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Bizim Zamanımızda Türkiye
A recent Turkish newspaper and news station called Uluslararası Türkçe Manşetler has released a recent infomercial and story about recent situations within Turkey, providing outsiders an inside look at the current situation of the country. The headline and story goes as follows:
15:40; Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin Başkenti Ankara
Within Ankara government officials walk around as they discuss affairs of state. After nearly 40 years of the end of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the Republic, the Kemalists have maintained a strong control of politics and a majority popularity among the citizens of the Republic. However, it's also clear there are some issues in the country still. While for the most part the Kurdish population of Turkey has remained docile, there is a growing discontent among Kurdish civilians as more and more nationalistic talk proliferates among the leadership in Ankara, as well as growing divides between the wealthier and more cosmopolitan West of the country versus the less fortunate Eastern regions of the nation. While Ataturk did a good job of centralizing Turkey and bringing the nation to relative unity, there are clear issues to be settled with the Kurdish population of Turkey.
The government has taken the stance to better integrate the Kurds into the Republic, primarily by encouraging and providing better benefits and opportunities to Kurdish regions, communities and groups who had remained loyal to the Ottoman Empire. As well as starting propaganda campaigns showcasing Turks and Kurds as brothers in arms, working together for a stronger Turkey, with labels such as Tanrı ve Birlik Kardeşleri!. However, while Turkey provides better benefits to the formerly loyal Kurdish groups and communities such as more educational opportunities, greater investments into their regions and better representation at local and national levels politically, there's still much room for improvement regarding the more discontent regions of the Republic. Therefore, Turkish President İsmet İnönü, has opened a sector of the bureaucracy and government tailored to helping Kurds and establishing diplomatic talks. One major move the government has done is lifted the ban on Kurdish language. However, the language itself cannot be taught in schools and is restricted to being learned similar to a foreign language only at higher education levels, within Turkish dominant universities. Furthermore the Kurdish language is not allowed to be used on signs or in stores and on storefronts, Turkish is to still remain the primary language. However, some other moves are made to better strengthen relations such as easing up on the nationally enforced secularism, within regions who identify more strongly with traditional values particularly in Eastern and Southeastern Turkey. At the same time, while more freedom of religion will be allowed, it must not violate national laws of the state regarding rights towards women and ensuring peoples liberties are not infringed on. However the government will no longer ban Kurds from wearing traditional Kurdish or Islamic garb and clothing. Lastly, the government will begin to slowly encourage Turks to move more into the Southeast and East of the country, to settle it with more Turks & assimilate the Kurdish population living there. While genocide was out of the question, moves to better integrate the regions through peaceful means was not.
Ekonomi Politikaları ve Reformlar
Turkey plans to be a more competitive economy and strengthen it's position in not only the Aegean but also the world. Therefore, the President of Turkey has decided to implement a series of reforms to achieve such a goal and began the process of turning the economy from an import-subsidization model to one of exports and financing imports. Some of the reforms are as follows; devaluation of the Turkish lira and institution of flexible exchange rates, maintenance of positive real interest rates and tight control of the money supply and credit, elimination of most subsidies and the freeing of prices charged by state enterprises, reform of the tax system, and encouragement of foreign investment. Especially aimed at this program is an increased spending in regards to construction and infrastructural campaigns across the whole of Turkey and especially aimed at bringing the Eastern and Southern territories up to standards equal in the West of the country. This will not only be a major pool of economic growth, but also begin to ease the Kurdish issues as much of the discontent of being worse off and ignored could begin to be healed. However, this program is expected to take several decades to complete and is a serious undertaking, therefore it's also clear Turkey requires stronger economic ties to other nations.
Diplomasi ve İlişkiler
Turkey has began to send diplomats out to most major nations and nations it views as important in establishing relations within the first round of diplomatic talks. Envoys have been sent to the nations of France Czabalkia, United States Anglo Channel, Spain Kartnan, Syria Otsla, British Empire Not Xav, China Sinic Asia and Egypt Teymour
Askeri Reformlar
The Turkish military has began to see stronger defence spending and investment since the aggression of Greece, as it in Turkey's eyes atempts to limit Turkish influence and nationhood. Thus, it's become paramount for Turkey to strengthen it's military spending and military forces themselves. An essential element of Turkeys mlilitary reform will be its ability to take advantage of contributions from government and private industry. The governments Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) will be established within 4 months, followed by plans for a Turkish Armed Forces Foundation (TAFF). Born of the merger of many similar foundations currently taking place across the country, TAFF is expected to soon hold a majority shares of several key, private defense companies in Turkey that have recently been created:
· ASELSAN, which integrates and modernizes ground weapon systems
· ROKETSAN, which produces technologies for propelled ammunition and ballistic solutions
· HAVELSAN, which provides software, training simulations for war games and system integration for the emerging electronics & automation sectors
· ASPİLSAN and İŞBİR, which focus on power and energy systems (such as generators and batteries) for land operations
· TURKISH AEROSPACE, which provides solutions for aviation and one day possibly space
In addition, MKEK, a weapon and ammunition manufacturer, and ASFAT, which includes military factories, are both affiliated with the state but can carry out commercial activities. Established by SSB for design and production, STM is just one another critical company. Other private enterprises that have recently made a name in the firearms sector include: Kale, Sarsılmaz, Canik Arms and YDS.
Lastly, Turkey has began the process of developing new locally produced tanks, artillery, firearms, halftracks, APC's, IFV's and aeroplanes in order to institute an independent arms sector of the country for selling to foreign procurers and also eliminating the need to purchase foreign equipment. These moves are expected to greatly benefit the armed forces of Turkey and also diversify it's arms market while providing a sizeable boost to it's industrial sector as new arms companies get investment and set up shop to develop the nation it's new armaments. The military expenditure has been increased to 1.9% of the expenditure of the GDP from it's former 1.2%.
Cherokee Confederates, Teujira, Antillian, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Not Xav, Kartnan, Teymour, The Reunified German Reich, Faronea
Svea Rike
SPECIAL EDITION: DU GAMLA, DU FRIA!:
A small Swedish furniture company has been slowly but surely growing in size and in stature in Scandinavia over the past few years. Gradually, it has gone from being practically unknown and unheard of, to manifesting itself in nearly every picturesque Scandinavian home. Pine furniture and simple design have long been the cornerstones of Nordic interiors, but this new, dynamic company takes practicality and affordability and dials it up. Its wild popularity in Scandinavia has led many to believe that it will do similarly well abroad, and its recent successes have prompted its proprietors to take a bold decision: going public.
One man and one man alone is behind this startling and dramatic rise to power, this meteoric ascendance from a humble fisherman's son to business mogul. His name? Ingvar Kamprad.
His furniture company, IKEA AB, is starting to draw eyes, and attention, from across the world. People seem keen to grab a piece of this promising pie. To that end, he has elected to take a significant gamble in listing the company publicly under Handelsbanken .
500,000 Class A (1 vote) shares (30%) will be up for sale in total, with the share price at $3 each. However, IKEA will continue to hold 70% of the company privately as Class B (2 vote) shares.
Under interest from the UK, a subsidiary shell company called IKEA UK has been set up, which will be listed on the LSE and taken public by Rothschild Bank. Based on the success of this venture, it may diversify to handle all of IKEA's enterprise within the Commonwealth.
Stahlrahm, Val Verde-, Antillian, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Faronea
| The French retail company E.Leclerc has moved to buy 12% of IKEAs Class A shares. One of Frances largest growing retail chains, E.Leclerc has quickly established a monopoly in the country. |
Stahlrahm, Not Xav, Kartnan, Faronea, Pacifica Occidentalis
So guys basically Im leaving this region but my alternate account Confederate-Amurica will be here. Hes the same nation as me in the RP cus he just moved here. Contact him for matters like my expansion claim cus Im going. Anyways bye.
Stahlrahm, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia
[list]DEFENCE OF KOREA[/list]
[pre]FRIDAY, 1 September 1951 A.D
(Gregorian)
In the 15th Year of the Reign of George VI of Windsor.
(Regnal)
[/pre]
[list]East China Sea, International Waters, the Earth[/list]
| In response to the invasion of the British-recognised Republic of Korea by the Soviet-backed Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, the UN has passed S/RES/82 and S/RES/83. The United Kingdom, France, and the United States have committed to bolstering the Republic of Koreas defence by deploying 10s of thousands of troops to the Korean Peninsula. Despite the ongoing insurgency in Malaya, the United Kingdom cannot willing allow the Soviet Union and its puppet to violate Koreas national sovereignty. Divisions and equipment from around the Empire are assembled into the "UK Korean Defence Task Force". Over 80,000 servicemen will deploy to the Korean Peninsula from mostly from Africa and Australasia. Forces are initially transported to His Majestys Naval Support Facility in Darwin, Australia, before sailing in mass to Tchan-Tung and then Pusan, Korea.
The order of battle is as follows:
The Royal Army:
[list] The Royal Irish Rangers General Peter Blackwood-Carmichael
[list]- 1st Irish Light Infantry Division
[list][><] 4th Irish Rifles Regiment
° 4000 personnel
[><] 5th Irish Rifles Regiment
° 4000 personnel
[/ /] 1st Royal Signal Regiment
° 1500 personnel
[/ /] 6th Royal Engineers Regiment
° 1500 personnel[/list][/list]
[list]- 2nd Irish Light Infantry Division
[list][><] 8th Irish Rifles Regiment
° 4000 personnel
[><] 9th Irish Rifles Regiment
° 4000 personnel
[/ /] 3rd Royal Signal Regiment
° 1500 personnel
[/ /] 7th Royal Engineers Regiment
° 1500 personnel[/list][/list][/list]
[list] 5th Army (Australasia) Lieutenant General John Carl Murchie
[list]- 3rd Royal Australian Armoured Division
[list][><] 4th Royal Australian Armoured Regiment
° 4500 personnel
° 35 FV214 Conqueror
° 10 Centurion
[><] 7th Royal Australian Armoured Regiment
° 4500 personnel
° 35 FV214 Conqueror
° 10 Centurion
[/ /] 83rd Royal Signal Regiment
° 1500 personnel
[/ /] 59th Royal Engineers Regiment
° 1500 personnel[/list][/list]
[list]- 5th Royal Australian Armoured Division
[list][><] 8th Royal Australian Armoured Regiment
° 4500 personnel
° 35 Centurion
° 10 MkVIII Cromwell
[><] 3rd Royal Australian Armoured Regiment
° 4500 personnel
° 35 Centurion
° 10 FV4101 Charioteer
[/ /] 19th Royal Signal Regiment
° 1500 personnel
[/ /] 8th Royal Engineers Regiment
° 1500 personnel[/list][/list][/list]
[list] Kings African Rifles Rt. Hon. Chief Mkhokeli Mzwake
[list]- 1st Kenya Division
[list][><] 1st Kenyan Light Regiment
° 4000 personnel
[<>] 1st Kenyan Grenadiers
° 4000 personnel
° 20 QF 3.7-in heavy anti-aircraft gun
° 50 Ordnance QF 6-pounder
° 110 Ordnance QF 25-pounder
° 20 BL 5.5 in medium Mk. 3
[| |] 2nd Kings African Cavalry
° 4500 personnel
° 40 Daimler Armoured Car
° 40 Coventry Armoured Car
° 40 AEC Armoured Car
° 15 17pdr SP Achilles self-propelled gun
[/ /] 7th Royal Signal Regiment
° 1500 personnel
[/ /] 44th Royal Engineers Regiment
° 1500 personnel[/list][/list]
[list]- 1st Uganda Division
[list][><] 3rd Ugandan Light Regiment
° 4000 personnel
[<>] 1st Ugandan Grenadiers
° 4000 personnel
° 20 QF 3.7-in heavy anti-aircraft gun
° 50 Ordnance QF 6-pounder
° 110 Ordnance QF 25-pounder
° 20 BL 5.5 in medium Mk. 3
[| |] 6th Kings African Cavalry
° 4500 personnel
° 40 Daimler Armoured Car
° 40 Coventry Armoured Car
° 40 AEC Armoured Car
° 15 17pdr SP Achilles self-propelled gun
[/ /] 78th Royal Signal Regiment
° 1500 personnel
[/ /] 64th Royal Engineers Regiment
° 1500 personnel[/list][/list]
[list]- 1st Somaliland Division
[list][><] 1st Somaliland Light Regiment
° 4000 personnel
[<>] 1st Somaliland Grenadiers
° 4000 personnel
° 20 QF 3.7-in heavy anti-aircraft gun
° 50 Ordnance QF 6-pounder
° 110 Ordnance QF 25-pounder
° 20 BL 5.5 in medium Mk. 3
[| |] 7th Kings African Cavalry
° 4500 personnel
° 40 Daimler Armoured Car
° 40 Coventry Armoured Car
° 40 AEC Armoured Car
° 15 17pdr SP Achilles self-propelled gun
[/ /] 89th Royal Signal Regiment
° 1500 personnel
[/ /] 33rd Royal Engineers Regiment
° 1500 personnel[/list][/list][/list]
[list] Special Units and Foreign Volunteers Rt. Hon. Emir Mahmoud ibn Farouk ibn Saddam Al Khalifah
[list]- His Majestys Legion for the Defence of Korea
[list][/ \] 21. Special Air Service Battalion (Britain)
° 600 personnel
[/ \] 22. Special Air Service Battalion (Britain)
° 600 personnel
[/ \] 26. Special Air Service Battalion (Rhodesia)
° 600 personnel
[/ \] The Anglo-Dutch Battalion
° 800 personnel
° 35 17pdr SP Achilles self-propelled gun
[/ \] 11. Special Boat Service Battalion (Britain)
° 800 personnel
[><] 1st Al Nahyan Jaysh al-Zayf Levies
° 2500 personnel
° 25 Daimler Armoured Car[/list][/list][/list]
The Royal Navy
[list] 3rd Royal Carrier Group Admiral Sir John Eaton
[list]- Audacious-class aircraft carrier
° HMS King George III
- Crown Colony-class cruiser
° HMS Fiji
° HMS Rhodesia
- Daring-class cruiser
° HMS Vendetta
° HMS Duchess
- C-class cruiser
° HMS Cavalier
° HMS Caesar
- Acheron-class submarine
° HMS Amphibion
° HMS Alderney
° HMS Andrew
° HMS Ambush
° HMS Artemis
° HMS Artful[/list][/list]
[list] 9th Royal Carrier Group Admiral Lord Mountbatten
[list]- Audacious-class aircraft carrier
° HMS Queen Elizabeth I
- Crown Colony-class cruiser
° HMS Zanzibar
° HMS Zululand
- Minotaur-class cruiser
° HMS Swiftsure
° HMS Superb
- Dido-class cruiser
° HMS Bellona
° HMS Diadem
- Acheron-class submarine
° HMS Aurochs
° HMS Astute
° HMS Alcide
° HMS Auriga
° HMS Anchorite
° HMS Alaric[/list]
The Royal Air Force
[list] 3rd Royal Expeditionary Group Air Vice-Marshal Rene Ashburnam
[list]- HMS King George III
[list]° 60 x De Havilland Sea Vampire[/list][/list]
[list]- HMS Queen Elizabeth I
[list]° 60 x Gloster Meteor[/list][/list]
[list]- Pusan Air Field
[list]° 5 x English Electric Canberra[/list][/list]
[/list]
Stahlrahm, Val Verde-, Antillian, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Confederate-Amurica
[B]우리의 총창우에 평화가 있다 PEACE IS ON OUR BAYONET!
[sub]July 7-12, 1951 | Korean People's Army[/sub]
[I]As foreign military personnel begin to flood Pusan by the shipload from all over the globe, the XII Corps was called out of reserve and into active service, joining the offensive on Daegu alongside the III and partial V Corps from Cheonan-si. The now two full and one partial Corps stormed their way to the Nakdong River, mimicking what they had witnessed when their comrades bound for Gwangju courageously crossed the Geum River, People's Army troops constructed a pontoon bridge of their own and within 16 hours were mobile once again with the first troops and supply trucks crossing the freshly constructed floating bridge, large enough to sustain the weight of tracked vehicles as T-34 tanks make it across the Nakdong.
After the river crossing, the two Divisions associated with the V Corps, the 105th Armored Division and the 15th Infantry Division, were among the first units to arrive in Daegu, practically a ghost town at this time. They meet no resistance though find few civilians scattered about and displaced throughout the city, many of whom either elderly, lame, or sick left behind to die by the frantically fleeing reactionaries. Aside from this, no supplies or food sustenance of any sort is found, an impediment on the KPA going forward as food and medical rations run increasingly lower by the day. A few horses found abandoned at a local stable outside the city were executed for sustenance in light of the impending food shortage. Malnourished and stricken by the blight of summer mosquito season, the Korean People's Army maintains it's high resolve in the conflict, troop morale remains unimpeded as these conditions are not new nor are they a challenge to veterans of warfare under similar, if not worse, conditions alongside the Communists in China.
Departing from Daegu after the long march from Cheonan and across the Nakdong, the III, V, and XII Corps pushes eastward to the coast, eventually reaching the city of Pohang, the major seaport of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. Korean People's soldiers stormed the port and immediately established control of it's systems, of which were largely left abandoned of any official personnel, as they all fled South preceding the KPA's arrival. A message in morse code was prepared and delivered to the Soviet Naval Office as a priority for Admiral Basistiy only, notifying him of the full capture of Pohang. The message initiated the next phase of the Soviet intervention plan as the fall of Pohang brings the KPA within mere miles of the UN-mandated Pusan Perimeter upheld by cadres of foreign troops. There, North Korean Generals plot the taking of Pusan[/I]
[B]КРАСНЫЙ ВОДОВОРОТ! THE RED MAELSTROM!
[sub]July 13-14, 1951 | 38° Parallel[/sub]
[I]With the Korean People's Army advance halted but making headway at Sejong, the Soviet Army reached the approximate location of the former °38 parallel border zone after falling shortly behind on logistical issues, equally hampering their own advance until more than two weeks into combat between ROKA and KPA forces. Soviet personnel quickly set up a temporary base of operations in Seoul to oversee sustained campaign operations in the Korean peninsula against the defending United Nations coalition. With France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, and Nicaragua now among the nations with stakes in the Korean conflict, the Soviet 64th Fighter Aviation Corps based at Vladivostok Airport and Base dispatched a lone MiG-15bisR reconnaissance jet with a southern flight path destined for Pusan.
As of recent news, the United Nations was simply putting together a miracle for the RoK with what little window of time they received through their acts of infrastructural sabotage during the ROKA's tactical retreat to the south. Meanwhile, the Soviet Navy cruiser, Адмирал Ушаков, flagship of the Ekspeditsionnyy Flot Koreya, made first contact with troops of the 15th Infantry Division apart of the Korean People's Army V Corps by way of signal lamp off the coast of Pohang after crossing the Nakdong River, capturing Daegu, and storming the port of Po'hang-si. [B]Admiral Ushakov, as lead ship, led the surface ships of the fleet along the coast whilst the Whiskey-II (Project 613) patrol submarines disappeared into the depths en route to the waters off the coast of Pusan, their objective is to make the first kills of the conflict on behalf of the Soviet Union, aimed primarily at enemy transport vessels (APA/AKA's and LSI's) and logistical vessels rather than engage combat craft, and slip away if possible, on Admiral Basistiy's specific orders.
The six total Cruisers dedicated to the Expeditionary Fleet turned their guns westward and began a steady pace at one-third speed as Korean People's Army infantry and supporting armor stormed south down the coast, avoiding the peril of the Taebaek Mountains. The coastal passage around the Taebaek Mountains provided the most adequate terrain for a fast offensive rush attempt to break through the Pusan Perimeter by the KPA. This became Admiral Nikolai Basistiy's primary directive, assuring Naval support of Korean ground troops to break the Perimeter. If not broken, the Perimeter would only be fought back inch-by-inch, kilometer-by-kilometer, another "War of Rats" the Soviets would have to endure so soon. Everything rested on the success of the joint Soviet NavalNorth Korean Ground Forces, establishing radio contact between the two forces via Admiral Ushakov and the port's radio tower at Pohang.[/I]
Stahlrahm, Antillian, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Confederate-Amurica, Rpc United Nations
[B]NICARAGUA Y LA GUERRA DE COREA
[sub]July 7, 1951 | La República de Nicaragua[/sub]
[I]As the Soviet Union invades the free South Korea, Chief Director of the National Guard y Presidente de la República, Anastasio Somoza García stepped Nicaragua up to the plate and approved the allocation of the General Somoza Combat Battalion, consistent of roughly 1,000 Guardsmen, to the United Nations perimeter defense effort as a personal and national stand against Communism, demonstrating a reliability of heeding the call to arms against it when needed. Somoza García appointed his eldest son, Major José R. Somoza, in command of the battalion and oversee combat operations in Korea almost especially for his ingenious as a tactician, able to turn smaller-scale formations into effective and deadly components of any defensive structure.
The 1,000 National Guardsmen are transited via rail to an American-purchased assault transport troop ship (APA) docked at Puerto Somoza, due west of Managua. The ship is destined for arrival Pusan Harbor, South Korea to deploy elements of the General Somoza Combat Battalion toward the defense of the 140-mile perimeter enforced around the now de facto capital of the Republic of Korea.[/I]
[B]PESTICIDAS Y EL BOOM DEL ALGODÓN
[sub]February-March, 1952 | La República de Nicaragua[/sub]
[I]A combination of factors allowed cotton to emerge as a profitable sector in Nicaragua's developing economy, namely a $620,000 mass purchase of fertilizers and $3,100,000 in Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, in the summer of 1949 in preperation for the harvest season in the mid-late summer months of 1950. DDT was first synthesized in 1874 by a graduate student at the University of Strasbourg though DDTs insecticidal properties were not discovered until 1939 where, during World War II, DDT was widely used by the US Army to combat insect-borne disease. Eventually DDT was released for commercial use in 1945, but only became widely available outside of the United States in 1949. Cotton was native to Central America, but the ubiquity of cotton pests had always made large-scale cultivation impossible. DDT made Central American cotton production consistently commercially viable for the first time. Whilst local croppers formerly removed crop pests by hand, now they simply sprayed insecticides under the hot tropical sun, decreasing labor costs and yield loss, all while substantially increasing profitability.
By early July 1951, the US embassy estimated that cotton planters would require 10,000 pounds (roughly 4,500 kilograms) of 100% DDT for the following year as a spike in the price of cotton during the Korean War made cotton-growing particularly attractive, prompting more and more farmers to take the plunge. During this time, the United States and Nicaragua cooperated in the establishment of the Nicaraguan Technical Agriculture Service or Servicio Técnico Agrícola Nicaragüense, acronym "STAN". The Nicaraguan Technical Agriculture Service distributed leaflets promoting the new pesticides and explaining their use to Nicaraguan farmers. A 1951 STAN report took full credit for farmers spiraling cotton profits, commenting that, this years yields are better than 25 percent greater per acre than the 1950 harvest solely because of more efficient use of insecticides as recommended and demonstrated by STAN.
Nicaragua had entered into a new era known as that de Oro Blanco or "White Gold" as what many farmers began referring to the boom in the cotton sector, and as a result, began paving the way toward the country's first ever textile mills planned for construction in 1956-1958 after STAN can produce a positive five-year growth report between 1951 and 1956 in the cotton sector, assuring that cotton will maintain it's profitability in the country by the time textile mills are planned for construction, bringing about the rise of another sector into Nicaragua's emerging industry, as the 1952 summer cotton harvest is approximated to produce up to 600,000 bales and steadily increase annually.[/I]
Stahlrahm, Antillian, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Confederate-Amurica
Portuguese Korean War news-July 1st
Portuguese Korean Corp-Finished training.
The Portuguese Korean Corp after being trained personally by the Portuguese 1st marine division, has completed its training. The Portuguese Training command has proclaimed that the Portuguese Korean Corp is capable of effectively fighting with the 1st Portuguese marine division. These men will join the ranks of the 1st marine division in the defense of Korea and Pusan city.
Pohang
Recently the city of Pohang was taken by communist forces from the north. Due to this the French high command has asked the Portuguese 1st marine division to help stop the advance of the enemy. The Portuguese army will set up shop just south of the recently taken city and dig in. There orders are to hold that front . However the entire division wont be sent. 2000 of the 5,000 strong army will be sent
1,000 Portuguese marines and 1,000 Portuguese Korean volunteers will be sent to help secure The enemy advance.
Korean Corp expands?
Per the request of the Korean government, the remaining 2,000 marines and 1,000 Portuguese Korean volunteers will remain in Pusan just in case the worst is to happen. However Portuguese marines will be charged with training an additional 3,000 Koreans into military service. They will fall under the temporary command of the the Portuguese military until the war is over, or until a different arrangement has been made. It is assumed that training will go better as some Portuguese officers and NCOs have been able to either learn or at least grasp basic orders in the Korean language. Along with lessons Being learned from Training the first group of Korean volunteers. Along with the continued fortification of Pusan city the first Portuguese Marine division will begin the construction of proper barracks housing for Portuguese and Korean volunteers.
Stahlrahm, Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Confederate-Amurica
[pre]Madrid Gazette[/pre]
[list]APRIL 1951[/list]
University of Santa Isabel inaugurated
[list]| Santa Isabel - The University of Santa Isabel was inaugurated today by Governor-General Faustino Ruíz González, on behalf of the President of Spain. The university was build under a new string of programs to increase welfare in Spanish Guinea and Spanish Sahara. Located near the waterfront areas of the city, it is planned to be Africa's most prestigious university, and is expected to give out free scholarships to those in need. Adjacent to this program, the city of Santa Isabel would undergone a series of revitalization of the city's infrastructure, some of which includes the construction of a naval and commercial port, an airport to accommodate tourists, 5 new hospitals and the construction of a new office for the Governor-General. Santa Isabel is set to be Africa's most prosperous city, and became a symbol of Spanish glory.
Stahlrahm, Val Verde-, Antillian, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Rzeczpospolita Poland, Confederate-Amurica
[list][list]12-21 July 1951 - Pusan, Republic of Korea
연합국이 연합군의 반격
LES NATIONS UNIES RÉPONDENT AUX AGRESSEURS
THE UNITED NATIONS STRIKE BACK AT THE AGGRESSORS
[list][list][list]"𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭."
[list][list]- 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚[/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list]
| The Communists' blitzkrieg advance south over the 38th Parallel had seen almost all of the Republic of Korea fall to a Russo-North Korean occupation. However, spurred on by the United Nations, the free countries of the world have united to send a message to General Secretary Grechko that the Soviet Union's aggressive invasion of the Korean Republic will not be tolerated. Although the Republic of Korea Army had disintegrated in the face of an overwhelming surprise assault along the border, the United Nations has managed to gather a force of around 200,000 soldiers; French, British, American, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Ethiopian, Belgian, Dutch, Commonwealth, Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laotian, and a plethora of other nationalities, all standing together under the banner of the U.N. With the recent seizure of Pohang and Daegu, the ring around Pusan has grown dangerously tight, with the United Nations personnel inside desperately preparing to make a counter-attack to put the Communists on the run. |
[list][list][list]FRANCO-GERMAN EMERGENCY POLICE ACTION FORCE[/list][/list][/list]
| At present, within the vicinity of Pusan, French forces constitute four regiments of Foreign Legionaries scraped together from Tchan-Tung, Cochinchina, New Caledonia, and Africa; the Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment, roughly 240 men; 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company, 120 men; 4th Foreign Regiment, 1,200 men; 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment, 980 men; 5th Mixed Regiment of the Pacific, 910 men; 4th Foreign Oriental Company, 180 men. Alongside the 444 artillerymen and infantrymen of the Tchan-Tung Regimental Defense Garrison deployed to Korea at the onset of the fighting, the Foreign Legionaries have served as the backbone of the Franco-German Emergency Police Action Force until the main force arrives from Europe within a month. While not anywhere close to the size of the Communist forces, the EPAF's current forces are better trained and, importantly, better armed, equipped with weaponry including MAS-49s, FM-29s, and M1 Garands. As such, until the rest of the force arrives from Europe, it will be this mix of foreign soldiers who will hold the line under the French flag. |
| As the battle rages, Foreign Legion regional commander Pierre Jeanpierre is given orders from his higher ups to link with American forces south of Pohang, one of South Korea's major port cities, in preparation for an assault there. The 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment, 5th Mixed Regiment of the Pacific, and 4th Oriental Company are moved by rail and truck from scattered positions around Daegu to positions near Gyeongju, only twelve miles south of Pohang. While the other French Foreign Legion units are left to defend the Pusan Perimeter, this new force dubbed the II Foreign Corps transports its supplies and materials to Gyeongju alongside American forces. After a short period of mobilization, the city is bombarded by Franco-American air and artillery; particularly, North American B-45 Tornados and B-26 Invaders bombard Pohang from the air, suffering 3 Tornados and 5 B-26s lost during the two day long bombardment campaign. |
| In coordination with General MacArthur, Major Jeanpierre marches his soldiers to Yeongcheon, a town to Pohang's west. A supply junction between Daegu and Gyeongju, the II Foreign Corps will attack and destroy the KPA positions at Yeongcheon, blocking off Communist reinforcements to Pohang, as the U.S. Army starts a drive into the city. The attack launches overnight around midnight on the 19th of July, with the II Foreign Corps attacking in the dead of night with the element of surprise on their side. With the bridges over the rivers outside of Yeongcheon preventing a quick entry into the city, the II Foreign Corps' primary goal is to capture and hold the roadway leading out of the town towards Pohang, the Daegu-Pohang Roadway. Assaulting the small hamlet of Sinbang-ro, strategically located at a river crossing, the II Foreign Corps battles the KPA, forcing them as best as possible over the river. Casualties are observed, but the surprise edge enables the II Foreign Corps to successfully take the bridgehead by morning. However, with the likelihood of a counter attack very high, the II Foreign Corps takes to destroying the rebuilt bridges in Sinbang-ro to prevent the KPA from simply taking the position again and reopening the route to Pohang. |
| Jeanpierre's men are ordered to hold tight in Sinbang-ro as the American offensive on Pohang opens up. Throughout the rest of Free Korea, the other forces of the Foreign Legion as well as the units of the Tchan-Tung Regimental Defense Garrison in Korea continue to man their posts along the Pusan Perimeter, now firmly entrenched. While not the current focal point of the North Korean invasion, an attack in the vicinity of the Jirisan Mountains could cut through the defenses in that sector if not properly maintained, and with a majority of the United Nations' efforts being focused on Pohang and Daegu, the defenses throughout the rest of the Perimeter must be diligently watched. Teeming with artillery, heavy machine guns, sniper nests and trenches, the defenses here are well off enough that if a surprise attack were to occur here, the U.N. soldiers could hold until further Franco-German and Commonwealth troops arrive. |
[list][list][list]REPUBLIC OF KOREA ARMY[/list][/list][/list]
| The battered Republic of Korea Army, its reserves depleted and frontline units all but annihilated, had been put not only just on the backfoot but into a war of survival. With only around 2,000 active duty personnel remaining, and its air forces obliterated. However, what is now left is a core of battle-hardened regulars who have seen hell and wish to prevent it from spreading any further in this world. With a hardened resolve, and under the control of the United Nation's Allied Command Structure, the Republic of Korea Army begins the process of a complete overhaul to establish itself as a proper fighting force capable of sufficiently contributing to the allied efforts to save the Republic. |
| The 2,000 soldiers of the Republic of Korea Army are reorganized completely, all being merged into the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division of the 1st Army. The 1st Infantry Regiment is supplied primarily with U.S. weapons and equipment, donning US M1943 uniforms and M1 Garands. Upon coordination between the United Nations, the Republic of Korea Army, and the Portuguese Armed Forces, a select few officers from the Portuguese forces which had arrived as soon as conflict erupted are pulled from active service to regroup in Pusan with the 1st Infantry Regiment. Here in Pusan, they are tasked with training the Republic of Korea Army in basic tasks which the Army had struggled with during the initial invasion- marksmanship, discipline, formation, basic entrenchment, and rifle drills. The training regiment is set to last for a fourteen day period to ensure that the 1st Infantry Regiment is trained well enough in a short enough period of time to properly engage the enemy and commit to the U.N. mission to save Korea. |
| As hundreds of thousands of civilians flee further south to escape the Communist advance, fighting age males between the ages of 16 and 48 are conscripted in the thousands to form a further backbone for the Republic of Korea Army. With all national focus being moved from industry and the economy to fighting the war, President Syngman Rhee shows no interest in preserving a male labor force, drafting nearly one out of every five men capable of fighting. In all, nearly an additional 20,000 men are selected for conscription and taken to Pusan whereupon they are registered, given their kits, and sent to boot camps and barracks in the outskirts of the city. These 20,000 men are divided into 10 regiments: the 2nd Infantry Regiment, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the 1st Artillery Regiment(75mm), the 2nd Artillery Regiment(75mm), the 1st Logistical Regiment, the 2nd Logistical Regiment, the 4th Infantry Regiment, the 1st Special Warfare Regiment, the 1st Cavalry Regiment, and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Each regiment consists of around 2,000 men, each specializing in a different field of combat; the infantry and artillery regiments will be trained in standard fashion, as with the Logistical Regiments, while the Special Warfare Regiment will be trained in commando tactics, and the Cavalry regiments in fast, light infantry tactics. |
[list][list][list]UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES[/list][/list][/list]
| The United States Armed Forces, operating out of its bases in Japan, has been one of the first United Nations members to react to the Korea Crisis. Under President Taft, an avowed isolationist, the American nation has largely cut back on foreign affairs but, with the crisis in Korea a direct threat to Japan, President Taft has authorized for the deployment of 20,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army to Korea under the direct command of General Douglas MacArthur of Second World War fame. Alongside a sizable force of armored vehicles and air support, the Eighth Army arrives in Pusan mere days after the initial invasion, and have since formed the primary resistance to the KPA invasion alongside the Portuguese and the French. In the face of the Korean People's Army and its hundreds thousand strong advance, the Eighth Army had become stretched extremely thin. However, even with only twenty thousand soldiers, General MacArthur is not so willing to let the Communists take any more of Korea than they have. |
| As Pohang falls, MacArthur orders a force of 12,000 U.S. infantrymen to join with the II Foreign Corps of the French Foreign Legion and a detachment of 3,000 Portuguese infantrymen and marines for the assault to reclaim Pohang. After the French assault on Sinbang-ro in the early morning, General MacArthur orders a general assault against the KPA at Pohang. Firmly battered by air and artillery assault in the previous days, the shaken KPA is attacked by 8,000 U.S. infantrymen along a front running from the coast in a half-circle surrounding the city's southern and southwestern edges, as well as a further 4,000 flanking around to encircle the city from the north. Supported by 48 M4 Shermans, 48 M46 Pattons, and 164 M24 Chaffees, the American forces push street by street to retake Pohang. The KPA in the city, motivated by extremely high morale and plentiful supplies, put up a sturdy defense against the United States and their international allies. |
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Orientar offers help to South Korea
[sub]May 1952[/sub]
General Fernandez today announced his intentions to help South Korea:
We all know that the USA is our enemy because they want to overthrow our current government and put its puppet in place, but this time we should help it to stop the spread of communism across the world. Volunteers, fight for the destruction of communism and our motherland! Our government! For all you like in this country!
