I just noticed. How interesting
What is werid though, is that I didn't remove the base of the flag. Observe the original picture
ye gods, The Hindu have discovered levitation technology! We are DOOMED!
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I just noticed. How interesting
What is werid though, is that I didn't remove the base of the flag. Observe the original picture
ye gods, The Hindu have discovered levitation technology! We are DOOMED!
If you look closely, you can see the lower part of the flag is made out of some whitey, shiny metal.
So no! Europe is safe from the Hindu. For now....
So no! Europe is safe from the Hindu. For now....
I think it's actually either the top of the ramp reflecting the sky above and/or heat distortion.
Yeah it's the reflection from the top of the ramp.
-Or else those people next to the flag are hovering to...
...My god...
-Or else those people next to the flag are hovering to...
...My god...
Really enjoyed the video!! Great job. I wonder what the general is planning to do in Siberia
The bigger the carriers, the easier it is to hit them.
In fact, that's what the commanders of the Tirpitz thought when they sailed to Norway. And I think we all remember what happened to the Tirpitz, right?
December
The following events took place December 12th, 1944, Novosibirsk, Siberia (Under Pact occupation)
Winter in Novosibirsk. As Van Geyte and his escorts made their way to the Town Hall, he cursed the season and it’s arctic weather. Just as he had thought, the temperatures had dropped below minus thirty, and every puff of exhaled air seemed to freeze in mid-air and fall down in little ice crystals. It was so cold that Van Geyte his normally supple and soft trenchcoat had frozen into what felt like shards of pure ice attached to his body. Even opening his mouth hurt, as the arctic air cut through him with every gasp. Weary of the hostile environment, Van Geyte held his pistol close, although he doubted it would function under these unhuman temperatures.
The town square of Novosibirsk looked much like it had when he first came here: Much of the city remained in ruins, and the command HQ set up in ’43 was still erect: Several tanks and halftracks were positioned outside of the town hall, belonging to German antipartisan units. German squads on patrol made passionate attempts at jumping into position and saluting the Chancellor when he walked past, but Van Geyte cared little for their ceremonies: He was here for business, and business alone. Flanked by his escorts, he entered the town hall.
“Tell me about this guy”
“Kolchak, sir?” The Ironside right of him responded.
“Yeah. I know you commando’s always do your homework before leaving on a mission, so tell me what you know.”
“Sure”
As the men made their way to Kolchak’s office, the Ironside explained his history
“Alexander Kolchak was a Tsarist naval commander, attained the rank of Grand Admiral after the war. When the Communist revolution began, Kolchak fought for the White government and was put in charge of the Siberian region. After White forces were defeated in European Russia, he fled Eastwards with the Great Siberian Retreat, but in vain: the Red Army caught up, destroyed the White forces and managed to capture Kolchak. After that, he was sentenced to death and presumable executed, but it seems he somehow got away. Now, Rundtstedt has put him in command of occupied Novosibirsk to uphold relations with the natives and our forces. Many here consider him a hero, and he has requested to see you”
“Interesting. We’ll see what happens. By any chance, he’s still a Russian” The men stopped infront of the office formerly belonging to the mayor of Novosibirsk. “So keep your weapons hot”
Van Geyte confidently pushed open the loudly creaking door, drowning the sounds of the safety of six rifles being unlocked as he entered with his escorts.
“Good afternoon, Herr Chancellor. Are you enjoying our fine Siberian weather?”
Kolchak’s office had been stripped bare: Aside from his desk, two chairs and a bottle of vodka there was barely any furniture in the undecorated room, and the fireplace hadn’t been lit in a long time. Kolchak’s office felt even more freezing than the weather outside. The Admiral himself had obviously seen one too many sleepless night: His eyes were dark and moody, and he seemed preoccupied with other matters. Yet the man possessed a mysterious charisma, that compelled Van Geyte to believe Kolchak was not just the next Russian idiot attempting to shoot him.
“I can’t say I’m enjoying it, but I’ll survive” Van Geyte sat down on the free chair and the men exchanged cordial greetings.
Kolchak, who was unusually lighthearted for his looks, chuckled “You have no idea. I spent some time in Greenland in the ‘20s: Days dim as the night and frost so stifling it seemed as if the air around you froze while you moved through it. Forgetting one piece of clothing in the evening meant you woke up as a popsicle in the morning.”
“I can imagine. But anyway, sir Kolchak, let us get to business. I hope I haven’t flown twenty-thousand miles across Russia just so you could say hi?”
“Certainly not, Herr Chancellor. I have an interesting proposition for you.”
“Let’s hear it.”
