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| “ | Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer | „ |
| ~ The German Reich's most famous slogan |
The Greater Germanic Reich (Großgermanisches Reich), more commonly known as Nazi Germany, is one of the main antagonists (alongside Empire of Japan and SS-Order State of Burgundy) in the Hearts of Iron 4 mod, The New Order: Last Days of Europe, and the villainous protagonists should the player decide to play as Nazi Germany.
Despite having proclaimed itself a thousand-year Reich, its newly created New Order seems to be slowly being destroyed by the various economic, social, territorial and political crises of the Cold War that threaten the German Reich.
In-Game Description[]
Once humbled by their failures in the Weltkrieg, Germany once more rose to prominence with the leadership of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s. Thanks to the failure of the Allies, WW2 has ended in complete German victory.
Germany now presides over the most powerful empire on Earth, but despite her victory, Germany's control remains tenuous at best. Wracked by an economic crash that has frozen the nation for a decade, and with a massive slave caste providing for the German people, the population has began to protest. The nation is now wrapped in a series of student protests and the machinations of the Deutche Bank.
History[]
Pre-WWII Germany (1920-1939)[]
Germany emerged from World War One a defeated and broken nation, her army beaten on the field, her allies collapsing under the strain of four years of unrelenting war, and the Treaty of Versailles humilating the nation. In the economic and political chaos that followed the war, political polarization ensued. Germany losing her imperial markets and industrial base in the Ruhr valley resulted in an economic crisis, and the people looked to different ideologies to compensate for their losses. One of them was the KPD, which was gaining rapid popularity over the years and was causing great distress towards the ruling capitalist party of the Weimar Republic, the country that emerged after Germany's devastation in the first world war. The ruling capitalist party began politically and monetarily supporting the far-right National Socialist German Workers' Party led by the charismatic Adolf Hitler, which was staunchly anti-communist and gained massive popularity over the late 1920s and early 1930s.
The NSDAP soon gained members such as Martin Bormann, Albert Speer, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, and many others, including (shockingly) members of the capitalist ruling party in the former Weimar Republic. The Nazi Party gained more and more popularity until the failure of the attempted Beer Hall Putsch. The party soon surged afterwards and with the start of the Great Depression, the NSDAP's ideals of a return to glory and revenge were more popular than ever. In 1933, President Paul Von Hindenburg chose Adolf Hitler to become chancellor.
Following Hindenburg's death, the NSDAP assumed full control of Germany. The NSDAP transformed Germany into a one-party totalitarian regime and persecuted Communists, Socialists, Jews, and other "undesirables". In 1936, Germany made it's first move towards expansion when it re-militarized the Rhineland. The French and British failed to stop them. In 1938, the Federal State of Austria was peacefully annexed following a pro-Nazi coup.
During the "Sudetenkrise", the NSDAP used pan-German sentiments to spark conflict with the First Czechoslovak Republic. The primary goal was the unification of ethnic Germans living in Czechoslovakia with those living in the German Reich (at the time, ethnic Germans made up 90% of the Sudetenland and 20% of the whole Czechoslovak state). To settle the matter, the Munich Conference was held and Czechoslovakia was forced to give up the Sudetenland to Germany. The next year brought about the annexation of the rest of Czechoslovakia (which the Allies could only protest). It was at this point, Britain and France declared their support of Poland in case of a German invasion.
Germany demanded to annex the historically disputed Danzig Corridor, that separated East Prussia from the German mainland. Upon Poland's refusal, an invasion occurred, in which, both Germany and the USSR invaded Poland. To ensure Polish sovereignty, England and France declared war on Germany, sparking World War II.
The Second World War (1939-1945)[]
Invasion of Poland[]
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German Soldiers lifting a barrier between Danzing and Poland, 9 September 1939
In the early hours of September 1st, 1939, German Soldiers crossed the German-Polish border. The underarmed Polish Military put up a stiff resistance, but once the Soviet Union joined in on the invasion, the Polish Government quickly collapsed. German Infantry units entered Warsaw on September 28th and Poland would quickly surrender by October. The UK and France declared war on Germany on September 3rd, officially marking the beginning of World War II. Nazi High Command had not anticipated the Allies to have declared war so quickly, leaving Hitler and the Wehrmacht deliberating on what to do following the fall of Poland.
