What If..HitIer Won WW2 & Rule U.S And The Rest Of The World

the show is set in the year 1962 in a parallel universe the axis power comprising nazi germans and the imperial japanese won world war ii and are now the rulers of the entire world in this universe the u.s president-elect franklin d was assassinated amidst the war and the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki never happened instead the germans dropped an atomic bomb on washington dc and weakened the allied countries in the current world the germans rule over all of europe and africa and the empire of japan controls all of asia however the point of power is set in the former us which has since been divided into two parts western north america ruled by the japanese and eastern and midwestern north america is controlled by the greater nazi reich also called the gnr the american flag has a swastika instead of stars indicating its complete surrender to the nazis although the two empires won the war hand-in-hand there has been a cold war type relationship between them ever since it is said that after the death of the current fuhrer hitler his next in command will take over all the japanese states and declare themselves the rulers of the world in both empires americans are subjected to racism and have fewer rights than germans and japanese in their respective states the police are allowed to kill any american if they find them suspicious without having to answer to anyone there is a neutral zone between two former american states that encompasses the rocky mountains it serves as a neutral zone where no rules of either empire work it is also a hiding zone for the resistance group that is constantly protesting for their rights and freedom then we are introduced to joe blake who lives in nazi occupied new york tired of being a slave to the nazis he is looking to become a part of a resistance group from various sources he has finally discovered the address of the new york leader of the group as he travels to the said place we see times square billboards filled with nazi propaganda and advertisements about the fuhrer the headquarters turns out to be a shipping company and the leader is a manager named don joe tells him that he is a rebel but don laughs in his face joe has gotten their address which means he is already qualified to be their ally but according to don someone like him will blurt out all their secrets to the police if caught joe tells the manager that his will to fight is not that weak and don ultimately gives him a chance as his first task he is asked to drive a truck filled with coffee machines to cannon city colorado which is a neutral zone joe inquires what else the truck contains but he is asked to do as told without asking any questions right before he leaves the place is raided by the nazis joe manages to drive away while don is caught and arrested it turns out that the third highest nazi rank officer smith initiated the raid he used to be a us army captain before he joined hands with the nazis and is now loyal to them when told about joe and the truck the obergluppenfielder orders his people to catch the truck at any cost then we are taken to san francisco a japan ruled city in the west juliana is an aikido expert and a happy american living under japanese control one day after practice she is approached by her friend named dhoni who has a crush on her he asks her out on a coffee date but juliana reveals that she already has a boyfriend named frank later that day she meets her sister trudy who has been m.i.a for the past week trudy is happy about something and claims that her life is about to change for the better then we see juliana meet frank who is great at art however since the japanese are not a big fan of modern art he has taken a job as a mechanic in a factory as they chat we find out that frank is jewish and is always living in fear of the nazis this is why juliana doesn't want to have his children because they will also be subjected to fear every day of their lives after the date juliana is returning home when suddenly trudy stops her she frantically hands her a film and claims that it is the only way to freedom with that being said she runs away and is killed by the police a few minutes later julianna witnesses this and runs into her apartment before playing the content of the film which is named the grasshopper lies heavy it shows a world where the nazis were defeated and how world politics played out after that juliana is in shock as the video gives her a taste of freedom and makes her want to fight had she been shown an episode of keeping up with the kardashians instead she may have opted to leave things the way they are after that we find out that the film is a product distributed by someone named the man in the high castle not even the high high-ranking officials know who he is or what he wants but he seems to be an ally to the resistance group who has access to the things that normal people don't the government has put a ban on these films but they continue being distributed secretly frank arrives home and freaks out upon finding out that juliana has a film he wants to hand it over to the police first thing in the morning so they won't be in trouble the next morning juliana finds a ticket to canon city with an address and a time it is clear that her sister had to bring the film to that place but now it is her responsibility when frank isn't around she runs away with the film to the bus station she also hides the film under another one to cover up the story even if she is caught in the following scene we are taken to the german embassy in the japan-ruled empire a high-ranking nazi commander hugo meets the japanese trade minister tagomi who has come to inform them about the arrival of the japanese prince and princess even the german embassy must be decorated according to their taste which doesn't satisfy the germans still they agree to do it to avoid unwanted tension somewhere else don has been tied to the ceiling and tortured the open group infurer and his right hand man eric whose name is significantly easier to pronounce come to meet him but don remains unbothered by their presence and continues his silence meanwhile joe's truck stops on the way because of a flat tire as a kind man helps him replace it joe notices ashes in the air it turns out that somewhere nearby the germans are burning mentally and physically disabled people because they don't want to waste their resources on them guess you can't teach an old genocidal psychotic call to new tricks after that joe continues the journey until he reaches a police check post in a moment of heat he brings out a film from under the