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Region: Commonwealth of Liberty
August,1947
ADOPTION OF "MALAY COLOURS" ON THE FLAG.
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After a long period of months on deciding a flag which they could fly that represents the Malay people Maziya would change its national flag to a flag which would represent the three main components in Malay culture.The first incarnation of the "Malay colours" flag was seen in 1933 when the Royal Malay Regiment was founded in British Malaya.This initial flag had three colours,green,yellow and red.The green is the traditional colour of Islam, a faith that has been the integral part of Malay culture.The yellow is the royal colour commonly associated with Malay sultans, and used to allude the allegiance of Malay people to their rulers.The third colour, red, is the traditional colour in Malay culture,used to denote the courage, bravery, heroism and loyalty.When this flag was adopted a few changes were made,this included the adoption of the crescent moon and star to represent Islam as country national religion more blatantly,the addition of Maziya "bird symbol" a symbol of the monarchy which has been used on every national Maziyan flag incarnation and a change of format to where the stripes are on the flag.
During the reveal event of this new national flag,new prime minister Aisy Rayyan decided to talk to the crowd.
[B]"This new flag will represent our ambition to become a nation where the Malay people can go to and live a better life then those under colonial rule by the white people."
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[B]"Bendera baharu ini akan mewakili cita-cita kita untuk menjadi sebuah negara di mana orang Melayu boleh pergi dan menjalani kehidupan yang lebih baik daripada mereka yang dijajah oleh orang kulit putih."
-Aisy Rayyan
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[list]12th September 1947
[sub]Occupation of Libya Ended! Libya Absorbed into the Kingdom of Egypt! [/sub][/list]
[pre]K I N G D O M O F E G Y P T[/pre]
AL MANAR PALACE, BENGHAZI
[sub]CYRENAICA GOVERNATE, Kotakuan Ii EVENING[/sub]
| Following four years of occupation, from the major allied powers involved in the liberation of North Africa (Namely France, Britain, and Egypt), Libya has finally today been absorbed into the Kingdom of Egypt which has been ratified within the Egyptian Royal Council with the royal assent and approval of His Majesty King Farouk of Egypt, Sudan and (now) Libya. The new constituent territory of Egypt will be administered within the three traditional subdivisions of Italian (and Ottoman) Libya - these are Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. The Tripolitania administrative division is the largest of the three and is somewhat seen as the Cairo of Libya with the major city of Tripoli located within its jurisdiction. On the other hand, Cyrenaica contains major cities such as Benghazi and Tobruk which are equally important within the newly enlarged Kingdom of Egypt. Tobruk was, by all means, the symbolic city of the Egyptian liberation of Libya during the Second World War as was very important to Farouk. The Axis was pushed out of the city numerous times, and the city survived Siege from Axis forces despite being encircled. Current citizens of Libya are considered Egyptian citizens effective immediately, however, Italian or French citizens residing in Libya who are not fully naturalized Libyan citizens will have to go through the necessary channels of the Egyptian Home Office to become official Egyptian citizens. The incorporation of Libya into Egypt marks the empowerment of Arabs across the world, a determined yet underestimated people who will not be taken for granted in the international system for much longer - especially with Egypts position within the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member being acknowledged. The Kingdom of Egypt now remains one of the sole proprietors of the African voice within international diplomacy, alongside namely Azania, and intends to equally further the Arab and African positions within diplomacy. |
| There is much work to be done within Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica, but the first point of symbolic action is for all former British and French occupational flags to be replaced with the Green and white crescent Egyptian flag on all official buildings and palaces. Secondly, a government body will arrive within the cities of Misrata, Zawia, Bayda, Tobruk, Benghazi, and Tripoli to adjudicate the best possible method of local governance in the region. It is thought that each administrative division, 3 in the case of Libya, will have its local council that will decide on local matters such as waste disposal, local health services, food security issues, poverty, local transport, waste collection, etc. Thirdly, the three provinces of former Italian Libya will be transformed into Egyptian Governorates all with their local governors. Providing the same devolution across the entirety of Egypt, to remain fair, constant, and congruent within the bounds of Egyptian rule of law. The official governor of Cyrenaica will be Edris of the House of Senussi, where the official title of governor will be renamed to Emir for the specific region of Cyrenaica because of the historic title and royalty the territory holds and a gentlemen's agreement between His Majesty Farouk, and His Majesty Edris many years previous. |
| The absorption of Libya into Egypt proper provides the Kingdom with a newfound sense of identity, empowered by their recent accession to the United Nations Security Council and HM Farouks Bold Speech at the United Nations General Assembly it is hoped that such developments will usher in a new age of respect and prosperity for Egypt in the international community. Long ago were the days of the British, and Ottoman, occupations which officially ended in 1922 - marking 25 years of true independence with one of the largest official, internationally recognized and peaceful annexation of territory in decades by land size metrics . . . God Save The King! |
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, A Brief Overview : From Liberation to Chaos : The Post-War Situation in Greece!, August 1944 - September 1947
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, μια σύντομη επισκόπηση : Από την απελευθέρωση στο χάος : Η μεταπολεμική κατάσταση στην Ελλάδα!, Αύγουστος 1944 - Σεπτέμβριος 1947
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands, Greek Armed Forces, The Greek Industry and Her People! - Οι Ελληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, η Ελληνική Βιομηχανία και ο Λαός της![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| A WAR TORN GREECE, A BITTERSWEET NATION, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΜΙΑ ΕΛΛΆΔΑ ΣΕ ΠΌΛΕΜΟ, ΈΝΑ ΓΛΥΚΌΠΙΚΡΟ ΈΘΝΟΣ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| As Sudamérican, Greek, Egyptian, British, American and Turkish Armed Forces flooded in from Thrace and Crete, liberating the Greek Mainland, it was clear that the fight for Greece's long-desired liberation and independence was coming to an end. With overwhelming naval firepower and dominance, and with clear superiority over the land and skies, the coalition forces in their two-week campaign seemingly steamrolled across the Greek mainland, with pockets of resistance falling within days. The Greek Resistance fighters of the EDES and EAM/ELAS continued their fight against the Italian troops stationed in Greece, assisting in the war effort as well. And with the war coming to a close by October, Greece has proclaimed a whole once more. Crowds lined the streets of Athens and all cities across Greece to celebrate the Liberation, with Greek flags being waved across a sea of citizens and troops alike on this historic day. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"Greece United, Athens Liberated, the Greek People are One! With the great efforts from our South American and neighboring allies the Turkish and the Egyptians, we have liberated Greece in a great display of friendship, camaraderie, and unity against the fascists. However, despite the victory in our homeland, the fight rages on! We will continue our fight for the liberation of Europe and the world from Axis tyranny and dictatorships. We claim today victory over Italy and Germany, a victory for Greece and her allies. Long Live Greece and Her People!"[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- King George II of Greece[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list]| With crowds celebrating and singing new hit songs such as originally resistance songs such as 'The Duce Puts on His Uniform' and 'Heroes', the fight was not over yet. Ever since the start of the Axis Occupation, there has always been a large group of communists, along with their liberal allies that have been unhappy with even the former independent government. With both EDES and EAM-ELAS now seeing themselves as their main adversaries, and with a 5,000 KKE (Reformed Communist Party of Greece) uprising in Athens, it was only a matter of time until chaos would soon be unleashed once more. On the 1st of December, 1944, EAM-ELAS Troops were demanded to lay down their arms, a condition they did not take lightly. As a 200,000-man-strong protest hit the streets of Athens, Government and Sudamerican Forces unleashed a terror of a response, with tanks and riot troops in full gear plowing through the crowds, dispersing the protest. As a result, 28 Protesters were dead and 148 were left wounded. The KKE saw this as a formal declaration of conflict, and soon fighting began in Athens known by locals as the 'Dekemvriana'. The events would eventually end with a Monarchist victory, followed by a visit from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]| A POST WAR GREECE, RISING FROM THE ASHES, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΜΙΑ ΜΕΤΑΠΟΛΕΜΙΚΉ ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΠΟΥ ΑΝΑΓΕΝΝΙΈΤΑΙ ΑΠΌ ΤΙΣ ΣΤΆΧΤΕΣ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| As Greece recovered from the December Events that left Athens and the nation as a whole shook, the monarchy's hold on the government began to slowly loosen, showing the failure of a quick response to the December Events. In 1945, with the end of the war, due to much internal and external pressure from both her citizens and her neighbors, the Greek Liberal Party, under the head of Sofoklis Venizelos, son of famed Liberal Leader during the Greek Civil War Eleftherios Venizelos. In early 1946, the Greek Parliament was reorganized and reformed, thus bringing Greece into a new age of a Constitutional Monarchy, away from the old 4th of August Regime under Metaxas. Legislative elections are scheduled for January 1948, and support for parties has grown substantially. The newly reformed Free Thinker's Party and Liberal Party have garnered much support, and with rallies now spreading across the nation, we will have to see who will be the next Greek Prime Minister. |[/list]
[list]| Despite its struggles, the Kingdom of Greece continues to thrive and survive, best represented in its economy. With Greece now being a nation included in the Marshall Plan, along with renewed relations with her former allies during the Second World War, most notably Egyptian with a Free Trade Agreement, the Greek Economic Miracle began, with a sudden rise in the economy by Late 1946. Along with the devaluation of the Drachma, increase in tourism, post-war industrialization along with an increase in foreign investments, the employment rate has also gone up rather substantially. Growth in Greece's economic sector has not been the only one to thrive, but her military too. A modification of the GMT-44 Medium Tank Design, along with the return of the Greek Navy from Italian hands saw a rapid increase in Greece's total active and reserve numbers with a surplus of troops left over from the war. With weapons being left behind from the liberation including foreign tanks, guns, cannons, and other equipment being studied, Greece's industrial machine would be revived once more in this new age, this time to defend her from her now dangerous Northern neighbors. |[/list]
[list][list][pre]"A reformed Greece, a free Greece, a Greater Greece. With elections now planned for January next year, I do applaud the King, and our staff for the work that we have put into making Greece a free nation, with rights to parties far and wide. I can see soon that whoever wins, will lead Greece with a strong will and a good heart!"[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Sitting Prime Minister Emmanouil Tsouderos of Greece[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
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Nonador, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, Maziya, Ubertica
POTOČNIK HINTS AT THE FUTURE OF SLOVENIAN TECHNOLOGY
[list][sup]STRAINING FOR MODERNITY
SLOVENIASUMMER 1947[/sup][/list]
Herman Potočnik was a visionary. A Slovene born to Austro-Hungarian rule, Potočnik possessed the unique ability to peer long beyond his own time: he wrote seminal treatises on the human habitation of space and of space travel, pioneering the idea of modern space flight. He lay at the intersection of chemistry and engineering, both of which have seen national attention in todays Slovenia: thus, when a board of SAZU-accomplished scientists and their colleagues formed a rocket science research and development team in July 1947, the name of the company was nearly unavoidable. Potočnik was officially founded on the 22nd of July, 1947. Poaching several personnel from Čebelanow under the direction of the Maribor-born Dr. Svetopolk PivkoPotočnik was backed by impressive government subsidies and immediately set to work on their first project: a commission by the Slovenian military to explore the applications of unguided missiles. Though the staff of Potočnik seem largely interested in the future civilian applications of rocket technology, including space travel and exploration, the chance to work on rudimentary rockets could not be ignored. The Soviet Katyusha rocket and American bazooka had proven effective applications of rocketry, and the Slovenian Armed Forces was happily willing to sacrifice a part of its budget on research and development into such technologies.
Critics of the Slovenian governments corporate welfare have questioned why the development of domestic rocketry would be a worthwhile use of the already stretched national budget. The Furlan-Krek government has already relied on political prison labor and the seizure of German and Italian assets to support its ambitious national projects, risking destabilization in an already tenuous economic situation. Government answers have usually revolved around a now-or-never argumentwith the new world order settling in, if Slovenia falls out of the race now, it will never catch up again. The time had come for domestic research and development.
Paseo, Victoria Harbor, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, Adriatican Islands
AS ZAMBEZIA SEES LARGE SCALE EMIGRATION, RHODESIA TO RELOCATE MALAWIANS
September 23rd 1947
The Rhodesian Puppet under the Malawi born Hastings Banda has been seeing large scale emigration of its Muslim populations ever since he took power thanks to the Rhodesian invasion, which has decreased its overall population from 1.7 to 1.1 Million since the end of 1943. Facing a large void of loyalists for his Regime and as a result relying heavily on Rhodesian aid Banda had approached the Rhodesian Government following the August Accords with Azania to request a similar but one-way deal with Zambezia. As a result of this Malawians will be offered 40 Pounds per person (Equiv. to around three years wages for a native) to emigrate to Zambezia to replace the emigrating Islamic Population but more accurately to provide him with a more sympathetic population. Being a rather popular symbol in Nyasaland (which itself was absorbed into Rhodesia in 1945) for his leadership of the newly created state, it made sense that rather than sending Malawians to Azania they should instead go to Zambezia where they could (according to the propaganda) find more opportunity and friendship.
Wielding sole authority over Zambezia since taking power he has presided over an almost total depopulation of the hostile rural areas thanks to a mixed policy of denying food and water to towns refusing to accept the new Government. His armed forces had in that time risen from a few thousand to over 80,000 Mkangos (Mkango being lion in Chichewan), armed men fiercely loyal to both Banda and the wealth he has brought them.
Of the 1,200,000 Malawians still residing within Nyasaland it is believed that around 600,000 will take up the financial offer of movement with a further 200,000 being considered possible applicants pending the news of how life is in Zambezia compared to Nyasaland. Overall they shall be funded by exit-taxes placed on the properties of those being sent to Azania to ensure the Government does not have to raise spending too much to accommodate the request that Banda has made. A great help for Banda and his cause is that the Rhodesian Troops in Zambezia are themselves from Malawi and thus have brought home stories of riches given to them by him, and of how much easier it is to acquire land compared to at home. While of course this is staged due to the fact that Banda allows malawi-centric discrimination to take place the end result is the same.
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The Former United States And The Enclave
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Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Otsla, Pontianus, Metropolitan Francais, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica
The Commonwealth Of Liberty should make a z-day faction
[list]September 1947
[sub]UN General Assembly Meeting[/sub][/list]
[pre]DELEGATES CONVENE TO DISCUSS CRUCIAL ISSUES![/pre]
Flushing Meadows - Corona Park
[sub]New York City, Paramountica MORNING[/sub]
| [sub]The yearly United Nations General Assembly would once again take place in Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York City sometimes called the Park of Peace by some of the locals. Vehicles of leaders and delegates from around the world would make their way to the New York City Building one of few buildings that was a part of the 1939 New York Citys Worlds Fair exhibitions. In the chambers of the New York City Building, Secretary General Trygve Lie of Canovia would open the Assembly alongside the United Nations General Assembly President Oswaldo Aranha of -Brasil- who would be presiding over the sessions.[/sub]
[list][sub]The United Nations is a revolutionary organization which aims to find diplomatic situations by the way of peace. War and violence has no place in our new world our new era. The leaders and delegations in this room have pledged to uphold the Charter of the United Nations in which they pledged to seek out peaceful resolutions on all conflicts rather than violent ones. Let us now let the concerns of the people fall on deaf ears. Let us not make the same mistakes like we did in the past.[/sub]
TRYGVE LIE, Secretary General of the United Nations[/list]
[sub]With the addition of new, independent states participating in the United Nations General Assembly, the goal of peace would continue to grow.[/sub]
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Nonador, Paseo, Victoria Harbor, Israelli, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Maziya
[list][list]NOVEMBER 1947
[sub]At Flushing Meadow I[/sub][/list]
[sup]A Series¹[/sup][sub][pre] I F I F O R G E T T H E E , O J E R U S A L E M [/pre][/sub]
[pre] POINT OF ANTIQUITY [/pre]
[list][list][sub][pre]As long as forward to the East
To Zion, looks the eye
Our hope is not yet lost,
It is two thousand years old,
To be a free people in our land.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
THE United Nations Un GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FLUSHING MEADOW
[sub]NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Paramountica AFTERNOON[/sub]
[list][list][sub]It began in the Afternoon, in that cavernous building that once housed an ice-skating rink. There, now assembled the collective internationalism that came out of the ruinous that was the world war. There, 60 members of the General Assembly, up from 57 with the additions of Catalonia, Kurdistan and Slovenia congregated on a whole matter of international affairs, however for once, an international body will be called upon to decide a slim form of land on the Eastern Mediterranean shore. It was half the size of Nordic Denmark, and carried less people than the American city of St, Louis. It was the place all roads passed through when the world was young in antiquity, it was the center of the universe . . . and no debate in the United Nations had brought about such debate as done so over such a land traceable to so many peoples spiritual culture and heritage It was the British colonial mandate of Palestine, home to both Jew and Arab alike.[/sub][/list][/list]
| The General Assemblys topic was no less important, its significance rested upon pledges made by an Empire seeking to please conflicting sides, by now the United Nations became before the question to cut the territory into two states, one Jew and one Arab. It represented the collective wisdom of the UN special committee tasked with this undertaking, and to resolve the 30-something year long struggle that had engulfed the Mandate for its entire life . . . it was a best, a compromise, at worst, a nightmare. The proposal called for each state to be split into three parts linked by a series of international crossroads, without a doubt the proposal would dissolve the moment international actors departed the scene. Both states borders were utterly indefensible, and the status of Jerusalem, that ever important point of antiquity, who was ⅔ Jewish, would along with her suburbs, remain under an international trusteeship. Too important of a city to be given to one side over the other, the commission contended. |
[sub]NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM[/sub]
| Without the city, the new Jewish state would be a body without a soul. It was the central capital of the Jewish people and life. So important that the most important wall of any Synagogue faced eastward, towards the city. In Jewish weddings, the source of crushing glass under ones shoe displayed the grief felt at the loss of the temple. For 2,000 years the phrase of the diaspora was |
[list][list]IF I FORGET THEE, O JERUSALEM
MAY THE ALMIGHTY COMFORT YOU AND ALL THE MOURNERS OF ZION AND JERUSALEM[/list][/list]
| The term Zion itself, referred to a hilltop in the city, Mount Zion for centuries upon centuries, Jewish people without any hope of ever gazing upon those Judean hills would end their passover feasts with |
[list][list]NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM[/list][/list]
| The ⅔ Jewish population of the city was, without question, important. It represented around ⅙ of the entirety of the Jewish people in the mandate², and without it, the new Jewish state would be a coastal cliff, clinging onto the Mediterranean, without a firm foothold in the Judean homeland dreading what may, as per threatened vocally and so loudly, occur what transpired in Europe . . . At the Vaticans lobbying, Catholic countries voted alongside the commission. The hope of a Vatican so recently tangoing with both saving Jews, and working alongside dark forces, resulted in the internationalization of the city, least in the proposal that was the cost of Catholic support to the partition plan. For the Jewish delegation, it was the price to pay, to be given a chance to finally exist, and so, despite the loss of Jerusalem, the Partition plan went before the General Assembly from the U.N. Special COmmittee on Palestine. |
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[sub]¹ A Series: If I Forget Thee, O Jeruslaem covers the Alternate History establishment of the State of Israel, and associated supportive and opposition groups.[/sub]
[sub]² Alternate Mandate Populations, in RL the numbers figured to be ⅔ of the entire Mandate population to be Arab. However due to pressures from both the Wallace Administration upon Attlees government, and alternate FDR actions, the swell of welcomed Jews was less restricted by British authorities, however slight, at a 58/38 Arab/Jew split instead.[/sub]
Nonador, Paramountica, Canovia, Central Arstotzka, United Nations Un, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, Provenancia, Ubertica, -Brasil-
Speech by UN General Assembly President Oswaldo Aranha to the UN: To everyone at this meeting I am glad to see you all here. We are here to discuss the current situation in the world and how we could change it for the better. As for me and my country we wish to make a better world is by making all the nation s, who owned colonies, to immediately begin the process of decolonization and grant freedom and independence to the people who are under colonial rules, namely Africa and Asia. In order to create a new age of freedom we must end colonialism, the relic of an age of conquest and terrors that drove to divide people under colonial rule and force them to lose their cultures and identity. We must make up this grave mistake by ending this horrible institution and giving the colonial people of Africa and Asia their independence to create and steer their own identity. I will end my speech by saying my countrys national mottos, Independence or Death!.
Nonador, United Nations Un, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Metropolitan Francais, Maziya
[list]September 1947
[sub]General Assembly, '47[/sub][/list]
SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY MANUEL L. QUEZON, PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC AND DE FACTO PHILIPPINE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE U.N.
[sub]Distinguished members of the General Assembly, representatives of the nations of the Free World, today we gather for the second time in human history as a united World, unified against oppression, working together towards a common, prosperous and democratic future for all. In July of last year, the Republic of the Philippines was formally proclaimed, ending centuries of colonial rule and finally granting my proud nation its independence as a Free People. Two years ago, in 1945, I believe that the entirety of our world did the same, when in August it officially concluded one of the most deadliest conflicts in history. Today, we stand here to learn from humanity's mistakes, to move forward in a progressive and unifying manner. The world ahead remains uncertain; Economic woes and social unrest continue to plague some of our nations, and most are anxious about what is to come. However, seeing all of us gathered here today at this historic second assembly, I know one thing is for certain:[/sub]
[sub]Despite whatever may come over us, despite the challenges and mountains we are inevitably going to cross, I believe that together - united as one - we can move forward, as one Humanity, as one Family of United Nations. Let us achieve our goals for prosperity together. Let us extend a hand and hear the other nations out. Let us treat each other fairly. Let us stand united against common threats. Let us work together for economic prosperity and social fairness. Let us fight for what we believe in, that being individual rights, unity over division, and prosperity over suffering. Let us learn from the lessons of the past and allow that to build the foundations for our future. Let us show the world what it truly means to be human.[/sub]
[sub]Thank you, and may God bless you all. [/sub]
Nonador, Paramountica, United Nations Un, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, Maziya, -Brasil-
GEORGE II, King of Greece: "With this Second Session of the United Nations General Assembly, I am proud today to represent the people of Greece in my speech, bringing a United voice of all peoples of the nation. With our post-war economic growth and unity, Greece has not remained silent these times, and we will not be set aside by nations with more power. We are a major player in the Balkans, a nation with strong peoples and a strong sense of national pride. Today I call on all nations to unite together for all nations to prosper, to draw the line between friendship and rivalries, and together prosper and be victorious in our both internal and external relations. With all nations recovering from the ashes of war, us Greeks have lent out a helping hand to countries such as Egypt, and we propose to do the same with other nations. As Greece continues to fight on despite these times of peace, we still abide strongly with our Western Allies and continue to grow as a nation and as one. We together can prosper, thrive, and succeed as one, together we can be United as one. As our national motto states "Freedom or Death", the Greek people and the people of her Allies are ready to fight what challenges face us next.
Nonador, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, -Brasil-
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An address by His Excellency Mustafa Barzani, President of the Kurdish Republic, to the General Assembly of the United Nations:
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"In the aftermath of this world's most calamitous conflict, we honored ourselves as the righteous victors. We held our parades and our ceremonies, we made our declarations, and signed our treaties. We told ourselves that we had vanquished the great evil, that we had seen injustice and struck it down with all our noble might. And indeed we had, for the victory of the United Nations over the Rome-Berlin Axis is perhaps the most important in all of human history. And yet one cannot help but feel as though our victory is less than absolute."
"The tumor of fascism festers in Turkey and in Mexico and we do little. Brutal subjugation continues for millions of non-Europeans and we do little. Indeed at this moment in Africa, the governments of Rhodesia and Azania are complicit in the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation of millions of both Native Africans and Whites. These dispassionate regimes sign away the lives of millions for the goal of demographic purity, regardless of what violence it compels. But such crimes are not novel to the Rhodesian government. Their brutal campaign in former Portuguese Mozambique has resulted in the deaths of over a half million men, women, and children. This human toll is extracted by Rhodesias chosen overseer, Hastings Banda, and his army of mercenary butchers. It is his government that has overseen the systemic starvation and deportation of the country's Muslims and those who did not submit to the Rhodesian puppet regime."
"Fellow delegates, I plead with you to tell me, are these not the same crimes we first rallied together to stop? Did we not field massive armies and devise terrible weapons so that mankind would be spared from such depravities which are now the order of the day in Southern Africa? Did so many sons and daughters not lay down their lives to prevent this? Is this not the very reason we gather today?"
"Kurdistan believes wholeheartedly in the mission of the United Nations, as a founding member. And in the calamity of the August Accords, we see the very reasons the United Nations was brought into existence. And so we implore the General Assembly and the Security Council to take action. We implore the great powers of the world to take action. In particular, we implore the United Kingdom, whose imperial holdings and dominions are presently responsible for such abuses and injustices, and who shares partial blame for the present situation. We must protect the innocent people of Rhodesia and Azania, who are not responsible for their governments draconian actions. I implore you now, as a member of a people who have suffered the brutality of ethnic cleansing. We must act together and make good on the promises of our Charter. We must end the present violence. It is through unity in principle and in action that we can make a world more just for ourselves and for our descendants."
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[list]27th September 1947
[sub] . . . The Egyptian Coast and Operation Wadj-wer . . . [/sub][/list]
[pre]K I N G D O M O F E G Y P T[/pre]
PORT TOBRUK
[sub]CYRENAICA GOVERNATE, Kotakuan Ii EVENING[/sub]
| Coast . . . Egypt already had enough of it without the annexation of Libya, but with the annexation it had doubled in size. Whilst this was desirable for the increased port access directly into the more central parts of the Mediterranean and the expansion of Egyptian EEZ/Territorial Waters it also provided a greater territory which needed to be protected and defended from belligerent ships or potential naval invading troops. With this in mind, HM Ministry of Defence approved the commencement of Operation Wadj-wer (named after the ancient Egyptian personification of the Mediterranean Sea). The immediate concern for the Ministry of Defence was the procurement of anti-tank & coastal guns which could be used in strategic locations planned to be often next to the major port cities of Tobruk, Bengazhi and Tripoli. |
| The operation will be used to enforce territorial waters and fishing rights. The fortifications will mostly be Coastal Guns and Naval Docks, but for the operation to be successful the Egyptian navy must also be to a high-class standard of which after warfare in the Mediterranean and Red Sea during the Second World War is a huge task but a task nonetheless that the Royal Egyptian Navy arent putting past themselves. The undeniable first step is for Egyptian naval leaders to come to a consensus on the best course for the navy, i.e a navy focused solely on either Destroyers, Submarines, Frigates and Corvettes or perhaps a more balanced navy. Undeniably destroyers will create a greater presence in Egyptian territorial waters but perhaps will not be as effective as having a fleet of fast moving vessels which can also act in a similar way to destroyers but with increased mobility. Naval leaders will debate over the course of the next month, with the polished operation to received Royal Assent on the 1st November. |
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[list][list]THE United Nations Un GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHAMBER
[sub]NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Paramountica EVENING[/sub][/list]
[sub]I am a simple man.
I do not dream of fancy houses, nor cars, nor of vast personal riches.
I do not pretend to be the greatest scholar, or a great philosopher.
No.
I leave the academics to those with a better education than I.
I leave commentaries to those better versed in the nuances of human history and psychology than I.
... But such as I am; I owe it all to the creator - who has blessed me, and graced me - to have been put on a life trajectory which has brought me here, this evening, to the august assembly of nations.[/sub]
[sub][...][/sub]
[sub]We have heard the remarks of my counterpart, Mister Barzani, concerning the bilateral agreement signed by Mister Smith of the Rhodesian Federation - and myself. Remarks which have echoed the sentiment expressed in hushed tones by other members of this chamber... I do not dispute that this agreement has become the source of controversy, but what concerns me most - through it all - is that the frame in which criticism has befallen my nation, has been quite narrow. That we are being vilified for not having demonstrated a sort of 'ideological purity'....[/sub]
[sub]I respect my counterpart, and the remarkable manner in which his nation has risen from the ashes of despair, and destruction... As a career diplomat, the significance of the existence of an independent Kurdish state is not missed on me; however, I am of the belief that Mister Barzanis social and political context have robbed them of an understanding of my position.[/sub]
[sub]During the first session of this Assembly, there was but one speech made which directly referenced the topic of decolonization. Just one. The silence of many of you who have gathered here today was deafening.[/sub]
[list][sub]-- And before you lift your pens to redraw this failure to we few Africans here.. the onus of responsibility for Decolonization lay upon Europe, not us.[/sub][/list]
[sub]... But not only this - it was the majority of members of this Assembly - specifically those from Europe and the Americas, who elected to the post of 1st .. General Assembly President; a man who hailed from a state who just a few years ago, ruled over Zaire with such impunity that the Belgian Monarchs publicly regarded an entire nation, and its people, as their personal property. Yet, there was silence.[/sub]
[sub]How can anyone here, today, attempt to frame the August Accord as an Azanian betrayal of our fundamental mission - when this body, built upon mutual respect, and the equality of all peoples - miscarried justice and avoided this issue because it was too hard-... because-.. to speak out unequivocally against Colonialism and Imperialism carried with it the punishment which only nations can bring against nation. To speak plainly - the remarks of Mr. Barzani - and those who support his view, are disingenuous.[/sub]
[sub]No one cares, truthfully, for the plight of the African who, for centuries, have suffered at the hands of outsiders. Who watched as their way of life was preyed upon and violated. Generations of Africans who were influenced into selling their kindred into the forms of bondage that were foreign to the concept of indentured servitude, that they would have resisted the business dealings of outsiders. NO. ONE. CARES.[/sub]
[sub]At every opportunity in these fleeting moments in the life of this organization, Decolonization has taken on a secondary position as members use this podium to publicly curry the favor of the Great Powers.. HOW DARE YOU SIR?![/sub]
[sub]Shame is what grips this body today.[/sub]
[sub]Do you not think that we are all too aware of the atrocities occurring on our borders? We know first hand-... I know first hand-.. As a citizen of a nation who just 10 years ago, prevented me from voting freely, whatsmore, standing before you as but the second native Prime Minister in it's history. Yet, my office has received no inquiries from the Ambassadorial staff from any government represented her-... from anyone who may genuinely wonder why? Why this demographic exchange - because that is what it is unless this Assemblys definition of genocide and ethnic cleansing has become so diluted.[/sub]
[sub]I tell you - the August Accords were signed to SAVE my brothers and sisters.
To Liberate them.
To redeem their humanity as free participants in an open society.[/sub]
[sub]Not through bloodshed, as is the sole other alternative in this case - but through diplomacy and mutual understanding. Azania - through personal sacrifice - has agreed to take in those people who were otherwise being locked out of society. Who faced persecution and even the pain of death for non-compliance. For while the world was distracted by the fascists of Europe during the war, Azanians were unable to intervene as the Federal Forces of Rhodesia engaged in open warfare against peoples who were technologically inferior to them. Did the Kurdish Embassy make a statement? No. Did the Soviet Embassy? No. American-.. British Commissioner's office ? No. No. No.[/sub]
[sub]Instead, it was Azania who was left to find a solution and save as many lives as possible without throwing the entire war effort into disarray.[/sub]
[sub]So here we are, in the aftermath of a difficult decision that has been made. A decision that will see people displaced temporarily, but placed on a path to prosperity. A decision that may seem chaotic to the outside observer, but is far greater than the alternative. For I would much rather the headlines read, AZANIA ALLOWS FOR PEACEFUL MOVEMENT OF WHITES OUT OF THE COUNTRY-.. AND WELCOMES OPPRESSED NATIVES. than AZANIA AND RHODESIA AT WAR, THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN DISARRAY; MILLIONS DEAD... For that is the alternative.[/sub]
[sub]For it would not be Kurdish lives sent to the front, but Africans - and unless the Kurds, or any other people are willing to send their children to die in a meaningless conflict on the heels of the Second Great War-.. the policy of silence would best be adopted again, as before.[/sub]
[sub]Thank-you[/sub]
[list][list][list]- ENGAMELI ZWANE, Prime Minister of the United Tribes of Azania[/list][/list][/list]
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[list][list]United Nations Un- General Assembly Chamber -
New York City, New York, United States of America Paramountica[/list][/list]
[list][sub]Native Rhodesia has not been liberated, ITS BEEN LIQUIDATED, and Azania has shown it supports that notion. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is an ally to all oppressed people in this world and its ready to make those promises a reality with this institution, but all this has shown is that colonialists can Remove their native populations and the world will accept that area as rightful colonial lands. I fear for the lives of Africans in colonial lands now that this precedent has been set by their fellow Africans who once preached true liberation, let them know they still have Allies in this world who are not scared to defend them and liberate them with their lives. The People of the Soviet Union have laid their lives down for the liberation of Europe and we will lay our lives down for the Liberation of Africa and Asia with Allies or without Allies in that fight.[/sub]
[sub]The Native Africans are not pawns to move in the goal of securing a homogeneous colonial state, their right to live in their ancestral land must be protected and enforced.[/sub]
[sub]The Policy of Silence must end now, instead of extended as Mr. Zwane suggests.[/sub][/list]
[list]- Permanent Representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the United Nations Andrei Gromyko[/list]
[list][list][pre]WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]ТРУДЯЩИЕСЯ МИРА ОБЪЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ![/pre][/list][/list]
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[list]September 1947
[sub]The Nordics Statement at the UN[/sub][/list]
[pre]NORDICS AT THE UN! UN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ABOUT MIGRATION OF MALAWIANS! SPEAKS ON AFRICAN POTENTIAL![/pre]
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
[sub]New York City, Paramountica MORNING[/sub]
| [sub]Flushing Meadows is an 897 acre public park located in the Borough of Queens in New York City, once hosted the 1939 Worlds Fair exhibiting displays of many arrays from across the globe. It would be here in this diverse part of Queens that the United Nations General Assembly would convene once again for its yearly sessions. This year, the Nordic delegation lead by foreign minister Christian Günther would speak on behalf of the Nordic government on the situation in Rhodesia and the migration of millions of Malawians from their homeland. It would also seem that the Nordic people and delegation would be one of few to be passionate about having the Secretary General, a fellow Nordic take action on the matter.[/sub]
CHRISTIAN ERNST GÜNTHER, Foreign Minister: [sub]Ladies and gentlemen of the General Assembly. It has been two years since the end of the Second World War. Two years of all of us rebuilding and establishing our new countries from the ashes of war. We have built an organization aimed for peace and the ability to solve crises when they arise. We can never turn a blind eye when problems arise especially when the well-being of people are at risk. On the continent of Africa, we are seeing nations flourish such as Zaire, Ethiopia and Egypt all focused on their own development to better themselves for the future. Africa is a diverse continent with thousands of tribes and cultures. Yet, I would like to bring attention to the actions being committed by the Rhodesians at this moment. A relocation effort to remove Malawians from their homeland, which they have inhabited for thousands of years only to be relocated to lands unfamiliar to them. I want every single delegate to think about if that is fair for the Malawians. I want the delegates here to put themselves in the shoes of Malawians and think about if they would like it if they were removed from their ancestral homeland and relocated somewhere foreign with currency from the government. No amount of money should convince these Malawians or any African to move from their established homes. You may be surprised as to why the Nordics are voicing their concerns about African affairs. It is simple. We are peace loving and neutral people. One who cares for their people and others. We accept all with open arms. Just look back two years ago. We fought a war over expansionism and hatred. Yet what do we see now in Africa? Why are many silent over the issue? One cannot advocate for black excellence or black unity if they are silent about what is happening in Rhodesia. We all should be outraged if anything. I call on my friend, Mr. Trygve Lie to do something that the League of Nations couldnt do. And that something is to take action. We cannot allow states to remove and relocate the native populations to a foreign territory without repercussions. I urge all the African delegations here today to lead by example. To speak up against actions such as these. The Nordic government sees with their own eyes the potential of what these African nations can possess. I have spoken enough about our concerns on the African continent. I hope those concerns have not fallen on deaf ears Mr. Lie.[/sub]
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SLOVENIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED BY THE IOC
[list][sup]A SPORTIVE REPUBLIC
SLOVENIASUMMER 1947[/sup][/list]
Members of the Slovenian Olympic Committee sat austerely at a lavish September banquet in Ljubljana. Six-time Olympic medalist Leon tukelj looked over the elegant hall of dignitaries, fellow members of his expanded Juni Sokol at his side. The whole room was populated by statuesque former athletes clad in immaculate black formalwear. Some had, interestingly, begun to wear traditional Slovene linen attire in the place of vests; traditional patterns depicting leaves or flowers could be noticed in the attire of over a dozen attendees. The stern, silver-haired 66-year-old Rudolf Cvetko, a 1912 Olympic silver medalist for the Austrian Empire who was the first Slovene to qualify for the Olympics, strides to the podium to make a keynote speech. With impeccable posture granted to him by years of fencing, Cvetko stood as if he was carven from marble; his peers looked on in pride. Though the whole Committee had been given austere funds by the national budget, an sense of eagerness to represent Slovenias prestigious athletic culture had lent enthusiasm and respect to the Committee. Work for it had even been considered before the dawn of the Republic, and the official founding date for the organization was in the autumn of 1945. Now, two years later, it was recognized at last. Cvetko declared to the hall the specifics: as of the 17th of September, 1947, Slovenia had finally been recognized by the IOC as an Olympic contender and would be present at the 1948 London Olympics.
[list][sub]https://i.imgur.com/C3FY8e5.jpg
Slovene discus thrower Danilo erjal[/sub][/list]
Dark-haired, sharp-jawed discus thrower Danilo erjal seemed the frontrunner to bear the Slovenian flag. Well-built, charming and patriotic, erjal was the golden boy of the Committee and took the podium soon after Cvetko. He spoke of the importance of the games, the pride of bearing the flag and the opportunity to show the world the talents of Slovenian athletes. He seemed to have the whole room in the palm of his hand, and some of the most prominent members of the Committee nodded sincerely in agreement. A standing ovation followed his speech, and erjal was soon referred to as the son of Slovenia by the media. Indeed, the young man seemed to be the best hope of the Slovenian Olympic Committee. erjal had won the silver medal in the discus throw at the 1946 European Championships and held the continental record for the indoor shot put. He had also held the Slovenian record in the discus throw since 1939in truth, he was an all-around excellent athlete and every indicator pointed to a promising future ahead of him.
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NDEBELE KINGDOM SUPPORTS RHODESIA'S BID TO REMOVE CERTAIN POPULATIONS, WITH POLITICAL REASON
September 1947
After outcry at the United Nations at the Rhodesian-Azanian August Accords, which was agreed to by both Nations after a mutual approach, the Ndebele Kingdom which has remained a close Ally of the Smith Government since it came to power has thrown itself entirely behind the Regime. During the Rhodesian Chaos the Ndebele were the largest native allies of the Government and in turn the Interior Ministry turned blind eyes to their own liquidations of hostile Shona factions. It was perhaps easier for the Ndebele to co-exist with the Rhodesians due to the fact that they themselves only recently (within the past 100 years) migrated into Rhodesia, they themselves actually being descendants of the Zulus. Having themselves suffered at the hands of the other Native factions they have supported the Governments actions to financially incentivize emigration within those groups.
In fact of the almost 800,000 Natives designated as loyalists by the Rhodesian Government almost 93% of that number were Ndebele and as a result the entire Kingdom was in essence granted immunity and support by the Government.
King Humphrey Mncedisi Lobengula who has continued to bless his people with wise leadership since 1913 is vocal in his friendship with Ian Smith, having famously offered to marry his twelfth Daughter to the Prime Minister in June of 1945. He is famed and hailed by the White Rhodesians for his nationally advertised speeches which include the declaration of September 1945 (at the conclusion of the Rhodesian Chaos) that :
[list]"The Great Brother Tribes, one being my People and the other the People of Smith have beaten back those who want to drive us from these lands. From our arms red blood has flowed and made us friends and allies. They have shown to be our friends and we have shown ourselves to be theirs, and we can walk forward together as brethren thanks to this. Let it be a lesson for anyone seeking to oust us from our homes, we will not just defeat you we will oust you from yours!" [/list]
- Historical Context : The Shona are the largest ethnic Group within Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) however the Ndebele are the second largest and both have fought amongst themselves since the Shona migrated into Rhodesia in the 19th Century. Mugabe being Shona conducted Genocides against the Ndebele, hence the Ndebele were regarded as more moderate and friendly towards the Smith Regime and at the conclusion of Rhodesia IRL Smiths Government actually supported the Ndebele Candidate over the Shona Candidates. The Ndebele had conquered the regions they currently inhabit in the 1820s from the Shona and had since split with their roots to the south.
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[list][list][pre]ꕦ ꛲ ꕦ ꚿ
A Z A N I A[/pre][sub]1 October 1947[/sub][/list]
GREAT IHAWU UNITED TRIBES OF AZANIA;
[sub]1947 Edition, Part 1[/sub]
[list][sub][pre]
The post-war demobilization effort had run its course.
With the 322,000 conscripted service members released
from His Majestys service by the spring of 1947, planners
within the Ministry of Defense have presented to the Council
of State, their strategic outlook for the post-war era; bringing
with it, reorganization of active duty forces and a new strategic
blueprint for research, development, and military engagements.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[pre]MINISTRY OF DEFENSE TO BE REORGANIZED AROUND NEW STRATEGIC CONSENSUS | BIRTH OF UNIFIED INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY;[/pre][/list]
[sub]For military strategists and planners, Azanias combat experience during the war taught valuable lessons on the state of modern warfare, and its future. The pre-war consensus that armored vehicles, for example, were still to operate in a secondary role to infantry forces, had been shattered by the advancing legions of Volkists tanks across Europe in 1939/40 and by the Soviets thereafter in 1944/45. The aeroplane matured as an efficient tactical tool in the skies over East Africa, and as a Strategic Weapon during the Battle of Britain and Bombing of Pearl Harbor. Finally, and most shockingly in the realm of naval warfare, the Battleship lost its preeminence to the Aircraft Carrier. These lessons served as a sobering pill to senior staffers within the Defense Minister, who became convinced that the unpredictable nature of modern warfare required a great deal of attention towards continuous research and developmental efforts.[/sub]
[sub]Further, the changing outlook of the United Tribes, as detailed fully by Defense White Paper 1946, identified several strategic goals for Azania who found itself in a diplomatic position requiring a more active role in the affairs of the continent, and Southern Hemisphere at-large. Those strategic goals identified by the paper would be summarized as follows;[/sub]
[list][sub][*] The security of a sustainably-stable Africa, as a foundational factor to elevating Azanias diplomatic influence beyond the continent.