Blitzkrieg[]
In April of 1940, German forces invaded Denmark and Norway to protect vital shipments of Iron Ore from Sweden from the Allied navies. Following the quickly success, the Wehrmacht launched Blitzkrieg, or Lightning Warfare, on France, invading the low countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg) in order to bypass the Maginot Line. During this campaign, a large force of British and French forces attempting to evacuate Dunkirk would be encircled and destroyed by advancing German forces, leaving a token force to guard the British Home Isles. Paris fell soon after the Battle of Dunkirk, and French President Pétain, who succeeded President Reynaud following Reynaud's resignation, announced the surrender of the French Republic to Germany on June 26th 1940.
Africa and Italy[]
German Panzer IV Tanks in Greece, 1941.
In Africa and the Mediterranean, German Fallschirmjäger units successfully captured Gibraltar, trapping the remainder of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, further weakening the defense of the British isles. Italy successfully captured Cairo and the Suez Canal, however a surprise invasion of Greece would result in an embarrassment for Italy, with the Greek Army repelling Italy despite their general size and preparedness being overshadowed in every way imagineable. Due to Yugoslavia serving as a roadblock between Germany and Greece, Hitler managed to pressure Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria into adhere to the Tripartite Pact, forcing Yugoslavia to do the same. A coup was launched in Yugoslavia against the king due to the move being unpopular with Yugoslavians. With the removal of the Regent from power, Nazi Germany had justification to launch "Operation 25" in April of 1941, which saw the Axis powers invade Yugoslavia and Greece by extension. German Fallschirmjäger would capture airfields on Crete, leading to the capitulation of the Greek Government shortly after following the capture of most of the Hellenic Mainland.
German troops secure Red Square, December 1941.
Eastern Front[]
Later in the summer of 1941, Hitler would authorize "Operation Barbarossa", the invasion of the Soviet Union. In collaboration with Finland, bitter about the Winter War, and the rest of the Axis Powers, Germany launched an invasion of the USSR in the early morning of June 22nd 1941. The Soviet Military, badly weakened by the lack of industrialization in the Soviet Union under Bukharin, could barely muster resistance against the Axis Powers. Cities like Kiev, Minsk, Leningrad, Rostov, and Stalingrad would fall to German forces quickly, with Moscow falling on Christmas Day. Despite a coup by Joseph Stalin, a successful counterattack could not be organized, and the USSR would be dissolved on New Years Day 1942.
Despite this, many Russians continued to despise and resist against the Germans, with a key example of this being the 1954 West Russian War.
Operation Sea Lion[]
German 24th Panzer Division soldiers near Piccadilly Circus during the Siege of London, 1943
With the Soviet Union successfully defeated, Nazi Germany turned its eyes to Great Britain. Britain had resisted the Axis onslaught fiercely, and guarded by the armies of fallen Allied nations, the chances of a successful invasion of the home isles seemed impossible. That was until Nazi high command realized the potential of a neighboring nation: the neutral Republic of Ireland. Due to a long history of British occupation of Ireland up until 1921, Ireland felt strong resentment towards England and agreed to aid Germany in their attempt at the invasion of Britain. In 1943, Ireland would invade Northern Ireland and grant the German Kriegsmarine access to Irish ports, thus blockading the isles completely to US shipping. Simultaneously, Germany launched Operation Sealion. A combined-armed assault commenced, with the Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe, and Heer all storming the channel and rushing the beaches. Paratrooper units captured airfields, supply depots, AA, radar installations and towns while Marines landed on the coast. Combined with the Luftwaffe successfully asserting air dominance and the Kriegsmarine facing little opposition, the invasion of Britain had begun.
Despite a stiff resistance from the Allied forces, London would fall by 1944 and Allied forces would leave the British Isles fully by 1945, thus ending Allied Operation in Europe totally. The Treaty of Westminster would cement this withdrawal later on at the end of the war as Germany declared Victory over Europe.
End of War[]
Meanwhile in the Pacific, Japan was struggling against the juggernaut that was the United States. Despite a series of early victories at the beginning of the Pacific war, Japan was running out of resources, planes, guns, soldiers, ships, and more whilst the US was not only producing ships at a steady rate but surpassing the Japanese Navy in every sense. While the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima destroyed nearly half of the 400 ships sent to Iwo Jima, nearly all that remained of the Japanese Navy and Air Corps were also destroyed at the battle, fully paralyzing the capabilities of the IJN. However, Nazi Germany had a special device they could use to end the war once and for all: a Nuclear Bomb.
