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***"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."***
-George Orwell (Nineteen Eighty-Four Part 1, Chapter 3, 1949)

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## **Backstory**

### Depression Period

In the 1936 Election within the United States of America, the Republican Party nominated Charles Lindbergh on the basis of peace and recovery through the Market. In the Democratic National Convention, a new fresh face became the nominee for the Presidential Election. A radical reformer by the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt promised emergency intervention in the economy do stop the Depression which had haunted the country since 1929. Charles Lindbergh was able to exploit the this perception of Roosevelt as a radical and campaigned for a policy of benevolent recovery using the Free Market and neutrality in foreign conflicts.

Americans listened through their radios, hearing the words of the candidates. Charles Lindbergh came out on top as the general winner of the debates but on election day, the radio spoke once again with the loud words of congratulations to the President-Elect, Roosevelt.

Americans went back to work that same day, suspecting Roosevelt would be inaugurated in January, the next year. Less than an hour after, it had been announced that the election was contested. Both Lindbergh and Roosevelt had gained the same amount of votes within the Electoral College. A grueling process of recounting votes took weeks. After all, the true President turned out to be Charles Lindbergh.

Within the first weeks of office, reform after reform was implemented. To satisfy both the Democrats and Republicans, a Bi-Partisan Bill called the Patriot Act was approved and implemented by Congress. After 3 years of Lindbergh Presidency, the country had slowly recovered. Jobs came back, poverty decreased, and security was achieved. Later that year in September, war broke out in Europe. Germany and France were at each other's throats. Lindbergh made the decision to remain totally neutral in the foreign affair.

### Wartime Period

British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill called Lindbergh trying to get America to join the war but Lindbergh was not keen to it. Lindbergh, a German Sympathizer, announced his foreign policy to stay out of affairs that they have nothing to deal with. On radio, the British Public sighed in defeat. In America, the German-American Bund expanded. Nazi Rallies in Maddison Square became prevalent and the President suffered a failed assassination, rendering him incapacitated in his left arm. America was stuck and divided between ideological boundaries.

France, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Poland were all swept in a wave of destruction. German Panzers storming the countryside is just one of a couple of images held by the American People. The German-American Bund had successfully swayed the American Opinion of Britain. Images of brutality within British-India were on the front covers of major news outlets.

The German Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler had taken out all the enemies in Mainland Europe except one. The goliath of the Soviet Union stood strong. Negotiations between German and Turkish Diplomats paved way for an agreement. The Ankara Agreement had been signed with Hermann von Goring on behalf of the Reich and Ismet Inonu representing the Republic of Turkey. Turkey was now in the Axis Powers.

Axis forces reached the Suez and broke through the disorganized lines of the Royal Army. King Farouk I of the Egyptian Protectorate had announced the independence of the nation. British-India became logistically cutoff from mainland Britain, giving the Empire of Japan yet another advantage in the Pacific Theater.

The RAF in Britain had held the line against German Bombers but at a heavy cost. The industrial powerhouse that was Britain became a nation in shambles. Hitler dismissed the idea of bombing civilian key points and instead, kept the focus on removing the industrial capabilities of Britain. The Blitz destroyed Britain's economic and strategical output rendering their naval and military capabilities useless.

On June 28, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles. Hitler and the OKW had disagreed on the direction of the attack. Hitler was able to manage a case against the direction of Moscow and instead, focus on the breadbasket of Ukraine alongside the plentiful oilfields of the Caucasus. The Caucasus, much of Ukraine, nearly all of the Baltics and Belarus were occupied within little time.

The Soviet Union had lost it's access to producing oil and the food situation was dire. 80% of oil production of the Soviet Union was in the hands of the Reich. This prevented major offenses and led to the Soviet Front in the South to collapse. The vital railway junctions of Astrakhan and Stalingrad were on the verge of falling. The Red Army was in the midst of collapse and the Wehrmacht was less than 30 miles away from Leningrad and around 250 miles away from Moscow.

Back in the United States, the economy had virtually recovered to pre-depression levels. The Gold Standard had been kept in place and a capitalist approach was implemented to combat unemployment. Japan had been at war with China for years and it had led to a stalemate.

After the winter, Germany launched Operation Fall Blau, leading to a Rebellion from several parts of the NKVD as well as entire army groups. Joseph Stalin fled from Moscow, moving the provisional capital to Kazan. The oil, coal, food, and chromium was lost. 3 million barrels of oil in Estonia, 20 million in Baku, and hundreds of thousands near Kiev further supplied the Wehrmacht's shocking warfare.

"***All quiet on the Eastern Front.***"

-Message from German High Command, January 6th of 1942.

Shortly after in the Berlin Sportpalast Rally, Hitler announced:

**"*Der arische Kreuzzug gegen den Judo-Bolschewismus ist fast abgeschlossen. Mit einem letzten Schlag werden wir uns auf den Adler und das Schwert stützen, um die arischen Völker zu befreien, die in dem von Kasan regierten tyrannischen Territorium verbleiben. Versuchen wir, eine neue Weltordnung zu schaffen, die tausend Jahre und dann tausend weitere Jahre dauern wird! Sieg Heil!*" -Adolf Hitler, 1943**

Over the course of 8 years, the Kriegsmarine had gained the strength to go head-to-head with the Royal Navy. After a decisive blow, German Spearheads were established on English Shores. Weeks later, London had fallen. The RAF held on to it's remaining forces and moved the British Government into exile in Canada where it would remain there for decades.

The United States of America was under a new administration. Henry Wallace had won the 1944 Election but Congress stood firmly under the America-First Republican Administration.

### Oil Crisis Period

It has been 19 years since the end of the war. The United States under Robert Kennedy promises to pull out of the Philippines after the Woodstock Massacre and failed policy of reform. Russia has further collapsed into several warlord states skirmishing with each other. The Reich continues to recover after the fall of their Russian holdings and the megacity, Germania, is nearing completion. Not all is good in the world with the impending oil crisis soon to come.

***Ideologies:***

* National-Socialism
* Despotism
* Absolute Monarchy
* Authoritarian Democracy
* Bipartite Democracy
* Constitutional Monarchy
* Democratic Socialism
* Marxist-Leninism
* Anarchy

**Nations:**

* Greater German Reich

**Figures (A-Z):**

* Adolf Hitler
* Antonio Segni