Struggling Leaders of World War II: First Chapter AAR

[Lord Ederon]

Struggling Leaders of World War II
First Chapter

This is story based on first Doomsday based roleplaying game - Struggling Leader of World War 2, which is combination of regular multiplayer game and forum based game of politics, intrigue and personal realization, going far beyond bounds of Hearts of Iron game's engine. You can take part in it as citizen pursuing his own unique goals against or together with other citizens. All you need is Internet access to read forums and imagination


Preface​

Five countries are at the beginning of new era. World is about to change forever and people of these countries are the only ones who can influence this process. Top ten percent of these societies - politicians, minitary officials and industrialists, are those, who steer their nations, affect public opinion and define heading of their countries. Will their actions change world from 1938 onwards? They already do and we shall soon see how.


Important Links

Game's forums: http://www.ederon.net/forums/Default.aspx?g=forum&c=3
Game's web interface: http://www.ederon.net/forums/Default.aspx?g=game_home&gid=1
Game rules: http://www.ederon.net/forums/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=2

 

[k-59]

This is my character introductions

USA sep 1938

Martin Parr. was born may 30 1884 in Detroit Michigan. His father was an factory owner.
He went to college at michigan agricultural college. Graduate form M.A.C in 1905 with an degree in economics. With some of his father money he start out on wall st. he now is quite well to do and has an
majority ownership of the wabash RR.
As politics goes he is an republican that said he hater teddy roosevelt is because he thinks that government should stay out of business also he does not see why the US should be in an
second world war

 

[Blodwen]

Born on March 3rd 1877 in South East London, Eustace Faulkner’s life has revolved around politics. His father was a factory owner, and so he saw first hand both the work behind running a factory and the conditions for the workers. He had a brief stint in the British army before returning home unsatisfied, turning instead to politics. After becoming a Conservative MP he used his factory experiences to support both employers and employees in his constituency during the Liberal Reforms.

He served in the admiralty during the Great War, primarily looking after the RNACD (Royal Navy Armoured Car Division) as it came under attack from as many British politicians as foreign soldiers. Its great success brought him some fame, and he was fortunate to be reassigned before the RNACD was redeployed to the media blind spot of the Caucasus front. He found himself defending the new “caterpillar landship” against the same men who had opposed the RNACD, most prominently Fourth Sea Lord Cecil Lambert. He was in attendance for one of the first demonstrations of the “landship” early in 1916, along with Lord Kitchener, Lloyd George and others. His vocal support for the “landship” was vital in its evolution into the “tank”, and then into an integral part of the British Army. He was recognised to an extent for his contributions in the war, but it was not until it was over that he started to establish himself as a Conservative heavyweight.

After the Russian Revolution Faulkner’s compromising attitude during the Liberal Reforms changed. He decided that Britain needed strength to resist a Communist revolution, and that a strong business environment in a stable world was the best way to keep Britain strong. Union strikes and social welfare reforms destabilised and weakened society, and thus from this point in his career onwards he took a firmly Market Liberal approach. He favoured interventionism as it would allow Britain to pre-emptively take control of the important resources needed by a hostile nation, thus maintaining Britain’s hegemony.

From 1919-1921 Faulkner served as Secretary of State for India, expressing very pro-colonial opinions on the possibility of Indian independence. In 1922 Faulkner was comfortably re-elected as the Conservatives swept into power. He was appointed Minister of Health, holding this position for a short time before being promoted to the prestigious position of Foreign Secretary in 1924. His time as Foreign Secretary was also short, this time because of the actions of Winston Churchill which in part led to the General Strike of 1926. Faulkner strongly condemned the strikers, throwing his domestic views into the political scene to the appraisal of his conservative supporters. After the strike was over there was little doubt that Faulkner was the man to recover Britain’s economy as Chancellor of the Exchequer. However, his initially successful pro-market policies were not enough to avoid the financial collapse that heralded the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929.