Atomic Bombing of Hawaii[]
A still photo of the mushroom cloud over Pearl Harbor, July 4, 1945.
On July 4th, 1945, a German Messerschmidt Me.264 took off from a piece of Japanese-occupied territory in the pacific and dropped the Heisenberg Device over Pearl Harbor and Honolulu. The ensuing fireball melted away a large chunk of the Pacific Fleet licking its wounds from the battle of Iwo Jima. Honolulu would also suffer by extension as well. While the US had its own Atomic Device ready, US President Thomas Dewey was shocked by this attack and with war support plummeting, Dewey signed the Akagi Accords, thus ending World War Two in an Axis Victory.
Yet this victory would last only a handful of years before Germany, Japan, and all the Axis powers bathing in success would collapse under their own weight.
Post-War/Cold War (1945-1962)[]
An advertisement in a German magazine encouraging people to visit Germania, 1966
Nazi Soldiers round up Jews in Minsk, 1947.
Following the end of the war, Germany was triumphant in their victory. The budget for the Wehrmacht tripled, resulting in the Heer becoming the most powerful army in the world before the US Army would overtake them in the mid-to-late 1950s. Wasting no time, Hitler embarked on a campaign of reshaping the European and Southern African Continent to his hearts content, dividing conquered lands into a series of Reichskommisariats, puppets, and client states in the case of the United Kingdom. This resulted in massive campaigns of slaughter, terror, systemic executions, separation of communities, and other heinous crimes being committed on the daily by the German occupying forces in the name of Lebensraum, which was the mass deportation, concentration, and execution of Central and Eastern Europeans. In Poland, Belarus, and the Baltic nations, those considered "unworthy of life" i.e the Jews, the Roma, the disabled, and others considered a detriment to the state, were murdered en masse by the SS and Wehrmacht with brutal efficiency. In what was Russia and Ukraine, Generalplan Ost was commenced, which called for the mass extermination and ethic cleansing of Eastern Europe. This effort was spearheaded primarily by the RHSA and Schutzstaffel under Heinrich Himmler. Unlike the central European exterminations, Generalplan Ost, due to logistical and economic constraints, could not be carried out fully, and most "undesirables" were deported past the A-A line into Warlord Russia or simply shot on the spot.
Massive infrastructure projects were also conducted, such as the near-total revamping of Berlin, turning the city into Germania which Hitler envisioned to be a "World Capital." Germania would be completed by the 1950s. Other projects such as the Congo River Dam, the German Space Program, production of additional nuclear bombs, and more. All these projects were fueled on the backs of slaves, resulting in the biggest slave-driven workforce in the history of mankind.
Photo of a German ICBM undergoing testing in Northern Germany, August 5 1956
Across the water, as the United States began rebuilding and amassing a nuclear arsenal of their own and as the Axis powers began the fracture, the stage would be set for the Cold War. Both sides would spend billions of dollars into missile development and military funding with both sides working on Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles capable of reaching both tipped with Nuclear weaponry. After Japan successfully tested its own nuclear weapon in 1949 and severed ties with Germany, a three-way Cold War had begun. Germany focused primarily on matching the US ICBMs but also in conquering Space, which Hitler dubbed the "Final Front." Hitler demanded billions of Reichsmarks be poured into the German Space effort and with the likes of Werner Von Braun heading the program, the RLR would launch the first satellite into space ahead of the US in 1957. President Eisenhower would counteract this with the formation of NASA in 1958, thus kicking off the Space Race.
As for the Axis Powers, the once triple alliance had gone sour, especially with the Japanese Nuclear arsenal and Mussolini welcoming "undesirables" into Italy. Thus, the three nations formed their own alliances, with Germany founding the Einheitspakt, an alliance designed to hold all of Germany's puppet nations and allies under one umbrella to counter the OFN, GEACPS, and Triumvirate.
In the 1950s, Germany would launch an invasion of Portugese Colonial holdings in Southern Africa, invading Nambia and Mozambique in a flash. Despite condemnation from the United States and OFN and criticism from Spain and Italy, no one would come to the aid of Portugal, giving the German colonies of Africa additional land to encroach on South Africa and to exploit fully.
