That was when they started getting closer to Nazi Germany. Before that, Italy was tolerant towards Jews and minorities like that. The anti-Jewish legislation wasn't well-liked by regular Italians.
A World Without- A Timeline
- Thread starter Joshua Ben Ari
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Another teaser for my fans-
1941- Paris, France
The rain came down heavily.
It was as if the heavens were crying profusely.
Charles Maurras stood in the Elysee Palace, his eyes darkened. His pale hands clutched a folder tightly, slightly trembling. He seemed old beyond his years, even for his advanced age.
Francois de la Rocque entered his ally's office silently, closing the door gently.
"Hello, Francois." Charles began softly, sitting back at his desk. He had not yet moved, staring at his ally in the reflection of the glass. Francois walked calmly to the desk, sitting opposite his ally. "I've reviewed your plans for the future. They are....most interesting."
"They are a constant threat for the French people. A....coup de foudre [1] and beating them down until they never get up again would ensure French domination of the Continent for a thousand years."
"And the other parts of your....plan?"
"France suffers from internal terrorists. Scum who stabbed us in the back. This plan will simply ensure a....final solution to our problems."
Charles paused slightly, his hands massaging his skull.
"You are sure this plan will work?"
"I'm confident. The police, the gendarmerie, the paramilitaries. Even the Foreign Legion. All are under the direct command of this office and are capable of dealing with the internal Anti-France persons." Francois declared confidently, "They'll be sent to the camps in the countryside and dealt with. Permanently."
Charles paused only for a moment, then took up his pen and scrawled his signature onto the paper.
The paper read:
Le plan final contre l'Anti-France juifs, francs-maçons, les huguenots, et les gauchistes. [2]
Europe had been damned with the scratching of a pen.
Europe had entered Hell on Earth.
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[1] coup de foudre, or lightning war.
[2] The Final Plan Against the Anti-France Jews, Freemasons, Huguenots, and leftists.
1941- Paris, France
The rain came down heavily.
It was as if the heavens were crying profusely.
Charles Maurras stood in the Elysee Palace, his eyes darkened. His pale hands clutched a folder tightly, slightly trembling. He seemed old beyond his years, even for his advanced age.
Francois de la Rocque entered his ally's office silently, closing the door gently.
"Hello, Francois." Charles began softly, sitting back at his desk. He had not yet moved, staring at his ally in the reflection of the glass. Francois walked calmly to the desk, sitting opposite his ally. "I've reviewed your plans for the future. They are....most interesting."
"They are a constant threat for the French people. A....coup de foudre [1] and beating them down until they never get up again would ensure French domination of the Continent for a thousand years."
"And the other parts of your....plan?"
"France suffers from internal terrorists. Scum who stabbed us in the back. This plan will simply ensure a....final solution to our problems."
Charles paused slightly, his hands massaging his skull.
"You are sure this plan will work?"
"I'm confident. The police, the gendarmerie, the paramilitaries. Even the Foreign Legion. All are under the direct command of this office and are capable of dealing with the internal Anti-France persons." Francois declared confidently, "They'll be sent to the camps in the countryside and dealt with. Permanently."
Charles paused only for a moment, then took up his pen and scrawled his signature onto the paper.
The paper read:
Le plan final contre l'Anti-France juifs, francs-maçons, les huguenots, et les gauchistes. [2]
Europe had been damned with the scratching of a pen.
Europe had entered Hell on Earth.
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[1] coup de foudre, or lightning war.
[2] The Final Plan Against the Anti-France Jews, Freemasons, Huguenots, and leftists.
Great job Joshua Ben Ari
I knew it! I knew this is where you were going! I am so very excited for this thread! Consider me subscribed and keep up the good work! I can't wait to see what goes down here. Charles Maurras sounds just like the Nazi's, spouting that hate speech.
I knew it! I knew this is where you were going! I am so very excited for this thread! Consider me subscribed and keep up the good work! I can't wait to see what goes down here. Charles Maurras sounds just like the Nazi's, spouting that hate speech.
1939, con't: After the end of the Arab revolt in Palestine, the Arab residents of Palestine are given the option of staying in the future Jewish state or voluntarily moving to Transjordan.
Most of the Arabs choose to immigrate to Arab Transjordan and the move is overseen by the League of Nations, rather than the British. Despite fears, the population transfer goes without incident.
1940: Grand Coalition France begins to establish paramilitary organizations to fight alongside “l’Armee Nationale de France” (The National Army of France). The French Foreign Legion calls for regular criminals to join, in absolution of their crimes so long as they swear loyalty to the State, the Director-President and the King of the French State. Many agree to this, simply to get out of prison.
