The Greater Germany

"One nation, one people, one leader" - slogan of the Greater Germany, first used during the Third Reich of Nazi Germany.

Economic Turmoil
Late in the 21st century Germany's natural resources of coal and salts began to dwindle. Exportation of both resources dropped nearly 70% and left the country struggling to recoup the losses it had sustained from the sudden decrease in income. The unemployment rate spiked as the economy took a rocket sled downwards, leaving 35% of Germans out of work by the end of 2035. The following year took a turn for the worst as insurgents in the Middle East destroyed over a dozen foreign oil yards. The resulting destruction left more then $200,000,000 worth of equipment destroyed and billions of dollars in oil lit ablaze. Gas prices sky rocketed all over the world, setting Germany at an all time high gas price of twenty-six American dollars a gallon. The country was thrown into mayhem as riots broke out in the streets and whole cities broke into anarchy. The situation was so bad that military personnel needed to be called in to keep the rioters and criminals at bay. By the time 2037 rolled around the unemployment rate in Germany was 58% and still rising as the world economy kept spiraling down. This caused German corporations, small businesses, and even leading industries such as Volkswagen, and Lugger were in danger of shut down. It would be nearly three decades for the economy to ever recover. Between that time the country would see changes so dramatic that none like them had been seen since the second World War.

SIGNS OF RESISTANCE
it was 2038 when things in Germany reached their tipping point. With the country in a deep depression people began to openly protest against the government, and extremist groups such as Neo-Nazis and Ultra Nationalists were on the rise. It was on September 23rd, 2038 that a terrorist attack on at the German parliament building killed 38 people and wounded 103 others. The attack was carried out by someone who had placed military grade C4 explosives around the weak points in the structures foundation. When the explosives detonated the building partly caved in on itself killing 12 members of parliament, 7 receptionists, 6 police officers, and 13 everyday citizens. The police investigation turned up no evidence of who had planted the bombs, but it didn't need to. A week later a man made an appearance in the center of Frankfurt, Germany. He was accompanied by a army of men and women clad in Jet black military uniforms and combat boots. He stood atop a makeshift podium and announced himself as "Daniel John, Hansel". Daniel then continued to explain that he was the leader of a group of "True Germans" known as the "Order of the Fourth Reich". He began to preach about how government put in place by the West had "spoiled" the German way of life and that he and his people would revive the German Empire and start the Fourth Reich. He also claimed responsibility for the bombing of the parliament building right before he stated "The incompetence of these so called leaders of our once great country has gone on long enough! The Order of the Fourth Reich shall crush these weaklings and burn the bodies of all who call themselves great leaders! Then upon their ashes we shall build a Greater Government! A Greater People! A Greater Army! A Greater Germany!"

THE BATTLE OF STUTTGART
The first battle of what would soon be known as "der vierte Reich-Kreig" meaning "the Fourth Reich War" was fought in the city of Stuttgart in South West Germany. The Battle began on October 9th, 2038 at around 7:23AM. Soldiers of the "Order of the Fourth Reich" began the battle by setting off bombs in the local Federal building while groups of men and women, armed with fully automatic weapons and grenades,stormed the police department and the police substations as well as the court building. In the first two hours 112 police officers and other government personnel had been killed and only 26 OTFR insurgents had been killed. When the military finally arrived the OTFR had already taken control of more then half the city, and had set up strongholds all over the city. As soon as the German military entered the city limits they were immediately engaged by OTFR insurgents. The military lost three tanks and eight men in the first hour while the OTFR took no casualties. The German armed forces attempted to surround the portion of the city the insurgents had occupied. Their plan was to trap them and then slowly move in and take them all out. However the insurgents were much more will prepared then the military predicted and before long the military had been put on the defensive as insurgents roamed through the streets like rats. They would take out whole squads of troops and be gone within minutes, sometimes seconds. On October 26th the OTFR had already begun attacks on the cities of Ulm, Ausburg, and Munchen. By November 3rd the German military was forced to pull out of Stuttgart, marking the first major victory for the OFTR.

THE PUSH ON DRESDEN
By 2041 the OTFR had complete and stable control of all Southern Germany. The Order had also gained much support in nearly every city in Germany, much of the support resulted in rouge insurgent cells springing up in many cities and causing havoc in name of the OTFR. In January of the same year the president had a nearly successful assassination attempt on his life take place. A OTFR supporter within his personal security force shot him four times in the back before being shot and killed himself. Miraculously the president survived the attempt, but was forced to live the rest of his life in a wheel chair. Still he refused to give up the power to the rebels saying "The day that Germans allow another Reich to march into the capital and once again bring darkness upon the world, is the day I no longer wish to be a German." Seeing that the likelihood of the president stepping down peacefully was close to none, Daniel Hansel ordered a push on the city of Dresden. This assault would be the first step in his plan to take Berlin from the hands of the German government and start his beloved Fourth Reich. With Liepzig and Cottbus caught in a whirlwind of rouge insurgent cells who were battaling all government resistance in the cities, Dresden would be the last city needed to make a final push and end the German Republic. The assault began on March 3rd 2041 and lasted until March 22nd. The OTFR started the attack by bombing police stations and military outposts before activiating their sleeper cell within the city. These sleeper cells had no other objective but to cause total havoc to give time for the OTFR to send in their legions of captured Panzer divisions into the city. The battle ended with thousands of civilians injured and dead, along with thousands of dead German soldiers and police officers. The official death count is still unknown but the guess is that there is a total of 4,900 German armed forces casualties, 8,000 OFTR casualties and somewhere near 15,000 civilian casualties.

SIEGE ON BERLIN
With Dresden, Liepzig and Cottbus under OTFR control it was Hansel's time to push on his final goal, Berlin.