He was not invited into the National Government of 1931, and briefly took a backseat as far as politics was concerned. However, as fascism became the new threat to stability and Entente dominance in Europe, he began his return, making new allies as he did so. He expressed strong opposition to Hitler’s new government and as of 1938 is clearly and vocally opposed to any attempt to appease the Third Reich. Those who support him see him as a businessman but also an Englishman, a man who holds the free market in high esteem as well as the British Empire and its ability to safely guide the world through the rest of the 20th century. His Socialist opponents seem him in a very different way- his strength in British politics over the past two decades has split opinions on him.

 

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John Gustav Holden Beauregard, born 20th April 1892. A direct descendent of P.G.T Beauregard, the famous Confederate General. Beauregard was born at the "Contreras" plantation in St. Bernard Parish outside New Orleans, to a white Creole family. He attended New Orleans schools and then went to a "French school" in New York City.

Beauregard enrolled in the United States Naval Academy, and reached the rank of Commander. He fought in WWI, protecting convoys. He commanded USS Burrows which patrolled; escorted incoming and homewardbound convoys; answered distress calls from Allied ships that had been attacked; landed survivors; and fought enemy submarines that preyed on the English Channel traffic. After the war he entered politics and became the democratic nominee for the US Senate for Louisiana with no opposition.

His interventionist policies almost cost him his seat in the US Senate in the last re-election, but his strong advocacy of the sugar tariff and federal flood control projects tipped the balance in his favour. He is the chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He is also a strong advocate for greater naval capabilities.

Beauregard was a great supporter of President Wilson’s policies, and as such he has a grim outlook on the German political development. He tried, but failed to gain support, to prevent the re-occupation of the Rhine.

 

[son of liberty]

Bob bellman graduated the us naval academy in 1917. A leading proponent of naval aviation, he still sees a need for “big guns”. Submarines however are for cowardly skulkers. Bob feels the usa has hidden behind it's walls for too long, it is time for the usa to take it's rightful place on the world stage. Bob is a strong believer in the “corrollary doctrine” of teddy roosevelt. Speak softly but carry a big stick are the words that have guided his career. Bob is a member of the society of cincinnati. Since achieving flag rank he has found himself driving a desk instead of a warship. He helped push through the law requiring carrier commanders to be aviators.
Admiral bellmon believes each service plays an important part, and the combination of each provides greater strenght and versatility than any one branch could no matter how large.Combined arms and branch interoperability are the keys to success in the coming wars.

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Seabees we build we fight!

 

[Vissarion]

Placeholder for my characters bio.

I'm German head of government, by name of Franz Ritter von Vissariburg. Main interests is bringing all Germans under same flag (all the cores), opposing communism and beach walks.

More later.

 

[son of liberty]

Placeholder for my characters bio.

I'm German head of government, by name of Franz Ritter von Vissariburg. Main interests is bringing all Germans under same flag (all the cores), opposing communism and beach walks.

More later.

Is this your only definition of all germans? What about germans who have relocated. Who live in different countries or on different continents?

 

[oddman]

GP Aubrey

I am a citizen, a politician of the UK.

George Patrick 'Oddman' Aubrey, DSO, was born February 30th (this is HOI, remember Cool ) 1897 in Christchurch, county of Dorset.
On the paternal side, the Aubrey family had a strong naval tradition. G. P. Aubrey's father was a rear admiral of the Royal Navy, serving in WW1. His ancestors all had been connected to the R.N. or shipping to some extent and the family still has considerable assets in overseas holdings.
On the maternal side, his mother came from an impoverished aristocratic Irish family, dislodged by Irish independence, giving Aubrey a decidedly benign stance on the Irish question.

