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* ArmiesAreEvil: The [=GfMA=] is the German garrison that protects the island and zealously uses violence to break up the Malagasy nationalists and uphold the colonial system.
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** The Vichy French authorities are technically in charge of Madagascar, but it's really Germany who's running the whole affair, using the Militärkommission Madagaskar to maintain a military presence and the Generalbüro für Madagassische Angelegenheiten to govern the island. When the natives rebel, the Germans assume direct control and drop any pretense of French authority.
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** The Vichy French authorities are technically in charge of Madagascar, but it's really Germany who's running the whole affair, using the Militärkommission Madagaskar to maintain a military presence and the Generalbüro für Madagassische Angelegenheiten to govern the island. France relegates themselves to Tananarive, while Germany employs brute force in the rest of the country. When the natives rebel, the Germans assume direct control and drop any pretense of French authority.
* TheBadGuyWins: In spite of their glaring vulnerabilities, the Germans can defeat the Second Malagasy Uprising and keep Madagascar chained for at least another decade.
* BlatantLies: After defeating the Malagasy Rebellion, Germany may need to conduct a coup on the French colonial authorities to seize the island forcefully. In spite of all the firefights and bombings that happen, Germany gives a bunch of falsified documents to justify their actions, only getting away with it because the international community doesn't care about an internal matter.
* LesCollaborateurs: The French colonial administration employs native collaborators in their police force and armed forces. Most of them were originally members of the pre-colonial government, integrated into the administration and given a French education. However, many of these collaborators are not entirely loyal anymore and their mutiny sparks the Second Malagasy Uprising.
* CripplingOverspecialization: The Madagascar colony is only as useful as it can provide luxuries exclusive to the island. [[spoiler:When the Oil Crisis hits, demand for these luxuries plummets and it's even become unprofitable to take a ship to the island and expend more oil. Combined with the risk of famine, the colony is on thin ice during this period, since it will be difficult to fund and equip the garrisons protecting the entire colonial structure.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: During the Second Malagasy Uprising, a German soldier is lynched and left to hang on a tree while pelted with rocks. In response to this, the German garrison starts murdering the people of the town in retribution, until the two Malagasy detectives studying this case turn on the Germans and open fire.
* DownerEnding: Not only can Germany defeat the Second Malagasy Uprising and maintain the oppressive colonial structure, [[spoiler:they can also defeat the Oil Crisis protests, leaving no hope for the island's future. Piles of bodies burn on the side of the roads, cities are emptied of their inhabitants, and farms have been ravaged due to plunder from the German garrisons. The ending's not even pleasant for Milch or Germania, since Madagascar is so devastated that it will take years for them to recover their losses.]]
* EasyLogistics: {{Subverted}}. Half the battle in the Second Malagasy Uprising is logistics, as the colony has poorly maintained roads, out-of-date railways, and an over-dependence on overseas supplies. It also doesn't help that mountains and highlands stretch across the spine of Madagascar, giving ample opportunity for partisans to ambush their supply lines.
* EvilColonialist: The French and German colonial administrations are set up to extract any valuable resources from Madagascar and project their naval power, with the natives put to work and subject to constant abuse. Among the most valuable luxuries on the island is vanilla, gathered from individual-run farms vulnerable to robberies or plantations guarded by abusive armed guards. Whatever the case, the farmers from both are paid meager wages, while the German industrialists profit from this trade.
* TheFamine: [[spoiler:The Oil Crisis spells agricultural doom for the colony and famine sets in. This creates a wave of popular unrest that threatens the German colony and requires careful navigation to circumvent.]]
* BlatantLies: After defeating the Malagasy Rebellion, Germany may need to conduct a coup on the French colonial authorities to seize the island forcefully. In spite of all the firefights and bombings that happen, Germany gives a bunch of falsified documents to justify their actions, only getting away with it because the international community doesn't care about an internal matter.
* LesCollaborateurs: The French colonial administration employs native collaborators in their police force and armed forces. Most of them were originally members of the pre-colonial government, integrated into the administration and given a French education. However, many of these collaborators are not entirely loyal anymore and their mutiny sparks the Second Malagasy Uprising.
* CripplingOverspecialization: The Madagascar colony is only as useful as it can provide luxuries exclusive to the island. [[spoiler:When the Oil Crisis hits, demand for these luxuries plummets and it's even become unprofitable to take a ship to the island and expend more oil. Combined with the risk of famine, the colony is on thin ice during this period, since it will be difficult to fund and equip the garrisons protecting the entire colonial structure.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: During the Second Malagasy Uprising, a German soldier is lynched and left to hang on a tree while pelted with rocks. In response to this, the German garrison starts murdering the people of the town in retribution, until the two Malagasy detectives studying this case turn on the Germans and open fire.
* DownerEnding: Not only can Germany defeat the Second Malagasy Uprising and maintain the oppressive colonial structure, [[spoiler:they can also defeat the Oil Crisis protests, leaving no hope for the island's future. Piles of bodies burn on the side of the roads, cities are emptied of their inhabitants, and farms have been ravaged due to plunder from the German garrisons. The ending's not even pleasant for Milch or Germania, since Madagascar is so devastated that it will take years for them to recover their losses.]]
* EasyLogistics: {{Subverted}}. Half the battle in the Second Malagasy Uprising is logistics, as the colony has poorly maintained roads, out-of-date railways, and an over-dependence on overseas supplies. It also doesn't help that mountains and highlands stretch across the spine of Madagascar, giving ample opportunity for partisans to ambush their supply lines.
* EvilColonialist: The French and German colonial administrations are set up to extract any valuable resources from Madagascar and project their naval power, with the natives put to work and subject to constant abuse. Among the most valuable luxuries on the island is vanilla, gathered from individual-run farms vulnerable to robberies or plantations guarded by abusive armed guards. Whatever the case, the farmers from both are paid meager wages, while the German industrialists profit from this trade.
* TheFamine: [[spoiler:The Oil Crisis spells agricultural doom for the colony and famine sets in. This creates a wave of popular unrest that threatens the German colony and requires careful navigation to circumvent.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Two Malagasy detectives from the Gendarmerie turn on the Nazis during the Second Malagasy Uprising, after they witness a German garrison use a commander's death as an excuse to start massacring a village. Though wounded, they manage to kill three German soldiers before vanishing.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The German administration's disdain for the collaborators is one of the driving factors to the police mutiny, as the Germans try to take up their duties and snub them.
* {{Hypocrite}}: German propaganda loves to talk about Aryans being self-dependent soldiers and farmers who work the land, even though most of the rural workers in Madagascar are poor Malagasy vanilla farmers.
* IslandBase: The primary value of Madagascar for Germany is being a base of operations for the Kriegsmarine, so they can project power into the Indian Ocean and African East Coast. Various Kriegsmarine bases dot the Malagasy coastline and one of the first projects done after the Second Malagasy Uprising is to build a new base in Tuléar.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: The police mutiny merely starts with the Malagasy police locking themselves and their equipment within the precincts and going quiet. The French colonial administrators get suspicious about their lack of activity, especially when the first aide sent to investigate does not return and the second one does not see anything from the gates. The French and German soldiers eventually lose their patience and try to force the police to get back to work, but this just starts a firefight and escalates the rebellion into a full-blown war.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If the Malagasy Rebellion wins the war, the last German base in Madagascar will surrender, accepting that their situation is hopeless. In exchange, they are given mercy and sent back to Ostafrika, walking away with only a disarmed garrison as punishment.
* LaserGuidedKarma: France took over Madagascar in an overthrow of the Merina Kingdom during the Franco-Hovas Wars. After the Second Malagasy Uprising, Germany will do the same thing to them, pressuring or forcing them to hand the island to them.
* LastOfHisKind: Madagascar if France's last overseas colonial territory by 1962, a colony which it is destined to lose to either the Germans usurping power or the Malagasy Rebellion liberating their country.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: A German soldier is lynched and left to hang as a rebellious statement during the Second Malagasy Uprising. Unfortunately, the townspeople don't realize the severe consequences they will face for this, as they don't give up any information to the Malagasy detectives trying to find the culprit.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: The Kriegsmarine captain in charge of the blockade is frustrated that command isn't giving him enough ships to carry out the plan, but he sucks it up and does what he is told.
* NavalBlockade: The Kriegsmarine establish a naval blockade around Madagascar in the weeks following the Second Malagasy Uprising, tryin to stop the OFN and CPS from sending military aid to the rebels. However, the Kriegsmarine only have enough ships to protect the main ports and intimidate smugglers; when the smuggling happens anyway, the patrols try to stop them, but they don't have enough resources to do it effectively.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: After winning the Second Malagasy Uprising and wielding the majority influence, Milch and the German administration force the remaining French governors to sign a treaty, officially ceding Madagascar to Germany in yet another declaration of surrender, which has a forgery of Boisson's signature. The governors are powerless to refuse, as the metropole doesn't support the colony and Germany is already de-facto ruler of the island. Thus, the French colonial forces are dismantled or folded into the Heer, while Milch becomes the German-appointed governor.
* PowderKegCrowd: [[spoiler:During the Oil Crisis, the colony is brought to a halt by strikes against the colonial regime and its abuses. Crowds gather around Milch's palace and are barely contained by military police who will use any act of violence to justify a response against them.]]
* ProxyWar: The Second Malagasy Uprising is a proxy war for the United States and Japan to support the Malagasy rebels and dislodge Germany's influence in the Indian Ocean and Southern Africa. They respectively support the PADESM and the TAFAMA. Even the governing council has private backers with ties to Free France.
* TheQuisling: The three French governors who can cede Madagascar to Germany are Pierre Nouailhetas, Armand Annet, and Léon Cayla, who were French colonial governors who sided with the Vichy regime in OTL and this timeline.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The German administration's disdain for the collaborators is one of the driving factors to the police mutiny, as the Germans try to take up their duties and snub them.
* {{Hypocrite}}: German propaganda loves to talk about Aryans being self-dependent soldiers and farmers who work the land, even though most of the rural workers in Madagascar are poor Malagasy vanilla farmers.
* IslandBase: The primary value of Madagascar for Germany is being a base of operations for the Kriegsmarine, so they can project power into the Indian Ocean and African East Coast. Various Kriegsmarine bases dot the Malagasy coastline and one of the first projects done after the Second Malagasy Uprising is to build a new base in Tuléar.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: The police mutiny merely starts with the Malagasy police locking themselves and their equipment within the precincts and going quiet. The French colonial administrators get suspicious about their lack of activity, especially when the first aide sent to investigate does not return and the second one does not see anything from the gates. The French and German soldiers eventually lose their patience and try to force the police to get back to work, but this just starts a firefight and escalates the rebellion into a full-blown war.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If the Malagasy Rebellion wins the war, the last German base in Madagascar will surrender, accepting that their situation is hopeless. In exchange, they are given mercy and sent back to Ostafrika, walking away with only a disarmed garrison as punishment.
* LaserGuidedKarma: France took over Madagascar in an overthrow of the Merina Kingdom during the Franco-Hovas Wars. After the Second Malagasy Uprising, Germany will do the same thing to them, pressuring or forcing them to hand the island to them.
* LastOfHisKind: Madagascar if France's last overseas colonial territory by 1962, a colony which it is destined to lose to either the Germans usurping power or the Malagasy Rebellion liberating their country.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: A German soldier is lynched and left to hang as a rebellious statement during the Second Malagasy Uprising. Unfortunately, the townspeople don't realize the severe consequences they will face for this, as they don't give up any information to the Malagasy detectives trying to find the culprit.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: The Kriegsmarine captain in charge of the blockade is frustrated that command isn't giving him enough ships to carry out the plan, but he sucks it up and does what he is told.
* NavalBlockade: The Kriegsmarine establish a naval blockade around Madagascar in the weeks following the Second Malagasy Uprising, tryin to stop the OFN and CPS from sending military aid to the rebels. However, the Kriegsmarine only have enough ships to protect the main ports and intimidate smugglers; when the smuggling happens anyway, the patrols try to stop them, but they don't have enough resources to do it effectively.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: After winning the Second Malagasy Uprising and wielding the majority influence, Milch and the German administration force the remaining French governors to sign a treaty, officially ceding Madagascar to Germany in yet another declaration of surrender, which has a forgery of Boisson's signature. The governors are powerless to refuse, as the metropole doesn't support the colony and Germany is already de-facto ruler of the island. Thus, the French colonial forces are dismantled or folded into the Heer, while Milch becomes the German-appointed governor.
* PowderKegCrowd: [[spoiler:During the Oil Crisis, the colony is brought to a halt by strikes against the colonial regime and its abuses. Crowds gather around Milch's palace and are barely contained by military police who will use any act of violence to justify a response against them.]]
* ProxyWar: The Second Malagasy Uprising is a proxy war for the United States and Japan to support the Malagasy rebels and dislodge Germany's influence in the Indian Ocean and Southern Africa. They respectively support the PADESM and the TAFAMA. Even the governing council has private backers with ties to Free France.
* TheQuisling: The three French governors who can cede Madagascar to Germany are Pierre Nouailhetas, Armand Annet, and Léon Cayla, who were French colonial governors who sided with the Vichy regime in OTL and this timeline.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** A French postman serving the colony in Tananarive plans to escape Madagascar during the Second Malagasy Uprising, knowing that a German takeover means an end to French rule anyways.
** If the Malagasy Rebellion takes over the island, the European settlers will flee the island to avoid repercussions.
** During the potential German coup, the remaining French colonial governors try to flee Madagascar, but their convoy is destroyed by a German tank before they can leave. From there, Milch approaches them and hands them the documents they need to sign, [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse while German soldiers hold them at gunpoint]].
* SmugSnake: After the AREMA revolution, the Kriegsmarine try one last marine attack at Diego-Suárez. However, they greatly underestimate the partisans out of their racist beliefs, which bites them when they take a small section of the coast and are almost immediately pinned down and forced to retreat within a few hours. The best they can do from their is a retaliatory bombarding of Diego-Suárez before they withdraw and surrender Madagascar's independence.
* SparkOfTheRebellion: The French Malagasy authority was already hanging by a thread in 1963, with an increase in strikes and assassination attempts on colonial administration. But the uprising finally breaks out in March when a police mutiny breaks out in Tananrive, escalating into mass rebellion as sympathizers join them and partisans in the highlands are emboldened to act. Despite wielding outdated firearms, they use their knowledge of the streets to start a firefight with the loyalists and, even if they are defeated, will have sparked a civil war.
