History Awesome / TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope

** One player managed [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/s/Sb577TFie4 to somehow grant the rioters maximum concessions]], and managed to successfully pacify the riots ''[[Justin time right before the IJA coup could happen]]'', ensuring that the Zhujin and Chinese citizens have a voice while weakening the IJA garrison.

** Nowa Polska has a successor in the Autonomous Soviet Liberation Army. Nothing will stop Poland, it seems.

* Even in the post-apocalyptic events, [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/455866490629914645/642544489835135006/hoi4_35.png it's revealed]] that a group of soldiers and other survivors from Nowa Polska on a quixotic journey back to their lost homeland meet up, to their shock and pleasant surprise, with a group of Poles. Not only is this a long-awaited reunion of a broken people, but [[HopeSpringsEternal there's the implication]] that [[BeyondTheImpossible not even nuclear Armageddon could destroy the idea of Poland]].

* Villainous example. The final confrontation between Heydrich and Himmler upon the former's victory in the Second German Civil War. Despite Heydrich being one of the worst Nazis in our world and TNO's, seeing Himmler [[VillainousBreakdown break down]] in front of Heydrich and [[KickTheSonOfABitch his response]] before killing him was very satisfying.

* Mitchell [=WerBell=] III and his band of mercenaries can potentially take over Magadan, using it as a springboard for uniting the former USSR under an ideology that could be best described as a democratic [[Franchise/MetalGear Outer Heaven]], where soldiers are always needed. Not only do they have the means to pull this off, but they can actually ''succeed''.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI7ql3JRJ5g superevent for Goering's invasion of Russia]] features ''Sacred War'' playing in the background, illustrating how the Russian people, regardless of political ideology, will fight to the bitter end as the Germans invade their country once more.

* Related to the note about Fall Rot's superevent, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHIlVrxwOrs Fall Rockwell event]], in which Goering invades the United States, utilizes the Battle Hymn of the Republic to symbolize the will of the American populace to resist tyranny, even at the cost of nuclear war.

* During the planning stage of Fall Rockwell, Goring will attempt to ally with Cuba and Haiti by sending the leaders of both nations a letter that gives them praise and offering them to join the Einheitspakt. Both Fidel Castro and François Duvalier reply with a heavy dose of "[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech you suck]]", with Castro calling Goring's fascism "infinitely worse than any American brand of capitalism" and Duvalier pointing out Goring's hypocrisy in criticizing French imperialism while also holding dominion over half the globe.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwpJ38ARpuc Fall Schwarz event]], where [[EnemyCivilWar Goring invades Burgundy]], is appropriately scored with [[PsychoStrings a hectic violin section]] from "Devil's Trill Sonata", symbolizing the fierce fighting between [[EvilVersusOblivion Goring's world-conquering Reich and Himmler's nuclear extinctionist SS]]. As of Toolbox Theory, should Burgundy collapse, Bormann and Speer can get in on the action, too.

* The least likely help for South Africa against the Nazi hordes arrives from the North [[https://i.redd.it/om2smlzq08w41.jpg in the form of a hundred Russian volunteers]]. All hail from warlord states of various ideologies and alignments - communist WRRF soldiers and a follower of Rurik II among them, whose overall leader is heavily implied to be an Onegan anticommunist - but have come together to fight for a nation most decidedly not their own, determined to ensure that it does not meet the same fate as the Russian motherland.

* Any of the harder paths, if successfully pulled off, is this, even if these paths are dark paths like Heydrich winning the German-Burgundian War or Omsk reuniting Russia.

* Winning the Battle for Italy can be this for either the OFN or CPS. In a single stroke the respective alliance has gained a powerful ally in Europe, control over the Suez canal, and dominance over the Mediterranean. This will undoubtedly give a large advantage in handling the Oil Crisis.
* Iberia isn't doomed to fall into civil war or totalitarian malaise. With the right choices and some luck, it's possible to not only save the union but reform it into a functional democratic federation. The Iberians could even complete the infamous Gibraltar Dam while at it, in the process succeeding where the Nazis have failed.

