Alle Menschen werden Brüder

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Alle Menschen werden Brüder - A failed Utopia

The world in 1940

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We are writing the year 1940 of the Christian calendar or the year 21 of the peace calendar. For it have been 21 years since the work on the greatest project of mankind's history started. Formalized in the Versailles treaty the Transmediterranean Development Strategy (TMDS) or informally the Atlantropa project was planned to be the central pillar of a pan European peace system where economical and technological interdependence ensured peace and prosperity for all. Yet the real world does not follow the dreams of pan Europeans and indead the "peace calendar" is a lie as wars have been raging for the past twenty years, just not among the European empires. But elsewhere conflicts continued. Communism, nationalism, facism, poverty, liberty, religion, each are words used by people all around the world to go to war or to rise against an oppressor. The League of Nations tries to mediate between the nations, but with the members of the so called "Alliance of Hellenic States" leaving four years ago it has become clear that the institution is an empty shell. Now as crisis is coming to the Adriatic plain and while Reichskanzler and Prime Minister are trying to coordinate a joint response by the democratic nations of the world the silent watcher in the east waits. He has time after all. If there is one thing Stalin has it's time.

NORTH AMERICA - THE BIBLE AND THE MANIFESTO

The United States - One Nation Under God

The United States of America today stand head and shoulders above all other nations around the globe when it comes to wealth and industry. And yet they do nothing with their new found position. Wilson's dream of a League of Nations was dashed when Congress rejected American participation in the Atlantropa project preferring a return to internal affairs. This return to normalcy was completed under Warren G. Harding whose first four years were dominated by a "If it ain't broken, don't fix it" policy. This reputation as being a steady pair of hands managed to gain Harding a landslide reelection in 1924. It also caused him to be blamed for the great depression of 1925. Europe's economies, starting with France, collapsed one after the other under the exhaustion of wasting resources on the dam. Through the international financial connections and the credits America had been given out the Depression jumped across the Atlantic and hit the American markets too. With masses of men out of a job someone had to be blamed. And soon eyes turned on the president. Harding, who was too soft on blacks and women, Harding, who was too forgiving of socialists, Harding, who had appointed friends and supporters to high positions, Harding, who allowed the civil war in Mexico to spiral out of control leading to the establishment of the Catholic State. With all these feelings of distrust gathering the people were looking for another movement, for something to believe in, they just did not know yet what. And then in early 1927 "The Rise of a Nation" premiered. Being a spiritual succesor to the 1915 epic "The Birth of a Nation" it was an epic documentary showing America as it was with catholics, jews, negroes, socialists and all other kinds of degeneracies tolerated by government and society. It called for a moral revolution and the reestablishment of the values of the founding fathers. Finally it ended with a picture of James E. Ferguson former governor of Texas who had been impeached for "advocating moral values" and a call to register as a member of the American party. The rest, as they say, is history. Over the following months the American party gathered more and more steam until finally Ferguson took the oath as president of the united states. His wife Miriam Ferguson on the same day passed her office as Governor of Texas to Barry Miller. The Ferguson years are either called the "Strict" years or the "Moral" years, depending on which spectrum of politics you are. The rights of non male white protestants were not rolled back, but at the same time discrimination became much more accepted and racist rhetoric became much more common place. Prohibition was introduced causing both outrage and applause and a short punitive raid on Yucatan was conducted after the Catholic State executed an American protestant. Yet while this went on Ferguson also introduced a very big social policy package called the "Christian Aid", which included education, health care and social security. Naturally actually getting into the programm was highly difficult if not to say impossible for anyone of the undesirable groups, but it managed to create a firm voter bloghtck for the American party. It thus does not come as a surprise that when Ferguson chose to run for a third term in 1936 that he was still elected with a slight edge over his Republican opponent Robert A. Taft.

Canada - Between two continents

Canada's history in the past two decades was mostly dependant on it's relationship with Britain on the one hand and the US on the other. Close relations with neither were truly appealing to the Canadian governments but at various times they were more than willing to treat with the lesser evil. In the early days after the war that was the US. While Britain descended into electoral chaos and ignored the independence of several parts of it's Empire and a declining international relevance Canada felt that close relations with Warren G. Harding's America focused USA was more in it's interests than getting tied to the sinking ship of Britain. This changed however in the latter part of the 20s. With US politics getting more and more chauvinistic in tone and Britain stabilizing again Canada again sought close ties with the homeland. This came at a prize though as the Statute of Westminster of 1927 established clear legislative independence for the dominions which had stayed with Britain. During the coming years Canada slowly recovered from the market crash and become a harbour of sorts to both American liberals after 1928 and French socialists and communists after 1929. This had the consequence that the contrast between Canadian liberalism and American conservatism became even more pronounced, while at the same time Quebecois identity strengthened.

GERMANIC EUROPE (AND ALLIES) - TRYIN TO KEEP DEMOCRACY ALIVE

Britain - A Crumbling Empire

The British Empire has truly seen better days. Only forty years ago it was the greatest power in the world, nowadays it dreams of such glories. Following the peace treaty the war coalition broke apart with the conservatives not willing to support the treaty running under the slogan "Damn the Dam!". The liberals and labour meanwhile repeated their strategy from Edwardian times of not running against each other and managed to gain a one seat majority in the House of Commons. The new Lloyd George lead government managed to pass the peace treaty along with two other bills before breaking apart over the question of treatment of veterans. What followed were full six years of minority governments and political chaos admidst which the Irish and South Africa gained independence. But each of these governments continued to built the dam until finally it had become so ingrained in British politics that by the time the first majority government since the war lead by Stanley Baldwin of the new Liberal-Conservative party took office it was impossible to stop. While other nations were wrecked by the great depression Britain almost did not notice as economic recession and unemployment were already common place to them. Still Britain had to acknowledge that it's place in world politics had changed. Australia, New Zealand and Canada became virtually independent, while the various states of Malaysia sought full independence while Britain had to retreat from Persia and Siam leaving the stage to Russia and France. The establishment of communist governments in Turkey and Persia finally was too much and the Baldwin administration was swept out of office in 1935 by the Left-Liberal party of John Maynard Keynes who has since held the reigns of government. His government has gone to great lenghts to communicate with France, while at the same time making alliances with Germany and the Netherlands, while signalling goodwill towards Yugoslavia. Now, with war looming in the Adriatic and elections due in Fall many are looking to the Prime Minister to see what the response of democratic Europe shall be.


German Reich - Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit?

The German Reich or SPDland as it is called by many has miraculously gotten a better fate this time around. This can be attributed to three men: Ebert, Scheidemann and Stresemann. While the former two lead Germany through the times of post war unrest, the latter two lead it through the times of the Depression. And it all so easily could have been dashed. Scheidemann had been quite close during the negotiations in Versailles to resign his post as chancellor in protest. Thankfully he did not. He and Ebert subsequently worked together to dedicate Germany's engineering expertise and industry to the building of the dam to both kickstart the economy again and to gain concessions from the allied states, leading to debt after debt being written off and mile after mile being allowed to remilitarize. Those were still harsh times with more than one coup attempt from left and right, but the ship of the state sailed on with far calmer seas than it would have had in other times. Thus when Ebert died in 1925 it was obvious that Scheidemann should be his successor. But eventhou the Great Depression could not prevent Scheidemann from winning the presidential election, it did prevent a majority of any coalition in the Reichstag. Scheidemann was thus forced to reach out to the conservative parties of the Reichstag to prop up a chancellor who could manage a working majority. His choice was Gustav Stresemann. This "Gebrüder Mann" period (A pun on the famous Mann brothers) saw Germany rise to even greater highs as it negotiated a peace between Russia and Poland which included a return of Danzig and Memel to Germany. Meanwhile in internal politics Stresemann's new Freiheitliche Reichspartei (Liberal Reichsparty) managed to unite the various liberal and conservative splinter groups of German politics creating a third force between Centre and Social Democrats. Yet all golden times have to end and for Germany that end came in the form of a former painter in Austria. Adolf Hitler was not some nobody, he had for some time been a prominent politician in Bavaria after all, but his 1934 coup in Austria still shocked many politicians as barely anyone had predicted such a meteoric rise. After nine years in office Stresemann handed in his resignation admitting failure of his government to prevent the coup and president Wilhelm Marx had to called heavily contested elections which finally saw the leader of the centre, Konrad Adenauer rise to the office of chancellor with the promise that Germany would not let Austria plunge the world into the abyss a second time.

The Netherlands - Desperately trying to be neutral

There is not much to say about the Netherlands. They suffered heavily under the Great Depression and only really managed to recover some five years ago. They have their neutrality and independence guaranteed by both the German Reich and the United Kingdom. They have focused heavily on their colonies given the rise of the red sun trying to create a defense against potential agression as well as insurrection.

Belgium - Oh shit.

Belgium has one big blue problem. And it's Francophone people do not see it as a problem, but as something to emulate. Tremendous pressure is on the Belgian government from the oppositon Nationalist party to join or ally itself to France. Belgium naturally does not wish that, but the pull becomes stronger and stronger.


Czechoslovakia

The last true democracy in the Germanic alliance system they joined after the nationalist revolutions in Austria and Hungary made them fear for their independence. They have military cooperation treaties with Germany, Britain and Poland which come into effect should a member of the Hellenic Alliance or Russia attack one of them, but some of the more conservative members of Adenauers government have pondered if it would not be a good idea to appease Hitler and the Hungarians by slicing up Czechoslovakia into a German, Austrian, Hungarian and Polish part and thus achieve peace.

The Kingdom of Serbia and Croatia - We struggle together

An interesting creation of the peace order the kingdom of Yugoslavia united all of the different slavic peoples of the Western Balkans in one great state. What initially seemed like a good idea soon turned sour when the sea levels dropped. As harbours went dry and infrastructure had to be built (heavily supported by Czech industry) and the new land colonized soon ethnic conflicts arose about which ethnicity could claim what new land and who was to control how much of the new coast line. This almost lead to civil war, but a call of a constitutional assembly by the king lead to a negotiated truce of sorts. Yugoslavia was restructured based on the model of Austria-Hungary as the lands were split into the kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Serbia. However with Italy such disputes could not be as easily settled. Yugoslavia (as it was continued to be called informally) insisted that they new course of the Po river in the Adriatic plain was the western border of it's territory, while Italy however claimed a division along the deepest valley of the new plain claiming that to be the exact center of the former sea. This dispute remained unsolved over the hole decade of the 30s as the authoritarian government of Yugoslavia saw itself slowly being encircled by regimes of either Fascist or communist ideology. As a result closer ties were sought with Germany and Britain and indeed some cooperation could be achieved eventhou no official treaty of defense was made. Now with war apparently coming to the Adria it remains to be seen how close those ties are.

Poland - Between a Rock and a Hard Place as usual

Poor Poland just can't catch a break. After finally achieving it's independence in the aftermath of the World War they almost immediately got tossed into war with the Russian bear. After a drawn out war of shifting fronts and exhaustion finally Stresemann managed to get the two factions to the table in 1924. Poland had to cede massive territories in the east leaving a rump Poland fully dependant on German protection. Since then the "Polish Question" has become a controversial one in German politics as the government in Warsaw is known to fake elections and arrest journalists, yet it is also Germany's first defense against Russia and as such not something they wish to destablize. Poland meanwhile still wishes to regain it's eastern territories and see Russia brought down.

