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Old 10-18-2019, 12:14 PM   #4396
David Johnston2
 
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Gauleiter-1, 2, and 3

A Gauleiter was a Nazi party official devised as part of reconfiguring the Nazi party into a "State-within-the-State." It was this reconfiguration, which made the SA into an effective private army rather than just a series of wolf packs, that was essential to Hitler's rise to power. Kurt von Schleicher and his aides realized that, in it's weakened state, caused by the Treaty of Versailles, the German army couldn't arrest Hitler and disband the Nazis without causing a Civil War. Hitler was made Chancellor because the Nazis had grown to strong to resist.

Von Schleicher's aides saw three main scenarios coming out of any attempt to arrest Hitler. Each starts in a civil war. The scenarios were 1) a civil war breaks out between the German Army and the Sturmabteilung or SA. Then the Communists become a third front and Poland invades. If it seems odd to you that the Germans would fear Poland, remember, we're talking 1932 here, Germany's army was seriously weak and a Civil war would make things far worse. (Gauleiter-2). 2) Is much like 1) except the USSR invades. Remember, in 1932 Stalin hasn't purged the Red Army, so the Russians would be more dangerous than in WWII. (Gauleiter-1) 3) is like the first two only France invades. (Gauleiter-3

Gauleiter-2 is on Q4, it's a low Manna world with witches, sorcerers, werewolves, Fay, and other supernatural beings. But magic is seen as mere superstition by the general public, and supernatural beings work to keep it that way. The Cabal has the whip hand here. The four way war in Germany is seen as a minor blessing by France, Russia, and Britain, it means Germany will stay down for a very long time. Local year 1933.
The British would be rather alarmed by the existence of a power vacuum the Communists could exploit. Initially Germany was regarded as a lesser threat than the red menace.
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