The 1952 Crash[]
German Bankers rushing to withdraw money from a Bank in Berlin, 1952
In 1952, following six years of post-war overspending and increasingly distressing economic reports, the German economy would implode in on itself. Across Germany and - by extension - all of Europe, millions of people would lose their jobs, inflation would skyrocket, prices would soar, and the reputation of Germany would shatter in an instant. While numerous figureheads offered methods to solving the Crash and ensuing multitude of crises, the warlords of Russia would see an opportunity emerge.
West Russian War[]
With the dismal state of the Nazi Empire and their puppets in chaos and disarray and the Wehrmacht strained, a fragmented Russia decided that their opportunity to reclaim their occupied territories had arrived. Despite the fall of the USSR, Russian industrial capability in Russia had grown under the leadership of Stalin and Kaganovich. Whilst designers such as Mikhail Kalashnikov had designed the AK-47 Assault Rifle, which could be manufactured at staggering rates whilst maintaining reliability and stopping power. Combined with material aid from the US and Japan, both seeking to topple Germany, West Russia was ready for Operation Suvorov, a general front wide-advance aimed at reclaiming Moscow.
Operation Suvorov begins[]
German Soldiers organize a desperate defense of Moscow, 1955
In the spring of 1955, German guards at the A-A line were shocked to see a horde of millions of Russians crossing the border, armed with modern weaponry, tanks, and planes. Grand Marshal Yegorov had correctly assessed that the German Wehrmacht in Russia was in a state of disarray, and used the all-out attack and muddy terrain to his advantage. Within the first week, the WRRF had pushed hundreds of miles into Western Russia, with no sign of stopping.
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Soviet troops march past a flyer encouraging Soviet citizens to join the WRRF, 1955
In Germania, the outbreak of the West Russian War had caught Hitler off guard. The Economic Crash was already a major burden on the power of the Wehrmacht and Political Power, and now with the Russians out for revenge, the Reichstag had gone into full meltdown. Most Heer units were ordered to West Russia in a desperate attempt to stop the WRRF from reaching Moscow.
To make things worse, local partisans had arisen in Moskowien, sabotaging an already weakened Army by grounding the Luftwaffe at their airfields, cutting telephone cables, ambushing convoys, seizing armories and villages, and more. In desperation, Germany formed the Russian Liberation Army, under the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, implementing extensive conscription, and other desperate attempts to stem the tide of the Russian advance, though most of these attempts failed horribly. Stalingrad was captured by summer and the WRRF were only a handful of miles away from Moscow by the time winter came. All seemed lost for Moskowien, but soon the tables would flip, yet not before one man would attempt something drastic to crush the West Russians for all.
SS Coup Attempt[]
Following the end of World War II, the SS held a position of power in Germany, and the economy was in a state of expansion from all the wealth of the conquered states of Europe and Africa. This prosperity soon came to a grinding halt as the ambitious projects of Adolf Hitler and Albert Speer drained the German treasury and caused the economy to collapse. To make matters worse, the West Russian War had came right after, fracturing Germany moreso. It was these circumstances that lead Heinrich Himmler to plan to seize power from Hitler.
SS Soldiers under suppressive fire during Speidel's strike, 1955
The SS plan to seize power was simple: SS units would strike the much stronger Wehrmacht from the rear while they were busy in Russia, and destroy their forces. Then, the SS would march on Berlin and seize control of the country, throwing out Hitler and saving the Nazi ideology.
Their plan was destined to fail from the start. General Hans Speidel discovered their plans, and along with several other generals, launched a pre-emptive strike against the SS, defeating them and causing a portion of their forces to flee. In order to prevent a full civil war, Hitler offered Himmler an opportunity. He would take full control of Reichskommissariat Belgien-Nord Frankreich, and border territories of the French State. In return he would stay out of German affairs. This was accepted, and the SS State of Burgundy was created, leaving the remaining SS in Germany under the control of his deputy, Reinhard Heydrich.
The Tide Turns[]
While numerous cities were lost to the WRRF, the war had a positive effect on Germany. The German government had organized itself out of necessity, the Wehrmacht had arrived in force to Russia, the Luftwaffe had clawed back the skies from the Soviet Air Force, and the supply situation had been fixed. The Heer had organized a hasty defense of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, stopping the WRRF in their tracks. Political infighting in the WRRF had also slowed the Russian advance to a crawl and the unpreparedness of the scrappy Soviet army finally caught up to them. The West Russian Front would collapse, and Germany would be left both victorious and defeated.