Transmission to the Nicaraguan Government by the Ministry Of defense of Orientar.
The Ministry Of Defense announces that volunteers will be sent to Pusan very soon, and asks permission of Nicaragua (Val Verde-) for the planes with volunteers to land in a few military airports of theirs to refuel and be sent back home while the volunteers could sit on a Nicaraguan ship and go to Pusan.
We can pay you money for that, as long as its not to much.
-The Minister Of Defense Of Orientar.
Grand Indochina, Kartnan
[list][list]Greek Public Radio
April 15, 1952, 17:00[/list][/list]
[list]"Hello, fellow people of Greece! It is 17:00, and time to start your evening radio news. The Greek government has announced that the reconstruction has reached the next stage. As of now, most transportation and city infrastructures have been rebuilt, excluding some ongoing major projects. This success has allowed for the next stage to begin. This next stage involves a revitalization of Greek heavy industry and heavy mining. To this end, the Greek government has allocated the resources of all mines to direct their input into factory construction and industrial development. In other news, the legislature has passed a new law banning foreign languages and texts that use them from being used in Greece, except in a diplomatic capacity, as a second language taught by an accredited educational facility, in the situation necessary to converse with tourists who do not speak Greek, or in any other situation as authorized by the Academy of Knowledge. In other news, the Greek government has also officially declared fascism and monarchism illegal. The Greek government had announced that a new monument, dedicated to democracy, is being built at the foot of the Acropolis, in front of its entrance. This monument will be a building built in the classical Greek temple design and shall house statues and smaller monuments to various historical figures who have made great contributions to democracy around the world. In addition, this monument will be built to be oriented, facing south, towards the Great Library of Athens, which is, itself, nearing completion. For the last news story of the day, The Greek government has declared that a new law was signed that bans all political parties, in a move aimed at ensuring that no one group attempts to take power in the government. This is compounded by the fact that the only position elected officially is the Presidency, making political parties only useful in electing a single person. With all this in mind, the law was passed in the Legislature and signed by the President.....That is all for today's news. Next up is the Greek History Hour, your hour of public history lesson, on the radio."[/list]
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[list]JANUARY 1951
CAIRO, EGYPT MIDDLE EAST[/list]
[list][list][sub][pre]وطن - عمل - استقلال
The Homeland - Labour - Independence
HIGH RISK MEANS HIGH PROFIT[/pre][/sub]
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[list][sub]Aziz Sedqi had worked behind the scenes of the socioeconomic programs of the Young Egypt Party. While Rashid Qaddab had been the charismatic public face of revolutionary social transformation, the detailed planning behind such can be attributed to Sedqi himself. Ranging from the creation of the Egyptian Central Bank in 1947 to regulate national finances to the Party & Nation Revolution, Sedqi had proven to be a competent economist. However the burden of the states increasing reliance on private businesspeople and elites for financial backing, also falls in him. Extensive arms sales with Britain in an attempt to placate the military discontent regarding the handling of the Sudan situation, was conducted utilizing the quiet financial backing of the large names in Egypts cotton industry.[/sub]
[sub]In exchange for such financial support, Sidqi hosted confidential meetings with these technocrats. Seeking to transform the small-scale independent cotton plots across Egypt into an industrialized and systematic industry, these elites requested the import of modern cotton harvesters and equipment, ultimately to make their own plots more competitive and swallow up smaller peasant-owned farms. This would damage Qaddabs policy of land reform, which was designed to end Egypts economic monopolies. However, possibilities of renewed employment opportunities and enhanced cotton exports would curry the favour of the state, in addition to the financial leverages of these private businesspeople. The Nile River Valley which stretches from the Mediterranean Coast to Lake Victoria has been the site of some of the earliest recorded cotton harvesting in human agricultural history. Captivating this potential through empowering the private economical extraction as Sedqi describes his maneuvers, could yield a new significant source of economic capital and growth, allowing for the further mechanization and development of the industry . However, the Young Egyptians are gambeling, setting the precedent that its actions are heavily influenced via private, profit motivated actors. One can argue however, that so long as the interests of the government align with the pragmatic technocrat classes, this symbiotic relationship will further the flow of financial support towards the government programs Qaddab wishes to implement.[/sub]
[sub]However, this comes at the expense of government integrity specifically with regard to how it balances public interest with their commercial counterparts. Qaddab, enjoying the peak of his public popularity due to the successes of the Party & Nation Revolution in addition to the erasing of colonial influences over Sudan and the Suez Canal, maintains valuable political clout which will be of profound relevance in the upcoming 1952 elections. The breaking down of the technocratic relationship could undermine this if made public. Political rivals within the Young Egyptians and the military establishment, critical of Qaddabs, have an interest in damaging the Presidents reputation which will provide a greater opportunity to reorient the civilian government towards their interests. On the exterior the Muslim Brotherhood as always been a looming threat to the secular Republican establishment, and so far, this common enemy may help maintain internal economic symbiosis. Furthermore, it keeps internal political opponents in line, as they must acknowledge that Qaddabs detriment comest at the Brotherhoods benefit. Yet should the Cotton industry not live up to its expectations, it will further damage both Sedqis and Qaddabs ability to influence the internal state, and heighten silent tensions within the government.[/sub][/list]
Stahlrahm, Cherokee Confederates, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, Republic Of Greater Germany, Confederate-Amurica
Post self-deleted by The Reunified German Reich.
[list][pre]June 1944
Near Myitkyina, Burma.[/pre][/list]
| The tropical rain poured down on the lush greenery of the jungle. Rolling thunder was heard in the far-off reaches of this wet, mountainous area of Burma. Large raindrops trickled down the leaves. On the red muddied path that had been trodden by the Imperial Army's mules, elephants, and soldiers, two figures stared away in the darkness of the bushes, one of them smoking a cigarette with his dirtied fingers. They were clad in filthy rags once called uniforms, unshaven and exhausted. Their emaciated faces, barely illuminated by the flickering oil lamp above them, held untold stories of violence and despair. The damp air was filled by tobacco smoke. No noises were heard except that of the downpour, as all the jungle beasts had been tamed by the storm. |
[list][sup]| IJA Soldier #1 : |[/sup] "Tsuji-taisa is back there, yeah?"[/list]
[list][sup]| IJA Soldier #2 : |[/sup] "Yeah. Think 'the God of Strategy' will get us outta this mess?"[/list]
[list][sup]| IJA Soldier #1 : |[/sup] "No tellin' what this man can achieve. They say his bones are strong as steel and he never tolerates defeat."[/list]
[list][sup]| IJA Soldier #2 : |[/sup] "An artilleryman I knew told me he once ordered returning soldiers to perform seppuku sometimes when the war started. You think that true?"[/list]
| Inside the camp that the pair was guarding, one tent was dimly lit. Inside was Colonel Masanobu Tsuji of the 33rd Army and his staff. He was fuming. Beads of sweat had formed on his bulbous, shaven head, and ran down his stone-faced mug as he contemplated the message that a radio man had just decrypted. Nervously re-arranging his dirtied round glasses, he let out a murmur as he read from the sheet. |
[list][sup]| Col. Masanobu Tsuji : |[/sup] " 'Turn around and march forward'... 'Turn around and march forward'... 'With haste'? What is this? Do they really expect us to tuck our tail between our legs and leave this place to those subhuman chankoro?"[/list]
| Silence. The man was of small stature, but his reputation for cruelty and intelligence generated fear and commanded an absolute silence from the people in the tent. But after a few minutes of Tsuji being bent forward above his maps... |
[list][sup]| Lt. Col. Yasuji Hondo : |[/sup] "Shall I order a general retreat, Tsuji-taisa? The sun will be up in a few hours. Our men are tired but we can leave this plateau before the British and Chinese encircle us. They are on our tail and will probably make it here by the late morning. Several straggling units have come under heavy fire and a numerically-superior force down this mountain just a few hours ago."
[sup]| Col. Masanobu Tsuji : |[/sup] "A retreat? With haste? No. Make me a bath. A cool one so I can start my day in a better disposition."[/list]
| What remained of the defeated 33rd Army, which had been placed under Tsuji's partial command to aid its retreat, would finally leave camp at early dawn. The orders, which in fact were to be understood as orders to retreat and not hold, were obeyed, leaving the vital India-Burma-China corridor to the hands of British and Chinese forces. A grueling forced march would begin for Tsuji's men. Their paths would become littered with rotting corpses as soldiers fell to tropical diseases or succumbed to their wounds. Tsuji's wartime feats, which had begun with the formidable assault on British Malaya, would end in defeat a year after Myitkyina as he would flee to various places in Asia and aid his former Republican enemies in the Chinese Civil War, before returning to his homeland. |
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Sesshō-ki 5
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April 1952
[sub]反乱の予兆[/sub]
Presages of Rebellion[/list]
[sup]下田、静岡県、日本[/sup]
SHIMODA, SHIZUOKA PREF., STATE OF JAPAN
| Masanobu Tsuji and his close friend, Takushiro Hattori, both clad in traditional kimono - A piece of clothing still widely worn, though now largely falling out of favor with the more urban, wealthy individuals - Sipped chilled sake by the window of a private drinking establishment, with a view on the town's bay. In the early morning, its sun-kissed waters saw a flurry of fishing boats come home with their catch, but they had now returned to normal. Barefoot local children, their skin tanned by the sun, and some umbrella-wielding tourists walked along the small streets, which featured wooden signs and adverts for shops and restaurants in this area primarily reliant on fishing and bathing. Automobiles were more frequent these days, and this morning, the pair had spotted two American patrol boats moored in the port, not ten minutes away from the Imperial summer residence, now sometimes home to the young Crown Prince who would be enthroned later this year. |
[list][sup]| Takushiro Hattori : |[/sup] "Camp Fox was not a new experience for you I presume, Tsuji-san?"
[sup]| Masanobu Tsuji : |[/sup] "Far from it. In fact, I still think my men would have a nine-to-one chance to beat the British in such environments, had their training been maintained up to this day. But it served as a healthy reminder for all of us. There is no doubt our future plans will see us in arms again... What a surprising turn of events, I must say."
[sup]| Takushiro Hattori : |[/sup] "We have to thank the Reds in China and Russia for this occasion. Just like they should be thankful that we rid them of the Republican menace back in the war. It's a give-and-take, after all. Had we not been the last remaining capitalist stronghold in Asia, there is no doubt the British and the Americans would never have sanctioned our plans. But we would have gone through with them anyway, yes?"
[sup]| Masanobu Tsuji : |[/sup] "... Yes, obviously, Hatto-san. This is why their involvement should be minimal. Although their support and friendship is vital, Japan will not be a puppet. Rather, it is to stand as the bulwark of tradition and pride against the Red masses of this part of the world. The Americans were by no means our friends. Their degenerate ways and imperialism is something that we should resent. But now the times have changed, my friend. The life-threatening menace is not to be found in the West anymore, but the East. This is why the temporary alliance with America after 1945 is, by leagues, preferrable to one with the Soviet Union, and why I think it should become perpetual until the Reds are defeated."
[sup]| Takushiro Hattori : |[/sup] "I can see why they would aid us. I am sure even they resent Yoshida's defanged regime. These half-hearted liberals are the poison that will slowly kill us, one that we should never underestimate, even when compared to the violent gunshot death that communism would incur. I, for one, always thought this way."
[sup]| Masanobu Tsuji : |[/sup] "But now the time is over for thinking, Hatto-san. The time for action has come. I cannot wait to see us fulfill the destiny of the gods. They will be by our side, assuredly, for Japan is the country of the gods."[/list]
| Tsuji put down his chilled sake. Outside, two American sailors were perusing souvenirs from a shop. They had probably come from the patrol ships anchored in the bay. Tsuji and Hattori looked their way, their gaze holding no particular sentiments. |
| Two years after its formation, the White Mountain Club, also known as the Shiroyama Organization, had consolidated its goals of preserving Japan from communism and restoring the ways of old. Although its internecine conflicts remained, especially between some former IJA officers, all had leagued against the current tide of events. As the conflict in Korea raged on and communists in Japan came to be seen as an existential threat, the stars had aligned for Western support and funding of the Shiroyama Organization as an anti-communist armed group. To outsiders, the organization of the Club was obscure, as it was neither a party nor a paramilitary force, and there seemed to be no hierarchy to speak of. Rather, it was a federation of different men - Former officers like Tsuji; politicians like Nobusuke Kishi; businessmen such as Ryōichi Sasakawa; brutal mobsters the likes of Yoshio Kodama; or new military officials like Iwaichi Fujiwara, selected by the current Yoshida administration to head a unit in the new defense forces; and many others, each having their own history in military affairs during the war and their own networks, mostly among veterans, the police, and yakuza - Keeping everything under sheets. One year after its call for funding, the group had obtained backing from the MI5 and CIA, which would much rather see a re-militarized Japan to hold off communism in Asia. This happenned much to the relief of the isolationist Taft administration. About 900 men had attended guerilla warfare training in Camp Fox, located in Malaysia, by the UK's military. The total number of conspirators in Japan is now alleged to be around 700,000, although in reality only about 8,000 would take up arms. |
| Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's cabinet had decided the creation of the 110,000-strong National Safety Forces, headed by former civil servant Keizō Hayashi, now promoted general. Most of these men were transferred from the National Police Reserve, created in 1950; they were armed with light infantry weapons. Its sea counterpart, the Coastal Safety Force, consisted of little more than coast guard abilities. Iwaichi Fujiwara would be one of the rare pre-war officers to be given responsibilities in the NSF, as he now commanded the First District Corps in Tokyo. In the halls of the Diet, this rare appointment was credited to Nobusuke Kishi, a rising powerbroker within Yoshida's Liberal Party. A chill wind had blown on the premises not long ago. Despite the economic boom generated by the Korean War, Japan has been left defenseless by the US troops has they shipped to the Peninsula. Japan was the last non-communist, at-peace nation in Asia. This mere fact had emboldened conservatives to push for a stronger line against domestic communists and in favor of a real defense force. Pacifists and liberals, which never questioned the total and unilateral renouncement to war and therefore armed forces, had been forced to budge in front of the situation. |
[list][spoiler=[sub]EYES ONLY - PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE "WHITE MOUNTAIN CLUB"[/sub]]
[*] Masanobu Tsuji - Former IJA officer. Known for planning the flash invasion of British Malaya and brutality; Bataan Death March. Friendship with Hattori.
[*] Takushiro Hattori - Former IJA officer. Protégé and aide of wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.
[*] Iwaichi Fujiwara - Former IJA officer. One of the rare pre-war officers to have responsibilities in the new National Safety Forces. Neutral within the group.
[*] Ryōichi Sasakawa - Businessman-turned-fascist. Organized paramilitary units during the War and flew a squadron to Rome to meet Mussolini. Potential dislike of his former friend Kodama.
[*] Nobusuke Kishi - Politician in Shigeru Yoshida's ruling Liberal Party. Brother of Eisaku Satō, even more powerful in politics. Known for his brutal rule of Manchukuo during the pre-war era. Neutral within the group. Potential opposition to Tsuji and Hattori.
[*] Yoshio Kodama - Yakuza. Potential dislike of Sasakawa due to their time spent in prison during post-war era.
[*] Hayato Ikeda (Rumored) - Powerful and influent Liberal Party politician, lends a friendly ear to war veterans (most of whom live destitute in the countryside), and more conservative. Has never been seen with the other conspirators, although he is often talked about. There is a possibility of him being unaware of the existence of the group.
[*] Unnamed Contact - Powerful member of the National Safety Agency, which controls the newly-founded National & Coastal Safety forces. Not a decision-maker, but an executioner. His position seems central to the Club's designs for Japan.[/spoiler][/list]
Teujira, Val Verde-, Antillian, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Republic Of Greater Germany, Confederate-Amurica, The Western-Cape
Svea Rike
Good Morning, Pyongyang!
The fires of the Korean War rage on, claiming lives in the name of ideologies and men behind desks. As thousands perish in the icy swamps and hills of the Korean Peninsula, thousands, if not millions more, have been displaced by this conflict.
Meanwhile, Scandinavia, ever pragmatic, realises that these men, women, and children need homes, medicine, and food.
Refugee camps, established to deal with the immediate displacees of the war, are at present housing in excess of 200,000 individuals who have fled the violence raging only a few miles to the North. With UN and Communist forces at each others' throats and the resounding thunder of artillery roaring just over the crest of the hills that separates the camps from the field of battle, it seems unlikely if ever that they will be able to return home. Preparations have already been made by way of dispatching troop ships and transports to evacuate these individuals from the war zone, and now that their medical conditions have stabilised, the time is ripe to extract them from here.
Refugees will be taken via foot to a common rendezvous location west of Pyongtaek well within ROK-held territory, where a fleet consisting of troop carriers (4), destroyers (7), and submarines (3), with a combined capacity of ~23k individuals per sortie, will make journeys between the South Korean coast and Panjin, Manchurian Territory, Scandinavia. After every journey the refugees will immediately be offloaded and undergo (less stringent) immigration protocol, to get them onto Scandinavian territory and guarantee them safety as non-combatants on neutral soil.
They will then be given the option of repatriation into Scandinavia and have the option to live either in the Chinese concession or emigrate via civilian liners and aeroplanes to the Scandinavian mainland.
An estimated 10 sorties will be made to transfer ~215.000 individuals who consist of a bulk of the displaced population.
In addition, existing field hospital divisions in the Korean Peninsula will be repurposed to serve as medical aid stations for the UN forces. They will maintain non-combatant status, however, there will be 10.000 combat personnel on the Peninsula, armed with hill assault gear, automatic rifles, hunting rifles, machine pistols, SAMs, grenade launchers, etc. They will also be provided with other combat gear such as fuel, rations and so on. They will strive to provide humanitarian aid ONLY. However, if attacked they will respond in kind and liaise for conjoinment with the primary body of the UN task force.
Shipments of antibiotics, rations, medical equipment, and other supplies shall begin effective immediately from the Chinese Concession, in order to ensure that UN supply lines are not overstretched or overburdened in any way.
In addition, Scandinavian medevac aircraft shall serve the dual purpose of being intelligence gathering platforms. In order to preserve neutrality, no Scandinavian personnel will directly be engaged in this, however, what goes on during the sortie under the aegis of the UN force is an entirely different matter.
The refugee camps will also be kept open to ensure that any and all people displaced during the subsequent stages of the war can have their needs addressed.
IKEA AG
The internationalisation of IKEA has the potential to become a world player in terms of economic stature. With interest already being expressed from the governments of France and Britain to embrace this new firm, land has been acquired in central London, in a prime location along the Thames in Knightsbridge. On this site, a new IKEA store will begin construction to be completed by mid-1954. With a square footage of around 200,000, this will be the largest store in the world, and will represent a paradigm shift in IKEA's interests from solely furniture to retail as a whole. Constructed in a tasteful Art Deco style, this massive structure will capture the public imagination and take its rightful place as one of the gems of the London skyline.
Organised into departments, the store will serve practically every domestic need of the modern 1950s family, from groceries to furnishings, appliances, apparel and so on.
Atoms for "Peace", issue 5
The completion of 3 testable warheads under the guidance of Dr Meitner's nuclear fusion programme means that Scandinavia awaits only the King's command as well as the completion of the testing site to take its place as a nuclear power. The delivery platform, which will take the form of a rocket, is itself under Dr Oberth's direction nearly complete, and the cobalt enrichment of the warheads has proven a success. The nuclear bunker facilities on Atomsislet are almost finished as well: within a few months, the Star of the North will burn brighter than ever before.
Warhead production has begun in earnest with an estimated output of about 60 a year, scaling up to 200 in case of emergencies such as war.
Meanwhile, utmost secrecy is taken to ensure that no details of this plan are leaked to the wider world until the final moment.
Sale of Aircraft to the Turkish State
The Turkish state having expressed its interest in purchasing Scandinavian arms has been sold 50 Saab 29D, the detuned export variant of the stock Saab 29 Tunnan fighter.
Maersk Inc
The opening of Maersk's shipyard several months ago was followed immediately by the commissioning of 5 new freighters. These are expected to be completed by the close of 1952 and will have an individual tonnage of 20.000 tonnes each, forming the backbone of the European, and eventually the global, shipping industry.
Maersk executives are at the moment eager to enter into negotiations with the governments of Europe to determine in what way they can do business, in terms of shipping goods to Korea to aid in the war effort, port exclusivity agreements and so on.
National Parks
Under the directorship of the King, a new national park system is to be set up within the Rike, to promote its beauty in a sustainable and environmentally-conscious manner. The recent efforts to promote Iceland as a tourist destination were the spearhead of a broader campaign to preserve Nordic natural heritage for posterity.
At present, 3 key national parks will be set up:
1: Fjordland, on the west coast of Norway. The fabled fjords of the North have long attracted visitors, but this allure is bound to only increase with the establishment of a concrete tourist experience. Visitors to Fjordland will fly into Oslo airport (in government-restricted numbers) and travel via bus to the coast, where local tour guides will be given employment to show them around and expose them to the grandeur of the North. This will be the quintessential Scandinavian cultural exposure experience, with visitors staying in traditional inns and lodgings, taking courses in practical Norwegian, drinking Schnapps, and so on. An area of 20,000 sq. km. is dedicated to this.
2: Arctic National Preserve: All territories north of the Arctic Circle will have some degree of preservation. Aside from citizens, entry and egress from this region will be heavily restricted in order to preserve the natural beauty and uniqueness of this region. Special legislation to ensure the non-persecution of its local Lapps and Samis will also be instituted.
3: Hot Springs Park: A more commercial venture, this region of Eastern Finland is well known for its geothermal activity and alleged healing properties of its hot springs. A luxury resort will be constructed here to attract well-heeled (mostly Soviet) tourists to the region.
Stahlrahm, Val Verde-, Antillian, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Confederate-Amurica, Errortia, The Western-Cape
Street brawl
[sub]1952 juna | radio station of the telegraaf[/sub]
hello and good morning welcome to our daily radio Programm and today we have shocking news of protestant and Catholic Street fight going on it we have our first reports and it seems that the fight started about a Catholic priester doing a speech wich then got interrupted some group of people found this not ok and started a fight witch then evolved into an outright brawl. We got some police here in the studio Wich can help us in our spare time and give us more information
Say hello to Mr nick and Mr litch
Mr nich: thank you I will just gove you these simple informations and then we need to go back
Mr litch:y-yes we d-don't have that much time
Mr nich : and as my dear colleague has a problem with stuttering here are the informations
A priest named Mr Ivan tried to make a speech and get funds Wich then got was met with loud shouting by a minority of people that are protestant wich then lead to further escalationand then into the brawl
We have 30 wounded and suspect about 80 people in the streets fighting.
and that's it.
