A little background, though it wasn't known at the time, the Canadian PM at the time W. L. Makenzie-King was very much into the occult. So what if he had a Nostradamus-like vision of the future...
New Years Eve, Dec 31, 1935 - PM's Residence.
MacKenzie-King and several of his occult advisors were having their traditional New Year's Eve seance in his study.
Patrick noticed the PM turn white as a sheet and bug-eyed.
"Sir, what is it?"
Sweat popped off the PM's forehead.
"Sir?"
"Hitler..." The PM snapped back to the present dove for the phone.
He grabbed the phone, the paused and shook his head.
He looked around "Please leave."
They hesitiated. "I said leave."
After they left he sighed. Damn, can't tell Baldwin we need to declare war on germany in the morning. When I tell him why, he'll think I'm crazy."
He started pacing. "So, given that we can't just declare war and given that we don't have a secret sevice to bump him off, how do I get every one to prepare.? And what would be the best way to prepare between now and the summer of 39?"
He started rummaging around his files, reading up on Canada's economy, tech teams, officers...
"We are pathetic... But there is hope.... Industry is the key..."
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In the first session of Parliment Makenzie-King made an impassioned speech on the need for Canada to move from being hewers of wood to becoming an industral power in its own right. The good union jobs from increased industry appealed to the left and the investment opportunities appealed to the right. And as per usual it would be built in Ontario and Quebec as those voters are the only ones that really matter to the average Canadian party leader.
In the game we started bulding 3 IC (Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec) and researching Basic Machine Tools and Basic Destroyer.
As for diplomacy I can't afford it yet...
New Years Eve, Dec 31, 1935 - PM's Residence.
MacKenzie-King and several of his occult advisors were having their traditional New Year's Eve seance in his study.
Patrick noticed the PM turn white as a sheet and bug-eyed.
"Sir, what is it?"
Sweat popped off the PM's forehead.
"Sir?"
"Hitler..." The PM snapped back to the present dove for the phone.
He grabbed the phone, the paused and shook his head.
He looked around "Please leave."
They hesitiated. "I said leave."
After they left he sighed. Damn, can't tell Baldwin we need to declare war on germany in the morning. When I tell him why, he'll think I'm crazy."
He started pacing. "So, given that we can't just declare war and given that we don't have a secret sevice to bump him off, how do I get every one to prepare.? And what would be the best way to prepare between now and the summer of 39?"
He started rummaging around his files, reading up on Canada's economy, tech teams, officers...
"We are pathetic... But there is hope.... Industry is the key..."
****
In the first session of Parliment Makenzie-King made an impassioned speech on the need for Canada to move from being hewers of wood to becoming an industral power in its own right. The good union jobs from increased industry appealed to the left and the investment opportunities appealed to the right. And as per usual it would be built in Ontario and Quebec as those voters are the only ones that really matter to the average Canadian party leader.
In the game we started bulding 3 IC (Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec) and researching Basic Machine Tools and Basic Destroyer.
As for diplomacy I can't afford it yet...