* SunkCostFallacy: Even though the colony is a money sink and a hot bed for Malagasy resistance, Germany keeps propping up their regime on the island because it is too useful as a base to project power into the Indian Ocean, so they don't have a choice but to spent more money on it. [[spoiler:By the time of the Oil Crisis, Germany is getting apathetic of throwing so much effort into Madagascar and leaves the colony's future up in the air, even if it survives the Oil Crisis.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork:
** The Germans and French dispute over who really controls the island, with the latter protesting the legality of the former's takeover during the Second Malagasy Uprising. After the Second Malagasy Uprising, this can culminate in a violent and illegal seizure of the island by the Germans.
** There is an intense rivalry between the Germans and the Malagasy collaborators. After Germany takes over Madagascar, they start pushing these collaborators out of their positions and replacing them with Germans, escalating the tensions.
** A French postman serving the colony in Tananarive plans to escape Madagascar during the Second Malagasy Uprising, knowing that a German takeover means an end to French rule anyways.
** If the Malagasy Rebellion takes over the island, the European settlers will flee the island to avoid repercussions.
** During the potential German coup, the remaining French colonial governors try to flee Madagascar, but their convoy is destroyed by a German tank before they can leave. From there, Milch approaches them and hands them the documents they need to sign, [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse while German soldiers hold them at gunpoint]].
* SmugSnake: After the AREMA revolution, the Kriegsmarine try one last marine attack at Diego-Suárez. However, they greatly underestimate the partisans out of their racist beliefs, which bites them when they take a small section of the coast and are almost immediately pinned down and forced to retreat within a few hours. The best they can do from their is a retaliatory bombarding of Diego-Suárez before they withdraw and surrender Madagascar's independence.
* SparkOfTheRebellion: The French Malagasy authority was already hanging by a thread in 1963, with an increase in strikes and assassination attempts on colonial administration. But the uprising finally breaks out in March when a police mutiny breaks out in Tananrive, escalating into mass rebellion as sympathizers join them and partisans in the highlands are emboldened to act. Despite wielding outdated firearms, they use their knowledge of the streets to start a firefight with the loyalists and, even if they are defeated, will have sparked a civil war.
* SunkCostFallacy: Even though the colony is a money sink and a hot bed for Malagasy resistance, Germany keeps propping up their regime on the island because it is too useful as a base to project power into the Indian Ocean, so they don't have a choice but to spent more money on it. [[spoiler:By the time of the Oil Crisis, Germany is getting apathetic of throwing so much effort into Madagascar and leaves the colony's future up in the air, even if it survives the Oil Crisis.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork:
** The Germans and French dispute over who really controls the island, with the latter protesting the legality of the former's takeover during the Second Malagasy Uprising. After the Second Malagasy Uprising, this can culminate in a violent and illegal seizure of the island by the Germans.
** There is an intense rivalry between the Germans and the Malagasy collaborators. After Germany takes over Madagascar, they start pushing these collaborators out of their positions and replacing them with Germans, escalating the tensions.
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->'''Role:''' Head Governor-General[[note]]Head of StateState[[/note]]
* BeneathTheMask: Privately, Boisson is deeply frustrated and stews in his own failures, while trapped in the cage that is Madagascar. He can only hope that the inevitable Malagasy Uprising won't make him suffer an unpleasant fate.
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* TheQuisling: The French face for the otherwise German-dominated Madagascar, Boisson swore fealty to the Reich in the face of the Nazi war machine.
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* TheQuisling: The French face for the otherwise German-dominated Madagascar, Boisson swore fealty to the Reich in the face of the Nazi war machine.machine when he was the governor of French West Africa.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Boisson is ousted from power shortly after game start, once the Second Malagasy Rebellion starts and Germany assumes direct control over the French colonial administration.
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->'''Role:''' Head Reichskommissar for Madagascar[[note]]Head of State State[[/note]] (Malagasy Rebellion)
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* AlasPoorVillain: Emil Maurice never wanted his position, originally being a loyal member of the SS and a personal friend of Hitler. However, his Jewish ancestry caused the SS to agitate for his removal, resulting in Hitler giving him the position to [[KickedUpstairs get him out of the way]]. The situation has left Maurice quite depressed.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Maurice is still a Nazi and a member of the SS, but is more apathetic than anything, wishing he was not in Madagascar while others such as Milch are far more vicious and brutal than Maurice's apathetic violence and oppression.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Maurice is still a Nazi and a member of the SS, but is more apathetic than anything, wishing he was not in Madagascar while others such as Milch are far more vicious and brutal than Maurice's apathetic violence and oppression.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: Whenever he is threatened or about to meet his maker, Maurice pathetically begs for his life each time.
* AlasPoorVillain: Emil Maurice never wanted his position, originally being a loyal member of the SS and a personal friend of Hitler. However, his Jewish ancestry caused the SS to agitate for his removal, resulting in Hitler giving him the position to [[KickedUpstairs get him out of the way]]. The situation has left Maurice quitedepressed.
depressed. The suffering and disrespect he goes through reaches a climax when Maurice defects to the United States and is caught trying to flee to Mexico, where he's reduced to a blubbering mess when he's threatened with torture.
*ALighterShadeOfBlack: AssassinOutclassin: Maurice can survive the Abwehr's assassination attempts on him.
** Camped near the D.F. Malan Airport in South Africa, the Abwehr fails to shoot down his plane with an AA gun because they are attacked by counterterrorist units opening fire on their rooftop. An Abwehr agent tries to make a lucky shot on the vessel in the midst of the chaos, but he misses.
** In Mexico, Maurice is rushed by an Abwehr agent while they are standing on a balcony. In a panic, Maurice throws his glass of champagne in the assassin's fat, cutting and blinding him enough that he can't shoot accurately. The agent ends up charging into Maurice and tossing them both from the balcony, [[RailingKill killing the former]] and leaving the latter with broken ribs and legs.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: Maurice commands almost no authority and it's barely a dramatic development when Milch ousts him. Tellingly, German takes over the colony before Germania even gives the order because Milch takes the initiative himself, while Maurice panics over his fate in this scenario and gets a retroactive phone call to approve Milch's moves. If the Second Malagasy Uprising is stilla Nazi ongoing by Hitler's death, Maurice has virtually no protection from being friends with the Führer and is immediately placed under house arrest in a member of coup by Milch.
* BeneathNotice: {{Subverted}} in his flight to Mexico. He hopes to settle down somewhere rural and isolated, but theSS, but best he can find is more apathetic an apartment in Mazatlán, a bustling, tourist-filled city that gives the CIA and Abwehr a chance to get him.
* BoomHeadshot: An Abwehr agent can assassinate Maurice in Mazatlán by shooting him in the heat with a sniper, a few hundred meters away. The agent hopes that the bullet made him suffer a bit rather thananything, wishing he was not give him a painless death.
* ButtMonkey: Maurice suffers all sorts of abuse from being almost hated by everyone.
** Nobody in Madagascarwhile others such as really respects Maurice and the Paktkommission replaces him with Milch, if the Second Malagasy Uprising is crushed swiftly. Even if the Second Malagasy Uprising is still ongoing by Hitler's death, Milch are far will unceremoniously depose Maurice and have him put on house arrest.
** Maurice finds some luck in a successful escape from his house arrest and naval trip to South Africa, but the German authorities try to order an assassination attempt on him.
** Even if he successfully links up with the CIA agents and defects to the United States, Maurice is put to a second house arrest in California, only afforded the most basic amenities and kept under 24/7 surveillance. It's unbearable enough for Maurice to run away again to Mexico.
** If intercepted by the Americans in Mexico, Maurice is [[BagOfKidnapping bagged]] and questioned in a shipping container in Cuba, with his interrogator threatening to have him tortured by a few Cubans if he doesn't comply and unsympathetically dismissing his pleas for mercy.
** Maurice can be assassinated by the Abwehr in his Mazatlán apartment, just as he starts thinking about how good his life has become.
** After the multiple attempt on his life or capture, Maurice will appeal to the Japanese embassy for asylum and offer them information on Germany. However, the Japanese ambassador to Mexico and his aide [[MirthlessLaughter mirthlessly and mockingly laugh]] at his over-practiced appeal and bow. At best, they'll just stick him in Manchuria. At worst, they'll deny his request.
* CatharticScream: After Milch's preemptive coup, a scared Maurice tries to drink and scream into a pillow to calm his nerves, to no avail. It is only after Germania's retroactive confirmation of the transition that Maurice regains his composure and tries to assure himself that a morevicious and brutal competent administration will be made.
* DefiantToTheEnd: {{Subverted}}. Maurice gives nothing more thanMaurice's apathetic violence a whimper if Milch overthrows him and oppression.places him under custody, already broken in morale after reminiscing an old letter from the late Hitler.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Following his house arrest, Maurice resolves to defect to the OFN and live a peaceful life in the United States. By the time he escapes Madagascar and boards a flight out of South Africa, Maurice realizes too late that he never considered ''where'' he will settle in the United States: the rural south is too isolated for his tastes and the northeast has a high population density and a good chance that someone will attack him for being a Nazi.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: By the time Maurice arrives in South Africa, he is disheveled and has eye bags from the exhaustion of escaping Madagascar and his unceremonious and constant questioning by the CIA.
* AlasPoorVillain: Emil Maurice never wanted his position, originally being a loyal member of the SS and a personal friend of Hitler. However, his Jewish ancestry caused the SS to agitate for his removal, resulting in Hitler giving him the position to [[KickedUpstairs get him out of the way]]. The situation has left Maurice quite
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** Camped near the D.F. Malan Airport in South Africa, the Abwehr fails to shoot down his plane with an AA gun because they are attacked by counterterrorist units opening fire on their rooftop. An Abwehr agent tries to make a lucky shot on the vessel in the midst of the chaos, but he misses.
** In Mexico, Maurice is rushed by an Abwehr agent while they are standing on a balcony. In a panic, Maurice throws his glass of champagne in the assassin's fat, cutting and blinding him enough that he can't shoot accurately. The agent ends up charging into Maurice and tossing them both from the balcony, [[RailingKill killing the former]] and leaving the latter with broken ribs and legs.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: Maurice commands almost no authority and it's barely a dramatic development when Milch ousts him. Tellingly, German takes over the colony before Germania even gives the order because Milch takes the initiative himself, while Maurice panics over his fate in this scenario and gets a retroactive phone call to approve Milch's moves. If the Second Malagasy Uprising is still
* BeneathNotice: {{Subverted}} in his flight to Mexico. He hopes to settle down somewhere rural and isolated, but the
* BoomHeadshot: An Abwehr agent can assassinate Maurice in Mazatlán by shooting him in the heat with a sniper, a few hundred meters away. The agent hopes that the bullet made him suffer a bit rather than
* ButtMonkey: Maurice suffers all sorts of abuse from being almost hated by everyone.
** Nobody in Madagascar
** Maurice finds some luck in a successful escape from his house arrest and naval trip to South Africa, but the German authorities try to order an assassination attempt on him.
** Even if he successfully links up with the CIA agents and defects to the United States, Maurice is put to a second house arrest in California, only afforded the most basic amenities and kept under 24/7 surveillance. It's unbearable enough for Maurice to run away again to Mexico.
** If intercepted by the Americans in Mexico, Maurice is [[BagOfKidnapping bagged]] and questioned in a shipping container in Cuba, with his interrogator threatening to have him tortured by a few Cubans if he doesn't comply and unsympathetically dismissing his pleas for mercy.
** Maurice can be assassinated by the Abwehr in his Mazatlán apartment, just as he starts thinking about how good his life has become.
** After the multiple attempt on his life or capture, Maurice will appeal to the Japanese embassy for asylum and offer them information on Germany. However, the Japanese ambassador to Mexico and his aide [[MirthlessLaughter mirthlessly and mockingly laugh]] at his over-practiced appeal and bow. At best, they'll just stick him in Manchuria. At worst, they'll deny his request.
* CatharticScream: After Milch's preemptive coup, a scared Maurice tries to drink and scream into a pillow to calm his nerves, to no avail. It is only after Germania's retroactive confirmation of the transition that Maurice regains his composure and tries to assure himself that a more
* DefiantToTheEnd: {{Subverted}}. Maurice gives nothing more than
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Following his house arrest, Maurice resolves to defect to the OFN and live a peaceful life in the United States. By the time he escapes Madagascar and boards a flight out of South Africa, Maurice realizes too late that he never considered ''where'' he will settle in the United States: the rural south is too isolated for his tastes and the northeast has a high population density and a good chance that someone will attack him for being a Nazi.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: By the time Maurice arrives in South Africa, he is disheveled and has eye bags from the exhaustion of escaping Madagascar and his unceremonious and constant questioning by the CIA.
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* GildedCage: After being overthrown in Madagascar, Maurice gets kidnapped by CIA agents and taken to California for questioning. However, this new life is hardly free for him, as he's still kept under house-arrest and surveilled 24 hours a day.
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* FaceDeathWithDespair: If caught by the Abwehr in South Africa, Maurice will be shot in the arm while trying to reach for the panic room door, thrown into a chain, and shot in the chest just when he starts to beg for his life.
* GildedCage: After being overthrown in Madagascar, Mauricegets kidnapped by can turn himself in to CIA agents and taken to California for questioning. However, this new life is hardly free for him, as he's still kept under house-arrest and surveilled 24 hours a day.day.
* HatedByAll: The only person who likes him is Hitler, which is the only reason why the other Nazis can't punish him for his Jewish ancestry. No matter what happens in Madagascar, Maurice is bound to lose his position to Milch, either from the Paktkommission or a coup. When Maurice escapes his house arrest and flees to South Africa in the latter scenario, the German intelligence has no problem trying to assassinate him for his defection.
* HiddenDepths: During his time in Mazatlán, Maurice sees a father and son working on a car together, which reminds him of his former career as a watchmaker and gets him to consider picking up the trade again.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: During his flight from Madagascar, Maurice writes an autobiography about his adventure. In his exile in Mazatlán, he thinks about turning it into a book that could become a bestseller.
* GildedCage: After being overthrown in Madagascar, Maurice
* HatedByAll: The only person who likes him is Hitler, which is the only reason why the other Nazis can't punish him for his Jewish ancestry. No matter what happens in Madagascar, Maurice is bound to lose his position to Milch, either from the Paktkommission or a coup. When Maurice escapes his house arrest and flees to South Africa in the latter scenario, the German intelligence has no problem trying to assassinate him for his defection.
