another day, this time the Caesar himself was observing the games, he was going to start the first fight against a new guy, poor boy, he was one of the Ethiopian slaves that accepted the offer that every slave gets: Work in a Factory or Farm for the rest of your life, or try your luck as a Gladiator and get your freedom if you win the games. Andres accepted to be a Gladiator, and by luck, he won the games, but by that time his family was dead and he had no home, it was destroyed by a Sarin bombardment by the Franks in Zaragoza, he had no reason to go back. By then he was a broken man, all he looked for was the next battle and to unleash all the rage of those years upon his enemies. The gate opened, announcing his warrior name "Vulpes Hispanicos", the Spanish Fox due to his agility, he lowered his visor and saw the crowd numbering over a hundred thousand minimum, it was a full house in the massive arena, built by slave labor of the ones that choose the first option and the gold of Spain. He raised his sword and shield, with crowds yelling his name, here he was someone, someone famous in the Gladiator fights.

The other gate opened, announcing "Leo Africanis" the Lion of Africa, he was strong, about 6 cm taller than Andres, and was wearing no armor, claiming that it slowed him down, he had only his helmet with lowered visor and a Mace. Then everyone went silent, the Caesar said in the microphone, "May the Games begin !" Then he smashed some grapes and threw in the arena. The fight started, both players were aggressive but in a few moments Andres was clearly dominating his novice, if not arrogant, enemy, he could finish him off, but he noticed that the crowd liked longer fights with more blood instead of a quick kill. He played around with the other fighter and started making cuts on the enemy's arms, then he slashed his right leg as he fell into the ground on his knees. He aimed the weapon to his neck and removed his visor, the crowd started chanting for blood, then the Caesar rose from his seat and lowered his thumb, Andres nodded and cut of his head. The people cheered, that was the best part for Andres, he turned to Caesar and bowed, Caesar rose from his seat and the cheers stopped.

"Vulpes Hispanicos, you have won your duel, what is thy prize ?"
"I desire a Gladius, Oh mighty Caesar, a great sword made as I desire."
"Very well, thou shall have thy great Gladius, and will use it to slay thy enemies for the Glory of Rome."

Andres raised his hand with a Roman salute, replying with ave Caesar. If he had been asked that in his first few fights, he would've taken freedom, but he forgot how freedom was, all he had now was the Arena and the next fight.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Sun and Heaven

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While the IJN invaded the Malay Peninsula and prepared to attack Mindanao, the IJA feared they were staying behind in the Interservice rivalry. Adding the declining resources of the Empire due to British submarines, the Japanese army planned to win back the Imperial favor by taking the resources the Empire needed, mainly coal and steel. The two only choices for the Army were Russia and the Heavenly Kingdom, while Russia was the strongest enemy, they had 70% of their army focused against the Kaiserreich and would need a long period of time to send reinforcements by Siberia, it was also extremely hard to invade with nightmarish logistics. While the Heavenly Kingdom was seen as a pacifist land of Theocratic Christian monks led by an Emperor who had the audacity of claiming to be the son of the only true God, and that had to be punished.

On the 16th of April of 1942, 5 million Japanese troops crossed into China without warning, pushing all the way to Peking and surrounding it. While several marine troops took strategic coastal cities like Yantai and the German port of Qingdao, occupying the city and sinking the Ostasienflotte led by Admiral Mücke. The German Empire declared war on Japan, sending Naval forces from Mittelafrika to reinforce the British East Asian fleet. On the next day, the Heavenly Kingdom declared a Crusade on Japan, starting the Sino-Japanese War.

