Prologue - Maui, 1945
"Long live the Emperor" - the cacophonous sound filled the morning air as Imperial Marines charged off their landing craft onto the beaches of Maui. The town of Kihei had fallen in under an hour after the landings had started.
Daniel had been a sergeant in the Hawaiian Revolutionary Guard, his platoon had been tasked with keeping an eye out for the Japs in case they should try and land. Aside from some occasional bombing runs the island was at peace and had been since the fall of the Pacific States, in '40. That all changed after those fat cats at Honolulu sold the islands out. Though Daniel had never been particularly revolutionary he couldn't stand to see his home fall to a foreign master, so he joined the Guard. Now he lied there bleeding from the chest, propping himself up by the banyan tree with his sidearm in his hand and the dead Commissar lying at his feet with his brains running out. Daniel stared towards the azure sky and sighed, "Guess this is it..." he thought before blacking out.
The next thing he remembered was feeling the softness of a pillow under his head, the soft tones of the setting sun shining through the window and barely making out the surprised face of a woman in white looking down at him.
"My head..." he said trying to rise up.
"Easy there tiger," the woman replied pushing him back down "just because you survived getting shot doesn't mean you should put your luck to a test, your wounds are still healing."
He could make out the woman's face more clearly now - she was a native, her long ebony hair died into a neat bun lying under a nurse hat, her bronze eyes now looking less surprised and more
concerned at her patients restlessness.
"Where am I, what happened," he finally asked.
"You're at the Kula Sana.." she stopped herself and started over "I mean the Kula Shōwa Hospital, some marines found you under a tree and brought you here. Good thing that they did too, the
Doc said that if they had been another hour late then you would've been gonner. Still, you speak very good English for a Jap. What's your name?"
"Daniel," he replied.
"Well then Danny boy, I've got my rounds to finish, but after that I'll be back. Try and rest in the meanwhile, no getting out of bed you hear me." she said kindly and then was off.
Daniel turned his head out of the window and saw the topaz blue bay and in it ships unloading cargo onto the hastily built port facilities.
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Happy New Year to you all and welcome to my Kaiserreich Cold War AAR, this piece was very much inspired by cookfl's "The Crown Atomic" and I hope that I can live up to the high bar that he set. This AAR will be part narrative, however still very largely consist of game events that I'll mod in so as to make the post-war period as well as the "Cold War era" more interesting for both me and you.I hope you'll enjoy.
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Contents
1936-1946
Prologue - Maui, 1945
Chapter 1.0 - The World in Shōwa 21
Chapter 1.1 - The Fall of a Goliath
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3)
Chapter 1.2 - Three Principles of the People
(1936-1945) Interlude - Enlightened Peace
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 1.3 - Jai Hind
1947-48
Chapter 2.1 Farewell to Nova Scotia
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Interlude - Citius, Altius, Fortius
Chapter 2.2 - Wappen!
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3)
Chapter 2.3 - The Price of Victory
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 2.4 - Blood on the Neva
1949-50
Chapter 4.1 - Imperial Weapon No 4
Chapter 4.2 - The Heart of Darkness
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3), (Part 4)
Chapter 4.3 - Southern Cross
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3)
1951-53
Chapter 5.0 - The World in Shōwa 26
Chapter 5.1 - Avanti Popolo
Chapter 5.2 - How to Raise Flower Bulbs
Interlude - Kotinos
Chapter 5.3 - New Blood
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3), (Part 4)
Interlude - De Watersnoodramp
Chapter 5.4 - The Schism
Chapter 5.5 - Ever Radiant
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3)
1954-59
Chapter 6.1 - For All Mankind
Chapter 6.2 - The Powder Keg
Chapter 6.3 - The Martyr
Chapter 6.4 - The Fall
Chapter 6.5 - Humane Divinity
Chapter 6.6 - Anicca
1960-61
Chapter 7.1 - The Three Big Diseases
Chapter 7.2 - Three Moments of Summer
Chapter 7.3 - High North
Chapter 7.4 - Tiān gāo, huángdì yuǎn
Chapter 7.5 - The Night That Houston Died
1962-63
Chapter 8.1 - The Second Mexican-American War
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 8.2 - The Vanguard
Chapter 8.3 - Tatemae
Chapter 8.4 - Out of the Frying Pan...
