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Chapter XXX (August 18th 1970 to December 5th 1970)

August 18th 1970

2:30 PM Local Time

“In light of this communist threat we must respond so that we may protect the people of Greece from the Marxist plague. In order to keep Greece a free state and not sullied and tainted by the poisons of communism the Hellenic Council has petitioned Rome that we be unified with the New Roman Empire as an autonomous state.” Excerpt from the Hellenic Council announcement to the Greek people.

5:00 PM Rome Time

The Grand Council officially accepts the petition by Greece to join with the NRE as a autonomous state within the Empire with all the rights and privileges that are associated with such a union.

August 19th 1970

Most nations of the world condemn the unification of Greece and the NRE has an overt coup orchestrated by Italian secret police. The United States while not condemning the unification offers a statement to the NRE requesting that the people of Greece be treated fairly and that the government should not participate in random retaliations against Greeks who may be opposed to the unification.

The small Greek army still loyal to the original Hellenic Council battle their former comrades and the invading Italians in central Greece. Over the past years the Greek army has dramatically dwindled in numbers as the Hellenic Council became more and more indebted to the NRE and was forced to cut funding to the military in order to help pay these debts.

August 21st 1970

Greece officially becomes a part of the New Roman Empire.

Fighting continues in the mountains of Greece as Imperial troops continue to put an end to the “communist” uprising.

September 1st 1970

The Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO) attempts to and fails to assassinate King Hussein of Jordan.

September 5th 1970

The Greek government announces that any Greeks who are unhappy with the current state of affairs within Greece will be allowed to emigrate to the Lira Block country of their choosing.

This is backed up by Italy requesting that both Rhodesia and South Africa open their doors to as many Greek nationals as possible to increase the percentage of whites within those countries.

September 7th 1970

Olympinaut Lucchini conducts a dry test of the improvements made to the rocket capsule to see the improvements made based on his requests. Meeting with his approval a launch will be conducted in November. Lucchini will not go into space this time but will be in Galileo Command Center to offer assistance to the new Olympinaut.

September 8th 1970

Rhodesia agrees to the measures proposed by Rome and is willing to allow a large number of migrant Greeks.

South Africa however refuses believing that by allowing thousands of Greeks to permanently settle in the country would dilute the Afrikaners culture.

September 15th 1970

Jordan declares martial law as the Jordanian army begins moving against Palestinian encampments throughout the country.

September 20th 1970

Syrian forces move to support their allies the Palestinians fighting in Jordan.

September 23rd 1970

Both Jordanian and Palestinian leaders request intervention from Cairo and Rome to help put an end to the conflict.

September 26th 1970

With the mediation conducted by the Lira Block, most notably Egypt and the NRE, Jordan and the PLO agree to a ceasefire. As part of the agreement, both sides agree that they are equals but that the PLO must leave the cities and stay towards the borders.

September 28th 1970

President Nasser of Egypt suddenly dies of a heart attack. Anwar Sedat, the vice president is selected at the interim president.

October 1st 1970

While in Cairo for the funeral of Nasser, Medici advises King Hussein of Jordan to continue following the agreement reached with the PLO. Though he does hint that if necessary Jordan can take a slightly stronger position against the liberation organization.

October 5th 1970

At a political dinner, an on leave Antonio Medici gets into an argument with Lucchini. The cause of the argument is not known but is suspected that it is over Lucchini’s relationship with Gemma Medici. Over the course of the night the argument escalates and culminates with the young Medici throwing a punch at the Olympinaut resulting in a very public fistfight on the steps of the hall.

October 6th 1970

Though news of the fight is officially suppressed by the government it quickly spreads by word of mouth throughout Rome and Italy. According to the gossip-mongers the fight was caused by Medici believing that Lucchini was attempting to steal his place as “heir apparent” and that Medici was clearly winning the fight until other partygoers pulled him off the Olympinaut.

October 12th 1970

“No favoritism” is the message. Lt. Medici’s Commanding Officer was willing to sweep the incident under the rug on behalf of the Lt’s family name but no longer after receiving this personal letter from the Consul himself. The lieutenant had struck a superior officer and should be disciplined as such. Upon returning to his post Lt. Medici will be fined 2 weeks pay and lose all privileges to leave for the next 6 months as well as having his previously imminent promotion to Captain delayed until those six months are up. Antonio Medici would not like it and would most likely fight it, but not even the politically connected young officer could overrule his own father’s orders.

November 3rd 1970

All systems are go with the launch of the Empire’s second rocket. Though a shorter trip this time around making only 4 rotations, Olympinaut Agostino Iachino tests numerous new features and improvements made to the space capsule before splashing down safely off the coast of Italian East Africa.

November 5th 1970

Italo Balbo, the last living organizer of the March on Rome dies in his Tripoli home. For many Libyans this is viewed as the deathblow to possible unification with Italy proper. For others it is viewed as a divine sign of fate for November 5th is the anniversary of when Italy first officially declared suzerainty over Libya.

November 9th 1970

Charles De Gaulle dies suddenly of an aneurysm. He will be sorely missed by the people of France.

November 10th 1970

According to his wishes Italo Balbo is buried in a local Catholic cemetery in Tripoli. Tens of thousands of Libyans and Italians come out to pay their last respects to their former governor and the greatest voice in favor of integration between Italy and Libya.

November 14th 1970

Rebels in Mozambique seize control of a mine, destroying its water pumps which results in flooding of the lower levels. Soldiers are deployed to retake the mine and to put down the rebellion. This is the largest revolt against Italian rule in the colony to date in the colony.

November 20th 1970

Most of the rocketry team from the ISA is sent to the United States on a state visit to work with their counterparts at NASA to get both programs ready for the proposed docking mission.

December 1st 1970

Marshall Amedeo Guillet announces that he will officially retire from all his posts effective January 1 1971. Though retiring, the old soldier will not be idle. He is already planning to write at the very least 3 books on various military subjects to be used by the military academies of the Lira Block, he has also been approached by Argentina to serve as a military advisor.

December 5th 1970

The NRE calls for a conference to place in January on the state of Sub-Saharan Africa with Rhodesia and South Africa.

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Italy 1936 /An Empire Reborn Jul 7, 2018 10:25:04 GMT

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Chapter XXXI (December 15th 1970 to April 5th 1971)

December 15th 1970

Construction begins on a new Italian aircraft carrier which is slated to be completed sometime in 1974. The currently unnamed carrier will be Italy’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and when completed will be the largest aircraft carrier in the world.

December 27th 1970

In what has become an epidemic over the past few years, American Fascist David Fox hijacks an airliner leaving Miami demanding that he be taken to Cuba. Instead of being treated as a conquering hero like he expected he would he is instead dragged off the plane by Cuban police and beaten on the tarmac.

The other passengers are allowed to spend the next few hours enjoying Havana while the plane is refueled before returning them to the United States. Mr. Fox will spend the next 5 years in a Cuban prison.

January 1st 1971

The position of Viceroy of Italian East Africa will remain temporarily vacant as the Consul begins considering new candidates following the official resignation of Marshall Guillet.

January 3rd 1971

The NRE releases previously classified recordings of Soviet failed space missions including one which is alleged to be a female Cosmonaut dying upon reentry. The information is startling in that it reveals covered up attempts by the Soviets to hide dramatic failures in their space attempts and also that Italian intelligence had been able to listen in on what was considered secure telemetry and radio transmissions.

*Note: This is heavily based on the on the historical case of the Judica-Cordiglia, two Italian brothers who were able to listen in on Soviet radio transmissions and recorded a female cosmonaut saying she was burning. In this timeline they are working with military intelligence in tracking Soviet communications.*

January 5th 1971

The Soviet Union declares that the Italian tapes are forgeries and that there were no secret space missions or “phantom cosmonauts.”

January 6th 1971

Time Magazine announces that writer William Montgomery will be visiting America’s Fascist neighbor Cuba.

January 12th 1971

The controversial television show “All In The Family” airs for the first time.

January 14th 1971

OVRA agents planted within the rocketry team visiting the US are instructed to speak about how the ISA is abandoning their plans to land on the moon in favor of solar exploration. The OVRA is hoping that Soviet spies within NASA will pick up on these conversations and their reports to Moscow will sway Moscow away from their attempt at the Moon.

January 15th 1971

The Aswan Dam is opened in Egypt.

January 27th 1971

Representatives from Rhodesia and South Africa arrive in Rome for a conference about the state of Africa. Important topics of discussion include how white minority rule will be kept in the face of rising black populations.

February 1st 1971

Finland is forced to give ships of the Soviet Navy docking rights in Finnish ports.

February 5th 1971

Henri Cartier author of “The Last Bastille Day” dies suddenly while writing a sequel to his best selling book.

February 10th 1971

The conference on the state of Africa concludes. The representatives will bring back the discussed plans to reduce the Black populations to their governments. Ideas presented include increases taxes on Black families that have children(the opposite of what is already in place in Italy for Italians.) Another proposal involves giving tax breaks to those who voluntarily get sterilized if they have no or few children.

February 11th 1971

The United States, Soviet Union and United Kingdom sign the Seabed treaty banning nuclear weapons from being deployed on the ocean floor.

February 15th 1971

Taken from William Montgomery’s article on Havana, Cuba:

“The streets here are still dominated with old American cars with the occasional interruption by Italian made Vespas or the latest Italian automobile, reserved only for the upper class. The inevitable Italianization of the country is apparent as it is with every Lira Block nation. While the markings of “Made in Spain,” or “Made in Greece” can sometimes be seen on products nearly everything is stamped with “Made in Italy...”

“While wandering the streets I stumbled upon a café owned by an Italian immigrant. Not being busy, he sat down with me and we started conversing in Italian until noticing my accent he asked in perfect ‘We can speak English?’ I learned that the man had spent 15 years with Imperial Military Intelligence working to decipher English and American communications. He proudly points out one of the pictures hanging over the bar, it is him being presented an award by Mussolini for his unit’s service during the Border War. He then talked very fondly of his three sons all of whom are working for the government back in the Empire, he beamed ecstatically that his youngest son had just returned from Rhodesia, a hard assignment to get he reminded me and has been accepted to enter into military intelligence...

The old soldier had retired in 1965 after 25 years of service with the army. His wife died shortly afterwards and he felt a change of scenery was necessary and decided to move to Cuba. He stated that while he can live comfortably on his pension in Italy that here in Cuba he can live very well. He then introduced me to his second wife, a pretty Cuban girl many years his junior...

The tourism business here has only recently gotten out of a multi-year slump. Originally the tropic paradise to go to for Italian travelers it had lost its popularity with the inclusion of Mozambique into the Empire. Only the recent increase in violence in Mozambique has made Cuba once again the tourist destination for Italians looking for a tropic resort. It is especially popular for young Italian men where it is the new fad in Italy to have a “Cuban girlfriend.” They flock to the beaches to pick up the island’s native beauties. Do not feel bad for this island girls, they are far from naive and many an Italian boy goes home several thousand Lira poorer as a result...”

February 23rd 1971

The “All in the Family “ episode “The Friend Benny Comes to Visit” airs for the first time and will become one of the most if not most controversial episode of the show for its portrayal of American Fascists. The premise of the episode is that Archie’s son-in-law Mike invited an old hippie friend he had not seen in years over for dinner following his return to the United States after spending a year in Europe. What Mike doesn’t know is that since the last time he saw his friend Benny(a play on Benito) had become a diehard Fascist. Everyone is in for a shock when at the door shows up a well-spoken clean cut man wearing a black shirt and has just come back from his “Grand Tour of Fascism.” Sparks fly as politics is quickly brought up in the threeway debate and Archie complaining that an “Itie Fascist” is in his house but eventually starts reluctantly agreeing with Benny on some levels. As the show nears its conclusion Mike demands that Benny leave saying their friendship is over, Edith(Archie’s wife) intervenes with a gem of wisdom reminding Mike that him and Benny have been friends since they were children and that they should still be friends despite their political differences. A last minute reconciliation between the two leads to everyone sitting down for dinner.

Italian and anti-fascist groups attack this episode for its stereotypical portrayal of Italian-Americans as fascists and for what appears to be a very positive and friendly take on the character with the other characters acting as if its perfectly acceptable to a fascist in the end. Even with the heavy criticism “Benny” rates highly with test audiences and will go on to become a minor recurring character in the series.

March 5th 1971

The Pakistani Army moves into East Pakistan(Bangladesh).

March 14th 1971

Princess Margarita gives birth to a son. He is named Emanuele Filiberto.

March 25th 1971

Bangladesh declares independence from Pakistan initiating the Bangladeshi Independence War.

April 3rd 1971

A dispute arises between Antoine Cartier(son of Henri Cartier) and Claude Aubert a long time friend of the late Cartier over who was given permission to continue writing the sequel book to “Last Bastille Day.” Antoine contends that the right to write the sequel automatically extends to him since his father was the original author. Aubert states that the senior Cartier gave him permission to write a book based in the same universe and he is going to use that right to finish the sequel.

April 5th 1971

Amedeo Guillet is made an honorary Field Marshall by the Argentina and will establish a core curriculum of classes for prospective Argentine officers.

