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The United States, which overthrew the Castro regime and conquered Cuba, established a new government in Cuba.
Cuban support for the new government was low, but this did not mean that they attempted to resist the occupiers.
Cubans, tired of long years of conflict and hunger, wanted peace, stability, and bread.
The United States also shipped a considerable amount of materials to Cuba to suppress the Cuban people's will to resist.
Although it was 'giving a bottle and giving a medicine', thanks to the support of the United States, Cuba began to come back to life, and the new government established with the support of the United States also promised a better life and freedom to the Cuban people.
In this way, Cuba, which in history brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, quietly welcomed change.
Shortly after the Cuban crisis ended, Portugal faced a new crisis. A fever for independence began to spread within the colony.
Salazar, who remembered how neighboring Spain and France had silenced public opinion on independence within the colonies, offered several carrots to the colonists, including guaranteeing maximum autonomy and establishing public buildings such as schools and hospitals.
In history, the Portuguese colonial war ended in victory for the colonists thanks to the full support of countries such as the Soviet Union, China, and India and the indifference of the United States and NATO, but here, there are no countries to support the colonies.
As mentioned, the Soviet Union was in a position to receive support, not support, and China, which maintained amicable relations with the Axis powers, was not interested in the European colonial issue.
The British government-in-exile and Free France, supported by the United States, were no different from Portugal on the colonial issue.
The resistance forces who rose up shouting for independence fell helplessly in front of isolation from the outside and attacks from the Portuguese army.
Some survived and continued resistance in remote areas, but their efforts were too insignificant to achieve independence.
I had no involvement in Portuguese affairs.
Portugal is an Axis country, but from the beginning, my existing policy was to 'not intervene in colonial affairs', so it was Salazar's job to take care of the Portuguese issue.
Still, they didn't completely let go, and since Salazar was crying so hard, they handed over some of the weapons cheaply.
Even though most of them were used during World War II, they will have no shortcomings in fighting colonial resistance forces.
Reichsburger now has more than 500 stores in Germany alone, and as many as 800 stores across Europe.
The popularity of Reichsburger has increased day by day by keeping prices down and maintaining quality so that you can fill your stomach at an affordable price.
As Reichsburger's popularity grew, the money earned through it also increased, and the money earned was used to build nuclear power plants and research and manufacture rockets launched into space.
Afterwards, he met with MacArthur two more times, once in Washington and once in Berlin.
Since I had previously visited the United States during Dewey's time, this visit did not leave that much of an impression on me, but it was still a refreshing feeling as it was my first visit to the United States.
It was a strange feeling to see MacArthur, who had defeated all pro-German and fascist groups in the country, decorate the streets of Washington with Hakenkreuz flags. =
On the day MacArthur visited Berlin, the streets of Berlin were filled with American flags and Hakenkreuz waves. Looking at the people flocking to the streets, MacArthur suddenly said.
"As expected, the German people seem to love their Fuhrer very much."
"Suddenly?"
"Aren't all these people here to see you?"
"I won't deny it, but I would still like to see you. It's not common for an American president to visit Germany."
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
MacArthur seemed to be in a good mood. Is it because of the symbolism of being the first U.S. president to visit the Third Reich?
Through a total of two meetings, MacArthur and I achieved many meaningful results. Representative examples were the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and mutual cooperation in space development between the United States and Germany.
After much effort and investment, the United States finally succeeded in developing an ICBM, but Germany was far ahead in terms of quantity and performance.
The United States may be able to catch up quickly in terms of quantity since it has a lot of money, but it was obvious that it would take a considerable amount of time to catch up in performance. Germany's rocket technology was the best in the world.
I also had no intention of ending up like the Soviet Union in an arms race with the United States, so I suggested to MacArthur that military spending be limited to a certain extent, and MacArthur ultimately accepted my proposal.
The United States and Germany agreed to freeze each other's deployment of nuclear weapons and agreed to cooperate in space development.
If we teach the United States a few technologies, the United States will give us money.
Of course, for fear of technology leaks, the technology to be transferred to the United States was planned to be restricted, and the United States knew this, so it only gave an appropriate amount of money, but in the eyes of the people, it would appear that the two countries were pursuing mutual development beyond coexistence. .
In fact, since the announcement of the agreement signed between the United States and Germany, the percentage of people who say they are worried about nuclear war has decreased by 40%. 40% instead of 4%.