* During the planning stage of Fall Rockwell, Goring will attempt to ally with Cuba and Haiti by sending the leaders of both nations a letter which gives them praise and offering them to join the Einheitspakt. Both Fidel Castro and François Duvalier reply with a heavy dose of "[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech you suck]]", with Castro calling Goring's fascism "infinitely worse than any American brand of capitalism" and Duvalier pointing out Goring's hypocrisy in criticizing French imperialism while also holding dominion over half the globe.

** On a smaller scale, the Pacific Treaty with Japan, where, if the player makes the right choices, not only can the United States recover the West Coast ports taken at the end of World War II, they can also ensure Japan leaves Hawaii, finally achieving Eisenhower's hope of bringing the 50th State back to America. This not only boosts the governing party's popularity, but boosts national unity and brings the American people out of the generalized despair caused by Kennedy's murder.
* Related to the note about Fall Rot's superevent, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHIlVrxwOrs Fall Rockwell event]], in which Goering invades the United States, utilizes Battle Hymn of the Republic to symbolize the will of the American populace to resist tyranny, even at the cost of nuclear war.
* Bormann can choose to try to diplomatically realign the Reich with America against Japan and the Co-Prosperity Sphere, capped off with a state visit. What happens next depends heavily on who the sitting president is, and whether or not they accept his offer. While Wallace and Thurmond are [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame left deeply uncomfortable by Bormann's praise for their racial policies]], and Bennett, fitting his low-drama attitude, just tries to move things along politely, every other possible president gets at least one good lick in when meeting Bormann in the White House.

** Michael Harrington prefers to [[https://preview.redd.it/edfd3wyhgw961.png?width=554&format=png&auto=webp&s=990d3f4071b2c34ff3e7cdffe4c422c07c38ac31 snub Bormann very directly]], shaking hands, posing for a photo, then ushering the Fuhrer and his entourage out of the Oval Office immediately afterwards while pretending to be just too busy to give them more of his time.

** Finally, and most beloved by the fandom, Curtis [=LeMay=] starts things off by swearing at Bormann, calling him "Little Martin" to his face, and demanding he not bring his cameraman into the Office. The two [[SirSwearsALot infamously profane men]] immediately escalate the situation into a [[https://preview.redd.it/385ycnyhgw961.png?width=555&format=png&auto=webp&s=348690cb6e712dff2a4bbab486edfb50d44534e0 furious argument as bitter as it is hilarious]], with Bormann literally screaming so loudly that he nearly drowns out his own interpreter, and [=LeMay=] [[HistoricalInJoke uttering Khrushchev's immortal "We will bury you!" line]]. All while the cameras keep rolling, catching the whole thing.
* Talking about [=LeMay=], if he becomes President (after Wallace's impeachment) he immediately signs the Civil Rights Act into law, not caring about how it is political suicide.
* One of LBJ's event chains (provided you are sufficiently strong in resolve for Civil Rights and other Great Society policies) is the [[https://imgur.com/a/6KiQPv3 mobilization of the African American community as a new political force in America]]. It takes some effort, but it's possible with their support to flip Southern states away from the Segregationists (including voting out Strom Thurmond in 1966!) and make them a potent voice to be heard. It's a really cool feeling to see the previously marginalized community rally in the 1960s and fight back against discrimination

** Another sees Dirlewanger [[ShowdownAtHighNoon challenged to a duel]] by a mysterious figure from the wastes known only as the "Ural Ranger," who somehow made his way past the guards and other forces to meet the monster in the war camp. Dirlewanger laughs and accepts, believing that it'll just be another tally to his list of kills. Once they draw at around 11:20, with impeccable aim and the quick draw of his pistol, the ranger nails the dastard to the disbelief of everyone around them. As the bandits get thrown into chaos, and the ranger makes his way back to the wastes, many can only ponder, "[[Music/GunfighterBalladsAndTrailSongs Where did that ranger even hide the Makarov? His hip?]]"