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Italy 1936 /An Empire Reborn Jul 7, 2018 10:27:20 GMT

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Chapter XXXII (April 16th 1971 to October 25th 1971)

April 16th 1971

Representatives of the South Vietnamese government meet with Count Ciano in Constantinople. Their request for Italian intervention in their civil war is turned down at this time. Reports from the Comando Supremo shows no capability to project power into southeast Asia and that the infrastructure of Burma, the only available Lira Block staging ground in the region would not be able to support the operation. Also, the Italians would have to cooperate with the American military and use American R.O.E. while in Vietnam which would greatly conflict with standard Italian military procedure for putting down communist uprisings.

May 2nd 1971

No agreement can be reached between Cartier and Aubert over who gets to write the sequel to “The Last Bastille Day.” Both vow to write books separately with Cartier threatening Aubert to sue if he attempts to get it published.

May 15th 1971

Grand Admiral Junio Borghese is named Viceroy of Italian East Africa.

June 5th 1971

Medici pays a visit to Tripoli, Libya officially to remember the legacy of Italo Balbo. Speaking before a crowd in square dedicated to Balbo the Consul proclaims that Libya is no longer a colony but officially a province of Italy. The cheers of the crowd quickly drown out the rest of the speech and word begins to spread throughout the city and into the country.

Business quickly grinds to a halt as the streets become filled with revelers. Years of loyal service and hoping have finally paid off and the population of Libya both Italian and Arab have been recognized and rewarded for their dedication to the Empire.

June 6th 1971

The official plan for the Province of Libya is released. A new class of citizenship is introduced to serve as a middle ground between Italian citizenship and Colonial citizenship. The status of “Imperial citizenship” will be granted to all Libyans who have been Italianized and granted colonial citizenship. Imperial citizens are granted nearly all the rights of the rights of Italians being allowed freedom of movement, rights to travel outside the Empire and the ability to resettle anywhere within the Empire(not including the Italian peninsula.) They are also allowed to join any Colonial Army and hold officer commissions within them as well as government posts.

Those who do not yet hold colonial citizenship status will maintain their current status until they qualify for Colonial citizenship following that after a waiting period of two years Imperial citizenship will be granted.

June 12th 1971

The ISA team sent to the United States returns to Sardinia with an American team in tow.

June 20th 1971

Libyans are encouraged to migrate to Mozambique to help civilize that colony and take an active part in running the colonial government present.

Rome is hoping to establishing a settlement of 10,000 Libyans within the colony to serve as a loyal base for the long term peace and prosperity of the territory. Italian settlement rates in the region have been deemed to be sub par for proper pacification.

June 27th 1971

OVRA agents in Jerusalem are instructed to make sure that favorable results are obtained in the free city’s upcoming elections.

July 5th 1971

From every nation of the Lira Block they assembled in Rome. They were the best their nations had to offer and they were here to compete to be the first winner of the Caesar Cup. Processing into the stadium they presented themselves before the Emperor for his approval and the start of the games. The next 10 days would be devoted to soccer.

July 15th 1971

After a series of eliminations it had come down to the final two teams Spain and Italy. The Italians take an early one goal lead until the Spanish tie up the game at halftime. With less than 30 seconds rush down the field and score! Spain wins!

In two rows the players of all the other nations line up and salute the Spaniards as if they were conquering heros, and to their fans they were indeed conquering heros. Kneeling before the Emperor the team captain is presented with the Caesar Cup which shall reside in Spain for two years before it is returned to Rome for the next set of games.

July 17th 1971

Count Mario Lucchini and Gemma Medici publically announce their engagement.

July 25th 1971

Egypt begins purchasing weapons in earnest from the NRE.

August 6th 1971

Elections are held in Jerusalem. It is widely suspected that the Palestinian parties will maintain the narrow majority they have possessed since the freeing of the city.

August 10th 1971

An upset! The results in Jerusalem are in and have been confirmed by Italian observers, Jewish parties have secured a 60% majority in elections for the City Council and mayoral post. Palestinian politicians call foul on the results of the election.

August 11th 1971

The Italian overseeing committee for elections verifies their counting methods and once again confirms the results as accurate.

August 12th 1971

Protesters rally around the ruins of the Rock of the Dome and call for the destruction of the Jewish government of Jerusalem and the establishment of an absolute Palestinian government within the city.

August 17th 1971

Demonstrations continue in Jerusalem over the election as Italian troops within the city make sure that they do not turn violent.

September 3rd 1971

Qatar gains nominal independence from Britain. This independence is conditional on the factors that the emirate allows Britain to continue to station troops within the country and that it pledges not to join the Lira Block.

Even though Britain has largely moved away from granting colonies independence, the creation of the new emirate in the Mideast was seen as a positive in restoring British standing amongst the Arabs in the region.

September 7th 1971

President Sadat of Egypt meets with Consul Medici. Sadat informs Medici of his plans for a renewed war with Israel, stressing that this is no way connected to the current situation in Jerusalem and will not be executed for at least a year. Medici is not very receptive of the plan saying that if Egypt does go to war with Israel it will be alone as the NRE has no cause for a new war with the Jewish state. Neither does he agree to sell Egypt state-of-the-art Italian weapons.

September 17th 1971

The PLO detonates a bomb in a predominately Jewish section of Jerusalem injuring 11 people.

September 20th 1971

Claiming responsibility for the bombing three days before the PLO declares that it will continue to apply pressure to the Zionist and fraudulent Jerusalem government until the rightful government is returned to power.

September 22nd 1971

Rome responds to the PLO statement that Italian troops will continue to protect the peace of all the citizens of Jerusalem, Muslim, Jewish or Christian and will not tolerate terrorist attacks within the city.

September 27th 1971

Emperor Hirohito meets with Emperor Umberto in Rome. The Japanese Emperor remarks later to the press that it is amazing to have found a nation that has not relegated its monarch to a merely symbolic role and still allows the throne to participate in the running of the nation.

October 4th 1971

Germany and France request that the other free nations of Europe come together in a conference next year to discuss the state of Europe and to create a stronger united front against the other world powers.

October 10th 1971

A wave of small bombings in Jerusalem prompts both the police and the Imperial garrison to crackdown on PLO terrorist cells.

October 25th 1971

The UN General Assembly votes to expel the Republic of China(Taiwan) from the UN and admits the People’s Republic of China to take Taiwan’s seat. Representatives from Lira Block nations with UN membership walk out in protest during the Chinese Ambassador’s acceptance speech.

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Chapter XXXIII (November 4th 1971 to April 28th 1972)

November 4th 1971

An OVRA plan to assassinate an imprisoned Nelson Mandela is rejected by the South African Bureau of State Security is rejected as being too risky.

November 13th 1971

The unmanned Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to successfully enter Mar’s orbit.

December 2nd 1971

The United Arab Emirates is formed with the union of six sheikdoms

December 3rd 1971

Pakistan launches attacks against military bases in India sparking a war.

December 16th 1971

After only two weeks fighting the Pakistani army surrenders to their Indian foes. This surrender cements the independence of Bangladesh.

December 28th 1971

Heinrich Himmler comes down with a particularly bad case of influenza. His request that this internal exile be lifted so he can return to South Tyrol for what may be his last days is denied by the Grand Council. Minister Evola sends his personal doctor to treat the former ODESSA Chief.

January 10th 1972

71 year old Heinrich Himmler dies in his home finally succumbing to the flu. The Grand Council had already agreed to a petition submitted by his surviving family to allow his body to be returned to the Germantown which was his home for years following the war.

January 15th 1972

Himmler is buried in a small but ornate tomb in northern Italy. Dozens of his former men and comrades come out to pay their respects. Aside from Medici and Evola almost no Fascist officials attend the ceremony.

January 18th 1972

Minister Evola publicly insults Count Ciano during a meeting of the Grand Council. He calls Ciano a phony and a hypocrite for not attending the funeral of Himmler when Ciano himself was the one who had the most contact with Himmler and the former Nazi regime during the war years. He then goes on to attack the rest of the Council for not remembering the past and the services provided by the Germans to the Empire.

Ciano privately vows revenge against Evola for the assault on his honor.

January 30th 1972

Pakistan officially withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.

February 5th 1972

“Attrition, Technology and Terror” by Field Marshall Guillet is released in both Italian and Spanish. The book compares and contrasts the three strategies of the major powers, as well as pointing out their strengths and weaknesses. The book is immediately placed on the required reading list for the Italian military academies as well as most Lira Block nation’s academies. An Arabic version is in the works and a publishing house in South Africa is attempting to gain the rights to publish an English version.

The Marshall is planning to write at least two more books on military strategy and tactics.

February 8th 1972

Count Lucchini and Gemma Medici are married in a large ceremony in Rome. They will spend the next month honeymooning throughout Mozambique, Rhodesia and South Africa.

February 15th 1972

While traveling to his Villa outside Palermo, Minister Evola’s car is attacked by gunmen killing his driver and bodyguard. Evola only survives because he was able to duck between the front and rear seats of the car.

February 16th 1972

Medici orders a massive manhunt to be conducted within Sicily to bring the would-be assassins to justice. An attack against a member of the Grand Council will not be tolerated under any circumstances and all resources will be used to bring these communists and traitors to justice.

A detachment of the “Moschettieri del Duce”(The Leader’s Musketeers) Medici’s personal guard is assigned to guard Evola.

February 17th 1972

Evola delivers a fiery speech to the people insisting that vigilance against the enemies of Fascism always remain high and that even here in the heart of the Empire communist sympathizers can work their dangerous plots against the Fascist Order.

February 18th 1972

An anonymous tip leads the manhunt to a small farmhouse outside of Palermo. As the military and police move in they find the four men inside already dead, it appears that seeing their hunters coming they chose to take their own lives instead of facing trial. Cowards, a typical trait of Communists.

February 20th 1972

Security still remains high within Sicily and the police will continue to investigate any leads on the case to assure that it is not part of a much wider conspiracy to overthrow the Grand Council.

February 21st 1972

The Soviet Union lands the unmanned spaceship Luna 20 on the Moon.

The Soviet government is still in the process of debating whether or not to continue to their program to land on the moon or instead move to a program more focused on deep space exploration.

March 3rd 1972

The press reports that Count Lucchini has successfully brought down a prize winning elephant while taking a side trip safari in Rhodesia.

March 12th 1972

Antoine Cartier publishes “At the Gates,” the official sequel as he claims to his father’s “The Last Bastille Day.” While this book still does not deal with the war directly it more closely follows the events of the war and helps to elaborate points which were not addressed in the original. The book follows the life of the eldest son in the previous book as he is relocated to a work camp in Paris. The trip to Paris confirms that nuclear weapons were not used in the invasion and Paris remains largely undamaged, though characters are quick to mention that one of the first acts by the occupiers was looting the Louvre to repatriate all “stolen” Italian artwork.

Most of the events concerning the war are learned from British POWs also in the camp. Fighting continues in Africa with British Somaliland falling into Italian hands rather quickly. The only reason that all the British territories have not fallen to the Italians is that the British have been able to hold the Sudanese front against the Egyptians preventing the two armies from linking up. Also as correctly guessed in the previous book the Italians have launched an invasion of Britain to which the British responded against by using chemical weapons to halt the advancing Italians. In retaliation the Italians conduct massive chemical bombardments on Plymouth and Dover. This trend continues at an escalating pace but only deters the Italian advance rather than putting a stop to it. The United States explicitly is mentioned not to have gotten involved in the war because of a fascist sympathizing president which is a point of resent for many of the British and French characters.

Nuclear weapons have not been deployed by either side but it is heavily suspected that if London falls the British will respond using what remains of their nuclear stockpile. This is highlighted when the main character speaks to a captured British pilot who complains that the Italians keep hitting their nuclear bases while they run their little nuclear trains all over the country away from British counterattack and that when the time comes they won’t have enough to make a difference in the war.

Rather ominously, the book ends with the characters hearing over the radio that London has fallen just hours before to victorious Italian soldiers and that it is almost certain that the British government will surrender shortly. Right after hearing this announcement the air raid sirens sounds.

April 10th 1972

The United States and the Soviet Union both sign onto the Biological Weapons Convention which bans the use, development and stockpiling of all biological weapons.

The NRE does not sign onto this agreement and neither confirms nor denies the existence of a biological weapons program.

April 14th 1972

A New York City Police Officer is killed in the line of duty while responding to a phony ten-thirteen call(Police officer in need of assistance) at Mosque 7, a Nation of Islam Mosque in Manhattan. Politics and threats of a riot by the local community prevents a thorough investigation from taking place greatly enraging both Police Officers and the general public of the city.

April 18th 1972

A militant New York based YFM publishes an open letter to all local papers that if the NYPD does not investigate and make an arrest within 10 days for the murder of the police officer by Black extremists the YFM will conduct its own investigation.

April 20th 1972

Sir Oswald Mosley arrives in Rome to meet with the Consul and officially requests political asylum. The request is immediately granted.

April 22nd 1972

The British Parliament recommends the revocation of Mosley’s British citizenship and title of nobility.

