Volkshalle Crisis

**History**

For most of the game, Germany had been quite close to the IRL version of itself, It had participated in WW1 at the correct time and in the same way as we all know it to have done. However, that war had ended prematurely in 1916 with Germany's defeat. Despite this, Germany had been in a much more favourable position afterwards and continued it's historical path whilst being stronger both economically and militarily than assumed to be. As expected, the fascists came to power and began putting their directives into gear.

1936, by pure coincidence, the allied countries were missing half of their players. These were unfortunately the strongest of the group. The United States was off with a really bad illness and the United Kingdom was busy for the next few days. India, at this time, was also afk for the most part leaving Canada (Mato) and Oceania (Marshie) at the helm of the allied forces.

Seeing the weak position they were in, Germany made the most of it and began putting his country into a premature preparation for WW2. For the most part, up until now, the allied forces had been seeing a more realistic WW2 and so were not prepared or worried of any attacks. This relaxation of the allied forces gave Germany the opportunity to take advantage of a weakened allies and, in early 1937, declared war on France.

Along with Germany, both Italy and Belgium (who were both nationalist and fascist respectively) declared war on France. With their main players gone, the allies were stuck as what to do. Along with this, France had attempted to go down the path of the little entente. However it had failed to make ground and was alone at the mercy of it's enemies. They reached out to the UK for help but they were still at least another year away from being able to help.

Suddenly, without conferring with any other allies, Canada declares war on Germany. This came as a shock to the players and, as it's only active ally at the time, Oceania then followed up with their own declaration. This early start for Germany was what proved vital for the eventual out come of the war.

WW2 lasted until May 1947, a whole decade after it had began. It was left in a stalemate in which France gave up Alsace and small part of it's southern coast to Germany and France. This allowed Germany to continue with Adolf Hitler at the helm of a much stronger Germany. He continued to rule until 1952.

**Volkshalle**

The Volkshalle began construction in 1948, a year after the war. It was set to be one of the largest buildings to date. The building was ordered by Hitler himself who would later go on to host the opening celebration. Many world leaders were invited to it's opening ceremony including French Prime Minister Richelieu. Due to this time being busy one for world politics, only a few were able to attend.

**Notable Attendees**

Adolf Hitler - Fuhrer of the German Reich

Joseph Stalin - Leader of the Soviet Union

Zhu Jainfan - Emperor of the Chinese Empire

Richelieu - Prime Minister of France

Abdulaziz Saud - King of Saudi Arabia

Bruno Mussolini - Leader of Italy

David - A polish Chef

Ludwig - Russian assistant

Puyi - Chinese Assassin

**The Crisis**

On the 17th of March 1952, the opening ceremony began 11 days after the completion of the construction. The Leaders of 6 nations came to witness it with little knowledge of what was to come next. After a very short introduction, everyone mentioned above had arrived and greeted apart from Abdulaziz Saud who was running late, and Puyi who was a few rooms away. They made their way to the main room when all of a sudden Zhu whispers to the translator "**我无法呼吸...请给我医生**" ("I can't breathe ... please give me a doctor"). The translator then shouted "We need a doctor!".

It was from this point that it all went into chaos.

This was a time of distrust between nations and so the leaders were quick to fear the worst and were soon blaming each other. Soon after, the emperor collapsed and would later die in hospital of poisoning. With most nations represented at the ceremony working independently to evacuate in case they were next, it was hard to keep the situation under control. Hitler had sent Stroheim away earlier and so when Adolf began clutching his heart and fell to the ground, there was nobody in his place to orchestrate the quick and safe evacuation.

During the panic, Ludwig had fallen and been left behind by the Soviets and David had been lost. David was later pronounced dead as the 3rd victim of the Crisis. At this point, Greek guards were suspecting foul play and began pointing their rifles at the other parties. It was only now that the Saudi Arabian King made a short lived appearance. Soon after Joseph Stalin leaves, gunfire came from one of the side rooms. When investigated, 2 Chinese guards were found above a dead man in Manchurian style clothing. He was identified as Puyi who was accused of the assassinations and "Lawfully killed for the safety of the attendees."

In total, 2 world leaders and 2 other visitors were killed in the 1952 Volkshalle crisis. It would be a day remembered for years to come.