** The most notable warlord has to be Michał Goleniewski, a former NKVD agent from Poland, as he makes like Rurik II and proclaims himself to be a royal to establish benevolent rule over Russia. And not just any monarch--he boasts to be ''Alexei II himself''. If the vestiges of the HRE paint Taboritsky's regime and beliefs as a massive cult, then Goleniewski should be the ultimate BlasphemousBoast in their eyes. The Mad Regent must be spinning in his grave.
* The Anti-Communist Volunteer Guard in Onega may at first seem merely a puppet state acting as a buffer for Finland, which most of the time exists to simply be overrun by whoever unites West Russia... but they ''do'' have both a scenario and a focus tree (unlike even Finland itself) for if they manage to ''win'' against the unifier, and one that proves the Guard leadership ''actually meant'' their promises of eventual democratisation, leaving West Russia mostly democratic and united into an alliance, if still divided into multiple states. Not the best outcome for West Russia, but considerably better than some of the others considering potential opponents for Onega in the war include states like Oktan's Samara, Taboritsky's Ust-Sysolsk and the Aryan Brotherhood.
* Most [[https://youtu.be/9mjbBXQxFMc music for superevents announcing Russian reunification]] is appropriately upbeat and awesome, denoting the dawn of a new era. Special attention is warranted by the [[https://youtu.be/9mjbBXQxFMc?t=547 Humanist Tomsk's]] theme (the appropriately martial but lively coda to Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11), [[https://youtu.be/9mjbBXQxFMc?t=951 liberal Vyatka's]] cheerfully raucous bar song, [[https://youtu.be/9mjbBXQxFMc?t=314 the Siberian Black Army's]] infinitely optimistic Ukrainian love song, [[https://youtu.be/9mjbBXQxFMc?t=446 democratic Novosibirsk's ]] aggressively 70s synthesizer tune, and of course, [[https://youtu.be/9mjbBXQxFMc?t=175 Sablin's]] anti-authoritarian theme.
** Until the People's Reunification Council was stripped of its content in the "Unfinished Business" update, its [[https://youtu.be/9mjbBXQxFMc?t=382 theme]], the Soviet drill song "V put'", was the perfect theme for the strange democratic stratocracy that was the [=PRC=]. After all, Vasilevsky's Red Army was bound together by friendship formed through military democracy and it worked to protect both the Russian people and their freedoms; what better song to evoke that than one that addresses both the soldiers and their loves?

* The final battle between [[TheCaligula Sergey Taboritsky]] and [[GoodShepherd Alexander Men]] (The Father) is this, should Men come out on top of course. Both of them were heavily teased warlords and secret paths, and their reveals showed them to be the complete opposites in terms of demeanor, with Taboritsky leading an AxCrazy Imperial Cult in one of Russia's worst paths while Men leads a tolerant and borderline anarchist state based on Christian love and egalitarianism in one of Russia's ''best'' paths. Thus, the final battle between Taboritsky and Men effectively turns into a battle not just for Russia's reunification, but Russia's ''soul'' as well, as what are effectively the worst and best interpretations of Christianity clash. The two also [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/comments/k7r52u/alexander_mens_reaction_to_taboritskys_russia/ have a special event]], where Men fittingly [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech calling Taboritsky]] TheAntichrist before he rallies his forces to wipe out this abomination for good.
* [[https://imgur.com/gallery/QgylSB0 The entire journey of Steve]], an American tourist who decided to trek across the war-torn lands of Russia, from Kamchatka to the WRRF, alongside a local [[FriendlySniper sniper called Zoya]] whom he hired as his bodyguard. In their journey, they cross the territories of most of the Russian Warlords, collecting numerous friends and trinkets along the way, and coming incredibly close to death many times traveling through [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Amur]], [[PoliceState Irkutsk]], [[DirtyCommunists Tyumen]], [[TotalitarianGangsterism Yugra]], [[FourthReich the Aryan Brotherhood]], among other [[WretchedHive horrible places]]. Should Steve make his journey intact however, he will then write a book about his experiences traveling Russia, titled "Across the Tundra", that quickly becomes a best seller. Talk about crazy adventures.
* On a similar note, Alexander the modern Bogatyr, a former German soldier marooned in Vyatka after the end of the West Russian War, goes on a journey across Russia, [[WeHelpTheHelpless lending his fighting skills to helpless and mistreated people across the shattered land]], looking for redemption. In the end, he finds it in a snowy church in Omolon, before the Divine Mandate even arises, where Alexander Men promises him that his sincere regret is proof before God that his sins are forgiven, and he ultimately returns home to Vyatka, and the arms of the Russian woman he left behind there.