G. P. Aubrey's career began in 1915 when he joined the R.N. as an ensign. Het served with distinction during the war, receiving the Distinguished Service Order, and left the navy in 1923 as one of the youngest naval captains since the Napoleonic era to pursue a career in politics. The Aubrey family had strong Liberal roots and the local peerage had always been in Aubrey hands.
G. P. was elected to Parliament in 1925 and continued his career as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff under Churchill. His star continued rising and his contacts and busy networking in the Navy allowed him to reach the post of head of Naval Intelligence in 1930, a branch he has been active in since his first Navy days. Despite his prominent role in intelligence he is primarily known as MP and secondarily as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff.
With Churchill's political eclipse during the early 30's, Aubrey's star continued to rise. His vocal calls for a return to Splendid Isolation and a strong, independent British Empire based on free trade bolstered by the greatest fleet in the world saw strong support in conservative and economic circles.

Personally, he is a friendly and charming man and his English schoolboy looks put people at ease. Appearances may be deceiving, however, years in the Intelligence service have taught him to keep his thoughts to himself as well as the observational skill it takes to be a good judge of character. He is happily married and enjoys playing the saxophone in a jazz band in his spare time, something he does with considerable talent.

Politically, He is a known critic of repressive regimes, firmly believes in the British form of parliamentary monarchy and is sceptical at best about the Labour movement and openly hostile to the more radical communist elements. Despite similarities in background, he has no connection to Oswald Mosely and his cronies. He considers him to be a troublemaking upstart, and a flighty one at that. He prefers solid liberal conservatism in everybody's best interest to the risky business of fascism.

His ambition is to maintain the British Empire and promote economic and personal freedom. If possible with peaceful means, if necessary with the traditional might of the Royal Navy. He believes there is little need to directly interfere in other countries' business. British business is its own and so is theirs. Any discouragement of hostile régimes should be conducted by embargoes and intelligence operations, areas in which Aubrey has chosen to specialise.

 

[Gen.Schuermann]

Citizen and HoG of Japan

Takeshi 'Gen.Schürmann' Sato was born July 4th 1896 in Fukushima, a couple hundred km's north of Tokyo on the East coast of Nippon.
Sato's father Hiroshi was serving aboard the Mikasa during the battle of Tsushima straight. He and his family altogether had a naval tradition ever since the Meiji Restauration in the 1850's and -60's. He was killed when the Mikasa exploded one week after the peace settlement with Russia after their munitions depot iginited.
Sato had to grow up with no father, but a strong mother in the background working hard to achieve a good life for him. at the age of 20, during WW1, he joined the ranks of the Navy and served aboard the Kirishima. After WW1, he visited the naval academy in tokyo and by 1930 had achieved the rank of an admiral. At that time, he had the chance to reorientate himself and took a seat in the Japanese parliament, becoming a major part of the government in 1935 and the Prime minister of Japan on January 19th, 1938.

Takeshi Sato's dream is the creation of a Japanese Co-Prosperity Sphere, a dream society where Asians are not under the rule of europeans anymore. He is a strong proponent of "Asia to the asians!"-doctrine and strictly follows it's path. He will achieve his goals in the way he sees fit, may it be peacefully by the means of diplomacy or by using brute force. Although he dislikes the negative touch of fascism in Japan and the problems that go with it, he firmly believes that it still is in the best interest of Asia for Japan to be guiding light.