Thank you Mr nick and thank you for you're service
Mr nick: OK that's it let's go liche
Mr liche :y-yes let's go
OK and that was it see you next time everyday at 16o clock
Stahlrahm, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Republic Of Greater Germany, The Western-Cape
[list][list]22 March 1952 - Paris, French Republic
CHARTING A NEW COURSE; PT. I
"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳."[/list][/list]
| France has been engulfed in crisis. With the Cold War locked in a bitter stalemate on the Continent, and two brutal conflicts being waged in Cochinchina and Korea, the French people have grown disenfranchised with the left-wing coalition currently holding the legislature and the Presidency. Within the Progressive Coalition, a split has occurred since their sweeping victory in 1947 between the French Communist Party, seeking closer ties with the Soviet Union and the complete end of the French overseas empire, and the more classically-aligned Radical-Socialist and Radical Republican Party and French Section of the Workers' International. Under the Presidency of Edouard Daladier, representing the PRRRS, France has pursued only a mild dedication towards the socialist policies which the Progressive Coalition had promised to pursue in the leadup to the elections in 1947 to the dismay of many of the voters which had put the Progressive Coalition into power. Daladier, having taken a hardline stance against the Soviet Union and having amped up the militarization of Western Europe and overseas France, has also presided over two immensely unpopular wars in French Indochina, and now in Korea, criticized for not overseeing a full withdrawal from foreign conflicts by the left wing and lambasted for not committing enough by the right. This internal division among the left, which has left the Communists isolated from the socialists and social democrats, has seriously dissuaded many Frenchmen from supporting the Progressive Coalition leading up to the 1952 elections as the coalition falls apart into factional infighting and complete political stagnation. |
| For its part, however, the far right has also become rather unattractive to voters who wish to steer clear of the militant nationalism which had seen France enter three wars against Germany in a single lifetime alone- even still to this day there are men alive who remember resisting the German invasion of 1870. The Patriotic League, which had ruled France for a time during the First World War and immediately before the Second, had disintegrated after the Fall of France in September 1940 when most of its leaders, including President Alfred-Georges Gressent, were captured and imprisoned in German Stalags and death camps. Known primarily as a bastion of anti-Semitic and radically nationalist ideals going back to its establishment as an anti-Dreyfusard movement, the Patriotic League as refounded at war's end counts only 6,000 members across all of France- a jarringly small number for a party whose numbers had seen it win various national and local elections only twelve years ago. The Patriotic League has been primarily replaced by a newer party, known as the Rassemblement National, founded in 1943 as a resistance organization by Roch-Cyrille Lefrançois, a Parisian banker and resistance fighter. A self-professed supporter of the free-market economic policies of British Prime Minister Prescott Rothschild, Lefrançois had risen to prominence due to his erratic speeches in which he viciously attacks everything from socialism, to the Soviet Union, to communism, to the French Communist Party, the Viet Minh, Germans as a whole, Germany as a nation, and those in favor of disarmament. A very controversial but equally popular figure, Lefrançois had risen to become the leader of the nationalist right during the Daladier presidency. |
| As the 24 March election date draws nearer, though, polling conducted by various national institutions begin pointing towards the increasing likelihood that a victory in the elections will not be won by either the left or the right, but by the center. The two main centrist organizations, Charles de Gaulle's Rally of the French People and Maurice Schumann's Popular Republican Movement. While the PRM has grown prominently supported among moderates for its inoffensive Christian Democracy politics, the Rally of the French People has grown into a big tent organization consisting of military figures, rightists, leftists, Christians and Secularists, royalists, Bonapartists, radicals, and a wide and disparate variety of other members of the French electorate. De Gaulle, as Minister of National Defense, had grown immensely popular among the French people not only for its wartime service as a junior commander of French forces in Africa and in the Liberation of France, but also for his dedicated service in his Ministerial position. Trying to make the most of the international crises, De Gaulle has dutifully overseen the conflicts in Indochina and Korea and, to a lesser extent, continued to oversee the German border situation with authoritative command and masterful control of the tense border. His popularity was further helped when Marshal Petain, universally beloved by the French people as the liberator of France and a personal mentor to De Gaulle, stated near his death his belief that 'only Charles is capable enough to lead this country'. |
| Only two days removed from the elections, the Rally of the French People seems the most likely winner in the elections. Its broad appeal as a centrist, patriotic, and pragmatist organization has allowed it to steal support from traditionally far-left and traditionally far-right demographics and, coupled with De Gaulle's experience in the War, his status on the Bureau for the Drafting of the Constitution of France, and his service as Minister of National Defense has, on paper, allowed the RFP to come out as the most likely victor of the elections. However, with the Communist Party still immensely popular and many in the French Section of the Workers' International considering voting for the Communist Party in the elections, the possibility of a victory for the French Communist Party is just as likely as a victory for the RFP. |
Stahlrahm, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Kartnan, The Western-Cape
[list]JUNE 1951
CAIRO, EGYPT MIDDLE EAST[/list]
[list][list][sub][pre]وطن - عمل - استقلال
The Homeland - Labour - Independence
THE BATTLE FOR INDUSTRY[/pre][/sub]
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[list][sub]"What we are building in Egypt is truly our most beautiful aim. I have put my trust in you, my people! To lift up our convictions and with ferocious resolve, seek the development of our livelihoods, of our crafts and of our opportunities. I stand before you to declare to all of Egypt, to push further in this struggle bound by social duty. All Egyptians must support each other in seeking education and entrepreneurship. To be stewards of our economy. To make the fullest benefit of our independence not only in political but also financial and industrial terms! The battle for industry will guide the liberated Egypt to the highest order of prosperity! "[/sub]
- RASHID QADDAB[/list]
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[sub]Egypt is no stranger to great monuments invoking memories of past rulers. From the Pyramids of Giza serving as the greatest physical testament of the Pharaohs, to the Masjid Ahl Al-Raya, built in the 640s by Egypts first Caliphal rulers. The question must be asked, what will be built to remind the next generations of Rashid Qaddab? The Young Egyptians had inherited the vision of industrializing Egypt from their Monarchical predecessors. In the times of the early Khedives, large public works such as the Ismailia Canal and the country's robust electrified rail system. However, the efforts to industrialize began to be overshadowed by government corruption, the eventual world wars, Egyptian revolution and the Palestinian conflict. The regression of state attention to industrial development and economic development as a whole, would reserve in the fervour of the Party & Nation Revolution and the return of the profitable Suez Canal. It would be the former which created the paramount social conditions for economic development, despite its high political costs. [/sub]
[sub]In Helwan, a city significant for its role in the Republican Revolution and its location on the electrified Cape-Cairo Railway along the Nile. The opening of several textile manufacturing factories in the city signifies a profound shift in the Egyptian economy which is accompanying Qaddabs momentum of a battle for industry. This change is the mechanization of Egypts important cotton harvesting through the purchasing of modern harvesters from Britain. The significance of this can be seen in an increase in productivity in cotton farming, the increasing competitiveness of the sector as non-mechanized farms are purchased up and centralized into larger private companies and the freeing up of labour surplus. Now that more cotton can be harvested with less manual labour, Egypt is bracing for a demographic shift, as former-farmers seek employment in new sectors. This permits the Egyptian government to make maneuvers in shifting labour from the harvesting of cotton to the processing and refining of cotton into textile products. Qaddab traveled to Helwan to attend the opening of installations to accomplish the latter task, speaking to thousands of employees in which he declared his fervent vision to industrialize the country. Although these changes in the cotton industry will likely open new avenues of revenue and employment opportunities for Egyptians and hopefully emerge as a building block towards the expansion of the middle class, they also come with important socioeconomic consequences. Firstly, those who can afford new harvesting equipment are few and far between, meaning that small peasant plots will likely be bought out into larger enterprises. This has the possibility to alienate the peasant base from Qaddab and thus provide a new source of support for the Muslim Brotherhood. The fear of this is potentially the main driver behind the states scramble to open new textile factories to prevent a large surge in new unemployed cotton farmers. Increasing urbanization, as these former-farmers flock to cities for employment, will also accompany these changes, potentially leading to the overcrowding of urban centres should adequate economic planning not occur. [/sub]
[sub]Qaddab used the term openness to signal his governments support of industrialization. Importantly, it signals an acceptance to include Egyptian economic potential as a point of international cooperation. The Young Egyptians know they may possess the political will to pursue development, however the expertise and sufficient capital remains out of their reach. Crucially, Qaddabs policies would be doomed to failure if the skillset of the Egyptian working class fell short of the presented employment opportunities, highlighting the importance of enhancing the accessibility of education. Cairos University for Education in Science and Engineering was thus inaugurated with support of the École Polytechnique to ensure the growth of such a gap is limited and countered, potentially hosting thousands of students from urban Cairo and its surrounding, the University exists in the context of spreading necessary skill sets and more importantly, the mentality of entrepreneurship. The input of existing industrialized powers, would thus be paramount to achieving such. French stakeholders have recently increased their interest in Egyptian development. With the government investing a total of $370.8 million USD into the Health Corps of the Party & Nation Revolution, capital which will largely go to efforts of water purification, urban sewage management, the training and hiring of personnel and the building of localized health infrastructure. The automobile manufacturer, Renault, has initiated contracts in the private sector towards the domestic production of light economy cars, such as the Renault 4CV. The French company also joins its American counterparts, General Motors, in sowing the seeds of light automobile production, with the epicentre of such operations being the cities of Helwan, Fayyum and Khartoum. Not only do foreign investments lend confidence in the Egyptian economy, which is a politically valuable message for Qaddab to project, but also help in the strengthening of the private sector, diversification of the primarily agricultural economy and increase in job opportunities. Over a total of 20,000 new jobs will open in domestic markets, not including related jobs created as a result. Importantly, should Egyptian citizens actively engage with such opportunities, it may open a new source of public credibility for the Young Egyptian platform in the face of existing domestic troubles. Symbolically, Egypt will be the first country in the Arab World to produce cars domestically, a source of national prestige and testament to Qaddab. Political engineering is equally as important as these new developments. Qaddab hopes these policies will expand the working class and strengthen the middle class, which opposes the Muslim Brotherhood. Thus, the support base of the Young Egyptians would grow alongside the possibility of a prosperous economy, tailored to the political interest of the administrative establishment. [/sub]
Stahlrahm, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Republic Of Greater Germany, The Western-Cape
[list][list]~ 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐌 ~
𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝙰𝚂𝚃 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙰𝙻𝚆𝙰𝚈𝚂 𝙷𝙰𝚄𝙽𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙵𝚄𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙴[/list][/list]
[sup]The Battle of Maysalun ended in a decisive victory for the French, and the next day French forces occupied Damascus. King Faisal was deported to Europe, and the French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon was officially declared. Kamal after the battle fled back to Damascus meeting with members of Al-Fatat in an emergency meeting on what to do next. The general consensus was for everyone to flee and go into hiding, which became the final solution when the French started their rule by sentencing 21 nationalist leaders, including Quwatli and Kamal, to death. Kamal originally was going to travel with Quwalti, but was rerouted by French forces and almost captured in the outskirts of Damascus. Kamal barely managed to escape them by fleeing into Druze lands and taking shelter with a goat herder. For some time Kamal hid amongst a group of Druze sheepherders, providing his medical expertise to earn their trust. Around September Kamal met with Sultan Pasha al-Atrash a prominent Arab Druze leader who led a small army during the Arab Revolt. His forces were the first to enter Damascus and raise the Arab revolt flag. Kamal would once again fill his role as a medic for the sultan but also serve as his political aide. In 1925 Sultan Pasha al-Atrash led a revolt that broke out in the Druze Mountain and spread to engulf the whole of Syria and parts of Lebanon. This is considered one of the most important revolutions against the French mandate, as it encompassed the whole of Syria and witnessed fierce battles between rebel and French forces. During the Revolt, Kamal would serve as an emissary, recruiting nomadic tribes to the cause who had been alienated by the French.[/sup] [sup]On August 23, 1925 Sultan Pasha al-Atrash officially declared revolution against France, and soon fighting erupted in Damascus, Homs, and Hama. Al-Atrash won several battles against the French at the beginning of the revolution, notably the Battle of al-Kafr on July 21, 1925, the Battle of al-Mazraa on August 2, 1925, and the battles of Salkhad, Msfirah, and as-Suwayda. The Druze were defeated in the latter two battles. After rebel victories against France, it sent thousands of troops to Syria and Lebanon from Morocco and Senegal, equipped with modern weapons, compared to the few supplies of the rebels. This dramatically altered the results and allowed the French to regain many cities, although resistance lasted until the spring of 1927. Due to a number of factors, the Syrian Revolution failed, and in the spring of the following year, the Druze were decisively defeated, and Sultan al-Atrash went into exile in Transjordan to escape the death penalty. Kamal would flee to Kurd lands in northern Syria and take refuge there.[/sup]
[sup]Kamal while in hiding began to build his political base. Kamal also would meet his wife, Roha Sahli, a Kurdish woman. Many of Kamal's critics often say that during this period of time, Kamal began going behind Al-Fatat and building his own political base by having secret talks with non-Arab minorities. In Kamal's own words against these accusations, he's said that he merely listened to the many concerns of these non-Arab minorities about their position in a post-French Syria. Kamal also spoke of how living amongst the Kurds made him realize how onesided the Syrian independence movement is, speaking of how the whole movement stemmed from Sunni-Arab Nationalism while alienating everyone else. Kamal began writing a book called "Our Syria", in the said book, he spoke of his vision for a post french Syria where all religious/ethnic groups would be treated equally and allowed regional autonomy, essentially his ideal Syria would be a Confederation. The Great Syrian Revolt, while a loss for the rebels, did result in changes in the French attitude toward imperialism in the Levant. Direct rule was believed to be too costly, and in Syria, the threat of military intervention was replaced with a diplomatic negotiation. A softer approach to Syrian rule was taken, and in March 1928, just a year after the rebellion was put down, a general amnesty was announced for Syrian rebels.[/sup]
[sup]In 1930 Kamal alongside many other Syrians in hiding or exile, would once again return. Kamal would meet his old friend Shukri al-Quwatli, the two had maintained some limited communication but post-Syrian Revolt, Kamal was forced to cut off all communication with Al-Fatat and Quwatli. Both would be invited by Ibrahim Hananu into the National Bloc, the Bloc itself was not a structured party but rather a coalition of parties hostile to the French presence in Syria. The Bloc was led by notable conservatives; landowners, tradesmen, lawyers, etc. This coalition gathered the fifty most rich and powerful families of Syria. The political involvement of these notable people in the struggle for independence is reminiscent of the political struggle carried out in their youth against the Ottoman Empire. The National Bloc had no precise ideology, nor a social and economic agenda. The main objective which drove the movement forward was to return Syria's independence through diplomatic and non-violent actions. Kamal for his services would be appointed the Bloc's vice president of internal affairs thus granting him a lot of influence within the party. Kamal would attempt to push the envelope for bringing non-Arab minorities into the Bloc but was heavily opposed by Conservatives and Arab Nationalists within the Bloc. Kamal and Quwatli's friendship also became strained around this time due to their political differences that had formed over the years and eventually sparked into a rivalry when Kamal began aligning himself with Jamil Mardam Bey faction within the Bloc.[/sup]
[sup]With the fall of France in 1940 during World War II, Syria came under the control of the Vichy Government until the British and Free France invaded and occupied the country in July 1941. Syria proclaimed its independence in 1941 but it was not until 1 January 1944 that it was recognized as an independent republic with Hashim al-Atassi as its temporary President until elections. With the advent of the Levant Crisis in 1945 prompted by a British invasion authorized by Sir Winston Churchill the French evacuated the last of their troops on 17 April 1946, marking Syria as an official independent nation. Not long after independence, Syrian flared into political upheaval as Full independence for Syria, the National Bloc's aim, was achieved at which point the party could not withstand personal and regional rivalries. The party was dissolved that same year and split into two parties: the National Party, based in Damascus, and the People's Party, based in Aleppo. Whereas the People's Party was friendly to the interests of Hashemite Jordan and Iraq, the National Party was opposed to them. Kamal would join the People's Party while Quwatli and other Arab Nationalists would join the National Party. In 1947, the first-ever Presidential election was held. The candidates being Quwatli of the NP vs Kamal of PP, the election would ultimately see Kamal barely winning the election by appealing to the non-Arab minorities with promises of self-governance. However, Quwatli and many members of the NP put into question the legitimacy of the election, eluding to potential fraud. Barely a year into his Presidency, Kamal's administration was plagued by division within the People's Party and heavy resistance from the National Party. With neither side willing to cooperate in parliament leading to an ineffective government. Kamal's situation only made worse with his weak reaction to the Israeli-Palestinian situation, and outright refusal to aid the Palestinians caught him the ire of many Arab-Nationalists. Kamal also often clashed with his own Prime Minister Jamil Mardam Bey who would continually sabotage him and make attempts to grow his powers and PM. The final nail in the coffin for Kamal and his government came when Syria suffered a defeat in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Now with little support amongst the general Arab population, the Kamal presidency seems at its ropes end with many elements within the military and political sphere plotting his downfall.[/sup]
PART ONE HERE: https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_roleplay_chessboard/page=display_region_rmb?postid=40637236#p40637236
Stahlrahm, Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Teymour, Republic Of Greater Germany, The Western-Cape
[list][list]24 March - 10 April 1952 - Paris, French Republic
CHARTING A NEW COURSE; PT. II
""𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳."[/list][/list]
[list]1st Round Results(24-26 March):
[*] Charles de Gaulle, RPF: 23.3%(Qualified)
[*] Maurice Thorez, PCF: 22.8%(Qualified)
[*] Roch-Cyrille Lefrançois, RN: 21.6%(Qualified)
[*] Edouard Daladier, PRRRS: 21.2%(Qualified)
[*] Maurice Schumann, MRP: 6.4%(Did Not Qualify)
[*] René Coty, IND: 3.1%(Did Not Qualify)
[*] Antoine Pinay, IND: 1.4%(Did Not Qualify)
[*] Invalid Votes: 0.2%
Turnout: 61.2%[/list]
| The first round of the Presidential election had ended in a bitter stalemate, as expected, but the parties involved were not as had been imagined. As many had predicted and gambled upon, Charles de Gaulle had received a serious amount of support among a wide variety of France, particularly in Tchan-Tung, receiving nearly 70% of the votes there alone. However, nationally, de Gaulle had only won 23.3% of the vote; still in the lead against the other candidates, but only slightly. Trailing behind de Gaulle narrowly was Maurice Thorez, the Communist Party's candidate, with a total of 22.8% of the vote, and not far behind him nationalist Roch-Cyrille Lefrançois at 21.6%. Other candidates, including incumbent Edouard Daladier, Popular Republican Movement candidate Maurice Schumann, and independent René Coty, follow behind with anything from a close lead to a distant last. Thus, run-off elections are quickly scheduled for the 7th of April. |
| The days between the first round and the second round sees various candidates endorse the four still in the race. René Coty and Antoine Pinay, the two foremost independent candidates, endorse Charles de Gaulle heartily. Maurice Schumann, just two days before the second round endorses Edouard Daladier after much deliberation, calling him a 'strong man with the necessary knowledge and compassion to lead France'. By the day of the runoff, only Edouard Daladier, Lefrançois, de Gaulle, and Thorez remain. The day is tense, much more tense than the first round, as the various candidates watch from their offices in their respective hometowns. Across France, ballots are signed, collected, and counted. Telephone lines across the nation allow election committee overseers in the various districts to report the count as they come in, in live time. |
| By noon on the 10th, the counting is finalized and all the ballots counted and double-checked. The results are processed through the election committee and announced publicly to news agencies across France: Charles de Gaulle has won the Presidential election, winning 56.6% of the vote, a solid majority. The results are quickly broadcast across the entire French empire and almost all of Europe, |
[list]2nd Round Results(7-9 April 1952)
[*] Charles de Gaulle, RPF: 56.6%(Qualified)
[*] Maurice Thorez, PCF: 21.8%(Qualified)
[*] Edouard Daladier, PRRRS: 11.1%(Qualified)
[*] Roch-Cyrille Lefrançois, RN: 9.1%(Qualified)
[*] Invalid Votes: 0.2%
Turnout: 81.1%[/list]
| At his home, La Boisserie in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, de Gaulle is informed of his victory by his campaign manager, Jacques Chaban-Delmas. Immediately upon receiving the news, de Gaulle's face lights up with a smile as he turns to his wife Yvonne, kissing her on the face. |
[list]CHARLES DE GAULLE, President-Elect of the French Republic: "Thanks to God! Victory is ours!"[/list]
| Charles, Yvonne, their son Philippe de Gaulle, Delmas, and various other political allies and personal friends at the house drink fine wine and champagne to celebrate their victory, a very calm and formal occasion. Meanwhile, in the streets of Paris, Nice, Lille, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Lyon, Tché-Fow, Algiers, and even as remote as Cayenne, hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen gather in the streets with banners, flags, and signs reading 'Vive de Gaulle!' and other patriotic slogans. In Paris alone, some 26,000 Parisians flock to the streets along the river Seine in a mass demonstration and celebration of de Gaulle's victory. The demonstrators begin lighting off fireworks and singing patriotic songs into the night, both of which echo through the streets like a thunder which has not been seen since wartime. |
| As the election results are finalized, the other candidates begin to concede their loss, the last being Lefrançois. de Gaulle, as President-Elect of the French Republic, quickly prepares to make the journey from Colombey to Paris, whereupon a pre-written speech will be delivered in front of a crowd of what is expected to be tens of thousands. |
Stahlrahm, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Kartnan, Teymour, Republic Of Greater Germany, The Western-Cape
[list][list]14 August 1952 - Élysée Palace, Paris, French Republic
CHARTING A NEW COURSE; PT. III
"𝘈 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨."[/list][/list]
| de Gaulle's victory in the elections had come and gone and now, after some months of preparation for the transfer of administrations from Daladier to de Gaulle, all that is left is the inauguration ceremony. Unlike most western countries, the inauguration of the President is less of a necessity and much more of a show of good faith, lacking even an oath of office for the President-Elect to take. As such, when de Gaulle arrives on the morning of 14 August at the Élysée Palace to meet with President Daladier to oversee the transfer of power, the official presence is very minimal - two regiments of the Republican Guard, which are inspected by de Gaulle as he enters the Palace, and the President. de Gaulle enters the Palace after meeting with Daladier and shaking his hand, being escorted into the private office of the President. Here, alone, the two men begin discussing the job. |
[list]CHARLES DE GAULLE, President-Elect of the French Republic: "Mr. Daladier, it is quite an honor to be here. This office is truly luxurious."
EDOUARD DALADIER, President of the French Republic: "Yes, a generous offer by the French state. Surely it will serve you quite well, General de Gaulle, during your Presidency."
CHARLES DE GAULLE, President-Elect of the French Republic: "By the looks of it, I believe it will. I'm sure much has occurred in this office since 1947."
EDOUARD DALADIER, President of the French Republic: "More than you'd like to know. But, at the very least, I can rest easy at home knowing that it's going to be your responsibilities now, not mine I'm getting to old for this, anyways."[/list]
| The men share a chuckle, Daladier taking a drink of water from an ornate glass on his main desk. The desk had been cleaned of most everything in the days leading up to the transfer of power, much as with the room, devoid of any signs of former habitation. Only the general decor remains, paintings and the like. |
[list]CHARLES DE GAULLE, President-Elect of the French Republic: "Well then, Mr. Daladier."
EDOUARD DALADIER, President of the French Republic: "Of course, of course. Well, where to start? You helped write the Constitution, not me."[/list]
| Again, a shared laugh. |
[list]CHARLES DE GAULLE, President-Elect of the French Republic: "Well, I suppose you're right."
EDOUARD DALADIER, President of the French Republic: "Let's start with your duties as Commander-in-Chief. As a General, I'm sure you're dying to know all the military affairs associated with the office. Well, lets see... first, your relations with the General Staff..."[/list]
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| The two men walk out of the Palace's Presidential Office through its winding hallways, leading them to the Salon des Ambassadeurs. In this grand and luxurious room, they find a host of officials and dignitaries from across France and the French Empire, including the Presidents of two two chambers of the national legislature. As the two men enter, they are accompanied by the sounds of a beautiful march played by the Republican Guard's band on the request of General de Gaulle. Here, President Daladier officially announces the end of his Presidency, wielding the full powers of the head of state to Charles de Gaulle. There is a thunderous applause in the room as Daladier steps down to a seat amidst a table while Darius Paul Dassault, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, steps up to de Gaulle. The room goes deathly silent as the two men look at each other, Grand Chancellor Dassault pulling out a small pendant, the Rosette of the Grand Cross. He pins it on de Gaulle's lapel before presenting him with the Grand Collar of the Legion of Honor. |
[list]DARIUS DASSAULT, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor: "Mr. President of the Republic, we recognize you as the Grand Master of the National Order of the Legion of Honor."[/list]
| Again, there is thunderous applause as the two men shake hands. At this point, prepared to deliver his inaugural address, de Gaulle enters the Hall of Festivities where a podium filled with microphones is found. Surrounded by statesmen, military officials, foreign dignitaries, and journalists, de Gaulle begins his first speech as President of the French Fourth Republic. |
[list]CHARLES DE GAULLE, President of the French Republic: "Friends and fellow citizens of France, I would like to begin by giving my most heartful and sincere message of appreciation to the people of France who, through their ballots, have put me into office. Over nineteen million Frenchman in every corner of France have voted for the Rally of the French People. For the first time in our history perhaps since the First World War, the political groups of France have put aside their differences to transcend political disputes and combat, as a unified nation, our mutual issues. Left or right, we are all French, and this election has proven that we as Frenchmen will not be put against one another. We will work to accomplish what must be done in order to make France a better place.
We, as a nation, have endured the hardest struggles known to man. From foreign occupation to economic depression, political instability and internal revolt, France has seen its fair share of hardship. However, where many would be content to surrender all efforts when all seems lost, we time and again have risen to the challenge and proven that we are stronger than all the forces of all the armies and disasters in the world. It is in the French spirit to lust for challenge and struggle that we may rise above it, conquer it, and become better men for it. We may lose battles and we may have our internal struggles, but we always win the war, and we always remain a united and great nation. In our long history as a united state, France has consistently and constantly fought off and destroyed invaders, barbarians, and those who seek to snuff the flame of French civilization, and the French way of life. Mr. Seraphin Pruvost, who is here today in this very crowd, remembers when 82 years ago, as Prussian cavalry rolled into northern France and the Grande Armée was defeated on the field of battle, the French people rallied to defend our nation. There are many thousands of Frenchman, millions perhaps including myself who remember as the Germans shelled Verdun, assaulted the Meuse and even bombarded Paris that the French people put aside our differences to pick up arms in defense of liberty, equality, and fraternity. This republic which he hold so dear, new as it may be, embodies the soul of the nation which has been present from its very start.
Today is a new day for France. Today, we begin charting a new course. The era of war in Europe is over, and while there are those on this Continent who seek war, we must ensure to never indulge their desires. The sufferings of the Continent- of the world- have shown that any good which may come from war do not outweigh the personal and societal tragedy. Instead, we must continue the process of rebuilding and strengthening our nation morally, spiritually, culturally, industrially, artistically, economically, and in all facets which constitute a great nation. As Marshal Petain's National Revolution sought to accomplish during the War, we must focus our full efforts to preserving what it is which makes France, France.
As our national anthem shouts, 'The day of glory has arrived!' We are entering a new era wherein we must refocus our national prerogatives to that which will ensure that France continues to be the great power which God has ordained it. We must expand our horizons across all continents, across all the seas, and find allies in every place. We must show the world that France is not just a great nation, but a good nation.
Our economic might, our diplomatic might, and our force to do good must be employed to their fullest extents.
We must support our businesses, our workers, our laborers, our farmers.
However, even though we must attempt to prevent war at all costs, we must also support our soldiers, and continue to develop our armed forces. We must follow the adage which states that 'the best defense is a good offense'. We must not aggress against our enemies, but extend an olive branch in their direction, but be prepared to again defend France and all that is French, all that is democratic and free in this world, when the forces of evil conspire and plot to destroy all that is good, all that is right and just, all that is French.
We will continue to industrialize. We will continue to develop our industrial and economic prowess and compete with the other great industrialized nations of the world. We will build factories, create jobs, and employ millions. We will fully rebound from the disastrous effects of the Occupation and be stronger than ever. We will tap into the natural resources of our vast Empire and use these resources to power our new industrial revolution. The oil of Algeria, the uranium of Niger, the gold and iron of the French Sudan, the harbors of Somaliland, the timber of Gabon, the gasses of Morocco, the iron and steel of Tchan-Tung, and the crops of Cochinchina will all be harnessed and used to power our industrialized society as we attempt to do the great things which our future destines us to do.
We will work to feed the hungry, and care for the sick. We will work to enrich the poor and enlighten the educated. We will build our infrastructure and ensure our brothers can live comfortably in this great nation. We will work with our allies to forge ties that will allow us to coordinate all of our efforts on a global scale, doing what is best not only for France, but for the world. As leaders of the free and democratic world, historically being such since the Revolution, we must ensure that we serve as a guiding light for all the others which follow our example. There are millions of people in war-torn Europe, in Africa, in Asia, in South America, and all throughout the world which look at France for hope and inspiration. We must not fail them. We must not fail ourselves.
The ideals for which we strive for are not lofty ambitions, but necessary goals to reach on the path to modernity. In order to lead the future, we must have the best schools, the strongest economy, the greatest diplomatic ties, the best industry, the most developed infrastructure, the most advanced sciences, the most cultured society, the strongest army, and most importantly, the best people. We will work towards all of these things, but, to be sure, as long as we have the best people, we are nearly there. All that is left is the work.
So, people of France, do not be disheartened by crisis or catastrophe for now begins a new chapter in the long and glorious history of France and her people. The Republic is young and full of life- let us ensure that Marianne is not disappointed! Let us ensure that Petain is not disappointed! Let us ensure that all the heroes both common and legendary which have preceded us are able to look upon us from above and be proud of the nation which we have become.
Vive La France Libre!"[/list]
| Again there is a thunderous applaud as de Gaulle salutes the crowd and takes a seat within the room. After this point, President de Gaulle moves to the terrace of the Palace whereupon he is bestowed military honors by the Republican Guard. After receiving these honors, de Gaulle begins a thorough inspection of all the troops of the Palace as a 101 gun salute is rendered unto the President by artillery from Les Invalides. Throughout the day, the rest of the ceremonies occur as de Gaulle is escorted around Paris by a sleek, black 1951 Citroën Traction Avant. Wreaths are laid at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, before de Gaulle meets with the Mayor of Paris and shakes his hand. After meeting with the Mayor and other city officials, de Gaulle returns to the Palace shortly before dinnertime, where he finds three trucks filled with decorations and important items from La Boisserie to be put throughout the President's new Parisian estate. |
Arcanda, Stahlrahm, Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, The Western-Cape
[list][list]17 August 1952 - Douamont National Cemetery, Douaumont-Vaux, French Republic[/list][/list]
| In his first act as President, Charles de Gaulle has signed off on a law officiating a completely new and unique military distinction and bestowing it upon the late Marshal Petain. A ten-star rank, both the House and the National Assembly have approved the creation of the distinction Marshal General Extraordinaire of France and, with the approval of President de Gaulle, has awarded it to Philippe Petain posthumously. The law which has created the distinction and awarded it to Petain has described the distinction as being 'of an honor greater than that of Marshal of France or Marshal General of France, befitting of only the most integral to France's history, military and otherwise'. Specifically, to be awarded with the distinction, one must 'have dedicated their entire life to the preservation of France, the French state, and French values' and 'fought and beat France's enemies'. |
| In a ceremony held at the Douamont National Cemetery and attended by members of the legislature and most of the currently living Marshals of France, de Gaulle unveiled the Marshal General Extraordinaire's baton consisting of ten stars on a blue background with a crowning diamond atop the baton and the Latin inscription 'Qui dedit omnia defendere omnes' - 'He who has given all to defend all'. After the unveiling, the baton was bestowed upon Eugénie Petain, the Marshal General Extraordinaire's widow, who solemnly took the baton before kneeling to kiss her husband's tombstone. The baton will remain with Eugénie until her death, at which time it will be repossessed by the state and placed within the Marshal's masoleum once that structure is completed. |
| Intended primarily as a posthumous award, and intended to only be awarded once every few centuries, no shoulder board is created for the distinction. |
Stahlrahm, Cherokee Confederates, Val Verde-, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Zanbala Prz, Confederate-Amurica
Hey! I just joined the region since found the description very interesting. My nation was created today. Please guide me as to how this works
Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Confederate-Amurica
no problem, and welcome! we usually do casual talking on our discord server, here is the link https://discord.gg/jbTnEqu
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Cherokee Confederates, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Confederate-Amurica
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Teujira, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, New Raines, Confederate-Amurica
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Stahlrahm, Cherokee Confederates, Teujira, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Confederate-Amurica
[pre]La Plata Gazette[/pre]
[list]September 1952[/list]
City of Santa Fe to incorporate three new areas
[list]| Santa Fe - The Santa Fe city council today has made a decision to incorporate three new corresponding areas into the city of Santa Fe. The city's sudden and rapid territorial expansion is mainly to boost its development, by allowing more space to be used as future urban areas. Aligned with this decision, is the construction of the largest hospital the state of, well, Santa Fe. A bridge and a new highway system would be build to connect Santa Fe with the city of Parana and Rosario, and is topped with the construction of a military-civilian military airbase.
There are also possibilities to merge Santa Fe with the city of Parana, but this decision was rejected from both Santa Fe and Parana, as incorporating both city into one would only increase the burden of poverty, wealth inequality and so on. But on the meantime, we could only hope for the best for our Santafesino brothers on their new path.
Stahlrahm, Cherokee Confederates, Teujira, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, New Raines, Entralia, Confederate-Amurica
Post self-deleted by Pacifica Occidentalis.
[pre] Am now China [/pre]
我们是人民的军队!
We Are the Army of the People!
[sub] KMT Central Command, Hunan, 1946[/sub]
|Chiang Kai Shek is seated at a desk in the KMT's elaborate headquarters. He looks up inquisitively as he sees a man push open his door and peek around the corner with a wide grin on his face. The inquisitiveness quickly turns to a smug self-satisfaction. Something crucial has just taken place.|
Characters: unnamed intelligence official, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek.
CKS: It's true then?
...: As far as we know, sir. They haven't announced it yet, but it's really only a matter of time. The Japanese have withdrawn from most of Central China and it is vacant for the taking. The vast majority of the land is, indeed, undefended.
CKS: And does...he...know?
...: Mao? I think not, sir. The PLA appears to have dug in after the peace talks failed. I don't think they're going to be pushing south anytime soon.
CKS: Well, what are you waiting for then? Issue the orders for mobilisation. China will soon be ours!
...: With respect, General, we don't have the logistics for this offensive. Supply lines across Central China have been shattered. The KMT Armour is in tatters. The Air Force is barely even a fighting force any longer.
CKS: You have me. I tell you today, Chang, the KMT will be in Beijing by November. We, that is to say, under my leadership, are more than capable of handling this offensive. Air Force be damned! Have you seen Mao's skill as a commander? We could put a rat in charge of this army and still be better-led than theirs is. "People's Liberation Red Army", don't make me laugh. The Communist pigs couldn't see their way out of liberating a hamlet, much less China. He will fall back to North Hebei, I know it. They simply don't have the leadership or the equipment to win this.
Chang: Are you sure, my General? It does not seem wise to underestimate Mao, he has dealt us several reverses in the past.
CKS: Perhaps I wasn't clear enough, Chang. You aren't in charge here. I am. Now go rouse the troops.
Chang: [untranslatable]
CKS: We must push north. Mao will know of the order of mobilisation, I am sure of this. He has enough listeners within my ranks. Good. He'll move south, most probably to secure his salient near Peking. I expect we'll meet in Anhui- perhaps near Yongjiazhen.
[sub] People's Liberation Army Headquarters, somewhere in Northeast China, 1946 [/sub]
|Prominent generals of the Red Army are huddled around a camp table with a map of China spread across it. Pencils and lines hastily scribbled over it betray that they are planning a response to KMT advances.|
He Long: He's doing it, the fool, he's pushing north.
Mao Zedong: Surely not, he is not so foolish.
Zhu De: Well, unless we are completely wrong- he's issued the order for troop mobilisation.
He Long: I must say I'm taken aback. The negotiations did fail, admittedly, but I'd hoped they'd at least attempt to propose better terms.
Mao: Yes-did he say what his objectives were? I know Beijing is a bit of a sore point for him. It's been preying on his mind for the better part of the last few months, and it shows.
Zhu: Precisely. He plans to push north, obviously. I say we move south, meet him before he gets too close to Beijing. Their air force is weakened but still stronger than ours, we need to engage at close distance to minimise its effect.
Mao: I disagree. Pushing south would just jeopardise the fortified position we have here. Beijing is a natural fortress, he cannot threaten it. I think we should wheel south-east along the coast. Chiang will certainly try to encircle the southern divisions near Hubei before pushing North. If we coalesce the divided forces into a single unit, it's less likely we will have to push him out tooth and nail. It's his war to lose at this point and I think he knows it. We must push him to make mistakes, to tip the balance of power in our favour.
Stahlrahm, Cherokee Confederates, Teujira, Antillian, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Entralia, Confederate-Amurica
[list][pre]THE IMPERIAL HERALD[/pre][sub]September 1952[/sub][/list][list][list]
𝘼 𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝘽𝙇𝙀𝙈
[sub]Um Problema do Trono[/sub]
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[list][sub]São Paulo MORNING[/sub]
[sub]| It's been more than a century for Brazil to hold it's monarch. Emperor Pedro IV has no successor yet in the meantime. The Imperial Parliament itself has yet to decide whether the Emperor's younger brother can be appointed as the new Emperor, or, controversially, a change in the governmental system. There are several plans put forward by the Parliament for the problems that are currently being faced, including reforming the constitution, procuring voting, and many other plans that the Parliament has not been able to notify in the meantime.[/sub]
[sub] The Republican party urged this to change the system of government to the Republican system. The Emperor himself has not yet decided whether this will affect his position, because he's is aging and no longer be able to carry out some state duties properly. If a Change of Government is indeed implemented, it will of course greatly affect the Brazilian social life and most importantly, the economic situation. Currently, Brazil is experiencing a so called "golden age". About more than 200 new supporting infrastructure were built across the country in about 5 months, the military itself is also on the rise, from the army to the Navy's 5,000 tonnes Missile Cruiser construction project.[/sub]
[sub] Prime Minister has also just stated that a change of government will not be made in the meantime. Additionally, the Parliament and the Legislature will revise the regulations and constitution in the case of successors to the Emperor. There were also rumors that the Pedro IV's nephew, who was also in the line of succession, had the potential to become the new Emperor. |[/sub][/list]
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𝙎𝙐𝙋𝙋𝙊𝙍𝙏 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙊𝙐𝙏𝙃
[sub]Suporte Para o Sul[/sub]
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[list][sub]Fortaleza AFTERNOON[/sub]
[sub]| The Korean War has been going on for a very long time and since the North's invasion of the South, Brazil decided not to intervene at all in this issue and try to be neutral. However, recently, Prime Minister João R. Alfonso and Minister of Defense said that "the South really needs help". Somewhat, this has become quite a controversy among the people. However, the Prime Minister ultimately stated that Brazil would send aid in the form of supplies, not soldiers. Recently, plans have begun to be realized. The Minister of Defense Gonçalves has announced the assistance that will be distributed. |[/sub]
[list][sub]Brazilian Effort To Support South Korea:
1. Supply Ships
[list][*]×5 Navy Supply Vessels
[*]×3 Merchant Ships[/list]
2. Supply Escorts
[list][*]Light Cruiser IBS Rio De Janeiro
[*]Frigate IBS Máua[/list]
[/sub][sub]Noted That Supply Ships containing: Food Supplies (Frozen Foods, Beverages, Instant Coffees, and other Instant Foods), and Medical Needs (Medicines, Emergency Boxes, etc.)