** On a similar note, there are two events that fire if Yazov's Omsk/West Siberian Provisional Authority is victorious over the [[BoomerangBigot Aryan Brotherhood]] or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Rodzaevsky's Amur/All-Russian Government of the Far East]]. For [[https://i.redd.it/fb9jbwtsk4v51.png the former]], members of the Black League line up AB soldiers to gun down and bury in mass graves, while the "Aryans" [[AintTooProudToBeg pitifully beg for their lives]] in their [[PoirotSpeak butchered version]] of the German language, to which the Black League troops scoff in disgust at them using the tongue of those that seek to destroy the Russian people. Not a single AB member is described as going out with a stoic demeanor, as every single one has their own breakdown before execution. For [[https://i.redd.it/tnsysk6l4ia61.jpg the latter]], the Black League utterly decimates Rodzaevsky's fascist blackshirts, hanging them en masse [[HoistByHisOwnPetard on the very gallows Rodzaevsky executed all of his starting enemies upon]], whether the fascists beg for their lives, plead ignorance, outright use the JustFollowingOrders excuse, or occasionally [[FaceDeathWithDignity say nothing]] in regards to their executions--all while [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing the crowds openly celebrate the slaughter]]. While these events still make no bones about how destructive the Black League is, it also gives a [[PayEvilUntoEvil sick catharsis]] when they deliver that destruction unto the handful of factions that are objectively worse than they are.
* Despite the fact that it is currently only possible in the "sandbox mod" debug, and lorewise, Russia is never being able to unify for decades (if not ''centuries'') as a result of its collapse in that route, playing as one of the sane post-Taboritsky Warlords in sandbox mode can be rather rewarding. You not only finish off the remnants of the Holy Russian Empire seeking to purify Russia a second time, but also take down unsavory figures, from HRE breakaways not beholden to their ideology like Nikolai Talberg and Ivan Melkikh, to the Redeemed Black League, the Kazakh Purification League and the Brotherhood of Cain. Additionally, winning as them means that you have managed to restore Russia like a phoenix from the ashes, perhaps signifying to the world that Russia's existence as a nation is far from over and that there may yet be hope.
** Not to mention how awesome some of these factions are. After the brutal regime did everything to silence its opposition, [[YouCannotKillAnIdea the remnants are still composed of various ideologies]] that Taboritsky loathed. Boris I seeks to finish what Rurik started in Kemorovo as TheGoodKing, Yevgeniya Taratuta champions for Mother Anarchy, Alexander Zinoviev has ensured that Tomsk's Salons and benevolence have remained, and Nikolai Kardashev genuinely pursues scientific advancement after the less savory "ultravisionary" and plain {{Mad Scientist}}s were purged.
** Nowa Polska has a successor in the form of Autonomous Soviet Liberation Army. Nothing will stop Poland, it seems.

** Constitutionalist Chita, in particular, has one of the most awesome character arcs in the mod. At the mod's start, Tsar Mikhail is a pretender with no claim to the Russian throne, [[TheWoobie kept under house arrest and isolated from his family and friends]] by his [[EvilChancellor Prime Minister, Boris Shepunov]]. Shepunov and the rest of the junta running Chita [[PuppetKing use him as a prop to legitimize their rule and don’t let him make any independent decisions]]. As a result, Mikhail is deeply depressed and hopeless, wanting nothing more to do with Russia or politics. However, after Chita unites the Russian Far East, Mikhail has a chance encounter with a sympathetic Tsarist military officer, giving him the opening he desperately needs. Mikhail gradually becomes more active in government, all the while forming a clandestine clique of rival officers to depose Shepunov. When Shepunov gets wind of this, he marches on Mikhail’s residence with a small army, planning to depose Mikhail and replace him with a new puppet. Several of Shepunov’s rifle units and his own lieutenant then turn their guns and arrest him. In the aftermath, Mikhail installs a provisional civilian government and tries his hardest to improve the lives of everyday Russians, now believing that it’s his destiny to lead and heal a broken Russia.