“I have followed Chiang Kai-Shek’s work in China with great interest. Am I correct if I assume that the Pact is willing to grant independence to countries who seek an alliance with Germany and England?”
“Yes, you are correct.”
“Then hear me out” Kolchak rose from his chair, and walked across the room
“For nearly three decades, my people were forced to bear Bolshevik rule and their ridicoulous communism. I, and many others, fought hard for our freedom in the Russian Civil war, but in the end we were overcome by the vile Red Army. I lost many friends in that war, good friends.”
Van Geyte nodded. He too knew the pain of losing brethren in war.
“So it is safe to assume you do not sympathise with the Communist cause?”
“Never” Kolchak spat on the ground “Those vile Communists have caused nothing but poverty, famine and suffering for Siberia. They sucked our lands dry, while fattening their asses in the Kremlin in the Russian SSR. The Soviet dream of equality was no more than that, a dream.”
“Interesting. Tell me, Herr Kolchak. Many believe you were executed by the Red Army after your capture in the Russian Civil War. How did you escape?”
Kolchak paused for a while. It was indeed not a subject he enjoyed talking about.
“I escaped. I was forced to do... horrible things to get out of Omsk, but I escaped. It is not something I wish to talk about and relive.”
“I understand. How did you survive afterwards?”
“I fled back to Siberia, where I have lived all these years. Indeed, one of the perks in living in a country like the USSR are the vast territories at your disposal when you find the need to... dissapear”
“I understand. Now, your proposition?”
“Yes, I drifted off there, sorry for that” Kolchak turned back around and handed some files to Van Geyte.
“I am proposing that you allow me to reunite the Siberian Republics. You cannot occupy Russia forever, and you know it. Let me lead Siberia, and we can help you win this war. When returned their freedom, the Russian people will surely back the Channel Pact. After all, years of Communist opression has made a lot of people anti-leftist. They will surely support a new government in Russia.”
Van Geyte looked at the map Kolchak had drawn. The Admiral proposed to reunite the vast plains of Siberia, stretching from the Ural mountains to Vladivostok. Mongolia had been added to the Siberian Republics, a map detail that pleased Van Geyte, as he did not feel there was any need for an independent Mongolia in the New World Order, and was reluctant to cede it to China.
“And European Russia?”
“You can keep everything west of the Urals. I care little for Stalingrad, Leningrad and Moscow. Those are the cities where the vile scourge of Bolshevism originated, and I want nothing to do with them. What you do with Western Russia are your affairs.”
“In that case, I think we can reach an agreement. On two conditions.”
“And which conditions would those be?”
“Sakhalin has been added to the Japanese Occupation Zone, and me and De Nil plan to add it to Japan when we reinstate it’s government. You will have to denounce all claims on Sakhalin and the Kuril-islands.”
“That can be arranged”
“And you will have to instate a demilitarized zone... here” Van Geyte pointed towards the Lena river delta, in the far North of Russia above the polar circle. “And allow all Pact engineers and troops to pass there. The area will be considered off-limits for all civilians and should remain top-secret.”
“And what are your interests in that area, herr Chancellor? All I see there is uselss tundra.”
“We will transform the Lena river delta into a testing facility.”
“For what?” Kolchak looked up at the Field Marshall. Van Geyte leaned back and grinned, omniously responding “Project Ragnarok.”
“Men” Van Geyte made a hand gesture, as an Ironside immediately moved forward, placing a set of documents on the table.
“If you have followed our work in China, then I believe you are already familiar with the Ninth Act?”
“Of course” Without hesitation, Kolchak took the documents and signed each paper with large, confident strokes. “I can assure you, Chancellor, that I will be fully comitted to aiding you in this war against your American enemies”
“Please, call me Van Geyte. I was a soldier before I became a politician, and I hope to continue to be so”
“Herr Van Geyte, let us fight this war. Siberia will stand aside you”
“And The Channel Pact will garantuee the sovereignity of your nation” Van Geyte stood up and the men shook hands. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have pressing matters to attend to. I will put Rundstedt in charge of coordinating the transfer of power, so you can settle all formal matters with him after I leave”
“I promise you I will not put shame to your trust. Farewell”
“Farewell”
The Field Marshall turned around and exited the room, leaving Kolchak in his newly inaugurated Presidential Office.
The following events took place December 12th, 1944, Novosibirsk, Siberia (Under Pact occupation)
Winter in Novosibirsk. As Van Geyte and his escorts made their way to the Town Hall, he cursed the season and it’s arctic weather. Just as he had thought, the temperatures had dropped below minus thirty, and every puff of exhaled air seemed to freeze in mid-air and fall down in little ice crystals. It was so cold that Van Geyte his normally supple and soft trenchcoat had frozen into what felt like shards of pure ice attached to his body. Even opening his mouth hurt, as the arctic air cut through him with every gasp. Weary of the hostile environment, Van Geyte held his pistol close, although he doubted it would function under these unhuman temperatures.