* HiddenDepths: During his time in Mazatlán, Maurice sees a father and son working on a car together, which reminds him of his former career as a watchmaker and gets him to consider picking up the trade again.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: During his flight from Madagascar, Maurice writes an autobiography about his adventure. In his exile in Mazatlán, he thinks about turning it into a book that could become a bestseller.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Maurice is still a Nazi and a member of the SS, but is more apathetic than anything, wishing he was not in Madagascar while others such as Milch are far more vicious and brutal than Maurice's apathetic violence and oppression.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Germany does not forget Maurice's attempt to defect to the United States. If their first assassination attempt in South Africa fails, they'll still try again when he flees to Mexico.
* ProperlyParanoid: After defecting to the OFN, Maurice is rightfully cautious about Germany's plans to assassinate him, even when he boards a flight out of South Africa and calms down a little.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Germany does not forget Maurice's attempt to defect to the United States. If their first assassination attempt in South Africa fails, they'll still try again when he flees to Mexico.
* ProperlyParanoid: After defecting to the OFN, Maurice is rightfully cautious about Germany's plans to assassinate him, even when he boards a flight out of South Africa and calms down a little.
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* VillainousFriendship: Despite not seeing the Führer for years since his assignment to Madagascar, Maurice still mourns his passing, reminiscing their long history and friendship together.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: When his Jewish ancestry was uncovered, Maurice was granted status as an "honorary Aryan", though this did little to stop his colleagues from discriminating him and eventually sending him to Madagascar.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: When his Jewish ancestry was uncovered, Maurice was granted status as an "honorary Aryan", though this did little to stop his colleagues from discriminating him and eventually sending him to Madagascar.
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* ReluctantRuler: Maurice deeply dislikes his posting in Madagascar and largely rules with increasing apathy. It takes the Second Malagasy Uprising to strike fear into his heart and motivate a plan to leave Madagascar with his life.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** With no allies in Germany after Hitler's death and the possibility of being killed for his ancestry, Maurice escapes his house arrest early in the morning and steals a medium-sized boat to go to South Africa. There, he is passed around various South African agencies before being handed to the CIA.
** After potentially finding some safety under the CIA, Maurice comes to regret his new house arrest in California and the constant surveillance, so he escapes again by driving a truck to the Mexican border, abandoning it to avoid recognition, and walk through the desert for a city where he can claim asylum.
** Due to the repeated attempts to kidnap or assassinate him, Maurice leaves Mexico and requests asylum by the Japanese embassy, promising them intel on Germany if they accept.
* ShortLivedLeadership: Maurice's leadership of the German forces in Madagascar is destined to end by November 1963. If Germany defeats the Malagasy Rebellion, the Paktkommission will replace him with Milch. If the conflict is still ongoing by the time window, Maurice is placed under house arrest and Milch becomes de facto leader anyways.
* TemptingFate:
** Right before he is going to be assassinated by the Abwehr in South Africa, Maurice looks around his countryside locale and the CIA guards, feeling confident that he's successfully defected from the Reich and lived to tell the tale.
** Likewise, Maurice's assassination in Mexico by the Abwehr is preceded by Maurice tinkering with a memoir and enjoying the sunset, mistakenly thinking that he's in the clear [[MoodWhiplash before getting a bullet to the skull]].
* ThrowTheDogABone: For how much abuse he goes through by his fellow Nazis and even when he successfully defects to the United States, Maurice catches something of a break when he flees to Mexico and the CIA fail to kidnap him. By sheer coincidence, the two CIA agents who see him in Mazatlán get run over by the oncoming traffic, injuring the driver and killing the two men. Maurice doesn't even realize that he's just been saved and merely walks away to avoid being recognized.
* UncertainDoom: If Maurice is denied asylum by Japan, he practically disappears off the face of the Earth. A lot of speculation and conspiracy theories run amok about his fate and the intelligence agencies of all three superpowers continue the fruitless search to save face before independently closing the cold case. Maurice is never found again to the public's knowledge and his legacy is that of a historical oddity.
* VillainousFriendship: Despite not seeing the Führer for years since his assignment to Madagascar, Maurice still mourns his passing, reminiscing their long history and friendshiptogether.
together. It's also the only thing protecting him from repercussions; if the Second Malagasy Uprising is ongoing by the time Hitler dies, Maurice can no longer hide behind his friendship with the late Führer and is put under house arrest.
* WakingUpElsewhere: After the failed assassination attempt on him in Mexico, Maurice survives his fall from a balcony and wakes up in a hospital to recover his broken ribs and legs. Fortunately for Maurice, the police questioning the event don't recognize him.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: When his Jewish ancestry was uncovered, Maurice was granted status as an "honorary Aryan", though this did little to stop his colleagues from discriminatinghim and eventually him, sending him to Madagascar.Madagascar, and possibly putting him under house arrest.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** With no allies in Germany after Hitler's death and the possibility of being killed for his ancestry, Maurice escapes his house arrest early in the morning and steals a medium-sized boat to go to South Africa. There, he is passed around various South African agencies before being handed to the CIA.
** After potentially finding some safety under the CIA, Maurice comes to regret his new house arrest in California and the constant surveillance, so he escapes again by driving a truck to the Mexican border, abandoning it to avoid recognition, and walk through the desert for a city where he can claim asylum.
** Due to the repeated attempts to kidnap or assassinate him, Maurice leaves Mexico and requests asylum by the Japanese embassy, promising them intel on Germany if they accept.
* ShortLivedLeadership: Maurice's leadership of the German forces in Madagascar is destined to end by November 1963. If Germany defeats the Malagasy Rebellion, the Paktkommission will replace him with Milch. If the conflict is still ongoing by the time window, Maurice is placed under house arrest and Milch becomes de facto leader anyways.
* TemptingFate:
** Right before he is going to be assassinated by the Abwehr in South Africa, Maurice looks around his countryside locale and the CIA guards, feeling confident that he's successfully defected from the Reich and lived to tell the tale.
** Likewise, Maurice's assassination in Mexico by the Abwehr is preceded by Maurice tinkering with a memoir and enjoying the sunset, mistakenly thinking that he's in the clear [[MoodWhiplash before getting a bullet to the skull]].
* ThrowTheDogABone: For how much abuse he goes through by his fellow Nazis and even when he successfully defects to the United States, Maurice catches something of a break when he flees to Mexico and the CIA fail to kidnap him. By sheer coincidence, the two CIA agents who see him in Mazatlán get run over by the oncoming traffic, injuring the driver and killing the two men. Maurice doesn't even realize that he's just been saved and merely walks away to avoid being recognized.
* UncertainDoom: If Maurice is denied asylum by Japan, he practically disappears off the face of the Earth. A lot of speculation and conspiracy theories run amok about his fate and the intelligence agencies of all three superpowers continue the fruitless search to save face before independently closing the cold case. Maurice is never found again to the public's knowledge and his legacy is that of a historical oddity.
* VillainousFriendship: Despite not seeing the Führer for years since his assignment to Madagascar, Maurice still mourns his passing, reminiscing their long history and friendship
* WakingUpElsewhere: After the failed assassination attempt on him in Mexico, Maurice survives his fall from a balcony and wakes up in a hospital to recover his broken ribs and legs. Fortunately for Maurice, the police questioning the event don't recognize him.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: When his Jewish ancestry was uncovered, Maurice was granted status as an "honorary Aryan", though this did little to stop his colleagues from discriminating
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State (German Civil War outbreak)
->'''Party:''' Paktkommission für Madagassische Angelegenheiten[[note]]Pact Commission for Malagasy Affairs[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Paktkommission für Madagassische Angelegenheiten[[note]]Pact Commission for Malagasy Affairs[[/note]]
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head Reichskommissar for Madagascar[[note]]Head of State State[[/note]] (German Civil War outbreak)
->'''Party:''' Generalbüro für Madagassische Angelegenheiten[[note]]General Bureau for Malagasy Affairs[[/note]], Paktkommission für Madagassische Angelegenheiten[[note]]Pact Commission for MalagasyAffairs[[/note]]Affairs[[/note]] (Second Malagasy Uprising victory)
->'''Party:''' Generalbüro für Madagassische Angelegenheiten[[note]]General Bureau for Malagasy Affairs[[/note]], Paktkommission für Madagassische Angelegenheiten[[note]]Pact Commission for Malagasy
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* AntiMutiny: Perceiving Maurice as too weak to properly lead the German remnants, Milch overthrows him in a coup following the German Civil War, assembling his forces to bring the island under the Nazi heel and enslave the indigenous Malagasy to produce their munitions.
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* AntiMutiny: Perceiving Maurice as too weak to properly lead the German remnants, Milch overthrows him in a coup following when the German Civil War, War breaks out and the Second Malagasy Uprising is still ongoing, assembling his forces to bring the island under the Nazi heel and enslave immediately enslaving the indigenous Malagasy to produce their munitions.munitions.
* BadBoss: Milch is a short-tempered boss, [[spoiler:which becomes readily apparent when the Oil Crisis hits and the bureaucrats keep giving him bad news of lost shipments and native attacks.]]
* BadBoss: Milch is a short-tempered boss, [[spoiler:which becomes readily apparent when the Oil Crisis hits and the bureaucrats keep giving him bad news of lost shipments and native attacks.]]
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* GeneralRipper: Milch has zero mercy for traitors and villagers who would dare oppose the German occupation, responding to any opposition with brute military force.
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* TheCoup: If the French colonists retain their administrative and financial influence after the Second Malagasy Uprising, they will refuse to hand over their colony to Germany. Thus, Milch organizes a coup to take power forcefully, with German and French soldiers fighting each other and the Germans bombing the last remaining French administrative centers.
* TheDeterminator: Milch will see Madagascar turned into a German colony and will do anything to realize it, whether it means couping Maurice and the French authorities [[spoiler:or putting down the Oil Crisis riots. When open rebellion occurs in the latter, Milch pridefully refuses to back down, angrily proclaiming that the island will be Germany's and stabbing a map of Madagascar when he's asked how he will get the resources to fight back.]]
* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:In wake of the Oil Crisis and subsequent famine and unrest, Milch tries to calm his nerves by drinking alcohol, but it fails to alleviate his concerns that he'll fail to navigate the crisis and get ousted because of it.
* GeneralRipper: Milch has zero mercy for traitors and villagers who would dare oppose the German occupation, responding to any opposition with brute military force. He reasons that the natives will never give up their arms, so the Germans should use any anti-partisan tool to their disposal.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Milch was once a highly prominent figure in Germany, responsible for the development of the Luftwaffe among other important leadership positions during the war[[note]]Milch started off as State Secretary for the Reich Ministry of Aviation in 1933 where he oversaw the development of new aircraft before being appoint as Inspector-General of the Luftwaffe in 1939. During the war he was also take up the positions of Generalluftzeugmeister in 1941, placing him in charge of aircraft production and logistics, and member of the Central Planning Board from 1942 onwards. He continued to hold these positions throughout the 40's and early 50's.[[/note]], but has since fallen out of grace and relegated to overseeing the German military forces in Madagascar.
* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: [[spoiler:The final obstacle facing Milch at the end of the first decade is the Oil Crisis protests, who threaten to overthrow him and the colony. However, he's left to handle this alone because, even if Germania agrees to support him, the shipments are delayed by months and he will have to ration whatever resources he has on hand.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:If the AREMA revolution happens, Milch will be executed at the hands of the Malagasy he enslaved and oppressed for a decade. Milch is KilledMidSentence when AREMA soldiers infiltrate his panic room and decide on what his last words should be.]]
* KickTheDog: He takes pride in seeing various AKFM members [[MakeAnExampleOfThem hung publicly]] at a hotel repurposed as a temporary garrison headquarters, thinking that this is how all Malagasy partisans should be treated.
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:Even when AREMA are about to overthrow his regime and start shelling his governing palace, Milch refuses to accept any responsibility for the situation he finds himself in. Instead, he curses the German ruling bodies of the island and Germania for appointing him to Madagascar in the first place.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Milch reacts with despair when Madagascar's exports plummet during the Oil Crisis and a famine hits the island. He knows it will be a struggle to equip the garrison and prepare for an uprising.]]
* TheDeterminator: Milch will see Madagascar turned into a German colony and will do anything to realize it, whether it means couping Maurice and the French authorities [[spoiler:or putting down the Oil Crisis riots. When open rebellion occurs in the latter, Milch pridefully refuses to back down, angrily proclaiming that the island will be Germany's and stabbing a map of Madagascar when he's asked how he will get the resources to fight back.]]
* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:In wake of the Oil Crisis and subsequent famine and unrest, Milch tries to calm his nerves by drinking alcohol, but it fails to alleviate his concerns that he'll fail to navigate the crisis and get ousted because of it.
* GeneralRipper: Milch has zero mercy for traitors and villagers who would dare oppose the German occupation, responding to any opposition with brute military force. He reasons that the natives will never give up their arms, so the Germans should use any anti-partisan tool to their disposal.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Milch was once a highly prominent figure in Germany, responsible for the development of the Luftwaffe among other important leadership positions during the war[[note]]Milch started off as State Secretary for the Reich Ministry of Aviation in 1933 where he oversaw the development of new aircraft before being appoint as Inspector-General of the Luftwaffe in 1939. During the war he was also take up the positions of Generalluftzeugmeister in 1941, placing him in charge of aircraft production and logistics, and member of the Central Planning Board from 1942 onwards. He continued to hold these positions throughout the 40's and early 50's.[[/note]], but has since fallen out of grace and relegated to overseeing the German military forces in Madagascar.
* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: [[spoiler:The final obstacle facing Milch at the end of the first decade is the Oil Crisis protests, who threaten to overthrow him and the colony. However, he's left to handle this alone because, even if Germania agrees to support him, the shipments are delayed by months and he will have to ration whatever resources he has on hand.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:If the AREMA revolution happens, Milch will be executed at the hands of the Malagasy he enslaved and oppressed for a decade. Milch is KilledMidSentence when AREMA soldiers infiltrate his panic room and decide on what his last words should be.]]
* KickTheDog: He takes pride in seeing various AKFM members [[MakeAnExampleOfThem hung publicly]] at a hotel repurposed as a temporary garrison headquarters, thinking that this is how all Malagasy partisans should be treated.
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:Even when AREMA are about to overthrow his regime and start shelling his governing palace, Milch refuses to accept any responsibility for the situation he finds himself in. Instead, he curses the German ruling bodies of the island and Germania for appointing him to Madagascar in the first place.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Milch reacts with despair when Madagascar's exports plummet during the Oil Crisis and a famine hits the island. He knows it will be a struggle to equip the garrison and prepare for an uprising.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:Milch may adopt a relatively restrained defensive strategy against the Oil Crisis protests because the garrison is low on supplies and men, so it would be preferrable to fortify in Tamatave and prepare for a counterattack.]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Even if Milch perseveres through the Oil Crisis, the cost of such a victory has brought ruin to Madagascar, with estimations claiming that it will take a decade, at minimum, to bring the country back to pre-Oil Crisis levels of production. Germania is deeply unhappy with this development, with some suggesting that they should abandon the colony, which worries Milch about his [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness about his own future]].
