| “ | I was born into the Reich. The whole world is the Fatherland. | „ |
| ~ Tommy Merlyn |
| “ | There's a 53rd Earth, and it's called Earth-X. It doesn't have a designation because it's a place so awful, so horrific, no sane person would ever travel there. | „ |
| ~ Harry Wells |
| “ | The SS set up outposts not only all throughout Europe but also all throughout America. And Hitler continued his brutal reign aided by prime ministers and presidents sympathetic to him until his death in 1994. | „ |
| ~ Harry Wells |
The New Reich are the main antagonists in the fourth annual Arrowverse crossover event, Crisis on Earth-X and the animated series, Freedom Fighters: The Ray. It is known to its denizens as the Fatherland. It is the ruling government of Earth-X universe, established by Adolf Hitler after winning the end of World War II. Soon the New Reich launched an invasion on Earth-1 but soon collapsed after being defeated by Team Flash, Arrow and Legends.
Biography[]
Nazis salute
According to Harry Wells, the history of Earth-X followed the same as that of Earth-1, expect during World War ll, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis emerged victorious after they developed nuclear weaponry earlier than the United States and used them to used to nuke New York, London, Paris, and Moscow, forcing the Allied powers to surrender and annihilating the USSR altogether. After the war, the Nazi government spread out across the world, conquering everything in their path, including their former allies in Europe and Asia.
As they did so, the Schutzstaffel, abbreviated SS, set up outposts throughout Europe and the Americas to establish complete and total domination over the world. Hitler reigned over his worldwide Reich for another forty-nine years with presidents and prime ministers sympathetic to his agenda until his death from natural causes in 1994. The New Reich didn't allow elementary schools and summer camps, only youth groups to enter military training as early as possible as the citizens had no choice in how to live out their lives. Meanwhile, the "undesirables" of society were thrown into concentration camps where they were enslaved tortured and killed.
Schutzstaffel
By 2017, the New Reich leadership consisted primarily of SS Generals, Oliver Queen (Dark Arrow) and Klara Dent (Overgirl), later joined by a powerful Earth-1 Meta-human Eobard Thawne and Metallo. At some point, Oliver and Kara discovered the latter was dying due to the excessive amount of solar radiation from lying to the sun to close and would would eventually die if they didn't get a replacement. In late 2017, the New Reich captured the Freedom Fighters' interdimensional transporter, giving them the capability to begin the invasion of the multiverse. Desperate to find another heart, Oliver and Kara learned about their own doppelgängers on Earth-1 and Earth-38. The New Reich attacked the wedding of Barry Allen and Iris West but were forced to flee upon encountering fierce resistance from Team Flash, Green Arrow, and the Legends, resulting in Prometheus being captured.
Earth X
Following Prometheus committing suicide in the heroes' custody, Dark Arrow, Overgirl, and Reverse-Flash stole the Prism, a device which could create red sun radiation to use on the Kryptonian for the heart transplant. The New Reich later captured Green Arrow, the Flash, Supergirl, Firestorm, White Canary, and Alex Danvers, who attempted to attack their beachhead, while Dark Arrow captured S.T.A.R. Labs. The former heroes were sent to Earth-X for execution while the others were imprisoned in the Pipeline. However, the former were liberated by the Freedom Fighters, Ray Terrill and Leo Snart. The New Reich soon deployed the Wellenreiter to Earth-1, shortly before they caught Green Arrow posing as their Führer before the interdimensional transporter was destroyed as the heroes escaped back to Earth-1. Meanwhile, back on Earth-1, the remaining Legends extracted the others from S.T.A.R. Labs, leaving Overgirl without a heart.
Dark Arrow attempted to negotiate a truce involving the New Reich withdrawing back to their Earth on the condition that Supergirl is handed over to them, only to be turned down. The New Reich soon engaged the assembled heroes in a battle for Central City, ending with the decimation of their army, the destruction of the Wellenreiter, and the deaths of Dark Arrow and Overgirl. Months later, the New Reich gradually collapsed, allowing the Freedom Fighters to overthrow them, restoring peace and freedom to Earth-X.
SS troops salute
Known Members[]
Current members[]
- Sturmbannführer
- Greggor
Former members[]
- Hitler (Führer; deceased)
- New Reichsmen
- Kara/Overgirl (SS General; deceased)
- "Black Arrow" (field agent; incarcerated)
- "Blitzkrieg" (field agent; incarcerated)
- Laurel Lance/Siren-X (assassin; incarcerated)
- Oliver/Dark Arrow (Führer; deceased)
- Tommy Merlyn/Prometheus (SS General; deceased)
- Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash (SS General; deserted)
Trivia[]
- Interestingly, the flag of the New Reich uses inverted colors from the flags of Nazi Germany. Nevertheless, the classic Nazi insignias are also in use by the New Reich, such as the insignias on the Wellenreiter. It is possible that the changes were caused by Eobard Thawne's multiple encounters with Nazis and the timeline was altered by him.