Francois de la Rocque, Philippe Petain, Charles Maurras and Xavier Vallat and Louis Franchet d’Esperey, the Commander-in-Chief of the ANF and Marshal of the French Corporatist State, begin invasion plans against the Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Britain and Italy.
A few French Jewish refugees manage to reach Mandate Palestine, seeking refuge in the proposed Jewish state.
1941: The ANF began a “coup de foudre” against Germany and pushes deep into the Saar Basin and the Rhineland. The DNVP-Zentrum Germany, despite paramilitary organizations standing guard on the Franco-German border, is caught off guard by the French. Humiliated and defeated, they are forced back across the Rhine deeper into Germany.
The French, continuing their drive, push into the North German Plain and take large swaths of territory. By the end of the year, the French have seized the Saarland and the Rhineland Palatinate. Italy declares neutrality in the conflict, though they sell weapons and hardware to the Germans and Austrians.
German Jews flee through Austria and Italy for Palestine, aided by the Italian "Duce" Benito Mussolini at the behest of his mistress, Margherita Sarfatti.
1942: As the French hunker down in their German territories, several dozen divisions of the ANF move northward against Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Despite their best efforts, the three nations fall to the French.
The Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourgian royal families flee together to London and establish a joint government-in-exile. The British declare war on the French state and begin mobilizing Empire and Commonwealth forces.
1943: The French initiate another coup de foudre against the Germans, pushing the small German army and paramilitaries out of North Rhine-Westphalia and the lower half of Lower Saxony.
The first few divisions of the British Empire and Commonwealth (British, Indian, Canadian and ANZAC) arrive in Germany to fight alongside the Germans. The Soviet Union, taking advantage of the lack of attention, seizes the Baltic States and annexes the three states in the Union.
The Austrian government declares war on France and begins instant mobilization.
The French gendarmerie and the French Foreign Legion begins rounding up Jews, Freemasons, Huguenots, metics [1], gypsies and leftists, deporting them to the camps in the French countryside.
The French government, realizing that even their best efforts would not be enough to break the Germans, signs an agreement with the Soviet Union. Despite both sides ideological differences and hatred of the other, they agree to cooperate and divide Europe between them.
The treaty divides Europe into two areas- French dominated Southern, Western and Central Europe and Soviet dominated Eastern Europe and Middle East.
The Soviet war machine surprises the Polish and Germans by driving through their lines like a hot knife through butter. Within a matter of weeks, the Polish government flees to Britain and the Germans are now fighting a two-front war.
1944: The Germans and Austrians are now completely overrun on both the east and the west. On 20th of April 1944, the Germans surrender to the Franco-Soviet combined forces. The Austrians surrender a week later. The French establish their control over Germany and Austria (OTL French and British occupation zones as well as the western half of the American occupation zone), brutally cracking down on partisan activity.
Aided by the British Empire and Commonwealth troops (who also escape via Hamburg), the DNVP-Zentrum coalition government flee to Britain, narrowly escaping Soviet forces. They quickly establish a government-in-exile, alongside the Polish.
The Soviets establish their control over eastern and southern Germany and eastern Austria, dividing it into the People's Republic of Prussia and the German Democratic Republic.
Despite the Treaty of St. Petersburg (Franco-Soviet collaboration), the French begin mobilizations of their paramilitaries and military forces near the Soviet occupation border, preparing for Operation Napoléon [2]- the French invasion of the Soviet Union.
1945: French forces breach the Soviet zone, using Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourgian soldiers as cannon fodder. Despite their heavy casualties, the French push the Soviets back and occupy all of former Germany. German partisans begin a war of terror against the French occupiers, killing hundreds and tying up thousands.
While the Soviets still have designs for Eastern and Central Europe, countless thousands of Soviet soldiers conveniently "lose" their weapons and ammo for the Germans to find.
In response to the terror campaign, Francois de la Rocque declares the Germans inferior, “life unworthy of life”, and allows French soldiers to massacre the Germans wholesale.
By the end of the year, the French and their collaborators are in complete control of former Germany and parts of Poland. Nearly 800,000 Germans have been killed by the French regime, with more sent to newly-constructed death camps across occupied Germany.
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[1] Metics, according to Charles Maurras, refers to the peoples of North Africa. In this instance, it refers to the Arab Muslims. The Berber and Kayble peoples are considered "lost French".
[2] While Maurras despised the Revolution, Napoleon was emulated for his ability to conquer most of Europe. Naturally, power seduces everyone and convinces Maurras and de la Rocque to go even further than Napoleon- to conquer Russia.