April 23rd 1972

Mosley publicly renounces his British citizenship before it can be stripped of him by the Parliament. He refuses to give up the title Baronet of Ancoats claiming that the title is of blood and above the British Parliament.

April 24th 1972

The British Parliament strips Mosley of his title. His eldest son Nicholas, an anti-fascist assumes the title.

April 28th 1972

With military like precision a car loaded with 5 American Blackshirts jumps the curb in front of a Nation of Islam Mosque in New York. Rushing out of the car they attack and stab to death the 3 Fruit of Islam(FoI) soldiers guarding the door. Two more cars shoot down the block coming to a halt and an additional half dozen Blackshirts rush out carrying firearms. Storming the Mosque they engage in a vicious battle with those inside shooting and stabbing 8 more people before fleeing. Two of their members who had been stabbed in the melee are loaded into the cars and rushed to the hospital where they are dropped off in the emergency room before the remaining Fascists flee again before they can be questioned.

When police arrive at the scene they find 5 people dead and the rest seriously wounded. Tacked to the door of the Mosque is a letter of intention stating that the group and groups like it will continue the attacks until the NoI ceases to hide those responsible for the murder.

The April 28th Mosque attack will mark start of the most violent era of racial crime in New York history.

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Chapter XXXIII (November 4th 1971 to April 28th 1972)

November 4th 1971

An OVRA plan to assassinate an imprisoned Nelson Mandela is rejected by the South African Bureau of State Security is rejected as being too risky.

November 13th 1971

The unmanned Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to successfully enter Mar’s orbit.

December 2nd 1971

The United Arab Emirates is formed with the union of six sheikdoms

December 3rd 1971

Pakistan launches attacks against military bases in India sparking a war.

December 16th 1971

After only two weeks fighting the Pakistani army surrenders to their Indian foes. This surrender cements the independence of Bangladesh.

December 28th 1971

Heinrich Himmler comes down with a particularly bad case of influenza. His request that this internal exile be lifted so he can return to South Tyrol for what may be his last days is denied by the Grand Council. Minister Evola sends his personal doctor to treat the former ODESSA Chief.

January 10th 1972

71 year old Heinrich Himmler dies in his home finally succumbing to the flu. The Grand Council had already agreed to a petition submitted by his surviving family to allow his body to be returned to the Germantown which was his home for years following the war.

January 15th 1972

Himmler is buried in a small but ornate tomb in northern Italy. Dozens of his former men and comrades come out to pay their respects. Aside from Medici and Evola almost no Fascist officials attend the ceremony.

January 18th 1972

Minister Evola publicly insults Count Ciano during a meeting of the Grand Council. He calls Ciano a phony and a hypocrite for not attending the funeral of Himmler when Ciano himself was the one who had the most contact with Himmler and the former Nazi regime during the war years. He then goes on to attack the rest of the Council for not remembering the past and the services provided by the Germans to the Empire.

Ciano privately vows revenge against Evola for the assault on his honor.

January 30th 1972

Pakistan officially withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.

February 5th 1972

“Attrition, Technology and Terror” by Field Marshall Guillet is released in both Italian and Spanish. The book compares and contrasts the three strategies of the major powers, as well as pointing out their strengths and weaknesses. The book is immediately placed on the required reading list for the Italian military academies as well as most Lira Block nation’s academies. An Arabic version is in the works and a publishing house in South Africa is attempting to gain the rights to publish an English version.

The Marshall is planning to write at least two more books on military strategy and tactics.

February 8th 1972

Count Lucchini and Gemma Medici are married in a large ceremony in Rome. They will spend the next month honeymooning throughout Mozambique, Rhodesia and South Africa.

February 15th 1972

While traveling to his Villa outside Palermo, Minister Evola’s car is attacked by gunmen killing his driver and bodyguard. Evola only survives because he was able to duck between the front and rear seats of the car.

February 16th 1972

Medici orders a massive manhunt to be conducted within Sicily to bring the would-be assassins to justice. An attack against a member of the Grand Council will not be tolerated under any circumstances and all resources will be used to bring these communists and traitors to justice.

A detachment of the “Moschettieri del Duce”(The Leader’s Musketeers) Medici’s personal guard is assigned to guard Evola.

February 17th 1972

Evola delivers a fiery speech to the people insisting that vigilance against the enemies of Fascism always remain high and that even here in the heart of the Empire communist sympathizers can work their dangerous plots against the Fascist Order.

February 18th 1972

An anonymous tip leads the manhunt to a small farmhouse outside of Palermo. As the military and police move in they find the four men inside already dead, it appears that seeing their hunters coming they chose to take their own lives instead of facing trial. Cowards, a typical trait of Communists.

February 20th 1972

Security still remains high within Sicily and the police will continue to investigate any leads on the case to assure that it is not part of a much wider conspiracy to overthrow the Grand Council.

February 21st 1972

The Soviet Union lands the unmanned spaceship Luna 20 on the Moon.

The Soviet government is still in the process of debating whether or not to continue to their program to land on the moon or instead move to a program more focused on deep space exploration.

March 3rd 1972

The press reports that Count Lucchini has successfully brought down a prize winning elephant while taking a side trip safari in Rhodesia.

March 12th 1972

Antoine Cartier publishes “At the Gates,” the official sequel as he claims to his father’s “The Last Bastille Day.” While this book still does not deal with the war directly it more closely follows the events of the war and helps to elaborate points which were not addressed in the original. The book follows the life of the eldest son in the previous book as he is relocated to a work camp in Paris. The trip to Paris confirms that nuclear weapons were not used in the invasion and Paris remains largely undamaged, though characters are quick to mention that one of the first acts by the occupiers was looting the Louvre to repatriate all “stolen” Italian artwork.

Most of the events concerning the war are learned from British POWs also in the camp. Fighting continues in Africa with British Somaliland falling into Italian hands rather quickly. The only reason that all the British territories have not fallen to the Italians is that the British have been able to hold the Sudanese front against the Egyptians preventing the two armies from linking up. Also as correctly guessed in the previous book the Italians have launched an invasion of Britain to which the British responded against by using chemical weapons to halt the advancing Italians. In retaliation the Italians conduct massive chemical bombardments on Plymouth and Dover. This trend continues at an escalating pace but only deters the Italian advance rather than putting a stop to it. The United States explicitly is mentioned not to have gotten involved in the war because of a fascist sympathizing president which is a point of resent for many of the British and French characters.

Nuclear weapons have not been deployed by either side but it is heavily suspected that if London falls the British will respond using what remains of their nuclear stockpile. This is highlighted when the main character speaks to a captured British pilot who complains that the Italians keep hitting their nuclear bases while they run their little nuclear trains all over the country away from British counterattack and that when the time comes they won’t have enough to make a difference in the war.

Rather ominously, the book ends with the characters hearing over the radio that London has fallen just hours before to victorious Italian soldiers and that it is almost certain that the British government will surrender shortly. Right after hearing this announcement the air raid sirens sounds.

April 10th 1972

The United States and the Soviet Union both sign onto the Biological Weapons Convention which bans the use, development and stockpiling of all biological weapons.

The NRE does not sign onto this agreement and neither confirms nor denies the existence of a biological weapons program.

April 14th 1972

A New York City Police Officer is killed in the line of duty while responding to a phony ten-thirteen call(Police officer in need of assistance) at Mosque 7, a Nation of Islam Mosque in Manhattan. Politics and threats of a riot by the local community prevents a thorough investigation from taking place greatly enraging both Police Officers and the general public of the city.

April 18th 1972

A militant New York based YFM publishes an open letter to all local papers that if the NYPD does not investigate and make an arrest within 10 days for the murder of the police officer by Black extremists the YFM will conduct its own investigation.

April 20th 1972

Sir Oswald Mosley arrives in Rome to meet with the Consul and officially requests political asylum. The request is immediately granted.

April 22nd 1972

The British Parliament recommends the revocation of Mosley’s British citizenship and title of nobility.

April 23rd 1972

Mosley publicly renounces his British citizenship before it can be stripped of him by the Parliament. He refuses to give up the title Baronet of Ancoats claiming that the title is of blood and above the British Parliament.

April 24th 1972

The British Parliament strips Mosley of his title. His eldest son Nicholas, an anti-fascist assumes the title.

April 28th 1972

With military like precision a car loaded with 5 American Blackshirts jumps the curb in front of a Nation of Islam Mosque in New York. Rushing out of the car they attack and stab to death the 3 Fruit of Islam(FoI) soldiers guarding the door. Two more cars shoot down the block coming to a halt and an additional half dozen Blackshirts rush out carrying firearms. Storming the Mosque they engage in a vicious battle with those inside shooting and stabbing 8 more people before fleeing. Two of their members who had been stabbed in the melee are loaded into the cars and rushed to the hospital where they are dropped off in the emergency room before the remaining Fascists flee again before they can be questioned.

When police arrive at the scene they find 5 people dead and the rest seriously wounded. Tacked to the door of the Mosque is a letter of intention stating that the group and groups like it will continue the attacks until the NoI ceases to hide those responsible for the murder.

The April 28th Mosque attack will mark start of the most violent era of racial crime in New York history.

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Chapter XXXIII (November 4th 1971 to April 28th 1972)

November 4th 1971

An OVRA plan to assassinate an imprisoned Nelson Mandela is rejected by the South African Bureau of State Security is rejected as being too risky.

November 13th 1971

The unmanned Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to successfully enter Mar’s orbit.

December 2nd 1971

The United Arab Emirates is formed with the union of six sheikdoms

December 3rd 1971

Pakistan launches attacks against military bases in India sparking a war.

December 16th 1971

After only two weeks fighting the Pakistani army surrenders to their Indian foes. This surrender cements the independence of Bangladesh.

December 28th 1971

Heinrich Himmler comes down with a particularly bad case of influenza. His request that this internal exile be lifted so he can return to South Tyrol for what may be his last days is denied by the Grand Council. Minister Evola sends his personal doctor to treat the former ODESSA Chief.

January 10th 1972

71 year old Heinrich Himmler dies in his home finally succumbing to the flu. The Grand Council had already agreed to a petition submitted by his surviving family to allow his body to be returned to the Germantown which was his home for years following the war.

January 15th 1972

Himmler is buried in a small but ornate tomb in northern Italy. Dozens of his former men and comrades come out to pay their respects. Aside from Medici and Evola almost no Fascist officials attend the ceremony.

January 18th 1972

Minister Evola publicly insults Count Ciano during a meeting of the Grand Council. He calls Ciano a phony and a hypocrite for not attending the funeral of Himmler when Ciano himself was the one who had the most contact with Himmler and the former Nazi regime during the war years. He then goes on to attack the rest of the Council for not remembering the past and the services provided by the Germans to the Empire.

Ciano privately vows revenge against Evola for the assault on his honor.

January 30th 1972

Pakistan officially withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.

February 5th 1972

“Attrition, Technology and Terror” by Field Marshall Guillet is released in both Italian and Spanish. The book compares and contrasts the three strategies of the major powers, as well as pointing out their strengths and weaknesses. The book is immediately placed on the required reading list for the Italian military academies as well as most Lira Block nation’s academies. An Arabic version is in the works and a publishing house in South Africa is attempting to gain the rights to publish an English version.

The Marshall is planning to write at least two more books on military strategy and tactics.

February 8th 1972

Count Lucchini and Gemma Medici are married in a large ceremony in Rome. They will spend the next month honeymooning throughout Mozambique, Rhodesia and South Africa.

February 15th 1972

While traveling to his Villa outside Palermo, Minister Evola’s car is attacked by gunmen killing his driver and bodyguard. Evola only survives because he was able to duck between the front and rear seats of the car.

February 16th 1972

Medici orders a massive manhunt to be conducted within Sicily to bring the would-be assassins to justice. An attack against a member of the Grand Council will not be tolerated under any circumstances and all resources will be used to bring these communists and traitors to justice.

A detachment of the “Moschettieri del Duce”(The Leader’s Musketeers) Medici’s personal guard is assigned to guard Evola.

February 17th 1972

Evola delivers a fiery speech to the people insisting that vigilance against the enemies of Fascism always remain high and that even here in the heart of the Empire communist sympathizers can work their dangerous plots against the Fascist Order.

February 18th 1972

An anonymous tip leads the manhunt to a small farmhouse outside of Palermo. As the military and police move in they find the four men inside already dead, it appears that seeing their hunters coming they chose to take their own lives instead of facing trial. Cowards, a typical trait of Communists.

February 20th 1972

Security still remains high within Sicily and the police will continue to investigate any leads on the case to assure that it is not part of a much wider conspiracy to overthrow the Grand Council.

February 21st 1972

The Soviet Union lands the unmanned spaceship Luna 20 on the Moon.

The Soviet government is still in the process of debating whether or not to continue to their program to land on the moon or instead move to a program more focused on deep space exploration.

March 3rd 1972

The press reports that Count Lucchini has successfully brought down a prize winning elephant while taking a side trip safari in Rhodesia.

