The Imperium

The Imperium is a country spanning from Europe to Africa. However, their territorial holdings are being forced back as the Imperium now only controls western and central Europe. The Imperium is historically a Superpower but after the Emperor's death in 1998, The Imperium has seen a sharp fall from grace. Upon the Emperor's death, The Imperial Realm fell into chaos and many states collapsed or declared independence.

The Imperium is not what it once was. Behrmann's reforms have germanised The Imperium which has led many within The Imperium to become rebelious against this new style of Germanic Imperiumism. Behrmann's Military Reforms have incredibly weakened The Imperial Army. The Imperium is on the brink of collapse and civil war.

## History

### Formation

The Imperium was formed in January 1940. Wehrmacht Officers including Erwin Rommel and Walter Model, defied Hitler and supported the Imperial Emperor. A quick coup followed where the Wehrmacht opposed Hitler and the hardliners supported by The Waffen SS. Berlin fell and Hitler was assassinated by the new Imperial Army. The Emperor named Walter Model , Felix Steiner and Erwin Rommel as the new Field Marshalls of the Imperium and to defeat the Western Allies. The new Imperium denounced Germanism and Nazism which resulted in Right Wing German Resistance forming. The People of Germany became Imperian which upset Ethnic Germans. The Imperium discarded the German Language and used English as the main Language for easier Foreign Communications.

### War of Liberation

The New Imperial Army (IA) was sent to France to destroy the Allied Forces. The Lightening Warfare Doctrine used by the Imperial Army overwhelmed the Allies and Dunkirk was obliterated by The Imperial Air Force (IAF). This resulted in an American intervention in August 1940. The Americans however were still recovering from the Great Depression and Assassination of FDR which resulted in the new leader Dwight D. Eisenhower disregarding the Economy in favour of a Military Approach. After a Grand Offensive in Northern France which captured Paris, Northern France and The Maginot, The Allies agreed to a peace deal. The War of Liberation was a short and one sided war which was called the War of Liberation as it was seen as the Imperium liberating Europe from the corrupt societies. The Imperium gained the Allied Territories in Africa and coerced the Italian Empire into a puppet State following an invasion of the Balkans and conquering of Italy.

### Invasion of The Soviet Union

The Imperium Invaded Eastern Europe and The USSR following the War of Liberation in 1943. The Invasion was quick and The Soviets collapsed very quickly due to fighting on two fronts against The UEAS as well. The Soviets suffered defeat after defeat on the Imperian Front and by the end of November 1943, Moscow had fallen to the advance and Stalin was dead, being killed in the Kremlin by the 3rd Imperial Storm Division. After The War, The two powers divided the USSR in half with The Russian Zone as a Buffer between the two. The Invasion of the USSR was conducted during the calm period of The Nazi Insurrections.

### Nazi Insurrections

The Nazi Insurrections was a 14 Year Long War fought between The Imperium and The Nazi Underground led by Heinrich Himmler. The Insurrections initially began in 1940 during the Imperiumist Takeover where groups of Waffen-SS and Nazi Loyalists overthrew Wehrmacht Garrisons in major cities in Southern Germany and in Poland. In 1940, Stuttgart-SS, Munich-SS and Nuremberg-SS were established and acted as mini Nazi City States. They then realised they needed to come together to face the Imperium as a unified force and formed the Nazi Underground under Himmler. They then waged a Guerrilla War against the Imperium.

The Grand Imperial Offensive (1950 - 1954) was the Last Offensive of The Nazi Insurrections. It Involved a Grand Imperial Offensive to Liberate The Cities Under Nazi Control. The Liberation of Nuremberg began on the 17th November 1950 and involved a complete Imperial Victory with The Imperial Soldiers absolutely trampling the Nazis who were now very worn down. There was no effective resistance left in Nuremberg so the Imperial Forces left and went to Stuttgart. On the 1st January 1951, Stuttgart was Sieged and the Nazis destroyed. Various other Cities seized in the Second Uprising would fall and then on the 12th August 1953, Munich was assaulted by 4 Imperial Storm Divisions. The Battle was fierce and the 50,000 SS and Nazi Militia attempted to repel a Force of over 40,000 Battle-Hardened Stormtroopers.

The Whole Nazi Insurrection would finally end after a conquest of Poland and failed attack on Warsaw. In Imperia City, Scientists had been working on a new form of energy called Nuclear Energy and in 1950, This Nuclear Energy was found that it could make a very big bomb. The Atom Bomb was born. The Bomb had received some testing in the Sea but was left largely untested on a City. The Bomb would be continued to be worked on and tested and upgraded under The Emperors Orders. In Early 1954, The Bomb was complete. With the Failed Attack of Warsaw in March 1954, The Emperor wanted to use The Atomic Bomb on Warsaw as a show of Force to Nazis and to The World.