[*] A smooth and orderly process of decolonization, wherein revolutionary forces are prevented from destabilizing the continent, or gaining power over post-colonial states; therin destroying the prosperity, generally accepted as inevitable for African peoples.
[*] The maintenance of free and open seas for international, regional, and hemispheric commerce.
[*] The security of Africas strategic resources.
[*] The prevention of crimes against Humanity within Africa, and the Southern Hemisphere; and providing of humanitarian aid, towards the preservation of a Beloved Community for mankind.[/sub][/list]
[sub]With those goals in mind, Parliament passed the National Defense & Strategic Forces Act of 1947, in an effort to provide the administrative framework for the Defense Ministry, Armed Forces, and Intelligence Community to reach the aforementioned goals.[/sub]
[list][sub]MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE[/sub][/list]
[sub]Under the NDSFA, the Ministry of Defense created in 1910 would be reorganized to incorporate the Intelligence agencies of the Ministries of External Affairs, Internal Affairs, and Tribal Affairs within its organization. It likewise called for the integration of the individual research departments of the Armed Forces into a single Office of Research & Technology, which would direct and streamline efforts to make gains at the cutting edge of civil and military technology. With those additions to the Defense structure, the new Ministry of National Defense would be organized into Five Offices - Army, Navy, Air Force, Intelligence, and Research - each headed by an appointed civil servant (as State Secretary), and a Uniformed officer (as Chief of Staff). Those department heads would be subordinate to the Minister of State for Defense, and a uniformed Chair of the Defense Council.[/sub]
[sub]Most notably within this reorganization, is the creation of the Offices of the Air Force, Intelligence, and Research. This marks the first time in Azanias history, that the Royal Air Force would receive an administrative office in its own right. Implementing a structure similar to that of the existing Office of the Army and Navy, the Office of the Air Force would organize staff for Logistical, Command & Control, Personnel, and Operational purposes.[/sub]
[sub]The Office of Intelligence, would be tasked with the express mission of; retrieving vital strategic and tactical information for the Armed Forces, and Diplomatic Corps on all matters pertaining to the security, longevity, and prosperity of the United Tribes. Under the NDSFA, the individual Intelligence Agencies would be separated from their former Ministries and placed under the administration and operational control of the Office of Intelligence within the Ministry of National Defense. Those Agencies themselves would be reorganized, and personnel shuffled to reflect new missions in support of the OIs mission.[/sub]
[list][sub][*] National Intelligence Service; tasked with domestic intelligence gathering within the United Tribes, its Dependents, and Overseas Territories.
[*] National Security Service; which engages in security and counterintelligence operations on behalf of the NIS and other Agencies within the United Tribes, its Dependents, and Overseas Territories.
[*] Azanian Secret Service; tasked with providing non-military intelligence services to the Diplomatic Corps, and Cabinet. Its operational purview includes the gathering, correlating, evaluating and analyzing of intelligence on foreign states, their leaders, national issues, foreign strategic outlook, and other pertinent information which may be useful to engage in Diplomacy. This agency is also responsible for providing security for diplomatic personnel and national leaders.
[*] Military Intelligence; a bureau which unifies the Intelligence personnel of the Royal Azanian Armed Forces - which includes the Naval Information Service (Navy), Intelligence Corps (Army), and the 4th Air Force. The purpose of Military Intelligence is to gather, correlate, evaluate, and analyze information pertinent to national security through the lens of military strategic and tactical operations.
[*] National Signals Intelligence Service; tasked with encryption and decryption operations, in addition to foreign code break, communications monitoring, and translation services for the Diplomatic Corps, Military, and Cabinet Ministries.
[*] Strategic Information Service; which gathers, correlates, evaluates, and analyzes information on the state of natural strategic resources (Oil, Gas, Uranium, Gold, etc) around the globe, and provides economic forecasts for foreign states which includes estimates on the total reserves of each resources held by states around the world.[/sub][/list]
[sub]Through this reorganization, and the creation of a Intelligence Council where interagency information is shared, the United Tribes will be able to become more efficient and effective in ascertaining information globally, and acting on that information in accordance with the national (and continental) interest.[/sub]
[sub]Finally, the Office of Research & Technology will be established, combining the weapons development and procuring agencies of the armed forces. With the express mandate of continuously probing the extremities of human understanding, the ORT will have the ability to work alongside other Research Divisions of National Ministries, and partner with the Private Sector to advance the national technological base in an intentional manner. Under the NDSFA, the ORT will have seniority over the other Ministerial Research Divisions, with its head chairing a National Research Board, comprised of the other research heads, and private sector partners. However, it should be noted that top secret projects will solely be handled by the ORT and safeguarded by the Office of Intelligence.[/sub]
[sub]With these reforms in place, Parliament made the commitment to direct at least 10% of the national budget to the Ministry of National Defense for a period of 10 years, at which time, that minimum would be reconsidered.[/sub]
[list][pre]FORWARD BASES TO STABILIZE CONTINENTAL AFRICA;[/pre][/list]
[sub]The peace settlement which saw the campaign in East Africa come to a summary end was the subject of debate, and diplomatic backroom posturing. The coalition which launched the preemptive strike into Fascist East Africa obtained a swift victory over the Italians, with a substantial level of assistance from rebelling Ethiopian Colonial Troops. That reality proved difficult for the diplomatic corps from the Commonwealth realms and Ethiopian Government-in-exile to navigate, leading to several amendments to the settlement until the final form took shape. The United Tribes would receive the Hanish Island chain in the Red Sea, and work to support the Ethiopian state during its road to restoration.[/sub]
[sub]From that post, the United Tribes would establish a naval and air station, to safeguard the interest of Azania in the Red Sea and likewise support stability in the region. The bases located there were SAF Krapplevier, capable of supporting up to 200 aircraft and corresponding personnel; HMS Zuqar Bay, a minor naval instillation capable of supporting up to 8 warships of various sizes (including no more than two fleet Aircraft Carriers.[/sub]
[sub]In 1944, the United Tribes and Zaire signed an accord which made provision for the United Tribes to take possession of Kisangani and the surrounding area, to establish a military installation. Out of bilateral talks in which the two states identified a similar strategic outlook, Azania opened its ports for the basing of the new and growing Zairean navy - drawing the strategic and tactical apparatus of both nations together.[/sub]
[sub]At Kisangali, the Ministry of National Defense would construct one of the largest military installations on the continent - highlighting its strategic location close to the geographic heart of the continent. At this base, to be named Joint Base Smuts, an airfield and army barracks capable of supporting up to 300 aircraft of varying sizes, and up to 86,000 soldiers of the Azanian Army.[/sub]
[sub]These Outposts for Peace will be fully manned in fulfillment of the Azanian Strategic Goal for continental stability. At SAF Krapplevier, a permanent garrison of 5,000 men of the Azanian Army and the 98th Royal Azanian Air Wing (2 Squadrons of Fighters, 1 Squadron of Bombers). At HMS Zuqar Bay, three Mammal-class sloops-of-war will constitute the Red Sea Station. At JB Smuts, the 51st Royal Azanian Air Wing (1 Squadron of Fighters, 1 Squadron of Bombers) will be stationed alongside the Royal Azanian Expeditionary Division (12,148 Troops).[/sub]
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[list]13th October 1947
[sub] The Two-Pillar Summit between Arabia and Egypt was held in Tripoli! [/sub][/list]
[pre]K I N G D O M O F E G Y P T[/pre]
ROYAL PALACE OF TRIPOLI
[sub]TRIPOLITANIA GOVERNORATE, Kotakuan Ii EVENING[/sub]
| From the ashes of the Second World War, a new order within the Arab world was emerging. States once under the thumb of greater colonial powers such as France and the United Kingdom were now establishing themselves in their own right. This was true for the states of Egypt and Arabia, two states which now operate their growing influence on the Middle East through both hard and soft power as seen with the North African Campaign only several years prior. The main goal for His Royal Highness Farouk, King of Egypt & the Sudan, and His Majesty Faisal II of Arabia was to establish a stable bipolar regional order which would facilitate peace, development and prosperity for time. After the acquisition of Libya in September 1947, Faisal II made several warm comments regarding both Egypt and the King which demonstrated a willingness to cooperate and mutual respect, he stated: "the empowerment of Arabia is the empowerment of Egypt and vice versa". This was extremely positive, and HRH Farouk took it upon himself to reach out to Faisal II to establish an annual "Two Pillars Summit" to discuss trade, regional foreign policy and cooperation on projects of mutual benefit. The first conference was to take place in Tripoli, symbolically within the newly acquired territory of the former Italian Libya as a showcase of the progress an Arab state had made on the world stage and to exemplify Libya as a benchmark for the future. The fact of the matter is that Farouk meeting Faisal couldn't have come at a more apt time, with the United Nations providing a General Assembly Resolution on the partition of the British Mandate in Palestine. This would effectively divide Palestine into a Jewish state (Israel) and an Arab state (Palestine), which both Farouk and Faisal see as an immediate threat to the Palestinian Arab population who reside in the designated Jewish areas. There has been the previous precedence with Egyptian and Arabian cooperation, the Aqaba Gulf Initiative provided an extensive list of mutually beneficial policies such as Cultural Cooperation, Agricultural Development Cooperation (including desalination and irrigation projects), Trade Agreements for Fertilizers, clothing, fruits, nuts, vegetables, dairy, eggs, honey etc. Education Cooperation and Energy Supply Stability were also agreed to. |
| Faisal arrived in Tripoli with a hero's greeting by Libyan-Egyptians, he was given a full state visit ceremony and chauffeured to the Royal Palace of Tripoli where the summit would begin. Iran was a major point of concern for both Egypt and Arabia, with the ability of Iran to exploit Kurdistan to gain a foothold in the Arab world and even repress the Kurdish people themselves. The 'Two-Pillars' of the Arab world would need to be firm and establish strong boundaries with what Egypt and Arabia would consider their sphere of influence and thus containing the Persians. A further concern was the previously mentioned partition of the British Mandate in Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state, this brazen act of division will only cause pain and suffering with hundreds of thousands of Arabs being stuck within the Jewish state providing great uncertainty regarding the welfare of their homes, livelihoods and family. Additionally, Faisal and Farouk agreed that Egyptian and Arabian influence would end at the Iraq/Syrian border with Syria itself to be considered a joint influence zone. Regarding cooperation, Egypt and Arabia discussed a desire to interlink both nations via the Cape to Cairo Rail Network through connected ports (i.e., the Egyptian side would be connected to the Cape to Cairo Rail while the ports on the Arabian side would become connected to their internal rail network) through naval transit. Moreover, there is to be a military focus from the Two Pillars on the development of high-tech aircraft and tanks which can begin to compete with the United States and USSR in terms of effectiveness in the post-war era. Whilst sharing a common people, culture and ideology both Egypt and Arabia both a common religion, Islam. A program for work and study-related VISA is to be progressed towards, with prestigious Arab universities within both Egypt and Arabia, and a non-work/study-related VISA for pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca was also discussed and agreed upon. In summary, much was agreed upon and much more discussed, it is the start of a blossoming relationship between the Two Pillars of the Middle East and the Arab World. God Save The King! |
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THE JETFIRE - RHODESIA'S JET FIGHTER
October 9th 1947
context : https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=48882985
The Jetfire, Rhodesia's Spitfire Jet conversion based upon a similar conversion undertaken by the Soviets of the Yak-3 into the Yak-15 has finally had its initial version completed and take to the skies. While of course the Production model is expected for December of next year, it is an important step to have an initial model in the air and showing the people and military staff that the program was well worth it. Powered by Rhodesian version of the Jumo 004B much like the Yak-15, it is capable of greater speeds than the original Spitfire however slightly reduced maneuverability. It is considered of great national importance to the Smith Administration that the project is completed, to provide a more modern air defense and superiority fighter for the Royal Rhodesian Air Force and to replace the Spitfire in its operational role. As was undertaken with the Hurricane upon implementation of the Jetfire the Spitfires in service with the RRAF shall be switched to the ground-attack and support role.
Armed primarily with four hull nose mounted 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannons armed each with 60 shells (for a total of 240) and two mountpoints on the wings for either additional gunpods or Rockets the Aircraft will have less firepower than the Spitfire but will travel much faster. The basic speed of the Spitfire being 600 km/h the highest attainable speed by the Jetfire shall be 762 km/h, a similar improvement as achieved on the Yak-15 although slower than its Soviet rival due to a much larger wing area which does on the other hand grant it a much greater maximum altitude as well as a faster climb rate.
As a result of it taking to the skies for the first time on October 9th, it stands as the first operational Jet Fighter designed and produced in Africa to take flight.
[spoiler= Specifications of the Jetfire]
Crew: 1
Length: 30 ft
Wingspan: 36 ft 11 in
Height: 11 ft 8 in
Wing area: 242.1 sq ft
Empty weight: 2,328 kg
Gross weight: 3,112 Kg
Max takeoff weight: 3,180 Kg
Powerplant: 1 × Rhodesian Aircraft Corporation JPE-01
Maximum speed: 473 mph, 762 km/h
Combat range: 320 mi, 514 km
Ferry range: 1,100 mi, 1,800 km with twin fuel tanks
Service ceiling: 36,000 ft (11,000 m)
Rate of climb: 2,600 ft/min (13 m/s)
Guns : 4x 20 mm Hispano Mk II (60 rounds per gun)
Optional Gunpods : 4x .303 in Browning Mk II* Machine guns in two twin pods
Bombs : 2x RP-3 rockets, one on either wing mount
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HAILE SELASSIE AT THE UN
[list][sub]| Emperor Haile Selassie had a very special relationship with the UN, through its predecessor, the League of Nations. During the 2nd Italo-Ethiopian War, he made the controversial move of taking the train to Djibouti and taking a ship to London, for the purpose of giving his speech. Some deem him a coward, some praise him for the attention he brought to the conflict, resulting in the land claims that Ethiopia was able to take in the aftermath. However, credit must be given, as his speeches inspired one of the first movements of Pan-Africanism, as Black people from Harlem to Somalia rallied either on the battlefield or in protests in the country's name. Standing proud as the leader of the only African country never to be colonized, Haile Selassie gives his takes on the UN's purpose, decolonization, and the August Accords. |[/sub][/list]
[sub]| Emperor Haile Selassie | "I send my warmest welcomes and greetings to all of you gathered at this assembly. Just 2 years ago, the bloodiest war in human history was fought, on almost every continent and involved almost every nation. However, we come to meet here on the remains of an earlier organization with the same purpose: The League of Nations. Many of you remember that I addressed you all about the Italian invasion, in the late 1930s. Almost none of you sent anything to aid us in our time of need. However, I do not come here with bitterness, as this mistake has been rectified in the war. But, we must ensure that the same flaws of favoritism, inaction, and complicitness, must be replaced with equality and decisiveness. I hope that the UN does not treat any nation like the League of Nations did to Ethiopia. All action must be taken with speed and power, lest the UN become another useless tool of the powerful like the League of Nations. One of the topics that needs this immediate action, is decolonization.[/sub]
[sub]I am happy with how the UN has decided to deal with former Italian colonies, that instead of giving it back after the war, they gave the colonies of Libya, Somalia, and Eritrea, to already existing, organic entities, such as Kotakuan Ii and myself, respectively. However, the job has not been finished. It is not enough that we just punish the losers of the war, as decolonization is not meant to be a punishment. It is supposed to be the goal. Just like we dealt with Italian colonies, we must do the same for French, British, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies. And we must make a response with power and decisiveness, lest we lose the plot. We already see the consequences of not taking the actions needed to curb it, in Azania and Rhodesia.[/sub]
[sub]The racial cleansing happening in Southern Africa is sickening. This is not the same government that we gave the Hanish Islands to out of love. Rhodesia's attempts to create a white ethnostate in the middle of Africa are disturbing to say the least, and the same goes with Azania sending white men to Rhodesia. They claim that they are providing a home for oppressed natives, instead of taking the action necessary to make them feel safe in their own homeland. I can say for certain that moving thousands of people out of their homes is not the solution. Azania is complicit in this ethnic cleansing, and both of these nations must be sanctioned at the very least. And if you delegates in this assembly do not take action, I will do everything in my power to.[/sub]
[sub]Like my Nordic friend Canovia has said, we cannot allow nations to relocate entire populations, especially when we are holding the mantle of decolonization. It is a great feat that we all meet here today in a new organization, but this pressing issues must be dealt with, as I reiterate once more, with power and decisiveness. Thank you."[/sub]
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October,1947
MALAY LANGUAGE TO DE-LATINISE?
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With the ambition of reducing the influence that the "white men" had on the Malay peninsula.Aisy Rayyan wanted to de-latinise the Malay language and return to one of the older forms of writing Malay or combining all of those forms of writing and making a all new writing system for the Malay language which would still show the initial roots of the Malay language in writing however a few problems arise with this idea.
Problem number 1,this change in education would forever alter the Malay people reading which means that learning other latinized languages would be harder for the future generations of Malay which could jeopardise any future attempts at international business unless their well educated.Problem number 2,this would discourage those outside of the country to not learn Malay just to visit this country for a vacation or business and the last problem that was brought to Aisy Rayyan table,there would be no way to teach this new writing system as nobody except history teachers would know or understand the writing methods and the fact that findings of the old writings are very few which means that their alphabet system would not be full as it would've been if they could gather more info.
[U]Aisy fix to the problems
Aisy came up with some ideas on how to counter these problems.Aisy would mix the older Malay writing system with modern day Sanskrit to give at least something similar to look at which could be used as a reference.The old Malay that which would be used is Pallava,Kawi and Rencong,using what has been found and filling in blanks with Sanskrit.This would create a complicated language which would be difficult to teach the current generation how to learn to write.So Aisy came up with a solution.
Teach this de-latinise version of the Malay language in schools but still allow the latinized version to be used but the de-latinise version would be taught more then the latinized version to make the de-latinise version sink into the brains of the children so they would still recognise the latinized Malay that other Malay countries use but are still able to use this de-latinise variant in their home country where it should become the majority in 5-20 generations.In terms of business with those outside of Maziya,the latinized Malay would still be used only if the other person does not understand the de-latinise version due to the fact that the latinization of the Malay language happened years ago and it's the majority over this new version which has yet to be determined to be used.
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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: OPERATION LÉA BEGINS IN VIETNAM IN ATTEMPT TO CRUSH THE VIET MINH
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, OCTOBER 1947 [/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF WARFARE, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | The French Armed Forces have started the beginning of Operation Léa also known as the Việt Bắc Campaign in an attempt to crush the Việt Minh. French General Valluy's plan called for an airborne force that would capture the Việt Minh leadership and three French columns would strike into the Việt Minh heartland. A force of 15,000 French troops had been hastily readied for the operation against an estimated 20,000 Việt Minh. The operated started on October 7th with the initial landing of 1,100 paratroopers at the city of Bắc Kạn. The paratroopers took swift control over the city, however they fell short of capturing Saigon.[/sub]
[sub]While the initial parachute assault surprised the Việt Minh entirely and nearly led to the capturing of Saigon and General Giap, Việt Minh forces quickly recovered and began ambushing the three French columns. Having lost the opportunity to neutralize the Việt Minh leadership, the French paratroopers found themselves fighting for survival as the Việt Minh counter-attacked and surrounded them. Ten French battalions totaling about 15,000 men had began advancing at the same time from the city of Lạng Sơn to Cao Bằng then down through Nguyen Binh to Bắc Kạn, to cut off supplies to the Việt Minh. The secondary objective was to surround the Việt Minh forces and destroy them in battle. [/sub]
[sub]The French columns were heavily delayed by bad roads, mines, and ambushes, taking them until October 13th to reach the approximate vicinity of Bắc Kạn, where the Việt Minh put up a strong resistance. French forces finally broke through Việt Minh defenses on October 16th and relieved the paratroopers. A four battalion riverine force that was supposed to assault up the Clear and Gam rivers encountered so many delays that they played no useful part in the battle. The French forces were unable to destroy the entirety of Việt Minh forces and most of what had been 40,000 guerrillas escaped through gaps in the French lines, including Ho Chi Minh and his staff with General Võ Nguyên Giáp.[/sub]
[sub]On the 8th of November the operation would be officially called off. After failing to destroy the Việt Minh insurgency through knockout blows in Operation Léa, the French supreme command changed tactics again. For financial, political, and economic reasons, France had become unable to send more troops to Indochina. The French forces there began to establish outposts on the major roads such as Route Coloniale 4 and Route Coloniale 3, to restrict the Việt Minh movement in north-east Tonkin but the Việt Minh was easily able to slip through the cordons and reinforce themselves.[/sub]
[sub]The immediate aftermath of Operation Léa saw an estimated 700 of the 15,000 French soldiers killed in action while the Việt Minh lost an estimated 10,000 of their 40,000 strong guerilla force. Overall it was a tactical victory for the French forces even though they had failed to meet all of their objectives. The rest of the conflict was expected to become an utter stalemate between the colonial forces and communist backed Việt Minh. |[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Greek and Slovenian Delegations Meet in Ljubljana - Treaty of Friendship Signed and Diplomatic Relations Secured!, October 1947
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, ελληνική και σλοβενική αντιπροσωπεία συναντώνται στη Λιουμπλιάνα - υπογράφεται συνθήκη φιλίας και εξασφαλίζονται διπλωματικές σχέσεις!, Οκτώβριος 1947
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands, Amsterwald The Greek and Slovenian Delegations! - Η ελληνική και σλοβενική αντιπροσωπεία![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| A FRIENDSHIP TO LAST, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, BALKANS: | ΜΙΑ ΦΙΛΊΑ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΔΙΑΡΚΈΣΕΙ, ΛΙΟΥΜΠΛΙΆΝΑ, ΣΛΟΒΕΝΊΑ, ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| Following the chaotic change of Yugoslavian government from Monarchist to Communist, Greek views on the country have changed drastically. Their strong allies have fallen, overthrown by a government that the former Greco-Yugoslavian Alliance was made to counter. However, with Slovenian independence in 1945, there is newfound hope for a northern alliance for Greece. Slovenia having a strong disdain for the new Yugoslavian Government echoes the Greek relations that they have with Yugoslavia, and thus, a new alliance or at least diplomatic security with Slovenia was inevitable. Greece also supported Slovenia's annexations of Trst (Trieste), Gradec, and Reka, further bolstering relations. As Slovenia and Greece continued growing diplomatically, a proposal was drafted for the two governments to alas meet in Slovenia, further showing Greece's willingness to move closer to Slovenia and vice versa. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"With the change of Yugoslavia now proving distasteful to the people and government of Greece, it is only logical that the Kingdom of Greece and the Republic of Slovenia would become natural allies in the face of communism."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Greek Defense Minister Georgios Stratos[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list]| On the 21st of October, 1947, an official diplomatic visit would be scheduled between Slovenia and Greece. The visit would be in Slovenia, with the Greek delegation including His Excellency King George II, Acting Prime Minister Emmanouil Tsouderos, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Panagiotis Pipinelis, Defense Minister Georgios Stratos, and a few dozen or so staff members of the general, military, foreign, parliamentary, and economic staff were all sent to Slovenia via the Greek Navy's Flagship, the RHNS Crete. On the 23rd of October, the Greece delegation arrived in Trst, greeted by the Slovenian delegation, and the cheers and crowds of the Slovenian citizens. The Greek delegation would go down the gangway and was greeted with a warm reception by the Slovenian delegation. The Slovenian delegation comprised Slovenian President Boris Furlan, members of Prime Minister Miha Krek's cabinet, Chief of the Armed Forces Franc Krenner, and other military officials. The two delegations would then travel to Ljubljana, Gradec, Maribor, and the White Carniolan city of Maadan. Wherever they went, they were greeted by streets lined with Slovenian citizens, and banners of the Slovenian and Greek flags being hung from buildings. | [/list]
[list]| The three-day long visit was not all traveling, however, but with some rather diplomatic business being done. In Ljubljana, the delegations discussed the diplomatic future of the two nations, with most members agreeing that the relations between Greece and Slovenia would remain positive. At the end of the meeting, several agreements would be authorized. The finalization of Greek support to Slovenian territorial claims, along with a Free-Trade Agreement set to take place in 1948 was agreed upon. Most importantly, however, a Treaty of Friendship would be signed by Greek King George II, and Slovenian president Boris Furlan, cementing relations between the two nations. Importantly, the King and President shook a firm handshake and followed by resounding applause from the delegations. On the 26th of October, the Greek delegation left Slovenia to much positive fanfare, and in Greece, the meeting had a positive effect on civilians, with most approving and recognizing the agreements made. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"With the signing of these agreements with Slovenia, Greece's Northern Borders are now secured, now that we have a strong friend in these bittersweet times. I do have to thank President Furlan for agreeing to the terms, and for agreeing to meet in his lovely nation. The relationship that Slovenia and Greece have is to last strong."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- King George II of Greece[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
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| MARIE IZURU STRIKES AT THE LIBERAL WING; ELECTIONS TO THE NATIONAL CONGRESS SHOWCASE NIGOYE'S PROBLEMS |
[sub]2nd of November, 1947[/sub]
| The 1947 elections to the National Congress have showcased that Fabian Nigoye has much to worry about. Despite his reforms, and the economic growth that is noticeable, the situation of many Zaireans has not much changed and their turn towards Marie Izuru is a sign that the people are starting to notice good in the promises of this Left Wing leading figure. The diplomatic offensive conducted by First Representative Banza has not influenced the elections by much, as the focus is starting to shift towards the living conditions of the people. Izuru strikes at the heart of that. The 1947 elections are a warning sign towards Nigoye and the liberal wing that unless they begin to focus more on the people, and less on the developing economics, they will not remain in power for long.
POPULAR VOTE ELECTIONS RESULTS BASED ON REGION;
[list]ZAIRE ENRICHI;
LIBERAL WING - 10 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / -2 Seats
LEFT WING - 8 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / +3 Seats
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ZAIRE VERT;
LEFT WING - 11 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / +9 Seats
CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRAT WING - 7 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / -7 Seats
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ZAIRE INDUSTRIEL NORD;
LIBERAL WING - 8 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / -4 Seats
LEFT WING - 6 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / +4 Seats
CENTRAL WING - 4 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / +1 Seat
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ZAIRE INDUSTRIEL SUD;
LEFT WING - 9 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / +9 Seats
LIBERAL WING - 9 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / -6 Seats
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LA DIAMANT DU ZAIRE;
LIBERAL WING - 9 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / -6 Seats
LEFT WING - 8 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / +8 Seats
CENTRAL WING - 1 Seat in the National Congress had been gained / -2 Seats
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ELECTION RESULTS BASED ON FINEST ASSEMBLY VOTES;
LIBERAL WING - 40 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / +14 Seats
CENTRAL WING - 13 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / -3 Seats
CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRAT WING - 7 Seats in the National Congress had been gained / -7 Seats
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OVERALL RESULTS FOR THE NATIONAL CONGRESS;
LIBERAL WING will have 76 Seats in the National Congress / -4 Seats
LEFT WING will have 42 Seats in the National Congress / +29 Seats
CENTRAL WING will have 18 Seats in the National Congress / -10 Seats
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT WING will have 14 Seats in the National Congress / -15 Seats[/list]
With no seats granted by the Finest Assembly, Marie Izuru has made history as her Left Wing has managed to gain 42 seats just out of popular votes. Other left wing parties in the country has called upon a change to the system, calling the current voting system rigged towards Nigoye and the Liberal Wing. However, Izuru has not picked up on those claims, instead deciding to celebrate the victories of her wing amongst the masses. Mrs Izuru's Left Wing has now become a prominent and unavoidable voice within the National Congress, and Mrs Izuru herself has stated that she will push the government into action on the fronts of healthcare, living standards and welfare of the people. Nigoye's attempts to secure his coalition with the Central Wing has worked, with Celine Mezeri ( leader of the Central Wing ), remaining on her position as the Adviser to Foreign Affairs ( World ) by making the Assembly hand the Central Wing enough seats to remain relevant.
As so, the Liberal/Central Wing coalition will continue their rule and their dominance in the National Congress. Fabian Nigoye has stated that the loss is temporary and that in every democracy loses will be made. His openness towards Izuru and her ideas is non-existent, in opposition to Mezeri. Mrs Mezeri has stated that "...with the current refugee crisis on the Azanian-Rhodesian border, with an economic growth that needs to aid the people of Zaire and with the growing needs of our people, we must work together and I am more than open to hear Mrs Izuru out..." Mrs Mezeri has been the one working with the Nordic advisers on the creation of a healthcare system within Zaire and has been openly for the August accords to allow the refugees to make their way into safety.
The 1947 elections are a sign to the Liberal Wing and Nigoye that should he ignore the people further on into the future, Mrs Izuru might knock him out of the game. The First Representative Gloria Banza has not commented on the election results, a clear sign that she is becoming a figure that is above such political squabbles, and a sign that she is ready to cooperate with all within that chamber. The 1947 elections are also showcase of the potential candidates that might want to challenge Gloria Banza for the position of leadership in 1948, as the party will be deciding on it's leader that will bring them into the 1949 First Representative election campaign, with Nigoye, Izuru and even Mezeri being the potential opponents. |
[spoiler="Just ten years ago we were still a colony, ruled by the Belgian monarchy...now we are a democracy, that takes pride in it's growth and democratic ways..." - Marie Izuru]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list]November 1947
[sub]The Beetle[/sub][/list]
[pre]PULSE DETECTED: VOLKSWAGEN (VW) OPENS PRODUCTION LINES FOR CIVILIAN-USE BEETLES (DER KAFER)[/pre]
| The rise of the German national Staatsautobahn - a gargantuan series of road networks and long-distance highways that linked most of Germany's major cities with the aim of boosting commerce and making intercity and cross-nation travel much easier and faster by automobile - brought about the need to provide for a 'people's car' (Volkswagen) - a mass producable, cheap, civilian-oriented economy car that could service the millions of Germans who would eventually use the highways to travel to and from work, visit cities on vacation, thus boosting the overall economic strength of the nation. The original design for the Volkswagen Beetle (Der Kafer) was conceptualized in 1925 and began production in 1938, but due to the outbreak of the Second World War, the nation's factory strength was diverted almost entirely to the military war machine, depriving the Beetle of the production power necessary to roll it out en masse. |
| VOLKSWAGEN (VW), the German wartime company that had rebranded itself for the new era, looked onto the postwar period with hope that the Beetle and other productions of its design team could finally be rolled out to the German public. However, with the Allied dismantling of German heavy industry, this hope quickly dissipated. Volkswagen's factories designed specially for the Beetle were handed over to the British government, who could not subsequently find buyers for the factories. Eventually, a deal was struck and Volkswagen began serial production of the Beetle seriously for the first time since 1938, with its main client being none other than the British Army. Allied policy on German industrial dismantling was changed between late 1946 and summer of 1947, but the dismantling of most heavy industry was still slated to continue. |
| VW's factories were able to sustain itself with the British Army as its customer. In fact, by March of 1946, the Volkswagen plant at Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben (a specially established city for Volkswagen and automobile mass production) was producing up to 1,000 cars annually, all in Army khaki, under the name Volkswagen Type 1. This mandatory limit of vehicle production was set by Volkswagen's sole customer due to a 'shortage of materials', but nonetheless the maintenance of these automobile production plants gave jobs to hundreds of Germans, when many millions in the country were suffering from high unemployment caused by the infinite destruction at the end of the Second World War, caused by Allied bombing. |
| In spring 1947, Volkswagen announced to the public its intention to switch from producing primarily British Army-style vehicles to civilian-oriented vehicles, for the first time since the war ended. The decision would allow the company to produce vastly larger amounts of Beetles - or as they were known locally at the time, Kafers - which in turn would create more jobs and thus continue the stimulation of economic growth which most Germans were certainly interested in. The transition was made several weeks later, with the new civilian-oriented Beetles being equipped with chromed bumpers, hubcaps, and body and board running trim. Aside from drawn down military production, well over 7,000 Beetles were produced in 1947 alone, according to some company estimates. The Beetle variant in production had a small 25 hp engine running it, but nonetheless the car could still cruise at its 97km/h top speed and was thus a great option - for those who could afford it. |
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The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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INTERIOR MINISTRY ABSORBS LOCAL POLICE DISTRICTS
November 12th 1947
Following recent disagreements between smaller Law Enforcement districts and the Interior Ministry concerning overreach on the part of the latter, it was decided in a morning session of Parliament that the Interior Ministry would completely absorb all smaller Law Enforcement Agencies and Services. The Agencies had clashed following recent arrests against numerous subversive elements related to the internal strife of 1943-1945, local Law Enforcement Officers having attempted to prevent the arrest of certain individuals in relation to these elements due to a perceived lack of Evidence. Internal Ministry Charles Percy being a close friend of Prime Minister Ian Smith the clashing competencies were only going to end one way, and did with the disbanding of local Police Agencies in favor of allowing the Internal Ministry unlimited national operation.
Already being the second largest service in Rhodesia after the Army the Internal Ministry would now almost double its number by adding the British South Africa Police to their ranks, though they would need to undergo an additional period of training to adjust their existing procedures. Included in the merger was the Rural Police which traditionally was supposed to be a more lenient form of law enforcement for the native and tribal areas. Now replaced by INTAF they would more actively seek out those sympathetic with the rebellious groups associated with the troubles of the start of the decade.
With Percy appearing on Radio and the Nations new Televisions daily now, this expansion of the Ministry's powers would only aid in expanding their reach over the lives of most Citizens and giving a sort of feeling that one would have to look over their shoulders at all times. Already in the past months many high profile arrests were undertaken thanks to betrayal of the targets by people close to them due to an active program of blackmail and surveillance. Possessing its own ranking structure and even insignia system INTAF had grown to become a sort of Army outside of the Army, possessing its own Reservist System however unlike the Army recruiting solely White and Ndebele Officers into its Ranks. Rather than being organized into Divisions INTAF Forces were usually organized into Echelons, of which there were 24 (8 for each constituent part of Rhodesia) each consisting before the incorporation of ordinary Police of 4,000 men. INTAF had even begun operating its own Aircraft from 1944 onwards, mainly in the ground attack role in its conflict with rebels.
Having already assumed control of the border Force in early 1946 INTAF was increasingly relied upon as the first line of Defense for Rhodesia in the event of Subversive and Internal activity, all to the benefit of the Armed Forces which was now able to fully devote itself to possible conventional warfare by external factors.
IRL Context : INTAF (The Rhodesian Interior Ministry) was an organization increasingly relied upon as the Bush war went on, patrolling rural areas and enforcing Government Policy as well as acting as a more aggressive Police Agency. They had their own Air Units as well as their own Special Forces and were highly involved in Rhodesia's deployment of Chemical Weapons as well as Anthrax, Typhoid and Cholera against the general population. Though IRL they were limited by certain constitutional constraints IC these constraints were removed in the heat of the Rhodesian Internal Strife of 1943-1945.
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The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][sub] 2 JUNE 1946[/sub]
[list][sub]IL TRIONFO DEL RE DI MAGGIO...[/sub][/list]
...The Triumph of the May King[/list]
ROMA, REGNO D'ITALIA
[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub]
| On June 2nd, Italians would head to the polls. The lines were long in front of the campaign posters, the clothes were sometimes torn or dirty, sometimes pristine and tailored, the faces anxious, and the matter at hand was nothing short of historical Would the age-old House of Savoy keep ruling Italy into this uncertain future? Next to the divisive question of the monarchy, the other vote to be held that day, the one to elect the Constituent Assembly, seemed almost unimportant. Indeed, the most pressing matter of all would be determined by the voters themselves, including women for the first time, all of whom slowly eased themselves into democracy, after twenty or so long years of lining up to vote in elections or referenda where the correct choice had been draped in Italian colors, and the wrong choice never came out a winner. The day would make it into the annals of Italian history, but some were still not to vote: The Julian March and South Tyrol, both under UN occupation, and the Istrian cities of Trieste and Fiume, handed directly to Slovenia [sup][nation=short]Amsterwald[/nation][/sup]. |
| Just one month ago, Victor Emmanuel III had formally abdicated, and his son, the dapper Umberto II, ascended to the throne after three years of quasi-regency. The more liberal and modern King was a far cry from his antiquated and almost reactionary father, who made him bow his head whenever speaking in private and had given him a highly militaristic education. Umberto II had once professed his love for American institutions, wishing the new Italy to be "A Westminster system, with as much American-inspired political framework as possible...". In 1944, his liberal tendencies and reputation had made him an easier partner for the left-leaning partisans of the CNL, with Palmiro Togliatti even accepting to rule under his reign, for some time. On Togliatti, the Communist maverick, Umberto II spoke fondly, deeming him a "genial partner in conversation". And on the monarchy, should it continue : "I absolutely believe it will shift to the left, like the entire country. In fact, all the monarchies in the world will take a left-wing turn to adapt." |
| Some Italians saw the House of Savoy as remnants of the past, fascist facilitators. Others saw it as a beacon of stability and normalcy And God knows how much normalcy would be needed in such times. On the previous evening, Pope Pius XII himself declared that voting against the monarchy was a vote for the Communists, and atheistic materialism. "God sees you in the voting booth. Stalin doesn't", as one famous line by the Italian clergy went. Behind the scenes, the CIA [sup][nation=short]Paramountica[/nation][/sup] was adamant on the Communist Party not winning a single more vote than it should. Suitcases, filled with ample donations to the centrist DC, arrived in Rome in the months preceding the election. Ratified nearly one century ago, the 1848 Statuto Albertino concerning the monarchy was about to live a momentous day, on the very national day of the monarchy, the first Sunday of June. |
| The next day, the results were published. For those who held high lofty ideals of a new beginning, it was a defeat. |
[list]𝑹𝑬𝑭𝑬𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑼𝑴 𝑺𝑼𝑳𝑳𝑨 𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑴𝑨 𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑻𝑼𝒁𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑬 𝑫𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑶 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑶 :
𝑹𝑬𝑷𝑼𝑩𝑩𝑳𝑰𝑪𝑨 | 𝑴𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑹𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑨
[sub]JUN. 1946
[*] Monarchy : 51.92%
[*] Republic : 48.08%
[*] TOTAL VOTES : 24,946,878 | 100%[/sub][/list]
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[list]𝑫𝑬𝑷𝑼𝑻𝑨𝑻𝑰 𝑫𝑬𝑳𝑳' 𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑬𝑴𝑩𝑳𝑬𝑨 𝑪𝑶𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑻𝑼𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
[sub]JUN. 1946
[*] Christian Democracy, DC : 207
[*] Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity, PSIUP : 120
[*] Italian Communist Party, PCI : 104
[*] National Democratic Union, UDN : 46
[*] Common Man's Front, UQ : 30
[*] National Bloc of Freedom, BNL : 16
[*] Italian Republican Party : 13
[*] Other Parties : 20
[*] TOTAL SEATS : 556[/sub][/list]
| Rome and Naples had overwhelmingly voted for the monarchy, as did the Mezzoggiorno, Italy's impoverished and more conservative South. The North, although Catholic, was also intensely left-leaning, and with the exception of its rural areas, most large cities had chosen the Republic. Only Venice, Florence and Turin had opted for the House of Savoy, by a very slim margin. The results were also inherited from the Civil War, when the North had suffered under German occupation, a period lived as an intense humiliation. Although slim, the majority offered new legitimacy for the King, whose efforts to renew his role did not go unnoticed by a majority of Italians. Umberto II was the moral choice, a choice for Italy to keep disaster and instability at bay, a choice that posited that not everything from the past should be cast aside. |
| Monarchists and conservatives rejoiced. Meanwhile, the elected Constitutent Assembly would come to represent the multiple facets of Italian ideas in this time of renewal and intellectual growth. The ideas varied, but three large parties arrived ahead, representing big-tent centrism, social democracy, and marxism-leninism. Such would be the coalition that would write the new Constitution. |
[list][spoiler=[sub]Evviva l'Italia![/sub]]
[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]
[nation]Afghanistaan[/nation]
[nation]Alaroth[/nation]
[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]
[nation]Annyeong Korea[/nation]
[nation]Arcanda[/nation]
[nation]Astarina[/nation]
[nation]Bayside[/nation]
[nation]Canovia[/nation]
[nation]Cascadla[/nation]
[nation]Connomia[/nation]
[nation]Finlandee[/nation]
[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]
[nation]Jersey Republic[/nation]
[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]
[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]
[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]
[nation]New Provenance[/nation]
[nation]Nileia[/nation]
[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]
[nation]OsivoII[/nation]
[nation]Paramountica[/nation]
[nation]Irelaand[/nation]
[nation]Islahh[/nation]
[nation]Philanialle[/nation]
[nation]Pontianus[/nation]
[nation]Ranponian[/nation]
[nation]Rutannia[/nation]
[nation]Somerania[/nation]
[nation]Teymour[/nation]
[nation]The Confederate Prussian Empire[/nation]
[nation]Tallahan[/nation]
[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]
[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]
[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation][/spoiler][/list]
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[list][list][list][list]𝐀𝐅𝐆𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍: 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐖𝟐
𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟷𝚜𝚝, 𝟷𝟿𝟺7
ᴋɪɴɢᴅᴏᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴀꜰɢʜᴀɴɪꜱᴛᴀɴ - ١٩٤٢[/list][/list][/list][/list]
[sup]In 1946, the uncompromising Prime Minister Hashim Khan stepped down. He was replaced by his more open brother Shah Mahmud Khan. The context of this change in the Prime Ministership would be the effects of the 2nd World War on Afghanistan. During the war, Afghanistan's economy took the brunt of the rising prices of essential goods and housing. House rent went up 313%, clothing 325%, and foodstuffs total 361%. Such conditions agitated the populace of Afghanistan and even the Afghan intellectual class. As a result, WW2 convinced the Afghan modernists that reform was no longer an ideological conviction between the traditionalists or progressives but a matter of the nation's survival. The ruling dynasty of Afghanistan, the Musahibans, while not to blame for the conditions, had undoubtedly planted the seeds of doubt in the minds of the intellectual class on the royalties' right to rule if they could not solve the problems of staggering socio-economic woes. With this evergrowing social upheaval, the Musahibans would abandon the notion of a slow march toward progress that the former Afghan King, Nadir Shah, had pursued. To stop the risk of a potential power struggle from the agitated intellectual class, the monarchy decided to delegate a degree of authority to some form of representative democracy. Resulting in what is now referred to as the 'first democratic period in Afghanistan.'[/sup]
[sup]The mark of this new period in Afghanistan came in two forms. The birth of the Wikh Zalmiyan and the Tribal Revolts of 44-47. The Wikh Zalmiyan was a political movement birthed from the major literacy institutions; the movement had a broad agenda united by a liberal outlook that sought to enact political and social reforms. But as in often the case in poor underdeveloped countries, the transition has not been well handled. The MP's newfound power saw them introducing a torrent of changes that the political status quo was unwilling to tolerate, igniting various tribal revolts in the Khost Province. The causes of the uprisings lay in the worsening conditions of farmers, changes in conscription laws, the elimination of the power of Safi tribal leaders, Amanullah loyalism, trading monopolies, government surveillance, taxation, and poverty. The conflict began when government forces clashed with the forces of a tribal leader named Mazrak, who led the Zadran tribe in revolt. Further uprisings followed the Zadran uprising by the Safi and Mangal, the former of which elected their own king, Salemai. Faqir Ipi, a tribal leader from Waziristan (part of British India), also fought for the restoration of former king Amanullah Khan alongside other rebels.[/sup]
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[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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THE ANTON BREZNIK SOCIETY IS FORMED IN THE PURSUIT OF LINGUISTIC PURISM
[list][sup]UNBLEMISHED SLOVENE
SLOVENIAAUTUMN 1947[/sup][/list]
The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU) had a productive autumn; in addition to its usual academic pursuits, November saw the establishment of the Anton Breznik Society (Drutvo Anton Breznik, DAB) under its authority by parliamentary legislation. The Society was, in the words of the legislation, formed in the defense of the Slovene language. It was to be an official centralized regulatory agency of the Slovene language, which was a responsibility previously left to the Academy broadly. However, this commission had a new purpose: cleanse Slovene of non-Slovenic influences. Indeed, at the behest of Parliament and in the spirit of the late linguist Anton Breznik, the Society was to seek out, identify and replace words borrowed from German, Latin and other languages that have had contact with Slovenian over the years. The Ministry of Education was subsequently ordered to begin instructing this constructed Standard Slovenianwith a generalized phonology that largely combined the diverse central dialects of the languagein schools at all levels. Several prominent Slovenian linguists had been invited to participatehistologist and medical terminologist Alija Koir, for example, was an advisor on medical terminology.