A German soldier uses a flamethrower to torch a suspected WRRF hideout, March 28 1956
On one hand, the West Russian Front had been destroyed, and Moskowien was no longer at an immediate threat of collapse. However, they had pushed over 500 miles past the A-A line and liberated everything from the A-A line to Vologda. In Moskowien itself, unrest was rising at a rapid rate as ordinary Slavs, having not been purged en masse unlike those of Poland and the Batlics, had seen the potential for freedom from the German oppresion. The policy of RK Moskowien had shifted from a half-baked attempt at Lebensraum to suppression of rebellion and fortifying their borders with dozens of new Warlord states. In addition, with Himmler's SS state in Burgundy, an increasingly liberalizing and rebellious youth, and the deteriorating state of Hitler, the writing on the wall would finally appear for Germany.
Post-WAW and Gang of Four[]
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Students protest in Stuttgart, Germany, August 9 1961
Speer is considered by many to be the most popular amongst the youth of Germany, but not so much amongst the German government and older citizens, who still retain a large conservative and militarist culture.
The Nazis image had been shattered after the 1951 crash, but the West Russian War had torched it. Germany was seen as a ticking time bomb by scholars and politicians. Younger people had been enlightening themselves, smuggling in banned books from Italy and music from the United States, listening to "vulgar artists" such as Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. Having both seen the true horrors of the Nazi regime from eyewitness accounts in books and the better lives of people in the US and the West, students began to protest. Students began organizing marches, demanding for an end to the rampant inflation and unemployment, and were joined by other German citizens who were also unhappy with the current situation. Within the Government, Hitler, whose health was rapidly declining, decided he was not fit to rule all of Germany by himself, instead giving power to four people: Albert Speer, a reformist who wished to liberalize and democratize Germany; Martin Bormann, the Deputy Fuhrer and staunch Conservative; Hermann Göring, the Reichsmarchall of Germany and the leader of the militarists; and Reinhard Heydrich, the leader of the SS in Germany and considered by most to be a puppet of Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS-Ordensstadt of Burgundy. However, this system was doomed to fail due to disagreements amongst all of these figures, leading to an only worsening strain on an already weak government.
Today, Germany sits on a knife's edge, balanced only by Hitlers pulse, but if he were to be killed or finally succumb to his age, then the future of Nazi Germany will become one of chaos and potentially Civil War.
Politics[]
Ideology[]
The Nazi Party is a far-right fascist party originating from the aftermath of World War I. Under Hitler the party silently grew through the post-war Republic, only gaining 2.6% of the federal vote in 1928, but the onset of the Great Depression would see their surge in popularity. By 1932, they had become the Reichstag's second biggest party. Mein Kampf, Hitlers manifesto for the NSDAP, was written while he was imprisoned in 1923 and outlined Hitlers plan for Germany. The ideology blended in the ideas of Antisemitism, eugenics, racial hygeine with Lebensraum, pan-Germanism, and militarism. This has led to the expansion of Germany on all fronts and a complete societal overhaul. German society has become a hierarchy based off genes, with the top of the pyramid being the Aryan Race and the bottom being Jews, Slavs, homosexuals, Romanis, etc. Those deemed "unworthy of life" are subject to mass killings, extermination efforts, deportations, discrimination, being rounded up into Ghettos, and much more inhumane acts.
The Nazi Regime is against the culture of modernism and the culture of western societies. This led to Creativity and art has been turned into a weapon of the state, with all pieces of media either being neutral or of praise of the Reich per the design of former Propaganda minister Goebbels. Heavy censorship is put into place by the state and most news outlets are directly owned by the propaganda ministry. However, most people tend to get their news from the outside world very easily via radio.
Government[]
Germany revolves around one thing: the title of führer. The führer as of 1962 is Adolf Hitler, who rules off the idea of total power (though actually leaves it to his subordinates). A cult of personality has been developed around Hitler and his title, with Hitler being portrayed as the front and center of the Nazi ideology and of Germany. Power officially is divided up into a series of ministries and departments who all work under the führer in order to ensure a functioning state. However, the German government Is horribly divided in a power struggle over the fate of Hitler. Every department is locked in a war with each other, and while the image of Hitler leading Germany is what the Nazi propaganda machine likes to make people think, in actuality power is divided amongst four of Hitlers most trusted accompliaces: Albert Speer, Martin Bormann, Hermann Göring, and Reinhard Heydrich.