March 12th 1972

Antoine Cartier publishes “At the Gates,” the official sequel as he claims to his father’s “The Last Bastille Day.” While this book still does not deal with the war directly it more closely follows the events of the war and helps to elaborate points which were not addressed in the original. The book follows the life of the eldest son in the previous book as he is relocated to a work camp in Paris. The trip to Paris confirms that nuclear weapons were not used in the invasion and Paris remains largely undamaged, though characters are quick to mention that one of the first acts by the occupiers was looting the Louvre to repatriate all “stolen” Italian artwork.

Most of the events concerning the war are learned from British POWs also in the camp. Fighting continues in Africa with British Somaliland falling into Italian hands rather quickly. The only reason that all the British territories have not fallen to the Italians is that the British have been able to hold the Sudanese front against the Egyptians preventing the two armies from linking up. Also as correctly guessed in the previous book the Italians have launched an invasion of Britain to which the British responded against by using chemical weapons to halt the advancing Italians. In retaliation the Italians conduct massive chemical bombardments on Plymouth and Dover. This trend continues at an escalating pace but only deters the Italian advance rather than putting a stop to it. The United States explicitly is mentioned not to have gotten involved in the war because of a fascist sympathizing president which is a point of resent for many of the British and French characters.

Nuclear weapons have not been deployed by either side but it is heavily suspected that if London falls the British will respond using what remains of their nuclear stockpile. This is highlighted when the main character speaks to a captured British pilot who complains that the Italians keep hitting their nuclear bases while they run their little nuclear trains all over the country away from British counterattack and that when the time comes they won’t have enough to make a difference in the war.

Rather ominously, the book ends with the characters hearing over the radio that London has fallen just hours before to victorious Italian soldiers and that it is almost certain that the British government will surrender shortly. Right after hearing this announcement the air raid sirens sounds.

April 10th 1972

The United States and the Soviet Union both sign onto the Biological Weapons Convention which bans the use, development and stockpiling of all biological weapons.

The NRE does not sign onto this agreement and neither confirms nor denies the existence of a biological weapons program.

April 14th 1972

A New York City Police Officer is killed in the line of duty while responding to a phony ten-thirteen call(Police officer in need of assistance) at Mosque 7, a Nation of Islam Mosque in Manhattan. Politics and threats of a riot by the local community prevents a thorough investigation from taking place greatly enraging both Police Officers and the general public of the city.

April 18th 1972

A militant New York based YFM publishes an open letter to all local papers that if the NYPD does not investigate and make an arrest within 10 days for the murder of the police officer by Black extremists the YFM will conduct its own investigation.

April 20th 1972

Sir Oswald Mosley arrives in Rome to meet with the Consul and officially requests political asylum. The request is immediately granted.

April 22nd 1972

The British Parliament recommends the revocation of Mosley’s British citizenship and title of nobility.

April 23rd 1972

Mosley publicly renounces his British citizenship before it can be stripped of him by the Parliament. He refuses to give up the title Baronet of Ancoats claiming that the title is of blood and above the British Parliament.

April 24th 1972

The British Parliament strips Mosley of his title. His eldest son Nicholas, an anti-fascist assumes the title.

April 28th 1972

With military like precision a car loaded with 5 American Blackshirts jumps the curb in front of a Nation of Islam Mosque in New York. Rushing out of the car they attack and stab to death the 3 Fruit of Islam(FoI) soldiers guarding the door. Two more cars shoot down the block coming to a halt and an additional half dozen Blackshirts rush out carrying firearms. Storming the Mosque they engage in a vicious battle with those inside shooting and stabbing 8 more people before fleeing. Two of their members who had been stabbed in the melee are loaded into the cars and rushed to the hospital where they are dropped off in the emergency room before the remaining Fascists flee again before they can be questioned.

When police arrive at the scene they find 5 people dead and the rest seriously wounded. Tacked to the door of the Mosque is a letter of intention stating that the group and groups like it will continue the attacks until the NoI ceases to hide those responsible for the murder.

The April 28th Mosque attack will mark start of the most violent era of racial crime in New York history.

It is finally back! I was getting worried it might never resume.

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Chapter XXXIV (May 3rd 1972 to October 24th 1972)

May 3rd 1972

Fruit of Islam soldiers conduct a firebombing against a known YFM club in New York killing 3 in the ensuing fire.

May 5th 1972

Sir Oswald Mosley is officially granted Italian citizenship with all its rights and privileges.

May 15th 1972

Okinawa is returned to Japan after 27 years of military occupation by the United States.

May 17th 1972

A YFM gunman murders a couple walking out of a Nation of Islam mosque in response to the May 3 fire bombing.

May 20th 1972

American Fascist Party leader and Presidential candidate George Lincoln Rockwell speaks out against the escalating violence in New York saying that it is not the Fascist way and he condemns the actions of both the Nation of Islam and the Fascist organizations involved.

May 21st 1972

Laszlo Toth, an Australian by ways of Hungary attacks Michelangelo’s Pieta statue with a hammer while yelling “I am Jesus Christ risen from the dead!” He is arrested and detained by the Papal Swiss Guard. The Guard turns him over to the Italian police who proceed to beat him on the steps of the Vatican calling him “communist scum!” The Swiss Guard move to intervene on Toth’s behalf sparks a standoff between the sides which nearly escalates into violence.

Toth is transported to a hospital where he is listed as being in severe but stable condition.

May 28th 1972

Members of President Nixon’s staff break into the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate Hotel. Five men are arrested inside the office.

June 2nd 1972

Frederick Forsyth defends his recently released book “The ODESSA File” as being largely factual. The story itself is fiction but that an organization known as ODESSA does indeed exist and operates not only in the Lira Block but throughout the West. He claims to have interviewed former members of the organization and high ranking Israeli and German Intelligence agents during the writing process.

June 5th 1972

The death toll in New York rises by 2 more with the murder of two more Blackshirts. This is in addition to dozens of street fights and acts of vandalism.

June 12th 1972

Mosley begins a tour of Italian Universities speaking on the failures of democracy.

July 2nd 1972

The popularity of “The ODESSA File” has sparked interested within the United States over Italian cooperation with the NAZI’s during World War II and Italian participation on the Eastern Front. Publishing companies start gobbling up rights to print English language versions of books previously only published in the NRE on the Italian Expeditionary Force.

July 10th 1972

Field Marshall Guillet returns to Italy to organize a lecture series for Imperial Army Cadets.

July 20th 1972

Minor race riots breakout in New York.

July 25th 1972

Adriano Abrazzi, the father of Romanimation begins purchasing large tracts of Balkan Forests to be preserved as hunting and hiking grounds.

August 6th 1972

The Lira Block conducts a series of naval war games between the islands of Cyprus and Crete. Nearly all Lira Block nations contribute ships except for the landlocked ones and Burma. The war games will last for 2 weeks.

August 26th 1972

The Summer Olympic Games begin in Munich.

September 5th 1972

Black September terrorists storm the apartments of the Israeli Olympic athletes taking 9 hostage. They then issue a long set of demands which includes the release of all Palestinians currently held in prison and refugee camps in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. They also demand that the Jewish government of Jerusalem step down and that the government be handed completely over to Palestinians including the complete removal of all Italian soldiers and administrators from the city.

Upon hearing the demands Consul Medici phones the heads of the three nations listed that the Lira Block will not negotiate with terrorists. He then calls Adolf Eichmann inquiring whether or not ODESSA is involved in this event. The ODESSA Chief swears that he has no knowledge of what is going on and that the organization is not sponsoring the attack.

Negotiations between Black September and the German government drags on for hours. An offer by the NRE to deploy a special forces unit to Munich to rescue the hostages is declined. A similar offer my Israel is also rejected. Egypt refuses a German request to allow the terrorists and hostages to land in Cairo, Sadat instead recommends that the aircraft land in an Italian airport where an Italian special forces unit more suited for the mission can be used, Germany dismisses this suggestion as impossible because of Italian actions during the Second World War.

Viceroy Borghese, founder and former leader of X MAS speaks as a commentator on Italian television on how his unit would handle the Munich situation and what the German government should do lacking specialized units for the mission.

By 10 PM the government moves the terrorists and hostages to a nearby airbase in preparation to transport them to a country of their choosing, though the Germans have no intention of allowing the terrorists to leave and are setting up for an assault and rescue attempt. German snipers open fire against the terrorists, largely missing their targets and receive return fire. After several minutes of constant fire most of the terrorists are dead or injured. But, all the hostages were executed before the terrorists could be brought down.

September 7th 1972

Yasser Arafat’s presence is requested in Rome by the Consul. Phrased as a request it is obvious that Arafat is being summoned to explain himself.

September 12th 1972

Delegates from the free European nations meet in Paris to discuss European Unity.

September 14th 1972

Arafat arrives in Rome to a rather cold reception. He is quickly whisked away to meet with Medici. Arafat is forced to leave his bodyguards behind and taken to a closed door meeting with the Consul. Medici who is normally calm even in the most dire circumstances unleashes his rage on the PLO leader screaming and ranting at him for what is either lack of control of his men or his stupidity in ordering the attack. Listening through the closed door Medici’s aides fear that the Consul will either give himself a heart attack or he will personally execute Arafat. Arafat is informed that neither he nor the PLO is welcome anywhere within the Lira Block or Jerusalem and it is highly advisable that they relocate immediately. Leaving the meeting and returning to the airport Arafat is visibly shaken and frightened by his encounter. It is very clear that he was lucky to be allowed to leave alive.

September 16th 1972

Arafat and the other major plays in the PLO relocate to Morocco.

September 20th 1972

Three Fruit of Islam soldiers are killed in New York when their car explodes moments after being started up.

September 24th 1972

The Paris Conference ends in failure when no agreement can be reached on the matter of European Unity. There is some promise in the creation of regional organizations between nations.

October 1st 1972

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir authorizes Operation Wrath of God. The operation’s mission is to assassinate all those who are responsible for the Munich Massacre. They only have one restriction, “Do not conduct operations within the territories of the Italian Empire.”

October 10th 1972

Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam in New York and his driver are gunned down while waiting at a red light. There is some debate on who is responsible for the assassination, American Fascists seem the likely choice, but it may have been a disgruntled or ambitious member of the NoI instead. No matter who is responsible the backlash will prove to be disastrous.

October 11th 1972

New York City explodes in race violence in response to the assassination of Minister Farrakhan. Over a dozen blocks in Harlem are set ablaze and rioting is reported throughout all five boroughs.

October 13th 1972

Riots continue to rage throughout New York. The YFM and NoI launch bloody reprisals against each other in the street as the death count reaches 16 in just 2 days.

October 14th 1972

At the request of John Lindsay, the mayor of New York, Governor Rockefeller declares a state of emergency and authorizes the National Guard to restore law and order.

October 15th 1972

Rioting slowly grinds to a halt as National Guard units roll into New York.

October 18th 1972

The riots are officially considered over in New York. The National Guard units will remain in place over the next few weeks to keep the peace throughout October and for the upcoming Presidential election.

October 24th 1972

Hundreds of thousands flock to Rome for the upcoming celebration of 50 years of Fascism.

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Chapter XXXV (October 26th 1972 to June 24th 1973)

October 26th 1972

Grimm Studios, Abrazzi’s own animation studio announces that for the past six months they have been working on a secret project which will be a three part movie following the life of Mussolini. The first part shall be released next year on Mussolini Day.

October 28th 1972

Hundreds of thousands turn out in Rome to march and millions more come to watch them in the largest celebration of the March on Rome ever conducted. The celebrations showcase the might and unity of the Empire with men and women from every corner of the Empire and from every organization taking place. Sometimes it appears that the soldiers march in an irregular formation, until viewed from above it is discovered they march in the shape of a giant fasces.

At the forefront of the march are hundreds of elderly men who participated in the first march. The youngest among them was in his late sixties. Those who could still stood tall and firm, others aided along by canes and others pushed in wheelchairs by younger relatives and friends. Assembling in the Piazza Venezia they are given the rare honor of having Consul Medici salute them first rather than returning their salute. He greets everyman in attendance thanking them for their service and presents each with a special medal for their service to the Empire for the past 50 years.

Across the Empire every town and city holds their own celebrations attempting to emulate the majesty of the one in Rome.

In faraway Rhodesia, Rhodesians celebrate their own independence from the British and the birth of their nation. They do not forget their Italian allies as many Rhodesians bring gifts of cookies and cake to their local Italian garrisons in a sign of thanks and respect for those who are now so far away from home helping them keep the rebellion in check.

November 7th 1972

President Nixon sweeps the election in the United States carrying 49 states and securing 60% of the vote. The American Fascist Party secures only 500,000 votes. Speculation is that they lost a significant number of votes due to the violence in New York and also that many fascist sympathizers view Nixon as a “friend to fascism.”

November 20th 1972

Laszlo Toth is sentenced to 10 years of hard labor by an Italian court. The judge notes that leniency was only granted on the matter by special request of the Pope and that he should have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

December 5th 1972

The new Labour government in Australia officially protests the sentencing of Toth as unjust. Saying that Toth is mentally ill and should be released to a mental health facility within the Empire or returned to Australia to receive the help he desperately needs.