[list][sub]Tuje besede v jeziku so znamenje narodove siromačine. Če mora narod za prosvetne predmete ali vrednote jemati tuje izraze, je znamenje, da sam ni kulture imel ali pa da je jezik tako uboren, da nima izrazov za te vrednote. Mogoče je seveda tudi to, da narod ne spotuje svojega jezika in brez potrebe sprejema tuje izraze.
Foreign words in a language are a sign of a nations poverty. If a nation has to use foreign terms for educational subjects or values, it is a sign that it has no culture or that the language is so poor that it has no expressions for these valuesthat the nation does not respect its own language and unnecessarily accepts foreign expressions.
Anton Breznik, Slovenian linguist and academician, 1943[/sub][/list]
Domislav II Ostrovrhar, the snowy-haired head of the medieval House of Ostrovrhar, had been the legislations chief public champion. From his familys ancient estate in tajerska, Domislav had long been a patron of Slovenian literature, as his family had been for centuries. In short, he wrote in Catholic literary journal Dom in svet in the spring of 1947, let us use our own language; let us purify it; let us develop its resources; let us cultivate its graces; let us fix its faults; let us adjust its proportions; let us strengthen its sinews; let us expand its muscles; let us bring it to perfect condition; and then we shall see how it may compare with any other language in the world. His efforts were a doubtless success in his eyes; the Societys establishment was widely celebrated, and many prominent Slovenes were eager to join. This is a momentous occasion for our nation and our language, said Aleksander Volčanek, the Academys secretary, at the Societys founding meeting. The Slovene language has always triumphed in the face of adversityhere and now, we will ensure that it continues to do so. The Societys work has not been without controversy, however. Some have accused it of being too prescriptive, and of aiming to remove elements of the language that are not detrimental to communication. Others have accused it of being too lax, and of not doing enough to rid the language of foreign influences. In spite of its criticisms, however, there seemed to be little in the way between the Society and complete Slovenification of the nations language.
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A MONUMENT TO RHODES AND RHODESIA
November 21st 1947
As part of Smiths "New Rhodesia" Initiative he has seen fit to commission a vision of a new and improved central capital district in Salisbury to surpass those of other Continental Cities and "Set Salisbury as the Cultural Capital of the Continent" by constructing huge marble buildings and monuments. To being construction in 1950 and to end in 1955 the National Capital Complex will cost upwards of 125,000,000 Pounds (3 Bln Pounds in 2021) not including the estimated 80 tons of gold required for all the gold plated monuments and architecture envisioned within it. The cost would have been even higher at 150,000,000 had it not been decided to use Black (South) Rhodesian Marble and White (North) Rhodesian Marble in its construction as well as a requirement only to use Rhodesian mined gold. Where possible all constituent resources used in the construction must be Rhodesian-made, and the construction must have longevity at mind when being made. Concrete is to be substituted where possible with stone and marble to lessen erosion over long periods of time.
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The Capital District shall include :
- A total Acreage of 2,400 Acres (9.7 Square Kilometers)
- Central Parliament and Government Complex to consist of a huge domed Building housing the Prime Minister and his Residence along with staff in one wing and within the other wing Parliament and their staff. The Domed Rotunda in the center shall host a huge stepped hall with a podium in the center for immense meetings including the Prime Minister along with Parliament and the highest ranking Armed Forces Staff. Topping the Dome shall be a large golden plated Imperial Crown indicating the center of the Colonial Government. It is under this complex that gated access roads leading away from the below mentioned roundabouts shall converge into a guarded subterranean parking complex for Parliament staff which will additionally function as a large Bunker. On all of the four corners of the Capital Building there shall be 5 acre Squares with Fountains and small gardens. (120 acres)
- An Oval shaped Airport complex situated on the northern side of the Capital Building featuring two 4,000 meter long Runways and a curved Airport Building not unlike the Tempelhof in Berlin (1,400 Acres used)
- Four Parks on either corner of the District roughly 40 Acres in size (total of 160 acres used)
- Centrally converging 8 lane Roads with roundabouts at the end in front of the Capital Building before gated roads lead under the Capital Building. These Roads shall also include a tram network interconnecting the Capital District with Public Transport (total of 60 acres used)
- Fifteen meter wide Stone Pathways adjacent to all Roads and in-between all Buildings (total of 80 acres used)
- Four Gold plated statues of Cecil Rhodes placed centrally on all Roads leading under the Capital Building
- Twelve gold plated "Empire" Statues situated on multiple pathways, featuring the British and Rhodesian Lions standing side by side, the British Lion featuring a Lion indicating the seat of the Monarch
- Two Empire Hotels with 1,200 Rooms each featuring classical architecture and 4 acre gardens with fountains and four indoor pools along with shops and Restaurants on the ground floor (30 acres used)
- Eight Ministry Buildings for Interior, Defense, Finance, Foreign Ministry, General Administration, Health, Education and the National Bank featuring gardens and lavish courtyards (80 acres used)
- Four large marble Embassy Buildings intended to house the British, American, French and Azanian Embassies/Consulships. Each is to be gated and constructed with large Gardens and Courtyards as well as Recreational Buildings for indoor Pools and a small number of Restaurants or Cafe's. Each Embassy will have a large gold plated statue of certain leaders constructed out front, for Britain that being Churchill, for France De Gaulle, for America Roosevelt and for Azania Engameli Zwani. To reflect the position of Rhodesia as part of the British Empire the British complex shall be the largest of the four (80 acres used)
- A Large Gated Embassy District to house 20 Embassy Buildings reserved for : Slovenia, Japan, China, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Congo, Arabia, Egypt, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Greece, Turkey, India, Australia, Canada and New Zealand (100 acres used)
- One gigantic roofed Public Swimming Center for 8,000 Swimmers accompanied by 8 Restaurants and Cafe's Though it shall be the largest in Africa it is dwarfed by the Fleishhacker Pool in the United States. (10 acres)
- Two large Shopping Streets on the outer perimeter of the District each with space for 80 Shops and 20 Food/Drink establishments each (20 acres)
- Large 8 Track connection to the Rhodesian Railway Network including a large marble Railway Station (80 acres)
- Large gated Barracks intended for the Rhodesian Regiment (oldest and most prestigious military formation) which shall serve as the permanent Garrison of the District. The Regiment shall be blessed by two indoor pools, three indoor sports halls and an outside running track and football field. (40 acres)
- Two large Museums, one for history and culture and the other for fauna and flora and the latter including lavish external gardens. (80 acres)
- Apartment Buildings with a maximum of four floors featuring Classical Architecture running around the entire Capital District to house an estimated 20,000 Individuals, with allocated space to include smaller meeting places and squares (120 acres)
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It shall no doubt stand as the largest public project on the Continent at the current time, and will be a symbol of power and civilization within Rhodesia for all time to come upon its completion. Guarded by extensive Army and Internal Ministry Resources it would become the guarded heart of Rhodesia and its Leaders as well as important Foreign Delegations. The Airport being constructed would be not just to serve these foreign Delegations but also intended for tourism which Rhodesia wishes to heavily increase in the years to come to put a softer face on the Country and Smith. Overall the immense 3,000 Acre District will be able to sustain huge amounts of visitors at any given time while still granting the feeling of a grandiose location due to the extremely wide roads and pavements making even a road with a few hundred cars seeming relatively empty.
With construction to begin on January 1st 1950 and aimed to end on June 6th 1955 (Anniversary of D-Day) it shall be completed in multiple stages. Completion of the Airport and Embassy Buildings is set for around March-April of 1952 as they are of the highest priority. With construction costing a total of 125,000,000 it is to be funded in the following manner :
- from 1947-1955 Rhodesia will spend 5,000,0000 per year for a total of 40,000,0000 from the Budget, while the remaining 85,000,000 is to be funded by a Government Bond. Interested Ventures such as Restaurants, Cafe's and Shops will be able to purchase their slots in advance and at a slight discount by purchasing the associated Bond number, as a result the debt would ideally be reduced to around 70,000,000 with 15,000,000 being taken up by those Ventures assuming around 80% of them take advantage of this system. Further reductions could have been achieved by requesting the foreign delegations to finance their own Embassies however this would have been contrary to the point of the Project, that being that Rhodesia is a modern and powerful state deserving of equal treatment.
The jobs provided by the project alone have been championed by Smith as the "5 Year Employment Plan" as it will see upwards of 12,000 Craftsmen and Builders employed to complete the huge project.
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[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, The ELAS and EAM Demand Legalization of the Communist Party : Communist Movements in Greece Expand as Communist Dreams are Fulfilled!, November 1947
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Ο ΕΛΑΣ και το ΕΑΜ ζητούν τη νομιμοποίηση των κομμουνιστικών κομμάτων : Τα κομμουνιστικά κινήματα στην Ελλάδα Επεκτείνετε!, Νοέμβριος 1947
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands, The Return of the Guerilla Warfare, Greek Armed Forces, EAM/ELAS! - Η επιστροφή του ανταρτοπόλεμου, Ελληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, ΕΑΜ/ΕΛΑΣ![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| THE 'CALM' BEFORE THE STORM, SOUTHERN GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | Η "ΗΡΕΜΊΑ" ΠΡΙΝ ΑΠΌ ΤΗΝ ΚΑΤΑΙΓΊΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| On the Island of Crete, a storm is brewing. Not a literal storm of course, but a storm feared by the Greek Government, and was a primary concern of the Greek Armed Forces ever since the start of the Axis occupation. Intel had confirmed that the Reformed Greek Communist Party (MKKE), had been gathering former guerillas from the Second World War, that had fought during the Axis occupation. The MKKE had two wings, the Greek People's Liberation Army and their center political command, the National Liberation Front. With the cream of the Liberation Army's forces being either killed in the Dekemvriana or in the war, the remnants of the MKKE's military forces comprised of largely young men, the sons, and relatives of those killed during these events, a scrap force, using old weaponry and outdated modes of transport. However even if this scrap force did not have the means of equipment to fight, they had the will to fight, a strong will of vengeance, revenge, and to compensate for their casualties caused by the Kingdom of Greece. | [/list]
[list]| However despite these threats, the Kingdom of Greece was ready. Several new battalions under the command of the 3rd Greek Infantry Divisions were created, with 4,000 men per battalion. They took the name "Αστυνομία ταραχών", Riot Police, and were equipped with decent overall equipment. Old Maziyan equipment was refurbished and modernized, including shields turned into lightweight combat and riot shields, and the PD-001 Armored Personnel Carriers being fixed with light 1 cm armored plates. Accompanying the troops are several of Greece's GMT-35 and GMT-44 Medium Tanks, and while outdated, are more than a match to face communist forces, and are easily transportable due to their medium size and lightweight. The new force overall consisted of 16,000 men, along with the support of the 3rd Infantry Division, and 40 tanks. They are also supported by the 1st Fighter Wing of the Royal Hellenic Air Force, equipped with the Spitfire and Bloch MB.151 Fighter Planes, and the 3rd Bomber Wing of the Royal Hellenic Air Force, equipped with the Bristol Blenheim and Fairey Battle Light Bombers. Finally, should the occasion come that a naval invasion was necessary, they would be supported by the coastal battleships Xenon and Perses, 1 destroyer, and several coastal patrol boats. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"I can firmly say that we are ready for whatever fight lays before us. The new Riot Police detachments have been readily trained, and have been equipped with useful equipment to fight any riot or uprising. These troops however when sent in, only use light baton weapons and vehicles that are not permitted to shoot when dealing with protests or riots without weapons. But with the riot that the MKKE is planning, it's clear that some arms are going to have to be used."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Greek Defense Minister Georgios Stratos[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list]| On the week of the 16th of November, gunshots could be heard ringing out on the Island of Crete. Following a skirmish between the local police force on Crete, a member of the National Liberation Army shot a police officer dead, resulting in an altercation between the two groups. The 3,000-man Riot Police garrison stationed on Crete quickly began dealing with the issue, as a violent uproar suddenly arose, as the Liberation Army was flanking the Police. As backup soon came, the previously mentioned air wings of the Royal Hellenic Air Force came to assist, cutting down a good amount of guerillas. A further 5,000 Troops of both the Riot Police and the 3rd Infantry Division were sent in via aircraft and naval craft were sent to Crete, the battle lasting other almost two weeks. On the 26th of October, a conditional truce was agreed upon by the two forces. Terms of the peace included the legalization of the Communist Party in the next elections, not including the January 1948 Snap Elections, something that not all members of the MKKE agreed upon. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"The conditional legalization of Communism in Greece has been a great victory. I and our brothers in arms have been silent for too long, and it's time for us to have a voice in the Greek Government. However, the fact that we are not allowed to run in next year's snap elections is disgraceful, dishonorable, and outright betrayal by the Greek government to its own people. They'll see what's coming for them, they'll see."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Unknown Member of the MKKE[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
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[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list][pre]Ostrava, Czechia, Third Republic of Czechoslovakia
SUMMER 1947 - THE TEDIOUS REBUILDING OF THE NATION, NEW POLITICAL NORMALS [/pre]
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| The year of 1947 has been what one could define as "mediocre", "uneventful" even for the average Czechoslovak resident. Through the borders of the nation a patient but the efficient rebuilding of what the nation had lost in the second World War, mostly on the social and militaristic level. Mass production of engines, factory machinery and tools, and agricultural apparatuses that had been taken or destroyed, with the aid of Czechoslovakia's heavy industry, had been left almost untouched post-war. Vehicles to replace and restore civilian lives to pre-war levels of congruency or even more. Along with this, the reorganization of the civilian population has been undergoing its process as well, controversial or not. While the rest of the world eyes and barks at the racial disputes in Southern Africa, European nations such as Czechoslovakia take part in their own smaller and more political-based persecutions as well. Czechoslovakia's Bene Decrees, while decreased in radicality thanks to Communist pressure, affected the lives of over 1 million expelled Germans from Czechoslovakia, related to Volkist collaboration or attachments. Reversely, several 1000s of Czechs from foreign population pockets such as Central Asia or North America have emigrated home following the restoration of their homeland. These, along with other civil and economic policies working at managing what appears to be a new Czechoslovakia have all been undertaken by the current elected government, primarily headed by Czechoslovakia's Communist Party, KSČ. |
| Czechoslovakia's National Front, and the official head party the KSČ, have been the larger winners of most of the elections that had occurred in the bi-ethnic republic post-war. Though the National Front is made up of several socialist parties, the hardline Communists have had a significant grip over decision making and office holders. Ministries of Education, Information, Interior and Internal trade, and those dealing with agriculture all have come to be dominated by Communist appointees; they also soon dominated the civil service and social welfare services at every level, from Ministry Director to management-level bureaucracy. The entire appointment process has been directly churned through the National Assembly at impressive efficiency by current Communist Party Prime Minster Klement Gottwald, directly utilizing the office's bully pulpit for members of the Assembly in the National Front but not the KSČ. And though the KSČ's influence and office retention has continued to spread through all levels of the Czechoslovak government, now Communist public support has plateaued. |
| Other National-Front participant parties have been enticing voters and Communist-Party members to vote elsewhere with less strongly-handed and radical policies with similar results. Issues with the Ministry of Interior's control over the nation's police forces, and the Interior Minister Václav Nosek's stacking of the forces with communist party members were one thing. While, disputes with Slovakian agricultural workers over deals on plans with on-going collectivization, were another. The issues were being to show with Gottwald's apparent commitment to a "national and democratic orientation", so the democratic process was taking advantage of the situation publicly. Even rumors of propositions to participate in Marshall Plan talks for extra post-war construction funds have been circulating amongst lower levels of civilian government. Whatever the future has in store for the small industrious nation, it certainly is closing in, fast.
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[list][pre]Právo Paper - Prague, Third Republic of Czechoslovakia
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SUMMER 1947- [sub]One Czechoslovak Koruna[/sub]
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[list]INTERIOR MINISTER IMPLICATED IN "OFFESNIVE CHARGES" DURING POSITION INVESIGATION BY NAT. ASSEMBLY![/list]
Interior Minister Václav Nosek, a Communist Party member, has recently been implicated by an investigation into his position this morning. Ranking members of the Czechoslovakia Social Democrat party in the National Assembly, by request, opened the investigation at open concerns that the Minister had been inappropriately wielding his office's power over the Czechoslovak national police force. The Ministry of the Interior and Internal trade has operational level influence over the day-to-day operations of the national police force, and by indirection, local police forces. Accusations against Nosek primarily draw to the over-emphasized communist influence in police training, official appointments, and union-sponsored events. While Nosek denies these claims and seeks backing from fellow communist party members, the National Assembly Presidium voted in favor to suspend his powers over the national police for the time being pending investigation. His police powers will be temporarily absorbed into the powers of the National Assembly's Intelligence Commission, headed by Deputy Jaroslav Haek. Temporary police powers will be directed under the Commission's full approval, led by Haek directly, who had this to say about his appointment:
[list][sub]"... and while I do not agree with Nosek's investigation, I am a firm believer in the democratic processes, as are the rest of my fellow party members. I shall take full honor in account with my position's newfound responsibilities, and shall seek proper counsel with the rest of my Commission on future policing matters..."
Assembly Deputy Jaroslav Haek[/sub][/list]
Though Haek is a fellow Communist Party member, his commission's appointment is seen as political appeasement to more left-wing elements in the National Front. This is a developing story!
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[list]November 1947
[sub]Women in Germany's Politics[/sub][/list]
[pre]WOMEN UND DEUTSCHLAND: MARIE JUCHACZ, SOPHIE SCHOLL, AND A MEETING FOR THE AGES[/pre]
| In 1908, a young woman named Maria Juchacz joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with the prompting from her brother. She became one of the first female members of a German political party. Ten years later, in 1918, the German legislature passed legislation granting women universal right to suffrage - the right to vote and the right to stand in local and national elections. The next year, in 1919, Maria Juchacz - after being elected to parliament as a member for the Social Democrats - became the first woman to speak at the parliamentary podium, making history as one of Germany's finest political trailblazers. She founded the Workers' Welfare Committee (Ausschuss der Arbeiterwohlfahrt, or AWO) that same year and advocated for social and workers welfare reform, becoming a prominent voice for workers' rights and minimum wage in Germany. The AWO sought to provide immediate aid to workers who needed it and allow for the creation of further jobs while at the same time advocating for rights for the workers on the ground. Back then, the AWO was linked to the SPD directly. |
| With the advent of the German Volkists, the AWO was suppressed and the SPD was forced to flee, and in 1933, Juchacz fled for France, residing in Marseilles until 1940, when she continued on to New York. During the wartime period, she joined the Valkyrie-Grupp and met personally with Konrad Adenauer of the Zentrum Party and her former boss, Kurt Schumacher, of the Social Democrats, the latter of whom she already knew personally. She supported Valkyrie's operations and visited London multiple times during the war, to visit relatives and promote support for the Valkyrie. |
| When the war ended, Juchacz remained in New York but tasked members of the German resistance - Sophie Scholl in particular - with re-establishing the AWO. In 1946, Scholl oversaw the re-establishment of the AWO and immediately got to work providing aid and support to Germans who needed it most. However, despite the war having been over for almost three years at this point, Juchacz had yet to return to Germany nor meet the woman who was running the show at home. Adenauer - per request from Schumacher - organized a private charter flight for Juchacz to Cologne to attend government events for the distribution of aid. Adenauer wished to get her to return home so he may appoint her to lead Germany's recovery effort. |
| A historic meeting for the ages took place on 17 November 1947 at the Old Capital Building (Altes Hauptstadtgebäude) in Cologne. Juchacz, at this point 78 years old, had turned down Adenauer's job offer, for good reason. However, on the 17th, she met with Sophie Scholl, another woman trailblazer and widely considered to be a potential successor to Juchacz. While the meeting was held behind closed doors, both women discussed the future for Germany and touched on the issue of civil rights. The meeting would mark a significant point in the story of 'Women und Deutschland', a story of intrigue, hope, activism, and hope. |
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The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[B]ဒေါင်းငှက်သည် သည်းခံ၏။! THE PEAFOWL ENDURES!
[sub]Sunday, 4th Waxing of Pyathoe 1310 ME | Rangoon, Rangoon Division, Royal Federation of Burma[/sub]
At approximately 4:20AM on the fourth day of Pyathoe, Sao Shwe Thaik, first President of the Union of Burma, stood atop the Stone Pillar with former Colonial Governor Hubert Rance as the independence banner slowly raised to the sky, fluttering in the morning brisk, creating the illusion of endless battle between the Naga and Chinthe displayed upon it's crisp white field, enclosed with the Great Buddha's eternal wisdom inside a deep blue border. Bamar and non-Bamar alike saluted it's raising, the flag that had been keenly discussed, designed, and approved at both Panglong Conventions in March 1946 and February 1947, where the basic framework of the Burma Union had been forged at roundtables which seen the Kachin, Chin, Shan signatories of the Panglong Agreement and the formation of the Union of Burma as a vehicle of democracy in light of recent restorationism of the Lion Throne and the ascension of it's Crowned Monarch.
With a true blood claim to the throne as a relative of Thibaw Min, last King of the Konbaung Dynasty deposed 1886, Taw Phaya Gyi was crowned at Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay in 1945, taking on the regnal name, Ag Zaw Thawda Min, Master Lord of the Golden Palace and Golden Spired Roofs, sending riders to the furthest reaches and the dwindling warfronts to inform the Burmese people that the Lion Throne no longer sat barren, delivering many over to his cause much like the common folk had done in 1932 for the Renegade King, Hsaya San, and his attempted monarchal restoration that dissipated into a bandit uprising. The Burma Independence Army, which had been forged by Imperial Japan against the Allies, defected from their collaboration and rallied behind their King, representing a major patron for Burma's independence to all political sides, the end of British rule under it's very own Crown. With an influential cadre consistent of General Aung San, the Sawbwa Sao Shwe Thaik, and Thakin Nu behind him, King Agzawthawda led the talks on behalf of an independent Burma with the United States and the United Kingdom after attempted colonial reestablishment of the nation came into direct question during those post-war years that ended in the subsequent grant of independence for the Burma Union amid times of political strife characterized by factional infighting and splits.
Scathed by uncertainty and eager to forge a democracy in a post-independence Burma, the three great proprietors of the nation, Sao Shwe Thaik, Thakin Nu, and Aung San formulated a combined system of tradition and monarchy with modernity and democracy, where all the ethnicities of Burma are no longer regarded as Bamar tributaries, instead rather as equal participants in national governance through the 125-seat Lumyozu Hluttaw, or Chamber of Nationalities, the Upper House of the bicameral Pyidaungzu Hluttaw, otherwise known as Union Parliament. The Lower House, Pyithu Hluttaw, or Chamber of Deputies, serves to convene on matters of law, order, and national security, initiating and passing bills to be sent for review and vote by the Upper House. In an unfortunate turn of events, however, after aiding in the mutual establishment of this democratic system, winning the approval of various ethnic groups and their leaders on it's behalf, Aung San was assassinated alongside six others at the Secretariat Building in Rangoon whilst the Executive Council sat in session. A group of paramilitaries entered the building and fired off all their ammunition at the members of government. Murdered alongside him, Thakin Mya, Ba Choe, Ba Win, U Razak and his bodyguard, Ko Htwe, and Ohn Maung, all important figures for the planned post-independence government. The target killings took place 19 July 1947, and devastated the progress being made toward transition of governance. U Saw and eight other co-conspirators were jailed, investigated, and tried in connection to the assassinations via special tribunal set up by Colonial Governor Hubert Rance. U Saw and his cadre were found guilty and sentenced to death on 30 December 1947. Shortly thereafter, a British national and Royal Army Officer, Captain David Vivian, was sentenced to five years imprisonment at Insein for supplying the conspirators with a Thompson and two Sten Mk.II submachine guns, four Webley revolvers, and several "Mills Bomb"-type hand grenades. As a measure of good faith and signal to begin the framework for healthy relations to come, Captain David Vivian and two other minor officers were extradited to Great Britain on 3 January 1948, a day before the great independence celebrations erupted across lower and upper Burma alike, from Tenasserim, to Thayarwadyy, to Kayah, Kaw Thoo Lei, to the Kachin and Shan Hills, all nationalities of the Union marvel and revel in the dissolution of the British Crown's colonial rule.
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THE SLOVENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA GIVES ITS FIRST PERFORMANCE IN LJUBLJANA
[list][sup]ECHOING THROUGH WINTRY HALLS
SLOVENIAWINTER 19471948[/sup][/list]
Snow whirled through the streets of Ljubljana in a darkness that had fallen surprisingly early. Streetlights fought biting winter winds, their warm glow scarce in a sea of rushing white. Insulated from the cold on the 13th of January, however, was the Slovenian Philharmonics Grand Hall in Ljubljana. Built in 1891 and renovated in 1937, the Hall was a haven of the flourishing Slovenian Renaissance; on that evening, the towering classical paintings of the rooms end looked over a crowd of some of the most distinguished dignitaries in the Slovene Republic. President Boris Furlan sat in the front row, flanked by Prime Minister Miha Krek and several members of the Slovene intelligentsia. On his chest, Furlan bore the Ducal Order of Valuk on his black and white evening wear as his bespectacled eyes caught many others around the roomFurlan would later joke that the night at the Grand Hall was the most prestigious gathering of Slovenes since Prince Tihomirs Great Council. This was a fitting remark; members of virtually every traditionally aristocratic Slovenian house were in attendance, as were government officials, industrialists, cultural figures and members of the domestic and foreign diplomatic corps in Ljubljana.
It was a worthy occasion for such stately attendees. The first concert of the new Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Samo Hubad, was a respected occasion for the nations culture; the Philharmonic had been a favorite project of the Furlan government and had been advocated for by Hubad as well as composer Marjan Kozina and musicologist Vlado Golob. Slovenias long musical heritage deserved an outlet for expression, and a national orchestra was an excellent conduit. The program of the orchestra included the internationally acclaimed music of Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, and Beethoven, as well as contemporary Slovenian composers Marjan Kozina, Slavko Osterc, and Franc turm. It was a resounding success; the standing ovation for the performers lasted for nearly twenty minutes, and audio recordings of the night were archived and copied to nearly every library in the country. Furlan himself was photographed with tear-sparkling eyes during the nights final applause. The Philharmonic immediately turned to foreign tours; it would inaugurate its first world tour with a London concert before visiting Slovenian allies in a series of performances that Miha Krek nicknamed musical diplomacy.
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https://www.ferendum.com/en/PID1539662PSD1889837397
Vote Here to vote for the Greek Parliamentary Snap Elections of 1947!
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The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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The New Delhi Tribune/नई दिल्ली ट्रिब्यून [sub]August 1947 अगस्त 1947[/sub]
[sub]Volume 30, Issue 1 /खंड 20, अंक 3 [/sub]
[sup]British Government Proposes "The Mountbatten Plan", End of The British Raj!?[/sup]
[sup]ब्रिटिश सरकार का प्रस्ताव "द माउंटबेटन प्लान", ब्रिटिश राज का अंत![/sup]
[sup]Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, with breaking news from New Delhi. Has arrived in India following the crackdown on the widespread mutiny's and widespread demonstrations which had spread across the British RAJ long after the Quit India Movement has met with leaders and other notable people from the National Indian Congress, the Muslim League and the Sikh community. After days of debate in New Delhi by all sides, it has been finally agreed on by all participating members after days of deliberation. That the Indian Independence Act of 1947 has been finalized.[/sup]
[sup]लुई फ्रांसिस अल्बर्ट विक्टर निकोलस माउंटबेटन, बर्मा के प्रथम अर्ल माउंटबेटन, नई दिल्ली से ब्रेकिंग न्यूज के साथ। भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन के लंबे समय बाद ब्रिटिश राज में फैले व्यापक विद्रोहों और व्यापक प्रदर्शनों पर कार्रवाई के बाद भारत आया है, जिसमें राष्ट्रीय भारतीय कांग्रेस, मुस्लिम लीग और सिख समुदाय के नेताओं और अन्य उल्लेखनीय लोगों के साथ मुलाकात हुई है। नई दिल्ली में कई दिनों तक चली बहस के बाद, कई दिनों के विचार-विमर्श के बाद सभी सहभागी सदस्यों ने इस पर सहमति बना ली है। कि भारतीय स्वतंत्रता अधिनियम 1947 को अंतिम रूप दिया जा चुका है।[/sup]
[sup]The news has had mixed responses with many pouring into the streets across the entire Indian subcontinent celebrating, with many others worried about the future of not only Hindu's, but Muslims and Sikhs across the country with many fearing potential civil war after the British leave. Despite the widespread celebrations across the country following the announcement, tempers are still flaring between Hindu and Muslim groups with clashes occuring again across the Indian subcontinent, notably in Kalkata. Where Hindu's and Muslims were seen armed with machetes, knifes, clubs and other weapons defend themselves as the city is feared to might fall back into total anarchy, despite British troops still station in bases in the RAJ.[/sup]
[sup]इस खबर को मिली-जुली प्रतिक्रिया मिली है और पूरे भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप में सड़कों पर कई लोग जश्न मना रहे हैं, कई अन्य लोग न केवल हिंदुओं के भविष्य के बारे में चिंतित हैं, बल्कि देश भर में मुसलमानों और सिखों के साथ ब्रिटिश जाने के बाद संभावित गृहयुद्ध की आशंका है। घोषणा के बाद पूरे देश में व्यापक समारोहों के बावजूद, भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप में विशेष रूप से कालकाटा में फिर से होने वाली झड़पों के साथ हिंदू और मुस्लिम समूहों के बीच गुस्सा अभी भी भड़क रहा है। जहां हिंदू और मुसलमानों को हथियार, चाकू, क्लब और अन्य हथियारों से लैस देखा गया था, क्योंकि ब्रिटिश सेना अभी भी राज में ठिकानों पर तैनात होने के बावजूद शहर में पूरी तरह से अराजकता में गिरने की आशंका है।[/sup]
[sup]The British government had proposed the plan or what many had called by this point the Mountbatton Plan, The British government proposed a plan, announced on 3 June 1947, that included these principles:[/sup]
[sup]ब्रिटिश सरकार ने योजना का प्रस्ताव रखा था या जिसे कई लोगों ने इस बिंदु से माउंटबेटन योजना कहा था, ब्रिटिश सरकार ने 3 जून 1947 को घोषित एक योजना का प्रस्ताव रखा, जिसमें ये सिद्धांत शामिल थे:[/sup]
[sup]-Principle of the partition of British India was accepted by the British Government[/sup]
[sup]-Successor governments would be given dominion status[/sup]
[sup]-Autonomy and sovereignty to both countries[/sup]
[sup]-Can make their own constitution[/sup]
[sup]-Princely States were given the right to join either Pakistan or India, based on two major [sup]factors: -Geographical contiguity and the people's wishes.[/sup]
[sup]-ब्रिटिश भारत के विभाजन के सिद्धांत को ब्रिटिश सरकार ने स्वीकार कर लिया था[/sup]
[sup]-उत्तराधिकारी सरकारों को डोमिनियन का दर्जा दिया जाएगा[/sup]
[sup]-अपना संविधान बना सकते हैं[/sup]
[sup]-रियासतों को दो प्रमुखों के आधार पर पाकिस्तान या भारत में शामिल होने का अधिकार दिया गया था[/sup]
[sup]-रियासतों को दो प्रमुख कारकों के आधार पर पाकिस्तान या भारत में शामिल होने का अधिकार दिया गया था[/sup]
[sup]-भौगोलिक निकटता और लोगों की इच्छाएं।[/sup]
[sup]In regards to the Princely States, Mountbatten held a meeting with the Chamber of Princes, where he addressed the question of the princely states, of which there were about 565. The treaty relations between Britain and the Indian States would come to an end, and on 15 August 1947 the suzerainty of the British Crown was to lapse. Mountbatten ruled out any dominion status for any of the princely states, and advised them to accede to one or the other of the dominions, India and Pakistan.[/sup]
[sup]रियासतों के संबंध में, माउंटबेटन ने चैंबर ऑफ प्रिंसेस के साथ एक बैठक की, जहां उन्होंने रियासतों के प्रश्न को संबोधित किया, जिनमें से लगभग 565 थे। ब्रिटेन और भारतीय राज्यों के बीच संधि संबंध समाप्त हो जाएंगे, और 15 अगस्त 1947 को ब्रिटिश क्राउन की आधिपत्य समाप्त हो जाना था। माउंटबेटन ने किसी भी रियासत के लिए किसी भी प्रभुत्व की स्थिति को खारिज कर दिया, और उन्हें सलाह दी कि वे भारत और पाकिस्तान में से एक या दूसरे उपनिवेशों में शामिल हो जाएं।[/sup]
[sup]Lord Mountbatten continued as the first Governor General of independent India. After hours of intense dialoge, it was ultimately decided that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel would become the first prime minister of India. With Jawaharlal Nehru becoming the first home minister of India. With civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi formally endorsing Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru. Over 550 princely states, almost all of the states contiguous with the territory of India, is expected to acceded to India by 15 August. Despite optimism coming from the meeting and the agreement at large, violence is being reported by both Muslim and Hindu communities. Muhammad Ali Jinnah became the Governor-General of Pakistan, and Liaquat Ali Khan became the Prime Minister of Pakistan. In light of the news regarding Jinnah, the rulers of several Muslim-majority states now plan to signed instruments of accession to join Pakistan by March of 1948.[/sup]
[sup]लॉर्ड माउंटबेटन स्वतंत्र भारत के पहले गवर्नर जनरल के रूप में बने रहे। घंटों की गहन बातचीत के बाद, अंततः यह निर्णय लिया गया कि सरदार वल्लभभाई पटेल भारत के पहले प्रधान मंत्री होंगे। जवाहरलाल नेहरू भारत के पहले गृह मंत्री बनने के साथ। नागरिक अधिकार नेता महात्मा गांधी ने औपचारिक रूप से सरदार पटेल और जवाहरलाल नेहरू का समर्थन किया। 550 से अधिक रियासतों, भारत के क्षेत्र से सटे लगभग सभी राज्यों के 15 अगस्त तक भारत में शामिल होने की उम्मीद है। बैठक से आशावाद और बड़े पैमाने पर समझौते के बावजूद, मुस्लिम और हिंदू दोनों समुदायों द्वारा हिंसा की सूचना दी जा रही है। मुहम्मद अली जिन्ना पाकिस्तान के गवर्नर-जनरल बने और लियाकत अली खान पाकिस्तान के प्रधान मंत्री बने। जिन्ना के बारे में खबरों के आलोक में, कई मुस्लिम बहुल राज्यों के शासक अब मार्च 1948 तक पाकिस्तान में शामिल होने के लिए विलय के दस्तावेजों पर हस्ताक्षर करने की योजना बना रहे हैं।[/sup]
[sup]Despite Mahatma Gandhi backing both Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi had opposed the partition on principal, stating that he had saw it as contradicting his vision of unity among Indians of all religions. Reportedly after the agreements were approved he had left to stage a fast in the city of Kalkata, where violence and fighting between Hindu's and Muslims are ongoing. Many including his members of his personnel cabinet accompanying him.[/sup]
[sup]महात्मा गांधी ने सरदार पटेल और जवाहरलाल नेहरू दोनों का समर्थन करने के बावजूद, गांधी ने प्रिंसिपल पर विभाजन का विरोध करते हुए कहा था कि उन्होंने इसे सभी धर्मों के भारतीयों के बीच एकता के अपने दृष्टिकोण के विपरीत देखा था। कथित तौर पर समझौतों को मंजूरी मिलने के बाद वह कालकाटा शहर में अनशन करने के लिए निकल गए थे, जहां हिंदू और मुसलमानों के बीच हिंसा और लड़ाई जारी है। उनके साथ उनके कार्मिक कैबिनेट के सदस्य भी शामिल हैं।[/sup]
[sup]The plans of Indian Independence and partition has had a mixed response with the plans to partition the RAJ expecting to occur within the following weeks, despite fears of violence between Muslims and Hindu's escalating into potential civil war. Sadar Patel has strongly urged both the British government, National Indian Congress, Sadar Patel had Said:[/sup]
[sup]मुसलमानों और हिंदुओं के संभावित गृहयुद्ध में बढ़ने की आशंकाओं के बावजूद, भारतीय स्वतंत्रता और विभाजन की योजनाओं को अगले हफ्तों के भीतर राज के विभाजन की योजनाओं के साथ मिश्रित प्रतिक्रिया मिली है। सदर पटेल ने ब्रिटिश सरकार, राष्ट्रीय भारतीय कांग्रेस दोनों से जोरदार आग्रह किया है, सदर पटेल ने कहा था:[/sup]
[sup]I fully appreciate the fears of our brothers from [the Muslim-majority areas]. Nobody likes the division of India, and my heart is heavy. But the choice is between one division and many divisions. We must face facts. We cannot give way to emotionalism and sentimentality. The Working Committee has not acted out of fear. But I am afraid of one thing, that all our toil and hard work of these many years might go waste or prove unfruitful. My nine months in office have completely disillusioned me regarding the supposed merits of the Cabinet Mission Plan. Except for a few honourable exceptions, Muslim officials from the top down to the chaprasis (peons or servants) are working for the League. The communal veto given to the League in the Mission Plan would have blocked India's progress at every stage. Whether we like it or not, de facto Pakistan already exists in the Punjab and Bengal. Under the circumstances, I would prefer a de jure Pakistan, which may make the League more responsible. Freedom is coming. We have 75 to 80 percent of India, which we can make strong with our genius. The League can develop the rest of the country.[/sup]
[sup]मैं [मुस्लिम बहुल क्षेत्रों] के अपने भाइयों के डर की पूरी तरह से सराहना करता हूं। भारत का बंटवारा किसी को पसंद नहीं और मेरा दिल भारी है। लेकिन चुनाव एक डिवीजन और कई डिवीजनों के बीच है। हमें तथ्यों का सामना करना चाहिए। हम भावुकता और भावुकता को रास्ता नहीं दे सकते। कार्यसमिति ने डर के मारे कार्रवाई नहीं की है। लेकिन मुझे एक बात का डर है, कि इतने सालों की हमारी सारी मेहनत और मेहनत बेकार हो जाए या बेकार साबित हो जाए। मेरे नौ महीने के कार्यकाल ने कैबिनेट मिशन योजना की कथित खूबियों के बारे में मेरा पूरी तरह से मोहभंग कर दिया है। कुछ सम्माननीय अपवादों को छोड़कर, ऊपर से लेकर चपरासी (चपरासी या नौकर) तक के मुस्लिम अधिकारी लीग के लिए काम कर रहे हैं। मिशन योजना में लीग को दिए गए सांप्रदायिक वीटो ने भारत की प्रगति को हर स्तर पर अवरुद्ध कर दिया होता। हम इसे पसंद करें या न करें, वास्तव में पाकिस्तान पंजाब और बंगाल में पहले से मौजूद है। इन परिस्थितियों में, मैं एक वैध पाकिस्तान को प्राथमिकता दूंगा, जो लीग को और अधिक जिम्मेदार बना सकता है। आजादी आ रही है। हमारे पास भारत का 75 से 80 प्रतिशत हिस्सा है, जिसे हम अपनी प्रतिभा से मजबूत बना सकते हैं। लीग देश के बाकी हिस्सों का विकास कर सकती है।[/sup]
[sup]Despite Mahatma Gandhi opposing the partition, Congress is expected to pass the measure by the end of this year with power being transferred no later then June of 1948.[/sup]
[sup]महात्मा गांधी द्वारा विभाजन का विरोध करने के बावजूद, कांग्रेस को इस वर्ष के अंत तक इस उपाय को पारित करने की उम्मीद है और सत्ता का हस्तांतरण जून 1948 के बाद नहीं किया जाएगा।[/sup]
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[spoiler=Indian Independence Act of 1947 English Text:][sup]Two new dominion states: Two new dominions were to emerge from the Indian empire: India and Pakistan.
