It
is 1930’s Europe and change is taking place around you rapidly, in most
countries a great depression has hit and is slowly being recovered from.
Dictators have taken over around the globe in Russia, Germany, and Italy, although
as of 1936 many people are not sure if they are good or bad yet in fact Hitler
and Stalin have both won Man of the Year awards. (Also the military has taken
de facto control of Japan). Many people in Europe have high hopes for the
future, but some pessimists such as the pesky Churchill in Britain are clamoring
that war is on the horizon. In fact a small faction in many Democratic
governments fear that some of these totalitarian states are going to push to
expand soon whether it be the communists in Russia or the Fascists in Italy and
Germany.
However, most people want to ignore that at
this time and avoid another War and more devastation. America is a great
example of this; hit by the great depression and struggling many Americans want
nothing to do with war. Franklin Roosevelt is left trying to keep America as a
liberal democracy as many nations around the world fall to Communism or
Fascism. Britain and France are also left on this tightrope between far-left
and far-right governments and struggling to survive. Write two SOLID paragraphs on
your characters thoughts on what has happened in their country and perhaps
across the globe since their last post after World War I. (also respond to at least one post, Due By Friday night midnight)
