Recaps

As the global crisis reshaped trade and politics, East Africa advanced major infrastructure, aid, and investment projects while monitoring threats in Europe and Asia. The arc ended with plans to streamline transport and Ernst reviewing the navy’s fortified Indian Ocean bases.

• Ernst ordered Bender’s buildings demolished and called for a detailed port survey, while Fulier assigned Zhao Dan to expose Adolf’s racial theories in International News Monthly.
• Brownshirts burned the newspaper’s Stuttgart branch, and Ernst responded by ordering East Africa to monitor Germany and accelerate economic decoupling.
• Professor Kabu’s survey team mapped the harsh Kufra region as East Africa advanced the Libyan Railway, while devastating floods in the Far East Empire prompted East African relief and plans to shift investment westward.
• East Africa planned major Zambezi River improvements, and Koboda’s sonar team mapped concealed reefs and hazards for the navigation project.
• Frauenfeld and Adolf agreed to pursue German-Austrian unification, while Yosef prepared secret grain imports and Soviet support for an Austrian revolution.
• Alexei and his wife abandoned hopes of restoring the Romanov dynasty and established the luxury brand Romanov in East Africa.
• East Africa promoted tourism in the Northern Plateau and negotiated South American river and port projects, including development of Suárez Port.
• Friedrich ordered railway routes and stations reviewed, set electrification targets, and called for an integrated transport network before Ernst inspected Pemba’s defenses and submarine patrols.

East Africa pursued military, industrial, and diplomatic interests while political upheavals spread through Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The stretch leaves Abyad’s force attacking Kalanshu Outpost as Treni’s soldiers hold their positions and call for reinforcements.

• Ernst inspected the Port of Pemba base, praised its upkeep and soldiers, and planned to continue his inspections at Port of Nacala.
• Scheer’s Red Front Alliance attacked the Stormtroopers in Neukölln, setting off the Two-Party War as Adolf and the National Party escalated persecution and violence across Germany.
• Crus warned Commander Cai that Japan might attack Shen City and offered the Nineteenth Army weapons, while Ernst considered training East African troops in a high-latitude climate and Hugg sought Chilean approval.
• Japanese forces began the Shanghai-Wusong Battle, destroyed much of Commercial Press and the Eastern Library, and later the Nanjing government purged the Nineteenth Army.
• East Africa organized provincial aviation and agricultural development, assessed Soviet industrial growth, and shifted its Persian policy toward trade and infrastructure rather than military protection.
• Adolf became chancellor as rival forces and outside powers drove unrest across the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while the Liberec workers’ uprising prompted a German crackdown and nationwide persecution.
• East Africa sought German and Austrian scientific talent and prepared for the possible breakup of the empire as Italian officials planned Libya’s settlement and military expansion.
• Abyad’s force reached Kalanshu Outpost seeking water and supplies, then attacked after Treni’s men spotted the deception and opened fire from the bunkers.

East Africa pursued new trade routes, overseas influence, and technology while the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed amid rebellions and invasions. As Ernst anticipated a wider war, he made military preparation and control of the Indian Ocean central to East Africa’s plans.

• Abyad withdrew after Treni’s defenders repelled his attacks, while Zhang Jin urged Badoglio to secure cooperation on the North African Railway.
• Rudolf prepared the Habsburg family to flee to East Africa, and East Africa strengthened its overseas trade plans and developed tropical warfare equipment.
• Ernst sought closer ties with South Africa, challenged the United States’ influence in the Americas, and considered expanding East African influence across Africa.
• Adolf’s government framed the Imperial Parliament bombing on the Labor Party, triggering mass arrests as Britain and France backed Germany’s anti-Soviet stance.
• East Africa secured operating rights at Dubrovnik, explored Austro-Hungarian technology transfers, and opened an air route through Dihua with local support.
• Labor Party rebellions toppled the imperial government in Vienna, prompting Rudolf to send his family to East Africa before Italy and Germany invaded the new republic.
• As Vienna faced hunger and military pressure, East Africa helped Krast prepare to leave and continued recruiting Austro-Hungarian scientists and skilled workers.
• Ernst and Friedrich prioritized military expansion, anticipating a world war and identifying control of the Indian Ocean as East Africa’s central strategic goal.

As Germany unified with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Europe’s balance of power shifted, East Africa strengthened its overseas positions and maneuvered among rival powers. The arc left East Africa expanding its reach in Northwest Africa and Nanyang while preparing for a broader conflict and deepening ties with Germany.

• Ernst ordered stockpiles of tungsten, rubber, and petroleum and called for studies of mechanized, island, and jungle warfare as East Africa planned a larger auxiliary fleet.
• Germany advanced through the Austro-Hungarian Empire while Italy fought for Venice, and Rudolf escaped Budapest with help from East African agents before Germany captured the city and Vienna.
• Dalmatia declared independence, chose Archduke Charles as its monarch, and secured recognition and agreements with East Africa as Germany and Italy settled their territorial claims.
• Adolf and Frauenfeld announced the merger of Germany and Austria-Hungary, creating the Greater German Empire and prompting other powers to reassess their diplomacy.
• East Africa bought Dahla from Spain and began building Port of Dahla as a military and commercial foothold, while American forces expanded their port at Monrovia in Liberia.
• East Africa strengthened its control of the Sunda Strait and encouraged Japanese expansion toward Nanyang, while Japan’s leaders waited for Germany to distract Britain and France.
• Yosef selected Gubyshev as the Soviet Union’s first wartime reserve capital and ordered a strategic industrial rear, while Germany and the Soviet Union backed opposing sides in Spain.
• Ernst favored contact with Franco’s Nationalists, and Friedrich reorganized Azande Province to link the Great Lakes Region with European trade as Wilhelm II proposed connecting Southern Germany’s railway to the North African Railway.