And the Story of Each One

by Fomalhaut16

Summary of the history of the countries. Because history is the story of their lives. One chapter per country. Historical Hetalia.

2. Deutschland

Disclaimer: Neither Hetalia nor its characters belong to me; they belong to their author.

This is a 99% historical fanfic. It's basically a summary. If one wants to internalize more about certain topics, I recommend that each one study on their own. Today I bring you to Germany.

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Clarifications:

-If one studies history, you know that the Holy Roman Empire and Germany are not the same, although they are deeply connected. This explains where I'm going to start the story.

Enjoy!

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Deutschland (Germany).

Beginning and Prelude:

After the Napoleonic Wars, after Napoleon, and after the First French Empire, Europe was disorganized and confused. Both ideologically and territorially. In many places, the ideas of France never died, and soon the people of Europe looked forward to a reorganization in all areas. Entire nations also expected it, such as Italy and others.

But none of this wanted the biggest elites.

Austria, which had hated France, his revolution and his ideas, was the first to propose to reorganize Europe under the Old Regime and distribute it among the nobles.

The Confederation of the Rhine (1813-1815), was a confederation of German states that, after France assassinated the Holy Roman Empire, the Germans, now alone, didn't hesitate to surrender to France. The Confederation was one under the authority of France, who imposed his liberal ideas in those German states and kingdoms. But when France was defeated by the Sixth Coalition (England, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, and Austria, among others), these German states soon left the confederation.

In 1815, Austria sent invitations to all Europe to Vienna, so as to see how they distributed land, and how they imposed the Old Regime again, among other things. This was how the Congress of Vienna took place. But more than a congress, it looked like parties, banquets and dances. From there, the citizens called it: Congress dances but doesn't progress. And no, nothing for them would be discussed in the congress: It was all a rejoicing among the nobles who would return to power. Austria was the host and was the one who managed everything.

Many nations and kingdoms, as well as former collaborators of France, were left behind in this congress. Only the big winners were taken into account. Especially Russia, Prussia and England. At the Vienna congress the nobles discussed their own interests.

Austria caused Italy to remain under his power, and under a feudal model again, Norway was taken from Denmark, handed over to Sweden, and many other things only suited to their own interests were given. The prevailing thing was to kill all desire of liberalism and to return to the absolutist monarchies.

Among all this was Prussia, who was well aware of all that was going on around him. He hated Austria and everything he was doing, and deep down he was beginning to want a national unification among all the German states, now that the Holy Roman Empire wasn't anymore. But Austria didn't allow it so quickly. If this was done, the condition was that Prussia would also join, which meant losing his status as a Nation-State, to die in other words. This was initially denied by Prussia, so what remained of the Vienna Congress for the German states was the German Confederation.

The German Confederation:

The German Confederation was a union established in 1815 by the Vienna Congress which brought together 39 German states in a confederation of sovereign states under the presidency of the House of Austria to replace the defunct Holy Roman Empire destroyed by Napoleon.

The Confederation didn't imply any concession to the growing German nationalism, since it was under the control of the nobility and the royal houses, alien to the nationalist liberalism. No nationalism nor liberalism under the tutelage of Austria, since none of this was to his liking.

In 1834, a customs union was given called Zollverein, a trade tariff driven by Prussia within the Confederation, excluding Austria. This trade union was quite liberal, inherited from France, when there was the Confederation of the Rhine.

This union was for there to exist cooperation between the states of the confederation, since Prussia began to prepare a scene for a future situation. Prussia could be cocky and annoying but he wasn't an idiot. He knew that in the world of the future there would be no place for absolute monarchies and if he didn't adopt liberalism it would be too late. Since 1815 he had sworn to unite the German states in a single personification, and he didn't care that Austria was opposed and was so stupid to not understand it. He would do it. Everything was already preparing for the birth of a nation.

And there was the problem: within the Confederation were two great shocking powers, Austria and Prussia.

Prussia began to industrialize quickly, to organize his army and to implant reforms. Thus a strong bourgeoisie and liberal ideas began to emerge in the Confederation. Austria, for his part, was more retrograde, backward by nobility and lack of industrialization. Prussia was always watching him, and finally he knew that in order to keep growing he had to stop the monopolies. So it was. Prussia was beginning to be noted as a great central potential. And suddenly Austria stuck his violet gaze on him. Unification had begun.

German Revolution of 1848:

This revolution was a revolutionary event that took place between March of 1848 and late 1849 in the German Confederation, driven by workers, peasants and intellectuals. It happened in their most powerful territories, Austria and Prussia, and in their respective areas outside the Confederation. Their objective was to end the regime of the nobility, establish a parliament, freedom of the press and opinion.

Austria became desperate when the revolution broke out, and soon rose up in arms to suppress it, Prussia also did it, but in the background was happy that it was given, since if it succeeded, what obstructed the situation in the Confederation would disappear. The revolution was crushed, but the absolute monarchy fell silent and the dissolution of the Confederation was anticipated. The situation was accelerating.

The situation was tense. The German states were restless, and the murderous glances that were thrown Prussia and Austria did not relieve. These two powers soon began to have serious problems.

In 1862, Wilhelm, King of Prussia appointed Otto Von Bismarck Chancellor of Prussia, and with him Prussia became a sharp steel hammer that would never let anyone get in the way of his unification plans.

The Unification Wars:

-War of the Duchies: only in 1864, Austria and Prussia paused their increasing rivalry to face a resentful Denmark for the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, of mainly German population but under Danish sovereignty.

Denmark came out defeated, reason why he had to yield Schleswig-Holstein, that was annexed by the other two powers.

Nevertheless, Bismarck took advantage of the Zollverein's appeal to impose the influence of Prussia on such duchies, geographically far removed from Austria, claiming the "right of the determination of the peoples", for which the desire of the inhabitants of the duchies to join economically (later politically) to Prussia. Austria, lacking the strength to oppose Prussian penetration in the duchies, abandoned his rights over them. Indirectly, Bismarck also managed to mark the Prussian primacy over the Austrians among the other Germanic states like Saxony, Bavaria, or Württemberg, increasing the prestige of Prussia and weakening the possible alliances of Austria. Austria never forgave him, filling himself with a strong grudge against the Prussian. Prussia knew the denouement of a grudge with him.

Eventually it happened. Austria finally accepted an official German unification, but he would be the promoter, he wanted to be the "big brother". Prussia would not let him. And he took advantage of this.

-Austro-Prussian War:

Also called the Seven Weeks War, was the last war that would perpetuate those eternal rivals. After it, they would be united forever.

It happened in the bosom of the Germanic Confederation, happened between the 14 of June and the 23 of August of 1866.

The aim of Prussia in everything was to expel the Austrians from the Germanic Confederation and to discard all possible "unification" around the crown of Austria.

In battle, Prussia saw impassive Austria, who looked weak and unhappy, but was still as vain as ever. It was easy for him to finish Austria. So easy was, and so fragile was Austria, crawling on the ground, that Prussia even felt pity a for him. Prussia was greater in every sense. So long strengthening, and gained industrial strength, made Austria look like an old rag. In addition, there was another factor. Italy was in full unification and was in dispute with Austria by the Veneto area, where was Venice. And Prussia knew what to do. He spoke to Italy in secret, and provided arms to stab Austria in the back. Italy was pleased and did so. Prussia saw how Austria came back after that. Painful, with bruises, with wounds, with stains rubbing on his body. And Prussia knew that for Italy that wasn't only a political issue, it had been personal. Prussia was impressed with that.

When he finally defeated him, Austria hated him. But Prussia took him by the shoulders strongly and told him that in what was approaching could not break rivalries, they had to be together, or they would be crushed. The time of the great kingdoms and the old enmities had ended. Austria for the first time opened his eyes, and he knew, though he didn't admit it, that it was true.

With this, Prussia removed to Austria more territory, without protests now, and formed the call Confederation of North Germany, directed by him.

In 1867, Austria married Hungary to join forces.

-Franco-Prussian War:

Long before the Great War, and of World War II, the war that all people had in their mind as one of the bloodiest wars of the nineteenth century was the Franco-Prussian War, which was the last step to unification.

After defeating Austria (1866), Prussia sought the general unification of Germany around himself. France, meanwhile, intended to annex Luxembourg and other territories, but he had no nation's support to confront Prussia, who stared at him in warning.

When the French emperor Napoleon III realized that German unification was a fact, he saw that this alliance was very dangerous for French integrity. The military power of the Prussians and their Germanic allies was evident in the war of 1866 against Austria, the result of which was the transfer of German hegemony from this empire to Prussia.

Bismarck, at the same time, deliberately encouraged the growing difference between Prussia and France to attract the Catholic states of southern Germany to a national union. Reassuring himself of Russian, Italians, and English neutrality, he pushed war preparations on both sides, with remarkable inefficiency in France and with astonishing thoroughness in Prussia.