The Japanese forces had the initial advantage, with Naval forces taking ports like Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Hainan, while land forces took Peking, Baoding, Jinan, and the Shandong Peninsula. The Japanese early successes were caused by more advanced technology, surprise elements, the slow Chinese Mobilization, and the Japanese Air Supremacy against the small Taiping Air Force. But by August 1942, the Chinese started to even the field, the sheer number of troops no matter the religion that were fighting were due to reports coming from behind the lines: Windspread cases of rape and massacres by the Japanese army, encouraged by the commanders, were a better propaganda for the Chinese people than any word from Li Xiuquan. In Peking alone, 120,000 women were raped and 340,000 civilians were killed from babies to old men, with officers making bets on which one of their regiments managed to bring in more heads. Soon the Japanese would turn all of China to Tianjing, where General Yamashita and over 1.1 million men would prepare to attack the Taiping capital, defended by 1.7 million men that while outnumbering, they were underequipped and many using nothing but bamboo sticks, but they compensated that with determination.

The Heavenly King refused to leave the capital, instead he saw the most brutal battle in the history of Asia (and THAT is speaking a lot) unfold in his city, where Japanese Machine guns and Banzai charges meet the fanaticism of the Heavenly Kingdom. 1/4th of the Japanese and 1/6th of the Chinese armies meet in battle, with fighting similar to the battle of Warsaw in larger numbers and with greater number of atrocities and fanaticism by both sides. The two sides followed a strategy of keep pumping men and resources in the battle, with the Japanese gaining ground slowly. Rigged charges set fire to the eastern part of the city where the Japanese were coming, and there were "bomb-men" charge" where Taiping soldiers charged with explosives strapped to their bodies in attempts to destroy Japanese War Trucks and massed infantry, sometimes the Japanese shot the explosives and caused chain reactions that destroyed the charges, so they were put instead as part of ambushes disguised as civilians. Women soldiers were heavily used by the Taiping, following the example of the Biblical Warrior Deborah, Li Xiuquan enacted female conscription, with hundreds of thousands volunteering themselves around China and forming whole armies of it.

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The brutal battle of Tianjing would end up with a stalemate, the Japanese took the eastern city and entrenched themselves, halting further offensives to the western Tianjing. The actual battle is generally considered the first and last phases with a long stalemate period. The first phase lasted until the 19th of October of 1942, costing 580,000 japanese casualties compared to 1 million Taiping ones. From there the war would bog down into a stalemate on the center of China, and the Japanese would be halted in Taiyuan further north in Shanxi on the 21st of November. The IJA failed to get a decisive victory and now were in a attrition land war in Asia, Japan was fighting an enemy that matched their fanaticism and was superior in numbers, and if they couldn't be knocked out soon, Japan would not be able to win the war.

The Heavenly Kingdom was bloodied, losing a large part of its northeastern territory, some of its main port cities, and half of its capital. But slowly, the industrial machine in the interior were starting to enter War industry, with much of the budget being transferred to military resources. With time, the Taiping would compensate its lack of Air forces and heavy machines like War Trucks with small arms, adopting the numbers of the Chinese population to eventually overwhelm Japanese positions and endlessly reinforcing defensive positions. Every soldier the Japanese killed would be replaced by other 3, and the Japanese Imperial Army would literally run out of ammunition during Taiping charges. This war would distract the Japanese forces and divide its efforts, adding a powerful ally to the British Empire and allowing it to divert more men to Europe.

 

[Legault]

Well the Japanese are not going to win in this TL either.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Lies
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February 16th, 1943

James Collins was an angry man, ever since his youth he was known to burst in anger sometimes, but this time it was more than that, it was hate. He was raised as an Irish immigrant during Mafia New York, finding hardships during the depression as a teenager, he saw the death of Roosevelt and the disastrous Garner government, and the rise of Huey Long. When the coup happened in Washington, he was in the city visiting parents, he heard and obeyed Long's call to arms to save Democracy, only to discover that Long himself destroyed it. He went to the North, joining the "Boston Boys", one of the opposition guerrilla units, making sabotages and assassinations of Longists, but after the 1942 midterms the camp was discovered. The FBI approached with an amnesty offer that he didn't believe to be true, but the group didn't think like that and naively went for it, he left the band to become a lone wolf, and he soon would confirm that the Amnesty was a farce, made to attract rebels into an ambush that killed tens of thousands around the nation.

