Part 1 of Kaiserreich: Prelude to the Second Weltkrieg This is the first in a series of short stories that go on a tour of the globe on Februone fateful year after the global financial catastrophe that sent the world reeling and the gears of war into motion. A home town he barely recognizes, a family teetering on the brink of collapse, and the looming threat of his own mortality all swirl about as he finally realizes that his world is a world headed towards war. But when he receives a call from his father asking him to return home, his personal life collides with the global forces set in motion by that history. In this alternate history, Germany won the Great War (or Weltkrieg, in German), the United States of America never got involved in WW1, and all the Entente powers - including France, Britain, and Russia - collapsed into civil war and political revolution.įor Karl Schreiber, a young university student in Germany, all that just seems like history, and one that doesn't directly impact him. Only this one isn't like the World War II we all learned about in history class. What if Germany won World War 1? And what if World War 2 was just around the corner? The year is 1937, and the world is once again lurching towards a global conflict. Traum77 Fandoms: Hearts of Iron (Video Game), Kaiserreich - Fandom Kaiserreich - Prelude to the Second Weltkrieg - Part 1: Karl Schreiber