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[sub]| This small fleet is confirmed to depart in late September, and will cross the Panama Canal to the Pacific. The estimated time to arrive is uncertain. Additionally, it is likely that the fleet will encounter or joined other US supply ships from the Pacific Fleet perched in Hawaii. |[/sub]
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[spoiler=Info][sub]Sorry if there are any oddity in this post, they were made hastily, I'll try better next time[/sub]
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Stahlrahm, Cherokee Confederates, Teujira, Antillian, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, New Raines, Confederate-Amurica
[list][B]С И Л А О Т М О Р Я[/list]
[sub]July 21, 1951 | Aboard Admiral Ushakov[/sub]
As the UN advance upon Pohang began with a rigid artillery bombardment of the city, Admiral Ushakov sat offshore with the rest of her six-cruiser force. Aboard the bridge, there were some tensions as to whether or not deliberately ordering an attack upon American troops could possibly trigger the next World War.[/I]
Vice Admiral Artyom Solchenkov: "With all due respect, Admiral, firing upon American Army personnel could cause the very next World War less than 10 years before it even ended."
[B]Admiral Nikolai Basistiy: "The war has already begun, Vice Admiral! It is right here upon those shores! This is not an argument. Do not get insubordinate, relay the orders to the gunners of our forward batteries before I relay them myself and have you jailed in the brig!"
[B]Vice Admiral Artyom Solchenkov: "But, sir"
[B]Admiral Nikolai Basistiy: "I have been an Admiral of the Soviet Navy for 35 years you insolent mongrel! I am your superior officer and I gave you an order, SEE TO IT! Carried out to the letter, and no different!"
[B]Vice Admiral Artyom Solchenkov: "Sir, there must be an alternative to all out warfa"
[I][Admiral Basistiy cuts Vice Admiral off by pushing Solchenkov from in front of the engine order telegraph and slides the dial to "dead slow ahead". He then uses the ship's radio transmission system to personally communicate the orders to the cruiser's 12 × 152mm forward batteries and 12 × 100mm rear batteries.][/I]
[B]Admiral Nikolai Basistiy: "PLI! PLI! PLI!"
[I][Basistiy turns and flags down a nearby sailor.][/I]
[B]Admiral Nikolai Basistiy: "Take this insubordinate to the brig, he no longer holds rank or title within the Soviet Navy. He is a spineless recalcitrant with a heart of flowers. Under my command, only men with hearts of steel remain. Those willing to give and follow orders without question."
[I][On the deck of Admiral Ushakov, Soviet sailors scrambled to their positions as the 152mm forward guns let off a deafening gust, followed immediately by another volley from the 100mm rear guns. Once she let off her payload upon the advancing UN Coalition, the five accompanying cruisers followed suit in succession, illuminating the ocean surface with multiple naval artillery blasts, battering the Coalition right back.]
[list]СМЕРТЬ НИЖЕ! DEATH FROM BELOW[/list]
[sub]July 21-22, 1951 | Aboard S-220[/sub]
[I]With the surface fleet barraging the UN coalition off the coast of Pohang, the squadron of submarines has reached it's destination just outside the harbor of Pusan. The pack of six Whiskey II class patrol submarines are tasked with sinking any UN combat vessels and troop ships, with the overall goal of disrupting logistics shipping in and out of Pusan before the might of the French Fleet arrives, additionally acting as a barrier between the Soviet and approaching UN surface fleets. Aboard the flagship of the undersea squadron, S-220, Chief of the Boat Igor Kerensky and her skipper, Captain Mikhail Dadonov, stand inside the bridge sectioned within the confines of the vessel's conning tower, peering through the periscope.[/I]
[B]Captain 1stR Mikhail Dadonov: "Combat vessel spotted off our port bow! Destroyer class by the look of her."
[B]Captain 3rdR Igor Kerensky: "Let me have a look."
[I][Captain Dadonov removes his eye from the scope and wipes the lens with his telnyashka striped undershirt][/I]
[B]Captain 3rdR Igor Kerensky: "She's a destroyer alright, a French Guépard-class. She's old but fast, and has guns near in size to those found on Cruisers. A remarkable ship for her time."
[B]Captain 1stR Mikhail Dadonov: "Whatever she is, too bad she's flying French colors, we should be sinking those American cowards. Flank speed ahead, move in to engage."
[B]Captain 3rdR Igor Kerensky: "I don't think her crew knows we're on them, I suggest move around her until we acquire a precise firing angle on the vessel's beam."
[B]Captain 1stR Mikhail Dadonov: "Agreed. Move in on her starboard beam, torpedoes away, and then an immediate come about so we can vacate the area while the crew reloads our main bow launch tubes."
[I][Captain 3rdR Kerensky uses the ship's radio communication system to relay orders to the submarine's torpedo compartment.][/I]
[B]Captain 3rdR Igor Kerensky: "All men to their stations. Forward torpedo room, prepare for torpedo launch and standby for further instruction."
[I][S-220 maneuvered eloquently around Verdun being careful to maintain a comfortable distance before moving into attack range along the destroyer's portside beam.][/I]
[B]Captain 1stR Mikhail Dadonov: *peering through the periscope* "Are we within range yet, Kerensky?"
[B]Captain 3rdR Igor Kerensky: "We are within range, our forward launch room awaits your order, sir."
[B]Captain 1stR Mikhail Dadonov: "Forward launch room, give them two for good measure... TORPEDY UKHODIT!"
[I][As the order is delivered, the gunners launch bow tubes #1 and #2, respectively, sending the first 533mm torpedo soaring through the sea, bearing down on Verdun.][/I]
[B]Forward Launch Room: "Launch tube #1 is away, sir! Ura! Launching tube #2!"
[I][As the gunner attempted to fire off the second, torpedo launch tube #2 malfunctioned upon ignition, failing to depressurize the tube, furthermore failing to launch the second intended torpedo.][/I]
[B]Forward Launch Room: "Sir, launch tube #2 malfunctioned, the second torpedo is not away!"
[B]Captain 1stR Mikhail Dadonov: "Blyat! Kerensky, bring us down to half ahead and come about!"
[I][Captain 3rdR Kerensky lowered the speed on the engine order telegraph to half ahead and took handle of the steering wheel turning it starboard as fast as he could before the torpedo impact. After turning it all the wheel allowed, he checks a stopwatch he started after the first torpedo was sent away, it read 43 seconds and counting. Kerensky maintained his grip on the wheel as the submarine began to shift it's weight with such a sharp turn around, knocking some sailors off their feet whilst S-220 comes about. Now, her stern is facing Verdun's beam.][/I]
[B]Captain 1stR Mikhail Dadonov: "Stern Launch Room, TORPEDY UKHODIT!"
[I][The torpedo gunners at the stern launch room fired a single 533mm torpedo out of the stern of the vessel as it maintains half ahead, but now, in the opposite direction of the destroyer, Verdun.][/I]
[B]Stern Launch Room: "Stern launch tube #1 is away!"
[I][Captain 3rdR Kerensky checked the stopwatch again, this time it read 1.51, a 68 second interval between the first and second torpedos being fired. After momentum of silence from the crew, Kerensky kept his eye glued to the periscope, stopclock in hand, eagerly awaiting to visually confirm impact. At exactly 3.29, the first torpedo successfully landed a direct hit to the starboard bow of the destroyer.][/I]
[B]Captain 3rdR Igor Kerensky: "We have a direct hit! Holding visual to confirm second impact."
[I][Exactly 68 seconds after the first hit, the second torpedo impacted in the center of the starboard beam of the vessel, finishing her off completely with a hearty explosion, causing her to begin sinking nose-first. Surviving French sailors were given no other alternatives but to leap from Verdun's decks and plummet to the oil-tainted ocean below as flames engulf the vessel. [B]S-220 stealthily begins it's slip from the area, diving exceptionally deep to avoid any sonar identifiers.
Nearby S-303 and S-149 moved in to the immediate area as the submarine pack's flagship attempts it's escape from the burning wreckage that was the actively burning and sinking Guépard-class destroyer. Captain 1st Rank Georgy Zherenko of S-303 spots the French Navy carrier, Béarn, in the near distance and plots a course for the vessel at engines full ahead while submerged.][/I]
[list]СМЕРТЬ СВЫШЕ! DEATH FROM ABOVE![/list]
[sub]July 21-24, 1951 | Vladivostok Airport and Air Force Base[/sub]
[I]As the Soviet Navy erupts the first shots of battle at sea, the 64th Fighter Aviation Corps gets fully involved in the conflict, officially dispatching the entirety of the 151st Guards Fighter Aviation Division from Vladivostok Airport, a total of 106 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis Interceptors and MiG-15SB fighter-bombers, respectively. The 151st is set to deploy temporarily at Gimpo Internai Airport located in the western district of Soviet-KPA occupied Seoul. Gimpo Airport will serve as the central hub and base of operations for Soviet Air Forces throughout the remainder of the conflict, intending to dispatch sorties of MiG-15's regularly to the frontlines at Pusan in support of Soviet-KPA military ambition on the ground.
All in all, the Air and Maritime Forces of the Soviet Union act in support of the Army, as the brunt of the key fighting takes it's place on the ground considering the sheer lack of UN deployment of Air or Naval departments engage Soviet invasion forces, within those respective compounds, focusing specifically on the Korean People's Army holdout at Pohang. The 106 jets will make their way to Seoul at ferry speed to conserve fuel, an approximate 9 hour flight at such speed.
Upon arrival in occupied Seoul, the jets would use Gimpo Airport to refuel and prepare for a bombing-escort sortie against UN Coalition ground troops attempting to take Pohang on the morning of July 23. Approximately 35 MiG-15's would be dedicated to this single sortie, with an additional 25 on standby as reinforcement in the event the bomber-escort sortie were met by Coalition interceptors, though unlikely as all the UN has deployed thus far has been single and twin-rotor aircraft leftover from the Second World War currently bombarding the KPA.[/I]
[list]ПОДХОД К ПЕРЕДНЮ! APPROACHING THE FRONT![/list]
[sub]July 22-30, 1951 | From Seoul to the Perimeter; Road to the Frontlines[/sub]
[I]The advancing force of over 245,000 Soviet Army personnel began it's "long march" from Seoul to the Perimeter where the frontlines were actively under contention between KPA units holding out at Pohang until Soviet reinforcement arrives and UN Coalition forces giving their all to push the perimeter line back through the vital port city. The Army brought with it it's latest in land-based warfare systems, the T-55 main battle tank, officially beginning the phase-out of the T-34/85 and T-34/76 medium tanks from Army service, placing such models on the export market for sale to developing Socialist economies both within the Soviet sphere and internationally.
Soviet Army personnel marched at least a month behind the KPA units that had crossed the Geum River during the initial North Korean invasion. Reaching the Geum River, to their surprise their North Korean comrades had left behind the pontoon bridge constructed across the river in anticipation of Soviet arrival, making for convenient crossing and saving the Soviet advance crucial hours on their blitz across Korea. Bearing in mind the Sobaek Mountain range stretching across central Korea, Soviet Army commanders of each respective Field Corps, in conjunction with the Korean People's Army Chief of the General Staff and their plans for movement around the range, unanimously opt to split the Soviet Armies around the Sobaek Mountains to support the dual-pronged KPA advance. In essence, the 35th Army under command of General Nikanor Zakhvatayev would advance south to the 'Gwangju Front', all while the 5th Red Banner Army under the command of General Igor Rodionov, would advance upon the coastal 'Pusan Front' with the intent of reinforcing Pohang before it falls and meeting coalition forces head on at Pohang and Daegu, where the ever-changing battle lines are currently demarcated.
Troops of the 5th Red Banner Army at the Nakdong River crossing also came across the remnant of the temporary bridge built by North Korean forces, a stable wooden bridge erected by KPA personnel.[/I]
[list]우리 부서에 명령을 내리십시오! JUST GIVE ORDER TO OUR DIVISION![/list]
[sub]July 21-30, 1951 | The Frontline[/sub]
[I]After withstanding a lengthy artillery barrage, the battered but driven KPA units at Pohang delighted in watching the Soviet Expeditionary Fleet bombard the UN Coalition in a heavy-handed response as joint ROKA-UN forces pull back tactically for a remustering of strength before making a second offensive attempt on the city. KPA units dug-in within the city, fired off what they could from their positions, sending a hail of bullets at Coalition troops on top of the shells raining down. T-34/76 medium tanks of the 105th Armored Division are positioned around the city within operational combat range of the UN advance, letting off what they can from their respective firing positions. The hearty overlap of naval, infantry, and armor fire managed to bear enough weight that it successfully broke the first encirclement attempt upon the port city by UN troops.
As the Naval Expeditionary Fleet ends it's bombardment to allow guns to cool and replenish forward battery ammo stowage, Admiral Ushakov vacates the immediate waters around Pohang, the other five Cruisers in tow following the lead of their flagship. Before the smoke of the naval barrage could fully clear, the emboldened KPA V Corps 105th Armor Division and the III Corps 16th Infantry Division spring into action, immediately going on the offensive against the bombarded UN troops, as infantry rapidly advance through toward the broken encirclement on the backs of T-34-76 medium tanks marked with Korean slogans in white paint, mimicking that of a menacing WWII-era rapid mechanized Soviet advance upon the backs of their tanks with riflemen advancing alongside in support of the troop-carrying tanks.
The KPA offensive force of roughly 43,000 makes a B-Line south to cut off forces approaching from Pusan whilst the remainder of the KPA V and III Corps, comprised of the 13th, 15th Infantry and 10th Motorized Infantry Divisions, remain in Pohang to ensure the security of the city from the northern-flanking US Army Brigade-size unit.[/I]
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[pre]"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." - Mao Zedong[/pre]
1951, July
我们为解放韩国的受压迫者而战!
[sub]We fight for the liberation of the oppressed in Korea![/sub]
|[pre] Mao Zedong brushes through a manifest of the personnel and active equipment of the People's Liberation Army. He smiles slightly, as he realises that China must soon march again to war, to free the working man of Korea from under the boots of the imperialist.[/pre]|
Mao: It has to happen, you know. Sooner or later, the bulk of the UN force will arrive, and then the Russkies are going to be in trouble.
Deng Hua: Oh I know, I know. I still don't see why we need to be sending our boys to die in Korea though. This isn't our war to fight, is it?
|[pre]Mao's face clouds over at this statement. He personally commanded the Red Army in the Civil War and he knows the extent of the horrors of war. Then he shakes his head, as if to dispel some misapprehension. What must be done MUST be done. [/pre]|
Mao: But don't you realise, my old friend? It's Korea today- tomorrow, perhaps Vietnam. They come closer and closer to Peking, they encircle us and deprive us of friends. We must at some point take a stand, and it's a hell of a lot easier to fend 'em off at Seoul than it is to defeat the US Army as they march on Shanghai. It's a matter of national security, my comrade. We've just been through hell and back, and I know you're reluctant to march off to war again so soon. But the boys are motivated, the PLA is experienced and- perhaps- the future of China could well be at stake.
|[pre] With this, he signs a document that had hitherto lain innocuously on his mahogany desk. That little document, however, has just committed China to the war in Korea.[/pre]|
Organisation of Troops Mobilised (Total:600k):
Northeast Frontier Force (Dandong) - 200.000 men, Commander: Peng Dehuai
20 divisions of assault troops (38, 39, 42, 50 Corps), consisting of 10k men each.
Composition of each division:
8 Regiments of Infantry (1000 each), armed with small arms, handheld antitank, rocket artillery, and SAMs.
Organisation of Infantry Regiment:
5 Companies of Infantry: 500 men.
1 Company of Military Engineers: 100 men (armed with explosives, tunneling gear, and so on)
2 Companies of Mobile Artillery: 200 men (Katioucha, 75mm gun, 122mm gun, 75mm AA guns)
1 Company of Scouts: 100 men (small arms, field recon gear)
1 Company Support: 100 men (trucks, cooks, tenting gear, other logistics corps)
2 Regiments of Armoured Corps (2000 each):
Organisation of Armour Regiment:
3 Companies of SPGs and tank destroyers: 300 men= (20xSU-100, 40xSU-76+support)
6 Companies of medium tanks: 600 men= (200 T34/85)
1 Company of heavy artillery: 100 men (20x 37mm Air Defence Gun, 10x 76mm regimental gun, 4x 152mm howitzer, 10x ZPU)
Central Chinese Task Force (Rizhao) ( 79th Group Army, 20, 26 Corps, 191st Brigade)- 400.000 men, overall commander- Chen Geng
191st Motorised Infantry Brigade, 50000 . (5 divisions organised as below):
Organisation of each division (10k)
3 Regiments of Infantry according to the above organisation (6k)
6 Regiments Mobile Infantry:
7 Companies APC Infantry: =(100x BTR-50, 50x BTR-40).
3 Companies Field Artillery (60 M1938 Field Mortar, 100 RM38, 30 120mm howitzer):
26th Corps (urban warfare unit): 100000
76th Division: Mobile Infantry
77th Division: Assault Troops
78th Division: Heavy Artillery
88th Division: Light Infantry, specialised in urban warfare during the Civil War
20 Corps 50k (half-strength unit):
58th Division: Urban warfare
59th Division: Spec-ops and recon
60th Division: Combined Arms (Mechanized + Armour+ Self-propelled Artillery)
89th Division: PARATROOPERS, AIRBORNE CORPS
79th Group Army, 200k:
115th Division: Heavy Armour
116th Division: Mech. Inf. (this is the Tiananmen Square unit uh oh)
117th Division: People's Armed Police
People's Liberation Army Air Force:
Aviation Divisions:
3rd: 120 MiG-15 , 4th: 70 MiG-15 , 6th: 200 Tu-2, 12th: 200 Il-10, 15th: 100 MiG 15, 17th: 150 La-9, 18th: Engineers, 23rd: 250 Il-28.
3rd, 4th, 18th assigned to Korea
Rest assigned under CCTF at Rizhao.
People's Liberation Army Navy (Dalian)
30 gunboats and coastal patrol vessels armed with high-explosive shells for shore battery
6 destroyers: Tan Yang, Fen Yang, 4x Tachibana-class
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[list][list]Greek Public Radio
November 15, 1952, 17:00[/list][/list]
[list]"Hello, fellow people of Greece! It is 17:00, and time to start your evening radio news. Today, the Greek government has announced the reorganization of the economic model of Greece to be closer to the western economic model without sacrificing the communist economic policies. The reason for this change has been explained to be because the original model did not account for some important factors. Once in place, the government will cover the base expenditures and basic necessities, but will allow citizens more funds to spend on luxuries. In other news, there is currently some discussion about the Greek government switching over to a socialist-style economy; however, there is a lot of resistance to such a move due to the government's commitment to collective ownership. The main draw on this proposal is to get investment from the west, where the eastern economies have refused to aide the Greek economy. In other news, the Greek government has signed a law that officially splits up the academies into smaller units for use on a district level, such that logistics would cost less money on the national level. In other news, the Greek government has officially opened up a zoo in the city of Athens. This zoo has been built in order to showcase animals in their 'natural' habitats. Right now, the Athens Zoo only houses Greek animals, but the Zoo is currently looking for non-Greek species of animals to house in the Zoo. In other news, the Greek government has clarified its earlier ban on all political parties. This clarification was that 'political party' is only a political organization that is involved in politics and elections directly. Political affiliations to groups and groups of people sharing ideologies will not be banned, as long as they do not contribute financially to elections or politics. For the last news story of the day, the Greek government has announced that many military research and development projects will be completed next year, based on their current progress in development. The Greek industrial complex is currently making vast progress and will be able to support the manufacturing needs of the military by mid 1953 according to the government, but what is meant by that is unclear as the government has not elaborated on the meaning of that claim prior to the release of the news story.....That is all for today's news. Next up is the Greek History Hour, your hour of public history lesson, on the radio."[/list]
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[list][list]29 September 1952 - Élysée Palace, Paris, French Republic
CHARTING A NEW COURSE; PT. IV
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺."[/list][/list]
| After some months of settling into the job of President and overseeing the full transition of power from the Daladier administration to his own, Charles de Gaulle has begun to get to work pursuing his main policy goals. At the forefront of the matter, one of the primary reasons he had been elected, was the seeming fallibility of the government- both in its structure and in its identity, or lack thereof. The first republican government in France since 1874, barring the democratic leanings of the later Second Empire, the Constitution of the Fourth Republic attempted to appease everyone from the anarchists on the far left to the Monarchists on the far right. Settling on a semi-Presidential system with close ties to the parliamentary system of the Third Republic, the Fourth Republic's constitution had largely failed, leading to political instability and leaving many questions to be answered regarding the structure of the French Empire. This lack of a unified vision for the Fourth Republic has left it fractured and left almost no one appeased, and has damned the Overseas Empire to remain distant culturally and politically from France itself. |
| De Gaulle, as the chosen successor to the Philippe Petain, has set his entire platform up as preparing for an overhaul of the French government. In many ways the biggest reformer in French history since Napoleon IV, President de Gaulle had alluded to his intentions to rewrite the constitution during his campaign, and has come out overtly in favor of it as the situation in the colonies continues to deteriorate. The Crisis in Cochinchina, costing the lives of hundreds of white Frenchmen in the colony, and the unsettled war in Korea has made many Frenchmen uncertain of the current Republic's capability to combat the problems facing the nation. On September 22nd, Prime Minister Michel Debré addresses the nation informing the French people that, as Head of Government, he had begun working towards the process of rewriting the Constitution, stating: |
[list][list]"... I have begun to work with our Representatives in both the Senate and the National Assembly to oversee the establishment of a national Constitutional Committee. Additionally, I have begun working with Minister [of Justice Edmond] Michelet to oversee the establishment of this Constitutional Committee. Pending Congressional approval, we shall begin the process of amending the Constitution to better represent the values of the French people and of French democracy."[/list][/list]
| Only hours later, a resolution is put before the Senate by Jacques Soustelle, head of the RPF branch of the Senate, which calls for the establishment of a Constitutional Committee consisting of lawyers, judges, legislators, and the Presidential cabinet to investigate the Constitution and propose constitutional amendments. After four days in the Senate, following tense filibusters by the French Communist Party and other left-wing members of the Senate, the vote is passed in the French Senate, narrowly. 181 of the RPF's 182 senators approve the vote, as well as the Rassemblement National's 88 Senators, 14 independents, 18 from the Popular Republican Movement, 11 from the Radical and Radical-Socialist Party, and 1 from the French Communist Party. With a majority in favor of the Constitutional Committee approved in the Senate, the resolution is put before the National Assembly. |
| The resolution regarding the Constitutional Committee is introduced to the National Assembly on September 29th. The National Assembly, more staunchly pro-de Gaulle than the Senate, quickly and easily votes for in favor the resolution in only a few mere hours. With the passage of the resolution by both houses of Congress, it is sent to President de Gaulle's office where, unsurprisingly, it is passed with his signature. Immediately, de Gaulle begins to contact hundreds of legal, constitutional, and political experts from across France and its colonies to come to Paris to become members of the Constitutional Committee. |
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[list][list]12 October 1952 - Mulhouse, Alsace, French Republic
OPERATION MULHOUSE; PROLOGUE, PT. I
𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘭[/list][/list]
| A cohort of men, half in jackboots and military uniform and half in casual business attire, march through the polished hallways of the large, 16th-century era Hôtel de Ville. A collection of military men, politicians, and translators, the group makes their way towards a large room within the Hôtel set aside specifically for them to discuss the nature of the assembly. As they enter the room, they find it guarded by members of France's elite Republican Guard, standing strict and still on all sides of the room, neatly aligned and evenly spaced out between their ranks. The men take their seats on either side of a long table, their seating arrangements intentional. On the table is a consortium of food, drinks, and sensitive documents. |
[list]ANTOINE BÉTHOUART, General of the French Ground Army: "Gentlemen, President de Gaulle has informed me that your presence is very much appreciated and that he wishes he could have met with you himself, but current political situations regarding amendments to the Constitution has him tied up in Paris. At any rate, understand that your being here is of great pleasure to the President."
BENEDICT MALLAH, Hired Translator: "Κύριοι, ο Πρόεδρος de Gaulle με πληροφόρησε ότι η παρουσία σας εκτιμάται πάρα πολύ και ότι εύχεται να είχε συναντηθεί μαζί σας, αλλά οι τρέχουσες πολιτικές καταστάσεις σχετικά με τις τροποποιήσεις του Συντάγματος τον έχουν δεσμεύσει στο Παρίσι. Εν πάση περιπτώσει, καταλάβετε ότι είστε εδώ είναι μεγάλη χαρά για τον Πρόεδρο."[/list]
| One of the men on the opposite side of the table, a sleek and slender man dressed in a sharp black suit, nods his head at the General and the translator before speaking back in Greek. |
[list]DIMISTRIOS MAXIMOS, Prime Minister of the Greek Government in Exile: "The pleasure is ours, General Béthouart. We are more than delighted that after many years of trying to find sponsors, we have found one in a very strong and democratic nation, the French Republic."
ANTOINE BÉTHOUART, General of the French Ground Army: "Certainly. Now, I was informed that before approaching our government, you had approached the government of a President Somoza of Nicaragua. What can you tell me of that? I hear this only occurred some months ago."
DIMISTRIOS MAXIMOS, Prime Minister of the Greek Government in Exile: "Yes, yes indeed we did."[/list]
| He pauses, motioning to one of the military men with his eyes before looking at one of the pieces of paper on the table. As the officer slides the paper over to the General Béthouart, he reaches towards a pile of grapes within a bowl on the table, taking one and eating it as the General and some other Frenchmen look over the papers. |
[list]DIMISTRIOS MAXIMOS, Prime Minister of the Greek Government in Exile: "Mr. Somoza was very receptive to our approach. He saw the plight of the Greek people in Greece, and was one of the first to do so. There is a sizable Greek diaspora in Nicaragua now due to his help, with many of our own members residing there. When we told him of our plan, he was extremely receptive, offering us many things which will be of great use to our plans... funding, weapons, and limited training too. Their National Guard is a very extremely effective fighting force, and I believe that their training of many of our combat personnel will serve us well."[/list]
| As General Béthouart looks over the papers, one of the Greek officers begins to talk. |
[list]GEORGIOS MALAMAS, Lt.-Col. of the Royal Hellenic Army: "Our current armed numbers stands around 1,000, maybe 2,000 able-bodied and armed men. Only a few of our men are veterans of the Civil War as most loyalists were captured and imprisoned or executed- the majority of our force now consists of former bankers, farmers, merchants, butchers, common people of Greece who were able to flee and are looking to return to their native land. We all want to return to our native land."
PAUL ROCHEFORT, Chief of Staff of the French Air Army: "Mr. Malamas, I certainly understand your enthusiasm, but one- to two-thousand inexperienced civilians will certainly not provide enough of a force to recapture Greece. I understand that their army is bloated and weak, but even a force of that number such as yours, well trained and fully armed, would only be able to capture an island such as Rhodes, Lesbos, or potentially Crete on its own, with the proper air and naval support. Does your exile government possess such support?"
HRISTOS MATATOS, Commodore of the Royal Hellenic Navy: "We possess one ship, the HS Georgios Averof. She is an old armored cruiser, to be sure, but the pride of her fleet. My crew and I were able to escape with her to Alexandria, where we are still currently moored. As for air support, we have none- it was all wiped out or repossessed by the communists."
PAUL ROCHEFORT, Chief of Staff of the French Air Army: "One ship and no planes?"
DIMISTRIOS MAXIMOS, Prime Minister of the Greek Government in Exile: "Mr. Rochefort, I understand your frustration, however this is precisely why we have asked for this meeting. Greece needs the help of the free nations of the world to be liberated from the communist menace. Egypt and Nicaragua have already offered their assistance which is no small feat of diplomatic ingenuity on our part. A humble brag, possibly, but the truth nonetheless. We stand ready to begin training immediately and, more than this, we have a wide pool of exiles across Europe and around the world to recruit from. In France alone there are nearly 13,000 exiles, and thousands more in Italy, Egypt, Cyprus, and other neighboring nations. If even 1% of these exiles were to join our ranks, we would have nearly 10,000 soldiers who could be armed, trained, and financed by France and Nicaragua."[/list]
| Antoine sets the papers down after going through them thoroughly. |
[list]ANTOINE BÉTHOUART, General of the French Ground Army: "What other support has the Egyptian government provided you? Offered you, even?"
DIMISTRIOS MAXIMOS, Prime Minister of the Greek Government in Exile: "Well, it's all there in the paper, General Béthouart. We will use Alexandria as our headquarters during a prospective invasion, and we even have permission to stage our invasion from Alexandria. All that we require is the material support and the funding."[/list]
| One of the French statesmen chimes in. |
[list]MAURICE COUVE DE MURVILLE, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France: "What support would you require, exactly?"
DIMISTRIOS MAXIMOS, Prime Minister of the Greek Government in Exile: Well, we, uh... I'll defer you to Brigadier-General Fournogerakis and Colonel Adamidis on that."[/list]
| Murville looks at the two officers, sitting next to each other across the table. |
[list]PAVLOS ADAMIDIS, Colonel of the Royal Hellenic Air Force: "In terms of the air, we need jet fighter support. The communists do not possess sophisticated airpower or anti-air defenses, and even a few squadrons of jet fighters would tear through the communists' air force within hours. I do not think bombers would be necessary so long as these jets could provide ground-strike capabilities for our soldiers on the ground. Rockets and small bombs would work."
SOKRATIS FOOURNOGERAKIS, Brigadier-General of the Royal Hellenic Army: "In order to put our soldiers on the ground, we will need a small transport fleet capable of getting our soldiers from Egypt to Crete, which is where we believe we will want to begin our assault. This fleet of civilian transport ships, supported by the HS Georgios Averof and some jet aircraft from above, could deliver a force of 10,000 or so exile soldiers onto the southern shore of Crete, from which we can begin a push to capture the island. Additionally, the Nicaraguan government has agreed to train a small corps of soldiers, no more than three hundred or so, in paratroop training. A few planes capable of deploying soldiers from the air would allow our initial paratroopers to deploy from the air and capture vital military positions- namely, Kasteli Airport, from which jet aircraft can land and takeoff once captured and properly enforced... Douglas C-47s could provide in this capacity. As for equipment for our troops, we have already procured surplus M1943 field outfits from private dealers in the United States, and possess some infantry weapons, but we could make do with more modern weapons platforms."[/list]
| The Frenchmen consult among each other in French as the Greeks look on with confusion and anxiety. This conversation carries on for nearly five minutes before the Frenchmen lean back in their chairs, quiet. Foreign Minister Murville leans forward, placing his hands on the table. |
[list]MAURICE COUVE DE MURVILLE, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France: "The Chiefs of Staff will begin planning to support a Greek exile invasion that would finance the recruitment of a force of 10,000 exiles as well as train them in Corsica and the Azure Coast, arm them with sufficient weaponry, and oversee the allocation of a small force of jet aircraft and repossessed civilian vessels to use in this operation. The working codename is Operation Mulhouse. We will draft this operation and then present it to President de Gaulle. You will hear from us soon."[/list]
| The Foreign Minister stands, extending his hand to shake that of the Greek Prime Minister's. The two men shake hands, at which point the representatives on both sides rise and begin to exit the room. |
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Post self-deleted by Anglo Channel.
所以它开始...
So It Begins...
|[pre]A small truck is trundling along a dirt road, carrying wheat, beef, and other provisions. It continues to make its way through the Eastern Chinese countryside, a fertile land characterised by forested hills and verdant fields. Despite this rural setting though, trucks like these have been commonplace for several years now- it's heading to Yantai. As it bumps and creaks over the numerous ruts characterising these rural backroads, it begins its ascent over one of those ubiquitous hills. As it crests what would have, under any other circumstances, been an innocuous enough hill, its driver, a plump peasant dressed in a vest and army-surplus trousers hums "天涯歌女", a popular folk song of the time. But no sooner has the rusty Soviet nose of the vehicle begun to descend down the other side than his singing abruptly stops, he slams on the brakes and the old jalopy squeals to a halt. For before his eyes is a roadblock of T34 tanks and grim-faced PLA soldiers.[/pre]|
Truck Driver: What are you doing here? I'm only a driver, please let me pass.
