Author's Note- Okay, first things first I need to acknowledge the fact that this particular Olympic game summary may make some people uncomfortable. That is alright, the topic also makes me a bit squeamish as well, but the fact that the Olympics have been used as a political tool is just as much a reality as the fact it has also been used as a tool for peace and international understanding. Now that that depressing topic has been brought up, let's move to something happier. Thank you to Kshima91 and Guest for writing lovely reviews for the last chapter. I am so glad you are enjoying the series so far.
Disclaimer-I don't own Hetalia or the Olympics. Nor do I condone the actions of the Third Reich.
Winter Olympics Games IV – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Power.
It was the only reason that Germany had agreed to host the Winter Olympic Games. In reality, what he had really wanted was the Summer Olympics and the international attention that it garnered, but his nation was finding ways to dominate the Winter Games as well.
Perhaps his most successful method of showing his superiority was introducing a new sport. The German's swept the alpine skiing event, taking the Gold and Silver places in both the men's and women's events. The French and Norwegian took a distant third, but it was not enough for the Germans to be the best at one thing. Not when so many of the other Olympic events could be used to improve a nation's military.
He really didn't care about whom won hockey because it had nothing to do with the real world and only had a mild interest in skating and that was only because it had so captured the international imagination. But the snow sports, on the other hand, had Germany on edge the entire games. He couldn't help but watch the way that the Norwegians dominated the cross-country courses with envy and the Finn's deadly accuracy with the rifle with some level of terror. It took all of his self control not to hate them.
Germany could try to forgive the Nordic countries for being superior to him in so many of the winter sports that really mattered. After all, they looked so much like himself, they too were so close to the human ideal…Then, maybe they couldn't be forgiven. Perhaps the Nordics were too tainted by fallen peoples to be saved. Perhaps they would need to be subjugated, to be destroyed.
As Germany fought for supremacy of Europe's snow didn't fully know what actions would be taken next, but he did know that this Winter Olympics was a showing the world that he was physically, culturally, and biologically better than the rest of the world. One way or another, the rest would fall to the Third Reich. Sooner or later they would purge by fire and become part of the Germany Empire.
Historical Note- In addition to the fourth Winter Olympic Games being considered the first political Winter Olympics, it was also the first time Canada didn't win gold in hockey. Up until this point Canada had taken the top prize in hockey whenever the sport was played at a Summer or Winter Olympics, so it was a major upset when England's team beat the historic favorite with a surprise goal in the last 90 seconds of the final game.
End Note- I don't know about you, but this chapter kind of creeped me out.