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#41
January 13th, 2012, 05:16 PM
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Generally the black is the redrawing of the border so as to block the flow of color into another country. The white spots are often caused by a failure of the color to reach all of the spots within the country. Below an improvement of the map.
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#42
January 13th, 2012, 07:46 PM
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#43
January 14th, 2012, 05:14 PM
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1923 France and Spain were now engaged in a War against the Riff. For France it was the Largest War since the War to end all wars. Spain was pouring in resources to help end it. Then there were a series of uprisings in Syria.
Things seem to get worse for the European powers as the Kurds in Northern Mesopotamia demanded independence. They had little in common with the other people of the colony/ country. Finally the British agreed to the spliting of it. The war Between Greece and Turkey appeared about to come to an end. Greek civilians were being removed and British ships were bringing Turkis civilians to Turkey.
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#44
January 14th, 2012, 05:46 PM
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1924 saw futher collapse of Hungary as Slovenia broke away.Europe was changing and the Move on St Petersburg offically began White forces were being driven back toward the outer defenseline of the city. The White command General Alexi Bordinvitch was inflicting loses on the Red forces while keeping his loses to a minium.
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#45
January 14th, 2012, 05:56 PM
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I think you mean Slovakia instead of Slovenia. You said Slovenia was already a part of the new Austrian union, so yeah.
Just to ask, on the Greco-Turkish situation, which map of the last two? The former which shows Greece and Turkey in a close up seems like it gives a bit too much to Greece, while the latter with all of Europe seems much more believable. If you could clarify, that'd be great.
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#46
January 14th, 2012, 10:25 PM
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By 1924 the Turks had control of all of Asia Minor. The British were completing the population exchange,
Yeah I did slip up i meant Slovakia not Slovenia. The Kingdom of Hungary has continued to shrink. Expect some changes to happen in the coming years. The Austro-Czech-Slovenian_Croatian Union has done quite well. Its economy has totally recovered from the Great War. It now has good relations with German and the Polish-Lithuanian Union. Relations with Serbia are not bad. The Serbs fear the Italian more than the Union and distrust the Bulgarians. Serbia has excellent relations with Greece and Romania. Beloy the July 1924 map. Last edited by chris N; January 14th, 2012 at 10:32 PM..
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#47
January 15th, 2012, 12:24 PM
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The Red Army's push against St Petersburg was running into strong opposition. The White Commander had had plenty of time to prepare the former capital of Imperial Russia. His troops were well armed and trained , he just wished that he had more of them and that he had more artillery. He now had 4 artillery battalions: 1 bn with 18x152mm guns, 1x18 100mm guns and 2 bns each with 18 76.2mm guns. He had plenty of ammunition. He currently had 18 Infantry battalions, 2 Machine gun battalions, 1 tank battalion(equipped with French Ft-17 and English tanks.). He had 5 Battalions of milita men, which he now put in fortified positions.
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#48
January 15th, 2012, 06:36 PM
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Summer of 1924 Germany had been testing military equipment in Finland for the past year. It also had maintained a military mission in the nation since 1919. With a growing threat from the Soviet Union the German government offered to send troops and equipment to the Kingdom of Finland and that government agreed. So the largest movement of German troops in the Baltic took place, since the invasion of the Baltic States by sea in the last war. Germany transported nearly 60,000 troops to Finland and made a naval display in the Gulf of Finland.
The Soviets were at the time attempting to capture St Petersburg so the Soviet Minister of War was taken aback by the German move. This move was followed by an arms deal with Turkey. Last edited by chris N; January 15th, 2012 at 06:44 PM..
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#51
January 16th, 2012, 02:23 PM
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Word arrived in Moscow of the failure of the Red Army to take Moscow.Trotsky had to explain the failure to the Politburo and Stalin acted upset by the failure but secretly he was pleased as it weaken the one man who stood in his way to assuming control of the Soviet Union. There was a directive issued to the Minister of War calling for a greater effort. As a result the Soviet commander in the field was replaced and the size of the force increased from 6 divisions to 12 divisions plus additional artillery.
What few knew was that the German Army in Finland had increased to 75,000 troops. German arms were arriving every day to increase the strength of the Finnish Army. The Baltic was once again loaded with German Merchant and warships. German "advisers" had been sent to Estonia and Latvia. A decision had been made to allow some of the Hollenzollerns to return to Germany. Meanwhile the Soviet Minister of War bgan to get involved in the campaign to take St Petersburg. Last edited by chris N; January 16th, 2012 at 05:34 PM..
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#52
January 16th, 2012, 10:04 PM
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The Russian Minister of War Trotsky delivered an adress to the Red Army troops being dispatched to the St Petersburg front. The Minister knew that if he didn't succeed Stalin would have command of the Party.