To people, the current situation was enough to make it seem like an era of peace had arrived in the world. I also had no intention of stopping at theater.
The United States also launched rockets one after another, referring to the blueprints and formulas we provided, and we also used the money provided by the United States to build a spacecraft to be sent to the moon.
Building a spacecraft was important, but building a nuclear power plant that would later be responsible for Europe's energy supply could not be neglected.
It is common knowledge that nuclear power plants have the highest power generation efficiency relative to the energy consumed.
To generate 30 million W of electricity, 10 million L of oil and 10 tons of coal are needed, but a nuclear power plant only needs a single 500 kg fuel rod.
Above all, unlike fossil fuels, which emit enormous amounts of carbon and are the main cause of global warming, nuclear power plants do not emit carbon, making them perfect for the global environment.
Considering that Europe, which had been clamoring for a nuclear phase-out, fearing that what happened in Chernobyl and Fukushima might happen in their own countries, has turned to pro-nuclear power after being hit by the triple combo of a bomb on electricity bills, large-scale power outages, and accelerated global warming, nuclear power is It was not a choice, but a necessity.
"Only nuclear energy is the future of humanity. Until now, coal and oil have been important, but in the future nuclear power will be many times more important than both combined. "It is no exaggeration to say that the future of Germany, Europe, and even humanity depends on nuclear power."
There is no end to explaining the importance and necessity of nuclear power, but it is also true that if nuclear power plants are managed incorrectly, an unimaginably terrible catastrophe can occur.
Therefore, I emphasized safety above all else in nuclear power plants.
Remember what happened in Chernobyl and Fukushima when safety was neglected? Will the same thing happen again in human history?
While nuclear power plants were being built all over Germany, I went on an overseas tour for the first time in a while.
India was recovering from the devastation of the civil war and continuing to grow with investment from Germany.
China also continued to develop day by day by purging a large number of the warlords who had been causing instability and executing all the officials who had been supporting the warlords and engaging in all kinds of corruption, and then implementing strong reforms under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek.
"Have you become more enlightened since the last time we met?"
"ha ha ha. "Is it the same for the President?"
While Chiang Kai-shek talked eagerly about what efforts he had made to develop China, I eagerly ate Peking duck with chopsticks.
Although it contained a lot of exaggeration and bravado, Chiang Kai-shek's words were true.
In fact, the corruption problem that plagued China has been largely, if not completely, resolved, and the warlords who could have threatened Chiang Kai-shek's throne at any time are either in prison, under house arrest, or have long since become a handful of dust.
With the disruptors gone, there was no one to stop Chiang Kai-shek's reform policies, and with the addition of foreign investment, the Chinese economy began to revive.
The gap between the rich and the poor is still at a serious level and the underdevelopment of rural areas urgently needs to be resolved, but China has been steadily changing.
"I've been thinking about this these days. I wonder what it would be like if communists ruled China."
"Oh, do you want to say something? "There must have been no separate hell of human beings."
"Hahahahaha!!!"
Looking at Chiang Kai-shek smiling brightly, I couldn't help but think about what actually happened in historical China. The Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, the worst massacres with grandiose names.
Mao Zedong, the would-be massacre, has long since been defeated and the Communist Party has long since been wiped out of China, so history will not be repeated in China.
Even if the Amman National Party government made all kinds of mistakes, those two were unprecedented incidents that could not possibly be followed.
When I visited Korea again, it was a little more developed than before. Concrete buildings were being built where there were only thatched huts, and the roads were wider than before and the streets were cleaner than before.
"Long live Führer Hitler!"
"hurray!"
Even though it was my second visit, my 'compatriots' still welcomed me with joy. Compared to the first visit, the number did not decrease at all. In fact, it seemed that there were more than before.
"How have you been?"
"It was nothing. "Has Fuhrer Hitler been okay so far?"
When I first visited Korea, the president was Syngman Rhee, but during my second visit, Kim Gu was the president.
Syngman Rhee resigned from the presidency after completing his 12-year term and was now quietly resting.
When I visited Korea, Syngman Rhee was meeting old comrades in Hawaii, so the reunion with Syngman Rhee did not take place.
It seemed like he had no intention of meeting me anyway.
By the time I was returning home from my tour, the presidential election was held in the United States.
There was a lot of talk about whether MacArthur would run for president or not, but MacArthur did not declare his candidacy.
In actual history, Roosevelt ran for a fourth term and succeeded, but here Roosevelt died in 1943, so no one has run for president four times to date.