He could've saved them ? No, it was their choice, they wanted to believe in Long and paid the price, doesn't mean he wouldn't give him a payback. He entered in contact with the Canadians and several politicians exiled on Canada, and offered his services into assassinating Huey Long. The Canadian government, via 3rd channels, gave him a sniper rifle with ammunition, a scooped Springfield Rifle. Huey Long was visiting Boston this day, in a speech near the Soldiers and Sailors memorial, to make an announcement of a new reform. Collins liked his reforms admittedly, especially the end of prohibition, and one couldn't deny that the economy started to grow again under Long, but at the cost of freedom ? No ! He was going to bring America back, he didn't care that he would probably die, it was better to die a martyr than live a slave.

By the 14:31 PM, Long started his speech to a crowd of thousands. Collins positioned himself in a building on the north side of the park, disguising himself as a plumber, he went to an empty apartament room and aimed for Long. He was grateful that his father taught him marksmanship during their travels to South Dakota, now he was going to use them to free America from a Demagogue.

"Our public works project, the PWA (Public Works Administration) workers are connecting America with roads, railroads, dams, and many other infrastructure projects. Not only that but it finnally reduced unemployment to Pre-Crisis levels, the Social Security programs have finnally started to give the American worker it's fair share of its job. As our economy recovers, we must plan the next step, to Constitutionally guarantee the American Worker's share by passing a Second Bill of Rights. For the American worker deserves its happiness, and one cannot be truly happy while starving on the streets or begging a greedy boss for a janitor's job with a miserable pay. This Bill of Rights shall guarantee the American worker a liveable salary, a g-"

The sound of a bullet ripping throughout the Air caused a moment of silence as the people went into shock, with Long going silent, looking down in the hole of a .30 Springfield cartridge. He fell in the platform and the secret service formed a perimeter around the President, a second shot came hitting the lung of one of the agents covering Long as he was being rushed to his car. The agents spotted Collins and started firing in his direction, Collins dropped the rifle and ran to the street, attempting to mix himself in the middle of the crowd. It worked for 3 minutes until he was recognized by one of the policemen, he pulled a M1911 and started shooting wildly into the lawmen, taking down one of them before running out of bullets, he ran to an alley and attempted to escape, only to fall down with a numb leg. He was shot in the leg and pulled a cyannide pill from his pocket, but it ended up opening on his mouth causing him to puke the poison. The secret service handcuffed him and sent him away, he could only hope that his sacrifice was not in vain and he managed to kill the President with that shot.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

For those of you that have questions about Frankish Unitarism, I offer an interview similar to the one made with Delacroix. Send your questions about characteristics and the views of National Unitarism about historical events and others, Example:

Why did the Frankish Empire collapse ?

A conspiracy of several monarchical houses of Europe aligned with Jewish medieval Bankers. They saw the Frankish Empire as a threat, seeing it as a stronger Roman Empire with potential of destroying them. So several dukes and burghers used intrigue and manipulation to provoke the infighting between the sons of Louis the Pious, causing a civil war and the Treaty of Verdun, dissolving the Empire into West and East, the West being under control of one of the conspirator houses: The Capets and their future branches (de Valois and Bourbon). And the East being under control of several other houses, and to prevent them from ever uniting, they indoctrinated the people into two cultures: French and Germans, and taught them to hate one another, even provoking wars to further split them.

 

[Rheinbund]

What's your opinion on Czech people?
What's your opinion on Irish people?
What's your opinion on the Heavenly Kingdom people?

Concerning French and German institution, how will you merge them after the war?

Did the National Unitarism have some respect for some German ruler or French king, or all of them were part of the conspiracy? (by example François Ier tried to be elected Holy Roman Emperor, could he be seen as a proto national unitarist by some?)

 

[Whiteshore]

What movements outside of France have been influenced by National Unitarianism and in what ways?