Soon, the chiefs of Prussia began to devise a plan for France, and for that, they used Spain, friend of Prussia, who had a big resentment towards France.

The immediate pretext for war was presented when the throne of Spain was offered to the prince of the house of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, a branch of the ruling house of Prussia. The offer, initially accepted at Bismarck's council, was rejected on 12 July, after a loud French protest.

But a Frenchman, the Duke of Gramont, insisted on convincing the King of Prussia Whilem I (later Whilem I of Germany), who refused, delivering to Bismarck a telegram for the French government supporting his position. But Bismarck modified it aggressively, so that France would be offended, and published it. The French, indignant, fell into Prussia's trap and declared war.

France believed that Prussia, in a way, did that to him, for what he did to the Holy Roman Empire, but Prussia deny it. France had no idea what was to come.

Prussia won the war, but he didn't boast about it. He suddenly knew the big slaughter that would be the coming wars, and he was not encouraged. But that didn't matter now.

Prussia removed Alsace and Lorraine to France, and the Second French Empire fell, thus becoming the Third French Republic.

With this, everything was ready. The world would soon know him. Without France interposing, without Austria interposing, without Denmark interposing would be born the most powerful nation of Western Europe.

Prussia sought the lifeless body of the Holy Roman Empire, loaded it, and prepared it to be the basis of another nation. Every fight, every drop spilled, everything would be part of the unborn.

Prussia to the body of the Holy Roman Empire took him in the arms and placed it in a drawer full of Blue Centauries. There Prussia ordered the Germans states, Bavaria, Saxon, Baden, Württemberg, Hessen-Darmstadt, among others, to annex and merge the lifeless body of the Holy Roman Empire to give birth to a new and young nation. They all did, since all those nations had staked with Prussia during the process of unification and had agreed to surrender and to stop being to form the one that would come. Austria looked from far away. Many of those who had been his brothers and friends would cease to exist, to do that.

Finally, Prussia also did. He had agreed to stop having a separate government and to merge as well. But with the difference that he would continue to exist as a separate national entity. Once ready, Prussia waited for the child to open his eyes and wake up. When he did, Germany was born.

All of them suddenly looked at the center of Europe. England, Spain, the Italys, France, Russia, American countries, all of them. And Austria saw him even closer. And such was his astonishment that a tear fell him. Prussia in rejoicing took the child and lifted him up so that everyone in the world could see him, and to the four winds shouted: "Hier ist das Deutsche Reich! Derjenige, der Stärkste sein wird. "*

The German Empire was born. And they all admired him, and they all feared him.

The German Empire, the Second Reich:

After beating France and after all the German states were finished to fuse around as well. Germany was born. The second Reich (the firts was the Holy Roman Empire of Germany).

The little boy was young and he saw the world for the first time, although he had in his collective memory some memories of his brothers or memories of the Holy Germanic Roman Empire.

Germany remembered memories of the Holy Roman Empire, moments and even feelings, but it felt as if he had been only a spectator. Even so, some qualities and attitudes of the Holy Roman Empire remained to him and others didn't.

In 1871, Prussia organized a party to present him officially. There Germany met all the other countries, and felt withdrawn and rejected, due to the glances professed by some of them, such as France or England. However, he encountered a particular person. Soon he saw an already adult-looking Italy after his unification.

The coldness and aversion with which he felt treated by certain countries, made something of a certain introvertedness and complex remain engraved in Germany forever. Perhaps, as he saw the world in his life, he departed from that remote moment.

During the party, he never left Prussia.

Germany was timid, withdrawn but intelligent and easily absorbed everything he learned. In addition to analyzing the tension in which his older brother was with some others.

From that moment, Germany was raised and educated by his brother Prussia, with which he was the only one with whom he had contact in a long time.

Bismarck, who had been appointed chancellor, prepared an extensive scheme, the German constitution of the north, of 1866, which became the German Constitution of 1871, with some adjustments. Germany acquired some democratic features. In the new Empire there was a parliament with two chambers. The Lower House, or Reichstag, was elected by universal male suffrage. However, the political cut of Germany was mainly conservative.

During his early childhood, as he professed a very rapid growth, Prussia trained his younger brother in education, politics, but especially in the military. The easiest thing for both. The young Germany was good at military. It was actually easy. He just had to obey. And it was easy for him to obey. In his early days, Germany was more curious and deconcentrated when listening to the lessons of his brother, who before this exercised hard discipline. Over time, Germany became a centered boy and even perfectionist under the tutelage of his brother.

As a child, Germany, curious, began to walk in the meeting room of powerful countries, imagined when he would be one. And suddenly something caught his attention. Tucked between the curtains he saw England and France doing something very strange. Since the rejection they had given him when they had knew him, Germany had no sympathy for them. He hid and watched them, when suddenly the green and penetrating gaze of England found his blue eyes spying on them. The child Germany felt that the heart would come out of the chest. He had discovered him. But England did nothing. He didn't stop France, and in fact, Germany could see a sly smile on his lips.

Germany left them and went with his brother, and told him that England and France were planning something. Prussia didn't flinch. He just warned his little brother, and told him to focus on learning everything and as soon as possible.

When the little boy was not ready to be actively in political life, practically the Empire was dominated by the largest and most powerful state, Prussia.

At that time, in this new Nation, Germany, there were four prevailing parties: the Liberal Party (own industrialized of North) - the Conservative and Catholics parties (typical of the southern states of Germany), and the Social-Democrat. In spite of this, the young Germany was characterized by something of a tendency and a conservative political form.

In economic terms, there was a monetary unification in the Framework.

Prussia, despite being the tutor and teacher of Germany in everything, soon let the boy take his course and own identity, since he didn't seek to make a clone of himself. Even so, he was always present in his growth, and served as a great counselor. The ideology that prevailed in Germany regarding the conformation of the Nation (since the ideology would be like the position to adopt), was mainly two during those days:

-The Social Reform: to contain the working class and to weaken the influence of socialist groups, during the administration of Chancellor Bismarck was implemented the first Welfare state in the world. Bismarck realized that this type of policies were very attractive among the population, since the workers were linked to the state and at the same time they fit very well with thier semi-authoritarian nature.

-Kleindeutschland: During Bismarck's term of office, two visions of what the German Empire had to include territorially were debated. One vision was that of a Großdeutschland (Greater Germany), and the other, preferred by Bismarck, was a Kleindeutschland (Minor Germany). Großdeutschland, espoused especially by Liberals and Permanent German nationalists, was a concept in which Germany was to be a state encompassing all Germanic territories, including Austria (some of them advocated including the entire Austro-Hungarian territory and some only wanted land German-Austrian). Kleindeutschland was an idea espoused by Bismarck and the conservatives of Prussia. Although the concept of Kleindeutschland included millions of non-Germans (mainly Poles), its followers thought that the incorporation of all the territories of Austria-Hungary would lead to the destabilization of the German state by the large number of ethnic minorities present in the Empire Austro-Hungarian In addition, the Prussian supporters of the Kleindeutschland feared even the incorporation of the territories of German Austria, because they thought that the control of Prussia would be weakened on the direction of Germany and would increase substantially the number of Catholics in a State that already had tensions between the Protestants of the North and the Catholics of the South, whom the State wanted to assimilate.

In those times, Germany began to flourish culturally, where he began to spend time with Austria. Austria could not feel anything of resentment or suspicion with the young Germany, and he was proposed to help him as soon as possible. Austria became like an uncle or cousin who always told him stories of the past with which he could laugh (strange in him), and with whom he could song Tyrolean songs. Austria taught him to use the accordion, and together with Northern Italy, they put their respective Lederhosen and went out to jump in the meadows (literally). Prussia looked at them from afar. He knew that Germany needed time to have fun and that his own national identity flourished, because soon he would not have time to have fun. And if Austria made him laugh, better for the young man. In addition, he had noticed that he was not very sociable in being with him and being with Austria or Hungary or Northern Italy would not do him any harm.

With regard to Italian, Germany felt uncomfortable and distrustful, preferred his own nucleus family, who were Prussia, Austria and Hungary. Besides, the memories of the Holy Roman Empire over him bothered him too much.

In those days, Germany already looked like a whole boy, and easily caught the attention of Austria. And with this one, they didn't leave an Oktoberfest without celebration. Germany already had a well-formed and well-developed national entity. Prussia knew that everything was being prepared well.

It was there that Prussia told him brother that he was old enough to drink beer. And what a delight it was for Germany. It was in his blood. Prussia was pleased. But when Germany wanted to try the Schnapps, Prussia told him that he could drink beer, but that he was still too young for the Schnapps. Germany only grumbled. Yes, Prussia exerted much influence in Germany in those days.