Portugal - Estado Novo

Not much to say here. After one and a half decade of economic troubles the military used the crash to coup the government and establish a junta. Eventually Salazar takes power and establishes a conservative dictatorship. Not everything has to change after all. He is also still a great friend of Britain and of his neutrality.




THE ALLIANCE OF HELLENIC STATES AND ASSOCIATE STATE - FASCISM IS THE NEW COOL THING

The Third French Empire - Liberté, égalité, fraternité?

Apart from Germany the Third French Republic was the government that had the hardest time selling the peace treaty to it's population. Suddenly Germany was a friend, years of patriotic war were a "mistake" and a "crime against the brotherhood of peoples". The defeat in Turkey added insult to injury and lead to veterans forming a hard core of anti-republican sentiment. Adopting a stance that since the revolution France had lost any war of importance. Then the Great Depression of 1925 hit. Millions of people were out of work, politicians struggled to juggle international commitments and domestic electoral demands and in the streets chaos reigned. The interim governments of these years did manage to finalize the work on the Canal "Charles Martel" in 1928, but it was too little too late. In 1929 the military couped when the first majority government after years of chaos was a radicaly socialist one. A junta of militaries proclaimed that the republic's mismanagement had ended and officially invited Victor, Prince Napoleon to come to France and take the imperial throne. After asking for two month of consideration he finally accepted in the name of stability of the French nation. Thus he was crowned as Napoleon V, Emperor of the French. However, both he and his son who followed him to the throne in 1936 were mere figureheads for the military regime and the "Front 1804" it's official party. The party had a iron hard nationalist and racist ideology which it called "Metropolitanism". Jews were depraved of their status as citizens, had their property confiscated and were forced to publically wear a stylized rat on their clothes to represent their status as national traitors. The Dreyfus case was reopened and the aged officer could only save his life by fleeing to Great Britain. Meanwhile the extortion of the colonies intensified more and more as de-facto slavery was reintroduced in all colonie apart from Algeria, Morroco and Tunesia. There Arabs' rights were limited more and more as in France a great initiative was started to encourage migration to Algeria and Syria, which was dubbed "Imperial Outremer". At the same time the entire society was militarized to "protect the Empire against Germanic and counter revolutionary agression". Alliances with Italy and Greece took the place of the Entente, weapons were send to Ireland, Romania and Bulgaria, while National parties in Austria, Belgium and Hungary were given generous financial support. Meanwhile at the same time such extreme steps are taken the state has started giving generously to the ethnic French through the great profits it earns from the finished canal and the economic recovery post depression.Thus most French have adopted a stance of most of the racism, which since the early years has faded into the background, was only infant sicknesses and all those nasty tales from the colonies are just exaggerations. After all the Germans also did not commit as big atrocities as was claimed during the World War, so why should their good prime minister who for many years had given them prosperity encourage the cleansing of whole villages of negroes? That's just silly.

The Kingdoms of Italy and Albania - Fascists can into dry sea

The Kingdom of Italy is very similar to how things may have gone in a different time. Yet, it is also completely different. Having gained little from it's participation in the World War Italy was reeling from economic cathastrophe when building began in Gibraltar. More and more the kingdom unravelled until finally in 1921 in a coup Benito Mussolini and his facsists took power and established a dictatorship. For quite some time they were a European pariah, but they were fine with that focusing their forces on claiming the Adriatic plain and Greater Sicily. The Nationalist revolution in Athens in 1926 and the French restoration in 1929 gave them finally the allies it needed and thus the backing for it's ambitions. In 1933 Albania was conquered in a short war by Greece and Italy, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria followed. A bridge was built across the Med between Sicily and Tunisia to symbolize the friendship between Italy and France and finally in 1935 France, Italy and Greece signed the treaty of Sparta which created the Alliance of Hellenic States a military bloc which was soon joined by Belgium and Austria, a military block aimed supposedly against communist aggression, but both Berlin and London had doubts that communism was the only concern in the south. Now finally it seems like war will break out in the Adria over what is rightfully Italian soil and it remains to be seen how well the Hellenic States stand together.

The Hellenic Republic - Alexander reborn

The Hellenic Republic is born from the Turkish-Greek war of 1919-1926 a war that started with two nations that hated each other going to war and ended with two completely different nations coming out of it hating each other even more. Greece, with assistence from the French Republic fought Turkey for the lands of Western Asia Minor, while Turkey tried to retain it's independence. As Britain did not involve itself in the war and Italy was soon forced to bow out due to it's problems back home France was forced to carry a large part of the financial strain. Eventually Turkey threatened the Syrian territories of the Republic and France was forced to bow out too in 1924. As a result Greece suddenly found itself alone against the overpowerful Turks. However when peace was signed the military, radicalized by the war took inspiration from Italy and couped the government establishing a fascist dictatorship preparing for round two with Turkey. This was further complicated by the Red Moon revolution of 1929 as additionally to being Turkish, now the enemy was also communist. Since then both states have stared at each other with heavy arms across the Aegean and the hills of Thrace, armed to the teeth and waiting for an excuse to start shooting again.

The Irish State
During the Irish war of independence a thought grew inside the head of the Catholics that maybe what was needed was a purging of the emerald isle of all the collaborators with the British regime. So when peace finally came in 1923 they expulsed a massive number of Protestants from their new state creating a arch conservative dictatorship modelled after Mussolini's. After the French restoration they were quick to sign a treaty with France guaranteeing Ireland's idenpendence to protect it from British attacks and giving France a beachhead in a potential war.


A former painter's playground, Hungary for a coast and The Bulgarian National Republic

Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria can be grouped together as the further there are... of the fascist states. Austria is ruled by one Adolf Hitler who after being exiled from Germany built up a new party in exile in Austria this time speaking of the rebirth of the Great Empire of the Habsburgs and the resubjugation of the lesser Slavic peoples. He is seen as the wild card of the Fascist alliance as his views are quite strange and some whisper that his exile from Germany has caused some things to come lose in his head. Hungary meanwhile is ruled by a populist conservative dictatorship which came to power in 1935 via the ballot box. Eyeing Slovakia, Siebenbürgen and Croatioa hungrily it is by far the state with the greatest claims in comparison to it's territory in the entire world. Bulgaria lastly is a sad state ruled by a small junta which couped when the Bosporus dried up in fear that the government would otherwise align itself with Russia because of a feeling of inevitability.



THE COMINTERN - Bringing revolution to a state near you

USSR - Mother Russia Stronk!

Russia, the great red bear of the east. After the great war with Poland and the short wars with the Baltikum there was a feeling of insecurity among the Politburo as to what should be done next. Yes, the northern harbour had been secured, but how was the fleet supposed to be brought up there? Gibraltar and Suez were both controlled by the British and they surely would not allow them passage. No, another solution had to be found. It was in this situation that Stalin approached the Turkish government offering Russian assistance in keeping the Bosporus open and filled with water in exchange for the ancient Russian dream of a harbour along the Hellespont. Atatürk naturally refused such an outrageous demand, but as the Bosporus dried up some of his officers decided that Marx did have some neat ideas and couped him out of office. Stalin marched in and started his own great project, the twin canals to connect Black and Med. Often Siberia was replaced with Greece for political prisoners who happened to have some engineering knowledge so pressing was the need for the canals. And finally in 1936 the Russian fleet sailed through the straits to Stalingrad the city at the gates of the Hellespont gifted to the USSR as soil and new base of the southern fleet. Stalin was at the apex of his power. Triumph in civil war, triumph over Trotsky and finally triumph over nature itself. And now, he only would have to reach and take what was beyond those straits...



The Socialist Republic of Romania - Living off of Russian money

Romania has only recently become socialist and it still is not truly fully a member of the Comintern. After the Bosporus closed the economy of the East Balkans collapsed and when Stalin opened the canal in 1937 demanded Socialist reforms in exchange for trade the government was happy to oblige. But the Hungarian and German minority rose in arms taking to the Carpathians to resist the central Romanian government. While no real civil war is raging there is still and ongoing insurrection and pacification of the countryside is still not concluded.

The Islamic Republic of Persia

When the British turned inside to elect one government after the other it's Empire felt the aftershock of the indecision in London. The furthest corners were consiquently the first one's where Briti9sh influence was lost. The Brookes in Malaysia went independent, as did South Africa. And in Asia the Great Game finally ended as Russia pushed the British out of Persia and Afghanistan and took control of Mongolia putting up Socialist regimes in both. A railway line Stalingrad-Istanbul-Tiflis-Teheran-Kabul was built and connected to the Soviet trainsystem as cooperation between the five nations and later Romania was started to create a great military bullwark in Turkey against any and all imperialist agression.


THE NEUTRAL STATES - MEH

Switzerland, Scandinavia and Luxemburg

All are supremely neutral and try to stay out of affairs. The only exception is Finland which gets some arms and a few advisers from Germany to aid it in case the Sowjets attack.

The Spanish State

After a civil war starting in 1934 and ending in '37 general Franco has taken control of Spain establishing a fascist dictatorship. However despite the military aid France has given him during the war he is not allied with them and retains an indepent voice in foreign relations often saying that the guardian of the Pillars of Heracles (as the dam is often called poetically) should not involve himself in wars which could see bombs being dropped on it.

ASIA - AKA JAPAN WANTS TO BE BIG

The Republic of China

The Kuomintang has been through a rough decade. In the early twenties it looked like it was only a question of time until it would sweep away the warlords and reunite the chaos that was China. However as they say, not all that seems is also what is. Sun Yat-sen it's leader died of cancer shortly before the world economy collapsed. Weakened, yet determined not to let the opportunity for a uniting campaign slip his successor Chiang Kai-shek struck a cooperational deal with the communists, promising them the interior of China in exchange for their aid in taking Peking. He expected the Communists to be unable to take the land from the warlord and hoped to weaken the two factions enough to allow himself to come in and break both by purging the communists and subdoing the cliques and this indeed almost suceeded. The allied republican troops managed to take the north from the warlords before going to war with one another. The communists were slowly pushed back, when the Japanese invaded Manchuria in 1929. At the same time Russia motivated by it's new alliance with Turkey and Persia started sending weapons to the Communist Chinese and had his Mongolian and West Chinese puppets start supporting the anti Kuomintang effort. The civil war raged on for six more years finally saw Chiang lose Bejing in 1934. It seemed like China was bound to fall to the communists when two things happened: France started to send military gear and officers to China to support Chiang against the communist threat and Japan invaded. Since then the Sino-Japanese war has now raged on for five years. As the north was never really consolidated into the Chinese state it fell easily to the Japanese forces, but since then the war has stagnated a bit as the Japanese pushed down the east coast each year. However the cooperation with the communists and the French aid have managed to give the Republic at least a small speck of hope that maybe, just maybe the Americans or someone else would decide to come to their aid.

The Empire of Japan

Risen from the ashes of the world economic collapse the Empire of Japan is a deeply imperial, nationalistic and militaristic state. It sees it as it's duty and destiny to free all Asian people from foreign imperial powers and unite them under one banner. This has however caused a few problems for them most noteably the fact that their ideological ally France semi-secretly sends aid to their Chinese enemies as it fears for it's new found dominance in South East Asia. However apart from that things look up for Japan. Nationalist China is dying a slow death and the Communists are a disunited bunch without one figurehead leader to unite them and will most likely be pushed back into the mountains and deserts soon. Additionally the Empire has invaded the islands of the Phillipines early this year as the US in 1936 had let it go independent. Eventhou now pressure is put on the presidential candidates in the US to drive a hard line against Japan when in office the Empire is confident that no war will be declared before the election ends and if the Americans indeed want war then Japan would be more than prepared to meet them on the seas.