December 7th 1972

Claude Aubert, publishes “The Black Horde,” the unofficial sequel to “Last Bastille Day.” Unlike Cartier’s book Aubert’s has a direct focus on the war with the book assembled as a series of connected short stories from different characters on the front. The Black Horde has the United States joining the war with Britain and the remaining French forces and focuses on the invasions to take back France and the invasions of Spain and North Africa. The Italians are portrayed much more sinisterly, even using nuclear weapons in tactical roles to shield the retreat of their troops through Lira Block land.

Antoine Cartier vows to bring a lawsuit against Aubert for his unauthorized and seeks to have the book banned from publication.

December 8th 1972

Rome rejects the claim of the Australian government calling Toth a dangerous communist agitator. They can have him back for whatever they wish to do with him after he has served his time in prison.

December 10th 1972

American Fascist Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell in gunned down in front of his house. Police are investigating this assassination.

December 27th 1972

Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta and Viceroy of Greece passes away. His son Emanuele Filiberto is the new Duke of Aosta.

*Note: Since Prince Amedeo didn’t die young in this timeline he was able to father a son to continue his line.*

December 29th 1972

A month’s mourning is called in Greece by the Consul to honor the memory of the Viceroy.

A new Viceroy will be announced following this mourning period.

January 10th 1973

John Ley is arrested for the murder of George Lincoln Rockwell. A disgruntled member of the American Fascist Party he confesses to the killing, justifying it in his mind by Rockwell’s refusal to offer support for YFM groups fighting in New York.

January 20th 1973

Captain Antonio Medici is deployed to Mozambique to command an anti-partisan Company. Many believe this will be his last assignment before either transferring to a more political command position or to a Blackshirt “M” Division.

February 1st 1973

General Gritti of the OVRA is appointed Viceroy of Greece by the Consul.

February 7th 1973

Consul Medici and Sir Oswald Mosley embark on a visit to Rhodesia. Mosley is set to give numerous talks to youth groups on the collapse of the British Empire and the betrayal of the British government to its people.

February 10th 1973

The “Midnight Cross” episode “Creole Siren” is aired for the first time. The episode features a very voluptuous and scantily clad woman.

February 11th 1973

Ricco Baggio, the creator of the comic hero Centurion denounces Abrazzi work as pornography and Midnight Cross as a disgrace.

February 13th 1973

Confronting Baggio outside of his home Abrazzi challenges the man to a duel. Baggio refuses and Abrazzi punches the man. Police are called and with some resistance Abrazzi is arrested.

Minister Evola secures the release and dropping of the charges against Abrazzi later in the day.

February 14th 1973

Not realizing that the altercation and subsequent arrest were political matters Party Censors with Italian newspapers allow the Abrazzi story to be published.

February 16th 1973

Medici returns to Rome. Mosley stays on his Rhodesia to continue an extended speaking tour.

February 17th 1973

Medici speaks with Abrazzi informing him that he will need to be less confrontational and more open to public criticism if he wishes to continue receiving patronage.

February 25th 1973

The Grand Council approves a measure to sell a limited number of P.60 tanks to Egypt after numerous requests. The Comando Supremo confirmed that there would be no threat of the tanks being equal to the soon to be released next generation tanks and that if Egypt does go to war with Israel it will help the Comando Supremo determine the current state of Western technology compared to Italian.

March 20th 1973

Fifty P.60 tanks are delivered to Egypt. The Egyptian crews will be operational with them within 4 months.

March 29th 1973

The last United States Soldier leaves Vietnam with the tentative peace that has been made between North and South.

April 5th 1973

Prince Emanuele Filiberto is named Viceroy of Mozambique.

April 12th 1973

The NRE sells poison gas to Portugal to help them finally put an end to their colonial uprisings.

April 28th 1973

NASA and the ISA announce that a joint spaceflight will take place within the next 6 months.

May 5th 1973

Emperor Umberto II moves his court to the newly renovated Imperial Palace of Constantinople for the summer.

May 10th 1973

Prince Vittorio Emanuele is given the title of “Prince of Constantinople.”

May 14th 1973

Skylab, the United State’s first space station is launched.

June 11th 1973

Field Marshall Guillet turns down an offer by Egypt to serve as a consultant for the Egyptian army.

June 16th 1973

A Mossad report minimizes the risk of an Egyptian war of aggression against Israel. The agents responsible for the report believe that without the strategic planning of Guillet Egypt will not risk a war with Israel following their poor performance in the Easter War.

June 24th 1973

Portugese troops use poison gas against rebel positions in Angola for the first time.

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Chapter XXXVI (June 26th 1973 to November 3rd 1973)

June 26th 1973

The United Nations votes to condemn the nation of Portugal for their use of poison gas in Angola. A commission is formed to investigate on whether sanctions should be put in place.

July 5th 1973

The second Caesar Cup begins in Rome with the Spanish team returning the Cup to the Emperor.

July 10th 1973

Idi Amin, President for Life of Uganda signs a treaty of friendship with the Soviet Union.

July 14th 1973

The Spanish soccer team is defeated in the final round before the championship by Argentina. Many Italian fans grumble about not being able to defeat the Spanish making up for the loss in the first Caesar’s Cup.

July 15th 1973

The Italian team wins the Caesar Cup after defeating the Argentinians 2-1.

July 17th 1973

King Zahir of Afghanistan is deposed while in Italy receiving eye surgery. His cousin Mohammad Daoud Khan declares Afghanistan to be a Republic and assumes control of the government.

The King is offered asylum by the Consul.

July 25th 1973

The Vatican issues a statement that the Pope is considering conducting a tour of the Holy Land. Amidst escalating violence security is a prime concern of the Vatican on any future trips.

Medici comments to the press that the Pope has no need to fear for his safety as no one would dare to do him harm within the Lira Block.

July 29th 1973

“Il Duce: Part I” opens to sold out crowds throughout the NRE.

August 3rd 1973

Captain Medici makes the acquittance of an up and coming businessman Silvio Berlusconi. Berlusconi has established a media company in Mozambique and is attempting to corner the market in the new cable television market.

August 10th 1973

Egypt mobilizes their army along the Israeli border forcing the IDF to call for its own mobilization.

August 14th 1973

Egypt demobilizes their army.

August 25th 1973

Using his political connections Captain Medici arranges for Berlusconi to meet with Prince Emanuele Filiberto to discuss securing a government media contract within the colony. He also encourages the non politically aligned businessman to join the Fascist party, which he does.

August 30th 1973

Egypt once again mobilizes its forces along the Israeli border forcing Israel to once again mobilize the IDF.

Syria also mobilizes their army.

September 2nd 1973

The Egyptian and Syrian armies demobilize.

September 11th 1973

The Chilean government is overthrown by General Augusto Pinochet in an American backed coup.

September 15th 1973

Portugese officers refuse to issue orders calling for the continued use of poison gas in Angola.

September 20th 1973

President Sadat meets with Consul Medici in Rome. The Egyptian President inquires on what would the Italian response be to a new Arab-Israeli war. The answer is that Rome will not interfere in any Arab based offensive, but neither will it lend support. If the Israeli’s strike first then Rome will honor the Lira Block’s Mutual Defense Pact. Aside from this general inquiry Sadat does not reveal his plans, he is afraid that Medici would refuse to cooperate.

October 4th 1973

For the third time Egypt mobilizes along the Israeli border. The Israeli’s ignore this latest show of force.

October 6th 1973

Yom Kippur.

Shortly after 2 PM Local Time Egyptian and Syrian forces invade Israel from both North and South. Catching most of the Israeli Army off guard and demobilized for the Jewish holiday both forces drive towards Tel Aviv seeking a quick end to the conflict.

Italian made P. 60 tanks lead the way for the Egyptians and advance several miles in the in the first few hours of the invasion. The Syrian offensive meets with less success with the Israelis able to fight a delaying action along the Golan Heights.

Israel calls for a full mobilization of all men and women to report immediately for duty. Unlike their enemies, many of these reservists are veterans of the Easter War.

October 7th 1973

Egyptian and Syrian forces continue making steady gains against ever stiffening Israeli defenses. Israel scores their first victories against the Arab forces in a series of naval battles off the coast of Israel.

The Lira Block as a whole releases a statement that this is an action taken independently by Syria and Egypt and is not a Lira Block action.

An Imperial Battle Fleet is dispatched to monitor the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Medici fires off a message to Sadat complaining that a warning would have been nice and if one was given the appropriate supplies and intelligence could have been provided to Egyptian forces.

Israel begins preparing their nuclear arsenal for deployment.

October 8th 1973

Egyptian forces get within 20 miles of Tel Aviv.

Palestinians take to the streets of Jerusalem in support of the Arab offensive. The Italian garrison is put on alert.

October 9th 1973

The first shipments of supplies from the United States, Japan, France, England and several other European countries arrive in Israel.

For the first time since the war began the Israeli’s take the offensive and push the invaders back ever so slowly.

October 10th 1973

Spiro Agnew, Nixon’s Vice President is forced to resign following his plead of “no contest” for tax fraud. This comes as a serious blow to the Nixon regime which is currently embattled in the Watergate scandal.

The Egyptian and Syrian supply situation is critical requiring them to request immediate assistance from the Lira Block.

October 11th 1973

The last Egyptian P. 60 is left a smoldering hulk in the face of the state of the art American weaponry supplied to the Israelis.

President Nixon communicates with Consul Medici informing the Consul that the United States had no choice but to supply the Israelis with weapons or they would have used their nuclear option.

The New Roman Empire, Spain, South Africa and the Arab nations of the Lira Block start suppling the Egyptian and Syrian lines.

October 14th 1973

NASA and the ISA announce that a joint mission will be launched in late November.

October 17th 1973

Arab oil produces place embargos on any nation that provides material aid to the Israelis.

October 18th 1973

The Israelis push the Syrians back to the prewar borders and keep the momentum going making inroads into the Arab nation.

October 20th 1973

Israeli forces shatter the Egyptian line and drive deep into the Gaza strip towards the Sinai.

The small Imperial Union Party holds a protest in Stockholm, Sweden. They are protesting Swedish support of the Israelis in the ongoing war and the negative effect the oil embargo will have on the Swedish economy. They are demanding the government cuts relations with Israel and open up talks with the Lira Block for membership. They are largely ignored.

October 22nd 1973

Israeli soldiers make deep gains both in Syria and the Sinai. Quite a dramatic turn around compared to the early days of the war.

October 23rd 1973

The United Nations Security Council votes to encourage Israel and its enemies to come to a cease fire. The proposal is ignored by both sides.

October 25th 1973

Realizing that if the war is allowed to continue it may mean serious loses for the Lira Block, Medici informs that the Israeli government that if they do not honor the U.N. suggested cease-fire the NRE will intervene militarily.

October 26th 1973

Israel, Egypt and Syria all agree to the cease-fire and to begin peace talks.

November 3rd 1973

While on leave in Rome, Captain Medici is seen out and about with Antonietta Mazzei, a lingerie/underwear model. The Italian press does not report on it as the relationship is deemed below the Captain’s station and unbecoming of an officer as the career of Mazzei is both salacious and lewd. Minister Evola and the Consul have managed thus far to keep this information away from the rest of the Council and the general public.

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Chapter XXXVII (November 5th 1973 to April 25th 1974)

November 5th 1973

Following strong prompting by Rome and the United Nations, Israel agrees to withdraw to its prewar border with the arab states and return to the status quo.

November 6th 1973

Rebels bomb an army barrack in Mozambique killing 73 soldiers. The attack was supposed to target Captain Medici, but due to the media blackout following the Mazzei incident the plotters had no way of knowing that the Captain was on leave in Italy.

November 8th 1973

Captain Medici cuts his leave short and returns to Mozambique.

November 10th 1973

Israel, Egypt and Syria officially sign a cease-fire accord.

November 12th 1973

The Italian space shuttle Caelus is launched. Count Lucchini leads the mission of 3 Olympinauts to dock with an American Apollo shuttle. The Caelus is the Empire’s first multi-passenger spacecraft.

November 14th 1973

The Caelus successfully docks with the Apollo in the first joint mission of the ISA and NASA. Broadcasted on live television the crew exchange gifts and pleasantries before beginning a series of scientific experiments.

In an announcement later in the day Medici hails this as a sign of everlasting friendship and cooperation between the United States and the New Roman Empire.

November 16th 1973

After spending just under two days docked together the Apollo and Caelus separate and perform a few last minute experiments before conducting their own missions not related to the docking.

November 17th 1973

Richard Nixon tells the press “I am not a crook” in relation to the Watergate Scandal.

November 20th 1973

The Arab nations place further oil embargos on countries which sided with Israel in the Yom Kippur war. Oil prices skyrocket in western Europe and the United States.

November 21st 1973

The Caelus successfully and safely splashes down off the coast of Italian East Africa.

November 22nd 1973

Using information eagerly handed over by Military Intelligence Captain Medici leads his company on a retaliatory strike against the village which produced the bombers against the barracks. The village is completely burned to the ground and its inhabitants to the last man, woman and child are killed by bayonet and thrown into the Zambezi river. If one was downstream and bothered to count the corpses they would number 351.

November 27th 1973

Count Lucchini and his fellow Heavenly Sailors are honored in a parade through the streets of Rome.