Lieutenant Chang Yifei: I could ask you the same question, comrade.
Driver: What do you mean? I'm only doing my job, sir.
Yifei:So am I- hold on, haven't you heard? God, I knew the peasants were backward, I didn't know they were practically barbarians. [chuckles from the men around him]
Driver [clearly afraid]: H-heard what?
Yifei: No more supply of food and water to the Frenchies. I hear they've cut off the pipeline too, very odd. Orders direct from the Beijing brass, apparently. [conspiratorial glances among the soldiers]
Driver: But the next shipments and outlets of water are due to arrive in two weeks' time? What's this in aid of?
Yifei: Comrade, if I were one of the people who knew, I wouldn't be here directing traffic in some glorified village. All I know is I'm not to let anyone past, and I mean anyone. You'd best be on your way.
Driver: Well alright, but-
Yifei: No buts, comrade, these tanks aren't here for decoration.
Driver: Well now that you've put it like that- tanks can be very persuasive.
Yifei: There's a good fellow. Go home, tell your friends too. No-one is to pass.
|[pre] The man heaves his bulk, quite a lot of it for his short frame, into the truck, and twists a spotless key. The old engine coughs to life, and he turns around, kicking up a bit of that fertile dust that drives China's heartland. It's a long way back home, he thinks to himself. I hope I can get there before sundown.[/pre]|
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[list][list]Greek Public Radio
December 15, 1952, 17:00[/list][/list]
[list]"Hello, fellow people of Greece! It is 17:00, and time to start your evening radio news. Today, there is some special news. Last night, the Commerce Act was recently passed. This new law officially transitions the communist country of Greece into a socialist economy. The law permits ownership of residential properties and commercial businesses. This move allows limited ownership of residential properties, such that there is only one residential property allowed per family. Meanwhile, it also allows for private companies to own retail and commerce-based businesses. This part of the law came into being when the suggestion that limited private ownership can be used to boost commerce and financial stability. It also allows for foreign businesses to do business in Greece, but on a limited scale. It has been clarified that the Academy of Commerce would be in charge of regulating the private companies and ownerships to ensure that the Greek people are not taken advantage of. Some former private bankers have given the go-ahead to create a new non-government bank and some persons have already been granted permits to open up private storefronts. So far 25 new private ventures have already been approved as of this broadcast. Greece has officially declared itself as western-leaning and no longer 'eastern' in terms of European ideology. The Greek economy has also began making requests to meet with the western powers, including the United States, England, France, and the Netherlands. The Greek government has also announced that the Greek Central Bank, the official name of the government-owned bank in Greece, has also announced that it shall be granting loans to Greek citizens in order to jump-start the economy as the reconstruction efforts are half-way completed. The Greek government has also announced that foreign companies willing to operate in Greece shall be immune from any business or sales tax until 1980 at a minimum.....That is all for today's news. Next up is the Greek History Hour, your hour of public history lesson, on the radio."[/list]
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[list][sup]NOV 1952[/sup]
DISCONTENT IN ITALY[/list]
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[sup]Rome[/sup]
Italy is in turmoil as people look to alternatives to capitalism as a response to a faltering economy and an unsafe society
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| It has been six years since the fall of fascism in Italy, and people remain nostalgic for better times. The allies at the end of the war promised a better system for Italy, a more prosperous Italy with a booming economy and a thriving democracy. What they got instead, was a mediocre economy that barely had enough funds to rebuild and a corrupt oligarchy bought out by the mafia. After the war America created the Marshall Plan, a program designed to provide aid to nations to help them rebuild after the war. When it was created Italy was promised 11% of the Marshall Plan aid to help bring an economic boom that would make Italy's economy not just grow but surpass the greatest economic height set by the Fascist government. What they got instead was barely 5% of the promised Marshall plan aid, with the aid meant to go to Italy instead funneled into France and Britain. The aid Italy did get helped the country rebuild the country but the economy would remain mediocre and stagnant due to the reshuffling of who gets how much aid. This would have a drastic affect on Italian politics. More and more people began to be radicalized against capitalism and democracy in the late 1940s and previous two years, with many many pro communist groups forming. However they had little unity as of now but that might change. On the other side of the coin is the MSI, or Italian Social Movement in English. A revolutionary republican New-fascist political movement lead by politician Giorgio Almirante. Compared to the far left groups, the Third-Positionist MSI has no splinter groups and there are very few other fascist movements around with any prominence. This gives the MSI a significant advantage in the fight against the communists. Very few breakaways can ensure the actions of the far right are unified. However unlike the Italian Communist Party, the Italian Social Movement has refused to take part in the parliamentary process, its reasoning being that if it were within the process it would eventually be "corrupted" by moderates. |
| In 1943, the Monarchy and Count Dino Gandi split the country in half by submitting a vote of no confidence for the Mussolini government, and he was successfully removed from office. Mussolini didn't want to go back to politics after this, he didn't want to lead Italy again, he just wanted to live out a quiet life in Italy. But the Germans had other plans. They captured him and forced him into being the puppet leader of a the new "Italian Social Republic". It was nothing more than a puppet state the Germans would use to enact their laws everywhere in north Italy. But the Duce insisted and insisted that he be given full powers and the state be turned into a real nation instead of a puppet. This was infuriating to the Germans that he would question his 'liberators'. So in an operation named "Case Arminius" the Italian Social Republic was dismantled and turned into an occupation with all the members of government being held in prison for months but they were all released later. Not only just turning the Duce into a puppet but going to the trouble of dismantling that puppet state and putting the government in prison for months infuriated the Italian people across the entire peninsula. Those actions would provide the spark for heavy anti German sentiment in Italy that would last decades and morph into an intense racial hatred of Germans, perhaps more intense than the French and British had for the Germans. At least they were at war with Germany, Italy was her ally and was going to share Europe with Germany. It was a stab in the back. One the New-Fascists vowed to pay back in blood one day. |
| In Italy during the Fascist Government, people could at least sleep easy knowing the streets were safe and their jobs were secure. They might not have had any say in running the government but they had good lives to raise their children in. Contrast this to postwar Democratic Italy where the streets are dirty and teeming with crime, courtesy of the Allied Backed Sicilian Mafia. The economy while recently stable is mediocre and stagnant, jobs are unstable and you can get fired at the drop of a hat. This as given rise to something now known as la nostalgia, yearning for the past stability the Fascist government gave the people. The future of the country, however is uncertain. Far left and Far right terrorists grow in number every day and it only takes one spark to start an inferno.|
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| "L'Italia e' una Repubblica democratica, fondata sul lavoro." |
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Arcanda, Stahlrahm, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis, Rpc United Nations
[list][list]【𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧】 - فوضى في الشوارع - 【𝐀 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝】
[list][list][sub]𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟸 𝙻𝚒𝚋𝚢𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚜[/sub][/list][/list][/list]
Libya, the world's youngest nation to date! With a population of an estimated one million, the Libyan nation while appearing large on the map, only 2% of its land is arable, the rest being an inhospitable desert. Due to this, the Libyan nation is by far the poorest nation on earth. Not helping lack of a strong government for before the Libyan Kingdom, Libya post-WW2 consisted of three different territories, two of which were under British and French control. The first being the Emirate of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan-Ghadames, each of these lands once united into the Libyan Kingdom under the constitution, local autonomy in the provinces was exercised through provincial governments and legislatures. How ever several factors, rooted in Libya's history, affected the political development of the newly independent country. They reflected the differing political orientations of the provinces and the ambiguities inherent in Libya's monarchy. The Libyan general election of 1952 had a total of 141 candidates contested the election, most of whom ran as independents. There were two opposing groups; one supportive of Prime Minister Mahmud al-Muntasir, and one led by the Congress Party headed by Bashir Saadawi. The Congress Party was largely focussed on opposition to foreign influence in Libya, which was represented by British/American Military bases, despite receiving financial support from Egypt. It also claimed that voting for pro-government candidates would lead to voters effectively excommunicating themselves from the Islamic faith. Because of this antagonistic behabiour, polls would refuse requests for a Congress Party candidate to be present in the polling booth was illegal. As a result rioters destoryed the electoral register on election day and British Military Police were deployed to contain the riots, one British police officer was injured following exchanges of fire between a crowd of people and the police in Misrata, and several people were also hospitalised after the police used tear gas. As expected, the Congress Party were victorious in Tripoli, but pro-government candidates won all other seats. The Congress Party won a total of eight seats, whilst the majority of seats were held by pro-government independents. Following the election, more rioting broke out, resulting in all political parties being banned via order of the King himself. Sadawi was deported to Egypt, along with his brother, nephew and some other supporters, whilst the Congress Party secretary was deported to his native Tunisia.
Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Kartnan, New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
Post self-deleted by Czabalkia.
[list][list][list][list][list][list][list]- 𝐓 𝐇 𝐄 𝐔 𝐍 𝐈 𝐓 𝐄 𝐃 𝐍 𝐀 𝐓 𝐈 𝐎 𝐍 𝐒 -
𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃[/list][/list]
𝟐𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟐 - 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚, 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝[/list][/list][/list][/list]
| As the Korean War continues to rage on, the forces of the United Nations have become extremely thinly stretched across the Peninsula in an attempt to defend the Republic of South Korea from communist aggression. While these efforts have been somewhat successful, staving off the complete capture of the Peninsula by the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea, it has been extremely costly in lives for both the Republic of Korea Army and the other international peacekeeping forces in the area. While the Pusan Perimeter has been held, cracks continue to appear every passing day, and with troops from Europe and Africa still weeks away, the likelihood of the fall of Pusan becomes more pressing as well. If Pusan is captured, re-establishing a position on the Korean Peninsula may prove impossible. |
| With the passage of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 84, the United Nations has agreed to establish a unified military command under the auspices of the United Kingdom, the United States, and France. In order to coordinate the international war effort in Korea and establish a consistent military strategy in the face of the Communist invasion, the United Nations Command(U.N.C.) is chartered and established in Geneva on 24 July 1952. The precise order of command is allotted based on material involvement in the war- the French Regional Commander, General Charles Noguès, is chosen to serve as United Nations Commander, and American General Douglas MacArthur as Deputy Commander. Four corps are established within the United Nations Command: I Corps, consisting of American, Turkish, Ethiopian, Filipino, and Colombian soldiers; II Corps, consisting of units from the United Kingdom and the Low Countries; III Corps, consisting of soldiers from the French Empire, Germany, Portugal, and Spain; and IV Corps, consisting of soldiers from the British Commonwealth. This unification of the united forces of the world has allowed the U.N.'s stake in the Korea conflict to turn from a merely advisory role to one of the direct combatants, with the forces of the United Nations now not only flying their own flags, but the banner of the United Nations. |
[list][list][list][list]𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃[/list][/list][/list]
[*] 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑: - GEN. Charles Noguès(FRA)
[*] 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐓𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑: - GEN. Douglas MacArthur(USA)
[list][*] 𝐔𝐍 𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑: - GEN. Matthew Ridgeway(USA)
[list][*] Eighth United States Army
[*] Turkish Brigade(Codename North Star)
[*] Ethiopian Kagnew Battalions
[*] Colombian Battalion
[*] Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea
[*] Republic of Korea Army[/list]
[*] 𝐔𝐍 𝐈𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑: - GEN. Peter Blackwood-Carmichael(UK)
[list][*] 1st Irish Light Infantry Division
[*] 2nd Irish Light Infantry Division
[*] 3rd Royal Australian Armored Division
[*] 5th Royal Australian Armored Division
[*] The Anglo-Dutch Battalion
[*] His Majestys Legion for the Defense of Korea[/list]
[*] 𝐔𝐍 𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑: - GEN. Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque(FRA)
[list][*] 8th Algerian Infantry Division
[*] 5th (French) Armored Division
[*] 7th (French) Mechanize Infantry Division
[*] 2nd (German) Infantry Division
[*] II Foreign Legion Corps
[*] Tchan-Tung Korea Expeditionary Battalion
[*] 1st (Portuguese) Marine Infantry Division
[*] Spanish Korean Battalion[/list]
[*] 𝐔𝐍 𝐈𝐕 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑: - GEN. Sam Manekshaw(IND)
[list][*] 1st Kenya Division
[*] 1st Uganda Division
[*] 1st Somaliland Division
[*] 1st Burmese Infantry Division
[*] 1st Indian Infantry Division
[*] 3rd Indian Infantry Division
[*] 2nd Indian Armored Division
[*] 6th Indian Infantry Division[/list][/list][/list]
| With large portions of II Corps and III Corps still en route to Korea, it is the I Corps and the recently arrived IV Corps which will hold the line until the arrival of the II and III Corps. Backed up by Australian forces of the II Corps, General Noguès begins preparing for the continued defense of Pusan awaiting the arrival of the II and III Corps. |
[list][list]𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐎𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆
23-26 July 1952[/list][/list]
| As the United Nations Command is founded, it is immediately met with the pressing issue of the Battle of Pohang. The U.S. Eighth Army, Portuguese 1st Marine Division, and French II Foreign Legion Corps had been ordered previously to begin an assault on Pohang, a coastal city north of Pusan which had been captured by the KPA and the Soviet Navy. While the II Foreign Legion Corps had made progress insofar as committing acts of sabotage on the infrastructure behind enemy lines leading into Pohang, the U.S. Eight Army had become seriously exposed from both air and sea in their assault on Pohang, coming under the fire of both the Soviet Navy and Soviet Air Force. Suffering significant casualties in the effort to take the city, General Noguès gives the order for the Coalition forces to pull back from Gyeongju, where the initial offensive against Pohang had been started. Under attack from both the air and the sea, a crucial order is given by General Noguès to provide air support for the beleaguered U.N. forces at Pohang. As the U.N. soldiers lift the siege and pull back, U.S. F-86 Sabres based in Pusan and Dassault Ouragans. are ordered to meet and intercept Soviet MiG-15s at Pohang. In total, to the Soviet's 35 MiG-15s over Pusan, 24 F-86s and 8 Ouragans are scrambled from both Pusan East (K-9) Air Base and Gimhae Air Base, with an additional 16 F-86s prepared for immediate launch. While outnumbered, the U.N.'s F-86s had proven themselves to be an extremely capable fighter more than able of taking on and defeating MiG-15s. The Ouragans, falling behind the MiG-15s and F-86s in ability, are dedicated to a different role- anti-ship warfare. Armed with their standard 20mm cannons and an outfit of sixteen Brandt T-10 105mm rockets per plane, the Ouragans begin to pursue the Admiral Ushakov and her escort fleet as it heads south towards Pusan. |
| The F-86s begin to arrive over Pohang first, directly engaging the MiG-15s with fury. Moving at high speeds, the interceptors dash across the sky while engaging MiG-15s with their lethal .50 BMG cannons. Much more maneuverable than the MiG-15s, they dance and weave across the sky in an intense dogfight with the MiG-15s to cover the infantry. The Ouragans fly low to avoid being detected by KPA or Soviet radar, maintaining as low a profile as possible. After flying along the coast for some time, the Ouragans bank east out to sea. Coming in a north to south approach, the Admiral Ushakov and her escort fleet continue to chug out at sea unaware of the Ouragans. However, the Ouragans cannot remain invisible forever and, as they begin to come into range of the Ushakov's advanced radar systems, the pilots of the Ouragans prepare to strafe the ship with their rockets. |
| Rather than coming in from a high, steep approach, the Ouragans come in from a low, horizontal approach just over the water. Attempting to stay out of the effective firing range of the Admiral Ushakov's anti-air artillery, two of the eight Ouragans fire their rockets straightforward at the Admiral Ushakov before pulling directly up and turning around. The unguided rockets fly forward with no real precision, simply just in the general direction of the target. Realizing the futility of this strategy, the pilots bite the bullet and fly out further east again, out over the open ocean even further. After flying eastward for some time, they ascend gradually into the sky before making a U-turn overhead and coming down at the Admiral Ushakov not quite in a dive, but not at the flat trajectory which the first two had before. Taking in a serious amount of anti-air fire, the Ouragans fire off all their rockets and some of their cannon rounds before pulling up and south out of the anti-air fire; two of the Ouragans had sustained heavy damage with one outright burning up before exploding midair. The others, having been hit by 37mm anti-air shells, begin to haul back to Pusan East K-9 meekly and hurt. Having unleashed a barrage of 128 rockets on the Admiral Ushakov, the certainty of at least a few hits presents itself, but the pilots had not stuck around to look for visual signs of damage on the ship. Rather, they simply tail back to base, licking their wounds all the way. |
| Over the next two days, the U.N. I Corps troops continue to withdraw from Pohang. A very measured and meticulous process, the commanders of the I Corps ensure that the withdrawal does not consist of a wholescale retreat but rather a limited and lengthy process, unit by unit. |
[list][list]𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄
23 July - 12 August 1952[/list][/list]
| As the abortive Battle of Pohang begins to end and the United Nations Command structure is formalized, the Allied forces in Korea quickly begin to reorganize administratively and structurally on the ground. With the division of the U.N. forces into four corps based on national origin, a more comprehensive defense can be and ultimately is planned by General Noguès and General MacArthur. With the Red Army beginning a march of nearly 300,000 troops through the Korean Peninsula towards the front line and the KPA preparing for a final all-out assault along the Pusan Perimeter, the U.N. Command begins to reorganize the defense to be more comprehensive and effective. |
| The elements of the III Corps which had partaken in the Battle of Pohang, the II Foreign Corps and the 1st Portuguese Marine Division, are moved to the other side of the Peninsula on orders of General Noguès and their new formal superior officer, III Corps Commander General Leclerc. Placed in trucks at Gyeongju, the men and their supplies are driven rapidly across the remaining road infrastructure within the Pusan Perimeter and to be positioned along the defensive positions which had been created on the far western end of the Peninsula, near Sobaek Mountain. With Gwangju under immediate threat by the Soviet Union and KPA, the III Corps' few thousand men are deployed in and around Gwangju where they become part of the Korean National Redoubt, the defenses along the Perimeter established in part due to the insistence of General Charles Chanson. The II Foreign Corps is stationed directly in and around Gyeongju along with the Tchan-Tung Korea Expeditionary Force, while the Portuguese 1st Marine Division is stationed in the hills between it and Sobaek Mountain itself with its temporary headquarters at Gokseong, an important crossroads. They are additionally rebuffed by the 3rd Royal Australian Armored Division and 5th Royal Australian Armored Division of II Corps, some of the only British forces to have yet arrived in Korea. These forces of II Corps are stationed at the very far edges of the Perimeter, beyond Gyeongju, near the coast. |
| Meanwhile, the Indian and Burmese troops of the IV Corps under General Manekshaw are deployed to fill the gap between the Sobaek Mountain and the I Corps positions south of Daegu and Pohang. Consisting of nearly 30,000 troops from the Indian subcontinent, with more arriving every day, the IV Corps establishes its importance as a keystone of the Perimeter between the I Corps' position in the east and II and III Corps' in the west. As with the rest of the national redoubt, the battle lines manned by IV Corps here are extremely well-entrenched and defended, and a Communist breakthrough will require sheer brute force. |
| East of the IV Corps, the aforementioned I Corps regroups after its withdrawal from Pohang. In control of the front from Daegu to Pohang, the I Corps had seen the primary brunt of the most recent Soviet offensives and therefore is the least entrenched of the three primary fronts in the east, west, and center. Consisting primarily of the United States Eighth Army and supporting international units, the I Corps is given orders by General MacArthur personally through General Ridgeway to 'hold the line'. With the Republic of Korea Army growing but still behind the front lines in training, the United States Eighth Army is the primary combatant on this front. After falling back from Pohang, the I Corps pursues a different strategy on the field- bombarding the enemy's captured territories. Still positioned only a few miles south of both Pohang and Daegu, the I Corps deploys the U.S. Army's standard artillery formations of 105mm M101 howitzers and 155mm M114 howitzers to mercilessly shell the enemy positions along the frontline. To harass any communist attempts to organize and prepare for further offensives, the artillery shells the North Koreans every day and every night for six hours straight, with only two hour gaps between shelling to eat and rest. The shelling is backed up by the deployment of long range B-29 Superfortress medium bombers who, deploying to Korea from air bases in Japan, bombard Pohang and Daegu. Sorties of four B-29s flying at high altitude are launched twice daily from Japan, flying at high altitudes while carrying a minimal payload. To prevent interception, the B-29s are supported by F-84Gs. For every sortie of four B-29s, six F-84Gs from Itazuke Air Base are launched to provide escort for the sortie. |
| With the defenses of the Pusan Perimeter being firmly established on all fronts, General Noguès and the rest of the United Nations Command prepare to hunker down and bear the brunt of the Soviet-KPA Assault until the communist offensives are worn out and the rest of II Corps, III Corps, and IV arrive from Europe and Africa, at which point counteroffensives will be launched using combined arms on land, sea, and air. |
[list][list]𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐑
22 July 1952[/list][/list]
| The U.N. Naval Forces in Pusan are caught completely off guard and are blindsided when, in the middle of the day, the French destroyer Verdun is attacked and struck by an unknown assailant, undoubtedly a Soviet submarine. The aging destroyer, already on her way out, quickly catches aflame and begins to sink to the bottom of the harbor as gasoline spills out. Crewmen of the ship jump into the port, filled with civilian vessels and international cargo ships as well as allied military vessels. While the Verdun sinks to the bottom of the harbor, the rest of the U.N. Fleet is quickly scrambled and mobilized to attack the submarine responsible. |
| The French destroyers Aigle and Valmy are quickly scrambled to begin searching for the Soviet submarine. The Aigle, a more advanced ship compared to the Valmy, is tasked with searching the 'west entrance' of the Harbor, the smaller of the two entrances and most likely for a stealth attack to occur from while the Valmy, the Verdun's sister ship, is tasked with scanning the 'east entrance' of the Harbor. With both carrying torpedoes and depth charges, they are more than capable of taking on a submarine, once that submarine is found. The three French submarines in the port, Casabianca, Iris, and Pallas, are quickly submerged and moved out of dock to begin scanning the harbor and the surrounding ocean for the submarines. While old and ill-equipped to engage in sub-on-sub combat, the three submarine's primary goal is to find and relay the position of the Soviet submarine to the rest of the fleet, at which point it can be pursued and destroyed. |
| The battleship Richelieu and aircraft carrier Béarn, the two largest ships of the French fleet in the harbor docked next to eachother within the deepest end of the harbor, are ordered to remain docked while the cruisers Gloire and Duguay Trouin are mobilized and sailed at quick speed to positions directly in front of the two huge flagships. It is hoped that should the submarine manage to bypass the other ships in the Harbor and attack the Béarn or the Richelieu, the Gloire and Duguay Trouin will prevent the submarine from being able to adequately aim and fire at its target. Onboard the Béarn, four TBF Avenger torpedo bombers are prepped for launch. Armed with a Mark 13 torpedo and three devastating .50 cal machine guns per plane, the four Avengers are prepared for launch and quickly deployed into the skies over Pusan Harbor. Here, they continuously circle over the Harbor in case needed to attack the Soviet submarine or any other potential Soviet naval vessels en route to Pusan. Meanwhile, at nearby Gangseo Harbor, the smaller American fleet in Korea is informed of the attack by French Vice Admiral Remy Peltier. Its flagship, the USS Essex, is quickly scrambled to prepare for defensive maneuvers while its accompanying force is scrambled and mobilizes to begin searching the harbor for hostile ships. |
Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
[pre]La Plata Gazette[/pre]
[list]November 1952[/list]
Future of the dreadnoughts
[list]| Buenos Aires - ARA Moreno, ARA Rivadavia, and ARA Santiago, three of Argentina's greatest naval achievements, is awaiting their eventual fate while being moored in Buenos Aires. These three battleship, commissioned in the 1910s during the naval arms race with Brazil are poorly aging and has become nothing more than a memorial of what once was. As the era of battleships are coming to a close, aircraft carriers, destroyers, cruisers, and submarines will soon be taking the spot as the main and key part of a naval flotilla. Subsequently leaving a question on what to do with the three battleships. Build in the United States and the United Kingdom, these battleships never fired their guns in anger, and even during the Second World War was only charged with patrol duties in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Their importance to the navy came under question after the war had ended, and many naval officers preferred the use of cruisers and destroyers, rather than dreadnoughts.
Between preservation and scrapping, the question remains, and has became a major topic of discussion in the navy. The question of what to do with the ship was answered when the Argentine government planned to change naval priorities to cruisers and other smaller vessel, completely stripping off the dreadnoughts from the naval service. Preserving the ship would be a great way to preserve a piece of Argentine history for generations to see, but it would be a costly one. Scrapping would destroy a piece of history, but it would ease the navy's budget.
But either way, we could only hope for the best to our naval giants, and let the government and naval officials decide their fate, as we sat by in the comforts of our home, awaiting a final decision on the matter.
Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, New Raines, Miwok-, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
Help has been sent to Korea
[sub]August 1952[/sub]
Since the Capitalist revolution in Venezuela and the start of the Korean War, The President has been planning to help the South Koreans.
He says:
We have to help the survive the commie oppression, like we did, and then regain all of the Korean Peninsula! Dont let the commies gain any inch of land
This morning, five of the Venezuelan ships departed for Pusan, to help the defenders. We support them and agree with Mr. the president! Dont let the commies win!
A strange calm
[sub]later in August 1952[/sub]
Since the capitalist revolution, the country is calm as ever. No resistance was shown from the rest of the commies, which just went to the southern jungles and now live there not doing any bad things to anyone. But how could this end? Maybe they are planning a revolution? Or maybe they just decided to give up? Only time will tell....
Grand Indochina, New Raines, Pacifica Occidentalis
[list]Sesshō-ki 5
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August 1952
[sub]回復[/sub]
The Recovery
[sub]Yoshida's 4th Year in Power; Japan's Economic Recovery; The New Life[/sub][/list]
[sup]東京都、日本[/sup]
TOKYO METROPOLIS, STATE OF JAPAN
| After four years in office and at the helm of the Liberal Party, Shigeru Yoshida continued to enjoy relative stability in the Diet. The brutal war in Korea coupled with communist unrest at home had forced his hand in the creation of a barebones military for Japan in the shape of the National Safety Forces. But Yoshida, unwilling to budge from his entrenched pacifist beliefs, had continued to block attempts at the strengthening of these forces, and opposed lawmakers in the Diet and from within his own party on the subject. Above all, he was adamant on rebuilding the country, and the war in neighboring Korea had bolstered the already quickly-recovering economy. The demand in military procurements, ammunition, textile and food has completed the recovery centered around the Inclined Production Model, which focuses on the transformation of raw materials from textile to metallurgy and indeed, turn Japan into a producer state by allowing it to offset its imports-exports balance, currently in deficit because of Japan's large population and lack of resources. Yoshida's reliance on the United States for defense had allowed him and his cabinet to re-direct their efforts solely at the economy, and in this regard, the Ministry for International Trade and Industry has been granted near-complete control over the country's economic affairs. 1952, the "Golden Year", dubbed so in reference to the enthronement of the teenage Prince Akihito set to take place in its finishing months, had seen its share of advancements: Industrial production had just recovered to its pre-war levels, and GDP is predicted to also recover in no more than two years' time. |
| Over the summer, rapid gains in industrial output continued, seemingly confirming Yoshida's doctrine. However, paradoxically, unrest was still deemed to be at an all-time high, and rumors of communist agitation regularly roiled the halls of the Diet. Over the years, Yoshida also had to compromise with a new brand of politicians, yet one he knew well. Precipitated by the return of tensions on the world stage, and owing to the prestige of their families, many thousands of bureaucrats and lawmakers once associated with the militarist regimes of the pre-war era have come back to the stage. Their views had, to some degree, changed after the war, but their past was no secret for anyone. This was in sharp contrast to how former military officers have conducted their lives since 1945; most of them, from rural origins, have retreated back to their native villages, living destitute or relying on veterans' associations for survival, gradually slipping out of current affairs and into the numbness of a pacified country. Their lives in Japan's quiet and slow-moving countryside is itself at odds with the buzzing efficiency of the rebuilt cities, where paved avenues, concrete buildings, streetcars, shiny automobiles and neon signs are now the norm. In the cities, urbanites follow the latest American trends, schoolchildren watch Hollywood cowboy movies, young girls dance to frenetic, jazzy popular music, and young, attractive students are said to be much too easy to court. For many who enjoyed this new life, free of the burden of tradition, it was a novelty; but many older citizens would remark that twenty years ago, the very same dynamics were already at work, only interrupted by the austerity and devastation brought by the war and its aftermath. Now carried by the winds of economic progress, liberated from these trying times, the urban population of Japan has enthusiastically come back to its liberal lifestyle. |
| Their choice was only comforted by the decisions taken under the occupation forces and the succeeding Progressive, Socialist and Liberal governments since 1945: Women's right to vote, which accelerated their massive flow into the workforce and turned them into a vital part of the economic resurgence; the free formation of unions and their right to strike, credited with pay rises; the introduction of textbooks exposing the ills of militarism. In the countryside, this change materialized as former land owners saw their property broken up and sold to their individual farmers, creating a self-sufficient and more independent farmer class. In the economy, the main drive behind current growth was keiretsu, the tightly-interwoven fabric of companies pouncing on new market share instead of pursuing immediate profits, and often headed by the former helmsmen of the defunct zaibatsu. Major investments have been made in electric power, coal, steel, and chemicals, which the Yoshida Cabinet considers Japan's way into prosperity for this decade. Other efforts were devoted to achieving a high literacy rate among children and students, following new developement economic theories which predict that Japan could become as wealthy and technologically-advanced as France or the United States in a mere twenty years' time if sufficient investments in both infrastructure and education are made. |
| Economic aid and preferential treatment from the United States is also holding as essential today as it has been for the past seven years, albeit in a different form. No longer being direct investment or food and technical aid, American support today materializes as demand for military goods and preferential trade rules. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida has continued to insist on this beneficial situation with the United States, and is said to be especially looking forward to the end of President Taft's isolationist term. |
Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Miwok-, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica
[list]Sesshō-ki 5
―
August 1952
[sub]告発[/sub]
The Denunciation
[sub]Japanese Communists: Imperialist Not Xav Concentration Camps in Malaya[/sub][/list]
[sup]東京都、日本[/sup]
TOKYO METROPOLIS, STATE OF JAPAN
[list]"The heinous Imperialist powers of Europe have once again demonstrated why their greed and lust for power combined with unrestrained capitalistic morals is the bane of all the oppressed people of the world. The British Crown has unashamedly built concentration camps for the Chinese population of Malaya to defeat a rightful war of people's liberation fought more than 10,500 km/6,500 miles from London. The absurdity of Western Imperialism must be stopped at all costs by our Malay but also by our Maoist Pacifica Occidentalis Brothers." - Yoshio Shiga[/list]
| Yoshio Shiga, the editor of the Japanese Communist Party's official newspaper, Shimbun Akahata [The Red Flag], has come out with a controversial report on alleged "British concentration camps" in Malaya - Based on a report from the newspapers' investigators and three blurry photographs showing facilities of prebaricated buildings guarded by barbed wires and armed soldiers escorting people, including children, in and out of the villages. According to Shiga, these "new villages" are in fact ethnic concentration camps operating outside of the realm of even British laws. The newspaper, which is not controlled nor supported by the government of Japan - Which stands firmly opposed to the JCP's violent tactics - has roiled public opinion and provoked protests in favor of the Malay rebellion. Extremely important members of the JCP, including its founder Sanzo Nosaka and its current Chair Kyuichi Tokuda have thrown their weight behind the Malayan National Liberation Army. |
Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Entralia, Batallon De Dignidad, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
Formation of the German Peoples Defence Forces.
September 28th, 1952
After long negotiations with USSR in autumn 1952, Walter came to an agreement, for now. The treaty was announced on regular Central Committee's congress and was met with cheers both inside the party and in national news. Well, just like any decision of German Stalin. The DVV will consist of 3 motorized divisions, each consisting of roughly 13.000 men, 3 motorized platoons, and 1 artillery platoon. And 1 "Guards Peoples Division". Guards units are much smaller and armed only with light equipment, 6.000 men strong without artillery or armored vehicles. They will be stationed in Berlin at all times while regular divisions will entrench on the border with East Germany. All the units use soviet up-to-date gear with GDR's symbols on them. Next month an agreement will be signed in Moskow- the Soviet Union will import some machinery and technology for Germany to start their own arms production. Until the construction is finished- DVV will relly on imported goods. Standardized equipment of DVV will be:
Personal weapon- AK-47 and it's modifications
Heavy support machine gun- DSHK
Officers personal weapon- Makarov's Pistol
Artillery and heavy support equipment:
- M 30 howitzer
- M 46 howitzer
- M 120 mortar
- D 44 at canon
- C 60 anti-air complex
APC- BTR-152
Officially, Guard Regiments are elite soldiers that guard the government's objects of high importance. But in reality, they also work on various highly classified missions and execute questionable orders in and out of the country. During the next years, they will become the image of red terror in Germany, hunting traitors and revisionists alike. While the army will be commanded by Otto Grotewohl, guards will take only direct orders from Walter Ulbricht itself.
