Raeder Seizes Control (CYOAH)


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Reichswehr units throughout ocupied europe atempt to restore order under the command of Field Marshall Rommel. To start with these Army units were operating on their own but after joining up with Raeders Kreigsmarine Loyalists they atempted to bring order to both France and Western Germany. Finaly growing tired of the continual civil war Raeder agrees to join forces with Admiral Canis and other Anti-Nazi forces so that they might regain control of central and northern Germany.

Using inteligance gained by Canis it is discovered that Himmler is visiting a northern german town to inspect its SS forces. Raeder sees this as an opertunity and orders the Kreigsmarine to eliminate the town and Himmler with it. Although many inocents were killed Himmler was dead and one more oponant to Raeders plans is dead. Finaly Berlin is surounded by Rommels forces and Hess is forced to surrender as well. Raeder and Canis were now in control.

Together they formed a new government led by Canis but with representatives of the old german political parties, The government was as follows:


 * 1) Admiral Canis (Abwehr) - President
 * 2) Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (DNVP) - Chancellor
 * 3) Wilhelm Leuschner (SPD) - Vice-Chancellor
 * 4) Paul Löbe (SPD) - President of the Reichstag
 * 5) Eugen Bolz (Centre Party) - Minister of the Interior
 * 6) Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg - Foreign Minister
 * 7) Ewald Loeser - Minister of Finance
 * 8) Friedrich Olbricht (Army) - Minister of War
 * 9) Hans Oster (Army) - President of the Reichskriegsgericht (military supreme court)
 * 10) Hans Koch (Confessing Church) - President of the Reichsgericht (supreme court)
 * 11) Bernhard Letterhaus (catholic trade unionist) - Reconstruction Minister
 * 12) Karl Blessing - Minister of Economics or President of the Reichsbank
 * 13) Paul Lejeune-Jung (DNVP) - Minister of Economics
 * 14) Andreas Hermes (Centre Party) - Minister of Agriculture
 * 15) Josef Wirmer (Centre Party) - Minister of Justice
 * 16) Henning von Tresckow (Army) - Chief of Police

Soon after this Canis reorganised the OKH and OKW into a new flexible organisation with the following structure:
 * 1) Field Marshal Rommel - Commander in Chief
 * 2) Admiral Raeder - Commander in Chief Navy
 * 3) General Manstien - Commander in Chief Army
 * 4) Air Marshal Von Richstofen - Commander in Chief Air Force