Sept. '38 - Jan. '39

It was a bright January morning when Takeshi Sato, head of the military government of the Empire of Japan, was enroute to meet with his divine highness, Emperor Hirohito. It would be his second meeting with the Emperor since Takeshi ascended to the top of government on Sept. 1st, after his predecessor was assissinated near Nanjing by partisans while inspecting the troops morale. War had been raging for more than a year now, with Japan deep in China. But the Chinese resistance has been sturdy, and only recently, with a change of tactics introduced by Takeshi himself, resistance was failing. Takeshis predecessor had been relying on old tactics of attritional warfare to bleed the Chinese dry and destroy their morale. The only thing he achieved though was a stalemate, apparently. Morale had been down since the beginning of '38, butit took 9 months for the HoG to inspect his troop's morale.
The Chinese partisans, who had plotted the assassination masterly, intended to finally break Japan's neck and to force a white peace. The only thing they achieved though was a renewed Japanese offensive to finally break Chinese opposition.
Takeshi smiled and was pleased with himself. Not only had the last 3 months brought staggering successes on all fronts, but victory was finally near. The Chinese, though brave and defiant, were about to be tamed. Too backwards was their military, too outdated their combat doctrines. It was only a matter of time for the dragon to fall, and for the Empire of the rising sun to emerge as a superpower.
As Takeshi ascended the steps towards the imperial palace, his thoughts already were directed an even higher goal already. China was just the beginning. He only needed the support of the tenno, he thought, while approaching the great hall where he was to meet the emperor. He took a last deep breath and proceeded into the great hall.

 

[Mr.G 24]

Press

An old newspaper clipping from the Anchlussa few months back, it looks as if an ink blot has bled into the page, obscuring the nazi soldiers.

 

[Mr.G 24]

Press

One of December's Time Magazine covers found on a dead Danish communist, it has not aged well with war.

 

[KuzuX]

good start

**subscribez0r**

 

[unmerged(19136)]

"Konstantin Insanovitj was born somewhere in the winter of 1890/91. He does not know the exact date of birth but he could not care less since he sees no purpose in celebrating "birthdays". Especially so if one is born under capitalism, but to some extent in a socialist state aswell. At least it is something that he personally is not fond of.

His parents where farmers somewhere in the eastern parts of Estonia. He was taught to read and to write by his uncle who was a priest. His uncle also took time to try to beat god into the poor boy. If you think Konstantin believs in the kindness of god you are wrong. One good thing god gave young Konstantin was the gift of reading, and sure enough he read alot and improved his skills considerably. More then that is not known except that he sometime before the revolution traveled to Petrograd where he joined the Bolsheviks and the Red Guard.

During the civil war he quickly proved himself to be a good commander and became an officer in the newly formed Red army. He is a man with alot of gut and he knows what has to be done and is willing to do it to achive the goals of the revolution.

He is an idealist but also a realist. A reasonable man that can be hard, but he is also always fair."

Konstantin is currently doing his best to secure the revolution. Recently elected to take Stalins place his work has just recently begun.

 

[Blodwen]

bah, double post. Uh, hi!

 

[Blodwen]

The First term of Eustace Faulkner – Part One

The General Election of 1938

With the Liberal party rejuvenated by the leadership of George Patrick Aubrey, it was expected that the election would be a case of how many votes the Conservatives and Labour would lose to their once-diminished opponent. Faulkner’s victory was also expected, yet he still campaigned vigorously for a stone wall stance against Fascism and Communism, and a completely free Market. As traditional for British politics the election was largely uneventful, and ended with the predicted Conservative victory, albeit with a much reduced majority. Fortunately the Labour party lost out too, receiving just 30% of the vote compared to nearly 40% taken by the Conservatives.

The Sudetenland Crisis

Within days of taking office Faulkner was confronted by a major international dispute. Reports of atrocities by the Czech government in the Sudetenland were contrasted by pleas for help by the Czechs for assistance against German aggression. Faulkner was eager to go to Munich and resolve the issue. However, when he arrived he was sorely disappointed. It appeared that the Czech pleas had been a false alarm. In fact, an agreement had been made where the Sudetenland was to be incorporated into the Third Reich! Though enraged that the French and British had not been consulted in this crisis, Faulkner realised that he had to accept that both parties in the dispute were apparently satisfied. Faulkner was still dismayed however, as his election stance had been an uncompromising attitude towards German expansionism. How he was supposed to answer to those who elected him was a dilemma on the plane home. For sometime within the Conservative party there were fears that a lame duck Prime Minister had been elected, one who simply lacked the strength to enforce what the public wanted. Yet an opportunity to prove his doubters wrong was landed in his lap shortly afterward.

