Greater German Reich/Situation

## Situation

The German Reich is currently locked in a Cold War with it's southern neighbours in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Entente led by the Kingdom of Italy has proven to be a thorn in the German side. Alarms are also beginning to surround as relations with the British Empire ,one of the only nations who pose a major threat to the Reich, have begun to thaw. Issues may also arise to the East as the bombing of the Soviet Revolutionary Government may not be working as well as intended...

The Reich overseas a vast empire and this has led to internal issues such as the June 1945 Revolt by Jewish Slaves in Poland. This was brutally crushed by the Waffen-SS, the military arm of the wider Schutzstaffel organisation. This has led to calls from Leading Wehrmacht Officers and German Government Officials led by Albert Speer to demand the demobilization of the Waffen-SS, keeping the Allgemeine SS to deal with operations taking place within Germany and the wider Reich. A violent opposition to this has been seen by Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS, as he claims the Waffen-SS is integral to the Reich as they are better than the Wehrmacht as dealing with insurrections.

This has caused rifts within the party as Albert Speer leads his own faction within the party advocating for more reforms and change within the Reich. Wilhelm Keitel , Field Marshall and leader of the OKW, backs Speer's faction as apart of the wider 'Mitternacht Coalition', while also maintaining a neutral loyalty to the Wehrmacht and representing their interests. Several Wehrmacht Officers even go as far to oppose National Socialism and wish to create a military junta to decide on capable leadership.

### The Fuhrer Path

If the player opts to either 'Remind the Wehrmacht of their place' (Keitel and Speer will resign to be replaced by Alfred Jodl and Fritz Todt respectively) or 'Find the Middle Ground' (suffering a Stability and Political Penalty), the Player can continue the original focus tree. The Political Path allows the player to increase Soviet Industry Bombings once they increase their military spending, invade and puppet Iraq and Iran and then engage in diplomacy with the French State after the ousting of Petain should that occur. The Player also has access to Hitler's Foreign Policy which will allows the player to attempt to rebuild Anglo-German Relations, further ties with Sweden and decide the approach to the Mediterranean Entente. One of the main features is remobilising the Wehrmacht for war and preparing for war with the USSR - the Soviet Revolutionary Government. This also involves developments of the Reichskommisariats.

### Mitternacht Coalition Path

If the player opts to demobilize the Waffen-SS, Heinrich Himmler will refuse the order and the player will then attempt to arrest Hitler using the Wehrmacht. However, this will always fail as Himmler is able to assassinate Hitler and this will spark a decision to either fight the SS or to surrender (Himmler becomes leader). If the player decides to fight, they will enter the Mitternacht Coalition Path and the focus will autocomplete and the new tree is unlocked.

Wilhelm Keitel and the OKW establish a Military Junta with Konrad Adenauer and Albert Speer backing the Junta with their own forces, this is the Mitternacht Coalition. The SS declare war on the Junta and form a base in Southern Germany. The Reichskommisariats will receive an event to decide what side to align with, should they align with the Junta, their fates will be decided upon who becomes leader after the war (Keitel will allow them partial-independence referendums in a new system like the Client States, Speer will reform them to be more aligned to his ideology and Adenauer will release them as independent nations). If they align with the Himmlerites, they will fight alongside Himmelr' Forces against the German Junta and the other RKs that side with Keitel.

Upon victory in the civil war, Keitel's Junta will put the SS Leaders on a trial which for Himmler is simply a show trial. After the Trial and Execution of the Himmlerites, the player has 4 Paths to go down. The first one is to elect Keitel as an Authoritarian President of Germany, enter elections which will see either a Speer Victory (Fascism) or Adenauer (Democratic) Victory. In both cases, they will reform Germany but obviously Speer's Germany will still be far more authoritarian but focus on repairing relations with Japan and Italy. The other alternative is to spark a communist coup which can be supported by the Soviet Revolutionary Government. Keitel and the Mitternacht Coalition will fight the Communists in another civil war.