In November another agreement will be signed. 2nd Regiment of Volkswache will be sent to Vladivostok for "joint training". But the secret protocol of this document actually showed that this regiment under the command of Konstantin Bach, a german by nationality but living in Russia since 1920s, will be sent to the Korean Peninsula to fight against "imperialistic ambitions of western powers".
Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Entralia, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
[list][sup] December 1952. [/sup]
The Kingdom of Sweden rises. [/list]
[sup] Kingdom of Sweden [/sup]
Brief summary of the economic and military capabilities of the Kingdom of Sweden.
| Sweden was one of the first non-participants of World War II to join the United Nations. Apart from this, Sweden is a neutral country that relies on neutrality by force, having their own healthy arms industry since early 1930. The social democratic party has been holding the goverment since 1932, and is still going strong. By the start of 1950, the goverment has been busy building Folkhemmet (The People's Home), the Swedish welfare state. Sweden's industry had not been damaged by the war, which has allowed the country to stay strong economically, putting resources that would've been used to physically rebuild the country, into welfare.
Besides the strong investments into the well-being of the swedish society and it's glorious citizens, the military spending cannot be taken lightly. With a surface fleet of well over 40 destroyer sized vessels and above, a strong submarine force and a complex system of bunkers and coastal artillery covering the 1500km coast, any potential invader will have to think twice before setting foot on swedish soil.
The airforce is growing to be one of the strongest in the world, with a sizeable force of 1342 fighter and light attacker aircraft, a couple hundred of which are the new and top modern J29 jet fighter.
The swedish army had mobilized over 1 million soldiers during WW2, and had rapidly modernized it's forces with new artillery, semi automatic AG42 rifles and the infamous Carl Gustav recoiless rifle. The army bolsters a sizeable force of over 1000 tanks, most of which are older models from World War II, such as the Stridsvagn m/42, m/40.
Though the majority of the army is only part-time manned due to budget-concerns, it can mobilize well over 900 thousand trained conscripts and reservists within 2 weeks. |
| "För Sverige i tiden" |
Teujira, Valijun, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Kartnan, New Raines, Entralia, Batallon De Dignidad, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica, Boikostan
[list][list]~ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐗 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐂 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 ~
𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙷𝙾𝙼𝚂 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚂𝙿𝙸𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚈 & 𝚂𝚈𝚁𝙸𝙰 𝚂𝙷𝙰𝙺𝙴𝚂[/list][/list]
[sup]After the ArabIsraeli War of 1948, the Syrian nation laid defeated and humiliated by Israeli Forces. A number of factors are to be blamed for Syria's defeat, the main one pushed by elements within the military being that the civilian government of President Kamal Al-Hadwashi and Prime Minister Jamil Mardam Bey's were to be blamed for Syria's defeat. The war defeat damaged Mardam Bey's credibility among conservatives who accused him of poor leadership at the war front. Accusations were fired at him from different opposition parties, including the Baath Party of Michel Aflaq, which claimed that Mardam Bey had profiteered at the army's expense. Mardam Bey was also accused, along with ex-defense Minister Ahmad Al-Sharabati and Finance Minister Wehbe al-Harriri, of having purchased arms at inflated prices and then pocketing the difference. Mardam Bey also clashed with the officers, accusing Chief of Staff Husni al-Za'im of inefficiency in battle and calling for his dismissal from office. Brigadier General. Husni al-Za'im who was chief of the general staff had been playing with the idea of a military coup since the end of the Arab-Israeli War but began getting serious about overthrowing the government when he was encouraged by the CIA to take action. The CIA feared that Syria under the leadership of Kamal would descend into a Civil War as the Kamal administration proved weak and ineffective at maintaining order in the country. Initially, Za'im planned to carry the coup out and establish himself into power but changed his mind and opted to give Shukri al-Quwatli the presidency, with certain conditions. Quwatli still firmly believing the elections had been rigged, accepted Za'im's offer.[/sup] [sup]The final motivation for Za'im to take action came when anti-Mardam Bey riots took over Syria, the prime minister responded with force, declaring martial law, appointing himself military governor, and arresting prominent critics like Michel Aflaq. He then ordered the army to keep order on the streets and had many demonstrators arrested in Damascus and Aleppo. Kamal would attempt to stop Mardam's abuse of power but found himself bending the knee as he himself began abusing power by ordering the arrest of Officer Anwar Bannud who had commanded the Arab Liberation Army, a secret army which was created by the Syrian Military without the involvement of the civilian government. On the 12th of December, Al-Za'im met with several military officers to convince them to join his plot to overthrow the government. He ended up choosing four military officers to help his cause, the first being Anwar Bannud himself who was imprisoned but still able to communicate with Za'im, second was Colonel Sami al-Hinnawi, thirdly lieutenant colonel Adib Shishakli, and Colonel Fawzi Selu, a close friend of Za'im. After some time on the 27th of March 1949, the officers would meet in secret at Homs to plan their coup. Originally Za'im wished to plan out the coup longer, but due to the increasing suspicion of both Kamal and Mardam, the conspirators opted to rush things as they feared potential arrest. In the Old Homs district, gathered in a room the men known as the Homs Conspiracy discussed their plan to overthrow the government.[/sup]
[list][list]Al-Za'im paced around the room, his nerves on edge, with Kamal having arrested Anwar Bannud it was only a matter of time before arrest warrants would be sent out for him and his co-conspirators. With little time left to plan, the Homs Conspiracy began planing their strike on the government. Colonel Sami al-Hinnawi and lieutenant colonel Adib Shishakli sat on opposite sides from each other around a table. While Colonel Fawzi Selu sat next to Quwatli.[/list][/list]
[list]{𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐥-𝐙𝐚'𝐢𝐦}
[pre]"The CIA has assured me that the United States will fully support the revolution. The 2nd Brigade also reassured me that they will be on our side of things. All I need to know, is if the Homs Military Academy is with us?"[/pre]
{𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐚𝐥-𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐢}
[I][pre]I've spoken with the Warrant officer in charge, Siad Abboud, he's sworn his loyalty to the revolution and will gather the recruits for us. Of course Anwar Bannud must be freed first before anything else.[/pre]
{𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐥-𝐙𝐚'𝐢𝐦}
[pre]Yes yes of course...after Anwar is rescued. We will strike the Presidential Palace. If we are fast and stick to the plan, then I caculate it will still be morning by the time we get to the palace. Lieutenant, you told me that nobody at Sednaya Prison would resist us.[/pre]
{𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐢𝐛 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐥𝐢}
[pre]And I remain firm in my thoughts that the staff of the Sednaya won't put up a fight. Police Minister Barazi will be in Damascus and no one in the prison is willing to stick their necks out for Kamal.[/pre]
{𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐥-𝐙𝐚'𝐢𝐦}
[pre]Very well Lieutenant. All right lets go over the operation again! At 1:00 AM, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐰𝐳𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐮 will lead a Company from the 1st Brigade to Sednaya Prison to rescue Anwar. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐚𝐥-𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐢, you will lead the rest of the 1st Brigade to Damascus, but do not enter unil the Colonel Selu and Anwar link up with you. Once linked up, at 2:00 AM you will march into the Western Villas district and take the Fayez Mansour road all the way towards Umayyin Square. Any resistance you meet, send them to hell. Once at the square, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐰𝐳𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐮 you will seize the radio station and the Ministry of Defense HQ, and remain there with the armoured units and our artillery. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐚𝐥-𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐢 you will take with you a small force and capture the Parliament, after that I want you to hunt down all memebers beloging to Kamal's party. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐝 himself will march onto the Tishreen Palace, capture Kamal, Mardam, and Colonel Hakim. 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐢𝐛 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐥𝐢 you are our emergency plan if anything goes wrong. You will present yourself to Kamal as a loyalist and gather any information for us. If the Plan goes to the letter then I want you to remain under cover until further notice. If we do this right, the the revoltion should be fininalized by 4:00 AM with minimum casualties...𝐐𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐢, at 7:00 AM you will announce the victorious revolution and the downfall of Kamal.[/pre]
{𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐤𝐫𝐢 𝐚𝐥-𝐐𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐢}
[I][pre]Understood, but I want to make my demands clear! Kamal and Mardam Bey are NOT to be harmed! They may be my political rivals but I won't go as low as to have them killed, is that understood? I've agreed to your concessions Za'im and I want assurance that you will uphold mine.[/pre]
{𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐥-𝐙𝐚'𝐢𝐦}
[pre]You have my word...President al-Quwatli.[/pre]
{𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐚𝐥-𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐢}
[I][pre]That fool Kamal and Mardam won't even see this coming jajajajaja!!![/pre][/list]
[list][list]everyone would laugh for a couple of seconds before Za'im cleared his throat and made his final statement.[/list][/list]
[list]{𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐥-𝐙𝐚'𝐢𝐦}
[pre]Remeber gentlemen...there is no going back and if we wait any longer they'll kill us all! The Police Minister Barazi might have already caught on to us and so too Colonel Hakim. Gentlemen, the revolution starts on the 29th of March at 1:00 AM! Get to you positions and await the day of victory![/pre][/list]
Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Entralia, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
[list]THE TIMES OF INDIA[pre]
December 1952[/pre][/list]
[list][list][pre]Let Truth Prevail[/pre][/list][/list]
[list][list]―――[/list][/list]
[list][list]ECONOMY PICKS UP AND MILITARY REORGANISATION[/list][/list]
[list]| CALCUTTA With the foundation of a modern economy in place, the Indian economy has seen a steady rise over the past years. With early estimates from the Department of Statistics estimating the GDP to be nearly $74.5 billion with an estimated growth rate of 5.3% by the end of FY 1952-1953. This has been hailed as the result of numerous economic reforms and opening up of Indian markets to the foreign world. However, Indian goods and services remain unseen in most foreign markets outside of the CTA. Policymakers in Calcutta have mulled over several plans to open up new markets and have identified France, the United States, Argentina and Japan as potential trade partners. Representatives have been dispatched these nations to discuss the possibilities of free trade in mutually competitive industries. With the monetary aid from the United States diminishing by the day, economists have all agreed for a hyper-competitive economy for India to prosper. To this end, the National MSME Encouragement Bill has been passed by both the houses of the Legislature. The Bill has allocated over $5b of funding to promising Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) over ten years. The money is being allocated to companies with high R&D capabilities and specifically in highly competitive industries. High Schools and Polytechnics are also being encouraged to enrol students for internships and apprenticeships at these MSMEs and even larger companies. Further, to encourage these companies to be export-oriented and be globally competitive, the government has proposed for easing of tariffs on foreign products to allow for greater competition first at home and abroad. With these reforms, the Indian Business code has also been modernised along the lines of the British and American Business codes to allow for ease of trade between these nations. Further standardisations agreements are also being discussed for the CTA by Indian Representatives. However, despite these mediocre growth numbers compared to our western and eastern counterparts, average living standards of Indian men and women have increased considerably. This has been hailed as a success of the Reserve Bank's hard monetary policy to control inflation, while still pegged to the Pound Sterling, the Indian Rupee is starting to be viewed as a safe investment for some venture capitalists. The Gulf Rupee used by Oman, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and several smaller gulf nations has also seen annualised inflation under 2% for the last five years. Further to democratise the use of the currency, the Reserve Bank has opened up regional offices in Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha and Kuwait City and has invited the governments of these states to appoint the Board of Director for its governance in these nations. At home, the central government has mulled over the possibility of the central banks independence from the central government modelled after the Bundesbank model to promote long term planning and avoiding interference from political interest groups. One of the radical ideas being discussed over at Calcutta and Bombay among the financial circles has been the idea of voluntary exchange rates among commercial banks, this is believed to allow for growth of capital in the ever capital hungry nation and it would also allow for market-based determination of reserve ratios, however, the RBI has announced that a capital reserve amount would have to be maintained nonetheless to avoid an infinite amount of money entering the financial system. |[/list]
[list]| MADRAS With the war raging on in Korea, military lessons are being learnt by the day by the Indian High Command. The Indian High Command has announced that it would further reinforce the battlefield with further 70,000, fielding in a total of 100,000 men in Korea. However, compared to her Western counterparts, the Indian Army is grossly outdated with a near lack of artillery support and her lack of being able to send armoured support to Korea. In the aerial sector, the Royal Indian Air Force has concluded that the fleet is grossly outdated to manoeuvre effectively against the Soviet Mig-15s. While the Royal Indian Navy has shown interests in supporting the UN Fleet, it too is unprepared for any offensive roles in the war. Hence the Defence Modernisation Act of 1952 has been passed to improve and upgrade Indian military capabilities. The first of which has been the massive expansion of the Navy, the Navy has been allocated sufficient funds to buy a Malta-Class Carrier from the British Empire, 3 Amphion-Class submarines, 5 Daring Class destroyers. With this, however, the Navy has also sought to increase its capacity to produce ships locally. Hence a contract for the next generation of Destroyers has been floated to all the shipyards in the country. The tender will award the building of 8 of the next generation of destroyers for a total price of $500m. Meanwhile, the Air Force has also seen a substantial increase in its budget in hopes of acquiring the American Sabres and Panthers to prepare the RIAF. Meanwhile, the army has ordered further 400 Centurion tanks to bolster the Indian Tank regiments. It too has been allocated funds to acquire the M114 155 mm howitzer from the United States. However, at home, the Royal Indian Army has been reorganised according to its command sectors. The army henceforth is subdivided into the Northern, Western, Central, Southern, Eastern and the Burmese Command. These changes were deemed necessary to consolidate the army and to allow for specialisation in their regions. As a part of modernising the Indian armed forces, the Research & Analysis Wing and Investigations Bureau have also been established and are tasked with foreign and internal intelligence operations respectively. Their budget and personnel numbers have been kept classified but estimates range into the millions of dollars. |[/list]
Arcanda, Antillian, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, Miwok-, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
[list][sup] January, 1953 [/sup]
War. Endless War. [/list]
[sup] The Kingdom of Sweden [/sup]
| A wise man once said - Put the guns into our hands and we will use them. Give us the slogans and we will turn them into reality. Sing the battle hymns and we will take them up where you left off. Not one not ten not ten thousand not a million not ten millions not a hundred millions but a billion two billions of us all the people of the world we will have the slogans and we will have the hymns and we will have the guns and we will use them and we will live. Make no mistake of it we will live. We will be alive and we will walk and talk and eat and sing and laugh and feel and love and bear our children in tranquility and security in decency in peace. You plan the wars you masters of men plans the wars and point the way and we will point the gun. - Dalton Trumbo
On this beautiful cold January morning, I, Tage Erlander, the PM of Sweden, want to send a very clear message to the aggressors conducting warfare and causing misery on the Korean peninsula. You will not go unpunished. It may take 1, 5, 10 or maybe even 50 years, but when you stand infront of the gates in heaven, God will judge you with an iron fist. You may foolishly believe the armed struggle will be over once the South Korean army has been defanged, but the people will force you to sleep with one eye open every night, believe me.
After a discussion with the great leader of South Korea, the goverment of Sweden has decided to send arms to help bolster the South Korean army and people, effect immediately. Starting with a shipment of 7500- Swedish Mausers, 10- thousand AG42 semi auto rifles, 185- 84mm Carl Gustaf recoiless rifles, 38- 40mm Bofors L/60 Anti Air cannons and 200 Kpbil m/42s. These arms will be transported with a healthy amount of ammunition on behalf of the Swedish state with Swedish merchant ships. We aim to have them delivered by the end of February, 1953.
The Kingdom of Sweden wants to make it very clear that total aggression will not be tolerated, and be fought wherever possible. |
| "Fred där diplomatin håller, beväpnad kamp där den faller." |
Teujira, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, New Raines, Miwok-, Entralia, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
Post self-deleted by Tadros.
[pre] Year of the Water Dragon [/pre]
[sub]August, 1952[/sub]
亚洲将摆脱帝国主义者的侵略者!
Asia will be freed from the imperialist aggressor!
Politburo, Beijing.
|[pre] There is hushed silenced in the halls of power as Mao Zedong clears his throat at the lectern. The leader is about to speak, they whisper amongst themselves, if you wish to keep your head, you'd do well to listen.[/pre]|
Mao:
[sub]Asia is a land rich in culture, a land whose history has been told since time immemorial. A continent of contrasts, a land of wonder. A land, as well, that is tremendously wealthy.
So wealthy, in fact, that the working man of Asia has long been subject to the yoke of the European imperialist. They come to our countries, they kill our men, they ravish our women, and they burn our homes. Will we stand for this? I say NO, comrades. Too long has Asia suffered and languished under their whips, their guns and their greed.
The freedom of China and of the Chinaman was hard won, through blood, sweat, and innumerable comrades who made the valiant sacrifice for the liberation of the Motherland. Socialism promises a bright future for the Chinese, a pathway to self-determination, prosperity, and the DIGNITY that has been stripped from us and from our forefathers by the West.
But what of the Korean? What of the Japanese? What about the Indonesian, and most importantly now our comrades in Malaya?
For they have suffered as we have, they have bled as we have, and they struggle like we have. They are our brothers in blood and spirit, and we must carry out the Revolution in order that they may enjoy the same peaceful prosperity that is sure to befall us as a consequence of the final Socialist victory.
The English and their Empire a blot upon Malaya. The honest peasant of Malaya toils endlessly in his field, only to have his meagre earnings stripped from him by the Imperialist.
The Malayan Chinese is discriminated against, legislated against, and alienated in his own country, treated as a second-class citizen in his own home!
The arrogant English refuse to acknowledge as equals the very people upon whose broken backs their bloodthirsty Empire rests, as if somehow the hardworking and honest Asian is inferior to the colonialists who do little but sit on their backs and indulge their capitalistic excess at the expense of the Asian citizen.
And as if this vile betrayal of their obligations to the Malayan people were not enough, our Japanese brothers have brought to our notice what is only the latest, and certainly unlikely to be the last, of a concerted effort to alienate, violate, and dehumanise the trust of those they so willingly exploit. [/sub]
|[pre] Here he holds up a copy of the Red Flag and gesticulates at the photographs on the front page, to the gasps of a rapt audience.[/pre]|
[sub]I see no need to euphemise what this is, comrades. Concentration camps: plain and simple. The British Empire, ever campaigning for such ideals as equality, liberty and justice, has betrayed not only its citizens, but its institutions. Our Chinese brethren, campaigning for the liberation of Malaya, have been persecuted, segregated, discriminated against, and DENIED, comrades, the very rights that the British claim to be champions of. Only 7 years after the war that left millions dead in such similar camps, the British, who helped dismantle them, are only imitating what they claim to oppose. L'Albion Perfide, comrades, as the French would have it.
The irrationality and absurd double standards that the West applies to human rights and the very democratic principles they CLAIM, comrades, to UPHOLD, has resulted in the death of our kinsmen. It has resulted in the deaths of women and children. Entire families, households, have been destroyed by the grasping arm of the imperialist. We stand with Malaya and our comrades in the Japanese Communist Party. China has never, and will never condone what amounts to a complete debasement of democratic principles and the fundamental ideals of humanity.[/sub]
东方红太阳!
Red Sun of the East!
[sub]China is not blind. It has taken keen notice of the current protests and riots sweeping Japan, and in the chaos sees the sparks of a potential ally. The Japanese Communist Party, ever popular with the working class and now growing influential in mainstream Japanese society, has chosen to align itself with the People's Republic of China, and this gesture has been noted.
In order to cultivate what could blossom into a relationship between the two dragons of the East, China is eager to support the JCP and its bid for power. To that end, the CCP has elected in secret to covertly dispatch Hu Yaobang, Governor of Shaanxi and committed socialist, to discuss areas of cooperation with the Japanese.
However, since China is as yet unsure as to what she can offer Japan and vice versa, a flurry of meetings are likely to take place in secret before this covert rendezvous occurs.
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[spoiler=Tags]Arcanda[/spoiler]
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Revolt!
[sub]December 1952[/sub]
This month, news came to us that the people on the ships that were going to Pusan to help South Korea, have revolted and the ship turned back to Venezuela. Also, a few guerilla attacks happened on the rich of the southern regions. We are aware that this smells like a bolivarianist revolution.
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[list]JULY 1952
CAIRO, EGYPT MIDDLE EAST[/list]
[list][list][sub][pre]وطن - عمل - استقلال
The Homeland - Labour - Independence
THE RESILIENT PARTISAN[/pre][/sub]
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[list][sub]Egypts people are to exercise their democratic rights for the first time since the founding of the Republic, as polling stations open in major cities the political landscape is set to undergo yet another transformation. Incumbent President, Rashid Qaddab and his Young Egypt party are yet again running for office. Qaddabs accomplishments in leading the Republican Revolution, returning the Suez Canal and Sudan to Egyptian control, opening the country to foreign investment as well as industrialization and improving the quality of life of the citizenry through his social programs have gained his platform wide support. Equally, his shortcomings have seen the slow erosion of the Young Egyptian political monopoly. Qaddab failed to find a political framework that integrated the Muslim Brotherhood, failed to contain an insurgency in Sudans south, failed to defeat Zionism, failed to remove the armys overbearing stance over the state and failed to clear his government of cooperate influences. With the Muslim Brotherhood boycotting this election, as they did the last, it would still seem that the next government would be like the last. Firmly under the auspices of the Young Egyptians. This was not to be.[/sub]
[sub]Jamal Abdel Nasser, was the son of a postal worker. Living a childhood removed from wealth, Nasser was acutely aware of social inequality within Egypt from a young age, resenting the Monarchy, and joining the pro-Republican movement against Farouk in 1945. When the Egyptian Republic was created by the Young Egyptians in 1947, Nasser was 29 years old, and a junior member of the Egyptian armed forces. Nasser grew disillusioned with the Young Egypt Party following his experiences in the 1948 Palestine War when he served with the 6th Infantry Battalion. During the war, he wrote of the poor execution of the war by stating our soldiers were dashed against enemy fortifications. The epitome of Nassers service was during the Faluja Pocket, when his brigade was surrounded by Zionist forces yet refused to surrender under the pressure of constant fighting on unfavourable terms. As part of the wider popular vigor, the defenders of Faluja, became national heroes due to their stand. The higher ups of Egypts government who had previously paid no attention to Nasser, saw in him a symbol to boost morale for the war, in addition to a possible threat. As the tide of the war turned against the Arabs, this became more significant, as the incompetence of the army became apparent. While the struggle of the brigade was broadcasted in Egypt during the war, after Nasser returned from the island of Rhodes where peace negotiations were taking place, he was discharged from the army. His usefulness to the army was thus, only to be considered when morale needed to be raised out of necessity. However, in the post-War dynamic, his struggles could not contrast with the failure of the army, for fear of undermining a sour and resentful high command, aware of its shortcomings, yet obsessed with not admitting them. Estranged from his comrades in the army, Nasser was resilient and began to seek a career in politics. He briefly reached out to the Muslim Brotherhood in 1950, yet cut ties with the organization a year later after concluding that their Islamism could not be compatible with his nationalist values, inherited from his childhood, as his parents emphasized Arab glory. In 1952, he founded Egypts first true opposition party, the Republican Party, in the symbolic city of Helwan. This bold move would irritate the political establishment. Helwan was the first city to free itself from the Monarchy, the city in which the Young Egyptians felt more comfortable in their support than even Cairo or Alexandria. And now, Nasser has shaken that. The Republican Party can be identified as populist and liberally conservative, several degrees lower than the revolutionary zeal of the Young Egyptians, yet still a Party advocating for reforming Egypt into a secular society. With this respect, the two parties are not extremely divergent. The more apparent divergents are with respect to national philosophy. Qaddab was chosen to view Egypt as a unique entity, with its own separate interests and goals, removed from any notion of a wider Arab Nation. Nasser had chosen a different approach. His experiences in Palestine had deeply tied him to the struggle of Palestines Arabs and thus he saw the struggle against colonialism as a pan-Arab effort, executed by a wider body born of fraternity, of which Egypts people identified with. Consistent with this is Nassers harsh critique of the Egyptian armys performance in the Palestine War, as an army, which supposedly failed to avert a catastrophe for millions of fellow Arab citizens. Such a message is powerful not only for his regular supporters but also for some low ranking officers within the armed ranks, who blame their performance on Qaddabs lack of interest in the conflict, which is slowly becoming an open secret.[/sub]
[sub]Objectively, the Republican Party is not as popular nor developed as their Young Egyptian or its Islamist counterparts. Yet its very existence is threatening. Qaddab sought to outmaneuver Nasser by rapidly organizing the Young Egyptian platform. The fledgling Republican Party thus, could not organize a sufficient campaign, guaranteeing a Young Egyptian victory. Over 10 million ballots were counted, many of them from rural regions in addition to urban centres, Rashid Qaddab had secured a second term with a majority of the votes. The Republican Party had only secured less than 3% of the vote, scoring below all independent candidates. The Muslim Brotherhood was not represented, yet heavily protested the legitimacy of the election and the Qaddab government, as it had since the founding of the Republic, when the army sidelined Islamists in favour of the Young Egyptians. The election victory for Qaddab however, would be a double edged sword however. The first violent Islamist protests in the history of the Republic erupted soon after in Port Said, resulting in mass arrests and injured civillians. The central authority of the Brotherhood condemned the action, likely fearing a wider reprisal from the army, yet the 2 days of chaos in the city testify to deepening political division. Nasser, however, had communicated a positive impression. Smiling, undeterred and charismatic while acknowledging his defeat, he publicly congratulated his Young Egyptian counterparts. In the face of violent upheaval, these actions do not go unnoticed by the public, garnering a positive image of compromise as well as integrity for Nassers republicans. The 1952 Egyptian elections symbolize both continuity and change. Qaddabs victory symbolizes the continuation of the Republican establishment and verifies its public support. Equally, the events of Port Said symbolize how delicate that establishment is, and how deeply divided the people are along political lines. Furthermore, the entry of the Republican Party showcases an increasing diversion from the initial vision on which the Republic was initially founded. [/sub][/list]
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[list][sup]DECEMBER 1953[/sup]
L'INVERNO ROSSO [/list]
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[sup]Major Cities In Italy[/sup]
[sup]Via della Scrofa 43, Rome[/sup]
Pro Socialist and Communist groups advocate for one of the largest general strikes in recent Italian history,
meanwhile in the MSI headquarters prominent members strategize on how to capitalize on the newborn strikes.
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| The leader of the Italian Communist Party is a man called Palmiro Togliatti. A famous figure, in Italy you either loved or hated the man. There was little neutrality. Either he was a hero of the workers or a Jackal and a puppet of the Soviets. A Month ago through his Pro-Socialist newspaper known as Rinascita. Within he called for mass strikes, public demonstrations and occupation of universities and factories as a way to force a flat-rate pay raise for the working people. And unsurprisingly they responded in force in major cities all across Italy. Milan, Naples, Turin, Genoa, Florence and even Rome itself were not safe from revolting workers. In Universities, students begun forming assemblies where it was a not only a mass meeting, but a legislative body which made binding decisions. This loose student movement eventually started shifting away from university issues and has now moved toward industrial struggles. Even the Turin FIAT Car factories aren't safe. Both the Workers and Students are supporting each other, with Workers demanding wage increases and the same conditions as white-collar workers within the companies they work for. The protests however, are by far the largest hotbed of violence in what is becoming known as THE RED WINTER. There have been several lethal clashes between Third Positionist and Far Left gangs and milita groups, and two large scale terrorist attacks already and it looks like it is only going to get worse from here. While the leftist workers strike throughout Italy a group of men meet on how to capitalize on the situation.....|
[list] In the headquarters of the MSI six important men would meet, although it would not be for very long. Those men, Giorgio Almirante, Rodolfo Graziani, Junio Valerio Borghese, Pino Rauti, Carlo Scorza and Italo Balbo all entered a room with a long wooden table in the center with a large window on the right of the room lighting the room. On the wall in front of the table would be a portrait of Mussolini. The first to sit down would be Giorgio Almirante.[/list]
[list]Giorgio Almirante: "Welcome gentlemen. You've all been paying attention to the recent developments on the strikes and protests, yes? "[/list]
[list]Graziani scoffed.[/list]
[list]Rodolfo Graziani: "Who hasn't? Its the only thing on the news now. I assume we have a plan to use this to our advantage. You know we are fools if we don't strike now. "[/list]
[list]The rest murmured in agreement.[/list]
[list]Pino Rauti: "That is the reason we are here, me and Giorgio have devised a rough plan on how we are to exploit this to our advantage."[/list]
[list]Almirante sets a folder down onto the table. The label says "La Strategia della Tensione"[/list]
[list]Giorgio Almirante: "We call it the Strategy of Tension. Essentially what it entails is a series of terrorist attacks that spread fear in the population and make them want political changes. Such as a fascist government, hmm? But how are we to get the leftists to instigate and start more and more terrorist attacks? The answer to that is twofold. We infiltrate those leftist parties and organizations with MSI aligned agents and use them to advocate for Violence, and when they eventually escalate the violence we can use it as a pretense for attacking back in the defense of the people. Then they attack back and it cycles and escalates until it gets so bad that people are willing to allow in a fascist government just to stop the violence. Any thoughts? "[/list]
[list]Most silently nod in approval.[/list]
[list]Italo Balbo: "That sounds like it could work, we just need to not get caught by the government. This all reminds me heavily of the Red Biennium, and the Fascist Revolution. Lets just hope it actually ends with a new Revolution. and not with all our arrests. We have to be careful or we could squander this second chance. If we get into the government we could put in place real fascism, unhindered by the toxic influence of the Monarchy and the Church, we wouldn't need to concede to them to stay in power. Mussolini was a great leader for Italy but he made two mistakes. Compromising with the Monarchy and the Vatican, and siding with german scum. While we can't fix the latter, we have the ability to fix the former."[/list]
[list]They lightly clapped and agreed with his statement. The meeting would go on for another hour but the topic of the strategy of tension and the leftists weren't brought up again.[/list]
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| "L'Italia e' una Repubblica democratica, fondata sul lavoro." |
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Portugal moves to intercept
Upon receiving a distress signal from the crew aboard, a single Portuguese battle class destroyer the
PRN Galito was dispatched to find and intercept the ship.
Spainard, Teujira, New Raines, Confederate-Amurica
Post self-deleted by Teujira.