On December 11th Faulkner was woken up early to startling news. It appeared the unthinkable had happened: The Soviet Union had begun its advance west.

A British Perspective on the Kattegat War

As political tension had been centred on Germany in the previous few months it came as a complete surprise to everybody that the Soviet Union had invaded Denmark. Indeed, Faulkner had paid little attention to the negotiations between the two nations prior to the invasion, and his ambassador in Copenhagen had expressed little cause for concern. Not only were the exact reasons for the negotiations ambiguous (something about the Danish presence in the Baltic and control of the Kattegat), but it was considered unlikely for anything major to come out of them – perhaps a more angry Soviet Union, but not a war. Yet it was true- in the early hours of that day Soviet soldiers led by Lt General Zhukov had landed in Jutland and Bornholm, establishing control of Kolding and Bornholm just after dawn.

The Cabinet and military advisors were hastily gathered in preparation for war. Initially it was believed that this invasion was nothing other than the beginning of a wider invasion of Europe. Without doubt it would lead to the establishment of a Danish Communist Republic under Soviet control, and the repercussions this could have on British interests in the Baltic were immense. Yet as the day progressed and a new one began on December 12th, this belief began to fade somewhat. The strange politics of Insanovitjism were being laid bare: rather than spreading Communism the aim of the invasion appeared to simply be to seize Soviet strategic interests – a stake in the port of Copenhagen, Bornholm, dominance of the Kattegat strait (hence the name of the war) - and leave the Danish people be. For the Danish Communists in the streets of Kolding their betrayal was just beginning.

A proposed design for the new Danish flag made by some (unimaginative) members of the Danish Communist Party (DKP).

With this new understanding of Insanovitjism, the issue began to be debated differently within the cabinet. It was clear that it was now a question of whether or not Britain should intervene – the Soviets were probably not going to escalate the conflict themselves. As Grand Admiral Backhouse said “The only reason for British guns to fire on Soviet ships would be a declaration of war by us, not self-defence”. Fearing that the war would be unpopular and that he would have to face strong condemnation from numerous Liberal and some Labour MPs, Faulkner was not so quick to declare war as he would later be made out to have been. Still, he ordered Grand Admiral Backhouse to lead the Home Fleet to the Kattegat strait, at least to show the Soviet Union that they were just as willing to defend their interests as the communists were to defend theirs.

Meanwhile on the international scene things were becoming more and more frantic. Most importantly the German ambassador was anxious to work out with the British how best the Soviets could be ejected from Danish soil. However, Faulkner was determined not to cede another portion of central Europe to the Third Reich, and so did his best to take advantage of Germany’s slowness in tackling the matter. On December 20th, the opportunity presented itself. With Danish forces pushed back to Aalborg and Copenhagen, the Danish government finally issued a plea for help, namely a request for an alliance with the Entente. By now Faulkner had gained a pro-war consensus amongst his government and military advisors. British ships were ready to engage, and land forces were prepared to ship out to Denmark. The request was accepted, and thus the Entente declared war on the Soviet Union.

Perhaps Insanovitj was hoping to capitalize on the Ententes perceived weakness following the Sudetenland crisis, but the gamble did not pay off. Clearly, unlike in Britain, support for the war had taken a downturn in the CPSU, as almost immediately requests for a ceasefire were made by the Soviet ambassador. At Faulkner’s command the Soviet advance halted on December 21st. Just a day later Lt General Alanbrooke arrived in Aalborg with the 1st Armoured Division and 3rd Infantry Division and the Home Fleet arrived in the Kattegat, enforcing the end of the Soviet advance. In Kolding the western coast was seized by Government loyalists using weapons supplied by a British vessel, and the DKP began to collapse. It seemed that the war was over.

A Carden-Lloyd Mk VI Tankette of the 1st Armoured Division. These could well have been used to spearhead an assault into Soviet-occupied Denmark.