LATIN AMERICA - THE KITCHENSINK OF IDEOLOGIES

The Catholic State of Mexico - Because the virgin needs sacrifices

The State of Mexico did not have a pretty history. After the revolution ended in 1920 many hoped that peace could return to the state and for a time it did. However the anti-clerical and secularlist rule of the new government enraged many of the catholic leaders of rural Mexico who started to preach disobedience against the "heathens". At first things went smoothly for the PRI, but then the crash of 1925 happened throwing the world economy into disarray. The PRI had barely established it's position as ruling party and many saw an opportunity in the economic chaos. Civil war was the result with various factions trying to reestablish the old order or create an alternate system to that of the PRI. This infighting gave more and more rise to the peasant base of the Christian insurgents who finally rose in open armed revolt as a faction in their own right. The civil war raged until 1933 when the Catholic State of Mexico was proclaimed lead by "Archbishop" Fernando Guzman. Eventhou the Holy See had long excommunicated the Mexican Christians they still continued calling themselves Catholic and went on to create a theocracy ruled by Leviticus and the ten commandments with hate and disdain towards protestantism and all other religions. Tensions with the US are continously high and a short incident in Yucatan in 1935 almost lead to war. Especially the appearance of radical preachers in the Carribean and Mesoamerica is highly troubling and President Ferguson will have to face some tough questions in the coming election should he decide to run again.

The Brazilian Confederation

The Brazilian reconstruction is one of the more curious events in the wake of Versailles. The ruling oligarchy of Brazil was highly dependant on British investment to keep it's economy of milk and coffee running. But with the political instability of Britain post war another source of investment had to be found if economic cathastrophe was to be avoided. Luckily the US was more than ready to step in as Warren G. Harding encouraged US "isolationism" (meaning a concentration on America). However America did not replace the British fully and a certain feeling of foreboding spread among the people as the landowners and sugar cane barons who were left out of the oligarchy began to flex their muscles. Then the crash of 1925 happened. Within days the international coffee price collapsed, panic started to take hold of the nation, it seemed like civil war was inevitable. It was in this situation that a liberal group of urban officers couped the government. These lieutenants presented a more modern progressive Brazil and had already revolted before in 1922 and 1924. During that time they had learned that cooperation with the established elites was necesarry for them to achieve anything. Thus they crafted a careful coalition of urban elites, landowners and milk magnates. To further add themselves legitimacy they invited Dom Luiz Maria to return and take the imperial crown. What followed was a constitutional reform of Brazil. At its end stood the Brazilian Commonwealth. Luiz I as Emperor of the Brazilians was formal president of a federated Brazil. In a compromise between the new liberal regime, the conservative Luiz and the elites each state was de facto ruled by an oligarchy of the predominant elites, while the federal government was a liberal parliamentary monarchy which, while granting the states economic independence had sole control of the military and was tolerated in it's promotion of social reforms. The Emperor retained the power to veto any law which changed to constitution or the line of succession and was furthermore given the power to thrice send a law back to parliament before signing it. Brazil has since chugged along in a precarious situation of balancing. The aged Luiz I has proven himself a master of intrigue as he has managed to play the officers and magnates against each other thus usurping powers far beyond of his constitutional ones. But Luiz is growning old and it is doubtful if his son Pedro is of the same cut as him.

The State of Argentina - Yes, General

Argentina after the world war is one of pain and battles. The Radical party fresh from electoral success in 1916 pursued a programm of progressive reform representing the growing middle class of the nation against the previous elites. While rejecting class struggle the Radicals did advocate social reforms and rights too thus giving them some support among the masses. However the influx of Italian exiles and the growing social unrest put more and more pressure on the party from the left to fully align itself with the Soviet Union beyond financial aid. The breaking point was reached after the violent suppression of a strike in 1923. Communist and anarchist groups sprung up all over the country declaring that the revolution had broken out. The government while swift in their response was unable to quell these revolts as the rebels used guerilla tactics to avoid them. Finally with the collapse of the global economy in 1925 even more people started to flock to the communist banner. It was under these stars that inspired by the events in Brazil the military couped in 1927. Violent civil war was the result including an invasion and occupation of Paraguay in 1934. Even now, four years after the official end of the civil war the military is still harassed by insurgents in Paraguay and in the northwest sponsored by Chile and Peru. The relationship to Brazil are also very frosty given the Emperor's distate for fascism and his protection of the Argentinian government in exile. On the plus side Argentina is the second closest ally of the US in America and as a result has seen some heavy investment in it's economy.

Republic of Bolivia - everthing went better than expected

Bolivia's was heavily hit by the market crash in '25 as tin and ergo the entire Bolivian economy became worthless. Yet the ruling conservative party managed to hold unto power for some time as the indios had no way to resist their rule and the creols feared the chaos of Argentina and Chile. The most noteable event of this time is the Chaco war. Paraguay and Bolivia had long had disagreements over who the Chaco territory belongs to and this finally came to a head in 1930. Paraguay, however with the lack of Argentinian aid was unable to score a win over Bolivia which managed to win the war in 1932 by taking Asuncion, forcing a peace which guaranteed all Bolivia free access to the Paraguay river and thus free trade in the Atlantic. This peace did not hold for long though as civil war broke out in Paraguay which in the end saw a group of exile Argentinians declare an anarchist state. Bolivia, where by then a junta had couped the conservative government, and Argentina jointly intervened and set up a new government more to their liking. Since then Bolivia has mostly chugged along nicely. The junta, lead by Germán Busch is a weird blend of both proto fascism and liberal politics and is dancing the line between both Argentina and Brazil aligning with neither, but keeping good relations to both.

The Socialist State of Chile

Chile, the heart of communism in America. For decades ruled by a liberal oligarchical elite the elections of 1920 saw Arturo Allesandri take the reigns of government promising reform instead of revolution. Yet gridlock with congress prevented him from passing any effective laws, leadin eventually to a military coup in 1924. Allesandri eventually resigned in favour of a military junta, only for that junta to be couped in 1925 by a more progressive wing of officers. Admidst this chaos Allesandri, who had refused to leave the country was shot and died soon after. When the junta then tried to pass a constitution which would have seen great extension of presidential powers congress, reeling from the loss of it's fortunes in the market crash refused to assemble and declared war on the officers. What followed was a two year civil war during which the more moderate officers either died in battle or later one were removed by their more radical rivals. At the end of it all stood the declaration of the Socialist State of Chile. Chile has both a defensive pact with Ecuador (eventhou relations aren't the best given their different interpretations of communism), a treaty of friendship with the Soviet Union and sponsors some groups in North West Argentina against both the Argentina government as well as the anarchists holed up in Paraguay.

The Republic of Uruguay - Between a rock and a hard place

In Uruguay in a surprising turn the oligarchic liberal government managed to survive the times without military coup or socialist insurrection. There was some nasty spillover during the Argentinian civil war leading to a brief intervention into the suburbs of Buenos Aires. But since then Uruguay has kept to itself and tried to harbour good relations with the US as well as both of it's neighbours.

The Farmer's Republic of Ecuador

Ecuador is possibly the most interesting little state of all South America. A state formerly ruled by bankers and cacao growers it is now a communist state with it's own ideology center around peasants. This grand transformation came about by the coinciding of a fungal disease which destroyed what was left of the cacao business and the collapse of the world economy in 1925. The peasants takiong inspiration in the rise against of president Alfaro in the 80s rose in bloody rebellion kickstarting political chaos and a civil war which lasted for most of the decade coming only to a close in 1932 with the establishment of a communist government lead in great parts by exiled Irish and Italian communist intellectuals. Since then Ecuador has being plagued by many problems as land reform and communists education did not go over as smoothly as the government had hoped and with no international allies apart from the Chinese and some South East Asian communist parties and with both of it's neighbours hating the new government the state is possibly the greatest international pariah of the year 1940.

The Republic of Colombia - The North Star

The Republic of Colombia like most other south American nation faced great difficulties after the great depression of 1925. However no grand coup, civil war or revolution was caused instead only the conservative hegemony was broken bringing in a liberal opposition party that managed to win a few presidential elections. In what is dubbed the "North Star" strategy Colombia has closely aligned itself with the United States to profit from the Panama trade and cheap loans and to gain defensive aid against Ecuador and potential insurgents being send in. The continuity of the oligarchical regime has made Colombia the closest ally of the US in South America, for better or worse.

The Republic of Venezuela - Oil Baby

Venezuela in a lot of ways mirrors Colombia to the east, with only the slight difference of oil. Being able to capitalize on the loss of Persian oil for the west Venezuela managed to boom and prosper in the times before and after the crash. Even some industry is starting to develop. however this also causes problems as the control of the oil by foreign investors and oligarchs becomes more and more apparent it may cause problems. However until then life is good.

The Republic of Peru

In Peru the aristocratic government of the post Pacific War era as many other South American equivalents found it's end during the crash of 1925. For four years shortlived administration followed shortlived administration until the military got fed up and couped in 1929. Since then Peru has sought close ties with Colombia and the US against the communist threats of Ecuador and Chile.



Rules: (Made by Sectorknight21)

1. Don't be a dick
2. After war results are posted, you wait 24 hours before appealing to me. This allows you to calm down and build up an argument should it be necessary.
3. We will be using the 3 claims system. Do not claim a nation you do not want. You may get any of the three nations you claim depending on the needs of the game. If you really want to play Siam, but also wrote down Britain, which is currently vacant do not complain or quit because you got Britain.
4. If you piss me off, there are always bad things that can happen to you.
5. If you claim a fascist (communist/conservative/liberal) nation you play a fascist nation. Any attempts to spontaneously coup a regime out of power (or pass sweeping constitutional amendments) because you feel like it will result with the coup failing miserably (or the opposition filibustering you/ not passing the law). There are some exceptions to this like Bolivia where coups are part of everyday politics, but if you want to do something like that I would suggest you first PM me and talk about it. Rule of thumb play a nation only if you want to play it, not if you want to "fix" it.
6. If your nation isn't mentioned or a particular facet of your nation isn't mentioned, then it's up to you.

Nation Name In Native Language - 1940​

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National Flag​

Name: Nation Name in English
Head of State: Name
Head of Government: Name
Type of Government: Self-explanatory
Population: PM Me.
National Anthem: National Anthem in National Language ("Anthem in English")
National Motto:
Capital: Capital
Largest City: Largest City

Domestic

Internal Events:
-Any internal events to talk about...

Economic Status:
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Military
-All military information not dealing with the numbers themselves goes here...

Army:​

• Number of Men in total currently in the active military
• Number of Reserves (State whether or not they are demobilized here, in parentheses)
• Number of Tanks

Navy:

• Type of ships...
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Air Force:

• Type of planes...
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Alliances, Agreements, Pacts, and Trade:

Diplomacy:

#NationNameTurn

Player List:
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[JBO]

Internal and Diplomatic events

The War Trigger in the Adriatic

The Border Incident

Along the Adria border an incident between Croatian and Italian settlers have ended in tragedy with twenty Italians and four Serbian policemen dead after the Italian settlers had allegedly illegally moved the boundary post to built their houses in a territory where the Croatians had been planting a forest for the past years. In both nations, but especially Italy voices can be heard advocating war.
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The Austrian Madness

The Republic of Austria

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It has been six years since the Great Father of the Germanic Peoples, the Leader of the Nationalist Socialist Revolution, and Purger of the Untermensch, Adolf Hitler, successfully deposed the Untermensch masquerading as the legitimate Austrian Government and cast off those chains imposed upon Austria by those who sought to hold the glorious Germanic Peoples of Austria back from their destiny. The day, known as the Day of Righteous Liberation, is one memorialised in Austrian history with reenactments of the Führer's march on Vienna, at the head of a legion of angels, being a biannual affair so as to honour the Great Father's contribution to the current prosperity of the Germanic Peoples of Austria. Truly it was a glorious day when the Führer, possessed of righteous fury, departed from the so called Republic of "Germany" and returned to Blessed Austria, which had languished under the rule of lesser men, and pushed it back onto the path for whit they were destined.