Chapter 8.5 - Into the Fire
1964-65
Chapter 9.1 - The Manchurian Question
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 9.2 - Blood on the Pearl River
Chapter 9.3 - Olympus of the East
Chapter 9.4 - Black Veil
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 9.5 - The Turn
1966-67
Chapter 10.1 - The Long Road to the Great Southern Land
Chapter 10.2 - The Greatest Game
Chapter 10.3 - Alea Iacta Est
Chapter 10.4 - Misogi
Chapter 10.5 - The West is Red
Chapter 10.6 - The Quiet Before the Storm
1968-2001
Chapter 11.0 - The World in Shōwa 43
Chapter 11.1 - A.E.I.O.U.
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 11.2 - The Winds of Change
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 11.3 - Warszawianka 1968 roku
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3), (Part 4), (Part 5)
Chapter 11.4 - Big Trouble at Big Nihon
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 11.5 - Long Summer
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3), (Part 4)
Interlude - Flame Ever Lasting
Chapter 11.6 - Amid the Embers
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 11.7 - The Perfect Crime
Chapter 11.8 - With a Bang, Not a Whimper
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3)
Conclusion - A Lesson, 2001
Contents
1936-1946
Prologue - Maui, 1945
Chapter 1.0 - The World in Shōwa 21
Chapter 1.1 - The Fall of a Goliath
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3)
Chapter 1.2 - Three Principles of the People
(1936-1945) Interlude - Enlightened Peace
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 1.3 - Jai Hind
1947-48
Chapter 2.1 Farewell to Nova Scotia
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Interlude - Citius, Altius, Fortius
Chapter 2.2 - Wappen!
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3)
Chapter 2.3 - The Price of Victory
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 2.4 - Blood on the Neva
1949-50
Chapter 4.1 - Imperial Weapon No 4
Chapter 4.2 - The Heart of Darkness
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3), (Part 4)
Chapter 4.3 - Southern Cross
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3)
1951-53
Chapter 5.0 - The World in Shōwa 26
Chapter 5.1 - Avanti Popolo
Chapter 5.2 - How to Raise Flower Bulbs
Interlude - Kotinos
Chapter 5.3 - New Blood
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3), (Part 4)
Interlude - De Watersnoodramp
Chapter 5.4 - The Schism
Chapter 5.5 - Ever Radiant
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3)
1954-59
Chapter 6.1 - For All Mankind
Chapter 6.2 - The Powder Keg
Chapter 6.3 - The Martyr
Chapter 6.4 - The Fall
Chapter 6.5 - Humane Divinity
Chapter 6.6 - Anicca
1960-61
Chapter 7.1 - The Three Big Diseases
Chapter 7.2 - Three Moments of Summer
Chapter 7.3 - High North
Chapter 7.4 - Tiān gāo, huángdì yuǎn
Chapter 7.5 - The Night That Houston Died
1962-63
Chapter 8.1 - The Second Mexican-American War
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 8.2 - The Vanguard
Chapter 8.3 - Tatemae
Chapter 8.4 - Out of the Frying Pan...
Chapter 8.5 - Into the Fire
1964-65
Chapter 9.1 - The Manchurian Question
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 9.2 - Blood on the Pearl River
Chapter 9.3 - Olympus of the East
Chapter 9.4 - Black Veil
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 9.5 - The Turn
1966-67
Chapter 10.1 - The Long Road to the Great Southern Land
Chapter 10.2 - The Greatest Game
Chapter 10.3 - Alea Iacta Est
Chapter 10.4 - Misogi
Chapter 10.5 - The West is Red
Chapter 10.6 - The Quiet Before the Storm
1968-2001
Chapter 11.0 - The World in Shōwa 43
Chapter 11.1 - A.E.I.O.U.
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 11.2 - The Winds of Change
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 11.3 - Warszawianka 1968 roku
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3), (Part 4), (Part 5)
Chapter 11.4 - Big Trouble at Big Nihon
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 11.5 - Long Summer
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3), (Part 4)
Interlude - Flame Ever Lasting
Chapter 11.6 - Amid the Embers
(Part 1), (Part 2)
Chapter 11.7 - The Perfect Crime
Chapter 11.8 - With a Bang, Not a Whimper
(Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3)
Conclusion - A Lesson, 2001
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