Yet late in the day of the December 23rd, the Homefleet encountered the Soviet Baltic Fleet as it moved into Oresund. As all Soviet vessels had been ordered to withdraw as per the terms of the ceasefire, this was unexpected, but before any shots were fired the Baltic Fleet withdrew. Now negotiations between the Soviet Union and Britain entered a more hostile phase, as who exactly had broken the ceasefire was debated. Again Faulkner made it clear that all Soviet vessels were to withdraw or to port in Denmark. However, the communists were unable to agree on this point, arguing that supplies to Zhukov’s troops needed to be defended.

This issue was unresolved as Vice-Admiral Cunningham’s reserve fleet entered Store Balt on Christmas Day. At 1 o’clock in the afternoon as HMS Argus (CVL) and her escort HMS Dragon (CL) patrolled the waters for Soviet submarines they received a volley of fire from the just emerging Baltic fleet. Argus suffered heavy damage while Dragon took a glancing hit. With a perfect time of day for an exchange of volleys, Cunningham was quick and vicious in his response, leading his battleships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant along with two of his cruisers HMS Frobisher and HMS London into the engagement. The Soviet vessels were led by battleships Oktyabrskayr Revoluciya and Marat, and the Cruiser Kirov, inadequate firepower compared to what Cunningham possessed. After a few hours of destroying the Baltic Fleets destroyer screen and more damage being inflicted to the crippled Argus, Cunningham brought in the rest of his cruisers and crunch time came. In the course of about an hour, from 1600 to 1700, Marat and Kirov were sunk by HMS Queen Elizabeth and Oktyabrskayr Revoluciya was sunk by HMS Valiant. The Baltic fleet had been destroyed. Shortly after this the ceasefire was reinforced, and Cunningham allowed the Soviet submarines to withdraw. With the Soviet fleet destroyed and its troops cut off from all supply, the war was effectively over.

HMS Queen Elizabeth - Her firepower vastly exceeded that of the aging Soviet battleships, and even she was considered out of date by Royal Navy standards.

Several more days of negotiation resulted in an uneasy peace. The negotiations had been fraught with difficulties, and it took serious effort on both sides to stop an escalation of the conflict. The peace called for the withdrawal of Soviet forces and indemnities to be paid to Denmark, but more importantly a treaty of non-aggression between the Soviet Union, the Entente and the states of Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Were another Soviet move westwards to be made, thanks to the decisive actions of Prime Minister Eustace Faulkner and Vice-Admiral (now Admiral) Cunningham, it would not be directed into Northern Europe. For the DKP the revolution had been cut short. Under the new British Military-assisted administration the Communist party was to be repressed.

 

[son of liberty]

Second game is today. Looks like peace in the kattegat war. Uk may have a revolution. Usa and jap still uninvolved, though jap finished chi already(I think). Should be interesting.

 

[Blodwen]

The First term of Eustace Faulkner – Part Two

January 1939- August 1939

In the memoirs he wrote later in his life, Faulkner described the first half of 1939 as a time when “much happened, but little interested”. The main events of that time were simply consolidations of what had already been decided in the months before – the defeat of China, the victory of Franco and the end of Czechoslovakia. Unable to act on any of these things, Faulkner spent much of the time holding the line against fascism but without the mandate of the populace to do so effectively (OOC: in other words, Germany didn’t have enough belligerence). However, this underestimates the benefits brought during this time. Industry continued to flourish as government investment in industrial technology paid off, and the British army was remodelled into an effective fighting force.

