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“Alright, we are over the target. Give them the green light.”
-unknown
“This is a sad day for the Internationale.”
-Daniel Guerin, Chairman of the Comite de Salut Public, on April 7.
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Red Guards Reborn
While rapid development is happening in Soviet Russia, events are unfolding outside the country. The People's Republic of Bengal has been officially renamed to The Commune of the Working People of Bharitya, also known as, Bharitya Commune. The renaming is a public statement that the workers' state is no longer planning to limit to Bengal but to all of India.
Her ambition became action in the 6th of January 1940, when the Princely Federation was shaken by massive revolts in their lands by Socialists demanding more rights in this feudal nation. The Princely Federation was an oligarchy of aristocrats ruling over the realm, a collection of princes and rajahs who banded up together following the withdrawal of British rule in India. The Reactionary federation already suffers on social conflicts throughout the country and mostly funded by the Bharitya Commune, unfortunately, most of the conflicts were put down with ease. That is until January 6 where an uprising was born, a major revolt unseen before in the federation. The pompous princes panicked at such sight that they quickly ordered their armies to crush the people's struggle. The Bhartiya Commune came to the rescue as she also sends her brave troops covertly over the borders to arm, aid and train the people's army. Delhi was quiet throughout the crisis.
Several clashes between the two sides occurs giving the federation a bloody nose for expecting the revolt to be nothing more but a mob. After learning that Bharitya was involved in this internal issue, the Princely Federation formally declared to the red Indian state.
More Bharitese troops marching across the border to crush the Reactionaries.
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It was 25th of December 1939, our comrades across the Pacific are having a Not-So-Merry Secular Winter Festival as they lost the north-east again and its connections to their allies across the ocean. The Federal troops made a big push to the remaining Socialist lands. The northern front in Minnesota collapsed and the surrounding areas of Chicago were being attacked.
USA. 25th of December 1939
After three months of fierce fighting, the Reactionaries reached the Great Lakes and occupied everything except for the strongholds of Chicago and Detroit still under Socialist hands. In March 16, the siege of Detroit and Chicago started with fierce urban warfare inflicting death tolls to both sides.
Nine days later, Detroit was fully captured. The brave defenders of Chicago held their ground for two more days. As the soldiers of the Reactionary MacArthur march in the capital city, Reed and other prominent CSA members are gone, the Federalist's speculation is that they somehow escaped to the countries of the Internationale. The most probable one is their southern neighbour, Mexico. Aside from checkpoints on ports and in the borders, no further actions were made to find the Syndicalist party. In April 7, the civil war was officially over.
After the bitter civil war, the former Canadian protectorate, New England rejoined the union. To make matters worse for our struggling working class, the General 'Jackboot' MacArthur proclaimed himself with the title “Defender of the Nation”, which means oppressive dictator in short. Be strong workers and farmers of America! Soon you will have your liberation!
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Back in Anatolia, the region was still practically under Russian control until February 7, a meeting of delegations met in Sevastopol. The Russians, Turkish and, surprisingly, the Greeks. The Bolshevik Party of Greece have escaped their homeland occupied by the Bulgarians and seek asylum in the Soviet Russia. After the annexation of the Ottoman empire, the party petitioned to the Kremlin for a provisional Greek government in the western coasts of Anatolia. The Greeks requested a Greek state which is similar to the Megali Idea. Kremlin accepted the request in one condition, the Bosphorus strait will be open to Soviet ships and no toll or any payment will be incur to Russian ships for access of the strait.
The treaty of Sevastopol resulted in:
The provisional government of Greece was setted up and will be seated in Antalya indefinitely. Greek citizens from their occupied homeland were welcomed to immigrate until its liberation.
The provisional government of Turkey was made official and the creation of the Soviet Republic of Turkey with its capital in Ankara. Just like in Arabia and Russia, the new Socialist state will be lead by the Council of People's Commissars. With Dr. Sefik Husnu as its Chairman and Pertev Boratav as its General Secretary. Among the three Soviet governments, only Turkey has the position of General Secretary occupied. The new nation was instantly admitted to the Internationale.
For the first time in history, the Turkish republic was created. The western lands were still in Russian control.
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15th of February 1940. France.
“Alright, we are over the target. Give them the green light.”
“Affirmative.”
The green light shined in the room of waiting soldiers, all nervous and eager.
“That's our signal. Be easy, this is just an exercise. Don't screw up.” the leader of the pack then pulled out his whistle, made an shriek and opened the doors. “Go! Go! Go!”
As Soviet Russia absorbs French and Italian knowledge thanks to the Triple Cooperation. The Russian themselves still came up with an innovative idea that is unknown to the rest of the Red World. In the 6th of October 1939, Chairman Bukharin signed a project which he, himself, heavily supported. The project was named “Icarus” and for four months, the project was developed and tested until the final product was branded as a success and in February 15, a military demonstration in France was given in front of several audience from the Internationale. An array of planes all flown over the spectators and out of these giant beasts were tiny dots of men jumping out of it. The soldiers were later then softly dropped into the earth with parachutes. The exercise was a success. The audiences were impressed.
The Red Guards are reborn.
Aside from Germany, probably only Russia who has developed paratroopers
A brainchild of Colonel Vasily Margelov, who is a wounded veteran from the Spanish civil war; several military figures became keen to this idea and later he received Bukharin's support. During the Project Icarus, they were first named as “Landing Troops” then the chairman choose the name “Red Guards” after the defunct unit who fought bravely against the Czarists and protected the underground Soviets. Their place on the military hierarchy became a small problem. The Red Guards theory was heavily involved in the three branches and all three branches want to own the Red Guards. Chairman Bukharin broke the argument by placing them under the GRU becoming the military arm of Soviet intelligence. Colonel Margelov was switched to the GRU as head of the Red Guards working for the Director, Lt. General Proskurov. The Red Guards will be used in unconventional methods, mainly as parachute troops but they were also trained for amphibious assaults and other covert missions. They are Mother Russia's elite fighting force.
Colonel Margelov and his Red Guards
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Shame on Reed! These pseudo-Socialists can't do anything right!