Throughout this period, there was an important factor to emphasize in the young Germany: Germanization and foreign policy.

One of the effects of the unification policies was to gradually increase the tendency to eliminate the use of non-German languages in public life, schools and academia, with the intention of putting pressure on the non-German population to abandon their national identity or leave the country, in what was called "Germanization." Strict policies of Germanization often had the opposite affect that of stimulating resistance, usually in the form of home teaching and bigger unity among minority groups.

In the 1880s the German authorities organized the mass expulsion of about 24,000 Poles who didn't have German citizenship to Russian Poland. This act was harshly criticized by leftist parties and Bismarck himself was skeptical about it, but he was concerned about the possible "revolutionary elements" present among the Poles of Russian Poland. Polish associations tried to fight for their rights, without success, and although Polish were elected for the Reichstag, representing in proportion to the Polish minority, there were many more German representatives, mostly hostile to their cause. Prussia criticized these actions, but not the young Germany. He believed that it was right for him to do so and to consolidate himself as a total Germanic son of Germania, but this thought didn't please Prussia.

With respect to his family, the young Germany was in a way, but with respect to his neighbors, he was cold and menacing.

Prussia was beginning to notice negative things about the young nations in his brother. But he preferred not to notice, becuase he believed that if he did, his brother would never notice his own mistakes for himself. Prussia would regret this decision for the rest of his life.

-German Imperialism:

When Germany was ready, trained and prepared, in addition to being mature enough, Prussia again raised his voice for all to see the German Empire. And they all did. He was no longer a child; he was a strong, reckless young man. As always everyone admired and feared him, as well as hating him. Germany, with his cold expression, was only taken out of position by the pleasant greeting of the northern Italian, who greeted and flirted. Germany felt overwhelmed, and his greeting was timid and awkward. But soon he returned to his position by the look of reproach of his brother Prussia.

Due to the long period of unification and national reorganization when Germany was ready for him target was already quite late. When Germany prevailed in the game and reclaimed land, neither France nor England intended to give him something.

But Germany wouldn't be intimidated, manipulated or despise by anyone. And his imposing imperial figure soon made England wavera and consider it.

England, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France, Germany, Italy, the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire were present at the Berlin Congress. Delegates from Greece, Romania, Serbia and the Principality of Montenegro attended the sessions dealing with their states, but were not members of the congress. In this congress, Germany tried to present cordialities and socialize a bit, as well as discuss colonial possessions in Africa, and to distribute them among themselves. In addition to trying to carve up China. Basically, Germany tried to say that he was one of them despite his dislike for them, but in reallity he tried to fight for his interests.

In the Congress of Beriln he pressed and managed to obtain colonies, although few, in Africa and Asia.

Germany came to have three colonies in Africa and some in Asia and Oceania:

-What Tanzania would be like now. That was his colony during 1880 to 1919.

-What Namibia would be like today. That was his colony from 1884 to 1915.

-What would be Cameroon now. Colony that would be his during 1885 until 1919.

- New German Guinea: German colony between 1885 and 1914

And German Samoa: German colony between 1900-1914.

When it was the partition of China, Germany prevailed again claiming a part for him. He himself traveled to China to take him,, and when he saw China, he marvel. In spite of being subdued and degraded, in the eyes of Germany China was beautiful. He took the face of China in his hand and watched closely, but this time England would not let him have his most precious possession. No way. And Germany and England exchanged an intense and murderous look. Finally England had to hand over a small part of South Eastern China. The firm and hard look of Germany made England weaken, making it unbearable to look him in the eyes.

Germany knew that even so, his colonial situation was not the most privileged, and that many other Europeans envied them. Prussia had to teach Germany how to treat his colonies, although both were new to the subject. Although Prussia was quite distant to them, Germany, in spite of his coldness, considered his colonies like part of his family. Especially to those of Africa, although their colonies didn't feel much for him, due to the domination that exerted on their cultures, but in the end they would prefer him a thousand years before England.

Germany was efficient, hardworking, direct, and fanatical about punctuality. Prussia was proud of him, despite some attitudes he didn't like. Prussia he began to feel guilty knowing what his brother would face, and he would have been an accomplice.

During the years of 1890, there was a rupture between the emperor, Wilhelm (William) II and the chancellor, Otto von Bismarck. Monarchs had long been ornamental figures now, but the emperor Wilhelm II had wished to play an important role for his country.

An important difference between Wilhelm II and Bismarck was his approach to dealing with political crises, especially in 1889, when German coal miners went on strike in Silesia. Bismarck demanded that the German army be sent to crush the strike, but Wilhelm II rejected this authoritarian measure, answering: I do not want to stain my reign with the blood of my people. Instead of employing repression, Wilhelm II had the negotiations continued with a delegation sent to the coal miners and succeeded in ending the strike without violence. Bismarck's style of government had always been that he alone could save the Reich during a crisis, and now he intended to use the strike to provoke a crisis so serious that he would have to establish himself as a dictator. This was the beginning of a break between Wilhelm II and Bismarck. Bismarck challenged Wilhelm II in the demands of bigger power by forming political coalitions with political parties that Wilhelm II didn't support.

Germany loved Bismarck, was an intelligent man and he admired him. Like Prussia. And when Germany learned that Bismarck would resign the Chancellery, he was very upset. Germany didn't tolerate the nobles too much. Like Prussia. And Germany agreed to repress and act as a dictatorial. Now Prussia didn't agree. Prussia also didn't tolerate the nobles very much at that height of life, he saw them as parasites with complexes of superiority, but he agreed with Wilhelm that violence didn't fix things in this case. Prussia could be violent with others, but not with his own people. His brother differed. Well, yes, Germany wasn't Prussia in spite of everything. In spite of their union and their similarities. Germany was young and inexperienced, Prussia understood. Germany, with Prussia's strictly militarized education, had a rather "square" mind. But his older brother decided to continue ignoring these behaviors; he believed that his brother would correct his mistakes by himself.

Now without Bismarck, and with Wilhelm II at his head, Germany followed an ill-calculated path. By allying himself with the Ottoman Empire and industrializing German railways through the Middle East, it made the young German isolate himself even more. Since England, the only one who more or less tried to engage with him, seeing that he ignored him and turned into a competition, cut ties completely. Germany didn't notice this. But it was true. He was isolated. Only his brother and Austria-Hungary were his true allies, and Italy, if he could be called ally.

By the end of the 19th century, Germany was an industrial power, the most powerful in Western Europe, and therefore, of the world, although the monopoly of power still was of England and France. Germany had grown exponentially in a short time and even had his own small but colonial empire. And it was precisely because of this that almost everyone hated and envied him, making him several undeclared enemies. Germany was forged thanks to his brother Prussia, who raised and formed him. All that Germany was and is now, is for his beloved older brother. And in contrast to the extroverted, egocentric, and annoying personality of Prussia, Germany was serious, introverted, and cold, reserved, and beneath that, shy.

At that time, Germany was a young, inexperienced nation that believed that the world would be easy, and that he deserved it in a certain way. Life was beautiful and peaceful indeed. For Germany didn't know yet the war and all that it entailed with it. He was naive and his vision of the world was simple for those then. The only thing that darkened his young heart was the rejection they all felt for him, not understanding why they did it. He had sworn he would show everyone what he was capable of, and perhaps there they would accept him.

Meanwhile, he spent with his brother, Austria and his wife, Hungary. He spent it in taverns or singing Tyrolean songs in the light of the stars. Germany would remember this as the happiest years of his life.

The young German noticed in time that his brother probably felt something for Hungary, the way he looked at her, but she was madly in love with her husband. Germany felt sorry for him brother. The only person the German thought of that way was for the Italian. But not because he felt it, but because he remembered what the Holy Roman Empire felt for him. It was an alien feeling. But that would stick in him.

Prelude to the Great War:

-The Triple Alliance: being one of the most powerful powers in a short time, blatantly competing with England, allying with the Ottoman Empire, obtaining colonies, and imposing his rule, both Prussia and Austria-Hungary knew that, added to militarization and tensions that already had, soon there would be a strong event. To this end, at the end of the nineteenth century, a strong alliance was foreseen and formed, adding to Italy (although Austria distrusted him greatly), and the so-called Triple Alliance was forged. This fact was an obvious demonstration of his position with respect to many issues, in contrast, England, France and Russia allied each others. Even England made a special commitment with France. All madness, there both Prussia and Austria feared. Because for England to do that he must be taking it really seriously. But Germany didn't notice. For him both England and France were envious people who used to wallow together when no one saw them so he didn't really know the danger of their union.