December 6th 1973

Gerald Ford is confirmed as Vice President of the United States.

December 14th 1973

German groups in Northern Italy begin petitioning the release of the aging Rudolf Hess from Spandau prison. They are claiming both that he was wrongfully convicted and that he is too old to remain imprisoned.

December 27th 1973

The NRE begins purchasing a large quantity of Arab oil from Lira Block nations. This is officially done to help maintain the economies of those nations during the political crisis.

January 3rd 1974

President Nixon and Consul Medici agree on a plan that would allow the NRE to sell a large quantity of “Italian” oil to the United States to make up for the loss of Arab oil. The price for the oil is significantly higher than the previous market value from before the embargo.

January 5th 1974

The American media attacks Nixon for his sweetheart deal with the NRE, calling it a weak and giving into the bullying of the Fascist world.

The New York Times publishes a cartoon of Nixon handing a large moneybag to Medici in exchange for a coffee can of oil with the caption of “Don’t worry Dick, there is plenty more where that came from,” behind Medici are several barrels with “Italian oil” written on them above a crossed out “Arab Oil.”

January 7th 1974

President Nixon defends his position on the Italian oil deals stating that it is better to have the oil and keep American industry running rather than force the nation to shut down.

January 10th 1974

Additional military forces are deployed to Mozambique with the objective of crushing the rebel elements within the colony once and for all.

January 21st 1974

The Imperial military begins a concentrated campaign against criminal elements operating against the Imperial government within Mozambique.

February 2nd 1974

South Vietnamese officials meet with members of the Italian government and military in Rome to once again discuss the possibility of Italian support in their war against the North.

February 10th 1974

Berlusconi as a newly minted member of the Fascist party is introduced to several Grand Council members as well as Consul Medici. He explains his ideas for the future of Italian telecommunications to them. Generally well received, the Consul takes a liking to the man though considers him to be too up front. Minister Evola on the other hand takes an instant dislike to the man and considers him to be everything that is wrong with Italian culture.

February 14th 1974

France, Western Germany and Andorra come together and form the Continental Union. The CU is an alliance primarily founded on military matters but also allowing for more open trade and economic cooperation between the nations.

February 28th 1974

The Labour party narrowly takes control of the government in the latest elections in the UK. The voters were disappointed with the handling of the oil embargo by the Conservative government.

March 3rd 1974

The new Labour government in England pushes for more economic cooperation between the UK and the Low Countries. They vow to form their own treaty organization before the year is out.

March 5th 1974

Consul Medici conducts his first official state visit to Burma. Traveling with him are numerous industrialists and engineers. Officially, they are present to help jumpstart the Burmese industrial base. Unofficially, they are there to evaluate the situation and prepare the country for a large scale military deployment.

March 7th 1974

OVRA field agents report that a revolution is imminent in Portugal. Rome warns Lisbon of the potential danger, but the warning is disregarded.

March 18th 1974

OPEC votes to end the embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.

April 1st 1974

Terrorists strike the most holy shrines of Fascism!

In a series of organized terrorist attacks never seen before within the confines of the Empire, five terrorists(a sixth was previously apprehended and extradited before the plot became known) launch attacks against five shrines of Fascism.

Abdul Hakim, a Muslim extremist managed to enter the Shrine of the Protector in Libya and detonated his bomb-vest killing himself and 7 others as well as damaging the shrine itself.

A Serbian exile was apprehended outside a shrine in Belgrade by Blackshirts. He was carrying an Uzi and a homemade bomb on his person. Another attack this time by an Frenchman against the Il Duce birth shrine was likewise thwarted without incident.

In Constantinople, a gunman at the Shrine of the Stallion opened fire on Blackshirt guards who attempted to seize him after spotting his gun. Killing one guard and injuring two more before begin wrestled to the ground. He was then executed on the spot by the commander of the watch.

The final attack, conducted by Gontran Desmarais the mastermind of the plot, is against the Tomb of Mussolini. Posing as a Fascist pilgrim, he gets as close as possible to the sarcophagus before rushing it and striking at it repeatedly with a hammer. He is tackled by the guards and severely beaten.

Following the attacks all the shrines are ordered shutdown so that security can be increased and further plotters tracked down and brought to justice.

April 3rd 1974

The Italian engineering units are sent to Burma to construct airbases and naval ports capable of handling a large scale military deployment.

Viceroy Borghese is given orders to put together a Far East Squadron within 2 years time.

Repair work begins immediately on the damaged shrines.

April 4th 1974

Gontran Desmarais regains consciousness and offers a full confession and explanation for the attacks. A former French naval officer who was taken prisoner in the Border War, Desmarais was a small figure in radical politics since the mid 50's. Suffering from terminal cancer and mental illness he decided to strike out against the NRE with other like minded individuals. Claiming to have been inspired by “The Last Bastille Day” he believes that the attack against the Shrines was France’s only hope to defeat the Italian Empire.

His confession reveals much of the motivation behind the diverse group of terrorists, Serbians, Muslims and Frenchmen. Also, implicating a sixth man who was detained at the border and sent back to France weeks before the attack.

April 7th 1974

Paris demands the return of Desmarais and the other surviving French national. Claiming that they are mentally ill and need to be committed to receive the help they need.

Likewise, Rome demands the return of the extradited Philip Henri so that he may be tried for his part in the attacks.

Both parties refuse the others request.

April 10th 1974

Golda Meir resigns as Prime Minister of Israel.

April 12th 1974

Upset over the treatment her father received from the Italian government Gudrun Himmler travels to Switzerland to seek the publishment of her father’s locked away memoirs.

April 15th 1974

Captain Medici returns to Rome following the completion of his second tour of duty. Taking the advice of his trusted friend Berlusconi and of Viceroy Gritti he chooses to remain in the regular army rather than transfer to Blackshirt M division. The captain will be promoted to major within the month and receive his new assignment.

In his private life he continues to insist on courting lingerie model Antonietta Mazzei. Minister Evola has assigned her with a cadre of bodyguards nominally to protect her. However, there true mission is harass her and restrict her movement in a bid to convince her to end the relationship.

April 17th 1974

Minister Evola commissions Tommaso Landolfi a noted Italian fantasy and science fiction writer to write a series of fantasy novels to rival that of the Lord of the Rings and to be done in the Fascist style.

April 18th 1974

All shrines except for the Shrine of the Protector and Mussolini’s tomb are reopened to the public.

April 20th 1974

Minister Evola announces the formation of the “Praetorian Guard,” a new elite unit whose sole purpose is to guard the Shrines of Fascism from further attacks. Over the next several months the Guard will be put together and take over guarding the shrines from regular Blackshirt units.

April 25th 1974

12:20 AM

The left-leaning Movement of Armed Forces(MFA) rally its troops and put their plan into action for the overthrow of the Portugese government. The battle for a free and democratic Portugal begins.

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Chapter XXXVIII (April 25th 1974 to August 9th 1974)

April 25th 1974

3:10 AM Local Time

The MFA moves to secure key sites throughout Lisbon including government buildings, radio stations and the airport.

4:20 AM

The MFA makes their first public broadcast to the people of Portugal.

MFA takes control of the Lisbon air force.

4:25 AM

The Portugese government petitions NATO for help in putting down the uprising.

5:45 AM

With no response from NATO forthcoming, the Portugese government requests assistance from Rome. Government officials seek refuge at the embassy.

6:10 AM

The reply from Rome comes: “Stand fast. Assistance is on its way.”

In Spain a regiment of Italian paratroopers are put on alert and Italian bombers stationed in the nation are prepped for operations against Portugal.

6:25 AM

A mob of soldiers and civilians converge on the Italian embassy demanding the hand over of the Portugese government officials. In the absence of the Ambassador who was visiting family in Rome when the crisis erupted Deputy Ambassador Franco Freda(a disciple of Evola) assumes command of the situation. He orders that the detachment of soldiers assigned to the embassy prepare defensive positions and set up machine gun nests.

6:40 AM

With a loudspeaker Freda stands in the courtyard of the Embassy and orders the angry mob to disperse within 5 minutes or he will order his men to open fire on the crowd. Pelted with rocks and garbage he stands his ground and repeats his message to the crowd counting down the time.

6:45 AM

The Deputy Ambassador gives the order to fire and seconds later machine gun rounds rake the crowd sending the mob into a rout. A brave and determined group attempt to rush the gates but are brought down by concentrated fire from the Embassy.

7:30 AM

Viceroy Gritti leaves Athens and heads for Rome to serve as the overall commander for operations in Portugal as per orders from the Consul.

9:00 AM

Italian strike aircraft pound MFA artillery positions outside of Lisbon.

Spain puts their border units on alert.

10:15 AM

MFA soldiers set up a perimeter around the Italian embassy disabling power and waterlines leading into the compound forcing the embassy to rely on generator power. Freda reports to Rome that they need to be relieved before the situation becomes critical.

The government of Angola declares they remain loyal to the government of Lisbon.

11: 45 AM

MFA informs the people that they are firmly in control of the nation. The situation for the loyalists continues to break down as more and more units rally to the MFA banner.

1:30 PM

Italian bombers knock out radio transmitters throughout Lisbon to put an end to the MFA announcements.

2:30 PM

The Grand Council approves of the Consul’s plan to invade Portugal and restore order.

6:45 PM

Using a series of portable transmitters the MFA declares that the are now the official government of Portugal.

9:00 PM

Italian paratroopers land in the Lisbon Airport wrestling control away from the MFA. The takeover paves the wave for Italian heavy equipment to be flown in from Spain.

April 26th 1974

In the early morning an armed convoy rushes out from the airport towards the Italian Embassy. Protected by helicopter gunships and close air support the convoy battles its way through the streets and smashes the barricades erected around the embassy. Rescuing the staff, soldiers and Portugese government officials present the 16th century villa is put to the flame to destroy the intelligence files contained within. Consul Medici calls Franco Freda a “Hero of Fascism” for his brave stand against the Marxists.

By midday it quickly becomes apparent that the Portugese government has lost the will and the ability to rule and it will fall on the Lira Block to restore order. Medici consults with Franco and offers him sovereignty over Portugal in exchange for a Spanish invasion. Meanwhile, Viceroy Gritti orders that Lisbon be taken at all costs.

Mercury bombers carpet bomb large sections of Lisbon ahead of advancing Italian forces. The army advances slowly and methodically into the city as they know they are fighting an army with many of its officers trained by Italian advisors and skilled in guerilla warfare.

April 27th 1974

Spanish troops cross the border into Portugal engaging with troops loyal to the MFA government.

The MFA government requests immediate intervention from NATO. Both Britain and France recognize the new Portugese government and second the call for an emergency meeting of NATO. Both nations pledge to intervene militarily in the conflict.

Italian forces battle their way slowly through Lisbon liberating pockets of fascist resistance.

President Nixon speaks with Consul Medici requesting that the NRE stands down in the invasion of Portugal to prevent a war with NATO.

April 28th 1974

Medici announces that the NRE will leave Portugal and let the foolish MFA government lead the nation into ruin so that the people understand the need for a strong fascist state. Franco releases a similar statement several hours later.

Much of Lisbon(especially the government district) is left in ruins as the result of heavy bombardment.

April 29th 1974

The new Portugese government announces the independence of all African mainland colonies except for Angola which will be held in trust by Portugal to prevent a Lira Block takeover of colony.

April 30th 1974

The last Italian soldiers and former Portugese government officials leave the Lisbon airport. The airport is left in a vandalized state with many critical systems damage, destroyed or missing. Graffiti of “We will return” is featured prominently.

May 1st 1974

France, Great Britain and West Germany all call the “defeat” of Italian forces in Portugal the first step in the final eradication of fascism. The Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact offers similar sentiments.

France once again calls for the handover the two Frenchmen implicated in the April 1st terrorist attacks. West Germany offers to take the terrorists and trial them as a neutral party.

Philip Henri, the sixth plotter and only one not to be captured within the NRE enjoys celebrity status within France giving numerous interviews and supposedly offered both book and movie deals. He is officially charged with illegal border crossing but no one expects him to be convicted.

May 5th 1974

Field Marshall Guillet is made an honorary Field Marshall in the Burmese army and hired by that state to modernize their armed forces.

May 9th 1974

Congress starts impeachment proceedings against President Nixon.

May 15th 1974

Philip Henri is put on trial for illegally crossing the Italian border. The prosecution offers no evidence to support the charge and judge allows Henri to speak before a packed court for over three hours on the threat of Italian Fascism. The case is ultimately dismissed.

May 16th 1974

Luxembourg joins the Continental Union.

May 20th 1974

Sweden, Norway and Denmark come together in the economic union of the Nordic Union.

The small Imperial Union Party(which has no representation in any government) calls this an important first step in securing the formation of a Nordic Empire and the liberation of Finland from communism.

May 25th 1974

The trial of the surviving conspirators of the April 1st plot begins. In addition to the weapons, vandalism and illegal border crossing charges they are also charged with crimes against Fascism, against the image of Il Duce and for conspiracy to incite an uprising. They are all eligible for the death penalty and it is expected they will receive it.

