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“The Union of Britain has the third largest economy and the largest navy within the Internationale, a fair army, a very competent air force and the island itself pose a major strategy position against our enemies – the Reactionaries and the pseudo-Socialists. The country must be won!”
- written by People's Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov in his memoirs.
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The Battle for Britain
The armour horde blast into Sarajevo and encircled the Bosnians. It was the 29th of February 1941 and the steel monsters of the Red Army, commanded by the now General Zhukov, are tasked to knock out the Dual Monarchy's small semi-independent states in the Balkans, Bosnia and Croatia.
The PeoCom for Defence and PeoCom for Armaments have made a new standard uniform and equipment for the Red Army troops. Upgrades commenced immediately.
Another smashing victory for the Socialist Front with a Coalition member, La Plata, surrendered to Brazil. With the victory achieved by Brazil for the second time, Rio de Janeiro showed no mercy for the reactionaries this time. Compare to the small land grab from the previous war between the two contenders, the terms on the La Platans was harsh. The La Plata is now under total Brazilian occupation until the government is replaced by a Socialist, pro-Brazilian government and the defeated nation from now on, has to pay a consistent amount of war indemnities every year, indefinitely, and the constitution was amended, limiting its armed forces. No capital ships, tanks, nor heavy artillery; its air force is dissolved. It was the worst humiliation ever suffered by a South American country in post-colonial history. Brazil delivered the knock-out punch to its old nemesis. Only the reactionary Peru-Bolivia Confederation in the west stands between Brazil and continental supremacy.
The next day after the surrender of La Plata was the capture of Sarajevo and the liberation of Bosnia. General Zhukov now sets his eyes on Croatia.
The targets were the port city of Dubrovnik, which contains a major airfield, and the city of Uzice, where the main supply depot and a former-Serbian military bases is located. The Soviet tanks battered the Croatian forces in Mostar, in March 8, despite the rain and the mountainous terrain.
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In the 14th of March 1941, the Chairman of the Union of Britain passed away with the entire nation mourning. But politics does not rest to mourn. With the death of the chairman, a new leadership must be found. The congress was scheduled for disbandment and a general election was called.
The existing council consists of:
The Federationists: Intends to preserve the status quo, Britain's federal, decentralised nature. The Feds are the ruling faction in the congress in coalition with the Autonomists to defeat the Maximists and gaining the majority. They occupy roughly a quarter of the congress.
The Congregationalists: Similar to the Feds' views but radical, they are the most feminist faction in the congress. They are also anti-war and isolationists, calling for Britain to withdraw from the Socialist Front and recall all troops in the continent. They occupy only a small amount in the congress.
The Autonomists: the most pro-decentralise group in the congress. They call for the split of the CTU into regional congresses each in England, Welsh, and Scotland, practically disbanding the Union. They occupy roughly a quarter of the congress.
The Maximists: the most pro-centralise, and statist group in the congress. They call for the radical reforms of turning Britain into a unitary state and the application of Bolshevism, without calling it “Bolshevism” for very obvious reasons. They occupy nearly half of the congress but not enough for a majority.
The Soviet-friendly Maximists received funds from Kremlin once again but the amount was very generously enormous this time considering how Soviet Russia is doing excellent today compare to five years ago, just recently beaten the Czarists in their second civil war. The French are also up to the game. Aiding the Federalists and to a lesser extent, the Autonomists. Historians regarded this as the first ever showdown of the Soviet-Syndicalist conflict.
The election campaign was fierce but the Maximists are gaining the upper-ground with their message of British nationalism, strong unity, militarism, and world revolution; debunking their opponents, the Autonomists that their proposed devolution will only severely weaken Britannia, the Congretionalists with their pacifism and isolationism, and the Federationists with their opposition on centralisation.
With the Second Great War raging, the Maximist hawkish cause is growing than ever.
After 3 weeks of intense fight to win over the hearts and minds of the British working class, the votes were counted. The Congregationalists again received a small amount of votes in the congress. The Autonomists, lost more than half of their seats in the CTU, roughly an eighth remains. The only contenders are the larger, and pro-Syndicalist Federationalists and the biggest, and pro-Soviet party, the Maximists.
The Maximists faction
grew significantly and achieve a huge majority in the Congress of Trade Unions. The Federationalists grew as well but only up to a roughly a third. The battle for Britain was over. The Maximists won. People's Commissar Molotov was in London to congratulate the new chairman, Oswald Mosley, and his newly appointed General Secretary, Eric Blair. The country's new policies are now pro-Bolshevik, well... Totalism said by the Maximists, however, the new central council warned the Kremlin that the reforms will not be instantaneous.
The result was a disaster for France. Britain is the second most powerful Socialist nation if we exclude Soviet Russia in the list. France just lost a vital ally within Internationale.
Chairman Mosley in an interview outside the Congress of Trade Unions after the victory.
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In March 17, the strategic stronghold and supply depot nearby Uzice was captured along with the city itself. The soviet tanks rampaged through Mostar and reached the coastal city of Dubrovnik. The heavily damaged Croatian army was easily defeated during the entire night.
By the 18th of March 1941, Croatia surrendered, and both Bosnian & Croatian bourgeois governments were tried for crimes against the Proletariat.
Hungarian and Bulgarian juggernauts are next to feel the fury of the army of the Proletariat.
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