Since that day, the Führer has ruled Austria with undeniable wisdom and mercy, for who could be wiser and more merciful than the Führer?, as befits a man so blessed as he. At his direction, the Sturmabteilung has, with commendable steadfastness, moved to purge Austria of the Untermensch who plague her without reprieve. Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, and the Disabled have all been rounded up and disposed of, whether it be with a bullet blessed by Christ himself, who is a confirmed supporter of the Führer, or in the gas chambers, which Hitler invented himself, though not before the contribute back to the Aryans whom they spent their lives leeching off of. Thanks to the Führer's wisdom, False Sciences, such as Physics, have been expunged and replaced with true Germanic Sciences, such as Eugenics and Phrenology, which have benefited greatly from the Great Father's continued efforts to destroy all traces of those so called sciences that have no place in Austria.

Naturally the Germanic Peoples of Austria, being so possessed of love for their Glorious Leader, have thrown out their decadent ways and replaced with them with true Aryan practices now that they no longer need adhere to the laws of lesser humans. Under the Geheime Staatspolizei's direction, teachers now teach the True History of Austria and of the Führer's Role in the Creation of Germania, women no longer work but instead stay at home as good wives should do, and undesirables who adhere to lesser creeds, such as "Democracy" and "Capitalism", are spirited away before they can harm the poor Germanic Peoples of Austria. The Ministry of Propaganda and the Ministry of Re-Education, which have overlapping spheres, also do their part to help keep Austrian Society in order with movies, posters, and radio programmes, the latter of which are everywhere thanks to several ordinances requiring radios to be installed on all street corners having been passed recently, all being created to help remind people of how things should be.

Even the Catholic Church, whose role as the Servants of Christ the Savior and God the Father, both of whom are avowed supporters of the Führer, has come to aid the Führer in his efforts. Every Sunday, in State Mandated Mass, Catholic Priests preach of the virtues of the Great Father and counsel their flocks to do as the Führer commands, for his wisdom is divine, whilst also playing an influential role as mentors to those children in the Hitler Youth. Indeed, even the children cannot escape the Führer's Light, which has been scientifically proven to be twice as beneficial than the sun's light, for they are required to be a part of the Hitler Youth, with those parents who fail to enroll their children risking being found guilty of sedition, which is, in part, run by the Catholic Church. It is in the Hitler Youth that the next generation of Aryans are raised, with Party Members and Catholic Priests mentoring these young and impressionable souls in a hands on and intimate fashion, after all and thus they are close to the Führer's bottomless heart.

Truly these are glorious times.
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Flag of the Republic of Austria (1934 to ????)
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US Presidential debate on defense

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U.S. Under Threat
Ferguson promises
action.
By J.T. ELISON
Yesterday, two men in a marvel of
modern technical sophistication and
good old American inventiveness and
Democratic spirit sought to lay out
their case before the court of the
American people of why they are best
man for the task of leading this great
nation through the troubled waters
of threat and uncertainty and into
the calm, tranquil bright blue seas
of peace and prosperity. The debate,
the rst of its kind in more ways than
one. Centred on defence and security.
President Ferguson and his rival,
New Jersey Governor and the Repub-
lican party's Antony Essex went at it
in an intellectual and entirely verbal
boxing match. The two men were in-
deed prize ghters and went at it with
all manner of facts and gures that
made each sound the match for any
admiral or general in our stout and
sophisticated ghting forces.
However even the best ghters can
be brought down through fatigue and
in this case it was Senator Essex who
let the blow slip past his guard when
he rst made the error of understat-
ing the threat posed by the Japanese
and then with some petulance asked
what the administration sought to
do about it. It was the moment
that made the night when President
Ferguson with a hunter's grin invisi-
ble to all the millions listening save
for the resolution to defend our na-
tion clear in his voice laid out his
plans. What plans! No less than 18
aircraft carriers, 2 Iowa-class battle-
ships, 5 Montana-class battleships, 30
cruisers, 115 destroyers and 15 sub-
marines, the same again in destroyers
backed by 14,000 aircraft. Many an
observer including this reporter noted
that the stunned silence was the point
that Senator Essex lost the debate.
Whether he lost the election with it
remains to be seen! Of course the
question many ask is if the
President can get congress to
march to his drumbeat and at
least one repres...
The New York Investigator​

German and British Parliament debates

German event, debate over reform of the road security law

Otto Wels (SPD), leader of the opposition: It is truly a shame that in these dark days we are here debating over a reform of the minor wording in a minor law. This is an outrage considering the current situation on the continent. So far the government has made no sign of actively trying to contain the Fascist menace even though we are surrounded on two sides!
Robert Lehr (Centre), president of the Reichstag: Herr Wels, please talk on the actual topic of debate ("zur Sache").
Otto Wels: But that is the topic of debate! ("Das ist die Sache!") It is the topic of debate in the streets! It is the topic of debate in every home and at every place of work! The people wish to know what the governments plans to do in the face of this blatant-
Robert Lehr: Given your blatant ignoring of proper protocol I hereby ask you to give up the floor. Ernst Thälmann has the floor.
Ernst Thälmann, leader of the KPD: The government would be more than capable to face the fascist threat if it would just move the troops currently standing on it's eastern border south to face the Italians. This blatant threat to the Communist nation of the USSR has continued for long enough and now the high lords ("hohen Herren") of this house would prefer distruction to not provoking the international proletariat.
Robert Lehr: Oh, for (comment redacted, inappropriate).



British event, PMQs
Edward Fitzroy, Speaker of the House: MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL
From: Winston Churchill, leader of the opposition
Mister Speaker, for now almost a week the governments of Italy and Yugoslavia have been at war. The Prime Minister has so far made no signs of sending aid of any way to the Yugoslavians to protect themselves from the Italian menace. There has also been no coordination with our allies on the continent as to how to face this new agression. I'd like to ask if the Prime Minister still remembers his pledge to stand firmly against tyranny anywhere at all times or if we should inform Belgium that we just bought the French Emperor a vacation in Brussels?

US sends aid to Phillipines

President fulfils "Christian Duty"

President Ferguson dealt a
striking blow to accusations
that he favours some
peoples and religions over
others. Quote "Frankly I
find the slanders offensive!
I am a good Christian, I love
all my brothers and sisters
in God's vast creation. Now
just because I may feel very
strongly about the White
Christian's duty to lead and
prosper for the good of all
does not mean I hold any
ill will towards those who
look to Rome for orders
or Negros and Jews and
those others who feel the
need to cause disruption.
I love them all still and I
can think of no better way
to prove that then my full
support for my opponent's
relief bill for the Philippines,
in fact I think its my
Christian duty to demand
its expansion!" The
President also promised
intensive efforts to relive
victims of the severe weather
battering the Gulf Coast.
More on pg23.
Event: Convoys of clearly marked Red Cross ships begin making their way to the free Philippines state.

Short British News about Mrs.Simpson

Do YOU want THIS woman to be your QUEEN?

Many people continue to be outraged by the suggestion that the king is according to the latest palace gossip planning to marry a divorce from America. According to reliable sources the woman is not only a divorcee, but also an alcoholic and consumer of marihuana and cocaine. According to watertight evidence, which we cannot disclose to protect our sources she also had an abortion at the age of seventeen and is a Catholic.

(One of the crazier one of the many newspaper articles and pamphlets currently in circulation in Britain)

The US Mafia

Goodfellas

"No comment." - The mayor of Chicago (currently running for governor) on his dinner with Alphonse Capone

These men, these bastards, this collection of magnificent bastards is quite likely one of the few personifications of the American way of life one can find. Since prohibition started twenty years ago any Italian of pure descent from the old country always knew that if all fails and the discrimination for being Catholic got too much, there was always something to fall back on. Drinking a coffee with Ol' Capone, getting into Street Actin', picking up swimming lessons, starting to train your legs and of course "politics" there are a lot of euphemisms for it, but it is a simple fact that organized crime is a bloated mess getting stronger not only because of the prohibition, but also because of the Democrats ever increasing anti Catholicism. By now many governors and senators of the Republican party are getting money that they would rather not like disclosed and the further down you go the latter the worse it gets. Al Capone is by many estimated to be the richest single man in the US and the Commision of New York is often ranked in the top five most powerful institutions. Meanwhile Jack Dragna rules the Hollywood Hills and the Smaldones are controlling the Rocky Mountains. This would be normal were it not for one thing.

Violent shoot out in Negro parts of New Orleans!

During the morning hours of the 3rd of September a violent shoot out has broken out in the negro parts of the city. Apparently a fight has broken out between bootleggers from the local St.Louis and the Dallas outfit. Apparently the latter one has recently somehow increased it's revenue by a big margin and is now seeking to extend it's territory. It seems like gang war is about to break out. Given the reputation of the leader of the St. Louis outfit we fear for our security.

Thus is the situation in America. With more shootout happening it seems like crime will be a bit topic in this election.
Meanwhile it seems like the US is a bit role model for other nations as in Northern Mexico similar organizations start to pop up selling illegal alcohol and gathering power.

Mordecai Heller, boss of the St.Louis outfit​

US Elections 1940

US Presidential Elections.


"And the count is finally in. Ladies and Gentlemen the President of the United States for his fourth term is James E. Ferguson!"



Democrats:
51% of the popular vote.
270 Electoral College Points
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Republicans:
49% of the popular vote
262 Electoral College Points.


The Democrats out fought the Republicans on issues of Crime and Defence. President Ferguson however made it clear that the latter and foreign policy would be his priority in his final term.

The division of Yugoslavia

Italian Internal Event
Italian troops swiftly enter newly annexed territory after an agreement with Yugoslavia. All Italian claimed land has been ceeded to the Kingdom of Italy peacefully.

Austrian Event

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The Führer, being possessed of great wisdom and foresight, has been notably pleased that the prophesied capitulation to the Italian Untermensch, also known as Honorary Aryans, has unfolded just as he predicted. With the Kingdom of the Serbs and the Croats having proven themselves unwilling and incapable of repelling even the lowly Italians, the Führer has decided that the time is nigh for war and that Großadmiral Reinhard Heydrich, who was hunting Jews in his private hunting retreat, was to marshal the Kriegsmarine for an invasion of the Kingdom of the Serbs and the Croats. Pleased with the prospect of wanton destruction, the Großadmiral has mobilised forty five thousand men of the Schutzstaffel, which is curiously enough the largest and and most well armed infantry body within the Wehrmacht, several dozen tanks, and nearly forty aircraft, all of which are a part of the Kriegsmarine, for the conflict.

Shit is expected to get real shortly.

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The SS Helferinnen have also been mobilised for morale purposes.





Hungarian Event!

Hungarian Troops move into Vojvodina after the Province's Cession to Hungary was negotiated.

