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never managed to see the US go into pieces in my games - would be a plus in my game since i am also a fascist france - and since the events arent working proper i had to use the freedom cheat and change the democratic setting... 
well, good luck man - this sure looks interestin
well, good luck man - this sure looks interestin
It will be interesting to see Fascist France's behaviour outside of the allies. Is there any intention of a warmth in relations torwards germany? Does france participate in the american conflict at all?
As long as we are on the subject of North America, any ambitions torward quebec?
Will follow with interest.
As long as we are on the subject of North America, any ambitions torward quebec?
Will follow with interest.
Wow, North America is going nuts. Looking forward to seeing France's first steps out.
Interesting, already very good, I remember a Fascist French AAR in the HOI1 forum that i enjoyed immensly and I think I'll enjoy this one too
Curbough: Germany is not included into the Axis (it's now Italy who is ruling it): I will force an alliance between them and United Kingdom to surround France in case of war. The American conflict will be see in case of bringing the war into America...And create an independant Québec for my good HOI and Fatherland fellow, General Grant!
Jape: I'm currently reading it, thanks...
In a first time, I will try to create a "Petite Entente" in the Balkans, with Poland, Yugoslavia, maybe Czechoslovakia and other ones, if they were not so isolationists...Soon, I will begin my extension in Spain, Belgium, Luxemburg and Switzerland: first through diplomatical demands, and after...By alternative methods.
Any suggestions to make our world more crazier (except for USA, lonely France and democratic Germany allied to UK, this AAR world is the same that OTL)?
And no, no, I won't forget the crusade against bolchevism.
Jape: I'm currently reading it, thanks...
In a first time, I will try to create a "Petite Entente" in the Balkans, with Poland, Yugoslavia, maybe Czechoslovakia and other ones, if they were not so isolationists...Soon, I will begin my extension in Spain, Belgium, Luxemburg and Switzerland: first through diplomatical demands, and after...By alternative methods.
Any suggestions to make our world more crazier (except for USA, lonely France and democratic Germany allied to UK, this AAR world is the same that OTL)?
And no, no, I won't forget the crusade against bolchevism.
i am not sure how, but the situation in the USA would probably have repercussions for Japan...
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Yes! With the weakened neighbour to the east, they probably will head against California to gain Recources instead of Nationalist China, who would be likely to become their ally against the rich, but separated USA (Ununited States of America)!!
Also, I think, without the germans, the Italienos would head more against France (Gaul), Spain, Tunis (Carthage), Turkey, Middle East and Greece to regain the roman empire. Also I think you should add cores to em'
President of Council Charles Maurras in his office, 1937
CHAPTER TWO: BUILDING A NEW COUNTRY
French claims over Wallonia (Belgium), Geneva (Switzerland) and Catalonia (Spain).
Now alone, Kingdom of France was searching to complete his rearmement (due to financial problems, tanks were still absent in French armies, to helplessness of General de Gaulle) and found new allies. It was not easy: the Balkanic countries of the former "Petite Entente" were too isolationnist to bring into alignment with a new fascist country, and Mussolini was still having his stupid claims over Corsica, Savoy or Tunisia. In the first years, France tried to maintain an image of peaceful but strong country: the paternal figure of the young Henri VI, but also the legality of Foreign Minister Pierre Laval and the wisdow of Minster of War, the hero of Verdun, Phillipe Pétain, were there to give France an international image quite quiet; the most intransigent and extremist were at the key roles of Minister of Interior, for former terrorist Eugène Deloncle, French secret services for Gouffre de Lapradelle and the government to Charles Maurras himself.
Edouard Daladier,key leader of the pathetic "Syria-Lebanon uprising"
Meanwhile Blum and Thorez were in exile, the radical Edouard Daladier was rallying the colonies of Syria and Lebanon under his banner: with his excited troops, he declared war to kingdom of France on January, 6. Fool. He soon understood his pain: royal troops under General Giraud landed in Beirut at January 22, and Damascus was seized in February, 5. Daladier fled to British India, and Henri VI appointed Maurras as duke of Syria, while Giraud was lord of Beirut. A snub for the League of Nations: the territories were officially under her mandate since the Ottoman defeat during the Great War. This doesn't even deserve a screenshot.