- Internal and External Policies of Imperial Germany at the end of the century:

Inside Germany, meanwhile, in the 1890s a number of rebel organizations were created to challenge the authoritarian, conservative and militaristic political of the country. Some educators acted against German state schools, where they taught military education, and set up their own independent schools. However, the schools of imperial Germany had very high standard and modern innovations. At the same time, a new generation of cultural producers and producers emerged. The most dangerous opposition to the monarchy was represented by the newly formed Social Democratic Party of Germany in the 1890s, which advocated Marxism in those times. This party threat to German monarchy and industry forced the state to take drastic measures against socialist sympathizers and to initiate social reform to ease internal tensions. The great industries of Germany, in order to try to stop the growing worker's adherence to leftist and revolutionary ideas, provided important social welfare programs and good care for their employees. They even offered pensions and sickness or housing benefits to their employees to reduce social unrest.

Wilhelm II, unlike Bismarck, left aside the differences with the Catholic Church and directed the energies of the government to oppose socialism at all costs. This policy failed when the Social Democrats won a third of the votes in the 1912 elections in the Reichstag (Imperial Parliament) and became the largest political party in Germany. The government was left in the hands of a succession of conservative coalitions with the support of right-wing liberals and southern Catholic clerics, who depended largely on favoring the Kaiser.

All this was handled fairly efficiently by Germany, who learned really fast, to the pride of his brother. The perfectionist personality of Germany had been driven to handle these issues thoroughly, by the time he finally focused on the contest that everyone felt was coming.

As for the foreign policy of young Germany, that is to say, as he relates externally to others, Whilem II of Germany wanted his young Germany to have his "place under the sun", unlike the British with whom he constantly wanted to compete and emulate. With German manufacturers and traders already operating around the world, it encouraged the colonial efforts in Africa and the Pacific, essentially so that the German Empire would live up to other European powers in the rest of the "unclaimed" territories.

With regard to his Austria-Hungary allies in the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908, diplomatic relations deteriorated with imperial Russia and a possible alliance with Engald was dispelled. In 1914, the erratic foreign policy left Germany isolated and only with Austria-Hungary as a true ally. Italy remained an ambiguous ally, and they saw more benefit in entering into alliances eventually acquiring the largely German-speaking territory of southern Austria-Hungary Tyrol in a future conflict, which actually occurred.

The struggle that was to take place at the beginning of the twentieth century was already known and premeditated by the great elites and the countries knew it. Young Germany had been preparing for it all his life. In a way he was excited. In some ways, despite his brother's warnings, Germany imagined the war more heroic and romantic than it was, of what it would be.

The accumulated tensions between the powerful nations, and the interests of each one were colliding more and more. When the "Peace through strength" was imposed, everyone already knew that the war would come, because there is never peace through strength, logically.

The time was near, and Prussia made a present to his brother.

"Du bist bereit"*, he said, handed him an Iron Cross. Germany was surprised and looked at his brother with love and admiration, in addition with gratitude. The German Iron Cross was inherited by Prussia, like many other issues. Yes, Prussia was a huge influence of Germany. His dear brother, whom he would miss all his life.

Germany, together with Prussia and Austria-Hungary had planned their strategies in the future contest, knew everything by heart. And with tension, he waits for that to arrive.

But in reality, he didn't know how he would do it. Until Austria told him: "Schau, Junge. So fängst du den Krieg an. "*

And just the other day, in Sarajevo, the Archduke of Austria was killed by a Serb. The excuse was already. Now everyone could start. The war had begun.

The First World War:

Following the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Bosnian Serb, Kaiser Wilhelm II offered the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I full support for Austria-Hungary's plans to invade the Kingdom of Serbia, which was the nation Austria-Hungary blamed for the murder.

The murder of the Archduke was the excuse to start the war.

Young Germany didn't think that this was how wars began, but that was so, and he was beginning to want to prove everything he had learned since that he was born.

But the world Germany knew would fall apart, and life would never look the same to him. In that war, Germany's childhood died.

At the beginning of the race, the first thing Germany did was to attack his main neighbor, France, who defended himself quickly.

Soon, Germany also invaded and captured Belgium and her brother Luxemburg, along with his brother Prussia. When Germany captured Belgium, he was very excited. So far things had gone well and he was ecstatic to begin with. His brother had rightly told him that a nation was not a nation until he had a war, and there he was. Germany tried to flatter his brother as usual, but was surprised to see that his brother was more serious and cold with him, because Prussia was very worried and stressed that things would go well and didn't have time for the childishness of Germany. Childhood that would lose forever.

Germany soon directed his troops towards Paris, and he continued obtaining victories, but already began to be disenchanted little by little of the war. Meanwhile, Prussia faced Russia in the East.

Although Germany was about to arrive in Paris, France strongly opposed him at the Battle of Marne. The age of the trenches began. And soon, Germany had to retreat. In doing so, stained with mud and blood, Germany felt that his heart would burst out of his chest, and the world began to seem strange to him.

Soon England attended to help France. And Germany had to face them. The war was considered short that thought more and more Germany to be able to withstand that horrible situation that began to stalk him. But it was not, the war didn't end quickly. But Germany had to face things worse than even facing the enemy. To have to shoot the deserters, people who didn't want to be in that slaughter for the interests of others, in front of his eyes, to have to even do the himself, they made Germany realised the world in which he lived, in the world in which he had believed. He knew what war was now. Even so, he tried to stay strong. Suddenly, the figures that once seemed admirable began to crumble, while lying in the trenches.

At the Christmas of 1914, Germany received an unexpected visit. England proposed a ceasefire. It was Christmas after all.

They were humans, both, all of them. They were brothers. And that strange humanity flourished once in them, who spent Christmas singing carols and playing soccer.

Germany sang O Tannenbaum* with his imposing voice, and England accompanied him in his own language. Side by side, those who were and would be enemies the next day, those who had murdered the companions of the winged, and what would be murdered the next day, shared Christmas as friends of life. As brothers, as if the rest had not happened. And Germany knew that there were no bad or good people, only the actions of these were. But all was forgotten the next day.

In 1916, the battle of Verdun began, with French positions in Verdun under constant bombardment and attacks with poisonous gas and having large casualties in the attack of the German forces in an overwhelming amount. However, there was no victory for the young Germany against the insistence of France, who, despite not being stronger than him, resisted the German firmly. At the Battle of Verdun, the German army withdrew in December 1916. Germany was beginning to lose more than the war.

It was said that in the difficult battles, the Prussian battalions were called, who were infallible. Prussia often left the Eastern Front to help his brother in the West. Until he decided it was enough. The last time he came to his aid, he told him he would not return to help him. Germany didn't understand. His brother was his only moral and emotional support and if he left, he would be alone. Prussia regretted his decision, but he thought it best for his brother to learn the harshness of the war and to be able to strengthen himself. As he left, Germany ran after him in tears and tears. Until he stopped doing it, after falling into the mud. Prussia didn't turn around and went on.

In 1916, Germany had the misfortune to capture the son of the Roman Empire, the northern Italian, and the one who betrayed them.

To a certain extent, Germany distrusted him not only for his betrayal, but for his legacy of the ancient Roman Empire, and because he felt that beneath his beauty and charisma there was something else. When he caught him, the Italian insulted him and grumbled for a long time, and stressed him more than he was, but at the same time, helped him to relax and think of something else. The Italian soon began to be kind and playful, as well as hinting at him, but he was firm and would not be deceived. In time, the Italian entered in silence and began to play, from his cell, his mandolin and sing soft songs. The time came when he even dedicated a song, and Germany didn't know what to think. Tired of the Italian, Germany let him escape discreetly, since he didn't really represent a threat, and he wondered, and if he would cross with him in the future, if there was a future. The war was slowly changing, and he began to mature by force. Suddenly, life seemed dry, and without much shine, and to all who he had known, looked strange, as if he had never really known. But he kept trying to cling to hope, to what he had once been. One of the people he admired and held in hope was the so-called Red Baron, a hero of the First World War. Member of the Luftwaffe (German air force), was considered the best pilot of the war and was respected even for his enemies. With him, Germany faced England in the skies, like a hunting eagle. But when the Red Baron died in 1917, Germany succumbed to the deepest depression. Like everyone.

Germany led the Western front, the frontier of death, while Prussia organized the Eastern Front along with Austria and Hungary, making it easy for them to treat Russia. Soon, to generate even more instability in Russia, who stopped appearing in war because he had serious problems at home, the German government allowed the Bolshevik leader of communist Russia, Vladimir Lenin, to travel through Germany from Switzerland to Russia. Prussia believed that if Lenin could create more political instability, Russia would no longer be able to continue in war with Germany, allowing the German army to focus entirely on the Western front.

But everything changed forever. When the Revolution of 1917 occurred in Russia, and this one accepted, all were filled with surprise uncertainty and something more. It was well known that the war had been planned and premeditated, but that was something unexpected. Germany knew with horror that more problems would come.