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

James Collins hit the US President with the shot of a Springfield Rifle during his visit to Boston on the 16th of February of 1943. Did he manage to kill him ?

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Yes
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[Kaiser of Brazil]

No
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[Kaiser of Brazil]

Revenge
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19th of February of 1943, Boston General Hospital

President Long woke up on a bed, dressed in a white patient clothe and receiving serum in his arm. "He woke up !" Yelled one of the bodyguards, his son Russel and his brother Earl rushed to the room where Long was attempting to get up.
"Father don't, you are too weak."
"What happened ?"
"You were shot."
"I know that, how long have I been here ?"
"3 days, Mr. President. Vice-President Wallace was in charge until your recovery." Said one of the guards.
"What about the bloody bastard who shot me ?"
"His name is James Collins, he was captured attempting to flee and shot 2 of our men, Wilson didn't make it."
"That little terrorist piece of shit !" Cursed Long, he attempted to stand and ended up almost getting his face on the ground. "Where is he ?"
"Detained in the police station, the city is on high alert. Governor Kennedy wanted to see you."
"I will meet him later, now I want to find who shot me."
"The apartament he was in was empty sir, he was found with a Springfield Rifle, an M1911, 5,000 dollars and a letter."
"A letter ?"
"It is from the Canadian President Mackenzie King."

5 days later...

"...this coward attack on my life, made by insidious forces on the North, left me with a hole on my insides and now I cannot drink a g'ol scotch or a spicy buffalo meat. And the perpetrator of this attack is no one other than Mackenzie King, the President of Canada and main financer of terrorist groups all over America. And while this attack deformed my body, it only strengthened my resolve to achieve justice, not just for me, but to all victims of terrorist attacks paid by Canadian red-soaked blood !" Long was giving a firely speech to the congress, denouncing the Canadian President of forming a conspiracy to restore the old politicians of the weakened depression America. "So I am now making use of my executive authority as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces to call in a general mobilization, and I send now an ultimatum to the Canadian government: Deliver your President to be put under trial by murder as well as all exiled Traitors. Or we shall be in state of War within 48 hours. The clock is ticking."

14 hours later...

Mackenzie King was puffing a cigarette and walking around in his room, he had just been delivered the official ultimatum by the US government. He knew it was risky to support the American resistance, but never prepared himself for the consequences.
"If we accept this ultimatum, we are abdicating of our independence."
"Well sir, the congress is calling for your impeachment, the Supreme Justice already told you to accept the ultimatum, and you know we cannot resist against a US invasion. Many exiles are already fleeing to Britain fearing that we will accept, what will you do sir ?"
"We can't just surrender without a fight, if we allow Long to remove our head of state we would be no better than another US State. Declare General Mobilization and let them come."
"The Québécois won't be liking that..." Said the guard under his breath as he saw his President doom his country, he knew that they couldn't beat America, but the Canadians would make sure they would not go down without a fight.

 

[Virginia Liberal]

Long live the King fish

 

[Master Xion]

Well I guess France will win the war after all.

 

[Kaiser of Brazil]

Well I guess France will win the war after all.

That was foreshadowed since the beggining, remember Napoleon's dream

 

[Whiteshore]

with officers making bets on which one of their regiments managed to bring in more heads

Based on this incident?

 

[last admiral]

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Malaysia; "Where is that again? I thought only Indonesia and Singapore..."

British: We bring civilization! Oh, and anyone that oppose us mean opposed sultans!
Penisulars: yyeaahh....
British: Hah, stupid Malay. Good thing we kept ensure that they kept to stupid religion school, farming and fishing. Can you imagine if those 'monkey' have modern guns and knowledge?! It would be hilarious, am i right, Ah Seng?
Ah Seng: Haiya, Malay is plenty stupid wooo. Let us(chinese) handle the bussiness, we will loyal to you, British. Theres no way no-one wont believe you, its not like theres anyone that can tell the thruth....
Malay anti-colonisim's survivors and decendant: Fool! You have fall into the calssic blunder!!