Through Hell and Back: Prologue: WAR!
#2 of Through Hell and Back
Prologue: WAR!
On the large blue planet, Furtopia, furs of all kinds lived, worked and played. They were typically divided along special lines. Canines lived among canines, felines among felines, and so forth. While generally peaceful, wars sometimes broke out. It is the year 1936 C.E. (Current Era) that the war to end all wars erupted between the Lions and the Wolves.
The First months of the war saw limited action and very few casualties. However as the first year of the was concluding, alliances were called for help as the action crawled to a stalemate.
The Wolves called on the trusted canine allies, namely the foxes. Other breeds included the Boxer, German Sheppard and the Border Collie. Meanwhile the lions called on their allies, the Tigers, the Panthers, and other felines.
The other furs looked on, wondering who would win. The primary groups hit with propaganda were the equines and the reptiles. These somewhat smaller, in terms of population, groups of furs were powerful both militarily and economically.
The next year began as Rudolph Stromburg joined the ranks of the 8th Infantry Division of the 1st Royal Army of the Kingdom of the Tigers (KoT). Rudolph was sent to a training camp where he meets his squadron.
The main characters and the backgrounds:
Rudolph Stromburg (Rudy), Middle-class citizen of KoT turned rifleman
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Heinrich Bawmann (Gunny), Lower-class citizen of KoT turned squad leader
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Alfred Hizenburg (Al), Middle-class citizen of KoT turned rifleman
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Gregory Jones (Greg), Middle-class citizen of the Horse Republic, immigrant to KoT turned machine gunner
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Deiter Leiserwit(pronounce as Lie-ser-vit) (Deiter), Middle-class citizen of KoT turned rifleman
These men would fight on the worst front of the war for three and a half years, fighting the recently formed 10th Mixed Canine Army, notorious for taking no prisoners, and fighting to the last fur.
Authors Note: For those of you that began reading A Feline's Story, I'm sorry for not finishing it. As I finished the second chapter, I began to question what I had started. As I made Changes here and there, I lost the initial drive to really stick with the story. I wanted to change so much, that it wasn't even worth trying to save.
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