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Posted: July 16th, 2019, 6:14pm Report to Moderator
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Hey, I’m working on an alternative history scenario for a drama TV series screenplay. I’m planning on having it follow the lives of a German family under French occupation in world where the Central Powers won the Great War, but a revanchist Fascist France got even 20 years later.

What do you think life would be like for civilians in this scenario? Or for that matter occupying French soldiers? How would resistance manifest?

This is the basic timeline.

1917 - unrestricted submarine warfare is forbidden by Germany
America does not enter conflict
1918 - resources from Ukraine and Belarus saves Germany from starvation
1919 - a German offensive causes mutinies in the French army and a withdrawal of the BEF. France surrender on the 12th June 1919 to focus on quelling internal revolution. Britain continues the war at sea and air for now
German forces enter the Baltic countries, Belarus and Ukraine to defend their borders from soviet expansion
1920 - the war devolves into German and British  bombing raids on cities and any desire to continue the war is gone on both sides. Peace is signed with remaining entente forces on July 1st. A military dictatorship is established in France to prevent a Bolshevik uprising
1921 - a Soviet German ceasefire is enacted
1922 - mussolini seizes power in Italy on the back of national humiliation following reparations demanded by Austria-Hungary
1923 - Tirpitz is elected in Germany and free elections officially restored.
1925 - A far left government is elected in the U.K led by historically anti war factions within the Labour movement and Germany seize some British colonies. A republic is established and the U.K. declares a permanent state of neutrality.
1930 - moderate parties form a coalition in Germany, enacting reforms such as universal suffrage and welfare reforms, funded in part by a reduction in the military and colonial budgets. A pan German populist party becomes the second biggest party in the reichstag, alienating former allies in Austria Hungary.
1932 - The franciste movement is fully established in France during the revolution nationale led by emperor for life Charles Moreau (fictional character)
1934 - France and Italy announce a mutual defence alliance. France refuses to pay any further war reparations to Germany and Italy successfully ensures the removal of all Austria-Hungarian military presence and naval bases in Venice. The French military swells in size and begins to rival Germany’s in strength.

1939 - The Molotov - Laval pact is signed establishing spheres of influence between the Soviet Union and France. 17 years of socialist labour rule comes to an end during a snap general election in the U.K. The SDP led by Clement Attlee rises to power in a coalition with the Liberal party.

June 8th - France, with the support of a large Italian ‘condor legion’ launches an invasion of Germany and the Low Countries.

June 16th - Belgium surrenders and a large number of German panzer divisions are encircled south of Breda.

July 22nd- Following successful crossings of the Rhine, Wilhelmshaven falls and the Netherlands surrenders. Their South American colonies have been seized in a short lived conflict.

August - Desperate counter attacks from Munster fail to cut the French off in the north as the French continue their march along the coast eastwards.

September 12th - French forces reach the Bohemian border at Munchberg, effectively splitting the country in two and isolating the bulk of the German army in Bavaria.

September 19th - Berlin is captured and Kaiser Willhelm II flees to Dar Es Salaam. With much of the German army trapped south of Nuremberg or tied up in the overseas colonies, the French face little resistance, moving through Prussia at a fast pace.

September 30th - Following the collapse of Germany the Soviet Union declares war on Germany and the Baltic states, triggering the pact of Kiev (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine) who enter the war on the German side. France and the USSR agree to honour their pact.

October 2nd - The German government, having lost contact with the in-transit emperor and now based in Danzig agrees to a ceasefire with France following the conclusion of the siege of Munich ends and most forces in Bavaria surrender or are interned in Austria. A mass exodus of civilians and military personnel into neutral Austria-Hungary and Poland continues.

October 11th - An armistice between Germany and France is signed and the treaty of Danzig establishes states of Bavaria (Led by Herman Goering), Hanover and Prussia, legally ending Germany as a state and ending the Second Reich. The Rhineland, Netherlands, Alsace Lorraine, Luxembourg and Belgium are annexed and an occupation zone along the coastal areas of Germany is established. Once the pact of Kiev is defeated, the Soviet Union will be allowed to annex all member nations, as well as Prussia east of the Vistula lagoon.

Army Group East of the German army ignore the ceasefire and continue the fight as Free Germany, holding a line west of Konigsberg with the assistance of the pact of Kiev. Exhausted and having taken heavy losses and with the winter setting in, the French offensive grinds down. Soviet advances in the east are minimal. Guerilla warfare stretches across central Africa. The Kaiser leads Free Germany from exile in Dar Es Salaam, broadcasting to Germans to encourage them to continue the fight. A Dutch government in exile is established in Batavia.

Fearing a surprise invasion of Belarus through neutral Poland, Britain, Poland and Austria-Hungary establish the triple alliance. If the sovereignty of any of these countries is infringed, they will enter the war. The USA provides aid for the German colonies. In Italy, support for official entry into the war grows as well as war with Austria in order to annex the Italian speaking areas of the Tyrol.

As the new year draws closer, tensions rise as the war in the east slows down to a crawl with heavy casualties on both sides, and a fragile Cold War between the Triple Alliance and the French/Soviet alliance develops.
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Posted: July 17th, 2019, 1:20am Report to Moderator
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What about the Jewish people?

This is interesting but it seems to ignore what is possibly the most important factor of the time period. The Jewish people 'betraying' Germany during WW1 and causing the end of the war due to Germany losing her will to fight. Then Germany's 'revenge' during WW2. Does something happen here? It is interesting that the US enters the war on Germany's side given their large (and important) Jewish population, but the US would only do that if it gained control of the oil and therefore the economy... as was the deal with GB.

WW2 was a fight over oil resources in Africa and the Middle East. Whoever controlled those was going to have all the power in the new industrialised world. I highly doubt GB would have stood by as 'neutral' while other countries grasped that control.

Have you figured in these factors or do you disagree on the facts I've presented? History is often down to interpretation. As a storyteller, I've always been naturally drawn to history. History is merely taking certain facts and then making up a story that fits the logic.
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