*the anti communist memebers of the crew are executed. The captain himself was a communist.*
Antillian, New Raines
[list][list]11 December 1952 - Montreal, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, United Kingdom
THE QUIET REVOLUTION: PT. I
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦[/list][/list]
| Marcel Chaput, fresh off of receiving his Doctorate at McGill University, has spent most of the last two months in his laboratory in Ottawa's branch of the National Research Center. A biochemist by education, Chaput had managed to successfully acquire his degree only after studying since 1946. In this time, he had not only been married to his wife, but had had three children- a son and two daughters. Along with the economic boom caused by the end of the Second World War, Chaput's life since 1946 has been fairly stable. However, these personal successes were not without their equal and opposite reactions as, within Quebec, things had been changing drastically since the end of the Second World War. |
| As part of the The United Kingdom of the British Isles, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Quebec has been under the control of the direct rule of London since Canadian Confederation and, in practice, since the beginning of the occupation of Quebec during the Seven Years' War. As a Francophone nation within an Anglophone state, Quebec's existence within the United Kingdom has been forever turbulent- tracing back to the Patriot's War in 1831, there had always been a serious distrust of the English rule over the French territory which has, in recent years, been seriously exacerbated. Throughout the United Kingdom, as the Conservative Party continues to push Anglo-Celtic nationalism and the unity of the United Kingdom as an Anglo-Celtic nation, the French-speaking and largely French-descended Quebecois people have begun to felt increasingly isolated. Alongside limited economic colonization by English speaking Brits seeking success in Canada's rapidly expanding economy, prosperity and nationalistic expression have been denied to many lower- and middle-class Quebecois. For all intents and purposes, the well-educated and well-employed Chaput is 'one of the lucky ones'. |
| Most urban Quebecois have felt this paradigm shift in their nation over the last decade. Increasingly throughout their cities and towns, use of the French language has been seriously toned down in official usage and, economically, all but eliminated in favor of English and even German, due to Britain's heavy economic involvement in the Rhineland. Billboards, advertisements, and storefronts continue to take down French signs and type and replace it with English across Quebec. Slowly but surely, over these last ten years, the Anglo-Celtic nature of the United Kingdom has crept its way into Quebec. In the countryside and the far, uninhabited north, these effects have been felt less but, as the world continues to shrink and globalize, the Anglicization of Quebec continues to consume the entire province. |
| Amid intense studying and research at the NRC, Chaput had also increasingly dedicated himself to the growing but yet still fringe Quebec Sovereignty Movement. Home from the capital of Ottawa for Christmastime, Chaput had arranged for a meeting with some fellow compatriots in Quebec who had also become active in underground independence circuits- forty men, including Raymond Barbeau, André D'Allemagne, Raymond Villeneuve, and Jacques Bellemare. Renting out the second floor of a local firehouse, the men shoot pool and smoke while making small talk. Eventually, after a little under an hour of shooting the breeze, Chaput gathers them all together around a long oak table. |
[list]MARCEL CHAPUT: "My friends, I've gathered us all here not only to talk and have merriment but to discuss something which I know we all hold dear to ourselves. The Anglos have continued to impress upon our nation their way of life, their language, their culture, their religion, and the Quebecois people have been bearing the full brunt of English colonization in Canada. Who here can say they have not personally been affected by the Anglo?"[/list]
| None of the men speak up, most shaking their heads in agreement. |
[list]MARCEL CHAPUT: "My compatriots, we are at a very critical time in the history of our nation. I believe such a key moment has not presented itself since 1837 and, my friends, it has become increasingly clear that the people of Quebec need to begin to act if we want to stop the complete destruction of our uniquely Quebecois way of living. The people of Quebec are beginning to experience first hand what English colonization does to a nation- it wipes out their culture and pushes them to the side! We here gathered in this room are from a broad variety of religious backgrounds, political beliefs, creeds, and identities, but what share in common is that we are all born Quebecois and we shall die Quebecois and that is an honor greater than any title bestowed by any King or Queen!"[/list]
| The men around the table reaffirm with shouts of 'Oui! Oui!'. |
[list]MARCEL CHAPUT: "What I'm positing today is an inherently radical proposition however once which I believe you, as staunch defenders and patriots of Quebec, will agree with. In order to advance our cause of Quebecois sovereignty and nationhood, we must begin to properly organize and use our organization to establish influence among the general population and within both the local governments and that of His Majesty's. We will never see an independent Quebec if we do not have an organization which consists of and represents the majority interests of her people. Therefore, as did de Gaulle when he liberated France, I am seeking to establish a Rally of the Quebecois People which will serve not only as a party but as a Rally for Quebecois on the left, right, and center. Our Rally will not promote one religion, one policy, one ideal over another beyond the desire and the necessity for an autonomous Quebec. We will work to fully educate the Quebecois people on the pressing issue of English colonization of our nation, and push for limited if not full autonomy for Quebec. The chief of this firehouse has already given us permission to continue to rent out this floor once every week should we agree to move ahead, which will serve as our headquarters for now. I will not be dishonest and say that this will be an easy process- we must contribute our own time, effort, and funds into this but should the people of Quebec be interested in the message which we promote, I truly believe our organization will find success."[/list]
| After answering some questions, the general atmosphere of the room is that of certainty in the establishment of the RPQ. Despite some attempts to change the name, such as to the Alliance Laurentienne or the Quebec Party, the delegates agree to establish the Rally as a non-exclusionary and strictly sovereigntist organization with Jacques Bellemare as its President, Marcel Chaput as Premier, Raymond Barbeau as head of the group's newspaper Laurentie, and André D'Allemagne as head of the organization's youth outreach wing, Jeunesse(French for Youth). Before disbanding, the men gather to swear fealty to their organization and to Quebec and her people. After swearing loyalty to the RPQ, the men shake hands and leave the firehouse. |
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Post self-deleted by Pacifica Occidentalis.
[pre] Year of the Metal Rabbit [/pre]
[sub] March, 1951 [/sub]
中国的一种癌症!
A Cancer in the Heart of China!
[sub] Ever since the onset of the Century of Humiliation, crime and its consequents have been rife in China. Degenerate and decidedly bourgeois decadence has taken root in the cities, with the Chinese people becoming habituated to vice and crime. Dens of opium smokers, brothels, and other emblems of China's humiliation have become fixtures of her otherwise proud cities, and their actions and their intent to spread un-Chinese motives among the broader population of the Motherland is nothing short of the highest treason and a direct blow against the Socialist Revolution.
Their morally bankrupt and uncomely policies are driving more and more Chinese to vice each year. Hundreds of men languish in the opium dens of Shanghai every day, and an even higher number of women turn to prostitution due to the vice of their husbands.
Such actions, needless to say, are neither necessary nor permissible under the Socialist vision. Long has China endured humiliation upon humiliation, and taken for granted what amounts to an attack on its ideals and morals.
Not anymore.
Most organised crime in the Orient assumes the form of what is known as a "triad", a criminal body tantamount for the most part in its organisational structure to the Sicilian or Russian mafias, or the Indian crime gangs of Bombay. The criminals have resorted to an almost corporate hierarchy to regulate their drunkards and lowlifes, with the fat cats at the top growing enormously rich off of vice, crime and gambling. Not only is their power structure dependent on the despoiling of the Chinese workingman, it also perpetuates a systemic corruption that has become the plague of so many newly autonomous states. The CCP is of course aware of this, and is keen to make China an exception.
The greatest weakness (and arguably greatest strength) of the triads is the manner of their operation. Most of these organisations are, unlike elsewhere in the world, actively sanctioned by government officials, who maintain a full and complete list of their members, operation, and other activities. Regrettably, the perpetuation of the triads' filthy existence is ensured by the complicity of the government officials, who profit from their operation and do not attempt to act as whistleblowers for fear of backlash and the drying up of a major revenue stream.
China must and will act, however, to stop the misdemeanours of these criminals.
The People's Armed Police, a body notably lacking in instances of graft and/or corruption, will effective immediately institute a Great Socialist Purge of the upper echelons of the society, thereby cutting off the head of the snake.
It is to be recalled that organisations such as the triads typically lack detailed succession plans, which could well jeopardise the security of the positions of those who currently hold power. At best, plans for up to 3 tiers of succession exist and are implementable. However, the instituted purges will apprehend all individuals who hold ranks equal to or greater than "White Paper Fan" or administrator (some 15000 individuals across all known triads). The effect, of course, of such an action, would be to disrupt the succession hierarchy of these triads and throw them into disarray.
These individuals, belonging to the main criminal bodies of China (namely 14K, Sun Yee On, Tai Huen Chai ,Wo Shing Wo, Shui Fong, Wo Hop To, Luen Group among others) will be arrested under evidence (present in abundance in bureaucratic offices) that they are aiding and abetting bourgeois ideals, and sent immediately and without warning along with their families to the Laogai that abound in those regions of Southern China. The families will be interned indefinitely, meanwhile for those for whom there is evidence of their direct participation with the triads, they will be sentenced to death pending appeal.
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[pre] September, 1951[/pre]
准备工作
Preparations
[sub]The Northeast Frontier Force, already mobilised, will travel via the Jingjiu line, one of the first railways to be built in China, to the city of Pingdu, where they will dig in and begin constructing fortifications that span the length of the Shandong Peninsula. The distance from sea to sea is about 40km, and the terrain being hilly and heavily wooded is the perfect defensive line.
In addition to prebaricating the region and creating trenches and barbed wire walls, they will be mining the passes between the hills to deter any armoured corps from passing through.
Sniper outposts will be built at each of the passes atop the hills with a good supply line of bullets and rations.
In addition, machine gun emplacements are to be constructed at regular intervals along the defensive line. A network of tunnels will be dug underground to keep the trench line supplied, with dual outlets at Pingdu and Weifang, where underground railways will eventually be constructed. However, for the moment, horse-drawn carts and small automobiles will keep the tunnel system operational.
In the rear of the trenches, artillery lines will be set up to provide suppressing fire.
The design of these trenches shall be considerably deeper than those previously employed and they will have two levels, with the lower level being devoted to living quarters and the supply lines.
Each 10km division will have 1 stop along the underground tunnel network which will help in collection of supplies, those supplies will then be disseminated manually across the rest of the division.
Provision of sandbags will help reduce the risk of enemy strafing.
The trench system's defence will be divided into regimental compartments with each regiment responsible for a 1km stretch of land. All detachments will be provided with 3 anti-air cannons each (ZPU) in order to deter any aerial assault. The armoured component of the NEFF will construct housing bunkers along the hilltops in order to provide cover fire and execute flanking maneuvers in case of enemy breakthrough. The roads through will be blockaded save one which will form a highly-defended checkpoint. The NEFF's number of 200,000 is expected to be sufficient in this heavily dug-in position to resist assault.
The completion of this (elaborate, but small) defensive line is expected to take about 3 weeks from inception to completion, with the NEFF's 10k engineer being supplemented by conscription from the local labour force.
An area of 2km in front of the line will be mined with a mixture of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, placed in such a way that the major arteries and large flat areas are all heavily mined. Three safeways shall be maintained for the Chinese forces at Jimo, Laixi, and Laizhou, i.e., areas which are also mined but have narrow pathways that are safe to traverse. The location of said pathways will be heavily guarded both physically and as a secret.[/sub]
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[list]Ahora Noticias
[pre]
20 March 1952[/pre][/list]
[list][list]Econonic Plans Unveiled[/list][/list]
[list][pre]Las noticias más importantes[/pre]
[sub][pre]Top News[/pre][/sub]
| MADRID Today General Franco has unveiled a new economic plan that will promote the industrialization and modernization of the Spanish manufacturing sector, provide more market capitalization across all sectors of the Spanish economy. This is in efforts to push Spain away from the current economic stagnation the country has been facing for quite some time. Many incentives include promoting tax-free zones for foreign businesses to operate and to manufacture their goods and services. Franco plans to also shrink the underground economy or unreported income by creating and passing new legislation that will give people the liberty to spend their money on whatever they like since Franco is has grown more indifferent to how many Spaniards make their money in the age of this stagnant economic growth. Many citizens have praised the new incentives, especially those in worst-off areas in the country saying its time to move the country forward in a more prosperous way while still holding traditions close. Some fear however that market capitalization of the economy could promote more [REDACTED STATEMENT]-- However, General Franco has reassured his people and constituents that the Camino de España will not, and shall not be suppressed by foreign influences. The Palacio confirms that these new changes will gradually be integrated as time progresses, and the government will reinforce its stances by any means. [B]|[/B]
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The national railway becomes free
[sub]1953 februar| the Telegraaf [/sub]
welcome here back to the Telegraaf today we announce that the national railway is free every and each citizen may now use the railway without paying for a card. The president himself has made a grand speech before the railway station were he said that this is a step into the future and that the railway system will receive further funds and helps to make it bigger. And with ripping apart the last ever Ticket for the national railway it finally became free. Many liked this but asked themself why the president himseld held a speech many extremist groups mock the current president by saying that the onyl thing he achieved was ripping apart a piece of paper.
And afte that we have now a Interview with our dearly beloved current ambassador in the east indies
Please a huge applause for Mr schlief
Mr schlief :oh I don't think that necessary
Reporter: you're right mister schlief we are still thankful for making such a huge journey so to not waste you're time mister schlief our first question how we're your years as the ambassador Fr thr netherlands to the east indies
Mister schlief: Well the first year was bad many still didn't trust me or even accusing me that the netherlands were still controlling the old dutch east indies trough me but after the next few years they Slowely trusted me more and more
Reporter :that's great to hear and we have another question what do you think about the decision of the government
Mr schlief :It shocked me I didn't see this comming it was like a punch in the face
Reported : and what was the reaction of the locals
Mr schlief :they were in shock some began to sing and dance some began to taunt us some joked around it was a mixed bag
Reporter: Thank you for answering these questions mister schlief any last words before you need to go back
Mister schlief :yes of course to everyone out there a good day and... Uhm... I was always bad with finishing words
Reports:that's OK we will just finish it here
And don't forget people everyday at 16o clock you can hear the latest news here
Spainard, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
Danish-Norwegian Army - January 1952
IMG - https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/748542223603335268/763489155979411466/Danish-Norwegian_Army.jpg
Active Duty : 150.500 Personnel
Reserve : 500.000 Personnel
Equipment :
Small Arms
Rifle : Madsen Rekyl Riffel (1949 Version)
SMG : Madsen MP 50
HMG : Madsen Maskingevær (1951 Version)
Pistol : DRS Pistol (1947 Version)
Artilley : DRS 150mm Artilleri Stykke
AA : Madsen H5 40mm Auto Kanon
Vehicles
Standard Vehicles
Car/Jeep : Willys CJ-3B
Truck : Bedford A2C
Motorbike : BSA M20
Medical Truck : Chevrolet 8443/C60L
Engineer Vehicles
Prime Mover : Diamond T 981 (M20)
Earth Mover :Caterpillar D7
Armoured Vehicles
MBT : M41 Walker Bulldog
APC : M75 armored personnel carrier
Engagements :
Thirty Years' War (16251629)
Torstenson War (16431645)
Second Nordic War (16571660)
Scanian War (16751679)
Great Nordic War (1700 & 17091720)
Napoleonic Wars (18071814)
First Schleswig War (18481851)
Second Schleswig War (1864)
German invasion of Denmark (1940)
Danish-Norwegian Liberation of Denmark (1945)
Kongeriget Danmark-Norge |Fast i Nød|
Val Verde-, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, New Raines, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
1953 FN-FAL
It was announced today that the newest rifles from FN Herstal a Portuguese co-owned company has released the FN-FAL battle rifle. This rifle is a revolutionary new design for the Portuguese military who still uses bolt action rifles. As soon as it was announced the Portuguese government began the production of the rifles to start replacing its older bolt action rifles. In other news Portugal has announced that any western allied nation or other allies of Portugal will be allowed to purchase the rifle from Portugal.
India deal.
Portugals Asian Allie India requested a license to produce the rifle for its own military. The license was sold to India for 5 years for a set price. King Philip has stated that India is Portugals closest Allie in Asia, and wants to ensure that India will be able to quell Any aggressive moves from the vile communist Chinese threat north of India.
OOC sorry for lack of activity
Im finally done with A-school and Im super busy trying to get everything moved to my next duty station.
Val Verde-, Czabalkia, New Raines, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
[list][list]Greek Public Radio
March 15, 1953, 17:00[/list][/list]
[list]"Hello, fellow people of Greece! It is 17:00, and time to start your evening radio news. First up tonight, the Government has announced that the military is currently rolling out its domestic arms. This comes at a time, where the Greek military is awaiting arms shipments from a foreign supplier through an arranged deal. Next, The Athens-class is nearing the end of its construction phase, as the Sparta-class is nearing the end of its development phase. The Greek military, currently undergoing diverse military training tactics, has been focusing greatly on defensive warfare tactics, as well as offensive tactics. Due to the international political atmosphere, the Greek government has largely stayed out of international affairs, as the current economic situation would hinder any war effort attempted by Greece. Meanwhile, the Greek people have begun to resume normal commerce, bringing back many of the financial interactions that were hindered by the damages caused by the wars. In other news, the Acropolis in Athens has now become fully operational as a center of government, and the next month will see most government offices in Athens move to the Acropolis. In other news, Greek industries have been recently resuming or expanding production. In other news, some Greeks have been wondering about how the reconstruction would only last till 1955. The government responded with the following answer: "'Reconstruction' was used as a general term, as it was used to describe how Greece was to be rebuilt." The government also clarified that Greece did not receive as much damage as Western Europe during world war two and that most of the 'reconstruction' had to do with building up Greek industry and transportation infrastructure. As most actual war damage has been repaired, the main focus shifted from rebuilding infrastructure to building up industry. In other news, the Greek government announced that the transition from full communism to socialism has been completed and and many have applauded the move. Experts have remarked that very little has actually changed, owing a lot of the transition to the actions of President Nikos, who has been planning the transition ever since the government was officially formed. In other news, hard-core communists from the civil war have objected to the turn of events that had seen them stripped of power in favor of a democracy. Those people, leaders of the former Communist Party of Greece were arrested today, when a police raid on one of their hide-outs revealed that they planned another revolt. The government has issued a statement declaring that, while the Greek Communist Party was the origin of the successful revolution that overthrew the monarchy, the KKE sought a dictatorial regime that would have destroyed the cherished democracy that Greece became. President Nikos has said in an interview, "The KKE was trapped by its necessity to recruit to become more moderate. This backfired on the movement as many of the more extreme voices in the movement were largely outspoken by the newer, more moderate voices. I have been stalling their revolt attempt for as long as I could; however, it became necessary to directly remove them from being threats to our democracy." Now that many of the more extreme voices have been removed, Greece can become what it was truly meant to be. It may be a surprise that President Nikos, while he participated actively in the revolution that ended the monarchy, he actually disagreed with the communist way of thinking, believing instead in a socialist democracy. In fact, it was actions undertaken by him that made transitioning to socialism much easier.....That is all for today's news. Next up is the Greek History Hour, your hour of public history lesson, on the radio."[/list]
New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica
[list][sup]FEBRUARY 5TH 1953[/sup]
FIRST OF MANY [/list]
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[sup]Rome[/sup]
The Italian Social Movement holds a large political rally in rome, protected by police due to threats of violence from communist groups.
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| It has been three months since the Red Winter began, and things seem to only be getting worse. Strikes are growing stronger and stronger, and more students are occupying the universities, more and more factories are being occupied. Violence between Third Positionist and Leftist forces is increasing too. However, this is what the Italian Social Movement were banking on, the strategy of tension requires an opposition that is readily willing to escalate tensions and make things worse. Today would be the first test of the Strategy in action, for in Rome the MSI was organizing a massive rally in the center of the city, practically asking to be attacked by the leftists. Even while announcing it happening and planning there have been innumerable death threats and pledges by reds all over the city that they would organize a response to the Neo Fascist rally. death threats grew to such an extent that the police have to guard the rally. However, that hasn't stopped communists in the Past and it isn't going to stop them this time, at the rally they would bring just about 200 armed poorly trained red guards.. Alongside the police however, would be a new MSI militia similar to the blackshirts, numbering in 250 members protecting the rally alongside police.|
[list] | Giorgio Almirante, Pino Rauti, Italo Balbo, Rodolfo Graziani and Carlo Scorza are standing on top of a balcony with several assistants overlooking the thousands and thousands of people cheering for the rally, waiting for it to get started. There are microphones next to all five men. Giorgio would be the first to speak, roaring into the microphone like a lion. | [/list]
[list]Giorgio Almirante, President of the MSI: "VIVA IL MOVIMENTO SOCIALE ITALIANO! VIVA L'ITALIA REDENTA! VIVA IL NOSTRO DUCE MARTIRATO!"[/list]
[list] | As he finished saying the phrase, he gave a classic Italian Fascist Salute | [/list]
[list]The Crowd: "PRESENTE!"[/list]
[list] | The crowd roared back in near unison, saluting all at once. Wide smiles could be seen on all five men's faces during the interaction. Graziani would whisper to the others. | [/list]
[list]Rodolfo Graziani, Honorary President of the MSI: "This is beautiful, simply wonderful. it reminds me of Benito giving his first address to the masses. First Rome, Tomorrow Italy. "[/list]
[list] | The others nodded in agreement. | [/list]
[list]Giorgio Almirante, President of the MSI: "People of Rome! We come to you today to see through your eyes, feel the heat of your anger, The MSI hears your cries against Injustice! The injustice done to us by the Americans, who have stolen our Marshall Plan aid from us! WHO HAVE STOLEN THE FUTURE OF MILLIONS OF ITALIANS! We stand with you! We have toiled for six long years to rebuild our economy, and the so called economic boom the americans promised, has not happened, and likely never will. They are snakes with forked tongues, who speak lies as easily as they speak truths. Only under Fascism can Italy rise to the previous heights Il Duce brought us, and beyond. Only with a fascist government can Italy not fall to the Bolscevichi, who seek to sell our country to the Soviet Russians, who want to do to you what the Russians did to the Kulaks! They want to make everyone as miserable and immoral as they are!
Our Program is simple, we wish to govern Italy. Govern it by the ideologies of Italian Fascism and Fascist Syndicalism. We wish to bring to you a government that will fight to raise up its people and bring them into prosperity. As Il Duce said: "We must have a State which will simply say: The State does not represent a party, the State represents the national collectivity, it includes all, exceeds all, protects all, and fights anyone who attempts to undermine her inviolable sovereignty." Support for the Italian Social Movement means support for a lower age of retirement, paid vacation, independent trade unions, meritocracy in the workplace, cutting away the bureaucracy that chokes Italy to death! We stand for the original revolutionary ideals of Fascism! limited democratic institutions, a reorganization of the economy along syndicalist lines, and a general liberalization of society. We are finally free of one of the anti-fascist institutions that stopped True Fascism from being implemented, the Savoia monarchy! The second Anti-Fascist organization that stopped Fascism from being truly implemented is the Vatican. The MSI believes fascism has no right to tie itself to bourgeois religion. Seizing the Churchs role in society, the people shall know that Italy is a secular nation! The Church stopped us in the past, now we must secularize society and stop them from attacking Fascism again. This does not mean a turn to Godless Atheism, however. Are we not all God Fearing Catholics? The state should be an organism completely unified in its actions. Allowing Religion to influence the State's actions is against this philosophical ideal-"[/list]
[list] | three shots are heard near the far side of the rally, where the militias are having a standoff. People begin screaming and some begin panicking. The MSI militia immediately begins retaliating against the communists, despite it being unclear who actually shot first. Almirante begins speaking again. | [/list]
[list]Giorgio Almirante, President of the MSI: "Do not fear the police and our militias will not let them hurt you. Do not fear these *Giudeo-bolscevichi hate them for they are your enemy! They seek to kill you, do not let them have the satisfaction! Fascism is an ideology of action! Either take refuge away or stand with our Militias and fight against those that seek to auction Italy to the Russians!"[/list]
[list] | The fight would continue on for another hour as people either decided to stay or flee to their homes. In the end the battle would be a stalemate, 16 Communists, 14 Fascists 3 policemen and 5 citizens would be dead and many more injured. While not public knowledge the people that fired the first shots were MSI agents among the communist militias. Later on these same agents and more would advocate for further violence and terrorist actions by the PCI and other communists and socialists. The Strategy of Tension it seems, might be a success. All that needs to happen is for people to wait and see.... | [/list]
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| "L'Italia e' una Repubblica democratica, fondata sul lavoro." |
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* [sup]I do not endorse the use of this word whatsoever, I only use it to make the scene more realistic as Giorgio Almirante was a notable anti-Semite irl.[/sup]
Val Verde-, Antillian, Otsla, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
[list][list]Greek Public Radio
May 10, 1953, 17:00[/list][/list]
[list]"Hello, fellow people of Greece! It is 17:00, and time to start your evening radio news. Today, the government has given us glorious news. One of the shipments arrived not long ago. The government held off on this announcement until the purchased military weapons were in their designated places; however, the Greek government refuses to divulge where the units were placed. Training for use of the various aircraft in the purchase is currently ongoing. Other things that arrived in the purchase were BOFORs and armored vehicles, including tanks. In other news, Greek naval and air patrols continue, as both an opportunity to train and secure Greek territory. In other news, over the next few months, the Academy-based system will be replaced with a company-based system, where a series of state-owned companies would perform the day-to-day activities of the government instead of the academies. While the move will take a few months to transition, the move was made because the current system created some logistical issues and it was felt that smaller agencies with specific purposes would work better than a small group of generalized agencies. In other news, Greek is looking to transition fully to align with the west. This move comes as tension between Greece and the USSR have prevented fully siding with the USSR. In addition, the Greek government is willing to commit to move the current democracy to more closely align with western economic ideals. In other news, the Greek government has announced that crime statistics show that crime is at an all-time low. This statistic is largely attributed to the large military and police force, which is keeping the peace. In other news, the citizens of Greece have been offered free guns in order to promote gun ownership by the common citizen. These guns come from the outdated arms supplies and from domestically-built rifles. For the final story of the night, Greece is currently seeking out sources for large-scale loans to aid in the economic recovery of Greece.....That is all for today's news. Next up is the Greek History Hour, your hour of public history lesson, on the radio."[/list]
Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
Communist Coup détat in Caracas!
[sub]February 1953[/sub]
This month, as the revolutionary ship reached the Venezuelan Coast, and the Guerillas have taken over the South of the country, a communist coup détat happened in Caracas. Led by General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, entered the government building through some secret ways, and realized their revolution. The Capitalist government leaders shall be executed on place, but one of their generals has run away. We dont know where he went. But never mind, as now all of Venezuela is on the Communist side and there shall be no civil war!
Venezuela adopts a new flag design
[sub]Venezuelan vexillographer office to General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud[/sub]
We will adopt a new flag design for the Venezuela as the old one looks too capitalist and represents the Capitalist reign.
Grand Indochina, New Raines
[list][list]14 June 1953 - Port of Alexandria, Alexandria, Republic of Egypt
OPERATION MULHOUSE: PT. I
𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯![/list][/list]
| After training for nearly seven months, exile Greek Prime Minister Dimistrios Maximos had on May 14th declared that Operation Mulhouse would begin taking effect in a month's time. As Commander-in-Chief of the Hellenic Armed Forces in Exile, he had been responsible for recruiting and organizing a force of over 14,000 other exiled Greeks from across Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean, and even as far as Latin America. Thousands had answered his government's calls; farmers, factory workers, bankers, lawyers, accountants, teachers, merchants, artisans, sailors, soldiers, and men from every type of profession had agreed to join the ranks of the Hellenic Armed Forces, subsidized by France and Nicaragua. After singing up with the HAF, they had been taken either to southern France or Nicaragua depending on their physical ability to begin training, intensively, every day for seven months. While the majority of the Hellenic Armed Forces had been sent to the French Riviera to train under the French 2nd Army, 800 of the most physically fit and qualified men had been flown to Nicaragua to train with the elite "Wild Geese" Airborne Parachutists. Since October, these men have been training for a campaign to liberate Greece from the despotic and unstable communist government. |
| The invading force, named Assault Brigade Diomedes, consists of almost all of the Hellenic Armed Force's combat personnel, barring logistical and support personnel. The Brigade is placed under the direct command of Lt. Col. Georgios Malamas, one of the few officers to be able to escape Greece during the collapse of the Monarchy, and the senior most officer within the exiled forces. In collaboration with the French government, authorized by President Charles de Gaulle, and the regime of Antonio Somoza in Nicaragua, his Brigade had established a direct invasion plan known as Operation Mulhouse, named after the Greek exile's European headquarters. After the message by Prime Minister Maximos goes out to the men of the Hellenic Armed Forces on May 14th, the process to put Operation Mulhouse into motion begin in earnest. |
| From their bases in the French Riviera, the infantry and armor of Assault Brigade Diomedes are shipped by the French Navy to Sfax, in the French Protectorate of Tunisia, before heading overland through Libya to Alexandria, in Egypt. The Egyptian government, threatened by the possibility of Soviet influence creeping directly into the Mediterranean, had offered to assist the Greek Government in Exile by allowing the port of Alexandria to be used as a staging ground for the immediate invasion, planned to occur on the islands of Crete and Rhodes. While the troops head overland, the French government sends the Hellenic Armed Force's armor and other heavy weaponry directly to Alexandria covertly, on civilian freighters leased by the Greek government. All told, everything relating to the invasion is present in or around Alexandria a week before the scheduled invasion besides the 1st Paratrooper Battalion, which is stationed in southern Italy at the Taranto-Grottaglie Air Base. Additionally part of the invasion force are the supposed Hellenic Air Forces- French aircraft bearing Greek insignia and roundels, but flown by Frenchmen and registered to the French Air Force. The 1st Hellenic Fighter Group, consisting of 16 Dassault Mystere IVs is based at Marsa Matruh, while the 1st Hellenic Strike Fighter Group, consisting of 16 FAI Vautours, at Alexandria. |
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ΕΠΊΘΕΣΗ ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΊΑ ΔΙΟΜΕΔΕΣ][list][list][list][list][list][list]𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐓 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐒
ΕΠΊΘΕΣΗ ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΊΑ ΔΙΟΜΕΔΕΣ[/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list]
[list][*] 1st Amphibious Infantry Battalion 'Poseidon'
[list][*] 1,115 Infantry
[*] 12 DUKW[/list]
[*] 2nd Amphibious Infantry Battalion 'Odysseus'
[list][*] 1,115 Infantry
[*] 12 DUKW[/list]
[*] 1st Hellenic Infantry Battalion 'Deimos'
[list][*]1,115 Infantry
[*] 12 M8 Greyhound
[*] 2 M4 Sherman[/list]
[*] 2nd Hellenic Infantry Battalion 'Hercules'
[list][*] 1,115 Infantry
[*] 12 M8 Greyhound
[*] 2 M4 Sherman[/list]
[*] 3rd Hellenic Infantry Battalion 'Perseus'
[list][*] 1,115 Infantry
[*] 12 M8 Greyhound
[*] 2 M4 Sherman[/list]
[*] 4th Hellenic Infantry Battalion 'Theseus'
[list][*] 1,115 Infantry
[*] 12 M8 Greyhound
[*] 2 M4 Sherman[/list]
[*] 1st Hellenic Armored Battalion 'Leonidas'
[list][*] 1,115 Personnel(Infantry and Tank Crews)
[*] 12 AMX-13
[*] 8 M18 Hellcat
[*] 12 M4 Sherman[/list]
[*] 2nd Hellenic Armored Battalion 'Ares'
[list][*] 1,115 Personnel(Infantry and Tank Crews)
[*] 12 AMX-13
[*] 8 M18 Hellcat
[*] 12 M4 Sherman[/list]
[*] 1st Hellenic Mechanized Infantry Battalion 'Jason'
[list][*] 1,115 Infantry
[*] 24 M8 Greyhound
[*] 16 Panhard 178[/list]
[*] 2nd Hellenic Mechanized Infantry Battalion 'Hector'
[list][*] 1,115 Infantry
[*] 24 M8 Greyhound
[*] 16 Panhard 178[/list]
[*] 1st Paratrooper Battalion
[list][*] 800 Paratroopers
[*] 8 C-54 Skymaster(Provided by France)[/list][/list][/spoiler]
| The 14th of June is spent loading the soldiers onto transport ships. In the interest of maintaining plausible deniability for France, the Assault Brigade will not stage the invasion from amphibious assault ships but rather from civilian-type cargo ships fitted with light defensive weaponry consisting of anti-air machine guns. Four Egyptian ships will escort part of the landing force to southern Crete, while three French ships will escort the rest of the force to Rhodes, a two-pronged amphibious assault. The ships leave harbor just after dusk, each fleet escorted by two French submarines- the Cretan Fleet by the FS Astrée and FS Artémis, and the Rhodian Fleet by the FS Créole and FS Bayadère. The weak Greek Navy, operating only outdated heavy cruisers and light coastal patrol ships will almost undoubtedly be unable to detect the submarines so long as they are submerged, so the order is given to the commanders of the subs to only surface if absolutely necessary for the safety of the crew or the ship. |
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[list][list]4:53 A.M. 15 June 1953 - Off The Coast of Lentas, Crete, Hellenic People's Republic[/list][/list]
| The force liberating Crete consists of almost all the battalions of Assault Brigade Diomedes with the exception of the 2nd Hellenic Mechanized Infantry Battalion 'Hector' and the 4th Hellenic Infantry Battalion 'Theseus'. Although the resistance on both islands is expected to be rather small, the capture of both Rhodes and Crete is vital to the overall tactical strategy of the Greek Government in Exile and their international backers. Coming in from the middle of the Mediterranean Sea with the cover of a squadron of Mystere IVs equipped with drop tanks, the Cretan fleet carries all but the armor of the invasion force, which will be deployed at a later time. What the ships do bring with them, however, are small landing craft hanging off of all of the sides of the ships which will, once the landings begin, drop off thousands of Greek soldiers onto the shore. This will occur, in tandem, with the air dropping of 380 paratroopers behind enemy lines on the island, to land at Tympaki Airport. |
| At 5:00 A.M., from two miles off the coast, the first wave of infantry begin being deployed. Around 650 infantrymen from the three infantry battalions board their transports, which are dropped into the waters and begin to sail straight towards Gerokampos Beach. Entirely unexpected, the troops begin to land and meet no immediate resistance besides local civilians, who largely stay in their houses upon seeing the markings of the soldiers. Donning standard M1943 uniforms and M1 helmets and armed with primarily US and French infantry equipment, the soldiers are tasked with establishing a beachhead on which the other troops can land and begin to deploy the landing force's supplies such as heavy machine guns, infantry mortars, and PIAT anti-tank weapons. The Mystere IVs, still maintaining 75% of their fuel reserves, fly overhead to provide air cover for the troops in order to intercept any aircraft or armor that the Greeks might be able to muster against the landing force. |
| Around 5:30 A.M., the first batch of paratroops begin their drop. After flying from Italy and over the Adriatic, the C-54s carrying them and their supplies bank north from over the coast of Crete towards the vicinity of Tympaki Airport. Supported by two of the Mystere IVs backing up the landing force, the C-54s quickly deploy their paratroopers in a south-north axis to Tympaki's east. Upon deploying, the paratroopers rendezvous between Vori and Tympaki and push towards the Airport. As they push, the Mystere IVs strafe the airport with 16 rockets carried in pods on their open hardpoints to attack any personnel and aircraft on the ground. |
| After securing a beachhead and beginning the landing process, the infantrymen of the Cretan Force begin to push from the beachhead towards Tympaki, in order to link with the paratroopers. There is little resistance, and many of the local civilians greet them with open arms. |
[list][list]5:06 A.M. 15 June 1953 - Off The Coast of Lindos, Rhodes, Hellenic People's Republic[/list][/list]
| As the invasion of Crete begins, the Rhodian Fleet also begins its wholesale assault on Rhodes. 'Hector' and 'Theseus' Battalion begin to land on the island in the same fashion as their comrades assaulting Crete, landing on a wide front between Lindos and Pefki. As they secure the beachhead, their main focus is landing as man forces on Rhodes as possible to secure the island within twelve hours. Supported on the air by 6 Vantours, two with napalm bombs and four with unguided rockets, 'Hector and Theseus' finish the landing operation within an hour and organize to prepare for a direct push towards the eponymous city of Rhodos, at the northern tip of the island. After assisting in the landing process, the Vantours bank north to bombard the Rhodes Air Force Base before any of the planes can take off. The Vantours deploy napalm across the runway and hangars of the base, setting most of the airport alight before making a hard bank to begin to escort the fleet back into international waters. |
Val Verde-, Antillian, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Kartnan, Concorrdia, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica, Tadros
Post self-deleted by Tadros.