The Proposed Referendum in Slovenia is to be held by the Swiss.


From: Hungary
To: Switzerland

As agreed upon with the Serbs, we wish for you to hold the referendum in Slovenia on whether they wish to Stay with the Serbs or Become Part of Hungary.



From: Switzerland
Given the Austrian rejection of a ceasefire the government of Switzerland sees itself as inable to conduct a referendum and hereby declares any solution to the Slovenian question to be contrary to international law.​

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British Parliament aka the beginning of the End

In the British Parliament

Edward Fitzroy: MR WINSTON CHURCHILL!
Conservative MPs: YEEAAAAAAAHH!
Winston Churchill, leader of the opposition: Mr Speaker, during the last few days we have seen a display of diplomatic incompetence that has no equal. After standing in front of the British people and in front of this chamber and claiming that he opposes the further spread of tyranny, the Prime Minister decided to stand by as a territory thrice the size of Wales has been taken by the Italian dictator. Furthermore he has been unable to prevent the further spread of war as Austria has entered the fray and ignores all calls for a peaceful referendum. Mr Prime Minister, I have been at war in the Balkans and let me tell you from experience: Failure in that region can often lead to ministers to leave their offices, be they prime or common.

Chinese propaganda and internal fighting

Internal Event of Communist China


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Communist officials have begun a widespread use of propaganda to help focus the populace against Japan. Posters, leaflets, newspaper articles, and even woodcuttings depicting the Japanese as savage barbarians pop up across Communist held territory. More call for unity in the face of Japanese aggression while others urge the people to remember that the defeat of the imperialist ambitions of Japan must be the number one priority. In order to help deter people from collaborating, reminders are made of the otherness of the Japanese. They don't speak Chinese, they don't look or act Chinese, they kill, enslave, rape by the thousand, and they must be driven out.

While calling for the people to stay united, many of the propaganda methods remind people subtly, and others in not quite so subtle ways, that the Communist remains the best hope for driving out the invaders. At the same time, tales of Japanese depravity in occupied areas, such as the horrific actions in Nanjing as well as the bravery of the Communist forces who held out as long as possible to allow people to escape to safety, are spread throughout cities, villages, and the countryside. While the majority of the effort is in the cities to aid in recruitment and inspire labor.

Internal Event of Communist China​

Newly created regiments named 紅衛兵 ("The Red Guards") are beginning to receive improved training and organization thanks to contracted advisers. Chairman 毛澤東 continues to place the new, better equipped, trained, and reliable units, which were formed from purely volunteer recruits under his personal command. Keeping the best of the best under Communist command, Chinese commanders hope these new forces will be able able to more than stand up against the Japanese invaders and can turn the tide in the struggle for the future of China.


Chinese Communist event

The criticsm against the actions of Comrade Mao are becoming more and more vocal. In response to him creating putting the best troops under his own personal command several field commanders have started ignoring orders from him and people loyal to him instead asking for confirmation from the Central General command which often loses precious time. Several other commanders inside the party have started their own personal guards too in response to this step by Mao.

German Cinema

German Internal Event - Recent Cinematic Releases

The German cinema industry, lead by the acclaimed UFA studios, continues its golden age, with new productions in a variety of genres, some challenging the crisis of Europe, others pandering to more human interests.

Bismarck

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Released in 1940 and directed by the acclaimed Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Bismarck is an historical tale of epic proportions, following the events of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's life. Bismarck is portrayed as a lonely yet wise figure, resisting the nebulous Prussian Parliament to bring unity to the German people. Major events in the course of German Unification are ascribed solely to the efforts of indivudial great men, such as the Battle of Koniggratz being the masterwork of General Moltke. Perhaps with some allusion to the contemporary geopolitical situation, Bismarck is seen to strongly advocate an alliance with Russia to protect the East.

Paradies der Junggesellen - Bachelor's Paradise
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Directed by Kurt Hoffman and based on the book of the same name by Johannes Boldt, Paradies der Junggesellen is one in a long stream of popular romantic comedies. Starring Heinz Ruhmann, Josef Sieber and Hans Brausewetter, the three establish a "paradise for bachelors" club in which all are pledged never to get married again. However, when Hugo meets and falls in love with an attractive woman he faces as a quandary. He is eventually able to marry her after introducing his friends to his two ex-wives who also fall in love.
Der große Diktator - The Great Dictator

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One of the most highly-anticipated and controversial releases of 1940, Der große Diktator stars the famed American actor-comedian Charlie Chaplin. Much of the driving force for the film lies with Chaplin, who, after being unsuccessful in pitching the film to Hollywood studios, turned to the far more sympathetic German industry. The film stars Chaplin as Adenoid Hynkel, the dictator of Tomania. Chaplin also performs as a Jewish barber who serves as the film's protagonist. Unsurprisingly, the film is a very unsubtle satire of Hitler's Austria, concluding with Chaplin issuing an impassioned plea for world peace and human brotherhood. The film was the highest-grossing release in Germany for 1940, despite the outrage of far-right fascist and national socialist groups in Germany.​

Austrian war crimes

Austrian Event

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Victory! Just as the Führer prophesied, the Kriegsmarine swept into Slovenia with all the fury the Aryan Race could bring to bear and, having only the inferior Slavs to oppose their way, took the region for the Germanic Aryans just as the Führer demanded. With righteous might, the SS would brush aside all Slavic Resistance and retake Laibach for Vienna with only minimal German casualties thanks to the Großadmiral's cunning and genius. In accordance with Generalplan Süd, the SA has moved in behind the SS and begun systematically purging Slovenia of all the Untermensch so that proud Aryan settlers can move in and settle the region. Information regarding this purge, which has involved the construction of several Extermination Camps, has been leaked to German News Outlets thanks to the Austrian Government-in-Exile's sources inside the Nazi Regime. Otto von Habsburg, the claimant to the title of Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, has denounced Adolf Hitler's actions on behalf of the Government-in-Exile in line with his dominant position amongst the Austrian Opposition.

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SA Cleaning Detail Making A Mess​

Filipino-Japanese peace treaty

To: Philippines
From: Japan

So, time to make peace, no?

1. The Philippines shall henceforth be recognized as a protectorate of the Empire of Japan
2. The Imperial Japanese Government shall appoint a Resident-General to represent the interests of the Imperial Japanese Government in the Philippine Government.
2a. The Government of the Philippines shall follow the directions of the Resident General in connection with the reform of administration
2b. The Philippines shall not enact any law or ordinance or carry out any administrative measure unless it has previous approval of the Resident General
2c. No appointment or dismissal of Filipino officials of high grade shall be made without the consent of the Resident General.
2d. The Philippines shall appoint to official positions such Japanese as are recommended by the Resident General.
3. In case the welfare of the Philippine Government or the territorial integrity of the Philippines is endangered by aggression of a third power or internal disturbances, the Imperial Government of Japan shall immediately take such necessary measures as circumstances require, and in such case the Philippine Government shall give full facilities to promote the action of the Imperial Japanese Government. The Imperial Government of Japan may for the attainment of the above mentioned object occupy when the circumstances require such places as may be necessary from strategic points of view
4. The Philippines shall not entreat with foreign powers, or conclude treaties or other diplomatic negotiations with foreign powers, without the knowledge and consent of the Empire of Japan.
5. Control and administration of all government communication systems in the Philippines shall be granted to the Imperial Japanese Government, as well as all land, buildings, furnitures, instruments, machines and all other appliances connected with the system of communications. The Imperial Japanese Government will
5a. All agreements currently existing between the Philippines and foreign powers regarding the communications system shall be maintained.
6. The Philippines shall join the Greater East Asian Co Prosperity Sphere as a member in full, and give Japan full access to Filipino markets, without tariffs or other fees.
7. The Army of the Philippines shall be reduced to a minimum necessary to ensure internal security, and expansion shall not be undertaken without the agreement of the Resident-General.
6. Independence shall be granted to the Sultanate of Sulu, the territory of which shall be determined in later negotiations between the Philippine government and the Sulu government.

We hope this is acceptable to your government *Hint hint nudge nudge*
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Developments in China

Chinese event

The people have spoken. After getting approval from Moscow the West Chinese communist warlords have founded the Socialist Republic of East Turkestan as a communist state independent from China. While the upper echolons of power are occupied by Chinese many Uyghurs are included in middle and lower offices.

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The Belgian Crisis

The Elections of '41


The Military showing presence in Brussels​

No sooner had one crisis broken out when another one joined it. Belgium, for a long time a nation being torn apart between two worlds was to hold elections in 1941. But the closer the date of election came the more did the situation deteriorate. The Francophones of Belgium had for a long time advocated an remodelling the state after France and had managed to gather great parts of the electorate for themselves. The dire economic situation and the increased anti-France sentiment lead to a volatile situation which at any time could boil over. And that it did. Hard. When election day came the military and police were on high alert and yet they still were not prepared for what happened. As millions went to the polls chaos reigned in the streets as the goons of both sides tried to intimidate each other not to go vote. Finally weapons were drawn and all out brawls and battles ensued during which various voting offices were stormed and the ballots burned. Some of the French protestors used the burning ballots to light bottles filled with gasoline to throw at the police which now intervened on the side of the Dutch. These projectiles got the nickname "Heinekens" after the popular Dutch beer brand. Anyways after the bloody election Sunday a result was announced which brough sweeping majorities for the Democratic parties. Mass demonstrations are rocking the capital as recounts and repeat elections are demanded, while in other parts guns and Heinekens have taken the place of speeches.

The Zoot Suit Riots/ABC riots

The Zoot Suit Riot

Who shot KRJ?

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Faced with the uncovered connections between the Mexicans and the Italian syndicates in the Southern US, the Ferguson administration was faced with the pressing question how to react to this. The end result was the Jonathan act, named for attorney general Kent Ronald Jonathan. It named reclassified all organized crime which had connections to foreign hostile powers thus making them subjects of national security, not law enforcement. What followed was a wave of arrests, raids and shootouts between police and members of the southern crime syndicates as the entire force of the law came down on the mob. After these Summer raids a short lull in hostilities followed and some newspaper proclaimed organized crime in the south to be broken. Then fall came and the war for the streets began. A wave of violence washed over the south as over 200 banks were robbed in two short weeks and more than 500 local police stations were raided killing almost 300 police chiefs. The FBI immediately organized counter raids, but to their frustration they found the intended targets often either abandoned or expecting them with heavy fire. Realizing that leaks in the policeforce caused these failures the FBI started to play their cards close to their chest focussing on small raids targetted at key figures and locations. This strategy may have worked had the violence stayed within the border states, but starting in October drive-bys started to happen in New York, New Jersey, St.Louis, Boston and Chicago too. It seemed like the northern syndicates had allied themselves with their brothers in the south. Banks, police stations, offices of anti-union factory owners, none were save. Speakeasies as a clear provokation of law enforcements started to play their music as loud as possible as policeofficers started to refuse entering them or even little Italy as a whole in fear for their lives. At the same time prominent figures of the Italian-American community such as Al Capone and Luciano started public funds for unemployed Italian Americans and for the hiring of defense attorneys against the discrimination of Catholic Americans, denouncing the violent disregard for the law the US government showed. This entire mess finally reached it's climax when attorney general Jonathan left his home in Washington in the morning of the 9th November. A car of the model T was parked on the other side of the road. KRJ had barely time to dust off his coat before the car sped towards him three men dressed in Zoot suits brandished Tommy guns and opened fire. They filled his body with sixty bullets and that of the two agents guarding him with thirty each before speeding off. A new level had been reached in organized crime.