The Election Campaign of 1939 and Defeat

In May of 1939, Faulkner found himself in the middle of a near crisis. Spurred on by the Labour and Liberal parties, two major questions began to be asked. Firstly, and most importantly, was the question of just how the election process should work. Enraged that the Conservative party should have a majority in Parliament despite having only 40% of the vote, the justification for the continuation of the first past the post system was challenged. A system of proportional representation was advocated as an alternative. The other question was raised during this debate. An argument against proportional representation was that it would allow fascist parties a greater say in parliament. The Labour and Liberal parties offered a solution – simply ban the fascist parties. Recognising the peoples will Faulkner folded after much debate, and thus elections in the United Kingdom became reliant on proportional representation and an early election was called for. Faulkner did this despite knowing that with only 40% of the vote he would have to seek a coalition should he hope to remain in power. However, on the banning of the fascist parties he had this to say: "We will not turn into our enemy in the process of fighting him. We will not adhere to the fascist policy of restricting freedom of speech in order to fight fascist policies. By allowing the fascists to broadcast their horrific views to the rest of society they act to educate our people on what exactly men like Adolf Hitler intend for the people of Europe, and what my opponents plan to let him do.".

The last clause is hard to understand without information. With a brief hiatus during the Kattegat war, Conservative foreign policy focused on uniting the world against Fascist expansionism, including gaining support from the United States and the Soviet Union. The diplomatic advances as part of this policy were largely successful: The United States in particular refused any notion of Germany accumulating more territory in Eastern Europe. This foreign policy also relied on protecting friendly nations from fascist regimes, and giving them freedom from the inevitable persecution which would result from fascist rule. In a rousing speech, Faulkner brought to light the terror that the Nazi government in Germany wanted to bring upon those in the Polish ghettos. He then made sure that Britain and France would support Poland from German claims on its territory. There would be no more concessions.

However, Faulkner found himself opposed by the Liberal and Labour parties. Despite claiming to have stood against Germany before, these parties now vocally advocated a policy of appeasement in regards to Germany so as to keep Britain out of war. When questioned as to why they would consider this, the Liberal and Labour leaders made one of the most embarrassing mistakes in British political history. They broadcasted to the British public their intent to temporarily cooperate with Germany in the hope of provoking war between Germany and the Soviet Union and backstabbing the two powers, thus ruining their own policy just as it came out of their mouths. In fact, their entire coalition was based upon a diplomacy strategy that should have been kept confidential, rather than any real policy (the economy had roughly doubled under Faulkners leadership, the army had been modernized and technology had advanced considerably). Failing to see their own error, the Lab-Lib coalition then pressured Faulkner to answer questions on confidential activities, including negotiations with the Soviet Union and plans during the Kattegat war to cooperate with Germany (which were supported by the German government but consigned to the circular file once the war ended). They even went on to pressure the British government to release exact information on British deployments across the world, but Faulkner had had enough and once more the confidential files were locked up, much to the disappointment of the fascist and communist spies who were having their work done for them.

Having broadcasted their strategy to the world, the Labour and Liberal parties realized their coalition had little reason for existence. As Election Day came and went, they failed to release a manifesto, in fact releasing it several days after the votes were cast. However, because they could already rely upon voters who would vote for them solely to avoid a Conservative government, their shambles of an election campaign still achieved victory. This had been virtually guaranteed from the start, as to achieve victory Faulkner would have had to have gained the popular vote, something unprecedented in British politics since the introduction of universal suffrage.

He did come remarkably close however, missing the golden 50% by less than 1.5% of the vote. The political balance had been reshuffled. On average, the two parties of the coalition had lost over 5% of the vote each. While Faulkner’s time as premier was over temporarily, his position as one of the most influential statesman in Britain certainly was not. The future of the policy of appeasement seemed in doubt.

Defeat was not too harsh a blow for Faulkner. The Labour and Liberal parties, in his view, would have to implement his own common-sense policies for the sake of the British Empire. Whether or not it was he who implemented them, the fact that they were used would be good enough.

(pictures to break up the text juggernaught to come)

 

[Mr.G 24]

The first issue of Sunday Weekly :

 

[son of liberty]

Session 3 is wednesday, hope for more action. Look for a possibl resumption of war between uk and ussr.

 

[Lord Ederon]

Very nice G.