The town square of Novosibirsk looked much like it had when he first came here: Much of the city remained in ruins, and the command HQ set up in ’43 was still erect: Several tanks and halftracks were positioned outside of the town hall, belonging to German antipartisan units. German squads on patrol made passionate attempts at jumping into position and saluting the Chancellor when he walked past, but Van Geyte cared little for their ceremonies: He was here for business, and business alone. Flanked by his escorts, he entered the town hall.
“Tell me about this guy”
“Kolchak, sir?” The Ironside right of him responded.
“Yeah. I know you commando’s always do your homework before leaving on a mission, so tell me what you know.”
“Sure”
As the men made their way to Kolchak’s office, the Ironside explained his history
“Alexander Kolchak was a Tsarist naval commander, attained the rank of Grand Admiral after the war. When the Communist revolution began, Kolchak fought for the White government and was put in charge of the Siberian region. After White forces were defeated in European Russia, he fled Eastwards with the Great Siberian Retreat, but in vain: the Red Army caught up, destroyed the White forces and managed to capture Kolchak. After that, he was sentenced to death and presumable executed, but it seems he somehow got away. Now, Rundtstedt has put him in command of occupied Novosibirsk to uphold relations with the natives and our forces. Many here consider him a hero, and he has requested to see you”
“Interesting. We’ll see what happens. By any chance, he’s still a Russian” The men stopped infront of the office formerly belonging to the mayor of Novosibirsk. “So keep your weapons hot”
Van Geyte confidently pushed open the loudly creaking door, drowning the sounds of the safety of six rifles being unlocked as he entered with his escorts.
“Good afternoon, Herr Chancellor. Are you enjoying our fine Siberian weather?”
Kolchak’s office had been stripped bare: Aside from his desk, two chairs and a bottle of vodka there was barely any furniture in the undecorated room, and the fireplace hadn’t been lit in a long time. Kolchak’s office felt even more freezing than the weather outside. The Admiral himself had obviously seen one too many sleepless night: His eyes were dark and moody, and he seemed preoccupied with other matters. Yet the man possessed a mysterious charisma, that compelled Van Geyte to believe Kolchak was not just the next Russian idiot attempting to shoot him.
“I can’t say I’m enjoying it, but I’ll survive” Van Geyte sat down on the free chair and the men exchanged cordial greetings.
Kolchak, who was unusually lighthearted for his looks, chuckled “You have no idea. I spent some time in Greenland in the ‘20s: Days dim as the night and frost so stifling it seemed as if the air around you froze while you moved through it. Forgetting one piece of clothing in the evening meant you woke up as a popsicle in the morning.”
“I can imagine. But anyway, sir Kolchak, let us get to business. I hope I haven’t flown twenty-thousand miles across Russia just so you could say hi?”
“Certainly not, Herr Chancellor. I have an interesting proposition for you.”
“Let’s hear it.”
“I have followed Chiang Kai-Shek’s work in China with great interest. Am I correct if I assume that the Pact is willing to grant independence to countries who seek an alliance with Germany and England?”
“Yes, you are correct.”
“Then hear me out” Kolchak rose from his chair, and walked across the room
“For nearly three decades, my people were forced to bear Bolshevik rule and their ridicoulous communism. I, and many others, fought hard for our freedom in the Russian Civil war, but in the end we were overcome by the vile Red Army. I lost many friends in that war, good friends.”
Van Geyte nodded. He too knew the pain of losing brethren in war.
“So it is safe to assume you do not sympathise with the Communist cause?”
“Never” Kolchak spat on the ground “Those vile Communists have caused nothing but poverty, famine and suffering for Siberia. They sucked our lands dry, while fattening their asses in the Kremlin in the Russian SSR. The Soviet dream of equality was no more than that, a dream.”
“Interesting. Tell me, Herr Kolchak. Many believe you were executed by the Red Army after your capture in the Russian Civil War. How did you escape?”
Kolchak paused for a while. It was indeed not a subject he enjoyed talking about.
“I escaped. I was forced to do... horrible things to get out of Omsk, but I escaped. It is not something I wish to talk about and relive.”
“I understand. How did you survive afterwards?”
“I fled back to Siberia, where I have lived all these years. Indeed, one of the perks in living in a country like the USSR are the vast territories at your disposal when you find the need to... dissapear”
“I understand. Now, your proposition?”
“Yes, I drifted off there, sorry for that” Kolchak turned back around and handed some files to Van Geyte.