truck and hides it somewhere else the police do not find it and set him free like juliana joe's job is also to supply the film to someone in canon city juliana meets a man named randall who is supposed to meet her sister he is also a resistance member and thinks that juliana is not suitable for the job they get into an argument about who gets to take the film to canon city and decide that juliana should do it because the person receiving the film thinks he is meeting a woman on her way to the city juliana's bag is stolen by another woman who runs away with all her money and the fake film juliana continues the journey without money adamant about doing her sister's job first at frank's work he and a co-worker named ed are talking about politics soon he and randall who juliana was talking to earlier are arrested for hiding the film from the police juliana reaches the hotel in canon city and waits for the person she is supposed to meet while she is at it she meets joe who pays for her meal because her wallet was stolen they chat for a while and make friends with each other then we see joe making a call to the obergruppenfuhrer revealing that he is a spy working for the nazis and the one responsible for dawn's arrest back in san francisco frank and randall are imprisoned and tortured officer keto threatens to kill frank's entire family if he doesn't reveal juliana's location by tomorrow later frank and randall are left alone and the latter asks frank not to tell anyone about juliana because what she is doing is greater than frank's family ultimately frank's sister laura and her two children are brought to the police station and asked to wait in a room keto tells frank that they are about to poison all three of them in half an hour and gives him time to think it over then in canon juliana and joe's friendship deepens but joe has started to suspect that she is a rebel juliana then starts working as a waitress in the diner she meets a customer named alan who is reading a bible when juliana shows interest in it he gives her the name of a store where she can get the book she goes to the store while being watched by joe at the same time in new york the obergruppenfield and his assistant eric are attacked by a group of rebels obergruppenfuhrer manages to kill all of them and arrest a man named doug to interrogate him elsewhere juliana meets allen again and claims that she has something important to tell him they decide to meet on a bridge at night before leaving for the meeting juliana gives joe a letter and asks him to post it to her mother if she doesn't return joe calls the ober group in future asking him to find out about a man named alan who he suspects of being a rebel following the call he reads the letter where juliana has told her mother about the wonderful world that the film has shown her unable to control himself joe also watches the film that he possesses on seeing an alternate reality his heart is filled with the will to fight back soon he is informed that alan is not a rebel but a nazi spy like himself knowing that juliana's life is in danger joe brings out his gun and goes to the bridge back in san francisco randall is taken away to be executed keto asks frank to reveal juliana's location for the last time but he keeps quiet as a result the poisonous gas is released in the room that frank's sister laura and her children are in frank is also taken to be executed alongside randall minutes before his execution keto finds the woman who stole from juliana on the bus upon discovering the fake film they assume that juliana and frank are innocent frank is saved seconds before his death but his family dies because of keto's mistake then on the bridge allen tries to kill juliana but is interrupted by joe's arrival juliana pushes him off the bridge and kills him right after she breaks down crying while joe holds her in his arms they return to the hotel where joe helps julianna relax despite the guilt of killing a person weighing her down she manages to keep her cool she inquires if joe read the letter she left for her mother and he replies with a yes juliana doesn't mind because she trusts him and thinks that he did it because he was worried for her the two have to check out the hotel as soon as possible because a dead nazi agent means that more are going to come looking for them they settle on checking out at different times to avoid being suspected back in san francisco frank returns to his apartment and goes to sleep what he has been through in the last 24 hours has weakened him to his core ed comes to meet his friend and is glad to see him alive but frank doesn't show any interest in his concerns frank also receives an official letter from the japanese police about a funeral being held for laura and her dead children he then goes to the police station and identifies the dead bodies as his family by the time he is done frank's sorrow has turned into rage he wants to avenge the japanese for killing his innocent family he gets a perfect opportunity to do so when the japanese crowned prince and princess arrive in san francisco upon returning home frank gets a call from juliana but ends it abruptly he blames her for the deaths and doesn't want to associate with her until his anger calms down somewhere else the obergruppen feuder gets a call from joe and inquires if he has found more rebels in the diner referring to juliana however joe lies claiming that he doesn't suspect anyone but he wants to wait for a week to confirm the obergruppenfuhrer orders otherwise because the rebels should have come by now and their absence only means that they caught on to the nazi plan joe agrees and goes to a gas station to prepare for the trip back home then we are introduced to another nazi soldier marshall he is known for killing hundreds of rebels around the neutral zone and is an absolute nazi propaganda follower he suspects joe and asks for his card which causes the two of them to get into an argument after confirming joe's identity the man shows alan's picture to a bystander he is the agent sent to investigate allen's disappearance joe quickly meets juliana at the diner and tells her about his eventful meeting with another nazi spy they do not have more time to beat around the bush and need to flee as soon as possible at first they search the dam for alan's body and dispose of it so marshall won't find it in the meantime marshall goes to the bookstore that alan often used to visit the owner carl claims that he knows nothing until marshall brings out a card with his true identity it turns out that carl is a rebel refugee from ohio to save his life the man tells marshall about a girl who came to buy the