US Internal event The ABC riots


Asians, Blacks and Catholics, those were the men who took to the streets when a government which for a long time already had suppressed them came into their homes and started to crack down on the few people who still offered some welfare and protection to them. Some circles in Boston and San Fransisco even talked of revolution. But as it turned out that was not what people or bosses wanted. Most just wanted to be left in peace, the violence being more the flailing of a cornered beast than an outright attack. After two weeks the last parts of the Bronx were back under control and as fast as they had come the ghosts vanished again. Minorities went back to their life as second class citizens, the mob went back to cooperating with the US government where possible and the speakeasies started playing music again. It seemed as if nothing had changed. Apart from a few thousand dead negroes, Catholics and asians. But who cares about such un American people anyways?
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[Brightflame]

Okay, since I had to leave the game early since my laptop broke (It still is but it is now more bearable when it comes to NGs) I need to ask, is Argentina alright?

 

[JBO]

Okay, since I had to leave the game early since my laptop broke (It still is but it is now more bearable when it comes to NGs) I need to ask, is Argentina alright?

Click to shrink...

Kinda. If you want to you can jump right back in.
Basically your war against Chile (for which I'll post the results tommorow) is a mixed bag with Peru and Bolivia not being as succesful as one would hope and the communists giving you a hard time by going full guerilla.

 

[JBO]

War results
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The Sino-Japanese war

The Spirit Massacres

Apparently the Communist Chinese thought it would be wise to try and mock the beliefs of their invaders. They started recording the sounds of "restless ancestor spirits" and started playing them to the Japanese during battles. Unfortunately for the Chinese this only served to enrage the Japanese more because such a mongrel race dared to mock their ancestors like this leading to even harsher treatment of the Chinese by the occupiers. Additionally the radios used to play those sounds proved the be a tactical problem as they lead the Japanese quite easily to the Chinese positions leading to several resistance cells being utterly slaughtered their positions, weapons and the highly expensive radios and more importantly the transmitters being lost in the process.
Another Chinese tactic of using the common population to poison and kill the Japanese lead to mass slaughters of Chinese villages by the Japanese leading to further hate between the two peoples, but also resentment from the general population towards the Communists. So while anti-Japanese sentiment grew it is now of a Nationalist flavour, not communist.

The Sino-Japanese War 1940



Japanese soldiers celebrating​

In a just world the atrocities in China would be at the head of every newspaper around the world. Unfortunately for the Chinese people the war in Yugoslavia caused all attention to turn elsewhere as the slaughter continued for the fifth year. The Japanese confident in their proven strategy of taking the coast to cut the Chinese off from supplies started a massive offensive against the Kuomintang. While not unsuccesful they soon found the Chinese far better equipped than expected and the campaign slowed earlier than expected bringing the invasion to a grinding halt before a counter offensive pushed the front back north. While the Japanese had made a net gain it was still far from a succesful year. However in the north the opposite would be the fact. The Japanese high command had ordered to only advance if weaknesses could be found in the enemy lines and thus initially the Japanese were hesitant when they found little resistance in the north. However as this became common they pressed on more and more. That is until they found out why they advanced so easily. The Communists it seemed had adopted a strategy of burned earth having burned crops, towns and villages as they retreated while forcing the local population to retreat with them. This had almost immediate consequences. Within a few months the guerilla cells in northern China collapsed as either the local population outraged by the crimes against fellow Chinese stopped supporting them and outright sold them out or because the Communist high command now in charge of millions of evacuated villagers ran out of the resources to support them. Famine was the result only intensified by the Japanese troops taking whatever they needed leaving even less to the local population. By the end of the year 8 million Chinese civilians were dead with more to come. The Communist party was now sitting on millions of starving refugees and millions of dead bodies and fear starts to spread that epidemics are imminent. Some local commanders have already defected to Chiang while others have taken their men and buggered off to other Asian nations claiming China to be lost to communism. However this had one positive effect for the Communists as Mao now unopposed was able to purge the party of all rivals establishing a strict hierarchy and a direct line of command for more effective future military operations. It remains to be seen if he can still save his most noble idea.
Meanwhile in the Phillipines the Japanese command was blessed was total victory smashing what little resistance the Philipinos could muster against them taking the last island by October. Already naval officers are advocating an invasion of Sarawak or war with Britain for Hongkong and the Straits of Malaka.


Asia in 1941 - Or the big Anti-European push

Counter Communist Clash in China

The big retreat
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If international observers thought that the last year was a catastrophe for the anti-Japanese war effort then this year has to look like an apocalypse.
The greatest part of that was the complete collapse of the communist forces in North China. Already reeling from the terrible strategies adopted by chairman Mao the communist attempted to adopt human waves to combat the Japanese both to turn the tide and to get rid of the millions of refugees they had to feed. However the fact that they had one rifle for every ten soldiers soon turn this into another massacre as the Japanese pushed further west. As the refugees started to spill into central China the local warlords, horrified by the thought of feeding all those people decided to cut their losses and removed the Communist officers from their cadres, creating a de facto independent government under the nominal leadership of the Japanese puppet regime. As Mao led his remaining troops in a big retreat into Mongolia the Japanese started to resettle the millions of Chinese refugees putting them to work in their old villages under terrible conditions to produce supplies for the war effort in the south.
However it seemed as if this would not even be necesarry. With both navy and airforce assets freed up after the victory in the Philippines the Japanese started a gigantic bombardment offensive of Southern China laying many cities to waste. Coupled with the intensified naval blockade this meant that western supplies once again had to take the long route via Burma and French Indochina leaving the Chinese war effort even weaker when the Japanese Summer offensive started.
While the Chinese did use the mountaneous terrain for their advantage they still were overtrumped in almost every other aspect. As the war came to a close the Japanese reached the borders of Hongkong and the Chinese government and high command had to retreat to Changsha, which however also stood right at the border to the Japanese territories. As the year came to a close many saw China as a lost cause as nothing apart from military intervention seemed to be enough to defeat the Japanese, but it was uncertain if any of the European powers were willing to do just that.​

The Balkan war

The Yugoslavian war



"A Serbian Photo" - Pulitzer Prize winning photograph​

Otto von Bismarck has to be rolling in his grave given all the problems the Balkans have caused for Europe in the past century and it seems like they are dead set to continue doing so. After rising tensions in the early months of the year and a brief time of negotiation during Spring the Kingdoms of Serbia and Croatia found themselves at war with two adversaries. The Republic of Austria in the north west and the Bulgarian National Republic in the south east.
Adopting a defensive strategy the Yugoslavian government hoped that it's greater numbers and knowledge of the terrain would be able to win them the victory and they indeed were not wrong in this prediction. They were however also not right.

The Austrian Front

The Austrians with high spirits caused by the display of "Yugoslavian weakness" employed a strategy of twin prongs trying to penetrate the Yugoslavian land before then crushing the Yugoslavians between them. However the Yugoslavians awaited them in the mountain passes and offered heavy resistance. For several weeks artillery and gun fire was exchanged and it seemed like the Austrians would be denied entry into Croatia. Then however the Austrians achieved air superiority and the balance vanished. Hitler had ordered indiscriminate use of chemical weapons and the Austrian air force was more than willing to comply. Soon the Yugoslavian resistance crumbled and an orderly retreat to Zagreb had to be made giving up Slovenia to the Austrians who after taking Ljubljana did not lose any time before starting to cleanse the state of all filth. Strangely the guerilla groups the Yugoslavians provided with arms did not have their intended effect. While some hurt the German supply and control of Slovenia others seemed to just vanish along with their weapons.

The Macedonian Front

Here in the south the war went far more to the liking of the Yugoslavians. Especially the British arms shipment made itself known here as the Bulgarians (armed with Greek gear) proved themselves to be simply outgunned. Several harsh defeats could be inflicted on the also numerically inferior Bulgarians and they eventually had to retreat back to their own borders to regroup followed by Serbian bomber commandos which started to conduct occasional raids on Bulgaria. It seemed like things were going in favour of the Yugoslavs when suddenly an outside actor made itself known.

The Home Front

To say that the Serbian military was displeased by the terms the government had agreed to when dealing with Hungary and Italy would be like calling the Austrian tactics in the north "inappropriate". Many a man resented the national shame and especially the question of Vojvodina was a burning one. While the leading militaries put all ideas of coups on the back burner for the time of the war many of the younger officers were not of such patient persuation. Their hour came as fall started. The army in Slovenia was in full retreat and with the army in the south still expecting another Bulgarian offensive there were not as many men to garrison Belgrad as usual. Suddenly all kinds of armed groups popped up around the Serbian capital, Serbian, Albanian, Croation and Bosniak armed with both Serbian and Russian gear all united under the red banner. The army command recalled immediately a sizeable chunk of the Bulgarian army however in this moment the young officers struck showing their true colours. Calling communism the only true chance for national unity several units switched sides as all out street battles broke out in Belgrad ending in the late weeks of October with the withdrawal of the royal army back to Skopje, as the leader of the communist insurrection proclaimed the South Slavic Soviet Union and called for assistance from communist brother states. This assistance came soon in the form of several Romanian and Russian units which crossed the border between Yugoslavia and Romania to link up with Tito in Belgrad. However it was in the middle of this offensive that a massive earthquake hit Bukarest killing almost 2,500 people in all of Romania and causing the Russian supply lines to collapse preventing further gains by the communist before winter.
As the year draws to a close the situation in Yugoslavia is a schizophrenic one. On the one hand the Bulgarians are all but defeated and the Austrians are still heavily outnumbered despite their cruel tactics, which should earn Yugoslavia more international aid, plus the crippling of the Austrian airforce means that they will likely be unable to continue their bombardments. On the other hand Russia has just entered the Balkan dance and while for now there are only a few divisions inside Yugoslavia it is fair to assume that more are coming.

Tito, chairman of the SSSU

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Summary​

• Austrians take Slovenia after breaking through by gaining air control and dropping chemical weapons on the heads of the Yugos. Yugoslavia retreats to Zagreb.
• Bulgarians are soundly defeated and retreat to Bulgaria to lick their wounds.
• Communist guerillas manage to steal most of the weapons the Yugoslavian army intended to go to nationalist guerillas and together with young nationalist majors manage to take Belgrad after heavy fighting
• The Soviets march into Belgrad but are unable to gain any land outside of the city borders because a major Earthquake severs their supply

Casualties


Austria
7,000 men, 5 tanks, 24 aircraft



Yugoslavia
7,000 men casualties (Bulgarian front), 20,000 defections to the communists

30,000 men casualties (Slovenian front), defections can be neglected

15,000 men casualties (army in training), 50,000 defections to the communists, rest retreats to Skopje linking up with Bulgarians


Bulgaria
25,000 dead or captured.



Communists

Total current forces after substracting losses:
90,000 men centred around Belgrad



Russia/Romania
A few hundred, many civilians after earthquake




The Bulgarian Revolution

It should have been expected. After losing almost half of it's army in the war against Yugoslavia the Bulgarian regime stood on clay feet and it would only take a small gust of wind to topple and break them. This gust came with the peace treaty with Yugoslavia and the demobilization of the army. After having endured atrocities and death thousands of young men were send home to deal with these things on their own with little to no payment at all and no feeling of satisfaction. It did not take long for anger to take root within the people especially as the economy had been ruined by both war and Yugoslavian bombings. Finally in one great bloody act it was all washed away as former soldiers took control of Sofia proclaiming the Socialist Republic of Bulgaria. The few loyalist troops the regime could find soon realized that they were a great minority and more often than not capitulated. A small group of officials managed to flee to Greece setting up a government in exile and indeed the communists did not yet fully control the countryside, but by Febuary of 1941 it seemed clear that this country would be another to go red.