No one knew that he was going to do Russia, but apparently he had been disenchanted with the war and, without being in person, he sadly delivered his sisters and the Baltic's to Germany and Prussia. Although they finally had lands they had always wanted, nothing improved.

Germany was more identified with the trenches than with any other place; he had grown accustomed to seeing his boys eat rats and realized, in a brutal and cruel way, the reality of war, and reality of rules, reality the world in which he was born, his own reality. Seeing himself clean and without blemishes of blood seemed strange to him, and his previous life of the war was like something distant and unreal. No, it was not his world, nothing really seemed. Neither before, nor now.

Despite success on the Eastern Front in 1918, Germany was not making progress on the Western Front for three reasons: Exhaustion was the first cause, German soldiers had been on the battlefield constantly, without relief and, after not breaking the British and French armies in offensives in March and April 1918 despite the transfer of a large number of troops of the Eastern Front, had lost hope in the possibility of a victory. The second reason was because of civil unrest in the war.

And the third reason was the United States.

When an American passenger ship passed through the war zone, Germany was surprised. He tried to warn the United States not to let them pass by, because it was a zone of attacks. But the United States never answered the messages, and let that ship pass. Germany had to sink it by protocol, although he didn't want to. And so the United States entered the war in 1917, to save Europe from the "evil and gross Germany." Germany was surprised. First, the American was not expected to get into an issue where he had nothing to do with, and second he felt attacked and distressed because he didn't really want to kill those people on the ship, but the United States had not heard, and now he blamed him. And there Germany knew that the game was dirty. There was no honor. That was the world.

In November 1918, with the internal revolution, a stagnant war, Austria-Hungary falling to pieces from multiple ethnic tensions, and the pressure of the German high command, Emperor Wilhelm II, who was then a "shadow", abdicated, together with the head of the German high command, leaving the disastrous situation for the new government led by the German Social-Democrats, who requested and were granted an armistice on November 11, 1918 marked the end of World War I and the German Empire. When it happened, Germany didn't believe it, he was happy, but infinitely shattered and desolate. So struck psychologically that he didn't have time to cry. His first war, his first defeat. His first disappointment. And how hard it was for that young nation.

When he returned to see his brother and Austria-Hungary, they were all dirty, with blood everywhere, their own blood and blood of someone else. With red eyes, and soul shattered. Prussia didn't talk much with his brother, but he felt a deep sadness for him, and he wanted to console him as best he could. But it was not the time. It was not over yet. He must continue to take care of his brother.

-Treaty of Versailles:

In the Treaty of Versailles, Prussia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary were in front of the victors, who looked at them with pleasure and coldness, and even anger. England with coldness and France with pleasure and anger, the others chewed them.

They were dirty and emaciated, the four waited for their sentence. But it was worse than Germany expected.

England ruled to remove all their colonies and divide them among the winners. Now Germany raised his head, indignant, tried to speak, but was silent. His beloved colonies, snatched them without even letting him say goodbye to them, it felt as if they were taking part of him. Germany cried silently with his head lowered, but his crying little and nothing moved the winning nations, who also suffered the effects of the war. Neither Austria nor Hungary looked or looked at each other. But Prussia looked with pain at his little brother. In addition, they were forced to pay all war expenses. Germany again felt impotence and indignation. He learned there that war was not for noble reasons. It was a business. And another part of him died. And helpless, he heard, but didn't look, the cries of Austria and Hungary being separated. When finally separated, everything succumbed in silence. Germany didn't feel the pitying gaze that Italy, among the insignificant victorious, threw at him.

Like dogs, they were thrown to support themselves after the war.

Demoralized, depressed, sick and in terrible pain, Germany, along with Prussia and Austria, walked through the cities made debris and ruins back.

But Germany would learn that the war was not only on the battlefield. The war followed later and modified everything forever.

In the first days, Germany was in bed to heal, although it was not easy at all. His brother Prussia, as best he could, was in charge of washing his bandages and accompanying him as if he were a mother. Germany He hardly could open his eyes. A deep physical and emotional pain was leaving him in tatters. Nor look out the window he could. Everything looked destroyed and gray. Austria also accompanied him, but soon he also went to fix his own problems. Austria wasn't fine either.

But the rest wouldn't heal Germany, the fight, ironic as it sounds, would.

The Spartacist Revolution, German Civil War and the Soviet Republic of Bavaria:

The November revolution in Germany led, towards the end of the First World War, to the change from the constitutional monarchy of the German Kaiserreich to a parliamentary and democratic republic.

The causes of the revolution were in the extreme burdens suffered by the population during the years of war, the strong impact on the German Empire of defeat and social tensions between the popular classes and the elite of aristocrats and bourgeois who held the power and they had just lost the war.

The main political parties that boomed and fought for power in the streets of Germany were: the Social Democratic Party, who refused to an armed revolution like the Russian Revolution. The independent socialists, very similar to the Social Democrats. And the Spartacist League, who followed the Bolshevik model as a model to follow and founded the German Communist Party. In addition to the right-wing nationalists typical of Germany, a civil war began at the end of the war until 1921.

But before this, Germany was still in bed, with his brother always at his side, when suddenly, a sharp and tearing pain made him scream incessantly. Frightened, Prussia saw that the brother's left side was bleeding incessantly. And he knew it. Some area had become independent. It was Bavaria, the Soviet Bavaria.

Quickly, Prussia loaded his brother into a car, and they went in search of Bavaria. Prussia was more than surprised. It was predictable that, in the terrible situation they were in, there would be militant and pro-independence zones, but that Bavaria was a surprise. Historically the southern states were more than conservative and Catholic, and had even been Austria's lover (with what that meant) and that now became a Soviet state was most unreal. Germany listened to his brother as he could, still sick and holding tightly his side, could think little.

When they arrived, there was Bavaria. Now he was a state of revolutionaries who took power by force and administered the area of Bavaria, independently of Germany. Bavaria had disappeared when he had united with the others in the German Unification, but now he was back. And he knew everything that had happened because he had the memories of Germany in him.

Prussia ordered him to rejoin Germany, who looked at Bavaria with difficulty and could not stand well. Bavaria wouldn't do it. He knew he would die, but he would fight to the end for his existence, the existence of a socialist state for those to whom were exploited. There was no choice. Prussia commanded the troops and murdered Socialist Bavaria a month after he had emerged. Bavaria returned to Germany, who felt much better. Although Germany didn't return to bed. He would not rest for a long time. When the bidding between the different parties and the imperial army began to take place, all went to Germany, who, devastated by everything that happened, embraced his brother and hid his face in him. When they went for him, so that he was in the streets with a weapon in hand once again, Germany took off a bit from his brother, although he didn't let go.

Germany had learned from the cruel life, from war and reality, and in his own home, with his own battle, he was maturing even more. Until then, his seriousness and coldness only hid shyness, but now they were real. He had nothing to be happy about. Nothing to smile about.

The revolutionaries fought for Germany. In Brandenburg, the revolutionary sailors had come with their black and red flags. All this was very worrying for England and France, who secretly meddled and financed to assassinate the revolution in Germany so he didn't end up like Russia.

In that turbulent period Germany met Rosa Luxemburg, a revolutionary Spartacist. Her words were strong and sure, but he cannot know her, he couldn't fight with her in the streets because she was murdered, she and her revolution. The Social Democrats betrayed and sold the Spartacists (Communists) and the eyes of Germany saw everything.

Germany watched with expectation and fear what would happen to him.

When in 1919 the Constitutional Congress was given, the bourgeois parties won, and went to look for Germany, who was no longer with his leaders, to tell him that he was now a Federal Republic. Prussia looked at his brother certainly happy, but Germany listened to the news in silence. Without smiling

Weimar Republic:

For more than some problems were "solved", nothing was solved. That period called the Weimar Republic, which lasted between 1919 and 1933, was only a period in which Germany began to try to stand out from a terrible crisis and overcome his traumas, in addition to beginning to take on an adult personality independent from his brother.

In the Weimar Republic, Germany felt upset and stressed, because it was a period of complete instability. That is why, despite everything, he and his brother later started visiting different political parties for the future, and soon they would meet with one in particular.

During the Weimar Republic, Germany suffered from different events that were hardening him: the republic was unable to find social stability, and there were strong blows of force that, both from the right and from the left, sought to end the regime.

However, it was the most radical nationalist groups that carried out various attempted coup with the support of a good part of the army, nostalgic for the old imperial order and suspicious of the surrenders of Versailles.

Germany had never forgotten anything said and done in the Treaty of Versailles, and would never forgive it. His shadowed heart wanted revenge on everything. But he still couldn't do it. He was in another process.

The economic situation was also going through a very difficult moment. The indebtedness of the war and the heavy reparations that Germany had to pay to the winners led to a rapid increase in inflation, which was accompanied by a spectacular fall of the German mark. Prices and wages varied throughout the same day as a result of inflation and the loss of value of the currency. People, who lived on fixed capital, rents, etc., were ruined and a large part of small businesses had to close, which caused a rise in unemployment rates. So Germany remained ill, but tried to keep going.

