2nd National Democratic Government: 1940 - 1944

The 2nd National Democratic Government was formed on the 12th of March 1940 and dissolved on the 14th of July 1944. The government was led by Prime Minister, Jacob Schatzlen, after winning the 1940 Parliamentary Election. They won the election due to the previous government failing to join World War Two immediately as well as failing to enact compulsory conscription. The National Democratic Party failed to win a majority of seats in 1940 so they had to form a coalition with the Moderate Party for the time being. After around a year of being in the war, the National Democratic Party called an election in 1941 seeking to win a majority on their own due to the major support they were receiving during the war. Although most of the country had now become occupied by Germany, those who could vote went to the polls leading to the National Democratic Party to win a majority government.

## Policies

### Domestic Policies

* Military Conscription Act 1940 introduced compulsory conscription in the country for all males aged 18 years and older excluding important job roles.
* Family Allowances Act 1940 decreased the amount of money given out for family allowances.
* State Housing Act 1940 put a halt to building more state housing, which began in January 1940.
* National Equipment Act 1940 nationalized all factories that were producing equipment for the war.
* Pensions Act 1941 decreased the amount of money given out for state pensions.
* Libraries Act 1942 removed the national government's power over state-owned libraries and sold them all to local counties who's members would gain complete control of.
* Homosexuality Act 1943 increased the sentence for being homosexual to 15 years imprisonment and removed the right for them to appeal.

### Foreign Affairs

The 2nd National Democratic Government was formed four months after New Hanover joined World War Two and immediately after entering the war they began losing territory. The lost the region of Schunar in April 1940 and then Weirnstan in June 1940 which made the situation more dire and made many lose faith in the new government. New Hanover made some gains near Schleswig-Holstein until being pushed back once again in August and losing the city/region of Aberdichen. After the fall of Aberdichen Schatzlen met with Winston Churchill to call for military help to stabilize the New Hanover front in order to keep the country from going into government-in-exile. Churchill heard Schatzlen's call for help and sent over 50,000 soldiers to stabilize the front in New Hanover. Throughout the rest of Schatzlen's premiership New Hanover was pushed back but incredibly slower that before and by November 1943 the Germans had finally taken over most of Dottnachen but soon were losing interest in taking control of New Hanover as the war was already going well for the Allies. On the 6th of June 1944 the Allied Powers landed in Normandy with the support of 500 New Hanoverian troops who were sent to the UK for that mission. After the landing many small but slowly significant gains were made, the most notable of those gains were retaking the northern parts of Dottnachen and entering the city of Aberdichen in early July 1944.

## Demise: 1944 Parliamentary Election

After the war was deemed "going well" by the National Democratic Government, they decided to call an election in July 1944 in the hopes that their recent significant gains and strength throughout the war would get them reelected. The National Democratic Party also reorganized as the Hanover National Party right after the election was announced. They called the election only ten days before voting would begin and after little to no campaigning from either sides the results came in. The Hanover National Party ended up losing 122 seats and the Socialist Party gained 113 seats which was a devastation for the Hanover Nationals. The Socialist party quickly formed a majority government with the Socialist Labor Party, ending the 2nd National Democratic Party.