Military and Paramilitary[]
Wehrmacht[]
German Soldiers on exercises in Bavaria, May 9 1968
The entirety of the German Armed Forces is organized under the Wehrmacht. This force includes the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), and Luftwaffe (Air Force). The armed forces serve to defend the Third Reich and the leader - Hitler - to their death. The army is typically forced to assist in extermination efforts conducted by the SS and Reichskommisariat armies in colonial holdings and Russia and also partook in the early stages of the Holocaust by burning villages, shooting civilians, and overall committing genocide, which persists to this day.
German Heer soldiers taking cover in a ditch during the West Russian War, April 28 1955
The Heer used to be the most powerful army in the world following the end of World War II, and with their unique strategy of Blitzkrieg and blinding conquest of the European continent and Russia, they were seen as the force to be reckoned with. However, due to the sheer incapacity of the German economy to maintain stability being centered around expansionism, the German army was forced to downsize, disbanding numerous units, discharging millions, and decreasing the overall scope of the army, which would overall hurt them in the West Russian War. The Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe are also in a state of stagnation, with most of their equipment comprising of 1940s and early 50s hardware, in contrast to the modern aircraft carriers and planes of the US Air Force and Navy. The Reich has mostly transferred the duties of guarding its Reichskommisariats to the occupying administrations, with individual Reichskommisariats amassing their own divisions to preserve the security of goods necessary to the survival of the German state.
Schutzstaffel[]
The SS (Schutzstaffel)) are an elite Paramilitary group derived from the earlier Sturmabteilung. The SS were envisioned by Heinrich Himmler to be the protectors of Hitler, but ended up being the organization that sought to kill him. Originally starting out as a bodyguard unit under the SA, the SS would see their exponential growth following the large purge of the SA's leadership at the hands of Hitler. The SS served as Hitler's private bodyguard detai, but also served alongside the Heer in World War II, with the Waffen SS becoming an also second army by riding off the back of Wehrmacht. Initially designed to be an elite fighting force, the Waffen SS instead only served to suck much needed resources from the Heer. During the war, the SS committed a staggering number of war crimes against both Allied servicemen and civilians. The SS have spearheaded efforts of extermination of Jews since the formation of Nazi Germany, and during World War II the Einsatzgruppen units exterminated Polish and Russian soldiers and non-combatants. It is believed that over 5 million people have been murdered by the SS both during and after World War II.
Waffen-SS troops fighting a German infantry platoon during the SS Rebellion, 1955
After the war, the SS continued to exist, growing even more, however Himmler saw the increasingly deteriorating state of German to be the fault of Hitler and not the unsustainability of Nazism. When the West Russian Revolutionary Front launched their attack in 1955 on RK Moskowein, Himmler believed that Germany had strayed from its Aryan roots and decided to organize a coup against Hitler. The plot was being prepared when Army General Hans Speidel and a handful of other generals discovered the plot, forcing the SS to launch their attempt half-baked, having riled barely any units to the cause.
The SS Rebellion was shut down in mere days and many in the German Military called for Himmler's head, but Hitler, knowing executing or even imprisoning Himmler would lead to a total collapse of faith in the Government and inevitable Civil War, decided instead to exile him in Germany, granting him the recently annexed territories of Burgundy. The SS were also allowed to continue to exist in Germany under the leadership of Reinhard Heydrich, Himmler's right-hand man, although most of the SS left for the new state of Burgundy. There, the Schutzstaffel have been allowed to conduct a state as they see fit, with crimes against humanity being conducted in the state on the daily, drawing the state criticism from the Einheitspakt, who view Himmler as having gone a step too far, and the globe as a whole.
Today, in Germany, the SS is nothing but a shell of its former self. With most SS personnel either having fled to Burgundy, being discharged, or being imprisoned for involvement in the 1955 plot, and the SS no longer the protectors of Hitler, they now mostly serve as another tool for Germany to throw at its internal issues as the nation pulls itself apart and Heydrich's personal army, and if worse comes to pass, he can always galvanize the SS to his side.
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