The crisis reached its zenith in 1923, when the Germans couldn't pay the war debts contracted with France.

Between 1924 and 1929 Germany experienced a period of relative stability, but the crisis of 1929, and more specifically the withdrawal of American credits, aggravated the economic difficulties and plunged Germany into a deep crisis. In 1932 production had declined by half compared to 1929.

Unemployment grew disproportionately, from a million and a half unemployed in 1929 to 6 million in 1931.

With the crisis of the 29, Germany was filled with hatred towards the United States, blaming him for affecting everyone for his negligence. Germany had decided not to hide his anger.

The ruling parties, the so-called Weimar Coalition (German Social Democratic Party, Catholic Center and Democratic Party), were losing the support of wage-earners and the impoverished petty bourgeoisie.

Starting in 1930, the different governments didn't have a coherent majority in Parliament and relied on the President of the Republic, who ruled by decree. The recourse to dissolve parliament was too often used and ministerial instability (19 governments in thirteen years) was proof of the fragility of the system. Political disorder increased the desire for a strong and stable government. Germany and his brother began their task of visiting political parties with proposals that favored them in that terrible situation in which they were submerged since the Great War.

Soon, this gray and depressing time would pass to the darkest time in Germany , and the world would remember him forever, and he would condemn himself forever. Everything that he was wouldn't matter, everyone would remember it.

Nazi Germany, the Third Reich:

Indebted, impoverished, unemployed, with unstable politics, the German brothers began their task of visiting political parties in internalizing with respect to the times that were to come.

Germany, which had been self-absorbed for a long time, soon began to see what situations the world was in. As he looked south, he saw Italy and his situation. And how great he saw him. Fascist Italy had an effect on Germany and soon a small idea got into his mind.

Soon, his brother told him that he had met another political party, a so-called National Socialist Party, and quickly Prussia dragged him to meet it. When he arrived with the party members, everyone cheered and everyone praised him. The party left no trace in Germany yet, despite the fact that the party had tried to convince him by good words. Even so, Germany didn't rule it out.

Soon everything would change for Germany for the rest of his existence.

In 1932 there were elections. Germany was very anxious and nervous. The Nazi party lost, with only 33% of the vote. And Germany forgot this party. Then there were elections again, and the Nazi party lost again. But in 1933 everything changed forever. Hindenburg, current president of the Weimar Republic, after the accommodated Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, to power. The German people didn't choose Nazism. But they didn't oppose to it. When Germany knew that the chancellor was Hitler, and the Nazi party the main party, at first he knew nothing of what was to come. But he didn't take long to admire it. Due to the promises of the regime, Germany supported them.

The Nazis restored economic stability and ended mass unemployment using high military expenditures and a mixed economy. Extensive public works were carried out, including the construction of the famous highways.

The return to economic stability boosted the popularity of the regime. And this wasn't little. Germany had lived in precariousness and crisis since the Great War, had never improved and reprimanded, was better than ever. There was zero unemployment, the industry had been boosted, and he again imposed himself as a power. As he couldn't suddenly, feel admiration for his Führer, and that political party with centralist policies. Suddenly, Germany gave himself completely to Nazism, and imposed it on everyone. To all of whom he loved.

So strong was his admiration that he came to allow and justify the other policies of the party: Nazism had taken a part of the ideological base of fascism that was originally developed in Italy with Benito Mussolini. Both ideologies participate in the political use of militarism, nationalism, anti-communism, anti-Semitism, the approval of violence as a political method and the use of paramilitary forces as support for the regime, and both were aimed at the creation of a dictatorship led by the Government. And in addition, Germany turned a blind eye to what his leader did the Nazi Party began to eliminate all political opposition and to consolidate its power. On February 27, 1933, the Reichstag was set on fire. Burned by the Nazis themselves to blame the Communists. A False Flag. But Germany didn't know it, or he decided not to know. But Prussia did, and began to feel suspicious about Nazism.

A Law of Hitler gave the government full legislative power.

But Germany no longer cared, he saw Nazism as his salvation from his previous situation and as his conduit to prevail again against what had been mistreated when he was just a young man.

The swastika adopted by Nazism as a symbol has its origin in Eastern cultures. A symbol older than China even, and that didn't mean anything negative. But this symbol was condemned for posterity.

Also, Germany's head began to be susceptible about the "superior race and culture". Although Germany had never thought about it before, he decided to convince himself that it was true. Because if it was, it would be easier to carry in his conscience the massacres he would commit.

Germany and the German people didn't really know the evil that Nazism represented. They only saw it as a salvation and didn't believe that there was anything wrong with it. They were proud, they were better now, they were an empire again, and their hearts were very poisonous after so much abuse. It was a bad combination.

During the Nazi era, the domestic industry soared, and a well-known brand of cars was born, the Volkswagen, which means "People's Car".

For Germany everything was fine. Everything was wonderful. He was great, he was superior. Only his brother sensed that something was really wrong, but it was impossible to reason with Germany.

When Germany returned to the international arena, everyone got angry. Neither England, nor France, nor the United States wanted to have competition, and to see him, as strong, as imposing as he used to be, or more, didn't like it too much. And in spite of saying that they felt repulsion and fear for his Nazi dictatorship, deep down, England admired him. France was attracted to him. The United States envied him. And this is not good. Soon he felt the contest would return. A new event would scour the world.

By showing himself as an imposing dictatorial fascist, Italy soon visited him, since he was in similar situations.

Germany had not forgotten the son of the Roman Empire, an empire that he admired more than anyone else. He admired him so much, that he adopted similarities with him. The salute with the right extended upwards was the Roman salute. Accommodate the battalions in squares, it was also Roman. This also made Italy feel praised, but Nazi Germany didn't see Italy in the same way. Germany could avoid feeling superiority to him, and he was terribly upset at the disordered way of being the Italian. But he couldn't deny that his presence pleased him and relaxed in a certain way, although he still didn't trust the Italian.

In 1938, Germany annexed Austria. He was a certain happy. He hadn't t seen Austria since after the Great War. But soon Italy fell on top of him. He protest, and kicked against the annexation of Austria, the same with Hungary. But nothing and nobody got in the way of Nazi Germany. When it happened, both he and Austria were at the frontier to disarm the border posts, and Austria, delighted with the idea of living with Germany, kissed his lips tightly. He took his arm and raised it, and cheered Germany. They all too. But soon both were disenchanted with the idea. Austria was a frustrated aristocrat and a vague one. And for Austria it was not nice either. Hitler forbade the name Austria, and was called differently. He was even beaten to make his position clear. And Austria also knew what Nazism truly was. And he also feared for the blinded Germany and his destiny. But he didn't say anything.

Germany's foreign policy became increasingly aggressive, and he soon annexed Czechoslovakia as well, locking them into a dark room.

Germany hated and was resented with the Treaty of Versailles, and planned to recover what had been his. In addition to taking land from Poland, lands that had belonged to his brother and were taken from them. Soon, Germany planned to invade Poland.

But worse, there was an important factor. A destabilizing factor. A factor that bothered both Nazi Germany and the western powers: the Soviet Union. Germany soon decided to keep him rooted. Soon Germany called Russia to make a pact. A non-aggression pact. But deep down, he planned to betray Russia and invade him anyway. However, Germany didn't know that with Russia should not play.

The pact made with Russia alerted Italy who faced him. Germany saw blackness in the eyes of Italy, and something hidden in his voice, but decided to calm him down and tell him what he would do. Italy wasn't very sure. To secure Italy, he decided to make a Pact with him. The so-called Pact of Steel. Italy felt safe now. Even though he felt superior, he couldn't help but feel attached to the Italian. He loved him in the background. He always knew about the love of the Holy Roman Empire for him, and now, he thought he felt it too. Italy liked him.

In the Olympic Games of 1936, a lot of controversy was unleashed for being the host.

When his brother Prussia learned that the Jews couldn't participate but a black American (Jesse Owens), he erupted in indignation. Prussia still didn't understand why anti-Semitism and less if a black man was allowed to participate. Prussia claimed that the character in his favorite book (Friend Fritz) was a Jew, and that many Jews had died for him in previous wars. Germany chose to ignore him and warn him about his words.

Prussia was outraged. And a strong resentment felt against Nazism.

In those times, Germany liked to read Weber while listening to Wagner. His brother hated them both, but he didn't interpose. As always, he thought his brother should do whatever he wanted.

In 1936, many of the countries went to Germany to listen to Carmina Burana piece for the first time, and everyone was speechless. Even so, to Germany it seemed a bit controversial. But Italy went in person to talk to him so he wouldn't censor the piece, and Germany ended up accepting. He couldn't deny the Italian anything.