An artistical view of the Trocadero place during Paris World Fair of 1937. Notice the Soviet Pavillon on the right.
The Paris World Fair of 1937 (officially International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life) became for the regime a wonderful demonstration: the new Palais de Chaillot, constructed on the Trocadero, near Eiffel Tower, was inaugurated by the king during a pompous ceremony; the Soviet pavillon, represting two proud workers, was about to be dismantled by zealous policemen, especially for the exhibiting of a painting by the famous Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, "Guernica", denouncing the atrocities of Spanish civil war. Every night, the visitors were woke up by military parades. Whereas the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin took place without political hijacking, the 1937 World Fair were.
Petite Entente in 1938: France, regent Miklos Horthy's Hungary, Mustafa Kemal's Turkey, Shah Pahlevi's Persia.
Laval gift all his efforts and budget to improve French relationships with his dictatorial neighbours and potential allies. For instance, with the end of Spanish civil war on February, 10, the few Republican refugees (who were still in France: due to the political atmosphere, they quickly moved in Belgium or in USSR) were sent back to Franco as a gift. But despite of that, Spain refused every time to join France cause, as Poland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Czekoslovakia, Romania, or even, in a tentative to spread French influence in America, Argentina and Venezuela. France was showed in the cartoons as a happy girl who was chasing the other countries while shouting: "Do you want to be my boyfriend?" These ones were forbidden by Maurras, of course.
The strange new communist regimes of Central Europe: stalinians, but opposed to Stalin's USSR and keeping their apparatus of state (note Boris Coburg...)
But in March, 25, Turkey of Mustafa Kemal was the first country to join Kingdom of France's cause. They were followed by Persia in June, 18, Hungary in July, 24: this heterogenous alliance was quickly known as the "Petite Entente" (Little Entente). Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Austria joined in a first time the Petite Entente but, afraid by the French methods, they quickly retired. Bulgaria was aware of being part of the Petite Entente, but a communist coup in the country, on September, 24, destroyed any chance to be integrated: the same thing occured in Poland on November, 5.
And a tasty problem came quickly during Autumn: alliance between the two great enemies.
Hindenburg accident, London, May, 6 1937
The burning of the German zeppelin Hindenburg in the sky of London on May, 6 (flights to America were cancelled because of the current anarchy in the former USA) helped indirectly for the Anglo-German alliance: both press in the respective countries affirmed that French secret services were responsible for this horrible accident, which was certainly false. But because of that, France was now surrondered by two important neighbours, and her system of alliance only consisted in three countries, which were, ironically, her former enemies during the Great War...
Due to his failures to bring new allies to France, specially for Poland and America, Laval was dismissed in favor of Robert Brasillach, an elated young writer...
The royal family soon after the Restauration: king of France Henri VI (standing up) with princess Hélène in his arms; sitted, duke of Guise and father of the king, prince Jean with prince François on his knees; princess Isabelle and dauphin Henri are on the sides of their grandfather.
CHAPTER THREE: PEACEFUL EXIGENCES
New French royal cabinet: Laval and marshal Pétain were
dismissed, first retiring as viscount of Carthago and the second as duke of Verdun; Brasillach and the old scientist Paul Painlevé, despite the fact he was sick, came as respectively Foreign minister and minister of war.
French literature was full of rightist writers: Maurras himself was himself poet and journalist, influenced by his monarchist mentor, academician and famous writer Maurice Barrès. But to take care of the seat of Foreign Minister, Maurras had to choose carefully: Louis-Ferdinand Céline was supposed to be a leftist, Pierre Drieu la Rochelle was inconstant politically; but Robert Brasillach was not only a Maurras disciple, but was also young, intelligent and exalted. Even if France was maintaining good relationships with Austria and Portugal, time was come for expansion.
