Axis decolonization... that a joke?!

[LouiST]

In my game the allies and the comintern had all been defeated. Then a year later there is a couple of decolonization events...

I think that decolonization events should not happen if the axis wins as the axis power always promote totalitarianism and world conquest, not liberalism promoted by the allies.
It should be armed revolts instead of peaceful decolonization. Or the events can be changed to releasing puppets.

 

[Panzergruppe]

In my game the allies and the comintern had all been defeated. Then a year later there is a couple of decolonization events...

I think that decolonization events should not happen if the axis wins as the axis power always promote totalitarianism and world conquest, not liberalism promoted by the allies.
It should be armed revolts instead of peaceful decolonization. Or the events can be changed to releasing puppets.

Yes, that was most irritating when I played as Germany.

 

[Olle8]

Hitler did in real life not have any big ambitions in colonies exept for maybe parts of poland ukraine and scandinavia. Italy on the other hand wanted to control the mediteranian and possibly eastern and central africa also.

 

[unmerged(309587)]

Hitler did in real life not have any big ambitions in colonies exept for maybe parts of poland ukraine and scandinavia. Italy on the other hand wanted to control the mediteranian and possibly eastern and central africa also.

That may be true but that didn't mean Hitler loved freedom and wanted to liberate Africa. After an Axis victory, Africa should be split between Spain, Italy and possibly Vichy France if they are part of the Axis with 0 chance of decolonization.

 

[Willz_l)arklord]

Germany actually asked for its colonies back at one point I believe, during appeasement.


Reichskolonialbund
While it doesn't say anything here, this gives you an idea of how you could justify holding colonies in an Axis world.

 

[unmerged(189717)]

Germany might demand her former colinies (before 1914). Not for any military or economic reason, but to neutralize the rest of the Treaty of Versailles.

 

[Willz_l)arklord]

Germany might demand her former colinies (before 1914). Not for any military or economic reason, but to neutralize the rest of the Treaty of Versailles.

Exactly. However, there was popular support for a return of her colonies amongst some of the German populace.

So + for political reasons and + for dissent reasons(however small). Two good reasons for Germany to retain her colonies in a post allied world.

 

[LouiST]

I just think that Hitler wouldn't easily give up the allies' colonies if he had taken them during the war even he had no interests about them.

 

[unmerged(231617)]

That may be true but that didn't mean Hitler loved freedom and wanted to liberate Africa. After an Axis victory, Africa should be split between Spain, Italy and possibly Vichy France if they are part of the Axis with 0 chance of decolonization.

You should give territory as far as Lake Chad to Italy, I got this from an article on Italian Libya

 

[unmerged(189717)]

IMO, a halfway plausible Axis-controlled Africa would be:

Germany gets her former colonies
France gets her former colonies, the smaller British ones bordering them and maybe Belgian Congo (in chase the Belgians don't want to cooperate). She might also annex Liberia
Italy gets everything between Libya and Ethiopia (but Suez goes to Germany)

In case South Africa gets a pro-Axis government, she gets Rhodesia (but loses Namibia to Germany)
Spain gets, in case it joined the Axis at some point, all of Morocco
Portugal gets, in case it joined the Axis at some point, territory to connect Mozambique with Angola. Highly speculative, though