By the end of the 30s everything was tense. Everyone knew that Germany would make the first move, and against him, England, France and Russia allied.

Germany joined Italy, and began to consider Japan as a great ally option. In addition, they had Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland and Sweden, who had joined the SS out of admiration for him; Spain and Thailand. Finally, one morning, a carefree Poland saw the German army march towards his lands. The war had begun.

Second World War:

When the war began, newspaper headlines didn't said "The Second World War began," it only said that Germany had invaded Poland, and in response France and England declared war too. They were predictable. Germany tried to take Poland completely, but he slipped away.

One of the bloodiest killings in history had begun. And everyone would end up losing, and for poor Germany, who believed that what he did was right, it would be even worse.

Germany had risen and proved to be as terrible as his serious and threatening face showed. Soon, he lunged against France. In the early days of the war, Germany saved Italy from all situations, and even though he pretended to upset him, deep down he loved being close to Veneciano. When his pact was consummated, Germany felt in love in every way, but even so he was hard and cold with him.

In the early days of the war, along with his brother, Germany used to sing the song Lili Marlen by Andersen all day long, and he admired Marlen Dietrich, who he considered the woman with the most beautiful legs he had ever seen. Many times his brother joked about it and made him blush.

In free time, Germany and Italy played football. Germany was bad, while Italy, with his Latin blood, was pretty good. But Germany didn't give up. And over time he was improving. But he could never overcome the Italian, who was happy to be better at something with respect to the German.

Soon Germany met and formally allied with Japan. Germany admired him deeply. Japan was as silent, polite, firm and hardworking as he was, and much more. His strict moral and stoic form made him feel diminished. Germany came to call Japan the Germany of Asia. Japan also respected him, and a strange friendship emerged between them.

In 1940, Germany arrived in Paris, but to his chagrin France eluded him and Germany couldn't find him. To conquer Paris, his former emperor congratulated him. Wilhelm was for him, a distant figure from the past. He was nothing for him anymore. He just seemed like a shadow of his childhood.

In Germany's campaign in Africa, Germany admired Marshal Rommel. A marshal and German military strategist admired even by England. The German hero of war. In 1941, Germany betrayed Russia and invaded him. For that moment his luck changed forever.

Also in that year, returned United States interfered to "save the world." It was all because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor because the USA didn't stop harassing him. Germany recalled how the USA had entered the first war, and he intuits that this time it was not different.

Ludwig began to suffer the effects of the war, and after opening old wounds, he was disenchanted with his leader. When he knew that he should go to fight Russia, he could only think of Italy. When he told him, Italy despaired and watered him not to leave. But still, he left. Italy asked him when they would meet again, and Germany didn't answer him. While he was leaving, he saw the sad face of Italy, and that was the last time they saw each other for a long time, until after the war.

When he left, he entrusted his brother with the eastern front and Austria with the western one, while he fought in Russia.

When he arrived in Russia, he tried to look for him but Ivan was too big. And like Napoleon, Germany's mistake was great when entering Russia when winter fell. General Winter had arrived.

In the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest of the century, Germany broke.

Along with the snow, his fallen boys, the sad songs, far from home, Germany felt something indescribably painful.

There, he met Spain. He was strange to see him there, but Spain told him that he was coming with the Blue Division, division of Spanish volunteers. When asked by Germany why he was, Spain with a strange and horrifying expression told him that he had personal matters with Russia. Germany knew that Spain was damaged. But he was too. When the German battalions got deeper into Russia, more Germany had to encourage them, because that was not heroic, it was not beautiful, it was a killing.

Frustrated at not finding Russia, Germany decided to provoke him by burning villages, and by shooting villagers. But Russia didn't appear

Soon, the Germans in Russia began to have abuses by their own superiors. Everything was degrading and evil. Being in Stalingrad, Germany forgot the imposing voice of his leader, forgot the taste of the lips of Italy, and forgot the melodious song Lili Marlen, only saw white. He began to wonder if what he was doing was right. He was that he invaded after all, and right there, Russia appeared.

In front of him was Russia and behind him, the General Winter. Russia seemed angry and hurt. The fight began. The snow was dyed red, and Germany fought with Russia. But he was stronger, and Germany was tired and demoralized.

Many of his boys died, many of those in Russia died, and they suffered. Russia didn't hate him, but he would not forgive him. Suddenly, a glimpse of humanity blossomed in the snow and suffering. And Germany, in front of Russia, for the first time, loosened his face and lamented inside. Like that humanity that England had felt for him at the Christmas of 1914, Germany looked at the angry violet eyes of Russia, and as if coming out of his soul he asked: "Warum ist das alles passiert, Russland?" * This question hit Russia, who started to laugh so as not to cry, although he didn't succeed very well because thick tears began to slide down his face.

"YA ne znayu, Germaniya. Ya ne znayu "* answered Russia, and Germany also felt like crying.

Germany had to leave Russia, it was a lost cause, and had to see how mounds of his boys were abandoned there. They all died under the wings of General Winter.

Through tears, Germany returned to his home, where nothing was right.

When he arrived, he knew what had happened to Italy. Japan told him he had betrayed them. Germany knew that Italy had that reputation. He had seen it in the Great War, but he had forgiven Italy and preferred to believe that he had only lost and not betrayed him. Later he learned about the Italian civil war, and felt a deep sorrow.

-Valkyrie Operation:

The Valkyrie operation was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, carried out by a group of Wehrmacht officers.

The Wehrmacht was the German army, the SS the Special Forces and the Gestapo the military police. Only these last two were unconditionally faithful to Nazism. When it was already too obvious that they would lose the war at the hands of Russia and that Hitler was a madman, a coup was planned. They planned to assassinate him and blame the infamous SS and the Gestapo. Then negotiate with the Allies. Austria was aware, and Prussia too, and both wanted it to happen. But what bad luck they had. The attack was unsuccessful and the organizers were executed, or they committed suicide. Germany was outraged to learn of this, he still had hope in Nazism, but his situation was horrible when he learned that his beloved Marshal Rommel had been forced to commit suicide for being linked to the attack. Germany was realizing his realit.

In those times, he began to bury the concentration camps for Jews, Poles, Gypsies, etc. and he was filled with fright. He had never imagined that it was exactly what they were being done. He knew that he was condemned forever. And he refused to admit it.

Germany met a condemned woman, Sophie Scholl. A young woman sentenced to death guillotined for being against Hitler and Nazism. Germany still refused to accept his mistake by trusting them.

The situation was untenable. They could completely resist the western border, but Russia was unstoppable, and would soon arrive to Berlin.

Soon, he encouraged his depressed brother to resist. Germany refused to let Russia set foot in Berlin. As he could, he tried to resist.

When D-Day arrived, and the disembarkation took place in Normandy, in France, Austria communicated it, and Prussia knew that all was lost.

When 1945 arrived, everything for Germany would end. Before Russia finally arrived, Germany ran to his leader's bunker. When he arrived, he asked for him. He saw his brother on his back who shook his head and Germany knew it. He had died.

When he also learned that the Goebbels had killed their children before the arrival of the Russians, Germany finally knew that he had been governed by whims and capricious and sadistic elites. Everything was a lie. He finally realized that the first people that Nazism and Hitler had killed were not the Jews, they were not the Poles. The first people was the German people.

But Germany didn't have time to lament. Russia had arrived.

Many tried to enter the areas of Germany, but nobody could do it. Only one. The war in Europe didn't end thanks to England, or France nor the American "hero", was for Russia, the most powerful of all. And more fear inspired he than Germany himself.

When the Russians entered, Prussia was trapped by him.

Germany felt that someone was behind him. And suddenly Russia rushed to him; with his typical deranged face.

Germany was defeated. He was over. And Ludwig knew that the worst would be the consequences. He had learned it from the First War. Russia took him by the hair and made him kneel, while putting his tube in his neck. Germany didn't snort, but tears fell through his eyes. He looked up at the sky. Japan was still standing. And he asked that Japan please not suffer the consequences of continuing. As he was the "evil" Germany, his wish was not fulfilled and Japan suffered the worst consequence. Huge was the contempt that Germany felt for the American for what he did to Japan, and then he was the murderer.

Russia soon mistreated him and tortured him, but he didn't scream. The allies watched as Russia did, until they interposed and told him to leave him alone. Russia felt that he was the master of him, because he was the one who overcame him, but he felt obliged to obey. Germany was thrown into the arms of the allies, getting rid of Russia. But his condition didn't improve.

Germany had been reunited with Italy, but everything was different. With a broken heart, he handed Italy his Iron Cross, so that he would never forget it, since he knew that both would be separated. Italy looked at him with immense pain.