Appointed Date: 15 August 1947 was declared as the appointed date for the partition.
Territories:
Pakistan: East Bengal, West Punjab, Sindh, and Chief Commissioner's Province of Baluchistan.
The fate of the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was subject to the result of a referendum.
Bengal & Assam:
The province of Bengal as constituted under the Government of India Act 1935 ceased to exist.
In lieu thereof two new provinces were to be constituted, to be known respectively as East Bengal and West Bengal.
The fate of District Sylhet, in the province of Assam, was to be decided in a referendum.
Punjab:
The province as constituted under the Government of India Act 1935 ceased to exist.
Two new provinces were to be constituted, to be known respectively as West Punjab and East Punjab.
The boundaries of the new provinces were to be determined, whether before or after the appointed date, by the award of a boundary commission to be appointed by the Governor-General.
Constitution for the New Dominions: until the time of the making of the new constitution, the new dominions and the provinces thereof were to be governed by the Government of India Act 1935. (Temporary Provisions as to the Government of Each New Dominion).
The Governors-General of the new dominions:
For each of the new dominions a new Governor-General was to be appointed by the Crown, subject to the law of the legislature of either of the new dominions.
Same person as Governor-General of both dominions: if unless and until provision to the contrary was made by a law of the legislature of either of the new dominions, the same person could be the Governor-General of both.
Powers of Governor-General: (Section-9)
The Governor-General was empowered to bring this Act into force.
Division of territories, powers, duties, rights, assets, liabilities, etc., was the responsibility of Governor General.
To adopt, amend, Government of India Act 1935, as the Governor-General may consider it necessary.
power to introduce any change was until 31 March 1948, after that it was open to the constituent assembly to modify or adopt the same Act. (Temporary Provisions as to the Government of Each New Dominion.)
Governor-General had full powers to give assent to any law.
Legislation for the new dominions:
The existing legislative setup was allowed to continue as Constitution making body as well as a legislature. (Temporary Provisions as to the Government of Each New Dominion.)
The legislature of each dominion was given full powers to make laws for that dominion, including laws having extraterritorial operation.
No Act of Parliament of UK passed after the appointed date would be extended to the territories of new dominions.
No law and provision of any law made by the legislature of the new dominions shall be void or inoperative on the ground that it is repugnant to the law of England.
The Governor-General of each dominion had full powers to give assent in His Majesty's name to any law of the legislature. [Configuration of Pakistan's Constitution Assembly (CAP I): 69 members of the central legislature + 10 immigrant members= 79].
Consequences of setting up of the new dominions:
His Majesty's Government lost all the responsibility to the new dominions.
The suzerainty of His Majesty's Government over the Indian States lapsed.
All the treaties or agreements with the Indian States and the tribal areas that were in force at the passing of the act lapsed.
The title of "Emperor of India" was dropped from the titles of British Crown.
The office of Secretary of State for India was abolished and the provisions of GOI Act 1935 relating to the appointments to the civil service or civil posts under the crown by the secretary of the state ceased to operate.
Civil servants: Section 10 provided for the continuance of service of the government servants appointed on or before 15 August 1947 under the Governments of new Dominions with full benefits.
Armed Forces: Sections 11, 12, and 13 dealt with the future of the Indian armed forces. A Partition Committee was formed on 7 June 1947, with two representatives from each side and the viceroy in the chair, to decide about the division thereof. As soon as the process of partition was to start it was to be replaced by a Partition Council with a similar structure.
First and Second Schedules:
First Schedule listed the districts provisionally included in the new province of East Bengal:
Chittagong Division: Districts of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Noakhali and Tipperah.
Dacca Division: Districts of Bakarganj, Dacca, Faridpur, and Mymensingh.
Presidency Division: Districts of Jessore (except Bangaon Tehsil), and Kustia and Meherpur Tehsils (of Nadia district).
Rajshahi Division:Districts of Bogra, Dinajpur (except Raiganj and Balurghat Tehsil), Rajshahi, Rangpur and Nawabganj Tehsil (of Malda district).
Second Schedule listed the districts provisionally included in the new province of West Punjab:
Lahore Division: Districts of Gujranwala, Lahore (except Patti Tehsil), Sheikhupura, Sialkot and Shakargarh Tehsil (of Gurdaspur district).
Rawalpindi Division: Districts of Attock, Gujrat, Jehlum, Rawalpindi and Shahpur.
Multan Division: Districts of Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang, Lyallpur, Montgomery, Multan and Muzaffargarh.[/sup][/spoiler]
[spoiler=Indian Independence Act of 1947 Hindi Text:]
[sup]दो नए डोमिनियन स्टेट्स: भारतीय साम्राज्य से दो नए डोमिनियन उभरने थे: भारत और पाकिस्तान।
नियत तिथि: 15 अगस्त 1947 को विभाजन के लिए नियत तिथि घोषित की गई थी।
क्षेत्र:
पाकिस्तान: पूर्वी बंगाल, पश्चिम पंजाब, सिंध और बलूचिस्तान के मुख्य आयुक्त प्रांत।
उत्तर-पश्चिम सीमांत प्रांत (अब खैबर पख्तूनख्वा) का भाग्य जनमत संग्रह के परिणाम के अधीन था।
बंगाल और असम:
भारत सरकार अधिनियम 1935 के तहत गठित बंगाल प्रांत का अस्तित्व समाप्त हो गया।
इसके बदले में दो नए प्रांतों का गठन किया जाना था, जिन्हें क्रमशः पूर्वी बंगाल और पश्चिम बंगाल के नाम से जाना जाता था।
असम प्रांत में जिला सिलहट के भाग्य का फैसला एक जनमत संग्रह में किया जाना था।
पंजाब:
भारत सरकार अधिनियम 1935 के तहत गठित प्रांत का अस्तित्व समाप्त हो गया।
दो नए प्रांतों का गठन किया जाना था, जिन्हें क्रमशः पश्चिमी पंजाब और पूर्वी पंजाब के नाम से जाना जाएगा।
नए प्रांतों की सीमाएं निर्धारित तिथि से पहले या बाद में, गवर्नर-जनरल द्वारा नियुक्त किए जाने वाले सीमा आयोग के पुरस्कार द्वारा निर्धारित की जानी थीं।
न्यू डोमिनियन के लिए संविधान: नए संविधान के निर्माण के समय तक, नए डोमिनियन और उसके प्रांतों को भारत सरकार अधिनियम 1935 द्वारा शासित किया जाना था। (प्रत्येक नए डोमिनियन की सरकार के लिए अस्थायी प्रावधान)।
नए उपनिवेशों के गवर्नर-जनरल:
प्रत्येक नए प्रभुत्व के लिए एक नए गवर्नर-जनरल को क्राउन द्वारा नियुक्त किया जाना था, जो कि नए उपनिवेशों में से किसी एक के विधायिका के कानून के अधीन था।
दोनों अधिराज्यों के गवर्नर-जनरल के रूप में एक ही व्यक्ति: यदि किसी नए अधिराज्य के विधानमंडल के कानून द्वारा जब तक और जब तक इसके विपरीत प्रावधान नहीं किया जाता, एक ही व्यक्ति दोनों का गवर्नर-जनरल हो सकता है।
गवर्नर-जनरल की शक्तियाँ: (धारा-9)
इस अधिनियम को लागू करने के लिए गवर्नर-जनरल को अधिकार दिया गया था।
क्षेत्रों, शक्तियों, कर्तव्यों, अधिकारों, संपत्तियों, देनदारियों आदि का विभाजन गवर्नर जनरल की जिम्मेदारी थी।
भारत सरकार अधिनियम 1935 को अंगीकार करना, संशोधन करना, जैसा कि गवर्नर-जनरल आवश्यक समझे।
किसी भी परिवर्तन को लागू करने की शक्ति 31 मार्च 1948 तक थी, उसके बाद संविधान सभा को उसी अधिनियम को संशोधित करने या अपनाने के लिए खुला था। (प्रत्येक नए डोमिनियन की सरकार के लिए अस्थायी प्रावधान।)
गवर्नर-जनरल के पास किसी भी कानून को स्वीकृति देने का पूर्ण अधिकार था।
नए उपनिवेशों के लिए विधान:
मौजूदा विधायी व्यवस्था को संविधान बनाने वाली संस्था के साथ-साथ एक विधायिका के रूप में जारी रखने की अनुमति दी गई थी। (प्रत्येक नए डोमिनियन की सरकार के लिए अस्थायी प्रावधान।)
प्रत्येक डोमिनियन की विधायिका को उस डोमिनियन के लिए कानून बनाने की पूरी शक्ति दी गई थी, जिसमें बाहरी संचालन वाले कानून भी शामिल थे।
ब्रिटेन की संसद का कोई भी अधिनियम नियत तारीख के बाद पारित नहीं हुआ है, जिसे नए प्रभुत्व वाले क्षेत्रों में विस्तारित किया जाएगा।
नए अधिराज्यों की विधायिका द्वारा बनाए गए किसी भी कानून और प्रावधान को इस आधार पर अमान्य या निष्क्रिय नहीं किया जाएगा कि यह इंग्लैंड के कानून के प्रतिकूल है।
प्रत्येक डोमिनियन के गवर्नर-जनरल को विधायिका के किसी भी कानून के लिए महामहिम के नाम पर सहमति देने की पूरी शक्ति थी। [पाकिस्तान की संविधान सभा का विन्यास (सीएपी I): केंद्रीय विधायिका के 69 सदस्य + 10 अप्रवासी सदस्य = 79]।
नए उपनिवेशों की स्थापना के परिणाम:
महामहिम की सरकार ने नए प्रभुत्व के लिए सभी जिम्मेदारी खो दी।
भारतीय राज्यों पर महामहिम की सरकार का आधिपत्य समाप्त हो गया।
भारतीय राज्यों और जनजातीय क्षेत्रों के साथ सभी संधियाँ या समझौते जो अधिनियम के पारित होने पर लागू थे, व्यपगत हो गए।
"भारत के सम्राट" की उपाधि को ब्रिटिश क्राउन की उपाधियों से हटा दिया गया था।
भारत के राज्य सचिव के कार्यालय को समाप्त कर दिया गया और राज्य के सचिव द्वारा ताज के तहत सिविल सेवा या सिविल पदों पर नियुक्तियों से संबंधित भारत सरकार अधिनियम 1935 के प्रावधानों का संचालन बंद हो गया।
सिविल सेवक: धारा 10 में नए डोमिनियन की सरकारों के अधीन 15 अगस्त 1947 को या उससे पहले नियुक्त सरकारी सेवकों को पूर्ण लाभ के साथ सेवा जारी रखने का प्रावधान है।
सशस्त्र बल: धारा 11, 12 और 13 भारतीय सशस्त्र बलों के भविष्य से संबंधित हैं। 7 जून 1947 को एक विभाजन समिति का गठन किया गया था, जिसमें प्रत्येक पक्ष के दो प्रतिनिधि और वायसराय की अध्यक्षता में विभाजन के बारे में निर्णय लिया गया था। जैसे ही विभाजन की प्रक्रिया शुरू होनी थी, इसे एक समान संरचना वाली विभाजन परिषद द्वारा प्रतिस्थापित किया जाना था।
पहली और दूसरी अनुसूचियां:
पहली अनुसूची में पूर्वी बंगाल के नए प्रांत में अस्थायी रूप से शामिल जिलों को सूचीबद्ध किया गया है:
चटगांव डिवीजन: चटगांव, चटगांव हिल ट्रैक्ट्स, नोआखली और टिपरा के जिले।
ढाका डिवीजन: बकरगंज, ढाका, फरीदपुर, और मयमनसिंह के जिले।
प्रेसीडेंसी डिवीजन: जेसोर जिले (बनगांव तहसील को छोड़कर), और कुस्तिया और मेहरपुर तहसील (नदिया जिले के)।
राजशाही मंडल: बोगरा, दिनाजपुर (रायगंज और बालुरघाट तहसील को छोड़कर), राजशाही, रंगपुर और नवाबगंज तहसील (मालदा जिले के) के जिले।
दूसरी अनुसूची में पश्चिमी पंजाब के नए प्रांत में अस्थायी रूप से शामिल जिलों को सूचीबद्ध किया गया है:
लाहौर डिवीजन: गुजरांवाला, लाहौर (पट्टी तहसील को छोड़कर), शेखूपुरा, सियालकोट और शकरगढ़ तहसील (गुरदासपुर जिले के) जिले।
रावलपिंडी डिवीजन: अटक, गुजरात, झेलम, रावलपिंडी और शाहपुर जिले।
मुल्तान डिवीजन: डेरा गाजी खान, झांग, लायलपुर, मोंटगोमरी, मुल्तान और मुजफ्फरगढ़ जिले।[/sup][/spoiler]
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Prime Minister Konstantinos Tsaldaris Wins Parliamentary Elections : People's Party Wins More Seats in Parliament!, January 1948
Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Ο εκλεγμένος πρωθυπουργός Κωνσταντίνος Τσαλδάρης κερδίζει τις βουλευτικές εκλογές : Το Λαϊκό Κόμμα κερδίζει περισσότερες έδρες στη Βουλή!, Ιανουάριος 1948
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands - The Greek Prime Minister and his Parliament! - Ο Έλληνας πρωθυπουργός και η Βουλή του![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| A NEW LEADERSHIP, ATHENS, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΜΙΑ ΝΈΑ ΗΓΕΣΊΑ, ΑΘΉΝΑ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| November 1947, a month and a year of progress. With parliament finally being reintroduced, communism and liberalism were partially legalized, and with several other economic, political, and social changes in Greece have reshaped the nation. The once dictatorial regime had been slowly done away with, and a new era of freedom, rights, and liberty had come in Greece. With the reintroduction of once rather popular parties such as the People's Party and the Liberal Parties, it seemed that this first election would emerge as rather curious, interesting, and certainly important due to the rapid change in government. Familiar faces could also be seen running, sitting Prime Minister Emmanouil Tsouderos, running Independent, and Sofoklis Venizelos, succeeding his father as the leader of the Liberal Party was a controversial figure due to his father's role as leader of the opposition in the Greek Civil War of 1930. Some new faces included Georgios Papandreou of the Democratic Socialist Party of Greece, Konstantinos Tsaldaris of the People's Party, and Nikolaos Plastiras of the National Progressive Center Union. | [/list]
[list]| Following a quick two months of rapid and sweeping election and party propaganda campaigns across Greece, and with massive rallies being held in sports theaters, literal theaters, plazas, village squares, and pretty much anywhere and everywhere where there is a wide open space, and a dense population area. Following Orthodox Christmas Day and the coming of the new year, Greek politicians, soldiers, and even civilians were on high alert. The threat of a guerrilla attack or even an attack from the KKE could come out at any moment, even at the most unexpected and unprepared times. With the Greek people now paranoid of any next move, voting was finally put forward on the 23rd of January, 1948. Local and International Voting Centers were put up, and international centers were put up in primarily Turkey or Egypt, due to a rather large group of Greeks living in those territories. From villages to districts, voting centers could be seen everywhere and were always packed. After taking a good three days of counting, the results finally came in on the 27th of January, 1948. At 14:00 on the 27th of January, the winner was announced. The crowds on the Athens plaza erupted in celebration and cheers but were also met with disappointment and confusion. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"After one day of voting, and three days of counting the ballots. With a vote percentage of 43.8%, and with over 590,000 Votes, 206 Seats out of the 354 Seats in Parliament. The winning party of the Greek Parliamentary Snap Elections of 1948 is - The People's Party, under the leadership of Konstantinos Tsaldaris."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Announcer of Votes, Iasonas Oikonomou[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list]| Following resounding applause from the massive crowd, Tsaldaris, sitting at the back of the podium with the other candidates stood up and tipped his hat to the crowd. Oikonomou would step aside and bow his head to the new Prime Minister Elect. Tsaldaris would walk up to the podium, once again cheered on by the crowd. Several dozen or so bodyguards and troops would take positions near the crows and near the stage, Oikonomou stood aside, equipped with a small pistol just in case. Tsaldris would put his hand out, gesturing that the crowd calms down, smiling while doing so. He would announce the following; | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"My dear countrymen and countrywomen of Greece! I thank you for your support over these past few months, and now it has all culminated with the victory of our party and a change in leadership. Together, we will fulfill the promises, guarantees, and commitments we have shared and planned over our vast campaigns. I guarantee, that our internal conflicts and skirmishes with one other will be resolved, I guarantee that in my term as your Prime Minister, we will set aside differences and rivalries and unite as a nation. We will usher in a new age of modernity, freedom, and change in the Kingdom of Greece, and with the help and word of our King, will carry out vast plans to make a better, stronger, and greater Greece. Thank you again."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Prime Minister Elect, Konstantinos Tsaldaris [/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list]| The Prime Minister Elect and the other candidates were walked to the safe location, Oikonomou having a grim look on his face, showing that he had supported someone else. Tsaldaris eventually was driven in a 45-minute long parade through Athens, with crowds lining the streets, and with the Greek Royal Standard flags being hung on buildings and houses. The Prime Minister Elect eventually arrived at the Old Royal Palace, now the site of the Greek Parliament. Inside, he was met with cheers, and standing before him was King George II himself. The both of them walked to a private room, where Tsaldaris was officially appointed Prime Minister by the King. Back out in the streets, thousands celebrated, with parades being held celebrating the great victory. Celebrations lasted three days, and the new Prime Minister even visited Greek locals, showing his support for the people. The events ended with a spectacular performance by the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra at the National Theatre of Greece, further cementing Greco-Slovenian relations. What will the Prime Minister do next? What will be his policies? Well - that's for next time. | [/list]
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The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list][pre]ꕦ ꛲ ꕦ ꚿ
A Z A N I A[/pre][sub]1 October 1947[/sub][/list]
GREAT IHAWU UNITED TRIBES OF AZANIA;
[sub]1947 Edition, Part 2[/sub]
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The post-war demobilization effort had run its course.
With the 322,000 conscripted service members released
from His Majestys service by the spring of 1947, planners
within the Ministry of Defense have presented to the Council
of State, their strategic outlook for the post-war era; bringing
with it, reorganization of active duty forces and a new strategic
blueprint for research, development, and military engagements.[/pre][/sub][/list]
[list][pre]STRATEGIC MANEUVERABILITY & STRIKE DOCTRINE GUIDES POST-WAR REORGANIZATION OF AERIAL AND GROUND FORCES;[/pre][/list]
[sub]Azanias campaign in Eastern and Northern Africa, when combined with experience from the Mediterranean and European Campaigns, highlighted the importance of strategic maneuverability to gain the upper hand in any given conflict. This experience was best exemplified by the Volkists in their march across Europe, the Soviets in their counteroffensive - and indeed Commonwealth Forces during the battle of El-Alamein. It was this understanding that led to Azanias entry into a joint development program with Rhodesia during the war which produced a number of vehicles such as the Universal Tank family, the Locust and Jackal light tanks. These vehicles were at the cutting edge of armored vehicle design - well suited for warfare across the vast distances of continental Africa, prioritizing speed, agility, and firepower over the great attention given to heavy armor by European and American armies. However, despite the departure from common development between Azania and Rhodesia, domestic development continued in the form of the Universal Medium Tank Mk. V Indlovu and AC-47 Hopper armored personnel carrier.[/sub]
[sub]As part of the post-war reorganization program, Parliament responded positively to the Ministry of National Defenses request for funding to fully mechanize the Azanian Army in fulfillment of the United Tribes new Strategic Maneuverability and Strike Doctrine.[/sub]
[sub]The current force structure calls for the maintenance of an active duty army of 175, 398 men (not including logistical or central command forces). Those troops would be organized into 13 Divisions, with personnel arranged as detailed below;[/sub]
[list][sub][*] 2 - Infantry Divisions (Comprised of 4 Regiments of Foot, an Artillery Regiment, and AA Regiment. - 20, 104 each.
[*] 6 - Guards Divisions (Comprised of 4 Mechanized Infantry Regiments, an Artillery Regiment, and AA Regiment) - 20, 280 each.
[*] 2 - Armored Divisions (Comprised of 4 Armored Regiments) - 3, 916 each.
[*] 1 - Combined Arms Division (Comprised of 2 Mechanized Infantry Regiments, 2 Armored Regiments, an Artillery Regiment, and AA Regiment) - 10, 558 each.
[*] 1 - Artillery Division (Comprised of 3 Artillery Regiments) - 4, 800 each.
[*] 1 - Fusiliers Division (Comprised of 3 AA Regiments) - 4, 440 each.[/sub][/list]
[sub]This structure is an adaptation to the one implemented under the 1937 South Africa Defense Act, in which Azania departed from the commonwealth division template to adopt the Triangle Division. In accordance with the new Doctrine, the Royal Azanian Army will begin the process of converting its standing forces in the aforementioned format. By-in-large, the vast majority of the Regiments of Foot (some with origins dating back to the first settlement of southern Africa by the British Empire) are to be formally dissolved, with personnel being placed into new mechanized Guards Regiments. Those Regiments of Foot not mechanized (8) will be reorganized into two Divisions designated the Bambata Rifles and Royal Highlanders, drawing their lineage from two of the oldest and most decorated regiments in Azanias history. The Bambata Rifles are to be trained as a specialized unit for Jungle Warfare, and will replace the SA Expeditionary Division based out of Joint Base Smuts - to work in close conjunction with the Zaire Armed Forces (Paseo). The Royal Highlanders will be trained as airborne Infantry, for paratrooping operations as well as Helicopter Assault - their primary mode of transportation. Likewise, the Highlanders will receive training as Commandos/Special Forces as rapid response and quick deployment ground forces for the Royal Azanian Armed Forces.[/sub]
[sub]Towards mechanization, the Guards Divisions of the Royal Azanian Army will be equipped primarily with AC-47 Hopper armored personnel carriers which are entering service this year alongside the Indlovu universal tank. Taking note of the effectiveness of Allied armies during the war, the Guards Divisions tactics will center around rapid deployment to a combat area within their APCs. Upon contact with an enemy force, the troops would disembark from their vehicles, neutralize the enemy, and embark again in their vehicles to resume an offensive push. These forces are not designed for the static warfare of the first Great War, but for decisive actions against an enemy force. Through the fire support variants of the AC-47, the vehicles will work in tandem with their deployed infantry combat teams to suppress soft and hardened targets. Further, with each Guards Division equipped with a Recon Squadron of 47 Light Tanks/IFVs, infantry forces are supplemented with heavier armed vehicles in the event of contact with enemy vehicles or hardened positions which the APCs cannot suppress.[/sub]
[sub]Alongside the Guards Divisions, the Armored Divisions are the cutting edge of ground assaults. Equipped with the state-of-the-art Indlovu main battle tank, recently modified just as production began, the Armored Divisions will focus on piercing enemy lines in a further break away from the Commonwealth model of infantry support. Together with the Guards Divisions, the force structure to be adopted calls for the production of 1, 640 Indlovu Tanks, 7, 878 AC-47 APCs, and 1, 450 Light Tanks/IFV/Armored Cars. Concerning the later requirement, the Azanian Army will continue to use the Marmon-Herrington Mk. 3 and Mk. 4 armored cars until the updated Jackal light tank becomes operational in 1950.[/sub]
[sub]Behind closed doors, the Defense Staff has expressed concerns about the viability of maintaining an [for all intents-and-purposes] fully Mechanized Army during a protracted military conflict. Their concern being rooted in the supply of fuel and protection of long logistical lines - to which the Government has responded by authorizing the creation of a national strategic oil reserve with 1 billion barrels worth of oil to be stored for emergency use. Likewise, with the acquisition of modern jet aircraft from Britain and the United States, the Defense Staff is confident that those concerns will prove to be futile.[/sub]
[list][sub]ROYAL AZANIAN AIR FORCE RECEIVES JET AIRCRAFT FROM GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES[/sub][/list]
[sub]When the roaring engines of the Me 262 fighters graced the skies of southern Europe, downing a number of Azanian carrier-borne aircraft, it became clear that the era of the piston engine was coming to a summary close. That revelation led to the immediate start of negotiations with London and Washington for the sharing of technology, and even purchase of jet aircraft for the United Tribes air forces. Since the end of the war, Britain granted to the United Tribes 200 Gloster Meteor jet fighters transferred from the war-time surplus into Azanian service at the conclusion of hostilities. For the last 2 and a half years, the Gloster Meteor family of jets has provided Azanian airmen with unparalleled experience and an edge over potential adversaries across the continent and southern hemisphere. However, with the progression of technology on-going in the post-war era, negotiators have been able to reach an agreement with the United States concerning a production license of F9F Panther naval jet fighter for service with the Royal Azanian Navy, and the F-86 Sabre jet fighter. In accordance with that agreement, the Azanian aerospace industry will receive the most substantial boost to its business since the post-war recession began. The agreement allows for the South African Aerospace Company (SAAC) to produce Azanian variants of the aircraft to be known as the SAAC F-1 'Grysbok' and SAAC F-2 'Eland' respectively. Plans are being worked out by the Office of Research to begin conversion of the Gloster Meteors into a light fighter-bomber aircraft for close air support operations. It is believed that these conversions will extend the life of the airframes as they become obsolete as front-line fighter craft.[/sub]
[sub]The accord allows for Azania to produce 100 F-1 Grysbok fighters and 450 F-2 Eland fighters as a soft cap, to which the Air Force will build over the next three years.[/sub]
[sub]With the acquisition of these aircraft, the Air Force has outlined plans to systematically withdraw all piston-engined fighters and light bombers from service. However, the Air Force will maintain fifty (60) Hawker Hurricane fighters for ground-attack roles and training; as well as the Air Forces propeller driven bombers until jet alternatives become available.[/sub]
[list][pre]RAN, PROVEN ASSET DURING THE WAR, TO BEGIN REGULAR PATROLS OF SOUTHERN SEAS;[/pre][/list]
[sub]Successful in defeating the Italian Navy during the East Africa campaign, hunting German commerce raiders, and naval air support during the Mediterranean campaign - the Royal Azanian Navy has become widely recognized as a first rate navy around the globe. At wars end, the RAN had 4 Aircraft Carriers in service, with another under construction, 10 Cruisers, 43 Destroyers, 20 Sloops-of-War, and 10 Submarines. Her wartime losses were nominal, having lost only 8 destroyers and a single light Cruiser - despite the heavy damage received by HMSAS Atlantic, an Ocean-class aircraft carrier. During the post-war demobilization, it was decided to scrap the Atlantic and continue with the production of the Premier-class carrier HMSAS Walter Rubusana which had suffered from delays during the late war.[/sub]
[sub]By-in-large, the RANs force size had not changed in the post war despite efforts abroad to cut costs and the size of standing forces in service. For the United Tribes, the Navy was a source of prestige and power projection - especially during moments in the war, when ground forces were not engaging the enemy between the North African and Italian campaigns - and the range of Air Force aircraft limited their effectiveness after North Africa. Truly it was the Royal Azanian Navy which Parliamentarians believed, and still believe, to be the source of projection beyond the continent of Africa. And with the possibility of global conflict ever etched into the public consciousness, the RANs position as the premier service remains.[/sub]
[sub]In accordance with that sentiment, and the new strategic outlook, the Royal Azanian Navy will begin to expand its footprint in the Southern Hemisphere by establishing year-round patrols of the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic. In fulfillment of this task, and preparation for peace-time operations, the RAN will undertake a small reorganization of its forces. From 1948, the RANs ships will be reorganized as follows;[/sub]
[list][sub][*] ASIATIC FLEET - the primary maritime force of the armed forces, it shall be focused on the geostrategic region of the Indian Ocean Basin. From the Gulf of Aden to the Strait of Malaka; Arabian Sea to the cliffs of Antarctica, the Asiatic Fleet will be responsible for projection, anti-piracy, humanitarian, and strike operations. Headquartered in the port of Durban, it shall be comprised primarily of 2 Cruiser Squadrons (3 Cruisers, 3 Destroyer Escorts each), and a number of Patrol Groups (Destroyers or Sloops).
[*] HOME FLEET - based out of Simonstown near Cape Town, this force will will be the Navys primary force in the Atlantic Ocean. Tasked with the standard projection, anti-piracy, humanitarian and strike operations, the Cape Squadron will differ from the Asiatic Fleet in that it will be built around a single anti-submarine Hunter Killer Group (1 Carrier, 4 ASW Escorts, 2 AAW Escorts). In support of the Hunter Killer Group, the Home Fleet will also host a single Cruiser Squadron, and Patrol Groups.
[*] RED SEA STATION - based out of HMS Zuqar Bay, the Red Sea Station will be comprised of 3 Mammal-class Sloops-of-War, and be tasked with anti-piracy patrols along the strategic trade route which flow through the sea.
[*] NORTHWEST STATION - based dually out of Soyo and Baia dos Tigres, this post takes advantage of the submarine infrastructure built by the Estado Novo in the run up to the second Great War. Primarily comprised of the United Tribes submarine forces, Northwest Station also supports Patrol Groups as rapid responders and anti-piracy units along the United Tribes Atlantic coast.[/sub][/list]
[sub]Not permanently assigned to any fleet or station, Azanias fleet carriers of the Premier Class and their escorts are to form independent Carrier Battle Groups and conduct patrol operations around the globe. Likewise, these forces may be attached to another fleet or station as needed as a force multiplier in times of crisis or conflict.[/sub]
[sub]With the urgency of war passed, the RANs building program has changed gears to maintenance of current units, however, a working group has been formed within the Office of Research under the name Force-Life Extension Program (FLEP) to develop a plan for modernization and refits of the fleet. Specifically, with the advent of ship-borne missiles, new power plants, and ever evolving jet aircraft, FLEP will work to evaluate current fleet units and identify those that are economically viable for refit and those that should be placed on watch for decommissioning and replacement in the next decade. Already FLEP has begun work on a modernization program for the Premier-class carriers to implement research on angled flight decks and modernized steam catapults to support the Jet Aircraft that Azania is taking possession of. Whereas the ships, as they are in service today, are able to support the F-1 fighters, the same may not be true for their inevitable successors. As HMSAS Agulhas nears the completion of her conversion to a Commando Carrier in the fall of 1948, and HMSAS Zanj prepares for its 2-year refit as a dedicated anti-submarine carrier thereafter, the ballooning cost of these ships had highlighted the importance of intentional long-term planning.[/sub]
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, New Elvandra, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica
[list]December 1946 January 1947
[sub]A Monarch is Chosen![/sub][/list]
[pre]KING GUSTAV V STEPS DOWN AS MONARCH! CROWN PRINCE GUSTAF ADOLF BECOMES KING GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS VI & I OF THE UNITED NORDIC KINGDOMS![/pre]
DROTTNINGHOLM PALACE
[sub]Stockholm, Canovia MORNING[/sub]
| [sub]With the United Nordic Kingdoms forming in November of 1945 the discussion of who would become the nations head of state was heavily debated. Although some republican elements were present during the Uppsala Conferences, as well as in the Interim Nordic Unity Council, majority of the members within the council and the general populace wanted to retain the monarch of their nation. To avoid dominance of the royal position a proposal of a rotation monarchy was put forward to the Interim Nordic Unity Council, as well as each royal house of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. As members of the Danish and Norwegian House of Glücksburg married into the Swedish House of Bernadotte a proposal of having the Swedish monarchy represent the state was put forward, but was rejected by many within the Union, seeing it unfair that the Danish and Norwegian royals be put aside and fears of Swedish dominance in the United Nordic Kingdoms. It would be former Danish Prime Minister Knud Kristensen who would propose the rotation monarchy allowing each head of each royal family to have a chance to become Head of State.[/sub]
[list][sub]In order to find a compromise on the royal situation, a rotation monarchy is the best way. It is new and perhaps unusual but I have faith that it will work and prevent one royal household from dominating the position of Head of State. The fact of the matter is that republicanism is not a strong force in our country. We all love our monarchs and respect them as such. So if a Swedish royal is monarch, the heir apparent shall be the Danish monarch. If a Danish royal is monarch, the Norwegian monarch is heir. If the monarch is Norwegian, the heir is Swedish. The cycle continues and ensure everyone has a chance to occupy the throne.[/sub]
[sub]KNUD KRISTENSEN, Former Danish Prime Minister and Co-President of the Interim Nordic Unity Council[/sub][/list]
[sub]On his own decision, King Gustav V of Sweden would step down as the Swedish monarch in favor of his son, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf to accept the role as King of the Nordics. Accepting the role as monarch and head of state, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf would be known as KING GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS VI of the Nordic Realm, Defender of the Northern Seas and Defender of the Lutheran Faith. Within Denmark, Norway and Iceland, His Nordic Majesty would be known as GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS I due to him being the first of his name in those countries. Although the tradition of coronations has not been practiced in those countries in decades (unlike those in the United Kingdom or other foreign monarchies), a coronation would be planned in several months time, with all three crowns (Swedish, Danish and Norwegian) and regalia present to show the unity of the three monarchies as well as symbolize the unification of the kingdoms.[/sub]
[list][sub]It is an honor and a privilege to be your King and I shall faithfully execute the laws and duties of the monarchy with Gods help and guidance. I do not want the people to think of me or the monarchy as untouchable or divine. I want them to see the monarchy as a voice and representation of the nation and the people. Upon us is a new era. An era in which we the Nordic people will rebuild and define ourselves on who we truly are. A peaceful, yet resilient people who can withstand the forces of time. Gud välsigne vår nation, Gud välsigne vårt folk.[/sub]
[sub]GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS VI & I, King of the Nordics, Defender of the Northern Seas and Defender of the Lutheran Faith[/sub][/list]
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
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Nonador, Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica
Post self-deleted by Ubertica.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1771021
The Royal House of Konbaung (WIP)
Nonador, Paramountica, Paseo, Victoria Harbor, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands
HMRS RHODESIA TO CONDUCT FIRST SORTIE
February 1st 1948
https://youtu.be/UFppgzQ8zIk
HMRS Rhodesia, the former Battlecruiser HMS Renown which was purchased by Rhodesia at the conclusion of the war shall in a symbolic gesture of its entrance into the Rhodesian Indian Ocean Fleet (which also happens to be the only Fleet Rhodesia operates) shall commence its first sortie alongside the Heavy Cruiser HMRS Coghlan, the two smaller Tribal-class destroyers 'Smith' and 'Chelmsford' and two Resupply Vessels. They shall jointly depart from Port Rhodes in Zambezia, travel through the Mozambique Channel, conduct a friendly stop at the French colony of Mayotte before then traveling across the Indian Ocean and visit Christmas Island before returning via the southern side of Madagascar. It was a joyous occasion for the Navy as since acquiring the Rhodesia almost three years prior it had undergone a large scale internal reworking which tackled comfort and longevity while operating within the Indian Ocean. As the sole symbol of the Rhodesian Navy, carrying the Name of the Nation itself it was important to the Smith Administration to have it actively out at sea as a symbol of power, especially given the previous years decision to scrap the Atlantic Squadron in favor of an enlarged Indian Ocean Fleet.
While Rhodesia had for some time planned to operate one Carrier if granted by Britain, this plan was scrapped at the end of the war as it was no longer necessary to defend Rhodesian interests which consisted almost entirely of defending and enforcing freedom of travel in the Mozambique Channel. Instead Rhodesia planned to rely on ground based aviation from Zambezia which regardless could potentially carry more formidable armaments and range due to no limitations on carrier length. First and foremost the operational requirements set on the Rhodesian Navy were that in absence of the Royal Navy Rhodesia could continue to guarantee the movement of Imperial Trade and security of British outposts in the Indian Ocean if necessary.
[spoiler=Statistics of the HMRS Rhodesia following its 44' British and 47' Rhodesian Refits]
Length : 242.0m
Beam : 27.4m
Draft : 9.7m
Displacement ; 36,660t
Speed : 31knots
Main Belt : 3-9 inches
Deck Belt : 4.25-9.25 inches
Barbettes : 4-7 inches
Turret Amour : 7-11 inches
Control Tower : 10 inches
Bulkheads : 3-6.5 inches
Main Armaments : 6x381mm BL 15-inch Mk I Naval Guns, 20x114mm DP QF 4.5-inch MK.V Naval Guns, 8x533mm torpedo Tubes
AA : 61x20mm Oerlikons, 28x40mm Bofors
Electronics : Type 284 radar for surface gunnery control, Type 285 anti-aircraft gunnery radar, Type 281 air warning radar, Type 271 surface search radar, two Type 282 light-AA Directors/Radar, Precision Ranging Panel
Aircraft : 4 Supermarine Walrus Floatplanes + Hangar removed in 1947 refit, Hangar replaced with Cinema and recreational Hall for Crew
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The Current fleet as it stands consists of the following :
Flagship - HMRS Rhodesia
Flagship Escort - 1x Tribal-class destroyer
A Squadron - 1x Coghlan Class Heavy Cruiser, 1x Tribal-class destroyer, 1x Bittern-class sloop
B Squadron - 1x Coghlan Class Heavy Cruiser, 1x Tribal-class destroyer, 1x Bittern-class sloop
This is how it shall be reorganized as of late 1949 upon completion of the Lusaka-Class in France :
Flagship - HMRS Rhodesia
Flagship Escort - 2x Lusaka-Class Heavy Destroyer
A Squadron - 1x Coghlan Class Heavy Cruiser, 3x Lusaka-Class Heavy Destroyer
B Squadron - 1x Coghlan Class Heavy Cruiser, 3x Lusaka-Class Heavy Destroyer
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Nonador, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Ubertica
[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Prime Minister Tsaldaris Goes on a Vast Diplomatic Campaign for Greece : State Visits Made in Alexandria and Stockholm, The King Suffers in Gothenburg!, February 1948
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, ο Πρωθυπουργός Τσαλδάρης πηγαίνει σε μια μεγάλη διπλωματική εκστρατεία για την Ελλάδα : Κρατικές επισκέψεις στην Αλεξάνδρεια και τη Στοκχόλμη, , Ο βασιλιάς πάσχει στο Γκέτεμποργκ!, Φεβρουάριος 1948
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands, Kotakuan Ii, and Canovia The Greek, Egyptian, and Nordic Delegation! - Η ελληνική, αιγυπτιακή και σκανδιναβική αντιπροσωπεία![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| THE REINTRODUCTION OF A FRIENDSHIP, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, NORTH AFRICA: | Η ΕΠΑΝΑΦΟΡΆ ΜΙΑΣ ΦΙΛΊΑΣ, ΑΛΕΞΆΝΔΡΕΙΑ, ΑΙΓΥΠΤΟΣ, ΒΟΡΕΙΟΑΦΡΙΚΉ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| With the new Greek Prime Minister, Konstantinos Tsaldaris, establishing his goals for his term as Prime Minister of Greece, one of his primary goals was the proper initiation of Greek relations with the rest of Europe and the world, starting with her allies during the war. With Slovenia already being made an ally in the Tsouderos era, the next improvement would be with one of Greece's first and most supportive allies, the Kingdom of Egypt. Relations with Egypt (Kotakuan Ii) were a precious thing, with both nations being geographically and politically inclined towards one another. With Greek soldiers fighting in North Africa and defending Egypt during the Second World War, Egyptian troops set sail from the Egyptian mainland to Crete, helping the Allied coalition liberate Greece from Axis tyranny. However with the end of the war, both nations slowly lost the close bond that was shared all those years ago, and with the new change in government, something had to be done. On the 1st of February, a Greek Delegation comprising of His Excellency King George II, Prime Minister Tsaldaris, Defense Minister Georgios Stratos, along with three dozen or so military generals, economical staff, and other government workers, had agreed with the Egyptian Monarch Farouk I, to visit Egypt as a sign of friendship and unity between the two nations. | [/list]
[list]| On the 2nd of February, the delegation arrived in Alexandria harbor. The Greek Fleet, this time with older vessels (RHMS Georgios Averof, RHMS Ioannis Metaxas), docked in the harbor, being decorated with signal flags and the Greek and Egyptian flags. The King would take a deep breath, recalling the memories he spent here planning Greek operations in Africa and Europe. The delegates were greeted gladly with resounding applause by locals in the harbor, and although not being greeted by the King himself, were greeted by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha, along with the Egyptian delegates. Being cheered on by the massive crowd, the delegation was driven to the Abdeen Palace, where King Farouk was waiting for them. Upon arrival, George and Farouk would firmly shake hands, and walk inside the Palace, being cheered and applauded by the crowd outside. The summit which would be known as the Cairo Summit, saw the re-establishment of Greco-Egyptian relations, along with an economical support pact, and a new joint naval program, firmly sealing the bond that these two monarchies have. The Greek delegation would go back to Greece, but ended the summit with the statement by the Prime Minister; | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"The historical and recent ties our two nations share is significant, and be preserved and kept strong. Greece and Egypt are strong nations, and we mutually whole-heartedly support our decisions in government, and we show it today by touching up relations at today's summit. May the alliance we have with the Egyptians last long, and long life the two kings!"[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Greek Prime Minister, Konstantinos Tsaldaris[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| FAMILY TIES, STOCKHOLM, UNITED NORDIC KINGDOMS, SCANDINAVIA: | ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑΚΟΊ ΔΕΣΜΟΊ, ΣΤΟΚΧΌΛΜΗ, ΕΝΩΜΈΝΑ ΣΚΑΝΔΙΝΑΒΙΚΆ ΒΑΣΊΛΕΙΑ, ΣΚΑΝΔΙΝΑΒΊΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| Another key nation, and rather an important one at that, was the United Nordic Kingdoms, (Canovia) under the Nordic Monarchy, the reigning Monarch being King Gustavus Adolphus I. However, diplomatic relations were not the only concern, but family ties as well. Related through the old monarchies of Europe, both Monarchies were related through the Glücksburg Royal House. With Greece reaching out to the Nordic Kingdom, a small state visit would be organized, with a rather limited amount of delegates being present on the Greek side. An official visit was organized, with His Excellency King George II representing Greece, and joined by Defense Minister Stratos, and a dozen or so delegates. They would be carried to Stockholm on board the RHMS Crete and would arrive on the 23rd of February, 1948. | [/list]
[list]| With the Greek delegation arriving, they were greeted in Stockholm by Gustavus Adolphus I, and the Nordic delegation. Following a firm handshake and an embrace, signaling family ties, they were greeted with Nordic greetings, and with the flags of the Kingdom of Greece and the United Nordic Kingdoms being celebrated in the crowds. They would go to the crowd, greeting and socializing with Nordic civilians, a translator being beside George. The Greek King looked rather frail, and although getting treatment for his arteriosclerosis, still looked rather weak. He still had a smile on his face, however, and stood tall in his military uniform. The group would then be driven to Gothenburg, where something that can only be described as utmost horror occurred. King George II, King of Greece and the leader of the Greek people, slumped into the seat of his car, appearing unconscious. In the same car was Defense Minister Stratos, who appeared horrified, and immediately signaled to the driver to drive to the nearest hospital. Nordic civilians saw the unconscious King through the car windows and immediately drove toward the Carlanderska Sjukhuset Hospital in Gothenburg. The Nordic King looking behind him saw the car speeding toward the hospital accompanied by two more cars, and a look of grief was on his face, George was a cousin of the Nordic King through Queen Victoria After all. The King was rushed to treatment and behind the closed doors of the hospital, who knows what could happen next. With an era of uncertainty ahead, the future of the Greek monarchy is grim. | [/list]
[list][list][spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Nonador, Bescania, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Ubertica
[list][list][sub]Prague, Czechia, Third Republic of Czechoslovakia // Beit Daras, Israelli
SUMMER 1947-PRESENT - SECRET CZECH AID TO JEWISH ORGS IS A SAVING GRACE [/sub]
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| Czechoslovakia has been no stranger to Jews and Jewish history, or rather the plight of most oppressed groups that make their way through the European continent. The father of Czechoslovakia, President Tomá Garrigue Masaryk, had close relations with Jews and the labor side of the Zionist Movement. In 1920 he became the first statesman to visit Palestine's first Jewish kibbutz, later paving the way for further recognition of Jewish orgs and communities by the Czechoslovak state. Nevertheless, the current leading Jewish government entity in Mandatory Palestine, the Jewish Agency (later to become the Israeli government), has recently come into contact with the bi-ethnic state seeking weapons. The organization, only knowingly to some, plans to openly defend its independence as a jewish state when the UN partition takes effect, by additionally using militia and informal jewish paramilitaries. Thus, the Jews turn to the government of Czechoslovakia for military aid, coordinated by Gen. Jan Heřman, a local communist military hero from Prague. The first contract, signed off officially in secret by Jan Masaryk, the Czech Foreign Minister, included 200 MG 34 machine guns, 4,500 P 18 rifles and 50,400,000 rounds of ammunition. The second and third shipments, done through the next year into October, would contain a total of 15,000 rifles and 1,600 machine guns, with bullets. The deal will be coordinated through a special financial department of the Československé Závody Strojírenské a Kovodělné, n.p. (Czechoslovak Metal-Working and Engineering Works) Financial Holdings, a nationalized conglomerate owned by the Ministry of the Interior. |
| The initial contract has been touted within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a non-ideological military support, primarily by higher-ups within both the Ministry and the National Front. Though, the informal connection between the Labor Zionists of Palestine and the Czechoslovakian Army has substantially grown, and the new government of Czechoslovakia has taken keen interest in expand its own new-found socialist influence wherever it can. The deal primarily focused on supplying the Labor Zionists and the Haganah group, with special focus by the Czechoslovak to avoid supplying more unfavorable elements such as Irgun. The weapons deals such as these can only mean the beginning of future contacts between the Jewish Agency and Czechoslovakia. |
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[list][pre]UNDER THE DARK OF NIGHT...
