ENDKRIEG: The Fallen Order (What if Germany ALMOST won WW2)
First Meme: August 23rd, 1939 The Axis collapses after Hitler signed a non-aggression pact to split Poland with the Soviet Union, having Italy stay neutral during the second world war and Hitler signing the Sino-Germania Alliance with China.
Second Meme: March 19th, 1940 The German army is within artillery distance of Moscow. After Stalin is knocked out after the shelling, Red Army command retreated further and further into the frozen tundra of Russia, until They completely lost control of the Country. Witnessing its complete collapse from the outside, Germany held back forces to help ease tensions and stop the dozens of roaming bandits in the Newly formed Reichskommissariats.
Third meme: March 21st, 1940 After the Fall of the Soviets on the Western Front, The United States and Japan sought to take advantage of the Situation by Invading Siberia, and finally ending the Communist Threat, while also making sure that Germany wasn’t going to use Siberia as a Potential base of Operations in the Pacific.
Forth Meme: March 30th, 1940. During the Phony wars, as Germany invaded the Soviet union leaving France and Britain to their own devices, The French studied the designs of German tanks Captured near the Ardenze. After witnessing the Abilities of the German Armored Corp in Russia, the French felt heavily outdated. After much development and improvements to their tank designs, they finally felt confident in their abilities to defend their nation. On the 30th, the French would finally take the Initiative, Going through Belgium and invading the Rhineland. Furious, This would make Hitler got his trained, battle hardened army to march in and invade the Rhineland. This would result in what was known as, The La Mort Battles, which would last from 1940 - 1944, seeing some of the most brutal combat of the war. (See the Sixth meme for how that all turned out)
Fifth Meme: June 6th, 1943 - A Chinese submarine lend-leased from Germany sinks the SS Lurline, dragging the United States into the war, and causing China to fight on several more fronts than just Japanese and Europeans.
Sixth Meme: June 22nd, 1943 - The first of the U.S. army shows up in Europe with both sides of the war resorting back to World War one tactics. With most of the fighting happening around the Rhine River, the blood from the battles seeped into the Rhine itself, contaminating the drinking water of Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, and the German population around the Rhine itself. It was also a Biological nightmare, as diseases breed and mixed with each other, creating all types of new Pandemics.
Seventh Meme: April 10th, 1944 - June 10th, 1946 After a long and bloodied and hard fought war on the Western front, and the Armored Arms race between the Allies and Germans, the French eventually had some luck with the First Armored Division pushing to Bremen with the help of American Atlantic Naval Support. Finally, a way to berlin was opened. Using this opening, the Allies Encircled a Large part of the German Army. Quickly, the Swept across the German Fields and fought in German cities, Eventually by 1945, making it the Prized City of Berlin. A Stubborn Hitler, refusing to leave the Fuhrerbunker, is soon Captured by French officers, who stop him from killing himself, only only after one of the Officers, Captain Robert De La Rochefoucauld, Wrestled the gun from his hands and took the bullet. Sacrificing himself for the Justice of France. In 1946, Hitler and his posse were put on trial in Paris. Being found guilty of all crimes, including the Holocaust, surprisingly, they were not put to death. Instead, in 1950, The members of the Nazi Party were transferred to there new cells in the Newly Mandated UN Antarctic Penal Colony.
Eighth Meme: June 10th, 1946 - April 19th, 1948 Die Ruckeroberung Berlins (The Reconquest of Berlin) is a series of battles that took place in eastern Germany, when the still loyal Eastern Reichskommissariat used the Industry of Russia and Ukraine, as well as Several Anti-Communist Volunteers to take back the fatherland. To be expected, this resulted in the Germans only further digging their own grave, as Polish resistance fighters took up arms against the now weakened German Occupiers, resulting in the Further Encirclement of there forces. With the Allies liberating Kyiv, the German forces in Russia would finally Surrender. With new Democratic Governments reinstated after the war, The Russian east was found much too dangerous by the Allies to continue safely pacifying, instead choosing to remain on the border to secure the new Russian Republic which they had set up.
Ninth meme: May 14th, 1948 - Marking the end of the War, After years of Brutally fighting on all fronts, China would eventually Surrender after the Chindits, officially the Long Range Penetration Groups, found, surrounded and seized Chiang Kai-shek in his compound in Lanzhou.
Total Casualties: 176.1 Million
China: 25 Million Dead
Russian: 12 Million
German: 7.3 Million Dead
French: 7.1 Million Dead
British: 8.1 Million Dead
Belgium: 2.5 Million Dead
Japanese: 1.7 Million Dead
(Joined 1941) Netherlands: 1.3 Million Dead
(Joined 1943) The United States: 1.1 Million Dead
Civilian Casualties: 110 Million (Estimated)