Post War and German Division:

He had been separated from his brother, although he believed that temporarily. His brother was with Russia, which meant that nothing good was happening. He is not either. He was under the control of England, France, and the USA. Germany didn't talk much, crestfallen and demoralized; he had no courage at all. He could see that the USA hated him, although he never spoke to him, he didn't "fraternize with the enemy". When postwar hell started, as he called him, he wondered how his brother would be because, he was not well. England, France and the USA surrounded him and began to beat him, slap him and kick him. Germany barely snorted. England beat him for "being an evil assassin". 'Who was he to say it? England had killed more than him, he had even tortured his own brothers. France for "terrorizing Europe". Who had been the one who had tried to rule the world in the early nineteenth century, and had killed the Holy German Roman Empire? The USA hit him "for the Jews". Well, who had thrown two atomic bombs and killed thousands?

And so they kept hitting him. There was not a reason in reality. They just liked to do it.

But the worst came later, when they claimed his body. That was humiliating. Those made him cry and lament his indignation. The United States did it without speaking to him, without telling him anything. France enjoyed making him feel bad. England only got to the point. From one to the other. And in a deadly depression Germany felt the world. Beatings, humiliations, violations, he had endured everything, but the worst they did was in 1947.

At last they had allowed him to see his brother, but he was handcuffed. There, he knew that something was happening. The allies had come to the conclusion that Prussia was too much. He was neither a state nor a national entity. He would die. He would be completely dissolved. Prussia didn't react. But Germany did. He prayed and protested. He even knelt. Through tears and protests, Prussia was dissolved. Neither his claims nor his entreaties were effective in the ears of France, England or the USA. Germany took his brother and placed his head on his legs. Hungary and Austria were with them. Prussia devoted his last words to his brother. He had raised him, educated and protected him. He had created him in a certain way. And now he would die forever. Few are the nations that see others die. But Germany had to live it personally. His dear brother. And great was his revelation when Prussia told him that he always knew that he would die. Sooner or later, because he had also ceased to be a state to form him and eventually that national identity would be extinguished. Germany opened his eyes full of tears, full of surprise. Neither Austria nor Hungary could console him. His brother had died. The closest person to him had disappeared. Empty and without anything, Germany didn't mind dying too.

He returned to his state of slave of the allies, and they continued with theirs things. But Germany didn't know that Russia had looked at everything with much attention, and planned to return to his brother in another way.

Germany succumbed to a depression that left him immune to any abuse, and finally, the allies decided that it was time to treat Germany well, to include him in their ranks, and to let him go. Germany thought about everything he had done and knew that he had no way out.

Slowly, England approached him, and extended a hand. Slowly and carefully, England urged him to dance. Germany, with his face of depression, little reacted. But England did not give up, and tried to make Germany move. He began to answer slowly. Soon, England gave him to France, which made the German move want it or not. He moved with him, and Germany was letting go slowly. France insisted on making him laugh. Then came USA, and with his smile, made the German begin to follow the step. England and France looked with a smile. Then he returned to the arms of England, who began to dance closer to him. The German finally let go. France, USA, England, danced with the three, and finally laughed. Finally he smiled. The three left Germany and he felt encouraged to move forward once more, even if it cost his dignity and his brother.

Slowly progressed, but Russia had never left the eastern part. Most of the ex-Nazis were tried, or they stayed there in the western part to serve those who had been their enemies, and the other part fled mainly to South America, especially Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia.

However, Germany's suffering would not end, and in 1959, a new truth was revealed. When Russia finally left, he left someone in charge. A new socialist state. There, in his land. That was how, surprised and desolate, he saw who was.

There, next to Russia, was his brother.

What immense pain...

What a terrible reality. And his brother looked at him sadly.

The Berlin Wall and the Cold War:

His brother and he were two states. But a nation. At least Germany was happy about that, and he understood that what kept his brother alive was to be a different state, otherwise he would die, and that destroyed him. To be together they must be separated. But there was no bigger separation than that would be remembered forever, and that would psychologically impact Germany forever.

In 1961, a wall began to be built. Families were separated, they were more separated. What a big misfortune.

The division of Germany caused both brothers to be separated in some way. The rise of the Berlin Wall, caused that both were separated, being Germany, West Germany and his brother Prussia the East Germany under the control of Russia. Many times they spoke through the wall, others his brother tried, in vain, to go through it, but they were separated for a long time.

Many people tried to cross, from both sides. But they were totally separated. Germany felt resentment towards all, but had decided not to reveal him to never again suffer as he had suffered.

During the cold war, he served as an ally of the United States. And he could only talk to his brother from the other side of the wall.

In 1954, during the German economic boom, Germany emerged World Cup champion, and began to feel happy after a long time. The only thing that made him bitter was the wall. His division. Germany tried not to let young people see the wall as a border line, and told them that Germany was still beyond the wall.

However, what was truly tragic was when they truly began to separate, because from time to time they were allowed to see each other, but soon his brother believed in socialism and in Russia, despite loving his brother and wanting to join, he was a socialist. Germany could not and didn't want to believe it. "I taught you to obey, not to think", his brother said, and Germany cried inside. They had all won, they had really separated. For a long time the wall was there, and their hearts were looking for him, even though their minds could not match each other. How tragic the life of Germany, how tragic was his destiny.

During the 80s, at an Oktoberfest, there was a terrorist attack by a group of neo-Nazis. Terrorists were common during the so-called Years of Lead. And Germany would never forgive it, because he knew that everything was a scenario of pieces in a great game to manipulate public opinion. He knew it well.

At the end of the '89, Germany felt tension; he knew that something big would happen. Finally he knew. The wall was falling. Quickly, Germany was present and great tears of happiness crossed his face, and from among the crowd, there was his brother. Seeing him, his heart raced. His brother, in tears, ran and hugged him. And both were united forever. Everyone applauded them. The wall had fallen. They had reunified, the Reunification of Germany.

Germany well knew that his brother loved as a friend Russia, and that he was a socialist, but Prussia was willing to put aside everything and be with his brother forever. Despite their differences. In 1990, there were no longer two states. There was no longer a wall. There were no longer any brothers. Without a state, his brother didn't exist. Germany saw, how his brother, with a smile on his lips, despite the harshness of life, he let himself die, breaking free in violet centuries, which spread with the wind. Now his brother was gone forever. And Germany would never forget him. Never.

After that, he decided, although very reluctantly, to place himself in the ranks of US hegemony and never again go against him or the other powerful countries to save himself from the problems and sufferings. He still loves Italy, although he doesn't know if he corresponds with the same intensity.

Since then, Germany is a power, leader of the European Union, a great friend of Turkey, and a driving force of Europe. From all the traumas and bad moments that occurred during the 20th century, Germany tries to drown hiss bad memories in his beloved beer.

Germany still feels hurt and rejected because, despite their regrets and the time that has elapsed, some still consider him a Nazi, taking Germany as synonymous with this, and the worst is, that Germany thinks, that sometimes they are right. This bothers him a lot, causing him to cry in secret. The Nazi and Hitler words for him are taboo. Germany often wonders if the world really improved or changed, and with pain saw that the world continues as it was. Nothing has changed.

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Under his Tyrolean songs; in his Oktoberfest, his accordion melodies; beyond his blue eyes, Germany wonders if the world was born to be this.

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Phrases in German:

* Here is the German Empire. Which will be the most powerful of all.

* Look, boy, that's how you start a war.

* Why has this happened, Russia?

Phrase in Russian:

* I don't know, Germany. I don't know.

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* O Tannenbaum is a famous German carol.

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I was surprised because the history of Germany is quite short and even so is almost as long as Italy's chapter, whose history is much longer. But hey, in the end I hurried a bit.

The stereotype of German with his suit and hat and the Oktoberfest is the stereotype of the southern German. While the blond and big German, the northern German. In turn, you will be overwhelmed to know that in Germany the majority have brown hair not blond.

Bibliography: Wikipedia attachments, documentaries. German literature. Also, it was much easier for me since my maternal grandparents are Germans, so I was much more internalized on the subject.

Movies that I saw to put me in context: All Quite on the Western Front, War Horse; The Red Baron; The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The pianist, Stalingrad 1993 (the best war movie I saw); Sophie Scholl, Rommel the Desert Fox, Lore, Downfall.

I have to say that some movies bother me a bit. I always say that if you want to see a historical movie, you should not watch Hollywood movies. Most of the ones I saw are Germans.

Music that I heard to inspire me: Rammstein (mainly Du hast, Mein Herz brennt, Rammlied, etc ); Liebe ist alles (Adoro), Vogel im kafig theme, Lili Marlen theme (of Andersen), Wagner music, Never let me down again (depeche mode), Lemon Tree (Fools Garden), Tyrolean music, others germans composers, etc.

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Well, I really hope you enjoyed it. Soon I will upload another chapter of another country.