Alls well that ends well: The Yugoslavian war 1941



In 1941 all eyes turned to Belgium as the next great war seemed to break it's chains and the civilizations of the west went to war yet again. In the wake of the Belgian affair many forgot what had captured their attention not long ago: Yugoslavia.
Here a three front war raged with the loyalist royal troops holding out again both the Russian bear and Greek aligned insurgents in the south. Both sides expected the war to end this year as the royalists were all to painfully aware of their dwindling strength against the overwhelming Russian might and thus decided to bet it all on one offensive.
Thus the Yugoslavian armies in both Makedonia and Croatia started a march on Belgrade armed with new German gear hoping for the best. Unfortunately the best would not find them. The Russians in possession of air control knew of most of their movements and thus were able to prepare both their lines and their artillery for the attack. Additionally their prepared invasions of Montenegro and their Bulgarian flank maneuver were quickly repurposed so that the battles of Bosnia and Kosovo turned into slaughters as the Communists encircled their opponents before raining fire down on them. After a few days of fighting the Royalist soldiers started deserting and after two weeks the fighting was done as the Royalist army capitulated, many officers choosing to accept the new regime as their own. In the following month the Russians sweeped across Bosnia and Croatia removing the last bits of resistance there as a small contingent snuffed out the Greek insurgents in Makedonia. After only four month of fighting Stalin stepped in front of the microphone and announced that on the 23rd of August all of Yugoslavia had been officially freed from the capitalist yoke and that this should be a lesson to all other imperialists who sought to threaten the worker's struggle. Who he meant with those word was not hard to guess as troops started to gather along the Southern and Eastern border of Hungary and started drilling. It seemed like the Red storm had yet to end.

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Backdated for 1941: Cruisin for a Bruisin aka the Hungarian War Part 1


Hungarians in Romania​

All throughout history there have been great men who when faced with crushing odds and an overmighty foe chose to attack to win. David was one of them. Hannibal too. Alexander and Napoleon. The Hungarian leadership...was not made up of such men. That is not to say that their actions are not understandable given the clear threat Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union posed to them, but given the difference in size their undertaking would always be one of desperation.

The war began in the fall of 1941 with a two prong invasion of both Romania and Croatia by the Hungarian royal army. However both sides soon encountered problems. For the Croatian army the big one was securing air superiority to properly support their advance against the combined Slavic forces. The Communists who initially were surprised by the sudden attack at first suffered heavy losses in both men and material, but could quickly regroup given that they had expected war with Hungary for quite some time. However the Hungarians had still been able to hurt the Russians quite good during their initial push and thus the Russians lacked the ability to properly use the strength that air superiority gave them in the first months of war. The Hungarians meanwhile pushed into Croatia and by the end of October had managed to capture Zagreb. However the Hungarian army command wanted even more and marched on Sarajevo confident that the local insurgents would support their war. However they made the very same mistake that the former royal Yugoslav government had made in trusting that the local population hated their enemy more than themselves. Thus the Hungarians soon found themselves under fire from Yugoslav and Bosnian forces from positions they had believed secured. That combined with an aerial push by the recovering Russians finally forced the Hungarians to withdraw back to Croatia to avoid overextending their supply lines and run headfirst into disaster.
While the war in Croatia did not accomplish the ambitious goals of the army command it did have quite limited casualties and had been able to push the Communists back a bit. The Romanian war however was a crushing defeat. On paper it seemed like a quite ideal undertaking. The great Hungarian minority seemed ready made to support Hungarian attacks and it would also further cut the Russians in Yugoslavia off from support from Moscow. However the Hungarians unwittingly ran headfirst into the Russian reinforcements. Russia had already started sending new divisions into Romania for the attack next year and as they arrived in the central train station of Bucharest they were informed that war had come far sooner and closer than they had imagined. Thus the situation for the Hungarians was even more dire here. Not only did the Russians have them beat in air force here, but also in troop number, number of tanks, number and size of artillery and almost any other respect. The only trump card the Hungarians had up their sleeve was the Hungarian minority. However as they soon found out the Transylvanian had more heart than brains. While most of them resented the Romanian overlords and were happy to join the Hungarians as partisan scouts and the like most of them lacked any military training. The few insurgents who had operated before the Hungarian invasion did prove to be valuable assets and more than once saved whole platoons, but for the most part the Transylvanians proved more trouble than worth as they got themselves and members of the army killed by either being discovered or giving their position away by accident. Thus the Hungarian attack soon came to a halt before devolving into a full retreat. The Russians eager to press on followed into the breach and by the beginning of December pushed into the Hungarian plain. It seemed like Ivan only had to roll into Budapest to end this war when the battle of Szolnok brought their advance to a halt. The Hungarians faced with utter defeat had decided to pull back most of their troops holding Vojvodina to defend the fatherland. Now Christmas songs in Slavic, Romanic and Finno-Ugric echo across the Hungarian plain. And as more and more Soviet troops pour into Romania and Yugoslavia and the Russian high command is regrouping at Debrecen it seems clear that the next year will decide the future of South East Europe.


Summary:

-Middling success for the Hungarians in Croatia as the Communists are pushed into the Adriatic and Bosnia, however communist air superiority and partisan activities prevent further gains.
-Invasion of Romania happens parallel to massive Russian troop deployment in Romania. After two weeks the Hungarians grind to a halt and then in a move emulating their planned tactics for Vojvodina make a fighting retreat across the border. Finally the troops from Vojvodina are pulled back leaving a token force there to stop the Russians who after getting a bloody nose retreat to Debrecen.

-Current situation:
Hungarians hold north East Croatia. They slightly outnumber the Communist Forces in Bosnia, but with the army in Serbia now being free to act without worrying about Vojvodina and with mobilization having started come spring the Yugoslavians should outnumber the Hungarians.
Russians hold eastern edge of Hungary and slightly outnumber the combined Hungarian forces at Szolnok. With more Russians and Romanians coming in this edge should only get bigger. Additionally the Russians have a crushing advantage in air and armoured units with several air raids on Budapest already having been conducted.​

Communists around the world

Don't cry for me Argentina

In the summer of 1940 the Argentinian Junta faced with the Japanese sucesses against the Chinese decided that it was time to wipe out the communists in South America too. For far too long had the Paraguayan anarchists dared to mock them and now they would finally strike back. And indeed the offensive of '40 was a tactical victory all the way. Various guerilla holdouts were bombed to oblivion and even the odd commander or two was captured in the fighting, leaving the structure of the anarchists crippled. However on the flip side the bombing of villages by the Argentinian airforce and the blatant disregard given to the Paraguayan allied government started to stir up anti-Argentinian sentiment among the general population and more often than not Argentian soldiers reported people muttering to themselves when they passed and being inhospitable to troops.
Meanwhile in the west of Argentina the communist guerillas continued their own fight against the government. While they were mostly in the countryside they did manage to make some inroads into the cities towards the end of the year bombing government buildings and robbing banks and storages. This reached it's climax in the murder of Alexio Castro, a member of the parliament who had been visiting his constituency. It seems like the battle for Argentina while almost certainly decided is far from over.

Terrorism around the world 1940


This was a good year to be an insurgent. There were some minor scuffles between the French colonial regime and socialist rebels in both Syria and Indochina, but both were not on a scale that went beyond common banditry.
There were however three groups who made a big splash this year.
The First was the Issos Movement in southern Makedonia a pro-Greek group which suddenly was far better armed than they used to be and in a short fight managed to take some mountain passes and towns from the Royalist Yugoslavian army.
The second one was the Pakistani People's Party which started a great campaign of car and gasoline bombs in British India demanding immediate independence for all colonies.
The last were the Arabian Communists who managed to lure one of the royal Princes into a brothel only to then murder him and throw his head through the window of a nearby police station. King Ibn Saud has already announced bloody vengeance shall be taken.
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Red Turbans vs Red Coats 1941



Indian Soldiers in British service​

The British forces faced with the terrorism and insurrection of the Pakistan Peoples Party reacted by starting both a propaganda campaign and a campaign of military policing andn guarding of both strategic and civilian targets. Initially these efforts were met with success as a few prominent bombings could be prevented and Persia could be identified as the source of the gasoline used by the the terrorists. However that all changed when the Chinese attacked. Several disgruntled officer who had abandoned Mao in the past year over his erratic and frankly insane tactics had retreated to East Turkestan to come to a decision as to what to do next. Eventually they agree that India was the next great battlefield of Communism in Asia and one by one snuck their troops over the mountains into Kashmir. Soon the British policing force found itself faced with a force far beyond of what it had expected as all out guerilla war started. As summer came to an end the commanding officer of the British forces in Kashmir eventually decided that wintering in such hostile territory would mean the annihiliation of his forces and retreated to Islamabad, leaving Kashmir to the communists. The response among the Indians was split. Muslims more often than not celebrated the victory over the British, however some of them were suspicious of the Chinese involvement and feared that any independent state formed through this uprising may be dominated by a foreign caste. Meanwhile the Hindus were split between a minority who supported a struggle for liberation and the majority who still followed the teachings of Gandhi, who in response to the violence started fasting again. However he also stated that the violence was an expression of the pressing need for the British to return to serious discussions about independence, earning him even more hate and suspicion from the white minority in India.

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Communism around the world

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Additionally to these two great events there were two other more minor developments among Asian communists. The first was the formation of soviets in the Laotian and Vietnamese mountains lead by a certain Nguyen Ai Quoc. Aided by the influx of Chinese veterans fleeing Mao's regime the Indochinesia had finally decided to upgrade their struggle from banditry to armed insurrection using guerilla tactics. So far they are seem to be happy with leaving the French colonials alone as long as they do not enter the mountains, but some voices among the Metropolitan party say that all rebellion no matter how minor cannot go tolerated.
The second development is in Saudi Arabia where the Arabian communists seem to be gaining supporters among the Shia minority in the east who resent the ultra orthodox Sunni doctrine of the Saudis. Only time will tell how far this goes and with the discovery of oil in the Saudi deserts late this year this may have major implications for the future.​

World War II

And all the lights went out

Die Wacht am Rhein

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War, war never changes. Once more Europe has been tossed into the abyss and once more the world looks on in fear at who will come out on top. On the eve of the 3rd march 1941 when the French tanks started rolling into Belgium Prime Minister Keynes and leader of the opposition Churchill made a joint radio announcement. The words of the redheaded conservative rung true with many of the listeneres: "We have fallen into darkness once more. But as we have learned before, there is no night that lasts forever. Eventually the sun will always rise and we will emerge stronger and purer."