* RapePillageAndBurn: [[spoiler:His preferred strategy against the Oil Crisis protests is to let the garrison run loose on the country, compensating their lack of supplies and manpower by using terror, pillaging what they can, and putting down rebellions along the way.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Even if Milch perseveres through the Oil Crisis, the cost of such a victory has brought ruin to Madagascar, with estimations claiming that it will take a decade, at minimum, to bring the country back to pre-Oil Crisis levels of production. Germania is deeply unhappy with this development, with some suggesting that they should abandon the colony, which worries Milch about his [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness about his own future]].
* RapePillageAndBurn: [[spoiler:His preferred strategy against the Oil Crisis protests is to let the garrison run loose on the country, compensating their lack of supplies and manpower by using terror, pillaging what they can, and putting down rebellions along the way.]]
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* SuperiorSuccessor: Compared to the weak-willed Maurice, Milch is far more aggressive and devoted to the Nazi cause, leading to him replacing Maurice as leader of the German loyalists.
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* RefugeInAudacity: After defeating the Second Malagasy Uprising, Milch will take a victory tour of the island and meet all of the garrisons, even those in the east coast, where German control is weaker. It's all about projecting strength for Milch and he gets away with it.
* TheStarscream: In case Hitler dies before the Second Malagasy Uprising is over, Milch will betray and overthrow Maurice to take the reins himself, locking his former boss into house arrest.
* SuperiorSuccessor: Compared to the weak-willed Maurice, Milch is far more aggressive and devoted to the Nazicause, leading to cause. This culminates in him replacing Maurice as leader of the German loyalists.loyalists, either by official appointment by the Paktkommission (when the Second Malagasy Uprising is quashed) or by a coup against Maurice (when Hitler dies and the Second Malagasy Uprising is ongoing).
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: {{Downplayed}}. Milch is hailed as a hero within Germany for securing Madagascar, given a parade through the Brandenburg Gate and a congratulatory speech from the Führer. However, the Führer still gives him a WhisperedThreat reminding Milch that he will be watched and that his Jewish ancestry will be exposed, if he messes up.
* TheStarscream: In case Hitler dies before the Second Malagasy Uprising is over, Milch will betray and overthrow Maurice to take the reins himself, locking his former boss into house arrest.
* SuperiorSuccessor: Compared to the weak-willed Maurice, Milch is far more aggressive and devoted to the Nazi
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: {{Downplayed}}. Milch is hailed as a hero within Germany for securing Madagascar, given a parade through the Brandenburg Gate and a congratulatory speech from the Führer. However, the Führer still gives him a WhisperedThreat reminding Milch that he will be watched and that his Jewish ancestry will be exposed, if he messes up.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Milch used to be one of Göring's closest allies, helping him build the Luftwaffe and being nominated to the Central Planning Board by Göring in 1942. However, their relationship fell apart during the 1950's, as Milch was blamed for the Luftwaffe's stagnation and Göring stripped Milch of all his positions. It was only Milch's connection to Speer that he was kept as a Field Marshal, though Göring still got the last laugh by reassigning Milch to Madagascar and depriving his support of one of his rivals.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: His arguments with Göring led to his implied exile to Madagascar, in which he hopes to return home and retire in peace by returning Madagascar to the Einheitspakt's fold.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: His arguments with Göring led to his implied exile to Madagascar, in which he hopes to return home and retire in peace by returning Madagascar to the Einheitspakt's fold.
fold. He does get to return to Germania if he wins the Second Malagasy Uprising, but Milch [[BeneathTheMask feels an element of sadness]] that this will probably be the last time he sees home again, since the only possibility of revisiting Germany is losing control of Madagascar and facing severe repercussions for it.
* YouHaveFailedMe: When Maurice escapes his house arrest, Milch arrests all of the guards who were supposed to keep an eye on him and failed that task.
* YouHaveFailedMe: When Maurice escapes his house arrest, Milch arrests all of the guards who were supposed to keep an eye on him and failed that task.
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* EnemyMine: They receive support from the OFN and the Sphere during the Malagasy rebellion, since they present a prime opportunity to expel the German influence from the island. If the rebellion is victorious, more than a few Malagasy politicians voice their suspicions regarding America and Japan's ulterior motives and how they have no real concern for their interests.
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* EnemyMine: LesCollaborateurs: {{Downplayed}}. While the PADESM are fighting for Madagascar's independence, many of their members are Francophiles and continue to work with Free France in their colonial refuge in West Africa.
* ContemptCrossfire: PADESM is looked down upon by the other two main Malagasy parties for being too tolerant of socialism and conservatism at once. It also doesn't help that many of their members are Francophiles who view the colonial period with rose-tinted glasses. The enmity is reciprocated, as PADESM views the other two as radicals who create too much chaos for their tastes.
* DawnOfAnEra: The Rebellion's victory in the Second Malagasy Uprising will bring an end to the century of colonial domination on the island and pave the way for an independent Malagasy nation.
* DividedWeFall:
** TAFAMA is destined to collapse due to internal bickering. If the PADESM wins the post-war power struggle, TAFAMA falls apart and recedes into history. If the TAFAMA wins, the various factions will still fight each other, despite Andriamahazo's best efforts to keep them together, leading to an election that either maintains Andriamahazo's provisional government or delegate power to one of three candidates who begin a transition to democracy.
** The constitutional convention can end disastrously if neither the PADESM or TAFAMA have a clear majority, with fierce debates over the role of the executive, the checks-and-balances, and even something as minor as the date to announce their independence. This creates the conditions for the AKFM to storm to power, as the Malagasy people run out of patience.
* EnemyMine:
** They receive support from the OFN and the Sphere during the Malagasy rebellion, since they present a prime opportunity to expel the German influence from the island. If the rebellion is victorious, more than a few Malagasy politicians voice their suspicions regarding America and Japan's ulterior motives and how they have no real concern for their interests. In fact, it's a common insult among the PADESM and TAFAMA that the other is selling out to their respective imperialist backer.
** In particular, the AKFM can receive support from the OFN and CPS, despite their conflicting interests. The potential backers hope that they will be useful in the fight against Germany and waste the AKFM's manpower so that their preferred factions can better influence the post-war reconstruction.
** Even within the Rebellion itself, the PADESM, TAFAMA, and AKFM are aggressively opposed to one another. They only set aside their differences for as long as they need to liberate Madagascar from European colonialism, since only a united front is strong enough to achieve this.
* TheFamine: [[spoiler:Madagascar is badly hit by the Oil Crisis because it has no natural oil deposits and the prices of basic goods, at minimum, triple. This leads to famines in parts of the country, motivating massive unrest from students who want political change and farmers who struggle to make ends meet. Worse still, it feeds the AREMA's agitation for a revolution, which can only be stemmed if the government comes to a deal with the protest dealers and hands out cheap fertilizers to stabilize the agricultural situation, first int he government strongholds and then to the rural areas.]]
* FireworksOfVictory: If the Malagasy Rebellions wins the uprising, Tananarive is filled with celebrations and Madagascar's independence is punctuated with a firework show. While there is much to rebuild, the fireworks represent the rebels' determination that they will see this through.
* FriendlyEnemy: An American and Japanese agent are sent to aid the Malagasy Rebellion, where they share beers and stories about their countries on the night that Madagascar officially declares independence and the last of the Germans forces have been beaten. Their respective countries may continue to bicker over who influences Madagascar, but the two men savor the moment and observe the celebrations from a quiet Tananarive bar.
* GrinOfAudacity: An AKFM insurgent in the eastern jungles smiles with satisfaction when he learns that the Second Malagasy Uprising has begun, knowing that the chance to liberate Madagascar has begun, even if there is a chance that the Germans can win.
* HistoryRepeats:
** The Second Malagasy Uprising follows the footsteps of the first as an anti-colonialist uprising trying to establish an independent Madagascar. On a more dour note, the Second Malagasy Uprising can also end in a similar failure.
** {{Exploited}} as political rhetoric.
*** AKFM members criticize TAFAMA as doormats who will turn Madagascar over to another European power because they can't fix the country themselves, restarting the cycle of colonization.
*** Members of TAFAMA accuse the AKFM of following the footsteps of Bukharin and Moumié, warning that they are bound to repeat their mistakes.
* HopeSpot: When Madagascar first made contact with Arab and European trades, the coastal kingdoms of the island thrived, in which the Merina kingdom would unite the island for the first time in history. Unfortunately, this did not save Madagascar from being colonized by France, though the memory of the Merina kingdom is still a source of inspiration for the Malagasy people and invoked by TAFAMA nationalists.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: ZigZagged, if the TAFAMA wins the constitutional convention. Many members of the PADESM will sign along because they want to preserve the peace, despite knowing that they are politically doomed and that it would allow the TAFAMA to create their autocratic state. However, others refuse to accept and demand a recount, refusing to accept the hopelessness of the situation. Still, it doesn't stop the constitution from being sworn in by the TAFAMA-aligned judges and the resigned PADESM members are given five minutes to vacate before they are kicked out by security.
* LemonyNarrator: Some military officials back the Malagasy rebels and board a vessel in international waters, discussing if they should support the AKFM. Meanwhile, the narrator of the event repeatedly and cheekily asserts that they are not conspiring with the Malagasy rebels, even when they clearly are.
* LeonineContract: [[spoiler:In the PADESM or TAFAMA path, the government will struggle to contain the rising Oil Crisis unrest, so they appeal to their superpower backers for help, even if this means giving a one-sided deal of increased military bases, radar stations, and foreign investments without regulation. However, the superpowers may decide [[CalvalryRefusal not spend any more resources on their regime]] and leave their Malagasy allies to handle the crisis themselves.]]
* MadeInCountryX: If either superpower can get an independent Madagascar into their sphere, the United States and Japan can benefit from their natural resources:
** For the United States, the Madagascar Trade Association advertises the products from Malagasy luxuries, such as vanilla for housewives or titanium and cobalt for American aircraft production.
** For Japan, a mother buys her son an ice cream, a sushi maker uses a knife, a Japanese expatriate in Guangdong buys his daughter a necklace, and a crew of Manchurian workers build an aircraft. Respectively, these products were made from Madagascar vanilla, nickel, jewels, and titanium and cobalt.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Under more pro-American or pro-Japanese Malagasy leaders, Madagascar can become open to neocolonial, foreign exploitation, barely a step-up from the open colony run by the Nazis.
* MultipleIdentityIDs: To support the Second Malagasy Uprising, a Japanese agents swaps through multiple identities to get to Madagascar discreetly, being a stowaway on a ship to Shonan-to, taking a flight to Mumbai, and proceeding to Madagascar through a bribed Indian official.
* NobleTongue: French is still used by members of the National Assembly, which is a major source of controversy to the public. [[spoiler:If the Oil Crisis protests are negotiated with, one of the conditions is that native Malagasy is used during the talks.]]
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Many of the Malagasy rebels do not fight for a particular ideology, but to strike back against their abusive colonial oppressors.
* ContemptCrossfire: PADESM is looked down upon by the other two main Malagasy parties for being too tolerant of socialism and conservatism at once. It also doesn't help that many of their members are Francophiles who view the colonial period with rose-tinted glasses. The enmity is reciprocated, as PADESM views the other two as radicals who create too much chaos for their tastes.
* DawnOfAnEra: The Rebellion's victory in the Second Malagasy Uprising will bring an end to the century of colonial domination on the island and pave the way for an independent Malagasy nation.
* DividedWeFall:
** TAFAMA is destined to collapse due to internal bickering. If the PADESM wins the post-war power struggle, TAFAMA falls apart and recedes into history. If the TAFAMA wins, the various factions will still fight each other, despite Andriamahazo's best efforts to keep them together, leading to an election that either maintains Andriamahazo's provisional government or delegate power to one of three candidates who begin a transition to democracy.
** The constitutional convention can end disastrously if neither the PADESM or TAFAMA have a clear majority, with fierce debates over the role of the executive, the checks-and-balances, and even something as minor as the date to announce their independence. This creates the conditions for the AKFM to storm to power, as the Malagasy people run out of patience.
* EnemyMine:
** They receive support from the OFN and the Sphere during the Malagasy rebellion, since they present a prime opportunity to expel the German influence from the island. If the rebellion is victorious, more than a few Malagasy politicians voice their suspicions regarding America and Japan's ulterior motives and how they have no real concern for their interests. In fact, it's a common insult among the PADESM and TAFAMA that the other is selling out to their respective imperialist backer.
** In particular, the AKFM can receive support from the OFN and CPS, despite their conflicting interests. The potential backers hope that they will be useful in the fight against Germany and waste the AKFM's manpower so that their preferred factions can better influence the post-war reconstruction.
** Even within the Rebellion itself, the PADESM, TAFAMA, and AKFM are aggressively opposed to one another. They only set aside their differences for as long as they need to liberate Madagascar from European colonialism, since only a united front is strong enough to achieve this.
* TheFamine: [[spoiler:Madagascar is badly hit by the Oil Crisis because it has no natural oil deposits and the prices of basic goods, at minimum, triple. This leads to famines in parts of the country, motivating massive unrest from students who want political change and farmers who struggle to make ends meet. Worse still, it feeds the AREMA's agitation for a revolution, which can only be stemmed if the government comes to a deal with the protest dealers and hands out cheap fertilizers to stabilize the agricultural situation, first int he government strongholds and then to the rural areas.]]
* FireworksOfVictory: If the Malagasy Rebellions wins the uprising, Tananarive is filled with celebrations and Madagascar's independence is punctuated with a firework show. While there is much to rebuild, the fireworks represent the rebels' determination that they will see this through.
* FriendlyEnemy: An American and Japanese agent are sent to aid the Malagasy Rebellion, where they share beers and stories about their countries on the night that Madagascar officially declares independence and the last of the Germans forces have been beaten. Their respective countries may continue to bicker over who influences Madagascar, but the two men savor the moment and observe the celebrations from a quiet Tananarive bar.
* GrinOfAudacity: An AKFM insurgent in the eastern jungles smiles with satisfaction when he learns that the Second Malagasy Uprising has begun, knowing that the chance to liberate Madagascar has begun, even if there is a chance that the Germans can win.
