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So far for new updates soon. But RL is very busy right now. So I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Updates will come next year.

So far for new updates soon. But RL is very busy right now. So I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Updates will come next year.

I'm back. I had (and still have) much to do in RL. Thus I won't post here much, but there will be new parts, soon. Thanks to @Darksoul2142 for editing.

Chonqing, HQ of the Kuomintang, October 8th, 05:00: Dai Li stood at the long table in the operations room to look on the map of Chongqing. Everything was going right so far. It was a situation, in which Chiang and his followers were completely surprised. Mrs Chiang and her brother Soong were...

Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek hadn't slept at all. Around 23:00 it was reported that Mao was dead. Mao's body was to be transported to him. It had been a secret mission, with only a few, who knew about this. So here he was, waiting for the moment of his triumph over the Japanese. Suddenly he...

Berlin, Stadtschloß, 09.05.1912, 10:30: Max Weber and Hugo Preuß were, of course, on time, as the Kaiser wanted to meet them. Only a week ago they had got a first meeting with the Kaiser, in which he had made clear, he wanted to make a new constitution. He gave them the copies of the...

The Schlieffen plan had chances to succeed, IF Moltke the younger didn't sent three corps to East Prussia, where they arrived after Tannenberg. The plan might have worked. OTOH the Germans know now that: 1. It may not work properly. 2. It will give the British a too good excuse to enter the war...

01.05.1912, Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Postal Office, 09:09: Eydtkuhnen could have been a village in the deepest province. Indeed it was very near to the border to Lithuania, Russian Empire. One could expect, the most sensational news from this village would be farmer Huber chasing a "Lorbas"*...

The USA had sold arms and especially explosives to the Entente. So they contributed much to the war effort. But in 1917 the Entente was on the merge of collapsing. If Kerensky had made peace in early 1917, I guess several steps would take in another direction. In June I will have less time to post.

Good ideas. I will try to follow them. But be a bit patient, as the next updates are already written.

The Bismarck could, if barely, enter Wilhelmshaven even without using the so called Raeder lock (which was IIRC not complete in 1941). Also the Kiel Canal was not widened after 1914, so Bismarck could pass the Canal and the locks. @ShadowArxxy : Also the Bismarck was quite good at relative...

Well, the designation Großkampfschiff is describing any major warship, so also battlecruisers. The German term Großlinienschiff meant just great battleship in contrast to the predreadnoughts, which were battleships. These "ships of the line", as Germany still called their battleships, had to be...

29.04.1912, Wilhelmshaven, 09:00: The Kaiser had punctually started his speech to commission the ship. He stood at the quay, right in front of the battleship. The crew stood on the ship in their best new Imperial parade uniforms. "Ladies and Gentlemen, we celebrate today the official...

To the Anglo-German relations. Under Victoria Britain was no foe of Germany. That changed with her son Edward, because of several reasons. And family was only one point. About 1900 the British were in a difficult situation. They had troubles with France (Fashoda crisis 1898) AND Russia (Great...

28.04.1912, Wilhelmshaven, 22:04: The Bismarck finally lay in Wilhelmshaven. The lock personnel managed to get her through the locks without problems. But that had lasted[1] . The preparations for the official commissioning next day were nearly ready. Most seamen and officers were sleeping. But...

25.04.1912, Hotel Adlon, Berlin, 20:12: The Hotel Adlon was the best Hotel in Berlin. It had been the best address, indeed, and was frequently used by guests of the state. Thus it was uncommon, that a group of officers, who were partly no flag officers at all, were using this hotel. General...

At first, the photos are from General Kessler from U-234. And for the design faults of the Bismarck, well, there are some of course. The rudder, no DP secondaries. But with the armour scheme and especially the HV "lightweight" shell I tend to disagree. The HV shells made them very accurate and...

Russia is now regarded as it is. A giant on feet of clay. And the man who had the photos was General Keßler, who was indeed a member of the Widerstand. So he could have these photos. And it was my invention, that he had. As for the Herero and Nama genocide, read this first...

A new update has been posted. Thanks to Hohensaufen for editing.

22.04.1912, ca. 100 nm west off Stavanger, bridge of SMS von der Tann, 15:18: The Großer Kreuzer SMS von der Tann had been the new flag ship of the reconnaissance force. As such Konteradmiral Franz Hipper was leading the search for this strange ship called Bismarck, allegedly a German...