bible under alan's suggestion despite getting the information he wanted marshall doesn't spare carl and ends his life not just that but he makes a statement by hanging his dead body in front of everyone and ordering them to let it rot after that he continues his search and ends up outside the diner that juliana works in a stranger claims that he knows where allen is but asks for money in turn for the information marshall makes him spill everything he knows and leaves for the bridge having found out that was the last place alan was spotted back in san francisco the crown prince and princess are taking a stroll down a park with many councilmen after the event the prince privately tells the princess about his concerns regarding the nazi's growing technologies they have surpassed japan in many ways and have to be stopped before another world war breaks out after hitler's death in the next scene we see trade minister tagomi talking to a nazi scientist named wegner they are here to make a very important deal that might have a huge impact on world history wegner knows the recipe for an atom bomb which nazis possess but japan lacks he is willing to share the recipe with the japanese science minister so the country can be ready in case they are attacked tagomi asks wegner to hand the recipe to the japanese science minister on the day of the crown prince's speech because it is when everyone will be distracted the crowned prince and princess go to meet the nazi ambassador to discuss the speech the prince is about to deliver to a crowd of san francisco residents the ambassador suggests they cancel the speech as it might not be entirely safe but the monarch trusts keto's team to ensure complete safety no one would dare to lay a finger on him after all as he is the prince of the entire japanese empire back in canon city joe and juliana are disposing of allen's car when they find a map inside a marked place intrigues their interest and they decide to travel to see what it is at the same time marshall reaches the bridge and finds a drawing of juliana that she had dropped when she was here with alan last night the mistake might cost her her life but she is busy exploring the mapped place with joe it turns out to be a camp where the revolutionaries are locked and tortured the horrifying sight of a chained dead woman shakes them both alongside the corpse is a list of revolutionaries who have been killed or are yet to be captured trudy's name is also there but what shocks them the most is the name of the diner's owner lemuel this means that the person juliana has been working with until now is also a rebel marshall is in the diner with lemuel asking him if he has seen juliana around the neighborhood the owner reveals that she used to work for him but lies about her disappearing a few days ago meanwhile frank is still not in the right state of mind he continuously tries to gain more information about the japanese prince by listening to the radio non-stop then we see him making a gun for himself because he works in a factory that manufactures its parts ed inquires what he needs it for but frank doesn't reply later that day ed catches frank practicing shooting in his apartment he carefully inquires if frank is planning to assassinate the crowned prince but again does not get a reply ed tells frank to think of every step he takes because he won't be forgiven by the police if he does something irrational in the next scene joe and juliana are on the drive back to the diner before marshall stops them juliana makes a run for her life and hides inside an abandoned home all while being followed by him after a few minutes long search they come face to face and marshall is seconds away from blowing her head off with his shotgun but right then joe comes to her aid and knocks the nazi out before running away with juliana they hide inside a house nearby tricking marshall into assuming that they ran away only after he drives away in his car do they sigh with relief to seek refuge they go to lemule's home he listens to their story before asking for the film she got from trudy however juliana insists that she will only hand over the film to the man in the high castle because she doesn't trust anyone else lemuel promises to bring them to the main man the following morning joe then surprises us by telling all the information to the open group and fyodor smith but he doesn't tell him about the part where he helped juliana morning comes and lemuel brings joe and juliana on a hike in the woods however halfway in they are surrounded by a group of revolutionaries who recognize joe as a spy he proves his innocence by showing them the film that he wouldn't have brought if he was a spy moreover juliana also takes his side since he has helped her against the nazis time and again lemuel apologizes for the misinformation and asks them to go to a place on the other side of the hill to stay away from marshall who is desperately looking for them elsewhere wegner is preparing microfilm with information about how to manufacture an atom bomb he is to hand this film to the japanese science minister during the speech that is about to take place shortly hours before the speech frank buys a bunch of bullets under the name of a japanese person living in tibet the owner of the shop helps him when offered an absurd amount of money ed finds the loaded gun and tries to stop frank from doing anything stupid in the ensuing struggle frank is shot in the shoulder but he manages to lock ed inside a room and make his way to the speech juliana is trying to steal a car for their escape but marshall catches her in the act she drives away in a hurry causing her to get into an accident that burns her alive marshall inspects her burning corpse before confirming that yep she's dead what he doesn't know is that it was a plan set by joe and juliana to get him off their backs when everything calms down julianna calls frank but ed picks up the phone he tells her everything frank has been up to prompting her to take the immediate next bus to san francisco joe watches her go in shock and feels betrayed meanwhile in san francisco the prince's speech finally starts wegner is in the crowd about to hand over the microfilm to the science minister somewhere nearby is frank getting ready to take his revenge as he pulls the gun out slowly someone else shoots the prince before him the episode ends as he watches the injured prince in astonishment to know what happens to them next watch the second part in our new channel series recapped

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Length: 18min 56sec (1136 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 18 2022