*** On a slightly more mundane level, the Great Siberian Plan decisions and focuses make it possible for the Siberian Free Territory to develop a powerful industrial base, which in turn allows them to build a first-rate army that will CurbStompBattle whoever comes out on top in West Russia.
** Kemerovo generally is sheer awesome. It's a monarchy under a former Soviet Colonel who [[NapoleonDelusion believes he is the reincarnation of a Viking prince who united Russia in medieval times]] (or put another way, it's like if [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton Emperor Norton I of the United States]] actually ''was'' a king with his own country rather than simply a well-liked eccentric celebrity). The guiding ideology of Rurik II's government is a bizarre syncretic fusion of Soviet progressivism and feudal monarchism with [[DaysOfFuturePast Muscovite and Kievan aesthetics]], and despite Rurik's insanity, [[BunnyEarsLawyer he rules the kingdom pragmatically and listens to his advisors]]. The end result should they unite Russia is a country where the public go around dressed like it's a Renaissance fair, but the government runs quite smoothly, workers have rights and their workplace union has royal backing, the military is competent and well-equipped, and the R&D division produces weapons systems, computers and radar on par with the three superpowers.

*** [[https://old.reddit.com/r/TNOmod/comments/nsrzzj/lmao_germany_is_about_to_get_fucked/ One player]] managed to unify the Kingdom of Rus with some deft (and lucky) political maneuvering by swiping Karelia, Kazakhstan and Amur, garnering a veritable rogue's gallery of {{Four Star Badass}}es from Zhukov to Batov to the Red Napoleon from other unifiers, keeping the Siberian Plan intact, and having more factories than Germany ''and'' the United States, to form one of the strongest possible unified Russias in TNO (barring cheats). Germany is in for a ''very'' bad time indeed.
*** Later events hint that Krylov was ''actually sane all along'', and "Rurik II" was just an act he put on to give the Russian people something to believe in besides day-to-day survival. And if his son takes over, the Kingdom takes steps towards becoming a British-style constitutional monarchy with actual democracy.
* Russian reunification in itself. In a decade, a Russian warlord clique which rules over a small region of Russia unites Russia under its banner through using both diplomacy and force to create a new Russia under its leadership and banner. Doubly so if the unifier is one of the more [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure morally upright factions]]: Russia is not only free from the horrors of the warlord era, but is about to experience a new age of freedom and prosperity.

** In one of them, Dirlewanger [[KickTheDog murders a dog]] whose owner was a former NKVD agent. His response? Going on a rampage, [[OneManArmy killing all of Dirlewangers men]] before putting two bullets in his head, with the event ending with what is presumably Dirlewanger's last words: [[Film/JohnWick IT WAS JUST A FUCKING DOG!]]
** Another one sees Dirlewanger [[ShowdownAtHighNoon challenged to a duel]] by a mysterious figure from the wastes known only as the "Ural Ranger," who somehow made his way past the guards and other forces to meet the monster in the war camp. Dirlewanger laughs and accepts, believing that it'll just be another tally to his list of kills. Once they draw at around 11:20, with impeccable aim and the swift draw of his pistol, the ranger nails the dastard, to the disbelief of everyone around them. As the bandits get thrown into chaos and the Ranger makes his way back to the wastes, many can only ponder, "[[Music/GunfighterBalladsAndTrailSongs Where did that ranger even hide the Makarov? His hip?]]"
* While most of the text accompanying [[https://i.redd.it/ah0js42uof751.png the defeats of Russian warlords]] [[TearJerker/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope are appropriately downbeat]], the one for the [[FourthReich Aryan Brotherhood]] reads [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing "There remains some justice in the Russian Anarchy"]]-- an appropriate send-off to one of the most evil warlord factions in Russia, and one of the worst paths it can go down. It's even better if you're the one who defeated the AB.