June 15th 1974

British Fascists and anti-fascists clash at a protest in London.

June 27th 1974

President Nixon arrives in Europe for a tour of several countries including France, Germany, the UK, and the NRE

July 1st 1974

Juan Peron of Argentina dies. He is succeeded by his wife Isabel Peron. Consul Medici will attend the funeral in Buenos Aires.

July 5th 1974

The remaining Shrines of Fascism are reopened to the public.

July 10th 1974

President Nixon arrives in Rome, his last stop in his European tour. He meets with Medici who addresses Nixon as “my good friend.” They speak on numerous topics including the situation in Southeast Asia and Nixon also urges Medici to handle the April 1st incident diplomatically. It is rumored he asks Medici on advice on how to handle his own Watergate scandal.

France protests the meeting of the two leaders amidst the current political climate resulting from both the April 1st attacks and the Portugese revolution.

July 13th 1974

With a large Imperial sendoff Nixon departs Rome.

Medici remarks privately to Evola “It’s a shame. This is probably the last time we will see Richard. He is a true friend and ally but I do not think he will survive this.”

July 17th 1974

The first Italian advisors arrive in South Vietnam to prepare the Vietnamese for an “Italian style” war.

Newly promoted Major Medici, a certified anti-partisan expert will be one of the advisors in the second wave expected to be deployed sometime in August or September.

July 18th 1974

Against the wishes of his father Major Medici announces his engagement to Antonietta Mazzei. The 19 year old model is largely considered to be beneath the status of the wealthy and extremely political Medici family especially compared to the Major’s two sisters who both married educated men. They are expected to be married before the Major’s deployment to Southeast Asia.

*Note: Consul Medici’s eldest daughter Maria is married to a renowned but largely apolitical doctor.*

July 22nd 1974

The three captured conspirators as well as Philip Henri(tried in absentia) are found guilty of all charges against them. The kangaroo court sentences them all to death by hanging.

July 23rd 1974

The French government calls for the UN to impose sanctions on the NRE for their violation of human rights of the French citizens buy the motion is vetoed by the United States.

July 25th 1974

France and West Germany begin a push for the removal of all American troops from Germany in response to the American veto on sanctions.

August 3rd 1974

Gontran Desmarais and his two fellow conspirators are hung until they are dead in the Piazza Venezia. The short ropes assure they have slow and agonizing deaths.

August 9th 1974

President Nixon resigns as President of the United States. Vice President Gerald Ford replaces him

August 10th 1974

In a press release Consul Medici wishes President Nixon the best, declaring him a true personal friend and a true friend of the New Roman Empire and of Fascism. He hopes to continue this relationship of trust and mutual understanding with the newly sworn in President Ford.

France once again pushes for sanctions to be levied against the Italian Empire.

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Chapter XXXIX (August 12th 1974 to December 1st 1974)

August 12th 1974

The United States once again vetoes France’s attempts to impose sanctions on the NRE.

August 15th 1974

France announces that they are leaving the military defense portion of NATO because as a nation and a people they can no longer trust the United States in its dealings with Europe because of fascist sympathies.

August 16th 1974

Former Portugese government officials form a government-in-exile in Rome. The move is largely forced by Medici and the rest of the Lira Block as the remainder of the old Portugese government was content to let the issue drop.

August 20th 1974

France, Britain and the United States all promise money to Portugal in the wake of what is now being called the “Carnation Revolution”(because of the early bloodless hours when the participants carried carnations.) Lisbon is heavily damaged and most government and utility institutions are heavily damaged.

August 21st 1974

The right-wing government of Brazil offers their support for the Portugese government-in-exile.

August 22nd 1974

The OVRA is ordered to formulate cases for the occupation of the capitals of all senior Lira Block nations in case similar uprisings occur in the future. A time table of 24 hours is deemed the goal from uprising to suppression. They will not wait for a request of assistance to be issued.

September 1st 1974

The government of Cyprus passes laws restricting the rights of Turkish Cypriots in response to rioting by the Turkish community for more representation in government.

September 3rd 1974

Major Medici marries Antonietta Mazzei in a lavish ceremony in Rome. Their honeymoon is delayed as the Major is to be deployed in two days time to South Vietnam

September 5th 1974

Major Medici ships out for Southeast Asia.

September 6th 1974

Turkey submits a request to Britain to encourage that the government of Cyprus ensures equal rights for all ethnic Turks residing on the island.

September 8th 1974

The British government refuses to intervene in the affairs of the Cypriot government.

The Comando Supremo begins planning for major operations in South & North Vietnamn.

September 10th 1974

The Turkish government pledges to intervene unilaterally in Cyprus if something is not done to protect ethnic Turks on the island.

September 16th 1974

Turkey launches an invasion of northern Cyprus. The military of Cyprus unprepared is forced to withdraw from the landing sites.

The government of Cyprus requests intervention from Britain and by the UN.

September 17th 1974

The UN Security Council enters into an emergency session to reach a cease-fire regarding the ongoing crisis in Cyprus. Britain says that they will intervene militarily if Turkey does not agree to stand down.

Medici’s statements on the matter “The Empire supports any action that will lead to the dismantling of the so-called ‘Greek state’ of Cyprus.”

Quietly, the OVRA is ordered to monitor the reactions of Thracian Turks and of the Greeks to this situation.

September 18th 1974

Turkey and Cyprus agree to a cease-fire as negotiations continue on the fate of the Turkish population of the island. Turkey now controls less than 5% of the island.

September 20th 1974

Franco Freda is appointed Ambassador to South Vietnam.

September 25th 1974

Abrazzi’s “Il Duce” experiences a small release in the United States. Protestors scuffle with movie goers at most theaters. In San Francisco the protestors manage to storm the theater and destroy its print of the movie. Barricading themselves inside police intervention is required to extract the protestors.

September 28th 1974

Medici calls for a meeting between the NRE and Turkey to promote friendship and understanding.

October 2nd 1974

Talks mediated by the UN between Cyprus and Greece break down as Cypriot government refuses to accept all of the Turkish demands.

October 4th 1974

Turkey resumes the offensive in Cyprus.

October 5th 1974

Britain declares that it will intervene militarily on behalf of the Cyprus government.

October 6th 1974

Henry Kissinger informs the British government that the United States will not tolerate a war within NATO.

October 8th 1974

The Royal Navy continues its deployment off the coast of Cyprus but rescinds the order to engage the Turkish military instead hoping that the military build up will prompt Turkey to withdraw.

October 12th 1974

Ankara orders the offensive to come to a halt with over a third of the island under Turkish control. The Turkish government agrees to reopen UN sponsored talks.

October 20th 1974

The United Kingdom and the Netherlands come together in a currency union known as the Channel Treaty. Belgium was also invited to join but division between Flemish and French communities lead to a controversy on whether to join the CU or the Channel Treaty.

November 15th 1974

South Africa announces that they have successfully constructed their first nuclear weapon and that a test will be conducted within a month.

This makes South Africa the second Lira Block nation to develop nuclear weapons. Spain was expected to be the second nuclear capable nation of the Lira Block has seen its program flounder and stagnant without Roman assistance.

November 17th 1974

The British government pushes for heavier sanctions against the South African government in light of their development of nuclear weapons.

November 25th 1974

The UN votes for condemn the nation of South Africa for adding additional destabilizing influences to the already imperilled continent.

December 1st 1974

Consul Medici and Prime Minister of Turkey Sadi Irmak meet in Athens to discuss the restoration of friendly relations between the two nations.

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Italy 1936 /An Empire Reborn Feb 13, 2019 18:12:24 GMT

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Chapter XL (December 10th 1974 to May 2nd 1975)

December 10th 1974

The New Roman Empire and Republic of Turkey sign the Treaty of Athens promising friendship and mutual support between the nations. For the first time since the taking of Constantinople Turkish merchant ships will be allowed to traverse the Bosphorus. Additionally, both sides officially absolve the other of any blame for the Third Balkan War.

December 11th 1974

The OVRA is put on alert in Greece and Constantinople to monitor the populace’s reaction to the treaty and prevent any uprisings.

December 13th 1974

North Vietnam launches a large scale invasion of the south known as the Ho Chi Minh campaign.

December 14th 1974

Paris calls the Treaty of Athens a disgrace and a betrayal of principle.

January 2nd 1975

Rome announces that it will begin construction of a bridge to span the Bosphorus straits in response to the treaty of friendship between the Empire and Turkey.

January 20th 1975

South Africa conducts their first nuclear test with the detonation of a bomb in an old mine shaft.

February 13th 1975

Turkey declares the formation of the “Turkish Federated State of North Cyprus” a quasi independent nation consisting the lands seized in the invasion.

February 20th 1975

Ambassador Freda reports to Rome that the situation in South Vietnam is critical and Imperial intervention is needed immediately.

February 22nd 1975

Medici meets with the Comando Supremo to go over plans for operations in South Vietnam. Without the bases in Burma operational their options were very limited. Even a nuclear or chemical weapons attack would still require a vast amount of ground troops in the aftermath to make a difference. For now they would have to make due with what is available and hope the South Vietnamese can hold until construction in Burma is completed.

February 24th 1975

A squadron of Mercury bombers is redeployed to bases in Iraq to get them as close as possible to Vietnam. Ambassadors work hurriedly to get fly over permission from the nations in a direct path to Vietnam to avoid costly and long round about routes.

Viceroy Borghese orders the Italian East Africa Squadron to make all due haste to the coast of Vietnam. Leaving port, they race eastwards stretching their supply lines to the absolute limit. Leading the squadron is the Aquila in what will most likely be its last military operation.

March 3rd 1975

The Imperial Army introduces the P. 75, the slated replacement to the aging P. 60. The new tank follows in the tradition of the P.60 and P. 46 will be a heavily armed and armored tank, though the P. 75 will be fitted with a state of the art electronics suite.

March 10th 1975

The first bombing raids by Mercury bombers occur against North Vietnamese positions. The attacks do little to stop the Communist advance.

March 25th 1975

The Aquila and the East Africa Squadron are on station off the coast of South Vietnam.

April 4th 1975

The United States starts Operation Babylift in South Vietnam. An evacuation of children from the country.

April 5th 1975

Chiang Kai-shek dies at the age of 87 in Taiwan.

April 10th 1975

In face of advancing communist forces. Ambassador Freda orders all non-vital personnel to be evacuated to Burma. Freda remains behind with a handful of high ranking officials, OVRA agents and the embassy guard.

April 15th 1975

Privately the Comando Supremo informs the Consul that South Vietnam is lost.

April 25th 1975

Italian military units are quietly pulled out of South Vietnam leaving only a token force of advisors. Freda orders the last of his advisors to depart for Burma but refuses to leave himself saying he will leave with the last Italian soldier.

April 29th 1975

North Vietnamese troops begin their assault against Saigon. The United States initiates Operation Frequent Wind, the plan to evacuate civilians and foreigners from South Vietnam. Freda orders his own evacuation, its only goal to evacuate vital equipment and Italian personnel.

Hundreds of civilians rush the Italian embassy and Italian runways at the airport desperately trying to board one of the planes or helicopters leaving only to get pushed back from the gates by soldiers. Graham Martin, the American Ambassador to Vietnam contacts Freda on the radio begging him to allow civilians on the evacuation flights. Freda refuses, his first duty is to secure the safety of the soldiers under his command.

Major Medici is tasked with raiding the South Vietnamese Independence Palace to “liberate” American electronics equipment in the bunker complex beneath the building.

April 30th 1975

Fighting still continues in Saigon. Jets from the Aquila do battle with communist Migs as they try to keep the air space free for the string of helicopters arriving at the embassy. With most vital equipment airlifted out only a handful of Italian troops left within the city Freda opens the gates of the embassy for Vietmanese refuges.

The Italians desperately try to close the gates of the compound after several hundred refugees storm it moments after the gates are opened. Unable to hold the tide of people back, the soldiers flee into the embassy locking themselves inside abandoning the courtyard to the masses. Barricading the entrances, they force the few lucky Vietnamese inside to the roof as they destroy the staircases and soak the floors in gasoline.

Honoring his pledge, Freda boards the last helicopter leaving the embattled city with the last soldier to board throwing a flaming rag down the stairwell setting the building alight. The flames quickly spread making sure that the building would not become a trophy of the communist victory over fascism.

*Note: In this timeline the airlift out of Saigon is less successful than it was historically. With Italian forces fighting the North Vietnamese to the very end leading the NVA to open fire on helicopters attempting the airlift.*

May 1st 1975

Consul Medici delivers what will become known as the “abandoned but not forgotten” speech where he informs the Empire on the fall of Saigon.

The refugees picked up by the NRE are delivered to Burma where the Burmese government has agreed to grant them political asylum.

May 2nd 1975

In the American papers a picture of Major Medici and two fellow soldiers crossing a street guns raised engaging an unseen enemy in Saigon is published. The photo will earn photographer Michael Smith a pulitzer prize.

Smith would not learn that he captured the Consul’s son in the picture until weeks later after the photo started appearing in the NRE.