BIET DARAS, PALESTINIAN DESERT[/pre][/list]
| As the ancient desert of Palestine cooled off in the dead of night, and many tense heads rested with the moon, a loud hum of a plane sounded distant overhead, indistinguishable from the others coming and going. An American Skymaster cargo plane, chartered by the Czechoslovaks using makeshift guises in their own country, had been loaded to the brim with a secret weapons deal coming from the bi-ethnic state, containing mostly repurposed or Czech-produced German equipment from WWII. Gen. Jan Heřman himself, the chief of this coordinated deal in secrecy, was co-pilot on this mission, along with a band of younger army officers who volunteered on the mission. As they near their destined coordinates and prepare for a quick landing- |
[list][list][sub]Gen. Jan Heřman:[/sub]"[sub]This ride is getting a -*LITTLE[/I]*- rikety over here, Blaenek, and we're running out of fuel here![/sub]"
[sub]Co-Pilot Blaenek:[/sub]"[sub] Don't you worry, general sir! We've got this in th-[/sub]"
[/list][sub]~The cargo plane hits the runway and several parts of its metal underbelly skid with sparks before the plane corrects itself~[/sub]
[list][sub]Co-Pilot Blaenek:[/sub]"[sub]-in the bag! Like I said, sir...[/sub]"
[/list][sub]~Blaenek turns to look at his senior for this mission gripping the steering wheel and staring hard at the now-still runway, who then turns to look back at Blaenek~[/sub][/list]
| The Czechoslovak crew on a secret mission to the deserts of Palestine made the trip safely, without major hiccups. The first shipment signaled an improved ease and success on the next 2 missions that followed in later months. Both the 2nd and 3rd contract shipments would be covered with onions and potatoes in a more informal cargo cover process. At last, the Jewish command had at hand a stockpile of thousands of weapons that it could freely deploy. The two shipments proved decisive. Without doubt, of all the shipments that subsequently reached the Yishuv, none was to have greater immediate impact or historical significance. |
Nonador, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Israelli, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Peking Zhongguo, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica
[list][pre]March, 1948 |Khartoum, Khartoum Province, The British Imperial Crown Colony Of The Sudan[/pre]
SUDANIZATION, THE MOVEMENT TODAY[/list]
The onset of Sudanese nationalist sensations had first presented itself amid the first Great War that had ravaged much of the planet between 1914 and 1918. Nonetheless, that very notion of the envisionment of Sudanese nationhood would not make any significant advancements or even intensify during the interwar period. Up until a young college graduate would make a speech after releasing a sequence of articles on the streets of Khartoum titled, The Common Sense ''. The papers would not only kick start his political career ushering in his role as leader of Sudans Nationalist Party but also reignited the very flames of Sudanese essence and pushed it back into the focus of colonial policy.
Despite the clear present uncertainties found between Mahgoubs Confluence Nationalist movement and the pro-imperial commonwealth factions and colonial authority, both sides overall nonetheless strived for a parallel goal, the advancement of the Sudanese identity, and mostly in hopes of countering the encroachment of any Arab and Egyptian nationalist ideals on the such fertile and resourceful region of the African continent. To the colonial government, Egypt must not grab Sudan for its ambitions of an Egyptian Empire, to the Nationalists, however, Sudan must exist at all worths.
The arrival of the Second World War saw many of Sudans sons and brothers mobilized towards the frontlines, both in East Africa and the northern Libyan frontier. The mass mobilization of the Sudanese Defense Force that had overseen active vicious combat at Kassala, Barentu, and Keren had made way for a new surge in Sudanese nationalistic sentiment, such presumption ranged from outrage and frustrations over Sudan being once again hauled to the frontiers of European wars, others saw the sacrifices made by the SDF in Keren and elsewhere across Eritrea as the dawn of new Sudanese Jingoism.
With the assistance of the colonys Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, to motivate and uplift the morale of the battalions in Eritrea and the Sudanese populace at home, Ibrahim al-Kashifs popular patriot folk song, The Land of Good, would be broadcasted far and wide across Sudan and wherever the ears of the Sudanese people were to be. The song which was inspired by the beauty of the Sudanese landscape and her rich resources was also made as a passionate letter to its inhabitants, proclaiming with pride the identity of being a Sudani, and an Afriki.
The war has made way for many more Sudanese artists, poets, musicians, and writers to share and express their newly found distinct and unique cultural experiences. The implosion of music, poetry, and literature has nestled newfound definitions and symbolism for the Sudanese identity. Such symbols as the great white rhino that wandered the Sudanese wild freely as embroidered on the colonial flag had become symbols of the committed resilience of the colonys inhabitants. The remarkably small yet tall pyramids of the Nubian civilizations had evolved as proof of a bygone era, an era that reminds the Sudanese people of their very existence and their sense of belonging.
The yearning for peace and isolation during the great wars has fueled much of the needed sentiment behind the early stages of Sudanese nationalism, yet, a sudden shift transpired following Sudans first opportunity at democratic elections. Despite the tragic and startling losses of Mahgoubs Nationalist Workers Party towards earning enough parliamentary seats to become an influential member of the government bloc parties. The patriotic view of the Sudanese voters would compel them to look elsewhere towards other figures in the creation of a modern Sudanese state unrestrained from the extremist and radical doctrines of the NWCPs Sudo ethnostate.
In Mahgoubs replacement, the three leading figures and their political ideologies of Sudans largest parties in the coalition government would become models of new traits of what Sudanese patriotism must look like. Azheris visions of Nile Valley Unity, Kahlils potency of leadership despite imperial setbacks, and finally Benjamins impression of self-responsibility and to take destiny into ones hands. Together those leaders have become iconic but not official heads of the very movement despite some of their indifference to it.
Today the road towards Sudanization remains without apparent and wise leadership, the crusade is headless without organization but the movement itself has become found in the very policies legislated by the democratically elected parliament, now more than ever, Sudanese natives had become more entrenched in roles of power and administration, ensuring an equal allotment of those very positions amongst the northerners and southerners, Christian and Muslims, Arabs and Africans, prepping the very arteries of Sudanese governance and community for the benefit of greater Sudanese stability. The stability that the colonial government views as essential.
[list]GOD SAVE THE KING!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
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(Kuomintang) Republic of China / (國民黨)中華民國
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OVER THE MOUNTAINS: COMMUNIST FORCES CROSS THE YELLOW RIVER INTO THE CENTRAL PLAIN!
翻山越岭:共产党的军队越过黄河进入中原!
[sub]August 1947 | 1947年8月
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ZHONGYUAN PLAINS, CHINA | 中原平原,中国[/sub]
[sub]The largely symbolic victory of the Nationalists capture of the Communist capital of Yanan (延安) was, as the Kuomintang government acknowledged, exactly what it was: Largely symbolic. Despite the political and propaganda points the government would receive, and the large boosts to the morale of its troops, it was clear that the Nationalists were now at a disadvantage, despite being on the receiving end of sustained aid from the Allied Powers. The Communist forces had consolidated themselves and thanks to proper strategic thinking were now adopting tactics that conserved its forces and struck where the KMTs armies were weakest.[/sub]
[sub]Following the fall fo Yanan, the Communists were also endeavoring to hit back hard against the advancing Nationalist forces. They knew well that were they to allow their guard to fall, their lines would be broken, their forces scrambled, and their morale sent into the dumps. As such, Comrade Mao Tse-Tsung, Chairman of the Communist Party, directed for counterattacks to take place within three months of the capturing of the Communist capital. Communist generals reorganized their forces and prepared to dig in, while auxiliary units were brought in to prepare for a counteroffensive to prevent the KMT from advancing any further north.[/sub]
[sub]At the end of June, Communist forces launched their counteroffensive in retaliation for the recapturing of Yanan on the 30th. Communist troops clashed with Nationalist forces north of the Yellow River and eventually crossed it days later, allowing them to move into the Central Plains (Dabie Mountains) area. Nationalist forces withdrew out of the region within weeks, in order to consolidate themselves in the southern areas, but this would prove to be a strategic mistake as it allowed the CCP to establish a firm beachhead across the key Yellow River.[/sub]
[sub]With the arrival of Communist troops in the Central Plains (Zhongyuan Plains), propagandists and rear units were brought in to stabilize the region and appease the local populations. Among farmers and peasants the CCP was especially popular, but issues with the wealthier and middle class were brought up. Most of those who could and did not wish to live under Communist rule fled the region for the south, a potential indicator that many believed the Zhongyuan region would not be retaken by the Nationalists. Dwindling supplies and a lack of true strategic successes supported such an assumption, which only bolstered Communist resolve as they prepared to break through the Yellow River completely.[/sub]
[sub]正如国民党政府所承认的,国民党夺取共产党首都延安的胜利在很大程度上具有象征意义,这正是它的意义所在。主要是象征性的。尽管政府会得到政治和宣传上的好处,而且其军队的士气也得到了极大的鼓舞,但很明显,国民党现在处于不利地位,尽管他们得到了盟国的持续援助。共产党部队已经巩固了自己,并且由于正确的战略思维,现在正在采取保存其力量的战术,并在国民党军队最薄弱的地方进行打击。[/sub]
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[list]March 1947
[sub]The Nordic General Election[/sub][/list]
[pre]THE NORDICS CHOOSE EINAR GERHARDSEN AS PRIME MINISTER! FORMS GOVERNMENT UNDER HIS NORDIC MAJESTYs NAME![/pre]
GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL
[sub]GOTHENBURG, Canovia EARLY MORNING[/sub]
| [sub]The creation of the United Nordic Kingdoms in 1945 created the Interim Nordic Unity Council a group of politicians from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland in charge of the transition period of government. Headed by four presidents the start of conducting the nations first elections were heavily debated, with many opting to wait until the transition of major institutions like the banks and military were completed. As the Nordic Krone has officially been recognized as the legal tender of the United Nordic Kingdoms the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic Krona were to be officially phased out in the coming months. With the military becoming reorganized with different ranks, forces and other things, it would seem the United Nordic Kingdoms was on the right track on becoming a new and stable power within Europe.[/sub]
[sub]Although the Interim Nordic Unity Council was the main governing body of Nordic politics, political parties were not absent in the decision making of the laws and rules of the United Nordic Kingdoms. Many within the council came from leftist backgrounds, most notably Einar Gerhardsen of Norway and Tage Erlanger of Sweden. While the other presidents'' came from Centre-right or liberal parties many began to form their political parties and solidify their places in time for the national elections.[/sub]
[sub]A respectable politician from Askers, Norway, Einar Gerhardsen spent many of his younger years involved in various leftist movements, most notably with local communist party functions before shifting away towards democratic socialism. During the war, Gerhardsen would spend the majority of it in one of Volkist Norways labor camps becoming one of the faces of the resistance from within the camp and from the outside. It would not be until liberation that Gerhardsen would lead a temporary government then serve as the main figurehead of the Interim Nordic Unity Council. Between the creation of the United Nordic Kingdoms in 1945 to present, Einar Gerhardsen would unifying the leftist factions of different parties to form the Labor Party, made up of socialists, democratic socialists and social democrats along with his Swedish counterpart, Tage Erlander.[/sub]
[list][sub]Individuality is something that we cannot possibly do during a time of rebuilding. We must abandon the thought of individualism and accept the practice of collectivism. A fair and equal society for all.[/sub]
[sub]EINAR GERHARDSEN, Interim Nordic Unity Council President[/sub][/list]
[sub]Rallying the support of many leftists in the nation Einar Gerhardsen would form the Nordic Workers Union Association, a political group that would advocate for workers rights and further the welfare-state model throughout the United Nordic Kingdoms. As well as advocate for nationalization of major key industries such as water, rail, electricity, healthcare and education.[/sub]
[sub]The Nordic Communist Party, the Nordic Democrats, Reform Party and the Moderate Party would be the other options within the elections ranging from far-left to right wing in terms of economic and social policies. All parties would try and win the majority within the National Parliament (made up of 350 seats):[/sub]
[list][sub] LABOUR: 180 seats/350 seats (majority) Center-Left
Leader: Einar Gerhardsen[/sub]
[sub] MODERATES: 110 seats/350 seats (official opposition) Center-Right
Leader: Fritiof Domö[/sub]
[sub] REFORM: 22 seats/350 seats (opposition) Center
Leader: Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp[/sub]
[sub] NORDIC DEMOCRATS: 20 seats/350 seats (opposition) Right-wing
Leader: Ole Bjørn Kraft[/sub]
[sub] NORDIC COMMUNIST PARTY: 18 seats/350 seats (opposition) Left-wing
Leader: Einar Olgeirsson[/sub][/list]
[sub]With term limits lasting four years, the FIRST GERHARDSEN CABINET would be formed purely of Labour Party politicians. The self-proclaimed democratic socialist (Einar Gerhardsen) would promise nationalization of major industries, prioritize the unemployment crisis and fast track the rebuilding efforts by the early 1950s. En route to the royal palace in Stockholm, Einar Gerhardsen would meet His Majesty, King Gustavus Adolphus VI & I to form a government in his name.[/sub]
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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE: SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF BRUSSELS TRIGGERS FRANCE INTO SPENDING MORE ON DEFENSE
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, MARCH 1948 [/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF WARFARE, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | The Treaty of Brussels or Brussels Pact as some had called it was signed earlier in the month on the 17th of March in Brussels. It's sole purpose which was uniting France, Great Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg against possible German rearmament would also serve to form the beginning of the Western Union. The treaty also provided for the organization of military, economic, social and cultural cooperation among member states as well as a mutual defense clause.[/sub]
[sub]Since France had joined the new pact, it had become increasingly imperative that France needed to modernize it's arsenal of weaponry if it planned on keeping up with the other allies and successfully defending them and France itself in the event of a future German or Soviet attack. The Treaty of Brussels was in fact an expansion to the Treaty of Dunkirk, which had been signed between Britain and France the previous year to guard against possible German or Soviet aggression after the end of World War II. As a result, the Élysée authorized the funding and launching of several government defense programs.[/sub]
[sub]The first of these projects included plans for the building of several new fortifications or new military bases throughout France's outermost territories to defend against would be Soviet aggression. Permanent new bases were ordered to be built in Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Mali, Morocco, New Caledonia, Réunion, Seychelles, and Vanuatu. These ten new bases would serve as part of France's outermost ring of defenses for the colonial empire. Forces stationed throughout them could be deployed more rapidly in the future and bring security to those regions around them. The total cost of building all ten bases is projected to be close to $500 million USD which has been authorized by Parliament for the mostly secretive project.[/sub]
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[*]Ali Sabieh, Djibouti
[*]Gao, Mali
[*]Kaya, Burkina Faso
[*]La Possession, Réunion
[*]Lifou, New Caledonia
[*]Malakula, Vanuatu
[*]Port-Novo, Benin
[*]Tarfaya, Morocco
[*]Victoria, Seychelles[/list][/sub][/spoiler]
[sub]Another of France's defense projects includes the development of more heavy equipment such as tanks and armoured fighting vehicles. Since the end of the war, several French units have relied upon equipment from the United States, Great Britain, and leftover equipment from Germany. The Ministry of National Defense has ordered the designing and production of a new heavy tank called the ARL 44 which has been in development for a few years now. Although certain modifications will need to be made to the fragile brakes, gear box, transmission, and suspension to ensure it is fit for proper military service.[/sub]
[sub]The newly modified parts for the brakes, gear box, transmission and suspension linkage will be made from stronger steel metals to make them more durable while increasing the tank's overall weight by about 2-3 tons. This will give the ARL 44 tank an overall weight of 52-53 tons and with new Maybach HL 295 12VC 850hp (1200 HP planned) engines, the tank will have a maximum speed of 32 mph. The overall operational range will be around 350 km. The ARL 44 will be made service ready within a few months time with an order for 800 of them already signed by the Minister of Defense.[/sub]
[sub]While the ARL 44 is the most readily available design for the sake of production, it is not the only tank project underway in France. Another tank project under the Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX) company presented its project 141, a project to build what they called the M 4 prototype, armed with a 90 mm Schneider gun with a 1000 meter per second muzzle velocity and comparable in performance to the German 8.8 cm KwK 43. The M 4 design closely resembled the Tiger II. The first M 4 tank is set to be delivered by 1949 for the same series of testing that the ARL 44 has undergone.[/sub]
[sub]Furthermore as French engineers and scientist continue experimenting with rocket and jet technology, using German designs to assist them in their efforts has led to designs and plans for new French aircraft such as the up and coming Arsenal VG-90 carrier based strike fighter, Sud-Ouest SO.2400 ground attack aircraft, Nord 1601 interceptor fighter jet, and the SNCASO SO.4000 jet powered supersonic bomber prototype. The Ministry of National Defense has ordered these planes to be further developed and tested for future use by the French Air Force.[/sub]
[sub]The launching and funding of so many projects has undoubtedly spurred the French military industrial complex back into action after nearly a decade long period of dormancy where many manufacturers had to plan in secret. From an economic perspective, the millions of jobs that are being recreated as a result of this and the potential for future foreign market export is a tremendous success for the French economy and working people. If anything France will send a clear message to it's allies and adversaries that it is back and will not be left in the dust throughout the second half of the 20th Century. |[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
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𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
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[list]11th April 1948
[sub]The Ideology of Gradual Reform in the Peoples Republic of Spain[/sub][/list]
[pre]S P A N I S H S O C I A L I S M[/pre]
ASAMBLEA DE MADRID
[sub]MADRID, Bescania EVENING[/sub]
| To gain a grounding of where the current Peoples Republic stands, we must look back to the past. Before the civil war, the Second Spanish Republic embarked on a series of immensely ambitious structural reforms. Indeed, it was almost certainly too ambitious to attempt too much in so little time. Even worse, the attempt was being made during a time of worldwide great economic depression, when the new government was saddled with a burden of debt from the Primo dictatorship. But, in the same respect, it was completely understandable that socialists and republicans alike believed that there was no time to delay; it was half a century since progressive political forces had been in power - and then so only briefly during the First Republic in 1873. The perceived backlog of reform was considerable especially in a period of desperation and necessity. However, the inherent complexity of structural reform combined with the difficulties the government had finding experienced personnel (which was also understandable given the left wing's long exclusion from power) only added to the rapidly growing problems forming on the political horizon. For, inevitably, the reforms raised opposition among the Spanish traditionalist elites. The response of the ecclesiastical hierarchy struck an apocalyptic note even before the Republic had begun to make policy. The pastoral letter issued by the Cardinal Primate on 1st May 1931 contained an incendiary royalist homily that caused the government to require him to leave Spain. His call to the faithful to mobilise in spiritual and patriotic rearmament came close to declaring the Republic an illegitimate regime. Moreover, the public words of other bishops did so overtly when they described the Republic as the triumph of error and sin. |
| The increasing polarisation of society led to the Spanish Civil War, and despite the Popular Front and the Second Spanish Republic triumphing against the forces of Franco and his Falangist fascists, there was still the necessity to depolarise the country which had been anything but depolarised for over the last decade. The consequent deadlock in the political system and the Catalonia secession did not help in the reconciliation of the Spanish Society. This brings us to April 1948, two years after the landmark 1946 democratic constitution was passed with overwhelming support, and in 1947 the first democratic elections were held in over a decade. The Spanish Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Party of Spain, whilst having disagreements on the means, have the general same vision of creating an eventual communist society through socialism. However, the unique polarisation of Spain requires the government not to make the same fatal mistakes as the Second Spanish Republic. The reforms must be gradual, and patient, and allow the remainder of Spanish Society to follow such reformist policies. Prime Minister Caballero has questioned the sectarianism of the left and has encouraged communist, and socialist, parties internationally to develop social alliances to win hegemonic support for social reforms (effectively rejecting the Soviet Marxist-Leninist position of revolution). The idea of a final vision for a democratic communism or many in Spain refer to it as Marxism-Caballeroism, is a more attractive proposition for many in Europe than the authoritarian and totalitarian style of achieving communism seen within the Soviet Union under Stalin. |
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SLOVENIA AND GEORGE C. MARSHALLS EUROPEAN RECOVERY PROGRAM
[list][sup]GENEROUS AMERICAN PROMISES
SLOVENIASPRING 1948[/sup][/list]
The bipartisan passage of the European Recovery Program by the American legislature was a cause for relief and celebration for the beleaguered Furlan-Krek government of Slovenia. Stretched thin on [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=48802950]railway renovations[/url], Slovenification in [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=48876634]Beneka Slovenija[/url] as well as in [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=48747623]Koroka and tajerska[/url], [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=48867512]military reforms[/url], corporate subsidies, cultural exhibitions and more, the ruling government of Slovenia was pushing itself to the limits of austerity to afford its projects. Though the Marshall Plan would have its limits, industry-focused zero-interest loans, heavily discounted or compensated purchases of American goods and various training and technical programs would be an enormous boost to Slovenias nascent economy. Though it emerged from the war relatively unscathed, with significant damage mostly present in its Austrian and Italian concessions, Slovenia would be receiving $50,000,000 (1948) in aid from the United States throughout the remainder of the year, with which it would stimulate its growing [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=49050163]chemical[/url] and [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=49108250]rocket[/url] industries as well as public transit, military self-sufficiency and Slovenification. With tens of millions more guaranteed in the years to follow, the Furlan-Krek government finally had breathing room for passion projects and long-necessary improvements. Government and government-backed projects partially or largely funded by the Marshall Plan are listed below.
[list][sup]THE PLEČNIK PARLIAMENT:[/url] Joe Plečnik was a seminal Slovenian architect. Known for designing the Tromostovje crossing the Ljubljanica as well as the citys largest cemetery and several other cornerstone buildings, Plečniks influence in architecture and was truly profound; it was thus a surprise when his proposed renovations to Ljubljana Castle, based on those he performed on Prague Castle in the 1920s, were rejected. He had hoped to turn the landmark into a Slovenska akropola (Slovene Acropolis), but the partial or entire destruction of the old fortress was unacceptable to the authorities. His next proposal, however, was a resounding success: off of Tivoli Park, Plečnik would place the Katedrala svobode (Cathedral of Freedom), a new parliamentary building for Slovenia involving a conical building surrounded by a square colonnaded false façade and topped by a towering cone. The construction materials for the Cathedral would be drawn mostly from American corporations.[/sup]
[sup][I]MATIJA MAJAR AIRPORT:[/url] Slovenias first civil airport was constructed in the municipality of Poljejust west of Ljubljanain 1933. However, air traffic to the new Republic was increasing each year, and a larger airport would be needed to accommodate and invite tourists, businesspersons and other travelers flying into the new state. The new complex, located at Zgornji Brnik just north of the city, would feature a main terminal building with two large wings for incoming and outgoing flights, a control tower and several hangar buildings for the Slovenian Air Fleet and aviation companies. Officially entitled the Letaliče Matije Majarja Ljubljana, Ljubljanas new airport was named for Matija Majar, the progenitor of the Zedinjena Slovenija (United Slovenia) program of the countrys early independence movement. The Polje airport would be re-designated as an exclusively regional airport meant to handle smaller flights. Accompanying both renovations, the Slovene Civil Aviation Administration (Slovenian: Slovenska civilna uprava za letalstvo) would be formed by government legislation and declared, together with the Slovene Air Fleet, the Slovene national aviation authorities (Slovenian: slovenski nacionalni organi za letalstvo). The Slovene Ministry of Infrastructure, the parent organization of the SCAA, would now share the right to issue air traffic regulations with the Slovenian military.[/sup]
[sup]LJUBLJANA TRANSIT:[/url] Ljubljanas public transit system, gradually expanding and improving since the early days of the city, would receive its largest investment in years with the construction of a new bus terminal and repair garage (the former in the center of the city and the latter in ika in the west), the purchase of several new trolleybuses to supplement its existing fleet, the construction of a modern streetcar line and extension of the existing tramway system. The streetcar line would run from the north of the city to the south, connecting the Zgornji Brnik airport with the Tivoli park and the new Cathedral of Freedom. The tramway would be extended to the airport as well and would also link to several new residential and commercial districts. The new bus terminal, in the center of the city, would allow for the Tromostovje and Kongresni trg to at last be pedestrianized [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=48936242]according to Nagodes wishes[/url], as was the plan for the entire downtown area. The whole system would be operated by the newly created Municipal Transit Administration (Ljubljana: Mestna uprava za javni promet) and would be integrated into the new citywide traffic control system intended to prevent jams or inefficiencies in the overlapping public transport systems.[/sup]
[sup]HYDROGEN PEROXIDE MANUFACTURING:[/url] The industrial focus of the Marshall Plan lent a spotlight to Slovenias growing chemical industry. Rocketry firm Potočnik would establish the countrys first hydrogen peroxide factory under a subsidiary before the years end, hoping to vertically integrate the production chain of hydrogen peroxide rockets and build on a lengthy legacy of chemistry research and production in the country. The Slovenian Chemistry Institute under Max Samecfirst established in 1946 to improve on coal-to-coke production methodswould consult the facility, and growing chemical firm Pregelj would accelerate its resin production plans in the face of Potočniks prospective competition. Other chemical factories established in 1948 would include a facility in Maribor to produce basic elemental extractions, a carbon black factory, a gas station and a gasworks, and a factory in Celje to produce cellulose and other materials for the paper industry.[/sup]
[sup]WATER SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION:[/url] Addressing a more fundamental logistical network, the Furlan-Krek government put forth a comprehensive plan to improve the national water infrastructure. New and improved waterworks, sewage facilities and dams were to be constructed en masse, and many existing ones would be renovated. A new water treatment plant was planned for the Sava river just south of Celje, and the Drava and Sava rivers were to be dredged. A proposal was put forth to increase the capacity of the Jeglič dam and others; several dozen hydroelectric engineers and water treatment technicians were flown to the United States for collaborative workshops on improvements in the field, hoping to create a unified hydroelectric and water treatment infrastructure that could yield sustainable power and safe drinking water. The government created the Slovenian Water Agency (Slovenian: Slovenska vodna uprava) to oversee the gargantuan effort being made in the waterworks, dams and waterways of the country, charging it with the regulation of water consumption and the implementation of water conservation methods.[/sup]
[sup]THE AIR FLEET:[/url] The [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1722935#planes]Slovene Air Fleet[/url] had been in operation since the early days of the country, but it was only in 1948 that it became truly functional as a modern air force. American assistance in the field of aircraft, training and military technology was welcomed by the Slovenian government, and the Slovene Air Fleet would receive its first modern aircraft in the form of several F-51 Mustangs donated by the United States to the countrys air force. These would be supplemented by the countrys first jet aircraft, the Gloster Meteor F.4, which was acquired from the United Kingdom. The Air Fleet also received its first helicopter, the Sikorsky R-4, from the United States. The donations from abroad were commonplace in the development of the early Slovene militaryRhodesia had also generously supplied surplus weapons for the newborn country after the world warand would hold the Slovenian military fast until domestic research and development was on firmer ground.[/sup][/list]
Altogether, the European Recovery Program would be a boon to Slovenias economy, providing jobs, expertise and investment for the countrys nascent industrial and technological ambitions. Skeptics of the program were to grow rarer as time went on; though the program would inevitably draw Slovenia to lean further on the West, the tangible benefits it had on the country could not be doubted.
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, The Condition of King George II, The King is Returned to Greece Well : The Future of the Kingdom Remains Uncertain!, April 1948
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Η υγεία του βασιλιά, Ο βασιλιάς επέστρεψε στην Ελλάδα καλά : Το μέλλον του Βασιλείου αβέβαιο!, Απρίλιος 1948
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands, Canovia The Greek King and the Crown Prince! - Ο Έλληνας βασιλιάς και ο διάδοχος του θρόνου![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| THE KING'S RETURN, ATHENS, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | Η ΕΠΙΣΤΡΟΦΉ ΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΆ, ΑΘΉΝΑ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| At the Carlanderska Sjukhuset Hospital in Gothenburg, United Nordic Kingdoms (Canovia), the King of the Hellens and Greek Monarch lay in bed, alive and somewhat well. George would recall the events that happened on the 23rd of February and were left shaken. A doctor would approach him, and speaking in broken English, he would state that the reason for George's 'incident', was due to a blood clot, stopping circulation to major organs of his body, such as his heart and lungs. The doctor later said that he was in the final stages of his overall treatment, and could go home by Early April. George left behind a weeping nation, he left his people to bare with the lack of a proper voice, a proper thought, and a will to improve the lives of the Greek people. On the 28th of March, he would leave the Nordic Kingdoms to loud applause and cheers, showing that even the Nordic people supported the King. On his voyage home, he would read the prescriptions and recommendations that the doctors gave him, and along with stating to eat a healthy diet and to be more active, was a note, stating that George, in the condition that he is in right now, would pass away in a few years. He would tear up, eventually coming down once he was faced with reality. | [/list]
[list]| The King would arrive in Athens harbor, and was once again like always, greeted by the people of Greece, and met with the crowd, walking with slight difficulty, and looking rather weak. And although his physical appearance was weak, his real condition was better than he had been before, with proper blood circulation and health conditions. He would walk to a Greek citizen who looked delighted, and the citizen asked, "Your Majesty, any speech today?", and George would reply, "Unfortunately, not today." While saying that, he would proceed to cough, however still had a smile on his face. And after even more greetings, he would leave for the Tatoi Palace, and on the ride, he would wave at the crowds cheering him on, George is delighted that the people of Greece were greeting and cheering him on, but of course, with him being gone, several skirmishes and issues had risen once more. News of yet another Liberal and Communist Judgement hit George hard, this time being a more critical statement on the condition of the Greek Monarchy. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"The days of the Greek Monarchy are numbered, it has been proven dysfunctional with the absence of George II, and has further been proven as a redundant and outdated system. And when old man George eventually dies, his brother will drive Greece further into the ground! George II is the end of the line for the Greek monarchy, and we must restore Greece to its former glory, just as she was during the days of the Second Hellenic Republic."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- KKE Member, Markos Vafeiadis[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| BROTHERLY LOVE, MOUNT PARNITHA, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΑΔΕΛΦΙΚΉ ΑΓΆΠΗ, ΌΡΟΣ ΠΑΡΊΘΑ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| Although Vafeiadis' speech was highly exaggerated, it represented the primary issues of the Greek Monarchy, and how it functioned without a stable figurehead. His Excellency would eventually arrive at Tatoi Palace, a mere 27 kilometers away from Athens. There, Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, his brother, was waiting. Pavlos or 'Paul', was George's younger brother, and heir to the Greek throne. George had no children meant that Pavlos would be the next in line for the crown. There, they would converse on George's health condition, and George would talk about the issues that the monarchy was facing. | [/list]
[list][list]| George II, King of Greece | I'm not too sure about the future of the Greek Monarchy, communism is on the rise again, and now even more critics have been well, critiquing the systems that we have implemented in the country, these damn people won't stop complaining. The recent policies implemented to legalize Liberals and Communists couldn't appease them enough?
| Pavlos 'Paul', Crown Prince of Greece | We can't stop them now can we? It's best to let go little by little, and let the people see for themselves their paths. You've done well too enough this year, and you need to rest. Just be weary on how much you let go, you don't want Nationalism to play havoc on Greece once more.
| George II, King of Greece | Right, so you can take the crown for yourself then?
| Pavlos 'Paul', Crown Prince of Greece | I'm saying this as your heir, and as your brother. You've been too overworked, let Tsaldaris or someone else you trust to take some more of the load, this isn't an absolute monarchy anymore, we have the parliament for a reason.
| George II, King of Greece | I suppose you're right, what could go wrong? Tsaldaris is a strong man. And when I pass on, I'm sure you'll make a great future for the monarchy. And I suppose it's time to let go of the reins a bit, and perhaps even deal with these internal issues once and for all.
| Pavlos 'Paul', Crown Prince of Greece | Now that's my brother - I mean, your Majesty. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors, and I hope you live a long life, my dear sibling.