French propaganda poster for the Franco-Catalonian Union: we can read in both French and Catalan: "6 of Febuary of 1938 - Long live the Franco-Catalan friendship". It was one of the last official utilizations of Catalan before his ban.
The first step was made the 6 of February of 1938: in exchange of supplies and industrial help, Caudillo Francisco Franco accepted to give up the Catalan-speaking provinces of Spain, as the Catalan language is considered as a part of French languages: Catalonia herself, but also Valencia and Balearic Islands. This definitely broke any chance for a Franco-Spanish alliance, but the Caudillo was free of one of the most separtist and leftist region of Spain, France gained new "historical parts" very industrialized, and the poor Catalan people only glide from a tyrant to another one.
French propaganda poster for the crowning of Henri VI in May 1938 as Grand-Duke of Luxemburg: "Neither Germans, nor Frenchs: UNITED"
The little Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg was victims of both German and French pressures during spring 1938. Finally, grand-duchess Charlotte finally accepted to held a referendum in her own country to decide of his own independance. Manipulated by Brasillach's propaganda and remembering the German occupation during the Great War, Luxemburgian people voted at 56% to join France, meanwhile 32% were for Germany and the rest for independance. Henri VI was crowned grand-duke of Luxemburg on May, 19: Charlotte retired in a castle in Touraine, as a host of French government; in fact as a hostage.
Poster of the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
The 1938 World Cup of football, which took place in June 1938, was not only another opportunity for French propaganda machine, but an occasion to definitely announce the separation between kingdom of France and the condescending Italy. France, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Brazil, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Dutch East Indies, Sweden, Austria, Cuba and Romania were fighting each other: Italy confirmed her title of World Cup champions, beating France in quarter-finals, Brazil in semi-final and Hungary in final. French propaganda presented Italian victories against the host and the host's ally (Hungary) as personnal insults, and the encouragement of Mussolini to his players, "Vincere o morire" (literally "Win or die", but it was a current slogan in fascist Italy) as a proof of Italian barbarity. Italy was shocked by these allegations.
Now aware of his realizations, the Greater France was now ready to face his next steps, the most reticent countries: Belgium and Switzerland...
PS: Situation on both Chinese and American fronts:
Wow... poor China..
I don't agree for the claims on Valencia- Franco may have sceded Catalonia but not more. Nice to see Luxemburg in France's empire. Keep on the good work!
I don't agree for the claims on Valencia- Franco may have sceded Catalonia but not more. Nice to see Luxemburg in France's empire. Keep on the good work!
It would seem the South has really done well for itself in north america :rofl:
Will there be a negotiated peace in north america?
Good expansion in spain, although I was suprised by the two other provinces. They make the border distasteful, but who is to let that get in the way of your eternal dominion?
You seem to be diplomatically isolated, except for some shrimps. Best of luck!
Will there be a negotiated peace in north america?
Good expansion in spain, although I was suprised by the two other provinces. They make the border distasteful, but who is to let that get in the way of your eternal dominion?
You seem to be diplomatically isolated, except for some shrimps. Best of luck!
I know that Valencia is a few exagerated, but I think that Bohemia-Moravia was also very exagerated for the Greater German Reich. Franco is maybe too coward to say "no" to the terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible kingdom of France!
For North America, Garner is still continuing his resistance in Hawaii.
For North America, Garner is still continuing his resistance in Hawaii.
Léon Degrelle (1906-1994) and the flag of his movement, Rex, a fascist and catholic (the name came from the Latin motto "Christus Rex", Christ King) movement of the Walloon community of Belgium
CHAPTER FOUR: OPERATION BOUVINES - INVASION OF BELGIUM
The Ernst Thälmann cabinet, formed after the leftist breakthrough at German parliamentary elections of November 1938
The 1938 German parliamentary elections were a true political earthquake: the left-wing of the SPD had seceded the party at power and reorganized the defunct KPD, under a new political image, less agressive and more democratic, under the former political prisonner of the Schleicher's dictatorship and long-time communist leader Ernst Thalmann. A coalition of left-wing parties, including the SPD, won the elections: Reichpresident Otto Wels appointed Thalmann as his new chancellor, leading German politics to more leftist views. Even if the marxist cabinet was not so extremist, France felt this as a new provocation of Germany.