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Italy 1936 /An Empire Reborn Feb 13, 2019 18:15:21 GMT

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Chapter XLI (May 5th 1975 to October 30th 1975)

May 5th 1975

Count Ciano calls for the Grand Council to conduct an investigation on the failure of Italian intervention in Vietnam.

May 8th 1975

Franco Freda returns to Rome with another hero’s welcome for the valiant last stand in Saigon.

May 10th 1975

The building projects in Burma are significantly scaled back. Though construction still continues to a degree as the Comando Supremo desires an outpost in the Far East.

May 11th 1975

Major Medici and his wife travel to Cuba for the start of their honeymoon. They will spend the next month in Cuba and throughout South America.

June 3rd 1975

Himmler’s “My Rise and Fall” is published throughout Europe and the United States. The book exposes the secret Berlin-Rome alliance of World War II and the aid given to escaped Nazis. The book causes an uproar across Britian, France and the United States.

June 4th 1975

Possession of “My Rise and Fall” is decreed a crime by Consul Medici. And Gudrun Himmler is made an enemy of the state and wanted criminal.

Adolf Eichmann, the current head of ODESSA is summoned immediately to Rome to explain himself.

June 5th 1975

An extremely nervous Eichmann pleads with the Consul saying that he nor ODESSA had any part in the publishing the book and they will assist in tracking down the fugitive Himmler.

In the United States the Democratic congress calls for an investigation of the allegations set forth in the book and the possible imposing of sanctions on the NRE for their crimes.

June 6th 1975

The largest manhunt in Italian history since the Mengele kidnaping is launched for Gudrun Himmler, she is wanted dead or alive.

Unknown to the government is that Himmler had fled to Swizterland months before in anticipation of the government’s reaction to the book.

June 7th 1975

Britain, France, Israel and the Soviet Union all call for sanctions and a UN investigation on the situation of Nazi fugitives within the NRE.

The Soviet Union also condemns the United States for their mishandling of the borders in the last days of World War 2 which has led to this situation accusing the American military of being in cahoots with Rome.

June 15th 1975

Count Ciano attacks the Consul before the Grand Council calling his leadership weak and questioning his abilities to lead the Empire.

June 21st 1975

The UN votes to condemn the NRE for their harboring of Nazi war criminals and demands that they open their borders to investigation.

June 23rd 1975

The search for Himmler is officially called off after it is discerned that she has fled the Empire.

July 6th 1975

Otto Skorzeny dies of natural causes at his home in Northern Italy. Even amidst these accusations of Nazi war criminals he will be granted a state funeral.

July 10th 1975

Count Ciano meets with the Emperor on the possibility of dismissing Medici from his post as Consul as well as dismissing his top supporters(Evola and Borghese) in one fell swoop to prevent a Civil War.

July 15th 1975

On his way to Livorno Count Ciano’s private plane suddenly crashes. The Count an experienced pilot was flying the plane himself before the sudden crash which killed the man instantly.

Within hours of Ciano’s death OVRA agents conduct a raid against his residencies. Edda Ciano(the daughter of Mussolini) protests their intrusion as illegal and inappropriate given the untimely death of her husband. The agents inform her that their orders come directly from Consul Medici. Marzio Ciano an officer in the navy is punched in the face when he attempts to stop the men from searching his father’s private office.

The search for Ciano’s fabled diaries turn up empty.

July 16th 1975

Consul Medici announces the death of Count Ciano to the nation calling it a freak accident brought on by a mechanical malfunction.

July 18th 1975

Count Ciano is buried in his family tomb in Livorno.

July 20th 1975

Franco Freda is appointed the new minister of Foreign Affairs by the Consul. He is the first of Evola’s disciples to be placed on the Grand Council.

August 1st 1975

The Helsinki Accords are signed by most of the nations of Europe. The NRE and Spain both refuse to sign the accords calling it an infringement on internal rule of their nations.

August 10th 1975

The Aquila begins its final voyage. Destined for Genoa and decommissioning the ship will travel to several Italian points throughout the Mediterranean first as a final farewell after 32 years of faithful service.

August 27th 1975

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia dies in Bath, England at the age of 83. “The Uncle of Bath” as he became known to the citizens of the city lived his last years nearly destitute surviving on a government stipend, donations and the last remains of Ethiopian treasures. Hearing that the deposed Emperor does not have enough money for a funeral the people of Bath quickly put together a fund raiser and manage to raise over 30,000 pounds in just 3 days.

August 30th 1975

Over ten thousand attend the funeral of Haile Selassie. Numerous politicians from the UK and France are in attendance and give speeches on the bravery of Selassie standing up against the Fascists in Rome never relinquishing his claim to the throne even as his sons were executed by Italian agents.

September 15th 1975

Thirty two years to the day oft he Aquila’s commissioning it docks in Genoa for the final time. Thousands of former sailors of the Aquila are in attendance for the decommissioning of the ship and the commissioning of its replacement. All are honored for their service, but one man is honored above the rest Petty Officer Pasquel Rizzo. Rizzo has served with the ship since its commissioning and turned down promotions in order to stay with the ship. Over the years he wrote profusely to Medici and the Grand Admirals begging to stay with the Aquila. Serving with the ship in every major action from the beginning he had become a fixture aboard the ship, in the last few years he served as a liaison between the officers and enlisted and helped new sailors get adjusted to life aboard ship. On this day, he is honored for his lifetime of sacrifice and service by Medici and Viceroy Borghese. He is retroactively promoted to the rank of Chief Petty Officer and officially retires from service. The Aquila would be the first and last ship he served on.

Aside the Aquila is the Empire’s latest and greatest carrier. The first nuclear carrier of the Empire and the largest in the world, beating the Nimitz by several feet. The Benito Mussolini is ready to enter service with the fleet and project Roman power far and wide. Serving aboard the Mussolini is newly minted Seaman Mario Rizzo, son of the retiring Chief Petty Officer. May his service to the Empire be as long and as grand as his father’s was.

September 18th 1975

Work begins in the newly decommissioned Aquila to convert the ship into a floating museum to showcase the history of the Italian Navy and Italian seafarers throughout the ages.

September 22nd 1975

The Mussolini embarks on a worldwide tour. It will visit ports throughout the world with a strong focus on Lira Block nations to show the true power of Imperial might.

September 25th 1975

Major Medici begins his new assignment at the Military Academy of Modena teaching anti-partisan warfare to the officer cadets there.

October 30th 1975

Francisco Franco turns powers of Head of State over to King Juan Carlos as the General is too ill to continue his duties.

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Italy 1936 /An Empire Reborn Feb 13, 2019 22:00:28 GMT

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Post by eurowatch on Feb 13, 2019 22:00:28 GMT

Feb 13, 2019 18:15:21 GMT lordroel said:

Chapter XLI (May 5th 1975 to October 30th 1975)

May 5th 1975

Count Ciano calls for the Grand Council to conduct an investigation on the failure of Italian intervention in Vietnam.

May 8th 1975

Franco Freda returns to Rome with another hero’s welcome for the valiant last stand in Saigon.

May 10th 1975

The building projects in Burma are significantly scaled back. Though construction still continues to a degree as the Comando Supremo desires an outpost in the Far East.

May 11th 1975

Major Medici and his wife travel to Cuba for the start of their honeymoon. They will spend the next month in Cuba and throughout South America.

June 3rd 1975

Himmler’s “My Rise and Fall” is published throughout Europe and the United States. The book exposes the secret Berlin-Rome alliance of World War II and the aid given to escaped Nazis. The book causes an uproar across Britian, France and the United States.

June 4th 1975

Possession of “My Rise and Fall” is decreed a crime by Consul Medici. And Gudrun Himmler is made an enemy of the state and wanted criminal.

Adolf Eichmann, the current head of ODESSA is summoned immediately to Rome to explain himself.

June 5th 1975

An extremely nervous Eichmann pleads with the Consul saying that he nor ODESSA had any part in the publishing the book and they will assist in tracking down the fugitive Himmler.

In the United States the Democratic congress calls for an investigation of the allegations set forth in the book and the possible imposing of sanctions on the NRE for their crimes.

June 6th 1975

The largest manhunt in Italian history since the Mengele kidnaping is launched for Gudrun Himmler, she is wanted dead or alive.

Unknown to the government is that Himmler had fled to Swizterland months before in anticipation of the government’s reaction to the book.

June 7th 1975

Britain, France, Israel and the Soviet Union all call for sanctions and a UN investigation on the situation of Nazi fugitives within the NRE.

The Soviet Union also condemns the United States for their mishandling of the borders in the last days of World War 2 which has led to this situation accusing the American military of being in cahoots with Rome.

June 15th 1975

Count Ciano attacks the Consul before the Grand Council calling his leadership weak and questioning his abilities to lead the Empire.

June 21st 1975

The UN votes to condemn the NRE for their harboring of Nazi war criminals and demands that they open their borders to investigation.

June 23rd 1975

The search for Himmler is officially called off after it is discerned that she has fled the Empire.

July 6th 1975

Otto Skorzeny dies of natural causes at his home in Northern Italy. Even amidst these accusations of Nazi war criminals he will be granted a state funeral.

July 10th 1975

Count Ciano meets with the Emperor on the possibility of dismissing Medici from his post as Consul as well as dismissing his top supporters(Evola and Borghese) in one fell swoop to prevent a Civil War.

July 15th 1975

On his way to Livorno Count Ciano’s private plane suddenly crashes. The Count an experienced pilot was flying the plane himself before the sudden crash which killed the man instantly.

Within hours of Ciano’s death OVRA agents conduct a raid against his residencies. Edda Ciano(the daughter of Mussolini) protests their intrusion as illegal and inappropriate given the untimely death of her husband. The agents inform her that their orders come directly from Consul Medici. Marzio Ciano an officer in the navy is punched in the face when he attempts to stop the men from searching his father’s private office.

The search for Ciano’s fabled diaries turn up empty.

July 16th 1975

Consul Medici announces the death of Count Ciano to the nation calling it a freak accident brought on by a mechanical malfunction.

July 18th 1975

Count Ciano is buried in his family tomb in Livorno.

July 20th 1975

Franco Freda is appointed the new minister of Foreign Affairs by the Consul. He is the first of Evola’s disciples to be placed on the Grand Council.

August 1st 1975

The Helsinki Accords are signed by most of the nations of Europe. The NRE and Spain both refuse to sign the accords calling it an infringement on internal rule of their nations.

August 10th 1975

The Aquila begins its final voyage. Destined for Genoa and decommissioning the ship will travel to several Italian points throughout the Mediterranean first as a final farewell after 32 years of faithful service.

August 27th 1975

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia dies in Bath, England at the age of 83. “The Uncle of Bath” as he became known to the citizens of the city lived his last years nearly destitute surviving on a government stipend, donations and the last remains of Ethiopian treasures. Hearing that the deposed Emperor does not have enough money for a funeral the people of Bath quickly put together a fund raiser and manage to raise over 30,000 pounds in just 3 days.

August 30th 1975

Over ten thousand attend the funeral of Haile Selassie. Numerous politicians from the UK and France are in attendance and give speeches on the bravery of Selassie standing up against the Fascists in Rome never relinquishing his claim to the throne even as his sons were executed by Italian agents.

September 15th 1975

Thirty two years to the day oft he Aquila’s commissioning it docks in Genoa for the final time. Thousands of former sailors of the Aquila are in attendance for the decommissioning of the ship and the commissioning of its replacement. All are honored for their service, but one man is honored above the rest Petty Officer Pasquel Rizzo. Rizzo has served with the ship since its commissioning and turned down promotions in order to stay with the ship. Over the years he wrote profusely to Medici and the Grand Admirals begging to stay with the Aquila. Serving with the ship in every major action from the beginning he had become a fixture aboard the ship, in the last few years he served as a liaison between the officers and enlisted and helped new sailors get adjusted to life aboard ship. On this day, he is honored for his lifetime of sacrifice and service by Medici and Viceroy Borghese. He is retroactively promoted to the rank of Chief Petty Officer and officially retires from service. The Aquila would be the first and last ship he served on.

Aside the Aquila is the Empire’s latest and greatest carrier. The first nuclear carrier of the Empire and the largest in the world, beating the Nimitz by several feet. The Benito Mussolini is ready to enter service with the fleet and project Roman power far and wide. Serving aboard the Mussolini is newly minted Seaman Mario Rizzo, son of the retiring Chief Petty Officer. May his service to the Empire be as long and as grand as his father’s was.

September 18th 1975

Work begins in the newly decommissioned Aquila to convert the ship into a floating museum to showcase the history of the Italian Navy and Italian seafarers throughout the ages.

September 22nd 1975

The Mussolini embarks on a worldwide tour. It will visit ports throughout the world with a strong focus on Lira Block nations to show the true power of Imperial might.

September 25th 1975

Major Medici begins his new assignment at the Military Academy of Modena teaching anti-partisan warfare to the officer cadets there.

October 30th 1975

Francisco Franco turns powers of Head of State over to King Juan Carlos as the General is too ill to continue his duties.

I have the sneaking sucpision that the Lira Block is going to pull a Soviet Union and start losing its members to democratic revolutions before being left With nothing but a shadow of its former power.

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