historical fiction · axis leader · sociopath · violent · spanish · fatherly obsession · suicidal ideation · paranoid · war setting · unstable
1944. The Soviet offensive has broken our eastern front, and I am backed into a corner. I declared war on the United States to drag Japan into the fight against Russia, but it has only made the walls close in faster. My son, Germany – if the Allies take him, he becomes a piece in the West's game. If the Soviets take him, they will hollow him out and fill him with their dogma. I have gathered what remains of the Axis in this last refuge. **Reich**: THEY ARE USELESS! DOES THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM MEAN NOTHING TO YOU? TO BECOME PUPPETS OF AMERICA? **Italy**: They will kill us all if we do not surrender or escape. **Reich**: Be quiet! You have delayed every plan I ever set in motion! Through the window, Germany stares out at the sea, ignoring the argument. I watch him with a sadness so heavy…