Mittelafrika War for Independence

Mittelafrika War for Independence was a rebellion by the National Populist Deutsch-AfrikaReich, led by Hermann Goring, against the German Empire. Germany would face a great loss of its colonial territories and was forced to accept AfrikaReich as an independent nation
The cause was Operation Valkyrie, German purge of the Alldeutsche Verband, National Populists. While it was successful on the mainland, with important figures such as Hess and Rohm falling quicky, in Africa they had much less luck. Goring declared an independent state,proclaiming August Wilhelm as "Kaiser" and DAP as German Government in Exile and arrested all officials loyal to the Kaiser.Germany in response sent an army, led by Lion of Africa himself, Paul von Lettow Vorbeck ,to subdue the rebellion
Intially German Empire saw sucess, landing near the Rufiji River, but they suffered supply issues, which the Wehrmacht exploited very well. The turning point came when Germany deployed the 1st Ukranian Shock Army,which managed to break throught Goring's left flank,but the retreat of the 4th Panzer Army gave Wehrmacht an opportunity to encircle the Ukranians, alongside 3 German divisions sent to reinforce the battlefield. German Empire lost around 90,000 soldiers.
To add salt upon wound De Gaulle's rebellion was brutally crushed by JFC Fuller, who found secret documents that proved the purge of AV was illegal and coordinated action by Wilhelm II and Charles De Gaulle, bringing legitimacy to Goring's cause. Back at Rufiji Goring managed to score some minor victories, but not enough to break the Germans
Goring found an unlikely ally, Sultan Osman IV of the Ottoman Empire, which was humiliated with the Treaty of Jerusalem which led to an attempted coup on the previous Sultan. Osman IV became angry with the German Empire for betraying the Ottomans and made a secret deal with Goring. When the time came Ottomans took Suez and declared war on Germany
Even worse the infamous JFC Fuller, Butcher of Algeria, was moving in to assist Goring. Knowing of his reputation, Goring and Fuller made a deal with Vorbeck, he surrendered and his troops were spared of the fate that befell De Gaulle's rebels. With this loss Wilhelm II had to choice but to surrender to Goring and Osman.
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