* HistoryRepeats:
** The Second Malagasy Uprising follows the footsteps of the first as an anti-colonialist uprising trying to establish an independent Madagascar. On a more dour note, the Second Malagasy Uprising can also end in a similar failure.
** {{Exploited}} as political rhetoric.
*** AKFM members criticize TAFAMA as doormats who will turn Madagascar over to another European power because they can't fix the country themselves, restarting the cycle of colonization.
*** Members of TAFAMA accuse the AKFM of following the footsteps of Bukharin and Moumié, warning that they are bound to repeat their mistakes.
* HopeSpot: When Madagascar first made contact with Arab and European trades, the coastal kingdoms of the island thrived, in which the Merina kingdom would unite the island for the first time in history. Unfortunately, this did not save Madagascar from being colonized by France, though the memory of the Merina kingdom is still a source of inspiration for the Malagasy people and invoked by TAFAMA nationalists.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: ZigZagged, if the TAFAMA wins the constitutional convention. Many members of the PADESM will sign along because they want to preserve the peace, despite knowing that they are politically doomed and that it would allow the TAFAMA to create their autocratic state. However, others refuse to accept and demand a recount, refusing to accept the hopelessness of the situation. Still, it doesn't stop the constitution from being sworn in by the TAFAMA-aligned judges and the resigned PADESM members are given five minutes to vacate before they are kicked out by security.
* LemonyNarrator: Some military officials back the Malagasy rebels and board a vessel in international waters, discussing if they should support the AKFM. Meanwhile, the narrator of the event repeatedly and cheekily asserts that they are not conspiring with the Malagasy rebels, even when they clearly are.
* LeonineContract: [[spoiler:In the PADESM or TAFAMA path, the government will struggle to contain the rising Oil Crisis unrest, so they appeal to their superpower backers for help, even if this means giving a one-sided deal of increased military bases, radar stations, and foreign investments without regulation. However, the superpowers may decide [[CalvalryRefusal not spend any more resources on their regime]] and leave their Malagasy allies to handle the crisis themselves.]]
* MadeInCountryX: If either superpower can get an independent Madagascar into their sphere, the United States and Japan can benefit from their natural resources:
** For the United States, the Madagascar Trade Association advertises the products from Malagasy luxuries, such as vanilla for housewives or titanium and cobalt for American aircraft production.
** For Japan, a mother buys her son an ice cream, a sushi maker uses a knife, a Japanese expatriate in Guangdong buys his daughter a necklace, and a crew of Manchurian workers build an aircraft. Respectively, these products were made from Madagascar vanilla, nickel, jewels, and titanium and cobalt.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Under more pro-American or pro-Japanese Malagasy leaders, Madagascar can become open to neocolonial, foreign exploitation, barely a step-up from the open colony run by the Nazis.
* MultipleIdentityIDs: To support the Second Malagasy Uprising, a Japanese agents swaps through multiple identities to get to Madagascar discreetly, being a stowaway on a ship to Shonan-to, taking a flight to Mumbai, and proceeding to Madagascar through a bribed Indian official.
* NobleTongue: French is still used by members of the National Assembly, which is a major source of controversy to the public. [[spoiler:If the Oil Crisis protests are negotiated with, one of the conditions is that native Malagasy is used during the talks.]]
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Many of the Malagasy rebels do not fight for a particular ideology, but to strike back against their abusive colonial oppressors.
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* LaResistance: The Malagasy people have been waging a guerilla war against the Reichskommissariat and their oppressive rule. Once French Madagascar collapses, they rise up under the leadership of Andriamahazo.
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* LaResistance: OhCrap:
** [[spoiler:The central government reacts with horror when AREMA guerrillas takes over Ankerika during the Oil Crisis, redistribute their resources, and exile the government officials to Antsohihy. Realizing that they are rapidly losing control of the situation to the rural revolts, they once again ask for help from their superpower benefactor.]]
** [[spoiler:During the Oil Crisis, a group of protestors in Tananarive are surrounded by riot police and they try to break through the cordon. However, they come to a horrifying revelation when they read the text on their shields and realize that it is not written in Malagasy or French, suggesting that they have just gotten better riot equipment.]]
* PatiencePlot: A Malagasy fisherman uses his small fishing boat to send weapons to the rebels, using the vessel's small size to bypass radar and aircraft looking for smugglers. Getting by the blockade is a patient matter of waiting hours for patrolling Kriegsmarine ships to leave and give an opening to slip through.
* ThePurge:
** After securing power in the constitutional convention, the TAFAMA will have the PADESM banned under the pretense that they were a colonial organization, mere moments after they passed a nationalistic constitution with an empowered executive.
** The AKFM purges most of their opposition by exiling or imprisoning them. Members of the constitutional convention are escorted out in chains as the AKFM take their place.
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The AKFM is a homegrown socialist movement developed in a hostile colony. As such, it had to scrounge up support wherever it could, uniting people of diverse interests and backgrounds. If the AKFM takes power, the factionalism turns to infighting, as the central committee decides their leader.
* ReactionShot: The opening event to the Second Malagasy Uprising features the reactions of a French colonial settlers, a PADESM advisors, A TAFAMA soldier, and an AKFM soldier.
* ReclaimedByNature: After the Second Malagasy Uprising, an event will play to introduce the geological history of Madagascar and how humanity brought ruin to its naturel environment. However, it also shows that the ecosystem has started recovering from the war, with unique Malagasy animals making home to the former battlefields. It ends with the wreckages fading into the past, as the environment heals and lives on, despite the many future wars to come.
* LaResistance:
** The Malagasy people have been waging a guerilla war against the Reichskommissariat and their oppressive rule. Once French Madagascar collapses, they rise up under the leadership of Andriamahazo.
** In any scenario where the AKFM does not take power, the Malagasy communists will reorganize into the AREMA, carrying out a guerrilla war to overthrow either the Germans, PADESM, or TAFAMA.
* RevolvingDoorRevolution: After overthrowing the Germans and French in the Second Malagasy Uprising, the newly independent Madagascar can be subject to more regime changes within the following years:
** If the PADESM wins the power struggle and Raseta is elected, the OFN can back a military coup to overthrow him, fearing his friendly relations with Japan.
** [[spoiler:If the TAFAMA and PADESM preserve their democracy, the Oil Crisis will destabilize their regimes and possibly lead to a socialist revolution, as their foreign backers are too overstretched to help them.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:The most prominent Malagasy politicians and bureaucrats will flee Madagascar in case of an AREMA revolution, having lost everything on the island.]]
* SnarkingThanks: A Malagasy fisherman and smuggler sarcastically thanks the Kriegsmarine for their blockade, since he can get paid more money by his shadowy clients and suppliers to aid the Malagasy Rebellion.
* SparkOfTheRebellion:
** The Second Malagasy Uprising starts from a small police mutiny, before escalating into total anarchy on the island.
** [[spoiler:In the midst of the Oil Crisis protests, the government can carry out a brutal suppression of a farmer's protest in Toliara, killing at least a dozen people injuring dozens more. The outrage it inspires gives AREMA the momentum to recruit more members, even from the police force, into their ranks and overthrow the government.]]
* TalkingThroughTechnique: In the leadup to the Second Malagasy Uprising, a police officer, secretly a TAFAMA mole, goes to a café and fills out a crossword in a newspaper with encoded messages describing their situation. The newspaper is taken by a waitress, passed to a mechanic, and then passed to a handler who takes notes of what was said and sends out the untranslated message on a radio in morse code.
* TakeAThirdOption: TAFAMA and PADESM are the largest Malagasy rebellion factions and will fight for control of Madagascar after their rebellion succeeds. But if they get into a deadlock in the constitutional convention, the AKFM will [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste use the crisis]] to seize power, upon which the central committee of the AKFM will decide the nature of the new socialist republic and who should lead it.
* TakingUpTheMantle:
** The TAFAMA inherits the legacy of the MDRM, which led the First Malagasy Uprising. Many soldiers and revolutionaries from the latter joined the TAFAMA, having been funded and trained by Japan.
** If Germany wins the Second Malagasy Uprising or if they do not take power, the AKFM fades into irrelevance. However, many former members of the AKFM will form a successor organization in AREMA, becoming the new predominant socialist movement in Madagascar and a strong party of resistance, in case of a German victory. Unlike the AKFM, AREMA has a more tightly controlled party line focused on nationalism and Marxism.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Malagasy movement is made up three nationalist organizations, united in fighting for independence against the Nazis, but otherwise deeply divided on everything else. TAFAMA are the most nationalistic and backed by Japan, PADESM is the most democratic-minded and backed by America, and AKFM is the relatively smaller socialist faction. Once the Malagasy Rebellion is won, they will form a governing council to make way for a constitutional convention, which will inevitably turn into a power struggle.
* TimeForPlanB: The Malagasy Rebellion hoped to takeover the island in a relatively bloodless police coup, but this doesn't go quite as planned and the country instead falls into anarchy. Reading atop a crate of American weapons, a PADESM political advisor expresses frustration that they have missed their plan and they'll have to go with the backup: take over Madagascar in a bloody civil war.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: [[spoiler:A more autocratic President may have to resort to violence if their superpower backer does not send help to stop the Oil Crisis protests. After modernizing their armed forces, soldiers are sent to crack down the dissidents in a one-sided battle, as the latter only uses outdated, looted French and German equipment. Despite the anger it invokes, these methods can work and exhaust the protestors into submission.]]
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: No matter how many times France crushes a Malagasy uprising throughout the late nineteenth century, the idea of an independent Madagascar will keep cropping up and fuel the next rebellion. Even when the Malagasy insurgents are defeated in the Second Malagasy Uprising, AREMA will continue the anti-colonialist insurgency, [[spoiler:potentially succeeding in the Oil Crisis, where they end German rule and declare an independent republic.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: A Japanese agent is taken to Madagascar by an Indian crew. When the task is done, the crew are killed by Malagasy "pirates" who have been sent to pick up the agent and need to leave no witnesses.
** [[spoiler:The central government reacts with horror when AREMA guerrillas takes over Ankerika during the Oil Crisis, redistribute their resources, and exile the government officials to Antsohihy. Realizing that they are rapidly losing control of the situation to the rural revolts, they once again ask for help from their superpower benefactor.]]
** [[spoiler:During the Oil Crisis, a group of protestors in Tananarive are surrounded by riot police and they try to break through the cordon. However, they come to a horrifying revelation when they read the text on their shields and realize that it is not written in Malagasy or French, suggesting that they have just gotten better riot equipment.]]
* PatiencePlot: A Malagasy fisherman uses his small fishing boat to send weapons to the rebels, using the vessel's small size to bypass radar and aircraft looking for smugglers. Getting by the blockade is a patient matter of waiting hours for patrolling Kriegsmarine ships to leave and give an opening to slip through.
* ThePurge:
** After securing power in the constitutional convention, the TAFAMA will have the PADESM banned under the pretense that they were a colonial organization, mere moments after they passed a nationalistic constitution with an empowered executive.
** The AKFM purges most of their opposition by exiling or imprisoning them. Members of the constitutional convention are escorted out in chains as the AKFM take their place.
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The AKFM is a homegrown socialist movement developed in a hostile colony. As such, it had to scrounge up support wherever it could, uniting people of diverse interests and backgrounds. If the AKFM takes power, the factionalism turns to infighting, as the central committee decides their leader.
* ReactionShot: The opening event to the Second Malagasy Uprising features the reactions of a French colonial settlers, a PADESM advisors, A TAFAMA soldier, and an AKFM soldier.
* ReclaimedByNature: After the Second Malagasy Uprising, an event will play to introduce the geological history of Madagascar and how humanity brought ruin to its naturel environment. However, it also shows that the ecosystem has started recovering from the war, with unique Malagasy animals making home to the former battlefields. It ends with the wreckages fading into the past, as the environment heals and lives on, despite the many future wars to come.
* LaResistance:
** The Malagasy people have been waging a guerilla war against the Reichskommissariat and their oppressive rule. Once French Madagascar collapses, they rise up under the leadership of Andriamahazo.
** In any scenario where the AKFM does not take power, the Malagasy communists will reorganize into the AREMA, carrying out a guerrilla war to overthrow either the Germans, PADESM, or TAFAMA.
* RevolvingDoorRevolution: After overthrowing the Germans and French in the Second Malagasy Uprising, the newly independent Madagascar can be subject to more regime changes within the following years:
** If the PADESM wins the power struggle and Raseta is elected, the OFN can back a military coup to overthrow him, fearing his friendly relations with Japan.
** [[spoiler:If the TAFAMA and PADESM preserve their democracy, the Oil Crisis will destabilize their regimes and possibly lead to a socialist revolution, as their foreign backers are too overstretched to help them.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:The most prominent Malagasy politicians and bureaucrats will flee Madagascar in case of an AREMA revolution, having lost everything on the island.]]
* SnarkingThanks: A Malagasy fisherman and smuggler sarcastically thanks the Kriegsmarine for their blockade, since he can get paid more money by his shadowy clients and suppliers to aid the Malagasy Rebellion.
* SparkOfTheRebellion:
** The Second Malagasy Uprising starts from a small police mutiny, before escalating into total anarchy on the island.
** [[spoiler:In the midst of the Oil Crisis protests, the government can carry out a brutal suppression of a farmer's protest in Toliara, killing at least a dozen people injuring dozens more. The outrage it inspires gives AREMA the momentum to recruit more members, even from the police force, into their ranks and overthrow the government.]]
* TalkingThroughTechnique: In the leadup to the Second Malagasy Uprising, a police officer, secretly a TAFAMA mole, goes to a café and fills out a crossword in a newspaper with encoded messages describing their situation. The newspaper is taken by a waitress, passed to a mechanic, and then passed to a handler who takes notes of what was said and sends out the untranslated message on a radio in morse code.
* TakeAThirdOption: TAFAMA and PADESM are the largest Malagasy rebellion factions and will fight for control of Madagascar after their rebellion succeeds. But if they get into a deadlock in the constitutional convention, the AKFM will [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste use the crisis]] to seize power, upon which the central committee of the AKFM will decide the nature of the new socialist republic and who should lead it.
* TakingUpTheMantle:
** The TAFAMA inherits the legacy of the MDRM, which led the First Malagasy Uprising. Many soldiers and revolutionaries from the latter joined the TAFAMA, having been funded and trained by Japan.
