The New Swabian war had ended in 1982 with the signing of the treaty of Neumayer by all involved parties and for seven years brought peace to New Swabia. However, the disgruntled ex Nazi General Wilhelm Kunz left prison in 1988 and quickly took command of what was left of the Nazi opposition to NSLP rule. What had been little more than an irritant to Otto Dietrich quickly became a massive insurgency against his rule. Beginning in 1989 the Nazi's blew up several military installations, attempted to assassinate Heinrich Trelk and succeeded in killing Thobias Mjoen.