World of Kaiserreich - German Empire

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What if Germany had won World War 1?

[WORLD OF KAISERREICH: GERMAN EMPIRE]

The World of Kaiserreich is an animated video series explaining the lore of the Hearts of Iron mod Kaiserreich. In the alt-history timeline of Kaiserreich, a German victory in WW1 changes the world as we know it.

In this episode, we take a closer look at the titular Kaiserreich in 1919 and 1939. After winning the Great War, an era of hope and reconstruction quickly gives way to a new dark age in Europe. Germany has defeated Britain, France and Russia, but at what cost? The collapse of the British and French colonial empires is spilling over into German holdings. And from the broken shells of their former enemies, a new and more dangerous foe has risen: The spectre of Syndicalism now haunting Europe.

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Illustration: Kurts, Vincent De Nil
Voice-Over: Brian Jeffords
Animation & Editing: Day The Editor
Special thanks to the Kaiserreich Mod Developers
Produced by: Vincent De Nil

[DraftTheHippies]

“We fought the Fritz tooth and nail for 5 years, only for all of it to go to sh*t in 1919”
- Unknown British Veteran

[MagicalGeek]

I like this German Officer, he is the one who saw what went wrong.

[johncarter]

"Hey Hans you finally awake! Huh? Berlin Falling? Red Army in the city? Allied force surrounded Germany? Must've been a bad dream. It's 1919! We just won the war!
Come on, Hans. Let's go and celebrate. Peace has come to our Deutschland."

[YnotTheTony]

The last "Gott mit uns" have so much weight as it's spoken with a tired, hopeless voice tone...it's not an war cry, it's a prayer

[multiversepatriot]

Finally, the Kaiserreich gets the video they deserve

[cypher]

"This time we will win the peace!"
Restored French Republic about to start WK3 over Alsace-Lorraine: bonjour

[ubudubuubu]

I love the moment when he says "Its german time" and germanized all of the world

[StrategyHistorian]

This guy is so charismatic, that I bought the german poster in the webshop and started a new german empire session in hoi4 after watching the video.

[jerrycoob]

Man, is _he_ going to be disappointed when the Cold War with the Entente gets going.

[FreyaofCerberus]

Sounds like this German officer understands that only way to achieve lasting peace in Europe is for Germany to win but not dominate. My headcannon ending is always for Germany to help the Entente return but then treat them as equals.

[AquaAtia]

Amazing as always! Really captures the energy of when you first play Germany…up until Black Monday hits

[wojakargento]

Wholesome European Union path when?! A really nice video!

[thea]

"When it is peace, then we may view again
With new-won eyes each other's truer form
And wonder. Grown more loving-kind and warm
We'll grasp firm hands and laugh at the old pain,
When it is peace. But until peace, the storm
The darkness and the thunder and the rain."

[MasterChiefSamus]

This was supposed to be our timeline, but Albert Einstein built a time machine and told the French that Germany would attack through Verdun.

[makaan]

Native German speaker here, that accent is violently German.

[scrolls]

"Dieter! Finally awake, ja? What? Syndicalists? Britain in exile? The Kaiser dead?! Christ Dieter, we just won the war! Come on, were going drinking!"

[GermanConquistador]

A Beautifully made Re-Introduction. I can't believe you guys made the Default Title Nation sounds so interesting and fresh again.
It's amazing to make The Titular Kaiserreich something you want to go back to with that same spirit as the voice actors and the artist's characters. Fantastic Work as always Kaisercats!

[Soyunapina]

Wow the quality has definetly improved, from just a static image with zooms on somewhat random points while some background narrator did a expostion, to now having a good amount of images, IRL footage of ww1, better script, better VA, and even small animated footage.

Keep the good work guys :D

[MathMasterism]

This has the energy of the Emperor of Mankind giving a speech about how the Great Crusade will soon unite all humanity in peace and progress, only for it to cross-fade into the Emperor on the Golden Throne, silently wondering where it all went wrong.

[michaelbondarenko]

Everyone is talking about "Gott mit uns" line, but for me the most powerful moment was "Let this war be the last war, let the death of our brothers mean something". I can relate to that, let it actually be the last war, i really hope so...