** You also have Alexander Men, a charismatic faith preacher from Olomon who forms a Divine Mandate within the remote villages in Siberia. If Men succeeds, he will turn Russia into a [[SaintlyChurch benevolent near-anarchist state that runs on Christian ideals without forcing it on anyone]]. Jews, Muslims, atheists, minority ethnic groups, any of his political opponents who are unwilling to violently and cruelly defend their ideals to the end, and even sexual minorities are all welcome in Men's free house of God, and from one of the hardest starts in all Russia. And if the last obstacle to reunification happens to be the Taboritsky's waking-nightmare Holy Russian Empire, [[https://i.redd.it/dv7q460qij361.png Men will]] denounce the mad regent as TheAntichrist and [[GoodIsNotSoft declare a holy war, proving that even the Lord's mercy has its limits]].
** Constitutionalist Chita in particular has one of the most awesome character arcs in the mod. At the start of the mod, Tsar Mikhail is a pretender with no claim to the Russian throne, [[TheWoobie kept under house arrest and isolated from his family and friends]] by his [[EvilChancellor Prime Minister, Boris Shepunov]]. Shepunov and the rest of the junta running Chita [[PuppetKing use him as a prop to legitimize their rule and don’t let him make any independent decisions]]. As a result, Mikhail is deeply depressed and hopeless, wanting nothing more to do with Russia or politics. However, after Chita unites the Russian Far East, Mikhail has a chance encounter with a sympathetic Tsarist military officer, giving him the opening he desperately needs. Mikhail gradually becomes more active in government, all the while forming a clandestine clique of rival officers to depose Shepunov. When Shepunov gets wind of this, he marches on Mikhail’s residence with a small army, planning to depose Mikhail and replace him with a new puppet. Several of Shepunov’s rifle units and his own lieutenant then turn their guns and arrest him. In the aftermath, Mikhail installs a provisional civilian government and tries his hardest to improve the lives of everyday Russians, now believing that it’s his destiny to lead and heal a broken Russia.

* Actually managing to fully reform Germany through the Gang of Four. You fight off the hardliners, Schörner and even Speer's own ambitions to preserve Fascism in one form or another. Your reward? A Germany that has successfully sidelined both Speer and the NSDAP, and well on its way to embracing some form of democracy once Speer dies, and hopefully Nazism with him.
** Speer's intentions to reinvigorate National Socialism into lasting with his reforms are snuffed with the Gang of Four making the unrepentant Nazi their puppet. Speer can only yell at them in frustration, and Schmidt eventually implies he's called Speer nothing more than a figurehead to his face.
* Willy Brandt's Slave Revolt is a triumphant resistance against Nazi tyranny, and their super-event is accompanied by a chorus of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJOpx-fy9WY Einheitsfrontlied]]'', showing the absolute solidarity across nations, languages, and even ideologies, all in the name of liberating Eastern Europe and returning it to the ''people''.
* Villainous example. The final confrontation between Heydrich and Himmler upon the former's victory in the Second German Civil War. Despite Heydrich being one of the worst Nazis in both our world and TNO's, seeing Himmler [[VillainousBreakdown break down]] in front of Heydrich and [[KickTheSonOfABitch Heydrich's response]] before killing him was very satisfying.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwpJ38ARpuc Fall Schwarz event]], where [[EnemyCivilWar Goring invades Burgundy]], is appropriately scored with [[PsychoStrings a hectic violin section]] from "Devil's Trill Sonata", symbolizing the frenzied fighting between [[EvilVersusOblivion Goring's world-conquering Reich, and Himmler's nuclear extinctionist SS]]. As of Toolbox Theory, should Burgundy collapse, Bormann and Speer can get in on the action, too.

* Any of the harder paths, if successfully pulled off, is this, even if these paths are dark paths like Long Yun driving out Japan, Heydrich winning the German-Burgundian War, or Omsk reuniting Russia.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFIZ5SR9qFU Putting a man on Mars]] with John Glenn as President. Take that, Nazis!