The Browning M1919A6 is carried by Pilot Officer Francesca Lucchini (inspired by Italian ace Franco Lucchini) of Romagna. The ability to store witches' legs in a pocket dimension was the major breakthrough by Yoshika's father striker units before this required separate magic engines worn as backpacks, which were drastically more bulky and inefficient. Witches' legs do not actually fit inside their strikers, but rather phase into a pocket dimension / "hammerspace", as the majority of space inside striker units houses their piston-driven, magic-fuelled engines. It's possible it's issued to all new witches of the 501st, but it's not seen otherwise.Ĭharlotte and company join up with Yoshika during the final battle. Wing Commander Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke of Karlsland (inspired by German ace Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke) uses an identical PPK, which she either keeps on her person or pulled out for the occasion she is seen using it. Although she initially turned down the PPK, official artwork shows Yoshika using a Mauser M712 machine pistol as her sidearm sometime before the end of the first season.
Yoshika accepts Mio's offer to come to Europe on the condition that she simply wants to help people, however Yoshika fairly quickly learns that to help the most people, one must fight the Neuroi. To explain Yoshika's mindset, Yoshika's father, Ichiro Miyafuji (inspired by Jiro Horikoshi, chief designer of many WWII Japanese aircraft) worked on and perfected the striker units the witches use, but he was killed in an accident in his lab in the late '30s, and as such Yoshika, a young civilian in Fuso away from the war, always saw the conflict as little more than a terrible, far away thing that stole her father from her.
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The following weapons were used in the anime series Strike Witches:Ī Walther PPK is issued to Sergeant Yoshika Miyafuji (inspired by Japanese ace Kaneyoshi Mutou) when she first arrives in Britannia, however she refuses the pistol, stating a dislike for guns. Warning: Some descriptions and images are potential spoilers for the series, read at your own risk. In chronological order, Strike Witches runs parallel to Luminous Witches and is followed by Brave Witches, both of which are set before Strike Witches 2. All witches in the series are based on real world WWII fighter pilots, those details noted for each character as they come up on this page. The 501st JFW's base is located in Folkestone Harbour, which in the real world was an important strategic port, especially notable for its involvement in the Dunkirk evacuation. The first season introduces the world and setting of the series, and follows Yoshika's struggles to become a witch in the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, known as the Strike Witches. The story of Strike Witches picks up in early 1944, when Yoshika Miyafuji, due to her extremely strong magical ability, is recruited to by Squadron Leader Mio Sakamoto of the Imperial Fuso Navy to become a witch. Given this context, humanity's countries are not at war with each other, but united to defend against the Neuroi, and as such witches and other military members from all nations work and fight alongside one another.
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Much like the real world Fall of Europe in 1939/40, humanity's last free bastion in Europe became the Commonwealth of Britannia (based on Britain), a safe haven only because Neuroi are averse to crossing bodies of water. In 1939, several Neuroi hives formed over Europe, obliterating cities, killing thousands, and forcing humanity to retreat.
In 1937, the Neuroi attacked the Empire of Fuso (based on Japan), but thanks largely to the next generation of striker units and the witches flying them, the Neuroi were repulsed. Earth's geography differs slightly as well, notably the coastline of North America, but as a whole the world can be defined as "alternate timeline Earth" for a world map, see the Luminous Witches Talk Page.
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Nazi-ism never formed in the Empire of Karlsland (based on Germany), the Bolshevik Revolution never occurred in Orussia (based on Russia), Ostmark (based on Austria-Hungary) still exists in full also of note is that the Italian unification never occurred, leaving the Duchy of Romagna and Duchy of Venezia both on the Apennine Peninsula. During the World War, powerful aliens attacked humanity, interrupting the war although they were defeated, interruption of the war had lasting effects. The existence of magic makes the world inherently different, however most events and history are largely similar until the Great War. Set in an alternate timeline World War II, Strike Witches focuses on Witches, elite pilots with innate magical ability, who fly Striker Units and fight against the alien Neuroi who have attacked Earth and devastated most of Europe.
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