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An act of insanity




The Madame de Pompadour
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The first shot of sorts however was not fired in Belgium, but in Gibraltar. On the eve of the 2nd March 1941 a French tanker, the Madame de Pompadour sailed towards the Pillars of Hercules, with a top secret mission to destroy the locks in the damn thus severing the connection between the Med and the Atlantic ocean cutting the British royal navy in half. However, due to the fact that French ships rarely (read never) used the Pillars of Hercules instead of the Charles Martell canal the British and Spanish officials were more than suspicious that now a French ship came towards them. Soon the Madame de Pompadour found itself boarded and the upon interrogation the secret agents on board decided that their lives were not worth this shit. As a result tensions between Spain and France are high as Franco has taken such an attempt at his beloved dam as a personal insult. While he still wishes to maintain Spanish neutrality he has ordered the Spanish army to perform maneuvers at the French border as a show of force. Meanwhile Portugal has announced that while it will stay neutral in the war it is now issueing an arms embargoe on the French in response to their actions at Gibraltar. The Italian and Greek security apparatus has been able to filter these news from the papers as hearing of the French so carelessly endangering millions of lives would not help the war efforts.​

Im Westen viel neues

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The first actual actions of the war was the French invasion of the Wallonia. The first actions clue the locals got that war had been declared was the buzzing of thousands of propellers overhead as the French air force started the battle for the skies. The initial plan had been to gain air control before attacking, but as it soon showed the British airforce, while inconvenienced by the longer route was still able to let the muscles of it's superior number play. Thus after two days of this the French army decided to attack. The first action was the massive invasion of the French army group B, nicknamed "Liberté" by the allied forces, into the Northern Belgian plains. There they were met by both the Belgian royal army which had prepared for years for just such an attack and the British expeditionary force whose late deployment into Belgium had prevented them to take on the role of strategic reserve it had been intended for. However for a time this seemed to benefit the allied war effort as the French invasion slowed down over the weeks of March before coming to a screeching halt outside of Bruges. It seemed like the war was over before it had begun when in a shocking twist the French army group B (Egalite) instead of supporting the Maginot line invaded Belgium and neutral Luxembourg through the Ardennes. Soon the allied troops found themselves out flanked by the French and after heavy fighting had to order a full retreat from Belgium at the end of April.
Now came the time for Fraterinte to join the other two army groups. Leaving behind a smaller force on the shores of the Rhine army group C pushed into the German defenses in the Palatine forcing them to retreat to the Rhein-Ruhr industrial region. Parallel to this army group B which had succesfully cut the allied forces in half pushed the Germans back across the border into the Rhineland while army group C invaded the Netherlands. Faced with imminent annihilation the royal armed forces of Great Britain and Netherlands started a massive air assault at the French managing to clean the skies for one whole week, just enough for their navies to land in Amsterdam and organize an evacuation of the British expedition force along with several divisions of the Dutch and Belgian armed forces and their royal families. As this was happening the German found themselves between a rock and a hard place, or rather, equality and brotherhood, who pushed them from south and west into the Rhine. Several of their accomplished commanders got a chance to shine, as for example Rommel and his ghost division manages to somehow melt into thin air only to strike again at the tanks of the Jean D'Arc armoured division. Their commander Charles de Gaulle is quoted as saying: "That damn forest fox. What would I give for a man who can read his book!"
Finally after two months of fighting the German high command abandoned the western shores of the Rhine and retreated and not a day too soon as Liberty now joined her sisters and attacked German positions in the north advancing up to the Weser until the end of July. Now the French officers were in an awkward position. They had orders not to advance further, but at the same time the Germans seemed to be retreating in mass and the campaign season was far from over. After more than a month of pondering the French high command finally gave them leave to press on. However by now the German had transferred divisions from the Austrian and Russian border west as neither Hitler nor Stalin seemed to plan to take part in this. However even with these new troops the French continued to advance albey more slowly. By the time winter fell they had taken territory from Bremen to Kassel and down to Mannheim and had already started strategic bombing of Hamburg, Munich, Berlin and Saxony. With the Germans outnumbered and frankly outgunned many members of the Adenauer administration are have asked behind closed doors if it were not better to copy the Belgians and Dutch as long as Hamburg had not fallen and join the British in the international war with as many troops as possible. After all, the war was not just raging in Europe.....

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The Mare Nostrum
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As war was waged in Belgium with tank and airplane, here it was waged with destroyer and carrier. Eventhou the attempt at crippling the British navy via the Pillars of Hercules had failed the French and Italians however still had to proceed to gain control of the waters and skies in the south if they wanted to make any headway. This began with Malta. Having become a peninsula after the construction of the dam the French and Italians sought it would be easy to take it. Far from it in fact as the small strip of land connecting Malta to Sicily was soon nicknamed "One Mile wide hell" by the Hellenic troops. Riddled with snipers nest, mines, bardwire, trenches and defensive positions, not to mention the constant air and ship artillery support which forced them to attack slower than they would have wanted. It took them four agonizing months until they managed to take Malta. Thankfully by the the western Med had also been cleaned of British ships (save for the Gibraltar safety zone) and as such the supply line to Africa was secured and the prepared attack on Egypt could begin. However as soon showed the delay in the attack along with the continued strength of the British in the East Med and the incompetence of many of the desert fighters of both the French and the Italians combined to make a nasty cocktail for the Hellenics, especially as the Egyptians general population stirred on by the tales of Alegrian and Tunesian exiles rallied to the royal flag and resisted the invaders in every step. As the year came to a close the battle of Alexandria had been raging for almost a month with no side likely to end the gridlock.
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Smaller Theaters


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With Belgium and the Netherlands fallen the RAF started to redirect their air raids towards the French harbours and cities. They managed to do some painful damage, but at the same time also took some as the French Atlantic navy had stayed in port and thus could provide some aid in the anti-air department.
Meanwhile in East Africa the Italian army attacked British Somalia which initially went well, until the British managed to seize Southern Eritrea and Djibouti from the Hellenics thus allowing colonial forces from Arabia to cross the Red Sea and come to their aid halting the Italian advance and opening the Red Sea and Nile to send troop to Egypt from the African colonies and India.
The Australian and New Zealand navies seize the French Islands in Oceania, while Dutcha and British forces take all French territories in the Americas.

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Political events
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The Tories win in Britain in a landslide making Churchill PM. He promptly forms a national government and vows to fight on until his legs give out under him.​

Current Situation
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The German forces are split into three groups, the greatest of which holds Hamburg, while the smaller ones are gathered in Chemnitz and Munich. Apparently Baden and Würtemberg have already been given up on. All of these forces are measily when compared to the French, eventhou Army group B did suffer higher losses than the comparatively unscathed groups A and C. With the Rhein-Ruhr area secured coal shipments have immediately started to be send to Italy. Jews, gypsies andhomosexuals are being gathered and put on trains which bring them...somewhere. Leftists have fled Germany en masse for Denmark. The Czech and Polish army are now the only troops guarding the eastern border of democratic Europe. And as if that all was not bad enough it's also a Monday.

And thus Europe was at war once more.​

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[Kingpoleon]

Is this going to be the new Game Thread or OOC?

 

[JBO]

Is this going to be the new Game Thread or OOC?

Click to shrink...

Neither it's going to be the archive for all important posts. I'll start the OOC and Game thread tommorow.

So far is anything missing apart from the Ethiopia and South Africa silliness?

 

[Cetashwayo]

JBO do you want all posts removed from this?

 

[JBO]

Eh, it's fine. I'll let the youngster play on my grass. They are not hurting mah flowers anyways.

 

[JBO]

List of Elections

Elections 1943
Denmark
Australia
New Zealand
Elections 1944
Sweden
US Presidential
Elections 1945
Canada
Norway
Elections 1946
Brazil
Uruguay
US Midterm
Venezuela (parl)
Colombia
Elections 1947
Britain
Venezuela (pres)

 

[JBO]

FIFA WC 1946

Qualified teams:
Italy (auto)
Brazil (auto)
Ethiopia
Bolivia
Uruguay
Mexico
USA

Group A (2)
Bolivia Pts: 4 GF:8 GA:3
Uruguay Pts: 2 GF:4 GA:6
Chile Pts:0 GF:4 GA: 7
Uruguay v. Chile 3:2
Uruguay v. Bolivia 1:4
Chile v. Bolivia 2:4

Group Z (2)
Mexico pts:8 GF:10 GA:2
USA pts:2 GF:3 GA:7
Cuba pts:2 GF:3 GA:7

US-Cuban play off
4th minute US goal
9th minute US goal after Yellow card for Cuban defender and freekick on goal
26th minute Cuban goal

2nd time
74th minute US goal
94th minute Cuban goal

End result 3:2.
US qualifies, highly exhausted.

Group Y (1)

Group X (1)

Egypt (seeded)
Morocco v. South Africa (6.1)
Egypt v. Morocco
3rd minute Egypt goal
17th minute Egypt goal
25th minute Egypt goal Redcard Morocco and penalty shot

2nd time
69th minute goal Egypt
87th minute goal Egypt
Egypt v. Morocco end result 5:0


Ethiopia (seeded)
Algeria v. Tunesia (1:1 ->4/5 after penalties)
Tunesia v. Ethiopia
24th minute goal Ethiopia
52nd minute goal Ethiopia
64th minute yellow card for Ethiopia
84th minute goal Ethiopia
Tunesia v. Ethiopia (0:3)

Egypt v. Ethiopia
1oth minute goal Ethiopia
20th minute goal Ethiopia
29th minute goal Ethiopia
34th minute goal Ethiopia
2nd time
58th minute goal Ethiopia
60th minute goal Ethiopia
68th minute goal Ethiopia
82nd minute goal Ethiopia
87th minute goal Ethiopia
End result
Egypt v. Ethiopia (0:9) also, riots.

Ethiopia qualifies for Africa.



Europe Group 1 (2)
Ireland Pts: 6 GF: 14 GA: 10
Germany Pts: 4 GF: 8 GA: 7
Portugal Pts: 2 GF: 8 GA: 6
Luxemburg Pts: 0 GF: 5 GA: 12
Austria

Germany v. Luxemburg (2:1)
Ireland v. Portugal (3:3/4:3)
Luxemburg v. Ireland (2:6)
Germany v. Portugal (1:1/4:3)
Germany v. Ireland (5:5/6:8)
Luxemburg v. Portugal (2:4)

Europe Group 2 (2)
Hungary Pts: 4 GF: 9 GA: 5
Netherlands Pts: 2 GF: 4 GA: 5
Sweden Pts: 0 GF: 2 GA: 5
Turkey
Belgium

Hungary v. Netherlands (5:3)
Netherlands v. Sweden (1:0)
Hungary v. Sweden (4:2)


Europe Group 3 (2)
Spain Pts: 6 GF: 16 GA: 9 GD: 7
Yugoslavia Pts: 6 GF: 12 GA: 6 GD: 6
USSR Pts: 6 GF: 16 GA: 12 GD: 4
Switzerland Pts: 2 GF: 6 GA: 13 GD: -7
Finland Pts: 0 GF: 8 GA: 18 GD: -10


Spain v. Finland (8:3)
Yugoslavia v. Switzerland (4:0)
USSR v. Spain (4:3)
Finland v. Yugoslavia (2:4)
Switzerland v. USSR (3:6)
Spain v. Yugoslavia (2:1)
Spain v. Switzerland (3:1)
Finland v. USSR (3:4)
Yugoslavia v. USSR (3:2)
Switzerland v. Finland (2:0)




Pot 1: Brazil, Italy, Hungary, Argentina

Pot 2: Mexico, Bolivia, Ireland, Spain

Pot 3: USA, Uruguay, Germany, Yugoslavia

Pot 4: Ethiopia, Persia, Peru, Netherlands

Group 1:
Italy, Bolivia, Germany, Netherlands

Group 2:
Argentina, Ireland, Uruguay, Peru

Group 3:
Hungary, Mexico, Yugoslavia, Persia

Group 4:
Brazil, Spain, USA, Ethiopia