Your challenge today is one I find most challenging. I want you to have large numbers of German troops inside Washington DC. The only requirements are that the German troops be hostile and in large numbers. Also the US still has to exist.
AHC: Hostile German Troops in Washington DC
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bookmark95
Banned
German World War II vets being invited to some reconciliation thing, only to be harassed by angry protesters.
CaptainRex
Banned
They did land a U-Boat full of spies
Land a couple of U-Boats full to the brim with loyal SS troops just to scare the Americans
Just image the headlines
"GERMAN TROOPS LAND IN VIRGINIA AND MARCHING TO WASHINGTON"
Do I win?
Land a couple of U-Boats full to the brim with loyal SS troops just to scare the Americans
Just image the headlines
"GERMAN TROOPS LAND IN VIRGINIA AND MARCHING TO WASHINGTON"
Do I win?
War of 1812 gets taken more seriously, most of the Peninsular Army is shipped over to America, King's German Legion take part in Bladensburg and the burning of Washington. Problem solved.
CSA wins civil war, the politics happen and they end up allied with Germany (and maybe Britain). WWI begins and the CSA manages to hold on long enough for Germany to beat their enemies (whoever they may be) and start sending troops over to the CSA, slowly pushing the USA back until they attack Washington.
That's why Britain should be allies, so the Germans can have naval dominance and the US is fighting on two fronts.
That's why Britain should be allies, so the Germans can have naval dominance and the US is fighting on two fronts.
Post WW3 1989: East german commandos attempt to stop a peace agreement that will disolve their country, but the didn't count one thing...A vacationing loose cannon NYPD detective who doesn't always play by the rules.
POW escape
This is a VERY low probability event, but could perhaps happen (or at least plausible for a good yarn/hollywood pic)
German POW's arrive in Baltimore for transfer to POW camps. Someone screws up badly, and they overpower the guards. Baltimore's also a port that a lot of stuff is shipped OUT of. Naturally, the POW's can't return home, or pull off a mass escape--but if they take DC, they can do some harm/bargain for release/whatever.
To really make things work well (from a drama standpoint, if not a realism standpoint) they manage not reveal who they are right away, and the train is dispatched by DC. They debark and move into the city--perhaps capturing FDR.
Like I said, low order probability bordering on ASB--but fits the bill.
This is a VERY low probability event, but could perhaps happen (or at least plausible for a good yarn/hollywood pic)
German POW's arrive in Baltimore for transfer to POW camps. Someone screws up badly, and they overpower the guards. Baltimore's also a port that a lot of stuff is shipped OUT of. Naturally, the POW's can't return home, or pull off a mass escape--but if they take DC, they can do some harm/bargain for release/whatever.
To really make things work well (from a drama standpoint, if not a realism standpoint) they manage not reveal who they are right away, and the train is dispatched by DC. They debark and move into the city--perhaps capturing FDR.
Like I said, low order probability bordering on ASB--but fits the bill.
Add one of John McClaine's ancestors and you'll see me at the movies every day
How about this:
Members of the West German military travel to the United States for some join training with the United States during the Reagan administration. Things don't go well (supplies not being delivered, the Germans being treated like second rate allies, etc) After the mission, they go to Washington DC to relax. Over a few drinks, the soldiers start feeling a bit rowdy. When some drunken patron at a bar tries to pick a fight with "those Nazies over there" a fight breaks out and quickly spills out onto the street. Others join in.
Before you know it, riot police are called in and you have hostile German soldiers causing problems in Washington DC
Members of the West German military travel to the United States for some join training with the United States during the Reagan administration. Things don't go well (supplies not being delivered, the Germans being treated like second rate allies, etc) After the mission, they go to Washington DC to relax. Over a few drinks, the soldiers start feeling a bit rowdy. When some drunken patron at a bar tries to pick a fight with "those Nazies over there" a fight breaks out and quickly spills out onto the street. Others join in.
Before you know it, riot police are called in and you have hostile German soldiers causing problems in Washington DC
Or alternatively have the USA and Germany allied and after winning in Europe the Kaiser sends troops to help his American ally liberate Washington D.C. from the occupying Confederates.
Or the shooting of a Hollywood fiction. ;-)
More seriously, this just can't happen unless you have Germany detain a quite big and populous territory on the american continent. Otherwise, Germany needs to cross the Atlantic with a big army, which requires to have naval superiority.
Tyr Anazasi
Banned
1902/03, during the Venezuelan crisis. The crisis escalates and USA declares war on Germany and Britain. The British fleet destroys the USN and ships a German army to Canada. That army takes Washington DC.
shiftygiant
Gone Fishin'
Nixon decides to celebrate 25 years of NATO with a military Tattoo on the National Mall, but the German Military Band gets drunk the night before the show and attack the Italian band. The fistfight is satirically named the 'Italo-German War' in the media.
I've read a couple of AH books on the subject. I think one was Lightning in the Night? Not very plausible.