It the former Russian Imperial Capital additional arms arrived from Germany and France as well as Russian Exiles, who were flocking to the colors. For many this would be the final battle of the Russian Civil War. For if successful St Petersburg would be the free zone and a constant threat to the Soviet Union.
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#53
January 16th, 2012, 11:11 PM
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Germany and the Austro-Czech-Croation-Slovian Union were meeting to discuss the problems in the East. The Soviet Union was considered a threat. The two countries were also looking at relations with the Kingdom of Hungary and the new Republic of Slovkia. Regent Rupprecht and Kaiser Karl were also discussing making common cause withthe Polish-Liuthanian Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Ukraine. There were reports of some border clashes between the Ukraine and the Soviet Union. The Ukrainian military was reporting that the Soviets appeared attempting to forment trouble among the ethnic Russian Community. The Union's Navy had not made any appearances since the end of the last war. Italy was a big question mark but the German leader had received some private assurances that Great Britian would apply pressure on Italy if it should make hostile moves.
Beloy Ukrainian troops .
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#54
January 17th, 2012, 05:17 PM
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The Commander of the St Petersburg Garrison had even created a small naval force that patrolled the Gulf of Finland to prevent the Reds from staging raids across the Gulf Several vessels like the one below were used. So far he had been lucky to get volunteers ariving from ExPatriots who had had to flee the Reds. Still he knew that the number of reinforcements was not unlimited and his expansions was due to secret aid received from Germany and France. Germany had provided the last of its captured Russian weapons and had also provided some captured French 75mm field guns. The French in turn had also provided some additional 75mm field guns. Thus he had been able to organize two additional artillery battions plus 2 more machine gun battalions. He had formed the last of his milita force , adding 3 more battalion.
In contrast the Red amy had 12 divisions totaling more than 120,000 men and 432 guns. Even more artillery and troops were on the way. So far the Soviet Minister of War had remained in Moscow to keep an eye on Stalin but he might have to go west to supervise the operation.
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#55
January 18th, 2012, 12:28 PM
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Minister Trotsky arrived with additional forces to assure that the Red Army would take St Petersburg and reopen Russia's window on the Baltic. The garrison had already replused the first attempt to take the city and its commander was determined not to allow it to fall. Unfortunately, he was outnumbered more than 5 to 1 in manpower and by at least 4 to 1 in guns. The Siege started in earnest on May1,1924 with an artillery barrage.
The white forces mounted a counter attack using their tank battalion and a regular infantry battalion, which had been trained in the new assault tactics by some German advisers. Trotsky oversaw the siege but when he asked why the Red Army did not encircle the city from the side facing Finland he was told that to do so might trigger Finnish intervention. Little did the Red Army's Minister of War Know that Germany had deployed nearly 95,000 troops to Finland and it was ready to intervene should the Regent give the order. But Rupprecht was not ready to plunge Germany into another war. Meanwhile on the other side of the world China was in the Midst of Change as the Nationalist Party was shaking the country up. It wanted China to be united and an end to foreign influence. There was some antiForeign riots and demonstrations.
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#57
January 18th, 2012, 01:44 PM
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in 1924 Prince Louis Ferdinand the son of the Crown Prince and now heir to the German throne returned to Germany with the permission of the Regency
Council. The young prince was to check on the Hohenzollern estates. He was considered a possible candidate for the throne should a Hohenzollern be desirable.
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#58
January 18th, 2012, 09:26 PM
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Soviet Intelligence finally began to receive some indications that something was not right in Finland. A lot of their agents had been eliminated by Finnish and German counter intelligence service agents. Never the less it was hard not to notice the presence of over 90,000 German soldiers.
Trotsky realized that to win he would have to take a major risk. A risk that could result in a major war with the west.
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#59
January 18th, 2012, 11:15 PM
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In Berlin the Young German Prince met with the Regent to discuss the family's role in Germany. Prince Louis was a possible candidate for the post of Kaiser of Germany. Many were suggesting that it was time for Rupprecht to take the post and lead Germany as their Emperor. He was not at all pleased that the First World War had happen and really didn't want to have to get Germany in another war.
Warsaw_ The Polish King was meeting with his prime Minister and the Polish Military High Command. The Polsi General did not like what was happening at St Petersburg and thought that now was the time to strike and cause the collapse of the hostile Soviet Union before it could grow to be a bigger threat.
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#60
January 19th, 2012, 03:23 PM
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News Reports were arriving daily from St Petersburg telling the story of the band of defenders who were opposing the take over of the former capital of Imperial Russia and the last outpost of freedom in the communist controlled land. The city had been shelled but despite terrible odds the defenders had achieved Miracles. The tiny St Petersburg fleet of Gunboats had prevented Soviet forces from crossing the Gulf of Finland. Secretly the Germans and Finns had carried out covert raids at night blowing up the remains of the Naval base on the Soviet side.
There seemed to be stories everyday in the London Times, The New York Daily News, German, French and Austrian papers.
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