** If Germany wins the Second Malagasy Uprising or if they do not take power, the AKFM fades into irrelevance. However, many former members of the AKFM will form a successor organization in AREMA, becoming the new predominant socialist movement in Madagascar and a strong party of resistance, in case of a German victory. Unlike the AKFM, AREMA has a more tightly controlled party line focused on nationalism and Marxism.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Malagasy movement is made up three nationalist organizations, united in fighting for independence against the Nazis, but otherwise deeply divided on everything else. TAFAMA are the most nationalistic and backed by Japan, PADESM is the most democratic-minded and backed by America, and AKFM is the relatively smaller socialist faction. Once the Malagasy Rebellion is won, they will form a governing council to make way for a constitutional convention, which will inevitably turn into a power struggle.
* TimeForPlanB: The Malagasy Rebellion hoped to takeover the island in a relatively bloodless police coup, but this doesn't go quite as planned and the country instead falls into anarchy. Reading atop a crate of American weapons, a PADESM political advisor expresses frustration that they have missed their plan and they'll have to go with the backup: take over Madagascar in a bloody civil war.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: [[spoiler:A more autocratic President may have to resort to violence if their superpower backer does not send help to stop the Oil Crisis protests. After modernizing their armed forces, soldiers are sent to crack down the dissidents in a one-sided battle, as the latter only uses outdated, looted French and German equipment. Despite the anger it invokes, these methods can work and exhaust the protestors into submission.]]
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: No matter how many times France crushes a Malagasy uprising throughout the late nineteenth century, the idea of an independent Madagascar will keep cropping up and fuel the next rebellion. Even when the Malagasy insurgents are defeated in the Second Malagasy Uprising, AREMA will continue the anti-colonialist insurgency, [[spoiler:potentially succeeding in the Oil Crisis, where they end German rule and declare an independent republic.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: A Japanese agent is taken to Madagascar by an Indian crew. When the task is done, the crew are killed by Malagasy "pirates" who have been sent to pick up the agent and need to leave no witnesses.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The first motion he passes in the TAFAMA's National Assembly is to comment the CPS for their support of African anti-colonial struggles, beginning the application to get Madagascar into the alliance.
* {{Cincinnatus}}: {{Subverted}}. If Andriamahazo's provisional government survives the TAFAMA's collapse, he will perform a self-coup and establish a military junta that will persist from the rest of the decade [[spoiler:and right through the Oil Crisis.]]
* {{Cincinnatus}}: {{Subverted}}. If Andriamahazo's provisional government survives the TAFAMA's collapse, he will perform a self-coup and establish a military junta that will persist from the rest of the decade [[spoiler:and right through the Oil Crisis.]]
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* ShortLivedLeadership: ZigZagged. In his first reign, Andriamahazo briefly controls the Malagasy Rebellion before TAFAMA consolidates itself and power is given to the Governing Council of Madagascar. However, he can become a leader again under more long-term circumstances, after either TAFAMA collapses or he performs a self-coup.
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* MilitaryCoup: The TAFAMA will inevitably collapse when they take power, but Andriamahazo may keep his position by performing a self-coup and creating a military junta with himself as its leader.
* RebelLeader: Andriamahazo leads the Malagasy nationalists during the Second Malagasy Uprising, having started a police mutiny.
* ShortLivedLeadership: ZigZagged. In his first reign, Andriamahazo briefly controls the Malagasy Rebellion before TAFAMA consolidates itself and power is given to the Governing Council ofMadagascar. However, he Madagascar, holding a constitutional convention that can become a leader again under more long-term circumstances, after either give power to the PADESM or AKFM. Even if TAFAMA collapses or takes charge, Andriamahazo will be put in charge of a provisional government and watch the TAFAMA collapse, casting a chance that he'll be ousted in the process.
* WarHero: Andriamahazo earns fame for organizing the Second Malagasy Uprising, a fact that heperforms a self-coup.
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* RebelLeader: Andriamahazo leads the Malagasy nationalists during the Second Malagasy Uprising, having started a police mutiny.
* ShortLivedLeadership: ZigZagged. In his first reign, Andriamahazo briefly controls the Malagasy Rebellion before TAFAMA consolidates itself and power is given to the Governing Council of
* WarHero: Andriamahazo earns fame for organizing the Second Malagasy Uprising, a fact that he
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* MilitaryCoup: Ratsimandrava can come to power this way in 1968, abandoning democracy for military rule.
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* MilitaryCoup: Ratsimandrava can come to power this way in 1968, abandoning democracy for military rule.rule and deciding to crush his own republic for failing to forge the country to his image.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Exploited}}. He paints himself as one, with his supposed moderation of creating a strongly presidential republic, intended to unite the nation and join the Sphere as a developed member.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Exploited}}. He paints himself as one, with his supposed moderation of creating a strongly presidential republic, intended to unite the nation and join the Sphere as a developed member.
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* PatrioticFervor: His main appeal in the 1968 PADESM election is fervent, anti-colonialist nationalism, playing on disillusionment over the PADESM's alignment with the OFN and giving influence to foreigners.
* RebelLeader: Jaona participated in the First Malagasy Uprising. Though most of the organizers were killed by the French and Germans, Jaona survived and founded a new political movement to continue the fight.
* WarHero: Jaona is widely respected for his determination in fighting for an independent Madagascar, which he proved by joining the First Malagasy Uprising.
* WildCard: Jaona's idiosyncratic beliefs meant he never quite fit in with any political faction and only merged his party into the TAFAMA because of its nationalist appeal. It's only when the TAFAMA collapses that he finds appeal from the impoverished and minority communities who support a vaguely left-wing and anti-colonialist government aligned with Japan. Even when he can elected in the TAFAMA path, it is still possible for him to get elected in 1968 for the PADESM path, since he's so flexible.
* RebelLeader: Jaona participated in the First Malagasy Uprising. Though most of the organizers were killed by the French and Germans, Jaona survived and founded a new political movement to continue the fight.
* WarHero: Jaona is widely respected for his determination in fighting for an independent Madagascar, which he proved by joining the First Malagasy Uprising.
* WildCard: Jaona's idiosyncratic beliefs meant he never quite fit in with any political faction and only merged his party into the TAFAMA because of its nationalist appeal. It's only when the TAFAMA collapses that he finds appeal from the impoverished and minority communities who support a vaguely left-wing and anti-colonialist government aligned with Japan. Even when he can elected in the TAFAMA path, it is still possible for him to get elected in 1968 for the PADESM path, since he's so flexible.
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* PatrioticFervor: He disapproved of the PADESM and their willingness to work with France. His version of a democratic Madagascar is comparatively more nationalistic, as he hopes to forge a nation that can unite the Malagasy people. If he consolidates control after the TAFAMA's collapse, he can take the first steps to this goal with Japanese backing.
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* RebelLeader: Ravoajanahary is the founder of the AKFM, leading decades of local insurrections against the French and the Germans.
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* RebelLeader: Ravoajanahary is the founder of the AKFM, leading decades of local insurrections against the French and the Germans.
Germans and telling stories of Madagascar's history to remind the party of what they are fighting for.
* TheSmartGuy: Ravoajanahary is one of the AKFM's greatest teachers and historians, well-versed on the history of Malagasy revolutions. Learning from this history, Ravoajanahary's ideology bears resemblance to pan-Africanism from Cameroon, but is uniquely fine-tuned to the circumstances in Madagascar, according to his own knowledge.
* TheSmartGuy: Ravoajanahary is one of the AKFM's greatest teachers and historians, well-versed on the history of Malagasy revolutions. Learning from this history, Ravoajanahary's ideology bears resemblance to pan-Africanism from Cameroon, but is uniquely fine-tuned to the circumstances in Madagascar, according to his own knowledge.
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* TheDeterminator: Rabesahala has been involved in union activity for decades, starting from her time working with the PCF. Before independence, Rabesahala had a long track record of activism, from union work to legal representation, even running her own communist party before the AKFM was born. Now, she serves as the AKFM's secretary and continues to fight for her ideology.
* IronLady: Rabesahala is radical, even by her own party's standards, in enforcing a communist line, inspired by her time in the PCF and from Joseph Stalin. However, she can get away with it because she's been an active communist for so long that no one can deny her.
* IronLady: Rabesahala is radical, even by her own party's standards, in enforcing a communist line, inspired by her time in the PCF and from Joseph Stalin. However, she can get away with it because she's been an active communist for so long that no one can deny her.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: Witnessing the PADESM and TAFAMA rely too much on foreign powers, Ratsiraka moved to the AKFM, which was the most compatible with his nationalist, left-wing ideals.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: ChoosingNeutrality: Ratsiraka leads a non-aligned and somewhat isolationist government, denouncing all forms of foreign meddling in the country.
* DefectorFromDecadence:
** Ratsiraka once served in the French navy as a naval policemen, where he helped catch revolutionaries prior to becoming a socialist himself.
** Witnessing the PADESM and TAFAMA rely too much on foreign powers, Ratsiraka moved to the AKFM, which was the most compatible with his nationalist, left-wingideals.ideals.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: [[spoiler:Ratsiraka uses the unrest caused by the Oil Crisis to propel AREMA to the forefront with his connections, along with the public appeal of nationalism and Marxism during this time. He can use this momentum to topple the German colonial administration, the PADESM, or the TAFAMA governments.
* PatrioticFervor: Ratsiraka's brand of nationalism and socialism are hugely popular among the disillusioned partisans, patriots, and other people who have lost faith in the other revolutionary parties.
* DefectorFromDecadence:
** Ratsiraka once served in the French navy as a naval policemen, where he helped catch revolutionaries prior to becoming a socialist himself.
** Witnessing the PADESM and TAFAMA rely too much on foreign powers, Ratsiraka moved to the AKFM, which was the most compatible with his nationalist, left-wing
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: [[spoiler:Ratsiraka uses the unrest caused by the Oil Crisis to propel AREMA to the forefront with his connections, along with the public appeal of nationalism and Marxism during this time. He can use this momentum to topple the German colonial administration, the PADESM, or the TAFAMA governments.
* PatrioticFervor: Ratsiraka's brand of nationalism and socialism are hugely popular among the disillusioned partisans, patriots, and other people who have lost faith in the other revolutionary parties.
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* RedBaron: Ratsiraka is often known by the name "The Red Admiral".
* StartMyOwn: Ratsiraka is initially a member of the AKFM, but forms the AREMA if Germany wins the Second Malagasy Uprising, or TAFAMA or PADESM take power. Compared to the AKFM, Ratsiraka runs a much stricter party line, mixing a potent combination of nationalism and Marxism.
* StartMyOwn: Ratsiraka is initially a member of the AKFM, but forms the AREMA if Germany wins the Second Malagasy Uprising, or TAFAMA or PADESM take power. Compared to the AKFM, Ratsiraka runs a much stricter party line, mixing a potent combination of nationalism and Marxism.
* ArcWords: Both of Zafimahova's biographies open with an explanation of how he was a founding member of the PADESM and understood its core values. It diverges when it recounts how many years he has been fighting for those values and how the PADESM is evolving.
* BrutalHonesty: In an interview, Zafimahova does not hide the fact that his own cabinet members are skeptical about Madagascar's long-term stability and that optimism alone will not be enough to resolve this. However, he remains optimistic that democracy will be on its way and that the country's agriculture and industry can be rebuilt, which is why he appeals for the OFN's help.
* BrutalHonesty: In an interview, Zafimahova does not hide the fact that his own cabinet members are skeptical about Madagascar's long-term stability and that optimism alone will not be enough to resolve this. However, he remains optimistic that democracy will be on its way and that the country's agriculture and industry can be rebuilt, which is why he appeals for the OFN's help.
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* TheDeterminator: Zafimahova was one of the PADESM's founding members and spent decades fighting for an independent, democratic Madagascar that stands against colonialism and fosters harmony among the country's ethnic groups. He stayed trued to these beliefs, no matter how many losses the independence movement suffered, and will eventually defect from the PADESM in protest of their submission to foreign powers and abandonment of socialism, determined to see his own vision through.
* ShortLivedLeadership: ZigZagged. Zafimahova leads a provisional government when the PADESM wins the constitutional convention, holding the position for as long as he needs to shape what the new republic will looke like. However, he can also return to power in the subsequence elections.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Zafimahova's role may only be limited to leading the PADESM provisional government, but he's the one who announces Madagascar's application to the OFN during an NBC interview, a plotline that will define the first elections held.
* StartMyOwn: Zafimahova was a founding member of the PADESM and runs in the first election under their banner. He will eventually leave the party, along with other socialist-oriented members, to form the PSD in opposition to Tsirana's direction.
* ShortLivedLeadership: ZigZagged. Zafimahova leads a provisional government when the PADESM wins the constitutional convention, holding the position for as long as he needs to shape what the new republic will looke like. However, he can also return to power in the subsequence elections.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Zafimahova's role may only be limited to leading the PADESM provisional government, but he's the one who announces Madagascar's application to the OFN during an NBC interview, a plotline that will define the first elections held.
* StartMyOwn: Zafimahova was a founding member of the PADESM and runs in the first election under their banner. He will eventually leave the party, along with other socialist-oriented members, to form the PSD in opposition to Tsirana's direction.
* TheExile: Tsiranana, among other PADESM members, were sent into exile after the First Malagasy Uprising and spent the past decade living in Free France.
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* PragmaticHero: Tsiranana is far more restrained in his visions for Madagascar than many of his fellow revolutionaries, valuing the stability of infrastructure, investment, trading partners, and cultural harmony. The dark side of this can be seen if democratic stagnation sets in, where he turns into a de facto autocrat as Madagascar bends the knee to its foreign allies in the OFN.
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* PragmaticHero: NecessarilyEvil: Tsiranana is far more restrained in his visions for Madagascar than many of his fellow revolutionaries, valuing the stability of infrastructure, investment, trading partners, and cultural harmony. The dark side of this can be seen if democratic stagnation sets in, where he turns into a de facto autocrat as Madagascar bends the knee to its foreign allies in the OFN.
* PresidentForLife: After the 1968 election, Tsiranana may end up entrenching the PADESM political machine and forego his big tent approach. Rather than openly crush the opposition, he politically isolates them to a few mayors while the PADESM gathers cultural and political allies to retain their control. Tsiranana consiers it necessary to keep up Madagascar's economic stability.
* PresidentForLife: After the 1968 election, Tsiranana may end up entrenching the PADESM political machine and forego his big tent approach. Rather than openly crush the opposition, he politically isolates them to a few mayors while the PADESM gathers cultural and political allies to retain their control. Tsiranana consiers it necessary to keep up Madagascar's economic stability.