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[list]| As Pavlos and the King said their goodbyes, George would return to Athens and visit the home of Prime Minister Tsaldaris. He would discuss the things to be introduced, Tsaldaris himself bringing up the topic of finally making a deal with the communists. Along with this, Tsaldaris brought up the idea of finally giving all previously banned political parties total freedom, his justification being that Greece is entering a modern age, and Greece needs to be prepared for it. The visit would be ended with a firm handshake, and preparations would be made to slowly give Tsaldaris and the Greek parliament more power, the monarchy slowly becoming a mere figurehead, but still playing an important role in Greek politics and nation building. | [/list]
[list][list][spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Nonador, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Otsla, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Maziya, Ubertica
[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DES COLONIES[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF THE COLONIES: PARLIAMENT AUTHORIZES INCREASED INDUSTRIALIZATION EFFORTS IN FRENCH WEST AFRICA
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, MAY 1948 [/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF LEMPIRE, MINISTÈRE DES COLONIES, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | The French Parliament has recently authorized the continued industrialization efforts for French colonies in West Africa. Through the form of a bill which allots up to $600,000,000 USD for the next three years, colonial governments can request access to these funds for the purposes of building schools, hospitals, clinics, new roads, factories, railway stations, airports, port facilities, etc. The bill also creates incentives such as tax breaks and government aid for French and even other foreign companies to establish branches in Western Africa.[/sub]
[sub]The primary goal of the bill which has now become a fledging government operation, is to all but entirely wean West African colonies off of the Parisian tit as one might call it. While West Africa will still heavily rely upon mainland France for some of the finer things as well as defense and the printing of money, most of what is available in France to include proper education and healthcare may soon be found in the colonies. A number of French car manufacturers have already signed deals with governments in Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, and Benin to build factories and begin producing their automobiles in those countries.[/sub]
[spoiler=Automobile Manufacturers Opening Plants in Africa][sub][list][*]Bugatti - Oran, Algeria
[*]Peugeot - Casablanca, Morocco
[*]Renault - Cotonou, Benin
[*]Citroën, Dakar, Senegal[/list][/sub][/spoiler]
[sub]While manufacturers may receive government incentives to open branches in Africa, they will be required to maintain their same production levels of output in mainland France and will be required to pay the same wages and benefits to colonial African workers. The number of jobs being created in West Africa is close to 2 million and continues to rise at an exponential rate. With a broad education system already having been established in the years before the war, colonial residents remain readily able to fill jobs requiring a great deal of skill and training. Expansions to the colonial education system will prove this even further.[/sub]
[sub]Some of the first native doctors, nurses, lawyers, and scientists, etc are being created in West African universities. The same universities that the French government funded and continues to fund today. With the passage of the new bill, funding for the construction of even more primary and secondary schools as well as more colleges and universities will be completed. As the French government continues to westernize Africa and modernize it's infrastructure to mirror that in France itself, the levels of prosperity and human development have increased tremendously, making France a champion of African development. | [/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Nonador, Central Arstotzka, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Otsla, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica
[list]March 1947
[sub]Modernization of the Air Force[/sub][/list]
[pre]INTERIM NORDIC UNITY COUNCIL LOOKS TO MODERNIZE MILITARY! FIRST PROTOTYPE JET-POWERED PLANE SUCCESSFULLY FLIES![/pre]
GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL
[sub]GOTHENBURG, Canovia MORNING[/sub]
| [sub]With the war behind, left in history as the most destructive and deadliest war known to man, the question of modernizing the Swedish Armed Forces came into question. Though it was brief engagements between the German Staat and Sweden, the Swedish Armed Forces heavily relied on resistance forces to do most of the fighting, with late Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson rallying the working class people and their companies to help with the war effort (by switching production to making guns, ammunition, planes and tanks). Women throughout Sweden would also volunteer to the front lines as nurses, with a few even helping the Danish or Norwegian resistance in several engagements. Nonetheless, top military officials saw that Sweden had to rapidly modernize its Air Force, Navy and Army if it wanted to guarantee the security of Sweden.[/sub]
[sub]With the Nordic countries (except Finland) voting in favor of forming the United Nordic Kingdoms the militaries of all states would be merged into one, with documents and secrets being shared with all governments within the United Nordic Kingdoms. It was no secret that the military equipment of both Norway and Denmark pre-dated World War Two, and was therefore determined that the current stock of weaponry was outdated and could not hold well against any invading powers. With Sweden with the most up-to-date weapons, companies such as SAAB would begin conversion and testing prototype models of tanks, planes and weapons.[/sub]
[sub]With major powers such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy having prototypes of jet powered aircraft (with them having successful tests), SAAB would begin to convert approximately 64 SAAB 21 planes to be jet-powered, as well as announce the SAAB 29 Tunnan, a new jet-powered fighter plane currently in development. The first SAAB 21R prototype (the converted SAAB 21 planes) would successfully pass its flight test in March of 1947, with the rest of the planes planned to be converted and operational by 1950.[/sub]
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
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Nonador, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Otsla, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands, Ubertica
[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, Greece Invests in Arabian Infrastructure : Greek and Italian Monarchs Meet in Peace, Treaty of Friendship Signed!, May 1948
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Η Ελλάδα επενδύει στις αραβικές υποδομές : Έλληνες και Ιταλοί Μονάρχες συναντώνται ειρηνικά, υπογράφεται συνθήκη φιλίας!, Μάιος 1948
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands, Alzarikstan and Arcanda - The Greek, Arabian, and Italian Delegations! - Η ελληνική, η αραβική και η ιταλική αντιπροσωπεία![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH, HERAKLION, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΕΠΩΦΕΛΉΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΔΎΟ, ΗΡΆΚΛΕΙΟ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| As His Majesty King George II recovers from his illness, and with Prime Minister Konstantinos Tsaldaris given more freedoms to do as he wishes, the latter leader now continues his endeavors to secure Greek diplomacy across the Mediterranean and the World. An important player in this was the Hashemite Kingdom of Arabia, whose oil and resources were key to Greek industrialization and ships. Greece and Hashimi Arabia had traded resources several times, with Greece even investing $50,000 in Arabian Education and Homes earlier in the decade. In addition to this, Greece provided aid to the domestic arms industry of Hashimi Arabia, sending military and engineer corps, along with blueprints and designs of tanks for Arabia to build on. In return, Greece received a handsome amount of oil at an extremely cheap price, with this, Arabia was credited for helping the Greek war effort and liberation by providing fuel for the Greek Armed Forces. With Greece now increasingly mechanizing its army, and with more Greek citizens now having access to cars and transportation, that oil isn't unlimited, and has to be constantly refueled and restocked. With this in mind, Greek Prime Minister Tsaldaris reached out to the friendly Arabians, organizing a deal. | [/list]
[list]| On the 5th of May, 1948, Arabian Finance Minister Taimur bin Feisal arrived in Athens, along with his suite and Arabian educators and investors. Their Greek counterparts were Prime Minister Tsaldaris, along with several dozen Public and Private Greek Investors. The deal started with standard introductions and greetings, and a handshake between Tsaldaris and Feisal. They would proceed to negotiate Greece into having a steady course of oil, 14,447,916 barrels to be exact over the course of 36 months, to put into perspective this would be a mere 1/12th of Arabian Oil produced per year. Although the numbers were not too impressive, it was enough to keep Greek transport and oil reserves afloat for at least 5 years. Payment would be through Greek investment in Hashemite Arabian Education, Salaries, and Infrastructure, totaling $17,337,499.20, to be paid over a course of 36 months. With the terms agreed upon, both sides got a good deal, Greece receiving an abundance of oil, and Arabia receiving funds for its development. The Arabian delegation would go back to Arabia successfully, the same being said for the Greek delegation back home. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]| LET'S GIVE THINGS ANOTHER TRY, ROME, ITALY, SOUTHERN EUROPE: | ΑΣ ΞΑΝΑΔΟΚΙΜΆΣΟΥΜΕ ΤΑ ΠΡΆΓΜΑΤΑ, ΡΏΜΗ, ΙΤΑΛΊΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΕΥΡΏΠΗ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| In another attempt to expand Greek relations with Europe, was the rough road to establishing mutual understanding between the Kingdoms of Greece and Italy. Italy of course, infamously invaded Greece, with a struggle at that, however eventually succeeded in July 1941, annexing Greek lands, and forcing the Greek government to flee to Crete. From Crete, Greece would take the fight to the fascists directly, with constant air raids on Sicily and Rhodes being flown from Crete. Crete was also the sight on where Greek troops and the Allied coalition liberated mainland Greece, kicking the Italians out of the country. As a form of reparation, Italy ceded the Dodecanese Islands to Greece and had to pay a sum of $210,000,000 as reparations. Several vessels were also ceded to the Greek Navy as a form of reparation. Despite this, however, peace and relations, albeit rather complexly, were established in early 1947, with Greeks officially forgiving Italians for the crimes and acts they committed to the country during the war. But in this age, nations with similar ideologies, such as Slovenia and Egypt, are considered by Greeks as friendly nations, Italy being one of them. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"Despite Italy being Greece's main adversary during the Second World War, I nor the people of Greece necessarily hated the monarch nor the Kingdom of Italy, simply the Fascist Grand Council and that fool Mussolini. With King Umberto II's government, it is a strong possibility that Greece and Italy could cement relations doing into the decade, or perhaps even within the decade."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- Greek Defense Minister Georgios Stratos[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list]| On the 27th of May, His Majesty George II, recovered, along with his brother, Crown Prince Pavlos, and their Royal Suites traveled to Rome, Italy, this time through aircraft. The plane landed at the CiampinoG. B. Pastine International Airport in Rome, and was greeted with quite a bit of fanfare. Mostly photographers and newspaper writers, as the visit was not directly publicly announced and was kept to quite a certain level of secrecy. However, when the delegation hit the streets, traveling by car, they were greeted by Italian citizens, along with several Italian nationalists who didn't appreciate their arrival. The group eventually arrived at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, the home of Umberto II, the Italian Monarch. The Delegation shook hands with His Majesty, and when it came to George II and Umberto, a slight nod, followed by a handshake and a smile. Umberto was Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi, and their staff members. The meeting lasted a few hours, however finally established relations between Greece and Italy. Several diplomatic and investment deals were signed, but most importantly, a Treaty of Friendship and Peace. Despite this, however, Greece will not be supporting Italian claims in Slovenia and wishes to keep relations intact between both nations. | [/list]
[list][list][spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Nonador, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Otsla, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Ubertica
[list]April 1947
[sub]The Creation of NORDTRAK[/sub][/list]
[pre]GOVERNMENT BEGINS TO UNITE AND NATIONALIZE RAILWAYS! NORDTRAK ESTABLISHED![/pre]
GOTHENBURG CONCERT HALL
[sub]GOTHENBURG, Canovia MORNING[/sub]
| [sub]The national infrastructure of the United Nordic Kingdoms was disorganized, as many of the nations roads were either damaged from the war or unfit for long distance traveling. With many only owning vehicles within major population centers or still relied on rail and waterways the need to invest in public infrastructure was great. Only a month into his term as the nations first prime minister, Einar Gerhardsen would begin the process of nationalizing all rail services in Denmark, Norway and Sweden (Greenland, Iceland and Faroe Islands do not have the need for extensive rail services), bringing them all under the name of NORDTRAK[/sub]
[list][sub]A reliable and affordable option of travel is a must for our nation. When the majority of the population still relies on rail to travel between cities they deserve the best services that we can offer. Of course not all rail services will be under the NORDTRAK services, however they will follow government guidelines and regulations. Our goal is to expand and modernize our railways so we can connect every city and every town in our nation.[/sub]
[sub]NILS LANGHELLE, Minister of Transportation[/sub][/list]
[sub]In the first steps of establishing NORDTRAK, various inspections had to be conducted on the rolling stock and the conditions of the tracks. While local operations would not be affected, long journey trips would be suspended in the coming months. Along with establishing NORDTRAK as the nations primary rail service, extensive projects would be proposed such as building either bridges or tunnels to connect to Denmark and possible extend limited services to Bayern Kahla and New Provenance. Along with the implementation of NORDTRAK, the government has announced a budget to expand Metro services in the United Nordic Kingdoms, establishing tram lines, commuter rails and subways in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo and Gothenburg.[/sub]
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
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Nonador, Central Arstotzka, Arcanda, Paseo, Nosautempopulus, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Pontianus, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands
| FORCEFUL LEADERSHIP |
| BANZA'S MANSION |
[sub]May, 1948[/sub]
| The internal elections within the National Liberal Revival Movement are set to occur by October of 1948, and a harsh campaign of three candidates had began in February of this year. Gloria Banza, the current First Representative of Zaire, Fabian Nigoye, the current Head of the Finest Assembly and Marie Izuru, the leading figure of the Left Wing have put themselves forward as candidates. The past few months, however, have seen Banza steadily pull away from the race, and her appearances have become noticeably lower. Whereas Izuru has managed to pull up her public appearance amidst the party members. Nigoye, on the other hand, is failing hard amidst the party members.
As of May, Nigoye has realised that he will not stand a chance against Izuru, and his worry about Banza have become a reality. Iuzur's victory would mean that she would be leading the party into the 1949 First Representative elections, and if she managed to win them, she would be the First Representative for the next decade.
Sitting in the armchair, with a glass of whiskey in his hand, Nigoye would be observing Gloria pour herself a glass, before she lit herself a cigarette and standing still inhaled a deep breath. |
[list][ FABIAN ]: "You're telling me that you want to step down?"[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Yes."[/list]
[list][ FABIAN ]: "I...I don't believe it..."[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "There is nothing for you to believe in, Fabian. I have enough."[/list]
[list][ FABIAN ]: "Enough?!"[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Yes, Enough!"[/list]
| Fabian would throw his glass to his left as it smashed against the wall making Gloria jump up. He would rise up quickly and calming himself down for a moment, he would look at her. |
[list][ FABIAN ]: "I have done everything I could to make you powerful, Gloria."[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "I don't need to be powerful, Fabian."[/list]
[list][ FABIAN ]: "But I do!"[/list]
| She would look at him sternly as he made his way towards her in a calm manner. |
[list][ FABIAN ]: "We are fighting for something bigger here. To create a new society, a new state in the world. You're vital for it."[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "I'm sure you'll manage perfectly without me."[/list]
| Putting her cigarette out, Fabian would grab her by the wrist and pull her closer. |
[list][ FABIAN ]: "You're necessary. You're the face of our revolution, of our change. The world loves you. The minute Izuru wins, we're doomed. We'll be seen as a Socialistic African state. Might as well hang ourselves now if that's the case."[/list]
| Gloria would release herself and move away. |
[list][ GLORIA ]: "So it's about the elections. The fact that you cannot win with the party, and frankly you wouldn't be able to win with the people. So you want me. A likeable bimbo. Is that correct? Of course it is. No. Fabian. I am not a likeable bimbo anymore, I cannot be. I have a child, I want to move away from the spotlight."[/list]
[list][ FABIAN ]: "Move away from the spotlight?! You're to go on a world tour soon enough, and a child...please. A child in a marriage of a sham. You're the party, and the party is you so long that you live. You need to lead. And win this election. So for the love of Christ get over yourself!"[/list]
[list][ GLORIA ]: "Or what?!"[/list]
| Fabian would rush up to her and grab her by the throat. They would look at each other. |
[list][ FABIAN ]: "Or the party will be dissolved. And the party is only dissolved when it's leader dies."[/list]
| Gloria would start breathing heavily as he let her go and moving away he would fix his suit. |
[list][ FABIAN ]: "You wanted to lead, you lead. But that comes with consequences and I will not lose all my progress because of you and your mood."[/list]
| Fabian would light himself a cigarette. |
[list][ FABIAN ]: "I'll make the necessary plans for your tour of Zaire to meet with party members. I'll withdraw my candidacy and pledge my support to you, Gloria. I have no doubt that due to your charm, we'll win very quickly."[/list]
| Smiling softly at her he would leave off. Gloria would collapse into her chair. After a moment of hesitation she would light herself a cigarette and holding in tears she would take a deep puff before closing her eyes. |
[spoiler="You're the party, and the party is you so long that you live."]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Nonador, Nosautempopulus, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Ranponian, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Adriatican Islands
[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTÈRE DES COLONIES[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF THE COLONIES: ALGERIA FURTHER INCORPORATED INTO FRENCH REPUBLIC AND OIL-GAS FINDS SPARK NEW INTERESTS
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, JUNE 1948 [/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF LEMPIRE, MINISTÈRE DES COLONIES, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | President Vincent Auriol has officialized a proclamation from Parliament which will further incorporate the colony of Algeria into the French Republic. The French colony of Algeria is in fact just as French or even more so than that of Metropolitan France itself. One could easily mistake the boulevards of Algiers for the same boulevards of Paris. Everything from the language, culture, cuisine, art, and sports are French by design. The idea that Algeria is more than just a mere colony is also backed by the fact that no less than 15 prominent French politicians can trace their roots back to Algeria. Thus President Auriol and the French Parliament are adamant on incorporating the gem of the Empire into the folds of the Republic.[/sub]
[sub]The proclamation from the French Parliament states that all Algerians are to be granted full French citizenship and shall enjoy the right to vote in all French elections. Additionally all Algerians are to enjoy the same liberties and rights as ordinary French citizens. The idea as it were is in fact to make Algerians ordinary French citizens. Given that Algeria is a predominantly Muslim country, Algerians shall have the right to practice their preferred faiths safely. Economic development reforms in Algeria which include plans to export oil to Europe via pipelines and education reforms which ensure all Algerians will be able to receive a full fledged education are also spelled out in the proclamation. All of the 9 million plus Algerians will officially become fledging members of French society.[/sub]
[sub]Meanwhile the prospect of oil and gas in Algeria are becoming evermore promising with the discovery of a new drilling sights. The Algerfranc Energy company is set to expand its operations in the coming weeks and months to increase output of both oil and natural gas products from the region. The company also has plans to build a oil and gas pipeline extending through Algeria, into Morocco (Al-Morocco) and possibly up through Spain (Bescania) into France. President Auriol is prepared to meet with Spanish government officials to discuss the future of the project and potentially strike a deal as the pipeline would be exponentially beneficial to both countries. The French Government will also be investing $70,000,000 USD into funding for further oil and gas exploration throughout Algeria. |[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list]SHOWA 23 | JUNE 1948[/list]
[list][list]裕仁は退位するのか?
[pre]WILL HIROHITO ABDICATE?[/pre][/list][/list]
[pre] S Y M B O L O F T H E N A T I O N [/pre]
[list][list][sub][pre] オー・スネイル 富士山に登ろう でも、ゆっくり、ゆっくり
O Snail; Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly![/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
TOKYO, IMPERIAL PALACE AFTERNOON
[sub]THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN, Nippon-Nihon[/sub]
| Rumors appeared in the Japanese press about a possible abdication of EMPEROR HIROHITO, but the IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD denied it. Such rumors could not be denied, there was a clear reason for it. Even in his pre-war and war splendor, HIROHITO was not worshiped as a personal god, but as a SYMBOL OF THE NATION. Any man who had direct descent to the SUN GODDESS AMATERASU would also have his divine purpose. But now, HIROHITO is tainted for collaborating with Japanese leaders who started a war and were defeated. The EMPERORs collaboration will be highlighted when HIDEKI TOJO and other war criminals are brought to justice. |
| His son, CROWN PRINCE AKIHITO, 14, had no collaboration or involvement with war criminals: for the Japanese, he should be the symbol. The prevailing view they had was that HIROHITO would abdicate in favor of his son, with his brother, PRINCE TAKAMATSU, assuming a regency until AKIHITO came of age. Many Japanese who want to preserve the IMPERIAL INSTITUTION are more inclined to support HIROHITOs resignation. Meanwhile, PRIME MINISTER HITOSHI ASHIDAs Government imposes new budget cuts on the Imperial Household, sacked some of the Emperors officers, who still wore striped pants and tails. Riding his motorcycle through the Palace gardens, the Crown Prince seems to be in no hurry to become a symbol. |
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[list]1948년 06월 | 1948 June
[list][sup]Seoul | 한성[/sup]
The Republic of Korea[list]
[sup]The Two Koreas[/sup][/list]
| [sub]The initial intentions to establish a joint trusteeship over the Korean peninsula had for all intents and purposes failed. In the three years since Korea had been invaded by allied forces the divisions between north and south had become defined and prominent. The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea in the north had mirrored the Soviet ideology that occupied it in August 1945, whereas the Republic of Korea in the south attempted to mirror the capitalist ideology of the United States.[/sub] |
| [sub]The two halves of Korea had been attempting to sow division in the other halves, as the south cracked down on Communism and its purported sympathisers. In the north those that didnt share the vision of the new communist order were cracked down upon. In the north the new regime seemed stable as it fulfilled its new twenty point plan to create what it considers an equal society. Meanwhile in the south, unity was something desperately sought after, as the crackdown fractured society. An uprising on Jeju Island was violently suppressed with the American Military assisting the Korean authorities, although officials said there were limited casualties.[/sub] |
| [sub]Tensions culminated in the Autumn General Strike that coincided with Assembly Elections in the Republic of Korea. The strikes were led by the Communist Party of Korea among other trade unions and left-leaning figures. The strikes were efficiently suppressed by the authorities and the first democratic elections in Korea went off largely without a hitch. Syngman Rhees National Association won the most seats in the elections but fell far short of a majority largely due to a large number of independents winning seats. This new assembly has the task of establishing the systems of what the Korean Republic will look like and how it will function.[/sub] |
| [sub]Tensions will not subside for sometime as Syngman Rhee purportedly favours a policy of military re-unification with the north despite lacking the military numbers and equipment of the north; the decision to keep US troops stationed in the South has caused outrage amongst the leadership in the north, as well as those in the former Changdeok Faction. Time will tell whether this new silent war will become the first conflict of ideology, but many believe it wont be long before the skirmishes turn into war.[/sub] |
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
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The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list]NOVEMBER 1947
[sub]At Flushing Meadow II[/sub][/list]
[sup]A Series¹[/sup][sub][pre] I F I F O R G E T T H E E , O J E R U S A L E M [/pre][/sub]
[pre] POINT OF NEAR-PARTITION [/pre]
[list][list][sub][pre]As long as forward to the East
To Zion, looks the eye
Our hope is not yet lost,
It is two thousand years old,
To be a free people in our land.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
THE United Nations Un GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FLUSHING MEADOW
[sub]NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Paramountica MORNING[/sub]
[list][list][sub]The story for both Jew and Arab had been, as expected, deeply personal and full of contention. For the United Kingdom [sup]Great Britain Gb[/sup] however, the nation that had rules the Mandate for roughly three decades what began was a quest to civilize and come closer to these ancient lands, had become a nightmare. Out of any colony or place on earth, two years after the end of WWII, it was in Palestine where British soilders kept dying in combat at the hands of both Jewish and Arab terrorism. London had caught themselves two promises, made to two peoples, on a contradictory note. Both made to ease British arrival into the area, had inadvertently laid the seeds for the very reason for their withdrawal. Since the conclusion of the war, Londons persistent refusal out of Arab concern to allow survivors of the Shoah to return to their ancient homeland had brought them at odds with world Jewry as much as it did with Mandate Arabs who rejected any influx of Jewish refugees as they had since the 1920s unable to resolve the issue for herself, London turned to the United Nations Un, hence the summoning of the commission and later topic before the General Assembly. [/sub][/list][/list]
| No nation on the floor of the UNGA supported a partition as a solution for the Mandate concern more than the United States [sup]Paramountica[/sup], at Flushing Meadow. For America, the intense movement within the country from the numerous and influential Jewish communities that resided within it led to a flood of petitions. Where once the country had been gripped by isolationism, refusing to heed FDRs call for expanded Jewish immigration it had now done so, under the guise of consequence the Shoah. For the United States, the WALLACE Presidency had made it clear to its British friends that unrestricted immigration of displaced Jews into the mandate was the only moral course of action. It remained an irony however, despite the White Houses great focus on humanitarian Congress refused to allow its own refugee bill out of committee, even as those very same American legislators urged the influx of Jewish refugees on the Mandate only allowing 4,787 Jewish refugees into America, far less than even the average illegal immigrant ship bound for the Mandate, on Americas very own shores. |
[sub]WALLACEs AMERICA EXERTION[/sub]
| Despite Congressional backstalling in Washington however, the WALLACE Administration used everything its diplomatic ability to urge the partition plan. By direct order of the White House, the U.S. State Department exerted every form of influence upon nations opposed to/hesitant of partition. HERSHEL JOHNSON, the U.S. Delegate to the United Nations had even been personally notified by The PRESIDENT to deliver the partition vote and it remained the highest item of Americas Fall 47 UN session, that year. BERNARD BARUCH, an American Jew and U.N. Advisor had shocked the French delegations ALEXADRE PARODI with a blunt threat. |
[list]| BERNARD BARUCH, [sub]UNAEC Representative[/sub] | If France
opposes Partition, the President and America overall may consider cutting aid.[/list]
| Despite such efforts, Partitions creation was threatened nevertheless. A ⅔ majority was required to pass partition through, to offset votes from Arab-Muslim nations alone the leaders of the Jewish Agency needed 22 votes aproximently. For each vote AGAINST partition; two votes would be required FOR partition. |
[list][list]TWO-THOUSAND YEAR WAIT, PROLONGED[/list][/list]
| They had to, of course, wait a bit longer. The Jewish Agencys Foriegn Minister, MOSHE SHARETT² knew as much. Forcing the session to adjourn on Wednesday before the vote could be called did just the thing they had gained not just an extra night but a thanksgiving recess as well . . . During this recess, the United States took it upon itself to impose its urgency on four nations opposed to partition Haiti, Liberia, Greece and the Philippines. All of which, by business or military fund support in the case of Greece, came around. As for the Philippines, a simple reminder of Americas historic friendship with the island nation had worked as well. |
[list][list]ANA AD HOSHIYA[/list][/list]
[sub]Saturday NOVEMBER 29th, the Afternoon.[/sub]
| U.N. Delegates had begun to file into the Flushing Meadows UNGA hall for the final vote, the resolution nevertheless remained in doubt. It did so as the long black limousines drew before the U.N. session, the delegates filing out and into the building. The chanting crowds had built up along the New York streets outside, waving Zionist slogan banners & billboards . . . Soon enough, the 300 seats reserved for U.N. delegates had filled up. The stately figure of the Hashemite throne of Alzarikstan, moving with his solemn black/gold abayah grace led the Arab nation delegations to their seats so crowded as the UNGA that some members of the Jewish Agency delegation squeezed themselves into the press gallery to watch the proceedings. Missing however was Dr. CHAIM WEIZMANN³, the elder statesman of Zionism for most of the 20th century so far. He had been, an important part of the talks that led to the creation of the Balfour Declaration his entire life had been a voyage to this moment yet when informed of the time, overwhelmed with the presence of what was to occur, WEIZMANN had opted not to attend in person. |
| The endless debates had an endpoint, and this was it. The preliminaries were quick, as expected. British [sup]Great Britain Gb[/sup] ambassador to the United Nations, Sir ALEXANDER CADOGAN maintained however a display of indifference. Over a week prior, the British Ambassador had laid out Britains policy London would leave the Mandate on the day and hour of her choosing. Furthermore, the UNGA could not look towards His Majestys Government in any plan that had not been accepted by both Jew and Arab alike, something everyone knew was impossible, in a sense London was washing her hands of the Mandate for good . . . As afternoon came to evening, the Assembly President gaveled down the final speaker before the UNGA and called upon the recommendation of partition to be taken to vote now. There were around 60 sheets of paper, displaying the name of each of the nations represented in the UNGA session. That was how each ballot was to be counted, asn the first name soon enough came up. |
[list]| OSWADLO ARANHA, [sub]UNGA Assembly President[/sub] | Guatemala.[/list]
| The first nation to vote, as a spectre of silence settled over Flushing Meadow, for that instance, all 300 delegates, the press, spectators and viewers alike seemed aware of both the awe and grave solemoness about the decision about to be taken . . . as the DELEGATE from Guatemala rose, almost in unison, a voice proclaimed from the spectators gallery, in Hebrew, as old as the suffering of mankind and the passage of time. |
[list]| GALLERY SPECTATOR, [sub]Jewish Agency official[/sub] | הו אדון, הושיע! אותנו[/list]
| ANA AD HOSHIYA O Lord, save us. |
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[sub]¹ A Series: If I Forget Thee, O Jeruslaem covers the Alternate History establishment of the State of Israel, and associated supportive and opposition groups.[/sub]
[sub]² MOSHE SHARETT, was Israels foreign minister for the Jewish Agency, and later came Israels first actual Foreign Minister in 1948, and second Prime Minister. A member of Israels MAPAI party, the Workers Party of the Land of Israel.[/sub]
[sub]³ CHAIM WEIZMANN, was a Russian-born biochemist, Zionist leader and Israeli statesman who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel. During WWI, he developed a new biochemical method to ramp up wartime bomb production for the allied cause, in return Whitehall invited Weizmann to work with Arthur Balfour to obtain the Balfour Declaration, which was presented to Lord Rothshild on behalf of world Jewry for a national home at last.[/sub]
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, The Greek Naval Fleet Travels to Trst for Modernization : Greek Coastal and Air Reconnaissance Units Put on High Alert!, June 1948
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδας, Ο ελληνικός ναυτικός στόλος ταξιδεύει στην Τεργέστη για εκσυγχρονισμό : Οι ελληνικές μονάδες παράκτιας και αεροπορικής αναγνώρισης τίθενται σε ύψιστο συναγερμό!, Ιούνιος 1948
[/list][/list]
[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands, Amsterwald - The Main Greek Naval Fleet! - Ο ελληνικός πολεμικός στόλος![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| A DIFFERENT DELEGATION, TRST, SLOVENIA, BALKANS: | ΜΙΑ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΕΤΙΚΉ ΑΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΊΑ, TRST, ΣΛΟΒΕΝΊΑ, ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| At the end of the Second World War, the Greek fleet was devastated. Its flagships, the Salamis and Crete, were left damaged, Salamis even being partially sunk in Athens harbor, and its other vessels were handed over rusted and left neglected. Partial repairs were carried out in the remaining dockyards in Greece, however, these were only the bare minimum, and the ships were still left with worn-out guns, overused boilers, and other factors that made these ships' skeletons afloat. Although the RHMS Salamis and Crete, and the RHMS Georgios Averof and Ioannis Metaxas made voyages across Europe and Africa, changes still were needed to take effect, as not only are the ships damaged but also obsolete, they were built in the early 1930s. When the fleet arrived in Slovenia last year, however, a private deal was made with the Maera Shipyard in Trst, a deal that would modernize the Greek Navy. | [/list]
[list]| The ships to be sent to Trst is primarily made up of Greece's capital ships, however, several smaller vessels and coastal defense ships would be sent along with them. The fleet sent for modernization would comprise the Battlecruisers RHMS Salamis and Crete, Battleships RHMS Athena and Poseidon, RHMS Aetos and Leon, RHMS Xenon and Perses, the cruisers RHMS Georgios Averof and Ioannis Metaxas, RHMS Adrias and Aspis, RHMS Elli and several destroyers of the Kountouriotis Class and Hydra Class. The ships were sent out of their respective naval bases, and sent to Trst by June 23rd, arriving on June 27th. The ships would be refitted with secondary guns, the designs being Greek, and derived from Italian designs. Engine modifications and superstructure modernizations would also be carried out, overall changing the look and silhouette of the ships. Payment for Slovenian modernization will be at a minimal cost, however, around 25-50% of the initial cost is to be paid through goods traded via the Greco-Slovenian MDA. All vessels are scheduled to arrive back in Greek ports by 1950, and the first vessels are to arrive by late 1948. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]| ON HIGH ALERT, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | ΣΕ ΎΨΙΣΤΟ ΣΥΝΑΓΕΡΜΌ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| For years, and ever since the days of the Byzantine Empire and Hellas, the Greeks always relied on their powerful navy for missions, observations, and overall being the backbone of the armed forces. However with the navy's capital and coastal defense vessels now gone, there is a substantial lack of reconnaissance and observation vessels, and now the navy has to rely on older classes of destroyers and no capital ships. However, this was expected, and the servicemen operating these vessels were well trained, and the armaments on these smaller ships, while not being as impressive as Greece's capital ships, are a rather formidable force to deal with. As a substitute, however, was the mighty Hellenic Air Force. Although not equipped with jet planes like the Rhodesian and Azanian Air Forces, the RHAF's Air Force comprising of Spitfire, Hurricane, and Gladiator Fighter Planes, along with the Wellington, Battle, and Baltimore Multirole Planes are perfectly enough to do the job. All units of both coastal and air forces have been put on high alert, and constantly patrol the Greek seas and skies during this time of the navy's absence. | [/list]
[list][list][spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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THE HOLY COUNCIL UNDER LINDEN LEAVES
[list][sup]CHURCH OF PLANINA ZUETAAFTERNOON
CARNIOLASPRING 772[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]https://i.imgur.com/Zwb9GKa.png[/sup][/list]
Birdsong lightened the air as Prince Tihomir waited in the shadow of the wise sveta lipa (holy linden tree) before Sveta Planinas august church. An austere, centuries old pavilion stood beside it, as if watching him. The sun shone warmly overhead as the first, honeyed days of summer drew near. It was a day worthy of songbut Tihomir could not enjoy the beauty of it. Dark clouds haunted the horizon of his mind; the death of Karlman I., leader of the Franks, had left the formidable Karel I. with sole uncontested power in Francia, to which Tihomirs Carniola was a tributary principality. The Kinga stern, literate, many-talented man who would later be called Karel Veliki, or Charlemagnewas an existential threat to the future of Carniola, and Tihomir knew it. Whispers of Karels hope to incorporate tributary states into Francia were ominous, and Tihomir could not bear to let the tongue of his mother and father be broken under Frankish domination.
Thus the Council had been called. Indeed, the scholarly, cautious Tihomir had no great love for Valjhun: the brusque, unapologetic prince of neighboring Carantania and a determined rival of Tihomirs people. The two states had fought as one against Croat intrusions a few decades before, when Tihomirs father Krvan had been Prince, but that was long ago. Insults leveled against Tihomirs young son Vojnimir and minor border disputes had turned a once cordial relationship into one defined by friction. Tihomir knew, however, that this could not last. If Carniola and Carantania could not reckon with Karel, then they would face assimilation and submission to the Frankish crown. A few months previously, Tihomir issued an invitation to Valjhun to come to Planina ZuetaSveta Planina in modern Slovenenear the two states border. There, they might find cause for unity. The last week had seen the two attend daily Mass together and eat and talk under the linden tree of Sveta Planinas church and its neighboring pavilion; today was slated to be the last day of Valjhuns visit, however, and would be the most important. No conclusion had yet been reached.
And then came Prince Valjhun of Carantania, clad in his distinct red tunic and belt laced with gold. Dark blond hair accented a stern, middle-aged face crowned by a bushy mustache. He bore no scabbard or crowntodays would be a humble meeting. Still, he met Tihomir with obvious confidence, arms spread wide.
[list][sup]VALJHUN: Our last day.[/sup][/list]
The Carniolan prince offered a tired smile.
[list][sup]TIHOMIR: So it is.[/sup][/list]
A pause held the air as the two stood facing one another; Valjhun broke it, approaching the tree. The two princes sat down in synchronythey were, strangely, alone. Their courtiers and retinue were told to remain in the church.
[list][sup]TIHOMIR: You know that this must happen. The[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]VALJHUN: Yes, yesthe spirit of Hotimir compels me. Of course. I have been thinking about it every waking minute of these damned days. Stop your worrying.[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]TIHOMIR: You know that the Karolingi will end us if we do not.[/sup][/list]
At this, Valjhun offered his own weary smile. His deep blue eyes carried confidence, but also a certain solemnity.
[list][sup]VALJHUN: In that you are correct. It is only the inattention of the Franks that has spared us so far. I resent this tributethis we have discussedbut I admit now that I would far rather pay it than starve away as a forgotten once-lord, my kin left to rot for all time.[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]TIHOMIR: Thenthen it is done? Truly?[/sup][/list]
A kind of incredulousness was held in Prince Tihomirs voice, though it was smothered by exhaustion. Valjhun responded with a wry grin.
[list][sup]VALJHUN: Yes, you Carniolan bastard. Indeed, I see no other way. Well pay our tribute, but well do it as onewell negotiate as one. Karel would be a bold one to resist it, given all of his quarrels with Deziderij Langobardski.[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]TIHOMIR: The Popethe Popes designs are beyond us in that matter.[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]VALJHUN: Right you are, Tihomir. Right you are.[/sup][/list]
Valjhun rose from the brief exchange. His mind had clearly been made up long before.
[list][sup]VALJHUN: So what am I now? A soknez (co-prince) in this Holy Union of yours?[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]TIHOMIR: We both arewe will fight as one and speak as one.[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]VALJHUN: Wellyou had better mean that. I get no reprieve from the heathens, you know. The old Črtomir and his bloody son have evaded me for months now. I need more men.[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]TIHOMIR: Those you shall have.[/sup][/list]
Tihomir exhaled deeply as he stood to join Valjhun.
The two started for the church, where they would declare the newsand good news it would be. The peasantry of Carantania and Carniola saw little cause for the strife between their two lands, seeing the eastern Croats as a far greater threat. The Holy Union would thus be one to last for the coming generation; Carantania and Carniola would be brother kingdoms for nearly a century, when another Slavic Frankish vassalKoceljwould take them for his own Duchy of the Wends. Still, the Great Council of Tihomir at Sveta Planina would be an event long remembered as a key step in preserving Slovene identity in the face of a Germanic tide.
[list][spoiler=OOC]I decided to finally take the plunge into medieval alternate historythe Principality of Carniola, the Duchy of the Wends and all of the events herein are complete fiction. The point of divergence for this Slovenia is in ancient timesthe Slovenes of this universe are slightly more numerous, and here are collaborating to use those numbers in the protection of their influence.
The meeting of Tihomir and Valjhun at Sveta Planina is not originally mine: it comes from Joa Bezegs Independent Kingdom of Slovenia alternate history timeline. This adaptation, however, is indeed my own, and it serves a completely different purpose here; in Bezegs work, it forms the first Kingdom of Slovenia, an entity that would eventually lead to the survival of a modern-day Slovenian monarchy. Here, however, its aims are more humble: consolidating power for Frankish tribute negotiations.
Either way, Im miserably new to dialogue writing and so on. Hopefully this is interesting, and if not, it will get better![/spoiler]
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[list][list][pre]FIGHT, PHILIPPINES!
LABAN PILIPINAS![/pre][/list][/list]
[pre]| NATIONAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN BEGINS IN SEVERAL STAGES UNDER VICE PRESIDENT OSMENA[/pre]
[sub]MANILA - President Manuel L. Quezon signed into law the National Economic Recovery Plan of 1948 in a rare closed-doors ceremony attended by several senators from both sides of the aisle who worked together to pass the bill as soon as possible this month. The plan, dubbed in its easy fight through Congress as the 'Quezon Plan', was dedicated to restarting Philippine industry and strengthening the state of the Philippines' social stage, primarily in the terms of welfare and healthcare. The bill had worked its way through the Philippine Congress throughout the previous months and only passed after an agreement was reached between Quezon's Nacionalista Party and Senate Minority Leader Elpidio Quirino of the Liberal Party. Vice President Sergio Osmena - in light of the president's weakening state of health due to age - was appointed to spearhead the massive project of investments, infrastructure that the NERP called for.[/sub]
[sub]The plan called within government for the establishment of a National Reconstruction Commission, of which the Vice President was appointed to lead. The NRC would oversee the official process of reconstruction and together with the Commission on Audit (COA) and the Department for the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ensure that the funds provided for reconstruction would be moved towards the right projects and to maintain the transparency emphasized by President Quezon in last year's State of the Nation (SONA) address. Up to 50 million pesos would be allocated for the redevelopment of the Province of Manila area, along with over 500 million pesos over the next five years to develop the infrastructure of the capital region. Plans to reconstruct and expand the capacity of the Cordillera Line - initially proposed by then-congressman Manuel L. Quezon - to strengthen its versatility and efficacy in light of heavier and higher-capacity trains and to extend its reach to the Subic Bay Area, where a U.S. navy base is being built.[/sub]
[sub]The National Housing Development Agency - signed into law by President Quezon in 1939 - was also re-established by a Senate Resolution that re-affirmed the NHDA's mission to develop housing, especially for the war-torn citizens of Manila and the surrounding municipalities. President Quezon - cane in hand - attended a ceremony for the opening of several camps facilitated by the NHDA to temporarily provide support and overnight shelter for homeless Filipinos whose residences were destroyed in both Japanese and Allied bombings. In the Senate, Vice President Osmena affirmed the 'extreme need' to 'rebuild our homes and rebuild new shelters for the Filipinos, for our suffering countrymen', alongside 'facilitating for the national economic recovery'.[/sub]
[sub]President Quezon also signed another Senate bill reauthorizing funding for the Visayas Infrastructure Act of 1940, whose development was delayed by the outbreak of the Second World War. The Visayas Infrastructure Act sought to greatly improve connectivity and transport-based infrastructure in the Visayas island group over the next ten years, and proposed for the construction of three airfields, a vast network of roads, and multiple brand new ferry stations across Leyte, Negros Island, Bohol, and Cebu provinces. The plan saw increased funding from the national government, but could not be implemented in practice until funding from the United States was secured. With the rise of the American Recovery Program, however, President Quezon began lobbying his foreign department to focus on securing investments, loans and support from the U.S. to continue the economic recovery.[/sub]
[sub]However, it could potentially be too late. The first two years of Quezon's first administration over a fully-independent Philippines was empty and mostly symbolic. Legislation was passed on cultural matters and rounding up remnants of Japanese resistance in the islands, but in-practice recovery legislation was delayed by a Congress filled with moderate NP members who stood their ground on various issues. While the NERP was eventually passed into law, a pulse poll by Pulse Philippines, a state-owned polling corporation, found that 47% of Filipinos believed that the country's recovery - both economically, socially and personally - was moving too slowly. Nonetheless, the ageing President Quezon moved forward.[/sub]
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The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list]𝐍𝐄𝐔𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 | JUNE - JULY 1948
[sub]SECOND "BATTLE FOR BERLIN"![/sub][/list]
[pre]B E R L I N B L O C K A D E[/pre]
BERLIN (EAST) MORNING
[sub]SOVIET OCCUPATION ZONE, East Germany Ddr[/sub]
[list]| On the morning of 24 June 1948, Berlin residents woke up to a confused and chaotic situation that had descended over the entire Greater Berlin area, east and west sectors included. The Soviet Military Administration has officially imposed a blockade on the transportation of goods to the Western allied occupation zones of Berlin. Rail traffic has come to a halt, military convoys are waved back. |
| The decision to blockade came as a shock, but not as a surprise. Already in March and April, the Soviet Occupying Fores issued orders restricting Western military and passenger traffic between the American, British and French occupation zones and Berlin. Though these measures were suspended soon after their implementation, Soviet forces have continued to sporadically interrupt inter-zone transit. On 24 June, the Soviets finally severed land and water connections between the non-Soviet zones and Berlin. That same day, the decision was made to halt all rail and barge traffic in and out of Berlin. As of June 25, the Soviets have stopped supplying food to the civilian population in the non-Soviet sectors of Berlin. Motor traffic from Berlin to the western zones is permitted, but this requires a 23-kilometre (14 mi) detour to a ferry crossing due to ongoing critical repairs on bridges. Reports indicate that the Soviets in East Germany have also cut off the electricity relied on by Berlin. |
| The blockade signals a further deterioration in relations between the former Allies, as well as hardening struggle over the control of Berlin and Germany. Moves towards the formation of a West German state have aggravated the Soviets and frustrated cooperation. East Germany has struggled with reconstruction and economic recovery. Reports that West Germany is kick starting automobile production and rebuilding critical rail infrastructure has provoked jealous resentment in the East. The recent creation of the Deutsche Mark has now prompted retaliation in the form of sudden and drastic currency reform in the Eastern Zones, with implications for life in the Western Sectors of Berlin as well:|
| Now, great anticipation has set in as Berliners and the Soviet Military Administrations wait for a response from the international community. The conditions in West Berlin, which currently has an estimated 36 days worth of food and 45 days worth of coal in storage. Militarily, the Americans and British are greatly outnumbered. A forceful occupation of West Berlin by the Red Army would catch Western Allied formations completely off guard. A counter-blockade and sanctions on the East German sectors are to be expected, in which case material shortages would only further stiffle economic recovery. While the second (still only economic) battle for Berlin has begun, the end-game remains unclear. |
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[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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FIRST EDITION OF ZGODOVINSKI ČASOPIS BRINGS NEW HISTORICAL INSIGHTS
[list][sup]A WINDOW TO THE PAST
SLOVENIASPRING 1948[/sup][/list]
On 12 June 1948, the first edition of the Zgodovinski časopis (Historical Review) academic journal was officially published under the editorship of Slovene medieval historian Bogo Grafenauer. Another fruit of the Slovene Renaissance, the journals contributors are an esteemed panel of accomplished historians from throughout the Republic, each of whom has apparently rejoiced with a new outlet at last emerging for historical dialogue. Its realms include the history of Slovenia, the history of the Slovenes, and the history of the South Slavsfor these subjects, the journals editorial staff already has a publication list backed up for the next two of its biannual editions. Peer-reviewed articles and reviews of recent historical publications will form Zgodovinski časopiss chief content; the first edition contained the most prestigious of these submitted throughout the journals year-long development process.
The opening entry was a comprehensive historical analysis of the medieval Holy Union of Carniola and Carantania, while another would focus on the Unions end and its evolution into the Duchy of the Wends under Kocelj. Further submissions expanded upon the historical understanding of the context of the Zedinjena Slovenija (United Slovenia) movement of the mid-1800s and the House of Koceljičs patronage of France Preeren, alleged to have saved the poet from his heavy drinking and contributed to his long life of eighty-three years. Preeren completed two epic poems considered to be the Slovene national epics: Krst pri Savici (Baptism on the Sava) and Tujčeva smrt (The Death of a Stranger). The journal also published a modernized and annotated version of Adam Bohoričs brief biography of Primo Trubar; the two had been contemporaries, with Trubar publishing the first texts in Slovene and Bohorič codifying the first Slovene alphabet. The final entry was a solemn review of the Tolmin Peasant Revolt of 1713, exploring the cruelties and abuses that culminated in the violence.
In the absence of a truly dedicated academic journal for historical study, Zgodovinski časopis fast became the most respected publication in the field; Grafenauer would go on to label it an intellectual lighthouse in 1949. It was indeed a source of light in Slovene historical study, but so too was it a prism refracting the light of Slovene academia in a particular waythe journals contributors were all united in the view that the study of history was a way to legitimize the Slovene nation, but it gathered their diversity in thought and interest, shining forth a panorama of the Slovene people. The journals second edition is due in December, and its release will coincide with an international historical conference entitled The Medieval Roots of the Slovene Nation.