[list]Greek Defense of Democracy
5:10 AM, June 15, 1953, Crete[/list]
| 5:10 AM: The Greek military on Crete got on high alert after civilians began reporting in the landing of the enemy troops. The citizens were outraged over the audacity of the exiles attempting a military takeover of their democratic government. The citizens, began harassing the troops, throwing rocks and discharging firearms at the troops from within the buildings, in an attempt to stall the exile soldiers' efforts until the actual Greek military could arrive. Meanwhile, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, and 8th Crete Battalions were deployed from their bases towards the site of the exile invasion of Crete. The military forces expect to reach the enemy forces by noon. |
| 5:30 AM: The Greek military contingent at Tympaki airport was preparing to respond to the exile invasion the since 5:10 AM. They finished fueling up the aircraft by 5:15am. When the enemy paratrooper force was spotted, the aircraft contingent engaged as fast as possible and began engaging the enemy aircraft. The BOFORs stationed at the airport opened fire the moment the C-54's came within range, focusing the firepower on those aircraft as opposed to the fighters. The paratroopers were spotted as they descended, so many at the airport put down their tools and picked up their guns, seeking to defend the airport as much as possible. |
| As the enemy forces marched towards Tympaki airport, they recieved fierce civilian resistance, using guerilla tactics. Those civilians with guns fired all the ammo they could, while others fought with knives and rocks. Needless to say, none of the civilians were happy to see them and most would attack the exile soldiers on sight. |
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5:10 AM, June 15, 1953, Rhodes[/list]
| 5:10 AM: The Greek military on Rhodes got on high alert after civilians began reporting in the landing of the enemy troops. The citizens were outraged over the audacity of the exiles attempting a military takeover of their democratic government. The citizens, began harassing the troops, throwing rocks and discharging firearms at the troops from within the buildings, in an attempt to stall the exile soldiers' efforts until the actual Greek military could arrive. Meanwhile, the 1st, 2nd,and 3rd Rhodes Battalions were deployed from their bases towards the site of the exile invasion of Rhodes. The military forces expect to reach the enemy forces by 10:00 AM. |
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[list]5:30 AM, June 15, 1953[/list]
A radio broadcast soon was broadcasted all throughout Greece, including Crete and Rhodes. The public loudspeakers in the towns, villages, and cities were especially used for the broadcast. The broadcast was in Greek and recordings of it would repeat every 30 minutes.
"My fellow Greeks, we have come under vicious attack by the monarchist loyalists who support those who once oppressed you! These fiends seek to take away your freedom! To strip you of your voice in government! They seek to establish a dictatorship of oppression and inequality! They seek to destroy this democracy you all fought to create! This democracy, led by a direct democracy, is under threat! Yesterday, the legislative session, were everyone could vote on legislation and have his or her voices heard, is now being threated by those who wish an END to the governing of the people BY the people! I call each and every citizen to take up arms, to wield any and all weapons you have against these invaders!....And to you, INVADERS, listening in on this broadcast, BEWARE! The entirety of the Greek PEOPLE are AGAINST YOU! Lay down your arms, surrender to this free democracy that is the Republic of Greece, and you will be forgiven!"
Antillian, Grand Indochina, Liberalina, Kartnan, Confederate-Amurica
Kongeriget Danmark-Norge's Reaction to Exile invasion of Greece
| 7:30 AM, June 15th,1953
Having heard the dreadful news of invasion by the Greek Exiles, the Danish-Norwegian government has decided to ship a large greek weapons order as fast as possible. Consisting of Madsen MP50s,Madsen Rekyl Riffel (1949v),DRS Pistol (1947v), DRS 150mm Artilleri stykke, Madsen H5 40mm Automatisk Kanon, Madsen tungt maskingevær.
As many of the weapons that are ready are shipped on June 17th and continue to be sent as they are being produced in large caches.
| 9:30 AM, June 15,1953
After much deliberation as the situation developed in Greece the Danish-Norwegian government has decided to send a battalion sized unit to Greece, in order to help with training new soldiers for the defence of the Greek mainland. The battalion is to be set up with 1500 soldiers. Infantry instructors, Armoured instructors and other specialized equipment instructors. It is to be commanded by Oberstløjtnant Keld Knudsen and his own hand picked staff. The battalion is to be named frivillige Brigade "Dannebrog".
| 10:23 AM, June 15th, 1953
The orders to create the brigade and find all the necessary personnel and equipment has been confirmed and sent out. As the "Dannebrog" brigade is being created it is approximated to be able to arrive in Greece on the 10th of July. Having sent the request to the Greek government at 8:53 and been accepted at 9:12 the brigade is activated as a training unit and will not be sent to the front lines in Greece.
Czabalkia, Kartnan, Confederate-Amurica, Tadros
9:00 AM, June 15, 1953
Operation Manna
[sup]Karpathos[/sup]
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"Liberation is at hand brothers, at last..."
4 Hours ago around 5:00 AM 1st Company Marine Raiders "Sacred Band" landed on the shores of Karpathos.
As the Island is strategically unimportand and sparsely populated they expected very little resistance.
Their main Objectives:
LZ Alpha: the old Lighthouse of the Island turned Defensive Position defended by a small garrison of 15 men from the Regular Greek Army will be assaulted by 1st Platoon under Lt. Manouris.
LZ Beta : the main Settlement of Menetes defended by a Platoons worth of National Guardists will be taken by 2nd and 3rd Platoon as well as Company HQ under Command of Capt. Karagiannis.
Communication between Greek Cypriot forces:
Capt. Karagiannis: "Everything going according to Plan, 1st Platoon about to land and move up to capture LZ Alpha. Landing at LZ Beta in approx. 10 Minutes. Out."
Lt. Manouris: "Engaged the enemy, outlook positve. Out."
1st Platoon Radio Operator Cpl Manolas:"This is Deimos to HCNS Spiros requesting 127mm AP rounds on enemy Pillbox. approx 20m to the left of the Lighthouse, over."
Commander of HCNS Spiros Lt. Commander Tsikalidis: "This is Spiros to Deimos. Confirming Bombardment of enemy Pillbox. Keep your heads down lads, out."
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Eleftheria í Thanatos
Kartnan, Confederate-Amurica
Godmod
Kartnan, Confederate-Amurica
You can't conclude battles, you actually have to rp them out with your opponent unless you both have some sort of agreement.
New Raines, Confederate-Amurica
This whole war is a mess...
New Raines, Lux Lumen, Confederate-Amurica
Venezuela imposes sanctions on Cyprus as they are insulting their ideology.
New Raines, The Greek Republic Of Cyprus
President de Gaulle is quoted as saying "pog"
Arcanda, Grand Indochina, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis, The Greek Republic Of Cyprus
[list]SEPTEMBER 1952
CAIRO, EGYPT MIDDLE EAST[/list]
[list][list][sub][pre]وطن - عمل - استقلال
The Homeland - Labour - Independence
ECONOMIC OPENNESS[/pre][/sub]
[/list][/list]
[list][sub]Impressively, the idealism and vigour of the Young Egypt Party had survived into a second term. Signalling popular support for its platform, yet more importantly the inferred subtle toleration of the military establishment. That being said, President Qaddab will have less of an ability to control important political developments in Egypt without the oversight of the armed forces. Qaddabs reelection could not reverse the events of Port Said and Sudan and how they impacted the credibility of the civilian government in the eyes of the senior military leadership. Constrained politically, yet desiring to make something out of his last five years in office, Qaddab once again turned to economic reforms. Fixating on economics and social engineering had long been a strategy of the Young Egyptians to divert attention away from simmering political upheaval. For instance, Islamist protest was accompanied by the peak of rhetoric for the Party & Nation Revolution. The non-Arab insurgency in Sudan was overlooked by the civilian government in favour of industrialization efforts. The endeavour of fighting was to be outsourced to the armed forces, with next to no interest or oversight by civilian institutions. [/sub]
[sub]Qaddabs second term would come with renewed promises to continue raising the standard of living. This was enforced by widespread vaccination campaigns during the election and sponsored politically by the Young Egyptians as part of the Party & Nation Revolution, and financially by private domestic and foreign supporters. In his first term, Egypts class divisions had radically changed. Urbanization as a result of mechanizing the cotton and farming industry in early 1951 had helped grow the Middle Class at a timely pace. Although those with disposable income had grown alongside their standard of living, only the elite business owners of the country had seen their own wealth explode, rendering a sustained wealth gap. In short, Egypt had grown richer, had reduced its poverty and had higher wages, yet the elitist dynamic of wealth centralization had only expanded. Likely, these developments are the source of the challenges, although minute, posed by Nassers Republican Party to the political establishment and the driving factor towards the steady growth of his rhetorics popularity. The political motivation to resolve the new problems and discontent attributed to Egypts demographic and economic changes, are thus, to be fostered in the survival of Qaddabs legacy and ultimately the image of the Young Egyptians. [/sub]
[sub]Opening the door to increased foreign capital investment as a means to strengthen the private sector and construct the industrial and economic base needed for Egyptian development, had been a sustained effort since before the election. This concept cannot be treated as a haphazard rhetorical construct. Egypt welcomed 120,000 Greek refugees from the country's Socialist Government established in 1948, a majority of them had been wealthy business owners and merchants who wished to flee from collectiviation. The city of Alexandria, a historical commercial hub and already hosting a large Greek-Coptic community saw the largest influx, over the course of four years. Greek exiles brought with them only their swiftly gathered possessions and none of their visible affluence, however they had been a vehicle to import new skill sets into Egypts business environments. Subsequently, Alexandrias private sector enjoyed a large spike in economic productivity and growth as Greeks integrated themselves into the economic operations of the metropolitan region, attempting to rebuild their livelihoods and thus opening new business outlets, which themselves employed Egyptians in a fledgling cosmopolitan setting. The significance of this cannot be overstated. Alexandrias development showed to the political and military establishments alike, that welcoming foreign business and opening economic links to the rest of the world, can lead to prosperity. Thus it became the operational goal of the state to help replicate the Alexandrine miracle across Egypt.[/sub]
[sub]The states pre-election policy of openness had seen both Renault and General Motors open joint ventures in Egypt respectively in 1951. Now the president is seeking to expand such efforts to coincide with the increasing surplus of workers from agriculture that started in the early 1950s with the mechanization of that sector. Qaddab turned to Aziz Sedqi to execute that goal. Sedqi, who had covertly negotiated with economic interest groups in Egypt to see the introduction of agricultural machinery, was now tasked to oversee a dialogue with General Electric, Texas Instruments and Hewlett-Packard to see the development of their own potential investment into Egypt. These talks had been gradually developed since December 1951, even before the election, and amounted to significant agreements. With the first western companies opening in Egypt, albeit producing simple products, the country has found itself emerging on the global investment map. As these companies seek to enter the Egyptian economy, the domestic government is being pushed in the direction of experimenting with policies of market liberalization, the promise of which is another means to formulate strong working partnerships with foreign companies. Texas Instruments representative Cecil Etton, would travel to Egypts city of Helwan, in a quiet visit, to see a potential site for the manufacturing of basic parts for silicon transistors and electrical circuits for industrial uses. Cecils findings would influence the decision of his company to press forward in the process of opening domestic subsidiaries. Sedqi had conducted the meetings to spur a competitive emotion amongst the companies. The intent being, Hewlett-Packard and General Electric would observe the movements of their cooperate competitors in Egypt and thus seek a more favourable profit sharing agreement with the Egyptians as a means to curry favour. Should these agreements be cemented as part of a new partnership, it is likely that Hewlett-Packard and General Electric will join Texas Instruments in Helwan. Seeking to appeal not only to guarantees of higher employment for the citizens (a major incentive for Qaddab) but also to provide new products to the emerging Middle and Higher income classes, of which Helwan boasts more so than any other Egyptian city. [/sub][/list]
Spainard, Teujira, Val Verde-, Otsla, Czabalkia, Zanbala Prz, Confederate-Amurica, Pacifica Occidentalis
[list][list]15 June 1953 - Tympaki, Crete, Communist-Occupied Greece[/list][/list]
| Despite coming under fire from Greek ground forces, the paratroopers at Tympaki are able to successfully begin their assault on the airport nonetheless. The Greek monoplane fighters which try to intercept the Hellenic paratroopers are easily engaged and shot down by the nimble Mystere IVs, who then proceed to strafe the airport with large unguided underwing rockets. After landing, the Free Hellenic paratroopers begin, at the behest of their commanding officer, Major Andreas Laskides, to form an encirclement of the airport. The paratroopers move in to block off the airport from all directions besides the west, facing directly out into the sea, while awaiting for the rest of the Cretan force to arrive for support. Rather than outright assaulting the airport, the paratroopers simply work on ensuring that the forces within the airbase are kept there, unable to move out. |
| After securing the landing site and overseeing the complete landing of the exiled forces within an hour and a half of the initial landing, the infantrymen begin their march towards Tympaki. Unafraid of attack by Greece's outdated and small air forces, the infantry walk in a column through the mountain paths leading northward. The rather treacherous mountain terrain of Crete keeps the advance slow, with roughly a six hour's march from Lentas to Tympaki. However, even at that rate, Assault Brigade Diomedes will arrive at the airbase a crucial hour before the first units of the Communist Army, a crucial hour which will allow the paratroopers and the Assault Brigade to close in and crush the personnel at the air base, giving them the upper hand to begin deploying airplanes and pilots of the Hellenic Air Force on Crete. In terms of the first day of the Battle of Crete, securing Tympaki is the ultimate goal. |
| After establishing a rough perimeter around the airfield, the paratroopers focus on holding the line and digging into entrenched positions. Using spades and other tools available to them, the paratroopers dig a light defensive network of foxholes and slit trenches. Between the 380 paratroopers are twenty four Lance Grenades de 50 mm modèle 37 infantry mortars, and eight Brandt Mle 1935 60mm mortars, dropped alongside the supply bags deployed with the paratroopers. After digging small foxholes and other light defensive positions, the paratroopers begin to focus mortar fire on the airport, not only preventing any potential Greek aircraft from taking off, but starting attrition on the defending garrison. PIATs and Bazookas are also possessed by the paratroopers, but are not used. |
[list][list]15 June 1953 - Rodos, Rhodes, Communist-Occupied Greece[/list][/list]
| Twenty six miles separate the Free Hellenic landing sites from the main city on Rhodes. Knowing that the small Greek garrisons on Rhodes would attempt to squander the invading force, the 2nd Hellenic Mechanized Infantry Battalion 'Hector' and the 4th Hellenic Infantry Battalion 'Theseus' do not follow the road connecting Lindos to Rhodes but instead begin marching northwest, as if cutting across the island. After marching for two hours through the mountains, the 2nd Hellenic Mechanized Infantry Battalion and the 4th Hellenic Infantry Battalion reach the bank of Limni Fragmatos Gadoura, a large lake in the middle of the island. Here, they begin to prepare for their assault on Rhodes. |
| Although better armed and better trained than the Greek garrison on the island, the two infantry battalions are slightly outnumbered 2-to-3, and so Lt. Col. Georgios Malamas issues orders over the radio that the Rhodian force should focus on engaging the Greek forces sporadically and from a guerrilla perspective, engaging and withdrawing as long as necessary to ensure the eventual withering down of the Rhodian garrison. With the Greek garrison having already having been firebombed before even leaving their garrisons, destroying the force should prove easy enough over a protracted guerrilla campaign. The orders to the Free Rhodian Force are clear - stay off of the roads and only engage when the enemy cannot engage back. |
Val Verde-, Antillian, Grand Indochina, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica
Portuguese warning.
King Phillips has stated that any danish ships attempting to supply communist Greece will be attacked and possibly destroyed by the Portuguese navy/Air Force. No exceptions will be made. Danish ships are also blocked from entering Portuguese waters. King Phillips also asks that all members of the pact of Europe fallow suit in order to ensure that the end of communist Greece is assured.
New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica
Navel and air wing Mobilization
Fallowing the horrid danish support for he vile Greek communist, King Phillips has ordered that the Portuguese Air Force and navy prepare for action.
-The Lisbona Air wing consisting of
-5 Saab 21R jet fighters.
-3 FAI Pétain I jet fighters.
Has been ordered to patrol Portuguese waters and the area around Gibraltar in search of Danish Ships. Along with this the Portuguese navy has also been ordered to do the same thing the 2nd fleet consisting of
-Second fleet-based in Lisbon
-2 Gonçalo Velho class Destroyers
- 1 Afonso de Albuquerque class cruisers
- 2 Foca-class submarines
-3 Churruca-class destroyers
Will be participating in the search of danish ships, and any other enemy ships attempting to assist vile Greek communists
Grand Indochina, New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica
Post self-deleted by Lux Lumen.
Portugal Agrees to lend Lease Democratic Greece
As news of the Greek exiles taking Crete and already pushing on Rhodes, Portugal has agreed to help arm and supply the Greek exiles with the FN-FAL. And once the war is one Greece will repay the money owed to Portugal for the arms at a reduced price.
Grand Indochina, New Raines, Confederate-Amurica
Operation-Greek Welfare-Top secret
In cooperation with the Italian navy 2 unmarked vessels will be transported to Cyprus. These Vessels will be carrying weapons of mass-destruction. Sarin and mustard gas. Hundreds of shells and bombs are being shipped in secret to Cyprus. These will in hopes be used to dislodge and destroy the vile communist forces in Greece.
Grand Indochina, New Raines, Confederate-Amurica
Venezuela helps the communists!
[sub]June 1953[/sub]
Today, five Venezuelan ships have departed for Greece, to help the communists. They will cross the Atlantic, and the Gibraltar. Then they will head for the Peloponnesus.
Antillian, New Raines
[list]Sesshō-ki 5
―
27 September 1952
[sub]復活の日[/sub]
The Day of Resurrection, Part I
[sub]The White Mountain Conspiracy Begins[/sub][/list]
[sup]東京都、日本[/sup]
TOKYO METROPOLIS, STATE OF JAPAN
[sub]Meiji Jingu Stadium[/sub]
[list][sub]3:36 pm[/sub][/list]
| Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida prepares himself for the upcoming general election, on October 1st. Many expect his Liberal Party to remain in power, bolstered by a strong economy. On this morning, he takes his message to the crowds to once again preach a message of unity and progress. In Meiji Jingu Stadium, used today as a rallying ground, hundreds are assembled on the field. After the speech, Yoshida walks to shake hands, smiling from behind his two round spectacles. Suddenly, dashing to him from the crowd, a man draws a revolver from his suit, one meter away from Yoshida's back. BAM, BAM - Two rounds hit the Prime Minister from behind at close range. He falls before himself. The assailant jumps onto his victim like a tiger onto his prey to avoid the policemen running to control him. Now above Yoshida, pushing him against the ground, he forces the tip of his gun onto the back of his neck and shoots twice - BAM, BAM. |
[list][sup]| Assassin: |[/sup] "For the Resurrection of Great Japan! Death to the traitor Yoshida!"[/list]
| The crowd panicks and runs back; uniformed policemen rush to grab the killer by his blood-stained coat and lift him off from Yoshida's body, who remains face down, bleeding on the sand. Within minutes, radio stations across the country deliver the shocking news. |
[sub]Liberal Party Headquarters[/sub]
[list][sub]5:11 pm[/sub][/list]
[list][sup]| Taketora Ogata, Chief Cabinet Secretary: |[/sup] "Gentlemen... Yoshida-san has died at Hiro Hospital. He is no longer among us."[/list]
| The room became silent. Ogata, towering among most of his peers with a large frame, continued. |
[list][sup]| Taketora Ogata, Chief Cabinet Secretary: |[/sup] "The perpetrator seems to be a right-wing radical. The Diet will be called as soon as possible to designate a new Prime Minister, as I am sure all of you realize the emergency."[/list]
| Murmurs in the room. Not since the unstable pre-war era had a Prime Minister been assassinated. With the Korean War and the surge in both left- and right-wing radicals, the assassination came at momentous time. Shocked, the Liberal Party cadres in suits and suspenders left the office, leaving Ogata unfazed at his desk, as he picked up the phone to reach the leaders of the other parties and eventually arrange for his own nomination as Prime Minister. However, who knew what the next day would bring? |
To Be Followed.[/list]
Antillian, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica
Warning issued
To the state of Venezuela, any Venezuelan ships attempting to enter the Mediterranean will be destroyed by the Portuguese navy or Air Force. We advise that your ships return to Venezuela unless you want them to meet a watery grave.
New Raines, Confederate-Amurica
[pre]La Plata Gazette[/pre]
[list]April 1953[/list]
Healthcare Action Plan of 1953
[list]| Buenos Aires - The Federal Government today made an announcement to officially increase Argentina's healthcare capability. The 'Healthcare Action Plan', colloquially known as the Healthcare Action Bill was officially approved by the Senate last month, and is expected to take place this month. With a population of 41 million, Argentina's healthcare infrastructure are often overwhelmed, especially during major outbreaks, such as the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918. The action plan included topics such as;[/list]
[list][list]- The construction of at least 51 major hospitals on multiple cities across Argentina, notably Asuncion, Puerto Alegre, Buenos Aires and Santiago
- Establishment of universal healthcare
- Establishment of the 'Far Away Program', a sub-project to help assist the indigenous populace in Patagonia [/list][/list]
Antillian, Grand Indochina, Czabalkia, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica
Navel Expansion
King Philips sees that the Portuguese navy is not what it should be if Portugal wants to retain its empire. So in order to bolster the numbers of the fleet 5 Albatros-class corvettes will be licensed built from Italy. Portugal requires more fast attacking ships that can easily patrol Portuguese home waters, corvettes are cheap and viable solution to this issue. Its estimated they will finish completion by 1954-1955.
Stats
Type: Corvette
Displacement:
Standard: 800 t
Full load: 950 t
Length:
69.5 m (228 ft 0 in) pp
76.3 m (250 ft 4 in) oa
Beam: 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Draught: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Propulsion: 2 shaft, 4 × Fiat M 409 diesels 3,900 kW (5,200 bhp)
Speed: 35 kilometres per hour; 22 miles per hour (19 kn)
Range: 9,300 kilometres; 5,800 miles (5,000 nmi) at 33 kilometres per hour; 21 miles per hour (18 kn)
Complement: 110
Sensors and
processing systems:
MLN-1A air/surface search radar
QCU-2 High-frequency sonar[2]
Armament:
[2]
4 × 40 mm L/70 Bofors
2 × Mark 32 triple 324 mm (13 in) torpedo tubes
2 × Hedgehogs
1 × depth charge rack
Grand Indochina, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica
Venezuela denies the Portuguese ultimatum and asks for Soviet Help
Venezuela decided to help the communists in Greece no matter what, and asked the Soviet Union to help them for their aid not to be destroyed by Portugal.
Antillian
[list][list]21 October 1952 - Palais-Royale, Paris, French Republic
CHARTING A NEW COURSE, PT. V
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯"[/list][/list]
| After nearly a month's worth of long days and longer nights spent in session in the Palais-Royale, de Gaulle's Constitutional Council had finally drafted a new French Constitution. Under the authority of Prime Minister Michel Debré, the Constitutional Council had worked tirelessly to create a constitution which would accomplish the political goals of the ruling Rally of the French People and, through that organization, the wide majority of the French people. After being approved by the members of the Constitutional Council in a unanimous vote held just before midnight on the 21st of October, Prime Minister Debré eagerly calls de Gaulle's office in the Élysée Palace to inform him. de Gaulle, nearly asleep, is stirred from his rest by the ringing of the landline. |
[list]CHARLES DE GAULLE, President of the French Republic: "President de Gaulle. Who is this? It had better be important at such an hour of the night."
MICHEL DÉBRE, Prime Minister of the French Republic: "Mr. President, it's Michel."
CHARLES DE GAULLE, President of the French Republic: "Oh, Mr. Debré. Do you have good news from the Palais-Royale?"
MICHEL DÉBRE, Prime Minister of the French Republic: "Unanimous."[/list]
| de Gaulle, who had been standing next to his desk with telephone in hand, sinks into his cushioned seat. |
[list]CHARLES DE GAULLE, President of the French Republic: "Delightful, my friend. Let us put it before Parliament tomorrow."
MICHEL DÉBRE, Prime Minister of the French Republic: "Certainly, Mr. President. Have a good night."[/list]
| The call ends as de Gaulle gently puts the phone back onto its body. He sits in his chair, waiting a few minutes to think, before returning to sleep. |
[list][list]22 October 1952 - Palace of Versailles, Versailles, French Republic[/list][/list]
| For the first time since the last Constitution had been approved, both houses of the legislature sit gathered within the Palace of Versailles, the historic estate where so many important events in French and, indeed, European history had transpired. Besides the signing of the Constitution of the Fourth Republic, the two houses had not gathered as a single Congress in all of French history, and so the event is intensely monitored by the press and, through the media, all of France. The details of the Constitutional Council's draft had not been made public until just two hours before the session in Congress. Studied intensely by the members of both houses, the draft clearly follows the vision for the French state which de Gaulle had outlined in his Second Bayeux speech in 1946 and in further musings since then- a seriously reduced parliament, a strengthened presidency, and a complete restructuring of the French Empire overseas. While the Fourth Republic had created the notion of an 'Overseas France', and had created the strong Presidency, it had failed to emplace adequate checks and balances on the Congress which, as the divisions among the government since 1947 had shown, could lead to serious failings within the French political system. The new system promoted by Debré's constitution would cut back on the size of the Parliament, introduce new powers to the head of state and the head of government, and do away with the French Empire, creating in its place the French Union consisting of the French Republic, its overseas territories, and other territories not directly part of the Republic. |
| Both houses of the Parliament begin to be seated as noon approaches. Having looked over and studied the Constitution before assembling, both sides of the political spectrum stand poised to both slander and defend the new constitution, however with a majority of the Parliament being within de Gaulle's camp and facing the pressure of their electorate to approve de Gaulle's constitution, the result is essentially guaranteed before the voting even begins. Debré, as the man behind the Constitution, takes a stand in front of the hundreds of parliamentarians to describe, at length, his constitution. In a nearly hour long speech dismissing criticisms and highlighting its strengths, Debré establishes his Constitution as giving the President the strength he needs to quickly solve France's issues while not turning France into a dictatorship, and also explains the nature of the French Union which would be established as a result of the Constitution. Just short of an hour after beginning, he steps down from the podium to the thunderous applaud of the Gaullists and other parliamentarians in favor of the constitution. |
| After explaining his Constitution, he begins the expectedly long process of overseeing speeches by members of the Parliament both in favor and opposed to the Constitution. In the interest of time and preventing filibusters, Debré attempts to keep all speeches under fifteen minutes in length per parliamentarian. Four hours come and go and, mostly resolute in the path of the Constitution to approval, the voting begins. Another two hours pass until all the votes are submitted and tallied but, by the vote's end, a nearly 78% majority in favor of the Constitution is established. Debré announces that the new constitution will take effect on 14 November, and dismisses the Parliament. |
[list][list]14 November 1952 - New Tuileries Palace, Paris, French Republic[/list][/list]
| After under a month of anticipation, the day finally arrives. Across France, hundreds of thousands gather around radios and televisions at work, school, and at home to heed President de Gaulle's speech inaugurating the French Fifth Republic. Speaking from the New Tuileries Palace's garden, the President stands at a podium with dozens of microphones mounted on it, surrounding by cameras. Behind him, a large white V symbolizing both the French word 'Victoire' for Victory and the Roman numeral equivalent of the number five, a nod to the Fifth Republic. On either side of him on the palace wall behind him, two French flags flap, displayed vertically. |
[list]CHARLES DE GAULLE, President of the French Republic: "Friends, fellow patriots and Frenchmen, citizens of the French Union, members of the National Assembly and the Senate, Mr. Prime Minister, and all across the world,
Today is the culmination of a series of events, some protracted and some more recent and spontaneous, which have drastically changed how we as a nation see from our government and what we expect from it. There is no doubt among us, as Frenchmen, that reform is a vital and necessary part of our national history.
The past years have been marked by instability at home and abroad. We have faced crises within France, throughout Europe, beyond Europe in the Empire, and beyond the Empire across the globe. Though France has rebounded markedly from the immediate days after the end of the Occupation, it cannot be denied that we have struggled through crises in the last seven years which have largely been unnecessary, and could have been avoided. Many thousands have died in Indochina, and continue to die in Korea- we have become locked in a cruel battle to protect liberty and freedom around the globe, and have watched as government after government has come and gone in the last seven years, unable to make the changes expected of them and leaving once this becomes evident.
As our nation moves forward, and the world around us changes, we must also change to ensure that we are able to adapt and meet the challenges which face us internally and externally. The structure of government which was founded in the divided post-War political landscape, the confusion which surrounded Paris during the liberation, suited itself well to unifying the French people whole again, but has left the state without the power needed to establish a popular, lasting government capable of wielding the full political, legal, economic, and military might of the French state against the issues and enemies threatening France and all Frenchmen. The post-War constitution, too reliant on the anarchistic ideals which doomed Gambetta and the Third Republic, has proven ineffective in serving as a long-term basis of government for modern day France and, as such, has been replaced.
With the approval of the Parliament of the French Republic, the representatives of all citizens of France, the Constitutional Council has put forward a new Constitution which has replaced the crippled Constitution under which the French state has been operating since 1947. This Constitution will institute a new system of government, much like that of the previous Republican governments, but strengthening the ability of the central government in Paris to do what it is intended to do- protect and serve the people."[/list]
Spainard, Arcanda, Teujira, Antillian, Otsla, Grand Indochina, Kartnan, Zanbala Prz, New Raines, Teymour, Confederate-Amurica, Tadros
Portuguese response
The Portuguese government does quite frankly not care what the backwater, poor unstable South American communist state of Venezuela has to threaten with, we are not afraid of the Soviet Union or its puppet states. Either stay out of Portuguese and Spains waters or sink to the bottom of the ocean. Your ships wont make it past girbralter.
Grand Indochina, Kartnan, New Raines, Entralia, Confederate-Amurica
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.