“I am proposing that you allow me to reunite the Siberian Republics. You cannot occupy Russia forever, and you know it. Let me lead Siberia, and we can help you win this war. When returned their freedom, the Russian people will surely back the Channel Pact. After all, years of Communist opression has made a lot of people anti-leftist. They will surely support a new government in Russia.”
Van Geyte looked at the map Kolchak had drawn. The Admiral proposed to reunite the vast plains of Siberia, stretching from the Ural mountains to Vladivostok. Mongolia had been added to the Siberian Republics, a map detail that pleased Van Geyte, as he did not feel there was any need for an independent Mongolia in the New World Order, and was reluctant to cede it to China.
“And European Russia?”
“You can keep everything west of the Urals. I care little for Stalingrad, Leningrad and Moscow. Those are the cities where the vile scourge of Bolshevism originated, and I want nothing to do with them. What you do with Western Russia are your affairs.”
“In that case, I think we can reach an agreement. On two conditions.”
“And which conditions would those be?”
“Sakhalin has been added to the Japanese Occupation Zone, and me and De Nil plan to add it to Japan when we reinstate it’s government. You will have to denounce all claims on Sakhalin and the Kuril-islands.”
“That can be arranged”
“And you will have to instate a demilitarized zone... here” Van Geyte pointed towards the Lena river delta, in the far North of Russia above the polar circle. “And allow all Pact engineers and troops to pass there. The area will be considered off-limits for all civilians and should remain top-secret.”
“And what are your interests in that area, herr Chancellor? All I see there is uselss tundra.”
“We will transform the Lena river delta into a testing facility.”
“For what?” Kolchak looked up at the Field Marshall. Van Geyte leaned back and grinned, omniously responding “Project Ragnarok.”
“Men” Van Geyte made a hand gesture, as an Ironside immediately moved forward, placing a set of documents on the table.
“If you have followed our work in China, then I believe you are already familiar with the Ninth Act?”
“Of course” Without hesitation, Kolchak took the documents and signed each paper with large, confident strokes. “I can assure you, Chancellor, that I will be fully comitted to aiding you in this war against your American enemies”
“Please, call me Van Geyte. I was a soldier before I became a politician, and I hope to continue to be so”
“Herr Van Geyte, let us fight this war. Siberia will stand aside you”
“And The Channel Pact will garantuee the sovereignity of your nation” Van Geyte stood up and the men shook hands. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have pressing matters to attend to. I will put Rundstedt in charge of coordinating the transfer of power, so you can settle all formal matters with him after I leave”
“I promise you I will not put shame to your trust. Farewell”
“Farewell”
The Field Marshall turned around and exited the room, leaving Kolchak in his newly inaugurated Presidential Office.
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Russia returns! Note that Siberia will have a custom flag and colour (Guanxi greenblue, as opposed to the standard finnish white which is hard to discern from Germany). The flag is called "The green star of the East"
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Lovely flang, indeed. And new friends to wage war! Less mouth to feed, more Allied troops to command!
Good to see a better flag for Siberia. And even better that Japan will control Kurils and Sakhalin.
Waiting for the next update and more Liberation.
(Luxembourg will be part of Germany, but what about the Netherlands? (The Dutch ones.))
Waiting for the next update and more Liberation.
(Luxembourg will be part of Germany, but what about the Netherlands? (The Dutch ones.))
I havent read everything, but what is "the ninth act"? can anyone please tell me or give me a link to the page where it says what it is
All technological advances will be shared between the Pact members.
Or something like that.
Or something like that.
Oh yeah, do you know what would be good....that the Pact would release Greater-Finland
Yup, and Mongolia
Those are things for the post-war map. We're keeping Europe under our colours for now because sooner or later, there will be a nuclear detente and we need every point of IC we can muster for that.
I havent read everything, but what is "the ninth act"? can anyone please tell me or give me a link to the page where it says what it is
Nope. Read
Oh yeah, do you know what would be good....that the Pact would release Greater-Finland
It shall stretch from the baltics all the way to the South China Sea! LONG LIVE THE FINNISH EMPIRE!
Siberia?
Kolchak is not interested in the affairs of Russia-proper. That's a bad lie.
And remember, Kolchak lost his position, his career, everything he had, because the German Empire beat the crap out of tsarist Russia. Which then ofc led to a revolution...
Greater Finland is a must!
I demand it!
Kolchak is not interested in the affairs of Russia-proper. That's a bad lie.
And remember, Kolchak lost his position, his career, everything he had, because the German Empire beat the crap out of tsarist Russia. Which then ofc led to a revolution...
Greater Finland is a must!
I demand it!
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