->'''Party:''' Firaisam-pirenena Malagasy[[note]]Malagasy National Union[[/note]]
* CassandraTruth: Unlike many who see the Americans as liberators, Raseta denounces the United States as an imperialist power who will try to turn Madagascar into their new colony. Upon his election, this view is proven right when the United States tries to organize a coup against him, on account of him being pro-Japan.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Raseta refuses to resign when Ramanantsoa's coup is underway, despite the pressure. He ignores Ramanantsoa's calls and threatens the American ambassador to leave. By 6:00 PM, the Ambohitsorohitra Palace is bombed and if is left unclear if he survived.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Raseta refuses to resign when Ramanantsoa's coup is underway, despite the pressure. He ignores Ramanantsoa's calls and threatens the American ambassador to leave. By 6:00 PM, the Ambohitsorohitra Palace is bombed and if is left unclear if he survived.
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* TheDreaded: Raseta's election is won by a narrow margin and he still faces a lot of domestic opposition, but he's still deemed a great threat by the Americans because he can easily dismantle his opponents and join the CPS to strengthen Japan's hold on the Indian Ocean. Thus, the United States can organize a coup against him.
* EnemyMine: Regarding the OFN as yet another colonial power, Raseta withdraws Madagascar's OFN application upon being elected and instead pursues closer ties with the CPS.
* PatrioticFervor: Raseta leads Madagascar down a communist and nationalist path, which will curb the influence of the American foreign plantations and military bases.
* ThePurge: If Raseta catches on to the OFN-backed coup plot, he has all of the pro-American elements in government and armed forces arrested, deploying soldiers around the American embassy and on major roads leading to the capital. The purge culminates in a siege on Antananarivo Air Base, Ramanantsoa's headquarters, where he eventually surrenders.
* EnemyMine: Regarding the OFN as yet another colonial power, Raseta withdraws Madagascar's OFN application upon being elected and instead pursues closer ties with the CPS.
* PatrioticFervor: Raseta leads Madagascar down a communist and nationalist path, which will curb the influence of the American foreign plantations and military bases.
* ThePurge: If Raseta catches on to the OFN-backed coup plot, he has all of the pro-American elements in government and armed forces arrested, deploying soldiers around the American embassy and on major roads leading to the capital. The purge culminates in a siege on Antananarivo Air Base, Ramanantsoa's headquarters, where he eventually surrenders.
* {{Cincinnatus}}: {{Exploited}}, as Ramanantsoa proclaims that his regime will be committed to freedom and a transition to democratic rule. However, the narrative is a sham used to legitimate his government.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Many observers are surprised by Ramanantsoa's coup, thinking his background more befitting of a TAFAMAMA member. However, they fail to realize that his lack of political convictions is what makes him a perfect proxy for a coup by the Americans.
* DownerEnding: Ramanantsoa's coup symbolically destroys the idea of a truly independent Madagascar and ushers in an age of neocolonialism by his American backers.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If Ramanantsoa's coup plot is discovered and Raseta purges his conspirators, Ramanantsoa will hide out in Antananarivo Air Base, until it is besieged and he surrenders.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Many observers are surprised by Ramanantsoa's coup, thinking his background more befitting of a TAFAMAMA member. However, they fail to realize that his lack of political convictions is what makes him a perfect proxy for a coup by the Americans.
* DownerEnding: Ramanantsoa's coup symbolically destroys the idea of a truly independent Madagascar and ushers in an age of neocolonialism by his American backers.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If Ramanantsoa's coup plot is discovered and Raseta purges his conspirators, Ramanantsoa will hide out in Antananarivo Air Base, until it is besieged and he surrenders.
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->'''In-Game Description''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]From the moment Antanarive's Gendarmerie declared resistance against the colonial government, French rule in Madagascar had ended. Administrative institutions of the French colonial office have since been subverted by forces of the Militärkommission von Madagaskar, and pro-mutiny revolters have seized control of many coastal provinces. Yet, much more of Madagascar is without government and, in some cases, is entirely unaware of events unfolding in the island's contested zones.\\\
The first word of change reached the provinces by telephone, and soon whispered anxiety permeated among French plantation owners and the privy elite. In some communities, the gentry villas and enclosed mansions were quickly evacuated; other regions, especially those organized by the communist Antoko'ny Kongresi'ny Fahaleovantenan'i Madagasikara, sought retribution for colonial-era abuses by seizing properties and land owners into the custody of local councils. Ad-hoc tribunals for colonial officials have been increasingly common in the 'unadministered zone', but, for the most part, these communities are stable and govern themselves.\\\
However, this condition of serene self-government is temporary, and the forces of revolt and imperial reconquest encroach, each seeking total control of the island, establish themselves in these settlements. To the revolters, most go willingly, but the Germans are more brutal than their French predecessors and extract barbaric scores from conquered communities. Those who remain untouched can only wait and enjoy what remains of their reprieve from impending chaos and brace themselves for the war ahead.[[/labelnote]]
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->'''In-Game Description''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]From the moment Antanarive's Gendarmerie declared resistance against the colonial government, French rule in Madagascar had ended. Administrative institutions of the French colonial office have since been subverted by forces of the Militärkommission von Madagaskar, and pro-mutiny revolters have seized control of many coastal provinces. Yet, much more of Madagascar is without government and, in some cases, is entirely unaware of events unfolding in the island's contested zones.\\\
The first word of change reached the provinces by telephone, and soon whispered anxiety permeated among French plantation owners and the privy elite. In some communities, the gentry villas and enclosed mansions were quickly evacuated; other regions, especially those organized by the communist Antoko'ny Kongresi'ny Fahaleovantenan'i Madagasikara, sought retribution for colonial-era abuses by seizing properties and land owners into the custody of local councils. Ad-hoc tribunals for colonial officials have been increasingly common in the 'unadministered zone', but, for the most part, these communities are stable and govern themselves.\\\
However, this condition of serene self-government is temporary, and the forces of revolt and imperial reconquest encroach, each seeking total control of the island, establish themselves in these settlements. To the revolters, most go willingly, but the Germans are more brutal than their French predecessors and extract barbaric scores from conquered communities. Those who remain untouched can only wait and enjoy what remains of their reprieve from impending chaos and brace themselves for the war ahead.[[/labelnote]]
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->'''In-Game Description''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]From the moment Antanarive's Gendarmerie declared resistance against the colonial government, French rule in Madagascar had ended. Administrative institutions of the French colonial office have since been subverted by forces of the Militärkommission von Madagaskar, and pro-mutiny revolters have seized control of many coastal provinces. Yet, much more of Madagascar is without government and, in some cases, is entirely unaware of events unfolding in the island's contested zones.\\\
The first word of change reached the provinces by telephone, and soon whispered anxiety permeated among French plantation owners and the privy elite. In some communities, the gentry villas and enclosed mansions were quickly evacuated; other regions, especially those organized by the communist Antoko'ny Kongresi'ny Fahaleovantenan'i Madagasikara, sought retribution for colonial-era abuses by seizing properties and land owners into the custody of local councils. Ad-hoc tribunals for colonial officials have been increasingly common in the 'unadministered zone', but, for the most part, these communities are stable and govern themselves.\\\
However, this condition of serene self-government is temporary, and the forces of revolt and imperial reconquest encroach, each seeking total control of the island, establish themselves in these settlements. To the revolters, most go willingly, but the Germans are more brutal than their French predecessors and extract barbaric scores from conquered communities. Those who remain untouched can only wait and enjoy what remains of their reprieve from impending chaos and brace themselves for the war ahead.[[/labelnote]]
!!''Albert Razafy''
->'''Role:''' N/A
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* AssholeVictim: Plantation owners, privy elites and other colonialists are subject to property seizures and ad-hoc tribunals as a form of retributive justice for the decades of French and German oppression.
* HiddenElfVillage: {{Downplayed}}. Once French Madagascar collapses, most of the interior of the island falls into isolation, masses of villages with no central authority governing them, once the conflict between the Malagasy Rebellion and the German garrison kicks off however, they will be swiftly occupied by either side.
* HiddenElfVillage: {{Downplayed}}. Once French Madagascar collapses, most of the interior of the island falls into isolation, masses of villages with no central authority governing them, once the conflict between the Malagasy Rebellion and the German garrison kicks off however, they will be swiftly occupied by either side.
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* AssholeVictim: Plantation owners, privy elites and other colonialists are subject to property seizures and ad-hoc tribunals as AllegoricalCharacter: He is an original character, giving a form of retributive justice point-of-view from a regular partisan fighting for the decades of French and German oppression.
* HiddenElfVillage: {{Downplayed}}. Once French Madagascar collapses, most of the interior of the island falls into isolation, masses of villages with no central authority governing them, once the conflict betweenthe Malagasy Rebellion Rebellion.
* EnemyMine: {{Defied}}, but played straight later on. Unlike some members of the TAFAMA, Razafy is initially apprehensive about working with the PADESM to take down the Germans, suspicious of the fact that they are supported by the United States. It's only after the war that he sees the people united in celebration and realizes why some TAFAMA members could work together with the PADESM, if only for the sake of the country. Rafazy is still uncomfortable with the notion, but he does moderate his stance on this issue.
* EnemyMine: Razafy does not trust the Japanese, having living in Calcutta for five years and learning about the hollowness in their anti-colonialist rhetoric. However, he knows that the TAFAMA will struggle without their support, so he goes along with it. He reckons that the Germans should be dealt with first and then Japan's true motives can be confronted next.
* EveryoneHasStandards: As a member of the TAFAMA, Razafy hates the PADESM and their American backers. After a partisan victory, Razafy sees a PADESM representative give a victory speech and thinks about shooting him with his looted Mauser. However, he relents on this when he sees the crowd express true joy with their newfound liberation and thinks it would be selfish to deny them this moment, even if this peace is swayed by the United States.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Razafy kills a pleading Germangarrison kicks off however, officer next to his overturned vehicle by kicking his skull rather than wasting a bullet.
!!''Hery Rakoto''
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* BribeBackfire: When he lands in southern Madagascar, Rakoto tries to buy the loyalty of the guerrillas he was assigned to through bribery and additional weapons and food. However, the guerrillas suspect that he got the money from Free French businessmen and that he's trying to get foreign investments into Madagascar, so theywill kill him.
* LesCollaborateurs:
** He first tried to get involved in colonial politics before he was sent into exile.
** After his exile, Rakoto linked up with the CIA and assists the OFN in bringing down the French authority on Madagascar, even if he must reluctantly give up his life of luxury to return to the island.
* TheExile: Rakoto was involved in founding the PADESM and tried breaking into politics prior to the First Malagasy Uprising, which forced him and his allies into exile in South Africa before moving to Free France.
* RagsToRiches: He was once an impoverished lawyer in northern Madagascar, struggling to even pay for a suit before becoming involved the PADESM in exile and treated to a life of luxury by the CIA. He has since become so hooked on this decadence that he is disappointed that he must return to Madagascar.
* UndignifiedDeath: Already despaired that his assigned guerrillas are not political committed, Rakoto is unceremoniously shot in the head and gets his money stolen while relieving himself by a tree.
* WrongLineOfWork: {{Exploited}} by Rakoto, who doesn't want to return to Madagascar and cites his position as a lawyer to convince his CIA contact that he'll beswiftly occupied by either side.better suited to managing political connections than directly aiding the guerrillas. Despite his pleas, the CIA insists that he land on the southern shores of Madagascar and rendezvous with a resistance cell, nominally to help guide and educate them about democracy.
* HiddenElfVillage: {{Downplayed}}. Once French Madagascar collapses, most of the interior of the island falls into isolation, masses of villages with no central authority governing them, once the conflict between
* EnemyMine: {{Defied}}, but played straight later on. Unlike some members of the TAFAMA, Razafy is initially apprehensive about working with the PADESM to take down the Germans, suspicious of the fact that they are supported by the United States. It's only after the war that he sees the people united in celebration and realizes why some TAFAMA members could work together with the PADESM, if only for the sake of the country. Rafazy is still uncomfortable with the notion, but he does moderate his stance on this issue.
* EnemyMine: Razafy does not trust the Japanese, having living in Calcutta for five years and learning about the hollowness in their anti-colonialist rhetoric. However, he knows that the TAFAMA will struggle without their support, so he goes along with it. He reckons that the Germans should be dealt with first and then Japan's true motives can be confronted next.
* EveryoneHasStandards: As a member of the TAFAMA, Razafy hates the PADESM and their American backers. After a partisan victory, Razafy sees a PADESM representative give a victory speech and thinks about shooting him with his looted Mauser. However, he relents on this when he sees the crowd express true joy with their newfound liberation and thinks it would be selfish to deny them this moment, even if this peace is swayed by the United States.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Razafy kills a pleading German
!!''Hery Rakoto''
->'''Role:''' N/A
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* BribeBackfire: When he lands in southern Madagascar, Rakoto tries to buy the loyalty of the guerrillas he was assigned to through bribery and additional weapons and food. However, the guerrillas suspect that he got the money from Free French businessmen and that he's trying to get foreign investments into Madagascar, so they
* LesCollaborateurs:
** He first tried to get involved in colonial politics before he was sent into exile.
** After his exile, Rakoto linked up with the CIA and assists the OFN in bringing down the French authority on Madagascar, even if he must reluctantly give up his life of luxury to return to the island.
* TheExile: Rakoto was involved in founding the PADESM and tried breaking into politics prior to the First Malagasy Uprising, which forced him and his allies into exile in South Africa before moving to Free France.
* RagsToRiches: He was once an impoverished lawyer in northern Madagascar, struggling to even pay for a suit before becoming involved the PADESM in exile and treated to a life of luxury by the CIA. He has since become so hooked on this decadence that he is disappointed that he must return to Madagascar.
* UndignifiedDeath: Already despaired that his assigned guerrillas are not political committed, Rakoto is unceremoniously shot in the head and gets his money stolen while relieving himself by a tree.