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[list]1948년 07월 | 1948 July
[list][sup]Korea | 한국[/sup][list]
[sup]President Rhee & Premier Kang[/sup][/list]
| [sub]The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea today elected its first President, Syngman Rhee was one of two candidates put forward for the role the other being Kim Gu the former leader of the Provisional Government. Rhee won with a landslide of delegates backing him, it was later revealed that Gu hadnt known about his nomination until after the voting had finished, which made Rhees election all but certain.[/sub] |
| [sub]Rhee is known for his hard-line stance against communism and his closeness to the US Government and General Douglas MacArthur; Rhee was born in 1875 in Gaeseong and educated at a school run by American missionaries in Seoul where he converted to Christianity. He founded a daily newspaper and organised protests against corruption and against Japanese and Russian designs on Korea, by removing King Gojong from power. For this, he was jailed in 1897. For seven months of this seven-year sentence, his head was locked in a wooden weight, his feet were in stocks and his hands cuffed. He was beaten with rods and had oiled paper wrapped around his arms and set on fire.[/sub] |
| [sub]Rhee has his fairshare of doubters; the former members of the Provisional Government, which was the longest in existence, had Rhee impeached in 1925 for misuse of power which many of them believe is a clue to what his presidency will unfold as. Rhee ignores these accusations claiming that they are merely bitter to have not had a role in rebuilding Korea following the US occupation. Time will tell whether Rhee can reunite Korea or even keep the south together itself.[/sub] |
| [sub]In the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea it too elected its first new leader in the form of Kang Ryang-uk, in a no less democratic manner. All parties in the newly formed Supreme Peoples Assembly aligned with the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea, who support Kang as Premier of the DPRK, only 16 candidates in the election were from parties not a member of the DFRK none of which won election.[/sub] |
| [sub]Kang was rather an unknown factor in Koreas independence movement, not to say he wasnt active, but his selection as the favoured leader by the Soviets came about as others either fell out of favour or declined the position, like his nephew Kim Il-sung, who has since taken up a less senior cabinet position. Kang is a well known former Presbyterian minister having completed studies in Theology at Pyongyang University in the 1940s, before which he was teacher, and even taught his nephew. Initially founding the Korean Christian Federation which was closely aligned to the Communist Party of Korea, which now all ministers have to register to. Kang quickly became the favoured choice of the Soviet leadership after Kim Il-sung declined the position to take up a less senior position in favour of his uncle who was seen as a rather charismatic figure thanks to his sermons as a minister.[/sub] |
| [sub]Kang, unlike many of the candidates initially suggested to the Soviets, favoured the idea of a trusteeship despite its unpopularity believing it could help create a stable beginning for Korea under the watchful guidance of the Soviet Union. His policies so far have strongly distanced the north from its southern counterpart. The northern half of Korea is a mineral rich area with a large industrial sector; with recent land redistribution helping the agricultural sector recover as most of the farmland was south of the 38th Parallel.[/sub] |
| [sub]As the two men take the reigns of their respective halves of Korea, which they both claim to be the sole legitimate successor state to the Empire of Korea, it will be seen whether they can reconcile their differences to eventual reunite the Peninsula or whether they will doom Korea to be forever divided between north and south. Occasional border clashes have already occurred since 1945 but have seen an uptick since the two nations were officially declared independent, with President Rhee already sabre-rattling in a speech which he declared a march to the north. Koreas first focus should be on fixing the abject poverty in which many live, but for now it seems to be who will invade who.[/sub] |
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The Confederate Prussian Empire
The Former United States And The Enclave
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THE ALPINE STARS: SLOVENE OBSERVATORIES AND MOUNTAINEERING IN 1948
[list][sup]BENEATH THE SPARKLING COSMOS
SLOVENIASUMMER 1948[/sup][/list]
[list][sup]https://i.imgur.com/C6SRBc8.png[/sup][/list]
A robust culture of mountaineering and forestry has always been a pillar of the Slovenes. Fastly tied bonds to the woods and wolds of the land enliven the Slovenian spirit; the celebrations were great when the ancient forests of Carinthia and Styria acceded to the Slovene Republic in 1945, and they have been for good reason. The years since have seen a rebirth of hiking, stargazing and woodcraft in Slovene Lands. The 6th of June, 1948, saw the government-sanctioned Alpine Association of Slovenia (Planinska zveza Slovenije, PVS) form from the Slovene Alpine Club. Fedor Koir, a leading attorney for mountaineers, emerged as its President and forged strong ties with the related Slovenian Mountain Rescue Service (Planinska reevalna sluba Slovenije, PRSS); the two are set to partner with the IUCN on the official establishment of the International Union for Conservation of Nature in October and are already in talks with officials of the Triglav national park. All of these developments have blossomed from the fruit of Slovenian forestry, and soon Slovenian eyes would gaze both woodward and skyward.
Slovenias break with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia had left the country without a national observatory and robbed passionate astronomers of the tools to properly train and study. Thus, collaborating with volunteer groups in the area, the University of Ljubljana broke ground on an astronomical observatory in the hilly Inner Carniolan town of Črni Vrh (lit. black pass) in August. Calls for the observatory had been long presentLavo Čermelj, a Slovene diplomatic and legal expert persecuted under fascist Italian rule, had dedicated an unusual amount of time to promoting scientific astronomy, and career astronomers were all too eager to join him. Slovene astronomy has enjoyed a long and proud history; accomplished Slovene astronomers include Franc Breckerfeld, Benedikt Ferretti, Andrej Kobav, Joahim Koutnik, Andrej Krajec, Viljem Ogrinc, Janez Jakob Olben, Bernard Pergerl, Andrej Perlah, Josip Reisner, Janez Krstnik Schoettl, Ivan Sunik, Matija Vertovec, the medieval Herman of Koroka, Janez Lezicij, and Črnel of Maadan. Perhaps most interestingly of all, Carniolan missionary Ferdinand Avgutin Haller von Hallerstein spent decades in the court of the Qianlong Emperor of China in the 1800s, where he supervised the construction of the leading astronomical instruments of the Beijing Ancient Observatory, later becoming the first demographer to calculate the Chinese population precisely. In the 20th century, the leading voice in Slovene astronomy has so far been Pavel Kunaver, a teacher and forester who has long publicly encouraged a lifestyle of mountaineering and the dual enjoyment of the forests and the stars: he has already published seven popular books, most recently Pastir v Zlatorogovem kraljestvu (The Shepherd in the Goldhorns Kingdom) in 1945. Kunaver was even brought on as an honorary consultant for the Črni Vrh project, though physicist Franjo Dominkoformerly on the staff of Belgrades royal observatorywould ultimately be its superintendent with private observatory builder Ivan Tomec as vice superintendent.
Kunavers advocacy has also been instrumental in the establishment of the Slovenian Alpine Museum (Planinski muzej Slovenije, PMS), which was inaugurated in the Kritof House in the Ljubljana suburb of Beigrad on the 28th of August. Slovenian President Boris Furlan himself attended the opening, as did Kunaver, Fedor Koir, and amateur astronomer Rudolph Wrus; Furlan aptly proclaimed that no Slovenian can forget the Alpine spirit of brotherhood and camaraderie, which has seen us through the darkest of times and which we now renew in the light of a better future.
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The war of the Lumpurian Archapelago continues
February 14, 1945
As Southern Lumpurian and Uncian forces advance into our territory, we'll send a total of 125,000 troops to both the nations. We'll land the troops in Kartilov, Southern Lumpur and Luician, Uncia. We'll start re-taking the north then start to push troops and make a bridge to the north, then encircle each region. We'll also try to research into stronger bombs.
We will take our rightful lands back!
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THE FUTURE OF RHODESIA IS IN YOUR HANDS - SPECIAL POLL
I have compiled multiple paths for Rhodesia to take within the next decade, but shall only allow you to know the overall direction rather than each outcome in order to represent the fact that in real life not all decisions are successful or function according to plan. Toppling Dictators does not always result in democracies, or even the suspected radicals coming into power, nor does propping them up result in a long and stable reign. You shall be granted two votes to participate in two main sections along with the possibility of voting for one of two bonus options. Results of the vote shall only be visible upon completion of the poll to prevent voting solely based on how many votes are already present. I hope you will all participate and wish you luck, for you may in fact happen to decide upon the best possible direction that would benefit your Nation or indeed the worst possible. You may save Rhodesia, or plunge it into collapse. There are moderate results and also extremely radical ones, two of the total of fifteen in fact include Rhodesia leaving the Commonwealth and one results in the breakup of Rhodesia as it currently stands.
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The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list]Government Stability, Agricultural, Educational, Infrastructure, and Industrial Development on The Rise, August 1948
1948 | Estabilidade governamental, Agropecuária, Educacional, Infraestrutura e Desenvolvimento Industrial em Ascensão, agosto de 1948
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[list][list][pre]|God, Father, and Country: | Deus, Pátria e Família |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| With new initiatives proposed by the government, our nation is moving forward. Said Prime Minister António Salazar during a cabinet meeting in Lisbon.
Ever since the Prime Minister came to power in 1928, he has promoted a new sense of trust in elections, reshaping the country's concept of a stable and assiduous government. Due to a lack of support from voters, many parties outside of the National Union have been unable to gain a stronghold in the legislative elections. However, voters have reaffirmed Salazars commitment to turning the nation into what many believe is a prosperous nation in Iberia.
To further cite his claims, Salazar and his cabinet have proposed new legislation to invest more in hydroelectric power development. Particularly, hydroelectric dams. Looking at the developing Beaver Dam along the Tagus River, Salazar praised the innovative development as a key strategy to Portugals understanding of electricity. With more dam building projects across the country, employment levels reach profound levels never seen since the start of the Great War from 1939-1945.
In order to provide young students with the tools to invest in their country, new educational incentives include investing in more curricular activities in primary, secondary, and higher education. In addition, the country has offered programs where many can take advantage of job opportunities in manufacturing or administrative work, which has prompted much interest since the early 1930s. In many institutions across the country, the social and economic development of our students go hand in hand, as a result, understanding social obedience is paramount.
Industrial incentives continue to invest in the countrys manufacturing sector and infrastructure. A government scheme to support local manufacturing has been renewed for the next 5 years. |
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The Former United States And The Enclave
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A RENAISSANCE IN FULL SWING: LATE-SUMMER SLOVENIA
[list][sup]READING, WRITING, HIKING, BUILDING
SLOVENIASUMMER 1948[/sup][/list]
The late summer of 1948 in Slovenia overbrimmed with new events, projects, and appointments as the new state gained cultural and economic momentum. Political parties continued to take shape and develop, and economic sectors grew more competitive and sophisticated as the Slovenian chemical and manufacturing areas spread. Particularly interesting events in August and early September 1948 are listed here.
[list][sup]AUGUST
[*]Rudolf Starič is appointed as the first director of the Policijski pihalni orkester (Police Wind Orchestra) for police musicians to be trained in a three-year early morning music school.
[*]The first issue of the Kmečki glasnik (Farmers Herald) is published in Ljubljana as an official organ of the newly organized Slovene Agrarian Party.
[*]Work on preserving and duplicating writings in the Pleterje monastery by the Slovene PEN Club begins. The monastery produces wine, fruit spirits and beeswax candles (https://i.imgur.com/538Ngbn.png), but has an impressive corpus of early Slovene texts.
[*]Ilija Gregorič is appointed as the first Slovene high school inspector by the Ministry of Education; he is charged with overseeing all general secondary and vocational schools in Slovenia.
[*]France Oven, a prominent breeder of and advocate for the Carinthian bee, passes away in Celovec. His home becomes a local museum for the subspecies. He personally owned over 120 hives and gained recognition across the world for his work.
SEPTEMBER
[*]The Savski krog (Sava Circle), a climbing organization in the Hrastnik area, is founded as mountaineering sees a renewal.
[*]Biochemist Maa Goriek, an American-born Slovene who immigrated to the Republic, is awarded the first Znak Tihomirjeve modrosti (Order of Tihomirs Wisdom) by President Boris Furlan for her work in understanding deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).[/sup]
[spoiler=OOC]Each of these was going to be its own post, but I decided to spare you all of it![/spoiler]
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[B]အမျိုးသားရေး နှလုံးသားထဲမှာ။ IN THE HEART OF THE NATIONALIST!
[sub]Saturday, 8th Waning of Wahgaung 1310 ME | Rangoon, Rangoon Division, Royal Federation of Burma[/sub]
As the world rebuilds from the Second World War and the nation gains it's rightful independence, the Union of Burma is held together by a promise for a better future, for all 14 ethnic member-states, the Union Parliament at the forefront of this promise, serving as the life vein for Democracy in the land of 10,000 pagodas, built century after century by Kings driven by the adherence of sacred, generational tradition. From the Medieval Kingdom of Bagan in the central region, to the Mon-speaking Toungoo Empire of the Middle Ages that ruled it's hegemon from Lower Burma, and the new dynasty of Konbaung born under Alaungpaya, the former chief of a small village in Upper Burma, ancient custom having been passed down, from one ruling House to the next. From the people's perspective, these are the precious components of Burmese nationalism, which were symbolically severed by colonial conquest of the British Empire. With the exile of the King, Thibaw Min, and his Queen, Supayalat, to Ratnagiri, British Raj in 1886, there where most of the Royals lived out the remainder of their days in exile, a 1,036 year old ancient line, made defunct for more than 62 years under foreign colonial administration.
When Supayalat, the last Chief Queen Consort of the Royal Konbaung, made her return from exile in 1919, much had changed. British soldiers defaced holy monastery grounds with muddy boots, British advertisements tapered the street corners, persons exchanged English greetings on the streets, and Westernized buildings infested the once traditional and auspiciously architectured Burmese cities, evidencing the extent of grave foreign molestation. Supayalat shunned the invading British consumer market as it wiped out traditional indigenous economy, living the remainder of her days in resentment and utter disdain of colonial rule. Her closest adviser, the nationalist poet, Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, organized a Protection Committee for the Queen alongside a cadre of several other like-minded nationalists, namely the Saophas of Yaungwhe and Hsipaw, who later put on for the funeral after her death, just six years later, in 1925. These moments in Burmese history remain in the hearts and minds of it's people, most of all, going on to inspire attempts at Monarchal restoration under Hsaya San in 1932, having taken on the regnal name Thupanaka Galon Raja and leading his band of peasants, nationalists, and dacoit bandits against the authority of the British Crown. What began as a vague pretender with an artificial claim to the throne in the south, turned into a national uprising heeded by tens of thousands throughout the colony. Despite having no legitimate claim to the Thihathana Palin (Lion Throne), the people rallied behind the 'Renegade King' and when their Thupanaka Galon Raja faced the jailer's flog and the hangman's noose at Thayarwadyy Prison, the colonial subjects wept. Peasant mourners littered the gallows with floral garlands, tossing them upon as the scaffold door dropped loose, devoted to their martyr up until his final moments.
In similar manner to these glimpses into a much deeper historical backdrop, the nationalists of the now-independent Burma Union sought integration of the restored Crown of the Konbaung, with elements of multi-state Unionism, Parliamentary system, and Buddhism, where custom and preservation may continue from whence it had ceased. The Union's first Prime Minister, U Nu, a teetotaler, devout Buddhist, and long-time popular spiritual leader, began his tenure promisingly toward this cause while presenting a joint plan to construct Kyanzittha Pagoda in the township of Tatkon in Central Burma, patroned by His Royal Majesty, Agzawthawda Min. Alongside this, U Nu's initial legislative works also include the reinstatement of the position, Thathanabaing (သာသနာပိုင်), head of the Buddhist Sangha, the order of monks in Burma, formerly having been abolished in 1938 by British colonial authorities, and further, promoting the observance of Buddhist Lent (Vassa), Uposatha, and reinstitution of the Royal Ploughing Ceremony or Mingala Ledaw to be recognized as an annual national festival. Included with this docket, the Prime Minister intends to administer a multi-faceted act aimed at properly addressing the grievances of the 14 ethno-states of the Union, it's fragile existence already put to test, coupled with a foreign policy plan seeking to normalize relations with Great Britain, Japan, India, and Siam, all sharing complex relationships with Burma both throughout history and during the World War. Another major component of the act, the establishment of a secular agency for state law enforcement, a responsibility currently presided over by the Royal Constabulary (Tawwain Rellkainn), to be named, officially, the Union Police Force (Pyidaungzu Ye Tat Hpwe), as a check and balance against royal family's power and influence within the auspices of national law, order, and the military. Unlike the Royal Constabulary, historically only comprised of sworn loyal ethnic Bamar bannermen and their retinues, the Union Police would serve as a modern, multi-ethnic force charged with national peacekeeping and law enforcement in any land binded into union underneath the deep blue standard.
With these attempts to band the young nation together under an umbrella of nationalism, tradition, and spiritual revival, the fathers of the nation, First President Sao Shwe Thaik and Prime Minister U Nu forge the fate of their free countrymen for both the generations that lived, endured, and those that have yet to come.
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[list][pre]August, 1948 | Omdurman, Khartoum, The British Imperial Crown Colony Of The Sudan[/pre]
OMDURMAN BLOSSOMS, THE DAWN OF SUDAN[/list]
At the Omdurman train station, crowds would form as they viewed in awe, photographs of newly independent nations that would arise from the vestiges of empires. Excitement and astonishment would light their faces as illustrations displayed images of masses hailing the freedom of Britains prized possession, India. The British Raj was now set unburdened from its long tumultuous past under the Crown. The Independence of India, Burma, Pakistan, and many other policies that had presented themselves from the vast reaches of the Indian Imperial however were not the only signs of an Empire on its way back to its great island home. Ensuing the speech completed at Omdurmans Train station, in which an announcement was demonstrated calling upon the Sudanese people to find themselves a clear and permanent seat on the raft of African independence as the old vessel of Britannia begins to sink to the depths of history. Momentarily after the speech, crowds would start to gather and chant pro-nationalist mottoes.
Subsequently, almost, a quarter of a century since the shared Anglo-Egyptian Condominium had been abolished, for 23 years the colonial regime has steered Sudan with the sole goal of isolating Egyptian leverage and essence on Sudan while also influencing the design of a new Sudanese identity through the recently coined term Sudanization. That very exact campaign that has been on a build-up since 1925 had primarily served in cementing closer links between the Arab North and African South, drawing them together in striving for the unity of the Sudanese nation and its self-determination.
The movement would amplify with the creation of the Nationalist Confluence Workers Party headed by Mohamed Ahmed Mahgoub, underlining the need for a potent Nilo-Saharan state extending from the far plains of Darfur to the marshes of Kalenjin. And now the termination of the centurys most severe war, followed by the colonys first democratic elections had provided the winds of change that had blown energy into the Sudanization crusade. What was once the dream of a Sudanese nation for the Sudanese people had culminated into an outright demand for its existence
Protests and demonstrations would take place right out of Omdurmans train station, with marches now occupying the streets of the city across the river from Khartoum. For decades now Khartoum had administered as the political capital of the colony, but Omdurman, the largest city in Sudan, would always be the peoples capital, from there new dawn had become the name of Sudanese nationhood and home rule had advanced from the voices of its populace. Despite there being no evident leaders or official organizations of the new tides of demonstrations facing the Khartoum province and the central regions, it had seemed that the protests maintained a peaceful memorandum calling upon Sudanese existence as a nation, with some altercations transpiring between the protestors and colonial policy over unlawful assemblies.
New rallies would begin to emerge from what had been dubbed as the Omdurman Blossom movement, referring to the blossoming of Sudanese nationalist intents, the majority of protests shall maintain peaceful assembly and demonstrations despite it not being granted as official liberty, colonial police shall continue its duty to maintain the peace in the interests of the colonial government and the British crown. Both Islamists, Commonwealth, and Liberal members of Parliament have applauded the movement for its long-awaited arrival while the Unionists have shown to be unimpressed by the recent developments, Nationalists call on the movement to intensify and spread throughout Sudan like the flames that liberty holds to a people rising up from their shackles.
[list]GOD SAVE THE KING!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
[spoiler=THE SUN SHALL SET 🦏
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| GLORIA BANZA WINS THE INNER PARTY ELECITIONS |
[sub]12th of September, 1948[/sub]
| The inner party elections for its leadership had happened, with the current leader, Gloria Banza, winning. After Fabian Nigoye quit the race and backed Mrs Banza in June, the campaign found a new energy for Mrs Banza who managed to sweep enough votes to remain as the leader of the National Liberal Revival Movement. Therefore, it will be Mrs Banza that will be leading the party into the 1949 elections for the ultimate leadership of the country. Mrs Banza managed to gather 62% of the votes from within the party, with her opponent, Marie Izuru, gaining 38% of votes, showcasing that a strong Left Wing has appeared within the party.
Mrs Marie Izuru has managed to shake the establishment of the party with her victory. Her campaign was based mainly around social policies that the country should be implementing, and her charismatic style of talk has been compared to the charm that Mrs Banza effectively uses. Mrs Izuru has not outright spoken against Nigoye's government but she did hint at the inability of the government to help the real people of the country instead of just focusing on continuous economic rise. Mrs Izuru has marked her way into the politics of the country for good though.
The leadership contest has ended with a twist, however. Mrs Banza at her speech to the party members has stated that Mrs Izuru will be joining her campaign team for the 1949 elections, a sign that Mrs Banza is respecting the rising left wing within the party. Mrs Izuru has accepted, and will lead most likely be responsible for forming the Social and Welfare manifesto of the party for the 1949 elections.
The 1949 campaign is coming, and Mrs Banza is not going to have an easy time. Ten years of the National Liberal Revival Movement in power has brought a lot of good to the country including large scale foreign investments, change to the markets, growth of state owned companies, a noticeable rise in the economy of the country, electrification and education rapidly spreading, infrastructure and living standards expanding. However, much is still to be done in rapidly increasing the economic growth, in establishing a healthcare and welfare system for the country, and larger investments. Political opponents that are set to challenge Mrs Banza in the 1949 elections are;
[list]NOEL KALENGA - Communist Unification Party ( CUP )
PHILLIPE NUMBI - National Democrats ( ND )
BLANCHE KANKU - Congress for Women Advancement ( CWA )
SAMUEL UMBA - Christian Zaire Movement ( CZM )[/list]
The 1949 election campaign will be the first true test of the Zairean democracy, and its structures. Many fear the foreign involvement might be seen with the likes of Kalenga and Numbi being favoured as the largest opponents to Banza. The other parties have began their mobilisation for the campaign, with the National Liberal Revival Movement set to begin their campaign by December of this year. The 1949 elections will be crucial as they will determine who leads the country for the next ten years, and whether Nigoye's Economic Plan manages to move forward, continuing the industralisation and urbanisation of the country. |
[spoiler="The National Liberal Revival Movement is what Zaire needs. It has brought Zaire up to speed in the past ten years to our neighbours. In the next ten years, it will bring us up to speed to Europe." - Gloria Banza]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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[list][list][list][pre]HASHIMI ARABIA
الهاشمي العربية
أشدو أن لا إله إلا الله ، وشدو أنا محمدان رسول الله[/pre][/list]
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ARABIAN DEFENSE REARS NEW INNOVATION: AL WADIYAH CORPORATION, TAIF TECHNOLOGIES, & NIZWA ADVANCEMENTS CONGLOMERATION
[sub]KING FAISAL II ADMINISTRATION | BAGHDAD, SEPTEMBER 1948[/sub][/list]
[sub]| With increased education partnerships, investments in industries, and importing of critical raw minerals and resources from Africa and the Americas, Arabian industries have begun to demonstrate promise and more importantly, profit. This is to be said especially with the Arabian defense industry and affiliated economic sectors. A major example of this is the Al-Wadiyah Corporation, originating in Northern Yemen. The Al-Wadiyah Corp has indicated it will specialize primarily in aircraft manufacturing; however, with increased educated Arabs returning to Arabia from completing their degrees at prestigious global universities, the Al-Wadiyah Corporation intends to expand their specialization into aircraft parts and equipment, data processing and preparation, search and navigation equipment, truck and bus bodies, electrical equipment and supplies.[/sub]
[sub]With the projects acquired from the Catholic League due to Granadinas-Arabia strategic communique, the Al-Wadiyah Corporation has promised Baghdad that it will deliver promising advancements in technologies and military-civilian products to expand Arabian aviation capabilities. Additionally, a competing corporation known as Taif Technologies has also begun operations. Taif Technologies sought to provide products and advancements into aircraft engines, avionics, aerostructures, and electronic platforms. As cobalt, coltan, manganese, copper, and strategic minerals continue to enter Arabia and fuel heavy industries and industrialization, Taif Technologies and Al-Wadiyah Corporation looks to establish technology-industry corridors to expand innovation and attract new talents into the industry.[/sub]
[sub]In the Omani provinces, a new technology conglomerate was founded called the Nizwa Industries Advancements Conglomeration. The NIAC intends to commence business operations to research, develop, and manufacture products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, aerospace systems, HVAC, elevators and escalators, fire and security, building automation, and industrial products. The new corporations have become new examples of the gradual modernity and diversification of the Arabian economy in addition to the gradual opening up policies of Baghdad to global enterprises and industries. The three enterprises seek to become the spearhead and model for domestic Arab business. The 3 major corporations have also additionally promised Arab universities and academic institutions with investments, scholarships, grants, and degree program assistance, especially in programs that align with business and market trends.[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]الهاشمي العربية!
حصن الاسلام[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]EMBRACE ALLAH AND
ARABIA[/sub]]
The Confederate Prussian Empire
Zabrowka[/spoiler]
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WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
Many thanks to the 21 People who participated in the poll listed here : https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=49242569, thanks to your contributions a winner has been chosen but the content of that winning variation will remain a mystery to you all until it takes place. Not to be entirely mean however and to make use of the fact that i compiled results in advance for each variation i shall list here some of the directions alongside how many votes they got in the tally (from lowest to highest).
[list]Smith Continues rule - Variation 5 - 0 votes : A white Rhodesian hardliner attempts to assassinate the Prime Minister due to his anti-genocide stance, and having failed to do so is linked to multiple right wing organizations. These Groups are shunned and ousted, and the overall political environment becomes much more moderate with support moving away from the Interior Ministry and Percy and towards Smith in a more stable manner. This variation ends the competition between Smith and Percy and effectively removes all hope of an INTAF dominated Government.
Smiths rule ended - Variation 5 - 1 vote : As a result of a successful assassination against Prime Minister Smith by a British left wing tourist turned killer, the Rhodesian right wings outcry goes from mere disapproval of this killer to disapproval of the fact that Rhodesia has not yet been made a Dominion. With outrage spiraling across the Nation a Universal Declaration of Independence is issued along with Rhodesia founding a Republic charter along French lines. Upon completing this move Rhodesia would attempt to align itself with France, with whom it shared good relations pre-war.
Smiths rule ended - Variation 4 - 1 vote : Expansion of variation 5, difference being that with the Interior Ministry much more weakened and the extreme Right suffering political losses Smith is able to push through a United Kingdom of Rhodesia and Matabeleland and as a result the Ndebele of the Matabeleland Kingdom achieve equal political status alongside white Rhodesia.
Smiths rule ended - Variation 1 - 1 vote : Smith perishes following the crash of his Aircraft while en route to Zambezia, cause of the crash believed to be tampering by the Interior Ministry. Following the fallout which sees the Interior Ministry disbanded a Moderate Centre & Left wing Coalition is able to win in the following elections as Smith was at this point the only figure holding together the Right wing Coalition.
Smith Continues rule - Variation 4 - 1 vote : Governance continues largely as normal with no large changes to the current trajectory (Continuation option)
Smiths rule ended - Variation 6 - 2 votes : Smith is murdered by a soon to be deported native criminal which leads to massive and nationwide backlash against the non-ndebele native groups. It additionally leads to much more strict rule over Zambezia and a severance of ties to Azania who is suspected to have aided the criminal.
Smith Continues rule - Variation 3 - 3 votes : Following growing scandals involving the Interior Ministry Smith takes a proactive approach in curtailing their powers and disbanding their more militant wings. This can be seen as a de-radicalization of the Rhodesian right wing.
Smiths rule ended - Variation 3 - 4 votes : While Smith is unable to achieve a majority in the next election he is able to secure a new Coalition with the more centre-leaning Parties. These Parties being opposed to any notion of East vs. West advocate a third way alongside the Arab and African Powers, essentially setting Rhodesia as a neutral power in the Cold war.
Burn them all - Variation 2 - 5 votes : Using their growing influence as a bargaining tool, Percy convinces Smith to greenlight an INTAF operation to eliminate the left wing opposition thus cementing Rhodesia as an anti-left & anti-minority state in Africa. Upon completing this and removing a sizeable portion of Smiths own support (that being the moderates) Percy seizes power under the pretense that Smith is under medical house arrest.
Smiths rule ended - Variation 2 - 5 votes : Smith is murdered by an Azanian National and Rhodesians universally blame the Azanian Government for this occurrence. Playing on these fears the Rhodesian Right wing at the death of Smith leverage the situation into achieving power and move forward through the cold war under a banner of possible Azanian invasion. Heavily fortifying and militarizing Rhodesia against an imaginary Azanian Invasion Force. (Essentially Hypernationalist & Hyperisolationist State)
Burn them all - Variation 1 - 6 votes : Rhodesia attempts to clamp down on resistance in Zambezia but fails utterly when a Brigade is wiped out in transit thanks to traitors within the Rhodesian Command structure passing information to the rebels. As a result of this humiliating loss Rhodesia is forced to grant Zambezia much greater independence and withdraw all Troops from it, fortifying Port Rhodes on the Zambezian Coast as the sole remaining bastion of Rhodesia there.
Smith Continues rule - Variation 2 - 6 votes : While Smith retains power deteriorating health as a result of a botched assassination attempt lead to a weak leadership of the Nation, coupled with a beheaded INTAF due to Percy being killed while inspecting Troops in Zambezia it begins a slow deterioration of Rhodesia which ultimately results in a withdrawal from Zambezia and Nyasaland in favor of a smaller and more easily managed union of Northern & Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe + Zambia)
Smith Continues rule - Variation 1 - 7 votes : ~Keep your eyes out and you shall see~
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[list][sub]JANUARY 1947[/sub]
[list][sub]PACE CON ONORE ? ...[/sub][/list]
...PEACE WITH HONOR ?[/list]
ROMA, REGNO D'ITALIA
[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub]
| The cold new year would ring in, with a new King. After securing his rule by a thin margin, Umberto II would rule over a wide post-war coalition, ranging from the PCI to the Socialist PSIUP and the centrist DC, all headed by the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, a moderate and astute man, one Alcide De Gasperi. In January, however, De Gasperi would find himself in a delicate situation. Italy was about to sign its peace with the Allies All colonies would be officially handed over, as Libya already had; strict limitations would be placed on the military Yet one very thorny issue remained. |
| This issue, the "Istrian Question", as it was called, has roused Italians. The small area of land annexed by Slovenia [sup][nation=short]Amsterwald[/nation][/sup] and comprising two pearls of the Adriatic, Trieste and Fiume, both still home to a sizeable Italian population and, for the former, strategic shipbuilding & refining facilities which had been shamelessly taken over, repurposed and rebranded by the Slovenes, was seen by all as Italian. Over the city walls, in the newspapers, populistic outlets voiced their discontent. Even the Communists voiced disapproval of the process by which those territories had been annexed to Slovenia without as much as a treaty; and to add insult to injury, that land had been annexed while it was under the control of the Fascist RSI, against which the Kingdom of Italy, by this time on Allied side, was fighting. It was thus seen as inappropriate and many Italians, who have always seen their country as dealt an unfair hand since as far back as the First World War, were upset. The mood, of course, was not one of bellicism, recalling the dark days of Mussolini. It was rather the anger of a victim feeling robbed. |
| With this issue in mind, Alcide de Gasperi now needs to make the peace, while not surrendering Italy's claim to those lands. If he does sign the peace, with this last point of contention not amended, Italy will weaken, if not void, its claim; the scandal at home could mean the break-up of the coalition and new troubles in an already painful period of reconstruction. But if De Gasperi does not sign, chaos awaits on the international stage. Italy could well become left out of the budding inter-European dialogue, or even of US help. It would be a tremendously difficult situation for the Kingdom, which has very little means, except diplomacy, to make itself heard. |
| In late January, the Prime Minister would communicate to his Allied counterparts that Italy would not sign the peace treaty as is, and therefore forgo its claim on what it saw as quintessentially Italian cities. Instead, it would urge for this issue to be left out of the document, and be handed over to the nascent United Nations for later discussion In what could be the first, landmark case to be decided by the institution, if it occurs. In the halls of the Chigi Palace, it was hoped this intervention would bring more light to the Istrian Question. |
[list][...] "In 1919, over 400,000 Italians, against 300,000 Slovenes, inhabited the Julian March [Istria] and many have lived here for centuries, with roots traced as far back as the Venetian Republic. Who, if not their homeland, will seek justice for them? I am terribly saddened by the situation, but we cannot We will not Leave those Italians unaccounted for. Blood has been shed for far too long, and I insist that Italy will always, now and forever, seek a peacable outcome to such conflicts. It is why I solemnly ask for this issue to be brought before the United Nations, which shall rule as an independent and neutral court, to decide the future of the Julian March for the centuries to come."[/list]
[list][list][sup] PRIME MINISTER ALCIDE DE GASPERI[/sup][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]Evviva l'Italia![/sub]]
[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]
[nation]Afghanistaan[/nation]
[nation]Alaroth[/nation]
[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]
[nation]Annyeong Korea[/nation]
[nation]Arcanda[/nation]
[nation]Astarina[/nation]
[nation]Bayside[/nation]
[nation]Canovia[/nation]
[nation]Cascadla[/nation]
[nation]Connomia[/nation]
[nation]Finlandee[/nation]
[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]
[nation]Jersey Republic[/nation]
[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]
[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]
[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]
[nation]New Provenance[/nation]
[nation]Nileia[/nation]
[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]
[nation]OsivoII[/nation]
[nation]Paramountica[/nation]
[nation]Irelaand[/nation]
[nation]Islahh[/nation]
[nation]Philanialle[/nation]
[nation]Pontianus[/nation]
[nation]Ranponian[/nation]
[nation]Rutannia[/nation]
[nation]Somerania[/nation]
[nation]Teymour[/nation]
[nation]The Confederate Prussian Empire[/nation]
[nation]Tallahan[/nation]
[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]
[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]
[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation][/spoiler][/list]
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[list][list][list][list][list][list]𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝟒𝟒
ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ʜᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ᴊᴇᴢᴀɪʟ
ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛʀᴀɪɴɪɴɢ
ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴜꜱᴇʀ, ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ʀᴏᴄᴋꜱ
ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴀ ʀɪɴɢ
ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ʜᴇ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ʜɪᴍ
ᴘʀᴀɪꜱᴇ ᴀʟʟᴀʜ, ᴘʀᴀɪꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜʀᴀɴ
ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙʀɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ
ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʀɪɴɢ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴏᴜʟ
ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ ɢɪꜰᴛ
ᴏɴ ɪᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʟʏ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ:
ᴀʟʟᴀʜ ᴀᴋʙᴀʀ[/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list]
[sup]Context: The mark of this new period in Afghanistan came in two forms. The birth of the Wikh Zalmiyan and the Tribal Revolts of 44-47. The Wikh Zalmiyan was a political movement birthed from the major literacy institutions; the movement had a broad agenda united by a liberal outlook that sought to enact political and social reforms. But as in often the case in poor underdeveloped countries, the transition has not been well handled. The MP's newfound power saw them introducing a torrent of changes that the political status quo was unwilling to tolerate, igniting various tribal revolts in the Khost Province. The causes of the uprisings lay in the worsening conditions of farmers, changes in conscription laws, the elimination of the power of Safi tribal leaders, Amanullah loyalism, trading monopolies, government surveillance, taxation, and poverty. The conflict began when government forces clashed with the forces of a tribal leader named Mazrak, who led the Zadran tribe in revolt. Further uprisings followed the Zadran uprising by the Safi and Mangal, the former of which elected their own king, Salemai. Faqir Ipi, a tribal leader from Waziristan (part of British India), also fought for the restoration of former king Amanullah Khan alongside other rebels.[/sup]
[sup]Since the start of the 'democratic period' in Afghanistan, the government methods of governorship have changed, culminating in overreaching policies and abuses. The policy of sekoti is the government forcing farmers and landlords to forfeit one-third of their harvest to the government. Due to the lack of available infrastructure, the crops' transportation to government warehouses had to be done via animal-powered transport. The Sekoti policy had given much power to local officials who managed these warehouses, leading to situations in which farmers would be denied or delayed on deliveries arbitrarily. Such arbitrary criteria could be that the crop is not up to the quality of the state. Officials would also exhort the farmers from dues, forcing farmers to pay bribes to be relieved from their crops. The issue was only pressed further due to worsening conditions for farmers due to unfavorable climate conditions. The sekoti policy also upset the local trade monopolies of the Safi, Zardans, and Mangals tribes. The Safi especially became agitated when the Afghan government began changing the conscription laws. Traditionally, many tribes in Afghanistan often choose who becomes conscripted into the army from their village. This method is known as the quami, or tribal method. Men from these tribes typically served together in locations not far from their villages. Safi elders particularly benefited from quami as it allowed them to decide who goes and who stays, not to mention government payouts were big. However, the government began insisting on using the new policy of nufus, or "population." Unlike quami, nufus allowed the Royal Army to recruit directly from the population without negotiating with the tribal elders. Safi tribal leaders immediatly protested the new policy as their power was severely undermined. Another factor in the rising tensions was the stoking by Amanullaist, those being supporters of the return of the previous Afghan King, Amanullah. Who was overthrown in the 1929 Afghan Civil War. The chieftain of Zadran by the name, Mazrak Khan Zadran or Mazrak, was the biggest supporter of the return of Amanullah.[/sup]
[list][list][list][list][pre]Southern Province - Operations in the Southern Province against Mazrak[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[pre]Violence eventually broke out when the Afghan government deployed the Royal Army into the southern province. The Royal Army moved in to reassert government authority quickly, alleging that this was to combat banditry and smugglers. Truthfully, the government aimed to crush the revolt in its crib and capture Mazrak swiftly. However, the troops did not find Mazrak in his summer home at the hills of Taragharai or his winter house in Almara. Mazrak had fled into the mountains and organized his fellow tribespeople into a militia. He was basing his operations in the village of Surkot. Carrying out ambushes on army patrols and even raiding army camps at night. The Royal Army struggled as they did not have the support of the locals, had low supplies, and had low morale. Mazrak, feeling overconfident, would lead his Zadran tribespeople to capture an army fortress in Mount Almar on the 1st of March. The Royal Army attempted to take back the fort, but the Zadran's successfully defended the position, forcing the army to withdraw.[/pre][/list]
[list][list][list][list][pre]Eastern Province (Nangarhar region) - Operations against the Safi[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[pre]In the Eastern Province (Nangarhar region), religious scholars among the Safi ruled that anyone who rebelled against their King and died should be excluded from being counted as a martyr. Therefore, they were required to select one of their own as King. A council of elders elected a chieftain named Salemai to be the King of the Safi's. The Safi began their rebellion by inciting uprisings in the region, reaching even the regional capital Jalalabad. The army garrison within the city brutally cracked down on the Safi, even burning down some of their settlements outside the city.[/pre]
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THE ARMED FORCES COMMITTEE : SMITH'S HOME AND BALANCE AGAINST INTAF
September 5th 1948
The Armed Forces Committee represents the joint influence and power of the three arms of the Armed Forces, but are also the home to Smith himself as they were the ones who sponsored his run in the last election. While it was originally formed as a pressure group during the beginning years of the war due to the fact that almost half of all white males in Rhodesia were serving within the army it grew firstly into a voting group due to the sheer number of Veterans post war and then the greatest influence on the Smith Administration. Competing now with the Interior Ministry the Armed Forces Committee is the largest advocate group for centre-right and stable governance and in fact the largest pressure group overall. Having refused INTAF entry into the Armed Forces Committee due to their extreme views they are also a guaranteeing force to make sure INTAF does not attempt any form of forced leadership change. Referred to by Smith as the "Balance mechanism" INTAF ensures internal stability and the AFC ensures political stability by removing the possibility of a monopoly on both politics and law which would effectively create a semi-Autocracy. Some of the more fervently left wing figures in Rhodesia Politics referred to it as the "Shadow Junta" given that the three arms essentially dictate who comes to power after Smith, however the fact that all three compete within the Committee itself has ensured that they have not shoehorned any single branch into Power.
The growing power of INTAF however has eroded this internal balance, and all three Arms now jointly agree that any chance of an INTAF ruled Rhodesia would be catastrophic. It would be matched in terror only by an NKVD run Soviet Union or an MI-5 run Britain. The actions that made them ideal to put down rebellions and ensure law and order would be the same actions that if in power would make them into tyrants. For the AFC this was simply unacceptable and it has led to a growing identity for the Armed Forces as the guarantors of Rhodesian freedoms (much like the Turkish Army considering itself caretakers and conducting 6 coups between 1960 and 1980 for the purpose of reinstating democracy).
Already in Port Rhodes the AFC was the only real governing force, ruling over around 20,000 Civilian staff who either worked or supported the Naval and Marine Dockyard. This had in fact proven rather fruitful, the Navy having funded many Fishing ventures along with a small cannery to feed the local population and the Naval Personnel deployed from the base. It was from Port Rhodes that the effective enforcement of Rhodesian rule over Zambezia emanated, not from Salisbury itself. It is due to this state of control that the Navy in fact leads the Armed Forces Committee at present, and as a result is the largest pressure for sustained friendly relations with France (Metropolitan Francais) as is witnessed by their decision to commission new warships from France rather than Britain (though there were design reasons). The AFC functionally saw Britain as its cultural home and thus loyalty lay with them, however militarily due to France's ownership of all of the Islands within the Mozambique strait France is seen as the closest long term strategic partner. This was especially true in a world of increasing calls for decolonization, if any Country were to retain Colonies it would be the smaller Islands such as those owned by France in the region.