The Emperor ordered The Nuclear Bombing of Warsaw and on the 1st April 1954, The Bomb was dropped. It killed Around 1 Million Citizens and Nazi Soldiers in The Blast and levelled the City. Then, The Radioactive Cloud fell. The City of Warsaw and the Region around it are still unpassable and abandoned because of The Radioactive Fallout. With the Severity of this Nuclear Bombing, The Loss of The Last Nazi Stronghold and The Absence of Heinrich Himmler, The Remaining Nazi Leaders surrendered on the 5th of April 1954. The Nazi Insurrections were over and The Imperium was now fully intact again.

In 1961, Himmler would be captured and executed.

### The Last Great War

In 1963, The Imperium would shoot down a UEAS Spy Plane in Russia. The following week, The Emperor ordered a military occupation of the Russian Neutral Zone. The Union of East Asian Soviets declare war on the Imperium and begin marching on the Urals. The Alliance of the Imperium joins the War. The Free Atlantic States also pledge their support to the Imperium and begin gearing up for war. The Imperium completely overwhelms the UEAS at the Urals who begin to retreat in China.

During August 1964, The Free Atlantic States enter the war with The Imperium. The Free Atlantic States launch an invasion of Midway which they recapture. The Imperium would also reach Mongolia.

In 1965, the Free Atlantic States entered a formal Military Alliance with the Imperium. A few months after, JFK is asssassinated by a member of the NUF. In the power struggle, The Imperial Army intervenes and forms a Pro-Imperian Government under Erwin Rommel in order to keep the Free Atlantic States in the War. As Rommel was known Conservative, he was eventually accepted as a temporary leader.

1966, The Imperium launches the assault on the so-called '*Katsuro Line*'. The Line is destroyed and the Union begins a full retreat into China. Various Chinese Warlord groups declare independence from The UEAS and the UEAS is pushed closer to the Coast. Vladivostok falls to the Imperial Advance and Beijing ,with Imperial Assistance, falls to Chinese Warlords.

The War would end in 1967 with Katsuro's assassination. The Imperium occupies the rest of Russia and form The Imperial Territory of East Russia. The Free Atlantic States is eventually reorganised into the Atlantic Imperium under Rommel who uses the Imperial Atlantean Army to crush ADP uprisings. China and Asia falls into chaos and the Imperium decides to leave it.

### Post-Last Great War (1967 - 1980)

In 1970, Joseph Goebbels would seize power in Argentina and invade Brazil. The Imperium and The Atlantic Imperium would both intervene. The war would end the following year. Behrmann's Leadership of Imperial Forces in the war would see him named High Field Marshall and The Emperor's Successor.

In 1977, Erwin Rommel would die and The Emperor orders a massive state funeral for him. In 1979, The Imperium would grant independence to Turkey.

### The Emperor's Last Years (1980 - 1998)

In 1982, The Imperial African War breaks out following Heydrich's Death. The Imperium and the Italian Empire intervenes in the War but the Atlantic Imperium doesn't. Various African States rise up against the Imperial African Government. The African Coalition of Nations forms against The Imperial Alliance. The war would end in 1983 with an ACN Victory. In 1987, The Imperial Territory of East Russia also collapses into several smaller states including the Federation of East Siberian States.

The Gulf War would consume The Emperor and he takes a great interest but in 1991, he stops appearing in public and Behrmann takes more leadership roles. by 1995, Behrmann makes the decision to exit the war with The Emperor's approval as it becomes increasingly clear he is ill.

On the 24th of March 1998, The Emperor is pronounced dead. Josef Berhmann becomes the New Imperial Emperor and introduces major reforms. He began to Germanise the Imperium and began denouncing systems the Emperor put into place. Many in the Imperiun began fighting each other. In the American Imperium, Clinton is killed by American Ultranationalists who form the Greater American Reich.

The British Empire under Queen Elizabeth II declares independence in the British War of Independence. The Italian Empire collapses into warring states and Berhmann begins to rapidly reform the Imperial Military ,weakening it as he does so. The Imperial Economy tanks and they can no longer afford to control their vast territories.

The Great Collapse of 1998 occurs, the Imperial Based Economies of the world collapse and many Imperial Realm Countries fall into chaos. The 4 Territories ruling over Russia collapse into Russia Warlord States. These Warlords vary in political ideology and views. The Largest of these is the Second Russian Empire ,an ultranationalist state that took over Moscow and the surrounding area, they claim to be the successor to the Russian Empire.

### Behrmann's Rule

Behrmann's Germanisation efforts caused a major divide in The Imperium between The Germanic Imperiumists and the True Imperiumists. In 199, He announces the new military reforms intended to improve the military and reduce costs and manpower. This would turn out to be a horrendous disaster and lead to Millions of Jobs lost, causing economic collapse. As a result, The Imperium is forced to withdraw from the remaining territories in Africa and The Middle East.

The Economic Collapse has caused the Imperium to become ineffective. The Imperian Civil War is on the brink of breaking out.