* WrongLineOfWork: {{Exploited}} by Rakoto, who doesn't want to return to Madagascar and cites his position as a lawyer to convince his CIA contact that he'll be
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->'''In-Game Description''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]From the moment Antanarive's Gendarmerie declared resistance against the colonial government, French rule in Madagascar had ended. Administrative institutions of the French colonial office have since been subverted by forces of the Militärkommission von Madagaskar, and pro-mutiny revolters have seized control of many coastal provinces. Yet, much more of Madagascar is without government and, in some cases, is entirely unaware of events unfolding in the island's contested zones.\\\
The first word of change reached the provinces by telephone, and soon whispered anxiety permeated among French plantation owners and the privy elite. In some communities, the gentry villas and enclosed mansions were quickly evacuated; other regions, especially those organized by the communist Antoko'ny Kongresi'ny Fahaleovantenan'i Madagasikara, sought retribution for colonial-era abuses by seizing properties and land owners into the custody of local councils. Ad-hoc tribunals for colonial officials have been increasingly common in the 'unadministered zone', but, for the most part, these communities are stable and govern themselves.\\\
However, this condition of serene self-government is temporary, and the forces of revolt and imperial reconquest encroach, each seeking total control of the island, establish themselves in these settlements. To the revolters, most go willingly, but the Germans are more brutal than their French predecessors and extract barbaric scores from conquered communities. Those who remain untouched can only wait and enjoy what remains of their reprieve from impending chaos and brace themselves for the war ahead.[[/labelnote]]
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* AssholeVictim: Plantation owners, privy elites and other colonialists are subject to property seizures and ad-hoc tribunals as a form of retributive justice for the decades of French and German oppression.
* HiddenElfVillage: {{Downplayed}}. Once French Madagascar collapses, most of the interior of the island falls into isolation, masses of villages with no central authority governing them, once the conflict between the Malagasy Rebellion and the German garrison kicks off however, they will be swiftly occupied by either side.
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->'''In-Game Description''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]]From the moment Antanarive's Gendarmerie declared resistance against the colonial government, French rule in Madagascar had ended. Administrative institutions of the French colonial office have since been subverted by forces of the Militärkommission von Madagaskar, and pro-mutiny revolters have seized control of many coastal provinces. Yet, much more of Madagascar is without government and, in some cases, is entirely unaware of events unfolding in the island's contested zones.\\\
The first word of change reached the provinces by telephone, and soon whispered anxiety permeated among French plantation owners and the privy elite. In some communities, the gentry villas and enclosed mansions were quickly evacuated; other regions, especially those organized by the communist Antoko'ny Kongresi'ny Fahaleovantenan'i Madagasikara, sought retribution for colonial-era abuses by seizing properties and land owners into the custody of local councils. Ad-hoc tribunals for colonial officials have been increasingly common in the 'unadministered zone', but, for the most part, these communities are stable and govern themselves.\\\
However, this condition of serene self-government is temporary, and the forces of revolt and imperial reconquest encroach, each seeking total control of the island, establish themselves in these settlements. To the revolters, most go willingly, but the Germans are more brutal than their French predecessors and extract barbaric scores from conquered communities. Those who remain untouched can only wait and enjoy what remains of their reprieve from impending chaos and brace themselves for the war ahead.[[/labelnote]]
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* AssholeVictim: Plantation owners, privy elites and other colonialists are subject to property seizures and ad-hoc tribunals as a form of retributive justice for the decades of French and German oppression.
* HiddenElfVillage: {{Downplayed}}. Once French Madagascar collapses, most of the interior of the island falls into isolation, masses of villages with no central authority governing them, once the conflict between the Malagasy Rebellion and the German garrison kicks off however, they will be swiftly occupied by either side.
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Officially only the hereditary leader of the Buthelezi tribe, Prince Mangosuthu is the de facto leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the largest ANC splinter group. Mangosuthu and the chief ideolouges of the IPF are steadfast in their belief that the ANC's extremism was the root of its failure, and that only by cooperating with sympathetic white governments will racial parity be achieved. In Spite of this moderation, the IPF goals are no less radical than those of the ANC, and the backlash from the Boer's horrific treatment of South Africa's natives has only further convinced the tribal leaders who prop-up Mangosuthu's government that segregation has to end, one way or another.\\\
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Officially only the hereditary leader of the Buthelezi tribe, Prince Mangosuthu is the de facto leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the largest ANC splinter group. Mangosuthu and the chief ideolouges of the IPF IFP are steadfast in their belief that the ANC's extremism was the root of its failure, and that only by cooperating with sympathetic white governments will racial parity be achieved. In Spite of this moderation, the IPF IFP goals are no less radical than those of the ANC, and the backlash from the Boer's horrific treatment of South Africa's natives has only further convinced the tribal leaders who prop-up Mangosuthu's government that segregation has to end, one way or another.\\\
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* AHouseDivided: South Africa starts as a very divided country, with both Boer nationalists and the African National Congress acting against the government. While the Union can reach a compromise with the ANC and ensure their loyalty during the war, the Afrikaner Volkstaat will inevitably secede and call for Afrika-Schild to intervene.
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* AHouseDivided: South Africa starts as a very divided country, with both Boer nationalists and the African National Congress acting against the government. While the Union can reach a compromise with the ANC and ensure their loyalty during the war, the Afrikaner Volkstaat will inevitably secede and call for the Afrika-Schild to intervene.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Every month, new stories of Müller's exploits in the jungles of Africa headline German newspapers, which praise the adventurer hero of all Aryans. Among the Reichskommissare that run the Reich, most German citizens could only name Müller, and they would heap him with praise. Müller was even interviewed on an ''American'' TV show, against all odds.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Every month, new stories of Müller's exploits in the jungles of Africa headline German newspapers, which praise the adventurer hero of all Aryans. Among the Reichskommissare Reichskommissars that run the Reich, most German citizens could only name Müller, and they would heap him with praise. Müller was even interviewed on an ''American'' TV show, against all odds.
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* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In OTL, Helmut von Leipzig was German Namibian who volunteered into Afrika Korps and became Rommel's personal driver, and later returned to Namibia, where he founded the German Cultural Council.
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* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In OTL, Helmut von Leipzig was a German Namibian who volunteered into the Afrika Korps and became Rommel's personal driver, and later returned to Namibia, where he founded the German Cultural Council.
* AssholeVictim: Hüttig, a fanatical Nazi who committed treason against the Reich and mercilessly repressed the native Africans in his Reichstaat, is gunned down by Otto Förschner during his coup against him, which he absolutely deserves.
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* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Hüttig actively enslaves Africans in Ostafrika, and after he creates the Reichstaat, he will create a massive system of slavery called "Entwicklung des Afrikanischen Territoriums Programm" ("Development of the African Territory Program"), or "E.A.T. Programm", which "conscripts" workers in various African regions and moves them to other regions to build infrastructure or factories, with every level of infrastrcuture or factory [[DeadlyEuphemism "costing"]] several hundred workers.
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* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Hüttig actively enslaves Africans in Ostafrika, and after he creates the Reichstaat, he will create a massive system of slavery called "Entwicklung des Afrikanischen Territoriums Programm" ("Development of the African Territory Program"), or "E.A.T. Programm", which "conscripts" workers in various African regions and moves them to other regions to build infrastructure or factories, with every level of infrastrcuture infrastructure or factory [[DeadlyEuphemism "costing"]] several hundred workers.
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** Hüttig has nothing but contempt for his fellow African Reichskommissare because of their incompetence and complacency. Even when he agrees to cooperate with them for a common cause during the South African War, he turns on them and becomes the sole ruler of Nazi Africa during or after the SAW.
** In addition to the other Reichskommissare, Hüttig has little respect for his sleazy and incompotent subordinates.
** In addition to the other Reichskommissare, Hüttig has little respect for his sleazy and incompotent subordinates.
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** Hüttig has nothing but contempt for his fellow African Reichskommissare Reichskommissars because of their incompetence and complacency. Even when he agrees to cooperate with them for a common cause during the South African War, he turns on them and becomes the sole ruler of Nazi Africa during or after the SAW.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: During the Quelimane Trials of the SS remnants, one SS officer, Franz Hössler, taunts the entire US court and boasts that he is proud of being guilty of committing crimes against humanity on "mongrels and subhumans", and that he would committ even more crimes if he were free.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: During the Quelimane Trials of the SS remnants, one SS officer, Franz Hössler, taunts the entire US court and boasts that he is proud of being guilty of committing crimes against humanity on "mongrels and subhumans", and that he would committ commit even more crimes if he were free.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Unsurprisngly, creating a single gigantic republic to rule over hundreds if not ''thousands'' of different ethnic groups ''while'' ruling the same way their oppressors [[MeetTheNewBoss once did]] is unstable at best and fragile at worst. When the All-African Summit happens and the CAR collapses, the only regret of the American leadership is that it fell apart ''earlier'' than expected.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Unsurprisngly, Unsurprisingly, creating a single gigantic republic to rule over hundreds if not ''thousands'' of different ethnic groups ''while'' ruling the same way their oppressors [[MeetTheNewBoss once did]] is unstable at best and fragile at worst. When the All-African Summit happens and the CAR collapses, the only regret of the American leadership is that it fell apart ''earlier'' than expected.
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* AHouseDivided: South Africa starts as a very divided country, with both Boer nationalists and the African National Congress acting against the government. While the Union can reach a compromise with the ANC and ensure their loyalty during the war, the Boer Republic inevitably secedes and calls for Afrika-Schild to intervene.
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* AHouseDivided: South Africa starts as a very divided country, with both Boer nationalists and the African National Congress acting against the government. While the Union can reach a compromise with the ANC and ensure their loyalty during the war, the Boer Republic Afrikaner Volkstaat will inevitably secedes secede and calls call for Afrika-Schild to intervene.
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The assassination of a [[RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman unionist MP named Ian Smith]], who in OTL led Rhodesia, raises questions as to whether Boer nationalists or the ANC were responsible. [[spoiler:It's neither, as it's instead instigated by Karl Chmielewski on RK Ostafrika's behalf in an attempt to destablize South Africa.]] Regardless of the outcome, it sets off a chain reaction that ultimate leads to CivilWar, and eventually, the South African War.
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The assassination of a [[RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman unionist MP named Ian Smith]], who in OTL led Rhodesia, raises questions as to whether Boer nationalists or the ANC were responsible. [[spoiler:It's neither, as it's instead instigated by Karl Chmielewski on RK Ostafrika's behalf in an attempt to destablize destabilize South Africa.]] Regardless of the outcome, it sets off a chain reaction that ultimate leads to CivilWar, and eventually, the South African War.
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Prime Minister of South Africa circa 1962. As leader of the United Party, he has tried to maintain a middle path, appeasing Boer nationalists while trying to keep black South Africans from full-on rebellion. However, the increasing pressure of the Nazi Reichskommissariate to the North, and their tacit alliance with the Boer nationalists, will force him to take more radical action, one way or another.
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Prime Minister of South Africa circa 1962. As leader of the United Party, he has tried to maintain a middle path, appeasing Boer nationalists while trying to keep black South Africans from full-on rebellion. However, the increasing pressure of the Nazi Reichskommissariate Reichskommissariats to the North, and their tacit alliance with the Boer nationalists, will force him to take more radical action, one way or another.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He initially defected to the Boer Republic during the first South African War, but later switches sides again when the Afrika-Schild intervened and the Boer Republic submited to them.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He initially defected to the Boer Republic during the first South African War, but later switches sides again when the Afrika-Schild intervened and the Boer Republic submited submitted to them.
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* TheRemnant: They mainly consist of the Inkatha Freddom Party, the most prominent ANC splinter group.
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* TheRemnant: They mainly consist of the Inkatha Freddom Freedom Party, the most prominent ANC splinter group.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Much like how Hüttig's dream of an Aryanized Africa is impossible, the Oberkommando Südafrika is ultimately doomed to either lose in the Second South African Civil War or inevitably collapse after Chmilewski's death.
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Much like how Hüttig's dream of an Aryanized Africa is impossible, the Oberkommando Südafrika is ultimately doomed to either lose in the Second South African Civil War or inevitably collapse after Chmilewski's Chmielewski's death.
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* AssassinOutclassin: If Chmielewski fails to retake South Africa or the second South African Civil War is never triggered in the first place by the time Hüttig relocates to Léopoldville, then Otto Förschner will attempt to have him killed during his coup. His attempt fails, however, and Chmielewski will attempt to rally men for a counterattack. Nothing comes of it, however, since the Reichsstaat collapses shortly after.
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* AssassinOutclassin: If Chmielewski fails to retake South Africa or the second South African Civil War is never triggered in the first place by the time Hüttig relocates to Léopoldville, then Otto Förschner will attempt to have him killed during his coup. His attempt fails, however, and Chmielewski will attempt to rally men for a counterattack. Nothing comes of it, however, since the Reichsstaat Reichstaat collapses shortly after.
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* {{Nepotism}}: There is an uncontrolled level of nepotism within eSwatini, which negatively impacts the country's poplitical power and command power gain.
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* {{Nepotism}}: There is an uncontrolled level of nepotism within eSwatini, which negatively impacts the country's poplitical political power and command power gain.
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* EnemyMine: In order to survive in the post-Reichstaat chaos, Dommes has secured a temporary alliance with the South African Republic in Johannessburg and the OFN Forces in Swaziland.
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* EnemyMine: In order to survive in the post-Reichstaat chaos, Dommes has secured a temporary alliance with the South African Republic in Johannessburg Johannesburg and the OFN Forces in Swaziland.
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* EnemyMine: They receive support from the OFN and the Sphere during the Malagasy rebellion, since they present a prime opportunity to expel the German influence from the island. If the rebellion is victorious, more than a few Malagasay politicians voice their suspicions regarding America and Japan's ulterior motives and how they have no real concern for their interests.
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* EnemyMine: They receive support from the OFN and the Sphere during the Malagasy rebellion, since they present a prime opportunity to expel the German influence from the island. If the rebellion is victorious, more than a few Malagasay Malagasy politicians voice their suspicions regarding America and Japan's ulterior motives and how they have no real concern for their interests.
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* RebelLeader: Having already witnessed the oppression of French colonialism over his homeland, Ratsiraka organized a small saboteur organization opposed to either the German occupation of Madgascar or a Malagasy government that is deemed to be illegitimate during the Oil Crisis.
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* RebelLeader: Having already witnessed the oppression of French colonialism over his homeland, Ratsiraka organized a small saboteur organization opposed to either the German occupation of Madgascar Madagascar or a Malagasy government that is deemed to be illegitimate during the Oil Crisis.
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* MultipleGunshotDeath: Should Otto Förschner coup Hüttig, he is shot with 52 rounds, with the African Devastation superevent beginning with the apparent sound of his death.
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Former camp commandant Karl Chmielewski is a man notorious in the SS for his cruelty and corruption, and he was eventually reassigned to RK Ostafrika as a minor minister. Completely incompetent at his new job, his many attempts to appease Reichskommissar and later Statthalter Hüttig all ended with failure. As the Second South African Civil War erupts however, Hüttig was forced to dispatch Chmielewski to intervene in the war and put down the Boer rebellion, since all better generals are occupied with Kolonialverwaltung duties.
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