"I just had to try it three times. "Isn't this enough?"
This is what MacArthur said to reporters who asked if he would run for president. These are truly his words.
MacArthur supported Vice President Robert Taft as the next presidential candidate, and after a close battle, victory went to the Republican Party.
For reference, the Democratic candidate in this presidential election was John F. Kennedy. According to history, he would have become the President of the United States long ago and then be assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, but due to changes in history, he is still alive today.
Even though he didn't become president, he lived well instead of dying, so I think it was a happy ending.
It was around this time that the U.S. president became accustomed to being called Taft rather than MacArthur, and the spread of color TVs in Germany was catching up with that of existing black-and-white TVs.
Man reached the surface of the moon.
It was at 02:56 on July 21, 1966.
People from all over the world gathered in front of the TV to watch the sight of humans setting foot on a celestial body other than Earth for the first time in the history of life on Earth.
I also watched the human landing on the moon live from my office.
In the history I know, the first person to set foot on the moon was Neil Armstrong.
But that didn't happen here. Neil Armstrong still exists here (probably), but people don't remember him as the first man to land on the moon.
Instead, the name Eduard Schalmoser was engraved in people's minds.
Humans set foot on the moon three years earlier than in history. Not in any other country, but in Germany for the first time in human history.
With Schalmoser's moon landing, Germany's national status rose even further. Although it was already comparable to the United States, it was not particularly felt.
Anyway, this incident once again hurt America's pride.
Starting with satellites, it feels like the gap is widening, rather than catching up with Germany.
The day after Schalmoser's moon landing, Taft announced that the United States would send a man to the moon within five years.
It may have been an ill-considered remark on Taft's part, but not many people paid attention. Not even his fellow Americans.
Germany has already launched a manned lander on the moon, not in one or two years, but in five years?
There were complaints and ridicule about just giving up cleanly and what would be the point of landing on the moon a second time, but Taft's will seemed firm.
I sent him a message of support in my heart so that his will could come to fruition.
When the world was bathed in the afterglow of the moon landing,
New news shocked the world.
"As of now, I am suspending my duties as President of Germany. This decision is effective from noon today."
That was my announcement of retirement.
***
Previously, I had expressed my intention to retire several times to my associates.
"What do you mean, Mr. President?"
"Today is not April Fool's Day!"
"I know. Now, I too-"
"Germany still needs you, Mr. Führer!"
"Mr. President, please! Please reconsider your decision!"
From Göring, Goebbels, Himmler, Hess, Ribbentrop. Even the loyal model and Manteufel.
Even when I mentioned the 'silver' word of retirement, they foamed at the mouth and staunchly opposed it. They said Germany was not yet ready for my retirement at all.
But now I couldn't bear it.
My body is very weak, I get out of breath even after walking a short distance, and it has gotten to the point where I can't even read a book without my glasses.
The attending doctors also said with one voice: You should take care of your health from now on. It wasn't that I was particularly indifferent to my health, but I have to be more careful from now on.
That's why I decided to retire.
As humanity's first moon landing is scheduled to take place soon, I will only serve as President until then, and after that, I will definitely retire.
"but-"
"stop! I also want to get some rest now. How long will I have to sit here and work to death? "I'm old too, so I need to get some rest."
"… … ."
Göring must have thought it would be difficult to block my will any longer, so he eventually agreed to retire.
I have usually asked Göring to do a lot of various work in addition to training his successor, and Göring himself has a lot of practical experience, so I am not particularly worried or anything like that.
In the first place, if I was worried about whether this person would be able to run the country well in my place, I would have replaced him long ago and looked for another candidate.
"I'm sure you can do just fine without me. "You're not that confident, right?"
"It's not that, but-"
"You're not that confident? I can't help it. Then to someone else-"
"no! I will do my best, Mr. President!"
… … There are some parts that haven't changed, but that's enough.
Still, in order to prevent public confusion, the fact of retirement itself was kept a top secret for a while. The moon landing is the main event of the year, but if it attracts a lot of attention, it seems like it would be a bad thing.
So I went to work as usual until the moon landing and went to sleep at the same time as usual.
Only after seeing humanity land on the moon and Hakenkreuz being built on the surface of the moon was I able to speak out to the people what I had been holding back for so long.
"As of now, I am suspending my duties as President of Germany. This decision is effective from noon today."
It was exactly 32 years since he became President.
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