Project of Rexist poster for the next Belgian general elections: "Walloon, if you want him as king, vote Rex". This is of course Henri VI of France and his wife, Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911-2003), daughter of the heir of the Imperial Crown of Brazil
The new French target was Belgium. The little country was divided between his two nationalities, Flemish and Walloons, excited by the parties of fascist inspiration: Flemish National Party for the Dutch-speaking ones and Rexist party for French-speaking others. The young king Léopold III came to the throne too early, with the tragical climbing accident of his father, Albert, hero of the Great War, in 1934; the deadly car accident of his beloved queen, Astrid of Sweden, the following year, was also critical for Belgian morale. The Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak was trying to secure the country's integrity, but Léon Degrelle, leader of the Rexist party, was trying to obtain French annexation of Wallonia: facing the obvious Belgian refusal to secede Wallonia and even the French-speaking capital of Brussels, Brasillach began to study Rex's case, sending him weapons to prepare an uprising. And Maurras, to study a war possibility.
Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), who would later slowly but surely take advantage of the political situation of the kingdom of France
The Belgian invasion plan was defined by Charles de Gaulle, a recent general who was known as a stern tank proponent, opposed to Pétain's and Gamelin's confidence into fortifications, and long-time suscriber to Action Française's magazines. Belgium should be invaded very quickly, in less than two weeks; after that, an infamous peace offer would be send to Belgian authorities to seek the whole Belgian Congo in Africa and the French-speaking zone, and making of the remaining Belgium a puppet state, maybe under Degrelle's command. A total war would be very long, due to resistance of the colonial army in Congolese jungle. The king himself, who was thinking it was a military intimidation of Belgium, named the plan "Opération Bouvines", in reference to the decisive battle fought by Phillipe II Auguste against Anglo-German troops in the Flanders in 1214. To avoid a true fight with Anglo-German troops, Marshal Giraud was waiting in Alsace, and Marshal Hutzinger in Savoy against a possible Italian response. The leading of the operations was offered to Marshal Gamelin.
Belgian peace terms, December, 18, 1938
Spaak, in exile in London, finally accepted the French peace terms in December, 18, a week before Christmas: huge Belgian Congo was seceded to French colonial empire, and the Belgian territory was all ceded to kingdom of France, except the capital, Brussels, under Leopold III's leadership, suffering with his subjects. The archbishop of Brussels-Mechelen, Jozef-Ernest von Roey, was forced to crown Henri VI as Henri, king of the Belgians, in the cathedral of Reims. Maurras, by a special degree, fixed Belgium as a official part of the kingdom of France, making all the French-speaking citizens of the former country subjects of the king of France, Navarra, Belgium, Jerusalem and Catalonia (the new official titles of Henri VI). The Flemish people had to chose between the persecution or the exile in Netherlands, after the Dutch government refused to ally to France in exchange of a creation of "Greater Flanders".
Kingdom of France after Brussels's annexation, January 1939
But on January, 12, 1939, Brussels was finally annexed, after the discovery by secret services of Leopold III's project to ask the League of Nations to recognize Brussels as a free city, as Dantzig or Memel. The melancholical king fled to Switzerland, as a broken man: his brother Charles was made head of the Belgian government in exile in London.
The new Royal cabinet after the Belgian campaigns: the now famous Charles de Gaulle is now chief of the armies, and Degrelle had, in compensation, the post of minister of Interior, even if Deloncle stayed a key leader in French repressive apparatus.
Germany and United Kingdom soon understood that nothing would stop France in her conquest of the world.
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i like the compilation of images and text. They fit well with the story-telling. Which i also like.
World conquest? It seems De Gaulle will soon be able to test his theories on warfare on a grand scale...
World conquest? It seems De Gaulle will soon be able to test his theories on warfare on a grand scale...