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[list][list]The Kingdom of Greece, His Majesty King George II Passes Away at 57 : Paul I of Greece Becomes the King of the Hellenes!, September 1948
Το Βασίλειο της Ελλάδος, Ο Βασιλιάς Γεώργιος Β' απεβίωσε σε ηλικία 57 ετών : Ο Παύλος Α' της Ελλάδας γίνεται βασιλιάς των Ελλήνων!, Σεπτέμβριος 1948
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[list][list][list]Adriatican Islands - The People of Greece and their Kings! - Ο λαός της Ελλάδας και οι βασιλιάδες του![/list][/list][/list]
[list][list][pre]| A LIFE WELL LIVED, ATHENS, GREECE, SOUTHERN BALKANS: | Η ΕΠΙΣΤΡΟΦΉ ΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΆ, ΑΘΉΝΑ, ΕΛΛΆΔΑ, ΝΌΤΙΑ ΒΑΛΚΆΝΙΑ: |[/pre][/list][/list]
[list]| On the morning of the 27th of September, 1948, at the Royal Palace in Athens, staff and family members rush into King George II's bedroom. Just a few moments ago, a servant entering the King's room to wake him up found that the King had no response, and putting his fingers up to his pulse - there was an imminent lack of one. The sounds of panic and chaos soon followed, as doctors began rushing into the king's room, and after official confirmation, King George II, King of the Hellenes, Leader of Greece, and a Man of the Greek People, was proclaimed deceased on the 27th of September, 1948 at 09:00. The news of the King's death was broadcasted across the nation, with Greece's allies including the Slovene Republic and the Kingdom of Egypt were promptly informed, with the news in both countries being met with the utmost grief. By noon, it hit broadcast stations across Europe, and news of the King's death was broadcasted on radio stations throughout the week. Greece was left devastated, by the loss of their beloved monarch who led them through the toughest times, improved the Greek economy, and led Greece to victory during her liberation. | [/list]
[list]| King George II was born in Tatoi Palace, 27km off Athens on the 19th of July, 1890, and was the son of the current Greek Crown Prince at the time, Constantine. George lived the life of a military man, training with the Prussian Guard, and fighting in the Balkan Wars with the 1st Infantry Division of Greece. Following the Greek National Schism, he followed his father, now King Constantine into exile, his younger brother Alexander being proclaimed King. Following the death of his brother in 1920, and the death of Constantine in 1922, George was proclaimed King of Greece. Following an era of instability and the monarchy being abolished by Eleftherios Venizelos, George and his Romanian wife fled to Romania. Following a trip to London in 1931, the monarchy was restored under Ioannis Metaxas, and George II was King once more. With the civil war just ended, the King and Prime Minister Metaxas rebuilt the Greek nation, restoring Greece to its former glory. During the Second World War, the King led his country through the darkest times, and in the new era of modernity, he progressed Greek politics with Prime Ministers Tsouderos and Tsaldaris. His death left behind a nation in mourning, mourning the loss of their beloved King and friend, George II. | [/list]
[list][list][pre]"The King's death was certainly an unfortunate surprise, we as a nation thought he would last at least a few more years. As a brother and as his Crown Prince, I will miss him dearly. Our king was a great man, and I hope and wish that you all, the Greek people, would have the same trust and support for me as you did my brother. As the new King of Greece, I will strive to maintain Greece's current international standing, and finally put an end to Greece's ideological, political, and national struggles. Despite some political rivals not liking George, I ask you to respect his passing, for the sake of the people and his family at least. Thank you all."[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list][list][pre]- King Pavlos 'Paul' of Greece[/pre][/list][/list][/list]
[list]| With the death of King George II, he left behind no children. His marriage with Elisabeth of Romania was childless, therefore his brother Pavlos, more commonly known as Paul, was proclaimed the Crown Prince, and now King of the Hellenes. The deceased king's funeral will be held in the first week of October. Diplomats from Greece's allies are expected to attend, along with diplomats from nations that Greece is politically inclined with as well. | [/list]
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[list][pre]October, 1948 | Atbarah, Berber Province, The British Imperial Crown Colony Of The Sudan[/pre]
O PEOPLE OF THE SUDAN, THE RED BANNER OVER ATBARAH[/list]
During the Omdurman Blossom demonstrations, Nationalists and other agents of the colonys Sudanization policy successfully exported the ideals of the Omdurman movement throughout Sudan, as town by town and city by city across Sudan witnessed the rise of Sudanese sun over them. Sudan was no longer a collection of provinces joined under the name of Sudan at the hands of Imperial decree, but Sudan is now a young nation for a people under the constant occupation of a foreign crown. The demands had become clear as promoted by almost all bodies of the Sudanese social structure. Existence or Resistance!
Mahgoubs Confluence Party In its endeavor to control the damage done by the elections of 1946, would begin a new campaign of nationalist propaganda advancing the name of Sudan and its existence, with many posters hoisting the black banner of the Confluence, symbolizing the Blue and White Niles conjoining at Khartoum, the envisioned capital of the Afro Arab world. The propaganda campaign was within itself a strategy of hitting two birds with one stone, both serving the purpose of extending the Nationalist cause while also serving as campaign posters for the forthcoming 1949 elections, seeking to win more seats for the NWCP.
However, what Mahgoub had not anticipated was to see an official rival political group that had emerged to challenge his Partys workers champion sentiment as a result of the blossom movements. In Atbarah, Sudans great city of steel and fire, the most Industrial city ahead of Khartoum, Bor Sudan, Malakal, and Nyala. The citys railway employees and steel workers had expressed some real frustration with any plans for the formation of labor unions that were shot down by the colonial government. Not long before the Omdurman blossom movement would arise from the very train stations that the Atbarah rail workers had worked for, Atbarah workers would attempt to establish the Trades and Tradesmen's Union Ordinance based on the British model with its concepts of voluntary association and limited government intervention in union affairs. However, the Ordinance would soon be raided and crushed by colonial militia as requested by the government-owned Sudan Railways Corporation (SRC).
As leeway to the zero union policy enacted by the colonial government, workers would begin to turn to far-left ideologies coming out of the soot of the industrial cities. In October of 1948, a political conference was held at Atbarahs Nile Valley University, which would see the new political faction established under the leadership of the young 21-year-old Abdel Khaliq Mahjub. The new party shall now be announced as Sudans Communist Party. The SCP would form after a consolidation between Atbarahs Workers Association, the Omdurman group directed by Henri Curiel's Egyptian and Sudanese Movement for National Liberation, and a group in Khartoum led by Herbert Storey, a former British soldier and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
As one would notice and to the surprise of many in the Sudanese political community, the Communist Party of Sudan had emerged amid a series of social and political movements spreading across the country, the very ideology of the communist party derives its ideas and its inspiration from the communist movements of the British Homeland and the Empire at large rather than drawing inspiration from the more hardline and communist superpower, the Soviet Union.
With no more than a year left until the 1949 elections, Abdel Khaliq has announced his party will be running for the upcoming elections as they begin campaigning in liberal and left-wing strongholds in Atbarah, Khartoum, Malakal, and Bor Sudan. With addiction to what the Communists have already hinted as anti-Nationalists sentiment, by also seek to steal the worker vote from the NWCP. The Party has campaigned itself on anti-imperialism, pro-union, pro-workers, and just like all the other parties except two, pro-independence for the liberation of the homeland.
[list]GOD SAVE THE KING!
AL-NASRU LENA!
AL-NASRU LE SUDAN![/list]
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RHODESIA TO STAY WITH COAL + CREATION OF AN OIL RESERVE
September 19th 1948
Despite growing global production of oil Rhodesia, due to its geographical location and lack of any oil resources at present has decided upon a coal-centric energy policy to retain the Country through the rest of the current century. While Oil will naturally still be needed for Vehicles and other vital Industries the usage of oil for the creation of Energy shall be banned entirely with special subsidies set in place to promote coal based plants. For Rhodesia it is nationally integral to retain an Energy supply even in the event of total external cutoff, and with Coal that is easily achieved as Rhodesia possesses vast Coal Reserves (Some of the largest in Africa). It is also economically significant as the government mining of coal keeps Rhodesian Railways profitable even despite not yet adopting diesel, as it provides Coal at a break-even rate to the corporation and thus the operating costs are almost halved compared to the prior arrangement. Under the plan to curtail smog and other related health issues Coal Plants would be built far outside of Cities in order to prevent any possible harm to the standards and quality of air and the general look of the skyline (To prevent huge chimneys being visible in Salisbury).
Even with a craze on coal however Rhodesia does still require petroleum, and to deal with a potential oil blackout the Government has greenlit a four year plan to create a 250,000,000 barrel reserve with all oil acquired from Arabia. This huge reserve would equate to a rationed 150,000 barrel per day supply for 200 days, enough time in the Governments view to acquire new reserves either diplomatically or through conflict (these reserves are destined mainly for military use). Further the Government is seeking to create a 40,000 Barrel per day Fischer Tropsch processing plant in Salisbury that would feed the Governments highest priority needs (Germany had already succeeding in producing 25% of its automobile needs in 1944 thus the technology is valid and current). The biggest upside for the decision to focus on the Fischer Tropsch process is the fact that it can be achieved with coal, widely available within the Nation. While it would not be economically viable (at least currently, in the 2000s around 1 million barrels per day are created from this process especially in Qatar) it would ensure that if cut off Rhodesia could maintain its most vital defensive institutions. The introduction period for the planned FT Plant is 1952 with construction to begin immediately under the created firm "Rhodesian Synthetics Ltd.".
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THE ONES WHO LEFT: THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE SLOVENO-ZAIREANS
[list][sup]A HEMISPHERE FROM HOME
SLOVENIAAUTUMN 1948[/sup][/list]
The spring of 1942 saw the international community wince with sympathy at the treatment of Slovenian separatists. The regent Prince Paul of Yugoslavianow living comfortably in exilecontinued to tighten his fist on ethnic nationalism in the former Kingdom, though in doing so he eventually shattered the state altogether. The United People of Zaire was among those who, in empathy or otherwise, stretched out a hand to the underground Slovenian nationalist movement in the heat of the struggle; in that spring, First Representative Gloria Banza symbolically offered to host Slovenian refugees fleeing persecution at the hands of the Yugoslav government in addition to her gift of money to the Slovenian Independence Committee. Banzas gesture went appreciated in the circle of Boris Furlan but was largely disregardedmost Slovenian refugees were destined for Great Britain or the United States, opting not to risk the rare Zaire-bound ship on a sea journey of over fifteen thousand kilometers. However, there was a single exception; in May 1942, a group of Slovenian students and intellectuals facing imminent discovery by the royal secret police fled south from the Drava Banovina, bribed customs officials and ticket-punchers in Split and stowed away on a passenger vessel carrying upper-class Serbs and Croats on a journey to the Congo; such exotic tours had, luckily, become strangely popular as a form of elite escapism while tension in Yugoslavia escalated. In June 1942, they disembarked and were taken into the custody of Zairean port officials.
The twenty-seven Slovenes, ranging from age nineteen to sixty, were welcomed warmly as Banza as promised. The group was given lavish hotel suites in LéopoldvilleLeopoldovo to the newcomerswith a generous stipend and freedom to roam the city. Several students opted to complete their schooling at the University of Léopoldville, though few were initially fluent in French, the common language of the campus. The rest of the group scattered throughout the city, earning a living as tutors, translators, and writers, while some took the opportunity to pursue artistic and musical careers. All maintained an active interest in Slovenian independence and regularly submitted earnings, information and equipment on ships bound for London, where the Committee for an Independent Slovenia could distribute them as they saw fit. By the time the Yugoslav debacle ended, however, and Slovenia was established, only a minority chose to return to their home country. Twenty remained in Zaire, having become attached to the nation and its customs. There, they were not received like the colonizing Belgians but as welcome foreign friends. In 1945, they established a cultural society comprising all twenty Slovenes and over a dozen family members and colleagues who joined them: LAssociation des Slovènes-Zaïrois. Their headquartersa classical, colonnaded building inlaid with crescents and six-pointed starswas designed by Joe Plečnik, partially funded by the Slovenian government, and later the seat of the official Slovenian diplomatic mission in the country.
Endowed with full or partial educations at the Universities of Ljubljana and Maadan as well as the Theological College of Maribor, the Sloveno-Zaireans strove for positions in Léopoldvilles high society. Linguist Rezija Kos helped to form the University of Léopoldvilles department on Indo-European languages and maintained a small Slovene learners club; her passion for Bantu studies, however, led her to pioneer in the comparative linguistics of Indo-European and Bantu languages. Historian and political scientist Jot Jelen became an advocate for the National Liberal Revival Movementhis support for Marie Izuru echoed his social-democratic allegiances. Nea Oroen, a criminal justice student, sought a career in local law enforcement and hoped to introduce forensic methods she developed during her studies. Janez Hren distinguished himself with theories on international relations before being officially named the Slovenian Ambassador to Zaire in October 1948. Altogether, they were a proud and high-achieving community, though they had no qualms with its assimilationof the sixteen unmarried members of the first Sloveno-Zaireans, twelve would marry local townspeople and Zairean intellectuals. Still, the story of the Slovensko-Zairci was born from unique geopolitical circumstances, and they formed a sincere personal connection between the two independent nations.
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The New Delhi Tribune [sub]January 1948[/sub]
[sub]Volume 31, Issue 1 [/sub]
[sup]Mahatma Gandhi Assasinated By Fanatical Gunman At Age of 78, Mourning And Anger Rages Across The Country!![/sup]
[sup]Shocking and unfortunate news coming from New Delhi, where civil right's leader Mahatma Gandhi. Known to his friends and family as Bapu, and to those who known him throughout India and the rest of the world as the Father of a Nation has been shot and killed in his Birla House among family, friends and those who had traveled far to meet with Gandhi. He was 78 years old. According to several reports, while the attending crowd was still in shock, Gandhi's assassin Godse was witnessed by Herbert Reiner Jr, a 32-year-old, newly arrived vice-consul at the American embassy in Delhi. Mr. Reiner grasped the assailant by the shoulders and shoved him toward several police guards. Only then did the crowd begin to grasp what had happened and a forest of fists belabored the assassin. Reiner's role was reported on the front pages of newspapers around the world,[/sup]
[sup]The devastating news had quickly spread throughout the country as millions of people mourn of the loss of a man who like those who followed alongside him during his Salt March, his countless acts of civil disobediance and non-violence throughout his years advocating for self determination. His role in the Quit India Movement though praised and criticized by many had further pushed the need for self governance for the young nation.[/sup]
[sup]The police after apprehending the gunman had later indentified the suspect as Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a Chitpavan Brahmin from Pune, Maharashtra, a Hindu nationalist, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,(RSS) a right-wing Hindu paramilitary organization as well as a member of the Hindu Mahasabha. Godse considered Gandhi to have been too accommodating to Muslims during the Partition of India of the previous year. Sometime after 5 p.m., according to witnesses, Gandhi had reached the top of the steps leading to the raised lawn behind Birla House where he had been conducting multi-faith prayer meetings every evening. As Gandhi began to walk toward the dais, Godse stepped out from the crowd flanking Gandhi's path, and fired three bullets into Gandhi's chest and abdomen at point-blank range. Gandhi fell to the ground. He was carried back to his room in Birla House from which a representative emerged sometime later to announce his death.[/sup]
[sup]Godse was captured by members of the crowdthe most widely reported of whom was Herbert Reiner Jr, a vice-consul at the American embassy in Delhiand handed over to the police.[/sup]
[sup]In early September 1947, Gandhi moved to Delhi to help stem the violent rioting there and in the neighboring province of East Punjab. The rioting had come in the wake of the partition of the British Indian empire, which had accompanied the creation of the new independent dominions of India and Pakistan, and involved large, chaotic transfers of population between them.[/sup]
[sup]Nathuram Vinayak Godse, and his assassination accomplices, were residents of the Deccan region. Godse had previously led a civil disobedience movement against Osman Ali Khan, the Muslim ruler of the princely Deccan region dominion of Hyderabad State in British India. Godse joined a protest march in 1938 in Hyderabad. He was arrested for political crimes and served a prison sentence. Once he was out of prison, Godse continued his civil disobedience and worked as a journalist reporting the sufferings of Hindu refugees escaping from Pakistan, and during the various religious riots that erupted in the 1940s.[/sup]
[sup]Plans to assassinate Gandhi were initiated by Godse and his accomplices in January of 1948, after India and Pakistan had already started a war over Kashmir, due to Godse's disagreement with Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence towards Muslims. However Gandhi opposed the decision and went on a fast-unto-death on 13 January 1948 to pressure the Indian government to release the payment to Pakistan. The Indian government, yielding to Gandhi, reversed its decision. Godse and his colleagues interpreted this sequence of events to be a case of Mahatma Gandhi controlling power and hurting India.[/sup]
[sup]On the day Gandhi went on hunger strike, Godse and his colleagues began planning how to assassinate Gandhi. Police had identified the weapon that Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Apte purchased. A Beretta M1934. Along with purchasing the pistol, Godse and his accomplices shadowed Gandhi's movements.[/sup]
[sup]According to statement made by Manuben Gandhi, the meeting between Vallabhbhai Patel and Gandhi went past the scheduled time and Gandhi was about ten minutes late to the prayer meeting. He began his walk to the prayer location by walking with Manuben to his right and Abha to his left, holding onto them as walking sticks. A stout young man in khaki dress, wrote Manuben, pushed his way through the crowd bent over and with his hands folded. Manuben thought that the man wanted to touch Gandhi's feet. She pushed the man aside saying, "Bapu is already ten minutes late, why do you embarrass him". Godse pushed her aside so forcibly that she lost her balance and the rosary, notebook, and Gandhi's spitoon she was carrying, fell out of her hands. he recalled that as she bent to the ground to pick up the items she heard four shots, resounding booms, and she saw smoke everywhere. Gandhi's hands were folded, with his lips saying, "Hey Ram...! Hey Ram...!". Abhaben, wrote Manuben, had also fallen down and she saw the assassinated Gandhi in Abhaben's lap.[/sup]
[sup]The pistol shots had deafened her, wrote Manuben, the smoke was very thick, and the incident complete within 3 to 4 minutes. A crowd of people rushed towards them, according to Manuben. The watch she was carrying showed 5:17 p.m. and blood was everywhere on their white clothes. Manuben estimated that it took about ten minutes to carry Gandhi back into the house, and no doctor was available in the meanwhile. They only had a first aid box, but there was no medicine in it for treating Gandhi's wounds. According to Manuben, the first bullet from the assassin's seven-bore automatic hit the belly 3.5 inches to the right of the middle and 2.5 inches above the navel; the second hit the belly 1 inch away from middle, and the third 4 inches away to the right".[/sup]
[sup]Gandhi had suffered profuse blood loss. Everyone was crying loudly. In the house, Bhai Saheb had phoned the hospital many times, but was unable to reach any help. He then went to Willingdon Hospital in person, but came back disappointed. Manuben and others read the Bhagavad Gita as Gandhi's body lay in the room. Col. Bhargava arrived, and he pronounced Gandhi dead.[/sup]
[sup]After the assasination, Prime Minister Sardar Patel accompanied by Jawaharlal Nehru and other cabinet members had addressed the nation by radio:[/sup]
[sub]"Friends and comrades, the light has gone out of our lives, and there is darkness everywhere, and I do not quite know what to tell you or how to say it. Our beloved leader, Bapu as we called him, the father of the nation, is no more. Perhaps I am wrong to say that; nevertheless, we will not see him again, as we have seen him for these many years, we will not run to him for advice or seek solace from him, and that is a terrible blow, not only for me, but for millions and millions in this country."[/sub]
[sup]Leo Amery, the British secretary of state during the war said,[/sup]
[sub]"It can be said that no one contributed more to the particular way in which the charter of British rule in India has ended than Mahatma Gandhi himself. His death comes at the close of a great chapter in world history. In the mind of India, at least, he will always be identified with the opening of the new chapter which, however troubled at the outset, we should all hope, will develop in peace, concord and prosperity for India."[/sub]
[sup]World renowned physicist Albert Einstein had wrote,[/sup]
[sub]"He died as the victim of his own principles, the principle of non-violence. He died because in time of disorder and general irritation in his country, he refused armed protection for himself. It was his unshakable belief that the use of force is an evil in itself, that therefore it must be avoided by those who are striving for supreme justice to his belief. With his belief in his heart and mind, he has led a great nation on to its liberation. He has demonstrated that a powerful human following can be assembled not only through the cunning game of the usual political manoeuvres and trickery but through the cogent example of a morally superior conduct of life. The admiration for Mahatma Gandhi in all countries of the world rests on that recognition."[/sub]
[sup]The New York Times in its editorial wrote:[/sup]
[sub]"It is Gandhi the saint who will be remembered, not only on the plains and in the hills of India, but all over the world. He strove for perfection as other men strive for power and possessions. He pitied those to whom wrong was done: the East Indian laborers in South Africa, the untouchable 'Children of God' of the lowest caste of India, but he schooled himself not to hate the wrongdoer. The power of his benignity grew stronger as his potential influence ebbed. He tried in the mood of the New Testament to love his enemies. Now he belongs to the ages."[/sub]
[sup]Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Governor general and founder of Pakistan, had his differences with Gandhi. But on the day of Gandhi's assassination, he said:[/sup]
[sub]"I am shocked to learn of the most dastardly attack on the life of Mr. Gandhi, resulting in his death. Whatever our political differences, he was one of the greatest men produced by the Hindu community, and a leader who commanded their universal confidence and respect. I wish to express my deep sorrow, and sincerely sympathize with the great Hindu community and his family in their bereavement at this momentous, historical and critical juncture so soon after the birth of freedom for Hindustan and Pakistan. The loss of dominion of India is irreparable, and it will be very difficult to fill the vacuum created by the passing way of such a great man at this moment."[/sub]
[sup]Over two million people joined the five-mile long funeral procession that took over five hours to reach Raj Ghat from Birla House, where he had been assassinated. Where Gandhi was cremated in a funeral pyre. Meanwhile suspects Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Apte remain in police custody awaiting for trial as police formally enter an investigation in search for additional suspects and motivations for the assasination of Gandhi. With police believing a bigger conspiracy is involved behind his death.[/sup]
[spoiler="If I'm to die by the bullet of a mad man, I must do so smiling. God must be in my heart and on my lips. And if anything happens, you are not to shed a single tear." - Mahatma Gandhi 28th January 1948]
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THE ELEPHANT MAIN BATTLE TANK, RHODESIAS TANK FOR THE FIFTIES
November 27th 1948
Finally after almost 8 years in development and three different versions the new Rhodesian Main Battle Tank has been completed, with the Rhodesian Military Staff already boasting to foreign press that it is the most well armored Main Battle Tank globally, a prestige win in the eyes of the Rhodesian Government. In fact its turret armor thanks to extreme angling consists of effective thicknesses of between a minimum of 256mm on the narrow edges of the mantlet to a staggering 745mm on its cheeks. Its frontal hull was even more impressive fielding thicknesses between a minimum of 420mm and 805mm. These extreme armor degrees made it almost as well armored as the Soviet IS-7 Heavy Tank, though unlike its Soviet competitor its capabilities did not stop at protection. Equipped with a 1,400 Horsepower Diesel Motor able to propel the Tank to speeds of 34 MPH onroad and 28 MPH offroad, incredible given its weight of 63 Tons which coincidentally also made it the heaviest Main Battle Tank by over 10 tons (the closest being the Centurion at 51 tons).
The signature Rhodesian made 110mm Tank Gun developed alongside 800mm long shells (of which it is equipped with 42) grants the Tank a penetration capability of 183mm at 1,000m on a target that is angled at 30 degrees. To put this figure into perspective the most capable tank gun of the last war was the German 8.8cm Pak 43/71 which was able of penetrating 165mm at the same distance and angle. In fact the standard BR-412D Shell serving the Soviet D-10T Tank Gun (which armed the T-54 & later T-55 Tanks) is able of penetrating only 140mm at the same distance and angle. This was certainly a good start, and in the future these figures would only move upwards with the development of tungsten core penetrators and more advanced types of APHE shells. Importantly due to Rhodesia's decision to share all information and production Rights with Britain this means that Britain now effectively has a superior Fighting Vehicle to face the Eastern Block in Europe, not having to solely rely on its Centurions which while possessing an impressive gun have a less than desirable survivability.
Production of the Elephant is set to begin on January 13th 1949, the 4 year anniversary of Operation Blackcock which Rhodesian Troops took part in. Further variants of the Tank are planned, most definitely a Self Propelled Gun and perhaps an IFV Variant
[spoiler=specifications of the Elephant]
Mass : 64.18 tons
Length : 7.45 meters
Width : 2.52 meters
Height : 2.42 meters
Crew : 5 (commander, gunner, loader, driver, Radio operator)
Armor (Effective) : 40-805mm Hull, 40-745mm Turret
Main armament : 110mm cannon with 42 rounds
potential penetration : 183mm at 1,000 meters
Secondary armament : two anti-air .50 cal Browning M2HB machine gun with 1,800 rounds
Engine : 48 liter V-12 Engine developing 1,400 hp at 2,800 rpm
Power/weight : 21.8 hp / tonne
Transmission : Hydramatic with 6 speeds forward and 4 in reverse
Suspension : Reinforced Torsion bar
Ground clearance : 0.35 meters
Fuel capacity : Singular 800 liter internal fuel tank
Operational range : 220 Kilometers
Maximum speed : 34mph on-road, 28mph off-road
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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
FRENCH BUREAUCRACY
MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE[/pre][/list]
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MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS: FRANCE'S ENERGY AND ARMAMENTS SECTORS BOOM DUE TO MONNET PLAN
[sub]IVTH FRENCH REPUBLIC | PARIS, NOVEMBER 1948 [/sub][/list]
[sub]| HELM OF LEMPIRE, MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE, FRANÇAIS RÉPUBLIQUE - | July of this year saw the Auriol Administration conclude a deal with the People's Republic of Spain (Bescania) and Algerfranc Energy company which involves the construction of the Maghreb Stream Gas & Oil Pipelines extending from the Ouargla Province in Algeria, through French Morocco and under the Strait of Gibraltar and up through the Iberian Peninsula into Southern France. The deal was seen to be extraordinarily symbolic with France being a capitalist nation and Spain being an overtly socialist nation. Both nation's however desire energy independence and self-sustainability which is something France has been eagerly working toward for nearly two decades.[/sub]
[sub]With France already operating five hydroelectric power dams throughout the country, plans for the construction of five more are already underway and expected completion dates are set for no later than 1952. Éguzon Dam which was the first hydroelectric power dam to be built in France was completed in 1926. Since then the government has set a priority on harnessing the vast and clean renewable energy sources from hydroelectric dams. While France is on track to operating ten hydroelectric dams by 1952, and Algeria fulfilling all of France's oil and gas needs, the Republic will surely become energy independent within the coming years while also being able to outsource resources and power to France's European allies which has been deemed a priority as the Soviets aim to dominate Europe's energy market.[/sub]
[spoiler=Hydroelectric Dams Under Construction][sub][list][*]Alrance Dam - Completion 1951
[*]Bimont Dam - Completion 1951
[*]Donzère-Mondragon Dam - Completion 1952
[*]Le Pouget Dam - Completion 1951
[*]Tignes Dam - Completion 1952[/list][/sub][/spoiler]
[sub]Meanwhile France's armament sector has regained it's glory after falling into disarray and dormancy throughout the war. Many of the companies that fell under the control of the Vichy regime and cooperated with them have been seized by the French government and are operated as state-owned enterprises now. As weapons manufacturers have regained their footing with the support of government funding and government initiated design and acquisition programs, many of the companies have received authorization to resume sales outside of the country. Last year saw only $103,000,000.00 USD worth of foreign sales. Thus far, over $170,000,000.00 USD worth of exported military hardware has been sold to foreign countries throughout the fiscal year of 1948 which is roughly a 65% increase in sales. |[/sub]
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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!
VIVE LA FRANCE!
VIVE LEMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]
[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐌
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Paramountica, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Otsla, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, New Provenance, Ubertica, Al-Morocco
[list][sub]1.𝚅.1947[/sub]
[sub]LA CRISI DEL MAGGIO[/sub]
THE MAY CRISIS
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PALERMO, SICILY, REGNO D'ITALIA
[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub]
| With the signature of the Treaty of Peace with the Allies still undecided, Prime Minister De Gasperi's cabinet was off to a rocky start of the year, and foreign policy was, more than ever, a driving force. United in their common cause of seeking the "retrocession" of the Julian March and rebuilding the country, the three-pronged coalition made up of centrists, socialists and communists held together. But death had not yet ceased to infuse, even with the war over, and its brutal finale came from the south, on a fateful Labor Day. |
| From the decrepit room of one Palermo police station, the following message was typed and sent to Rome : |
[list]MASSACRO A PORTELLA DELLA GINESTRA. 11 CONTADINI UCCISI. COMPRESI I BAMBINI. 27 CONTADINI FERITI. I FUCILI HANNO SPARATO DALLE COLLINE INDISTINTAMENTE SULLA FOLLA.
MASSACRE AT PORTELLA DELLA GINESTRA. 11 PEASANTS KILLED. CHILDREN INCLUDED. 27 PEASANTS WOUNDED. GUNS FIRED FROM THE HILS INDISTINCTLY INTO THE CROWD.[/list]
[list][sub]31.𝚅.1947[/sub][/list]
ROMA, REGNO D'ITALIA
[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub]
| The brutal killing of the communist peasants, who had been killed along with a local PCI secretary, has triggered a weeks-long political crisis. In an open letter, one Salvatore Giuliano would claim responsability and at the same time deny his intention to murder. Giuliano, a young outlaw who had gained fame for defying authorities during the war, would see a three million lire-bounty on his head. But as the days passed, the suspicion of a Mafia-related killing rose, and with it, the Mafia's links to Alcide De Gasperi's Christian Democracy dating back to the Fascist years, during which the two collaborated. An obvious pattern of murder of leftist elements could be seen, especially in the South. |
[list]𝐋𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚̀ 𝟔 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄[/list]
| In the general scandal that upset Italy, the PCI-controlled Italian General Confederation of Labour would call for a general strike to demand justice. The centrist Minister of the Interior would report to Parliament shortly thereafter. |
[list]"The diligent work of our police forces has determined that there is no evidence so far pointing to a politically-motivated action. It has been known for years now that this valley is notoriously infested with bandits and crime. [...]
[list][sub] MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, MARIO SCELBA[/sub][/list][/list]
| But with chaos spreading through the ranks of the coalition, Prime Minister De Gasperi would decide to exclude the PCI and the PSI from government, effectively announcing a reformed, centrist cabinet on the last day of May. Such decision did not emanate from the May 1st killings or the month of unrest that followed, and came to much surprise, given De Gasperi's insistence on coalitions and dialogue. Rather, its roots laid in the very simple fact that the DC's benefactors, the United States[sup][nation=short]Paramountica[/nation][/sup], had communicated to Rome their disapproval of left-wing presence in the cabinet, a problem that would need to be solved if Italy wished to continue receiving food and reconstruction aid. |
[list][spoiler=[sub]Evviva l'Italia![/sub]]
[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]
[nation]Afghanistaan[/nation]
[nation]Alaroth[/nation]
[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]
[nation]Annyeong Korea[/nation]
[nation]Arcanda[/nation]
[nation]Astarina[/nation]
[nation]Bayside[/nation]
[nation]Canovia[/nation]
[nation]Cascadla[/nation]
[nation]Connomia[/nation]
[nation]Finlandee[/nation]
[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]
[nation]Jersey Republic[/nation]
[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]
[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]
[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]
[nation]New Provenance[/nation]
[nation]Nileia[/nation]
[nation]Nosautempopulus[/nation]
[nation]OsivoII[/nation]
[nation]Paramountica[/nation]
[nation]Irelaand[/nation]
[nation]Islahh[/nation]
[nation]Philanialle[/nation]
[nation]Pontianus[/nation]
[nation]Ranponian[/nation]
[nation]Rutannia[/nation]
[nation]Somerania[/nation]
[nation]Teymour[/nation]
[nation]The Confederate Prussian Empire[/nation]
[nation]Tallahan[/nation]
[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]
[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]
[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation][/spoiler][/list]
Nonador, Paramountica, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Otsla, Asharken, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Ubertica
[list]December 1948
[sub]German Association for Aeronautics[/sub][/list]
[pre]N E W G E R M A N A E R O N A U T I C S[/pre]
GOETHE UNIVERSITY, FRANKFURT AM MAIN, FRANKFURT
[sub]WESTERN OCCUPIED ZONE, New Provenance[/sub]
| Even despite the darkest of times, science must always push forward. Except for a small interim period between 1945 and 1948, German science and research into the great unknowns have been at the forefront of the scientific community. From discoveries by German chemists and scientists, to explosive tests of engines and rockets by German engineers from the civilian VfR to Wernher Von Braun's own division under the Wehrmacht's special arms development division during the war. Indeed, with the Allied Occupation much of the country's scientific muscle were shipped off to the Soviet Union and the United States primarily, to the ire of some at home who sought to revive the country's scientific greatness. Despite the departure of many of the country's smartest and brightest, and the lack of an independent German state in general, the German people themselves sought to establish a small few to begin a reviving of the German civilian sciences. |
| In the bustling city of Frankfurt am Main, the effects of recovery, aid from the West, and the reindustrialization of the newly formed Trizone (between the American, British and French occupied regions) saw Frankfurt begin its return to normalcy. The streets were bustling, and the cool winter air breezed through day and night. Flowers grew in the gardens and children played in the street. Indeed, the spectre of Volkism continued to hang over Germany, as it would continue to do so for the foreseeable future, but at the very least, there was now a future to look forward to. |
| The Goethe University of Frankfurt was one of Germany's greatest prides. It had been rendered inoperable for the first several months with the end of the war and the Allied Occupation, and had partially been transformed into a shelter for the homeless by humanitarian aid companies from across the country. Food was distributed and people were sheltered here. Eventually the spirit of education began returning, with old professors finally being able to speak out against the old regime, most regretful of what occurred in 1933. The spirit of science, one said, would return eventually, too. This return came in the form of Otto Wagner, a German student of aeronautics who had evaded Volkism by fleeing west with his family. When he came home, he offered his services to soup kitchens and drove trucks carrying aid supplies. With the slow but steady march towards a more centralized authority over the Western occupied zone of Germany, however, new ideas began forming, as well. |
| Wagner in mid-1948 connected with several former aeronautics students and professors to discuss 'the revitalization of the German art of science'. He proposed the creation of a new association for aeronautics, to carry out aircraft research, potentially with funding from nations seeking advanced arms development, especially those out west. While securing contracts from countries like the United States or France was, of course, severely unlikely, basic research into the science of aeronautics and its publishing into the scientific world was already enough. Under the Volkist regime, hundreds of thousands of pages of scientific documents had been kept classified, gatekept from the greater scientific community by bureaucrats and politicians without an ounce of scientific knowledge. Wagner's group with its connections secured itself some of these documents, some written by one Hans Robert Muller, which would certainly provide for 'interesting experiments and hypotheticals', as one put it. |
| Under the spectre of a shameful past to their backs, and a confusing, but potentially bright future before them, Wagner and his colleagues formally established the Neue Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft und Raumfahrt, or the New German Association for Aeronautics. The group made clear its mission was to advance advanced aeronautics research and make available their findings to the world 'to support extremely interesting developments across the world, especially in the realm of jet travel'. However, Wagner himself would privately be opposed to the use of the jet engine in military aircraft, so endeavored to make sure that the group's potential future research would be kept from the wrong hands. Perhaps especially red ones. |
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Nonador, Paramountica, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Otsla, Pontianus, Ranponian, East Germany Ddr, Metropolitan Francais, Ubertica
RHODESIA TO REMOVE BANDA FROM POWER AS GENERAL GRAINGER DECLARED CARETAKER RULER
December 19th 1948
As the Banda Regime in Zambezia descends further into tribalist doctrine to try and retain power, which had resulted in many attacks spilling over onto Rhodesians such as the massacre in Lichinga which saw 63 Children locked in a Church before it was set alight (OOC : Not unlike what Rebels in the congo did to Belgian Children) the Rhodesian Armed Forces deployed within the Country have effectively removed him from power as he had "repeatedly crossed our line of standards". A great benefit of the existing arrangement was that Banda's personal security was provided by Rhodesian Troops, thus removing him was a matter of turning a rifle on him at any point of day. Declared to have led a disgraceful Government of terror in contradiction to the Convention of Nampula.
With General of the Reserve Army DHG Grainger (who fought with distinction in the war) declared interim caretaker ruler of Zambezia until a replacement could be found the Military Police are to investigate all those held prisoner in Zambezian Jails and judged on actual guilt. Any found to have been interred for trivial or tribal reasons is to be released on the spot, and those found to have imprisoned them (such as regional militia leaders) are to take their place. Rhodesia was to "re-evaluate" the Governing situation in Zambezia to better achieve a stable Government capable of developing the local regions.
Resistance was only met in Nampula, which at this point resembled more of a collection of palaces as Banda had concentrated almost the entire Nations wealth in the hands of his Militias and the overall Government elite. As Grainger noted on his arrival "Even those Rhodesian Migrants who had moved to the City for purposes of trade resembled beggars and farmers compared to these suited few".
While Grainger was in fact defacto leader for the time being, there would be a council consisting of three Rhodesians including himself and three chosen native Administrators or Politicians to sort out business. The Rhodesians sitting on this council would be responsible for enacting change while the natives would be responsible for enlightening the Army on the actual state of affairs and issues. The Interior Ministry was left out of this arrangement, having until recently been charged with stability within Zambezia. In fact based on preliminary notes taken by the Council the Forces of the Interior Ministry had been widely passive throughout the rule of Banda, having only taken action when it was absolutely necessary.
Banda himself was to be held as a Zambezian Criminal, not a Rhodesian one, which opened the possibility of a tribunal against him by the locals at a later date. Some Journalists noted it was a possibility that the Army had seen winds growing against Banda and wanted to proactively remove him in order to secure good relations with a new regime, rather than wait until the last minute and jeopardize that.
Unlike the previous Arrangement the Council had already made it clear that once new leadership was selected Zambezia would adopt the same Parliamentary standards as exist in Rhodesia to ensure democratic selection of leadership from that moment onwards. The Army would be responsible for transferring weaponry from Banda's own Militias to stockpiles pending a new more regulated force already in the planning stages. Overall it was a moment to finally breathe for many native groups, as growing concerns over Bandas treatment of them had left Rhodesia with no choice other than the intervene even though intervention itself was technically contrary to the Convention as well as the mistreatment. Having ruled however that continued mistreatment was a graver crime than removing him from Power, the breach was considered to be legally justified.
[spoiler=𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙔
[sub]Detailed, Creative, Storytelling[/sub]]
The Former United States And The Enclave
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Nonador, Paramountica, Arcanda, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Otsla, Pontianus, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Ubertica
Post self-deleted by Kotakuan Ii.
[list][list]May 1948
[sub]Eretz-Israel[/sub][/list]
[sup]A Series¹[/sup][sub][pre] H A T I K V A H [/pre][/sub]
[pre] FIFTH DAY OF IYAR I [/pre]
[list][list][sub][pre]As long as forward to the East
To Zion, looks the eye
Our hope is not yet lost,
It is two thousand years old,
To be a free people in our land.[/pre][/sub][/list][/list]
TEL AVIV, BRITISH MANDATE, (Israelli) AFTERNOON
[sub]תל אביב, מדינת ישראל[/sub]
[list][list][sub]Dolorous roads the Hebrew people had traveled for several millennia from the land of Ur . . . of the Pharaoh . . . Babylon and all the corners of the world arrived finally at least at a simple stone building on Rothschild Boulevard in the center of that coastal Jewish metropolitan, Tel Aviv. Without question, this afternoon was monumentaous, however humid the weather the Zionist leadership had gathered here to do something their people have yearned for two-thousand years.[/sub][/list][/list]
| AT EXACTLY FOUR oCLOCK, glad in a dark suit, a white shirt and although he wore one solemnly, a tie for this occasion DAVID BEN-GURION rose from the head of the table before him and proceeded to pick up a scroll of white parchment. The haste of the ceremony was known to him by the fact Tel Aviv arises who were commissioned to prepare and decorate the school had only moments prior to the ceremony, completed it. The text however BEN-GURION was to read was typed out on a sheet of paper without its Hebrew calligraphy formal attire, attached to the parchment. |
[list]| DAVID BEN-GURION, [sub]Provisional Government[/sub] | In the Land of Israel the Jewish people came into being . . . In this land was shaped their spiritual, religious and national character. Here they lived in sovereign independence. Here they created a culture of national and universal import and gave to the world the eternal Book of Books . . . Exiled from the land of Israel, the Jewish people remained faithful to it in all the countries of their dispersion, never ceasing to pray and hope for their return and the restoration of their national freedom. Impelled by this historic association, jews strove throughout the centuries to go back to the land of their fathers and regain their statehood . . . They returned in their masses, they reclaimed the wilderness, revived their language, built cities and villages . . . the self-evidence right of the Jewish people to be a nation, as all other nations, in their own sovereign state . . . By virtue of the natural and historic right of the Jewish people and of the Resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations, we hereby proclaim the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine, to be called Israel.[/list]
| BEN-GURION also laid out the principles of which shall guide the new nation that of Principles of liberty, justice and peace as conceived by the Prophets of Israel full social and political equality for all citizens without distinction of religion, race or sex; freedom of faith, conscience, education, language and culture; safeguarding of the Holy Places for all faiths; and loyal upholding of the principles of the United Nations character Those in attendance found themselves however crammed inside the small museum building, as radio transmitters of the new national radio service broadcasted the address across the mandate . . . Following the establishment proclamation, a moment of intense silence of the gathering commenced to honor the evocation of the six million who passed away at that most nadir of Europe, the Shoah. |
[list]| DAVID BEN-GURION, [sub]Provisional Government[/sub] | We appeal to the United Nations Un to assist the Jewish people in building a state of her own and admit Israel into the family of nations . . . We offer peace and amity to all the neighboring states and peoples . . . Our call goes out to the Jewish people all over the world . . . to stand by us in the great struggle of the fulfillment of the dream of generations, the redemption of Israel With trust in the Almighty, we set our hand to this declaration at this session of the Provisional Council of State . . . in the city of Tel Aviv on the fifth day of Iyar, 5708; the 14th of May 1948 Let us all stand to adopt the Scroll of the Establishment of the Jewish State.[/list]
| One by one the leaders of the free Zionist movement put their signatures on the scroll, then BEN-GURION announced Great Britain Gbs White Paper of 1939 with all of its regulations and restrictions on Jewish land purchase and immigration hereby annulled. The British Mandate of Palestine had come to an end all remaining Mandate laws however would remain until further sessions may be convinced to adopt or reform them into Israeli law. |
[list][list]𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟑𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨-𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐞.[/list][/list]
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[sub]¹ A Series: Hatikvah covers post-May '48 Alternate History establishment of the State of Israel, and associated supportive and opposition groups.[/sub]
Nonador, Paramountica, Central Arstotzka, Arcanda, Le Rochelle, Paseo, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Otsla, Pontianus, Ranponian, Nippon-Nihon, Great Britain Gb, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Ubertica, Al-Morocco
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.