Most of the Arabs choose to immigrate to Arab Transjordan and the move is overseen by the League of Nations, rather than the British. Despite fears, the population transfer goes without incident.
1940: Grand Coalition France begins to establish paramilitary organizations to fight alongside “l’Armee Nationale de France” (The National Army of France). The French Foreign Legion calls for regular criminals to join, in absolution of their crimes so long as they swear loyalty to the State, the Director-President and the King of the French State. Many agree to this, simply to get out of prison.
Francois de la Rocque, Philippe Petain, Charles Maurras and Xavier Vallat and Louis Franchet d’Esperey, the Commander-in-Chief of the ANF and Marshal of the French Corporatist State, begin invasion plans against the Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Britain and Italy.
A few French Jewish refugees manage to reach Mandate Palestine, seeking refuge in the proposed Jewish state.
1941: The ANF began a “coup de foudre” against Germany and pushes deep into the Saar Basin and the Rhineland. The DNVP-Zentrum Germany, despite paramilitary organizations standing guard on the Franco-German border, is caught off guard by the French. Humiliated and defeated, they are forced back across the Rhine deeper into Germany.
The French, continuing their drive, push into the North German Plain and take large swaths of territory. By the end of the year, the French have seized the Saarland and the Rhineland Palatinate. Italy declares neutrality in the conflict, though they sell weapons and hardware to the Germans and Austrians.
German Jews flee through Austria and Italy for Palestine, aided by the Italian "Duce" Benito Mussolini at the behest of his mistress, Margherita Sarfatti.
1942: As the French hunker down in their German territories, several dozen divisions of the ANF move northward against Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Despite their best efforts, the three nations fall to the French.
The Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourgian royal families flee together to London and establish a joint government-in-exile. The British declare war on the French state and begin mobilizing Empire and Commonwealth forces.
1943: The French initiate another coup de foudre against the Germans, pushing the small German army and paramilitaries out of North Rhine-Westphalia and the lower half of Lower Saxony.
The first few divisions of the British Empire and Commonwealth (British, Indian, Canadian and ANZAC) arrive in Germany to fight alongside the Germans. The Soviet Union, taking advantage of the lack of attention, seizes the Baltic States and annexes the three states in the Union.
The Austrian government declares war on France and begins instant mobilization.
The French gendarmerie and the French Foreign Legion begins rounding up Jews, Freemasons, Huguenots, metics [1], gypsies and leftists, deporting them to the camps in the French countryside.
The French government, realizing that even their best efforts would not be enough to break the Germans, signs an agreement with the Soviet Union. Despite both sides ideological differences and hatred of the other, they agree to cooperate and divide Europe between them.
The treaty divides Europe into two areas- French dominated Southern, Western and Central Europe and Soviet dominated Eastern Europe and Middle East.
The Soviet war machine surprises the Polish and Germans by driving through their lines like a hot knife through butter. Within a matter of weeks, the Polish government flees to Britain and the Germans are now fighting a two-front war.
1944: The Germans and Austrians are now completely overrun on both the east and the west. On 20th of April 1944, the Germans surrender to the Franco-Soviet combined forces. The Austrians surrender a week later. The French establish their control over Germany and Austria (OTL French and British occupation zones as well as the western half of the American occupation zone), brutally cracking down on partisan activity.
Aided by the British Empire and Commonwealth troops (who also escape via Hamburg), the DNVP-Zentrum coalition government flee to Britain, narrowly escaping Soviet forces. They quickly establish a government-in-exile, alongside the Polish.
The Soviets establish their control over eastern and southern Germany and eastern Austria, dividing it into the People's Republic of Prussia and the German Democratic Republic.
Despite the Treaty of St. Petersburg (Franco-Soviet collaboration), the French begin mobilizations of their paramilitaries and military forces near the Soviet occupation border, preparing for Operation Napoléon [2]- the French invasion of the Soviet Union.
1945: French forces breach the Soviet zone, using Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourgian soldiers as cannon fodder. Despite their heavy casualties, the French push the Soviets back and occupy all of former Germany. German partisans begin a war of terror against the French occupiers, killing hundreds and tying up thousands.
While the Soviets still have designs for Eastern and Central Europe, countless thousands of Soviet soldiers conveniently "lose" their weapons and ammo for the Germans to find.
In response to the terror campaign, Francois de la Rocque declares the Germans inferior, “life unworthy of life”, and allows French soldiers to massacre the Germans wholesale.
By the end of the year, the French and their collaborators are in complete control of former Germany and parts of Poland. Nearly 800,000 Germans have been killed by the French regime, with more sent to newly-constructed death camps across occupied Germany.
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[1] Metics, according to Charles Maurras, refers to the peoples of North Africa. In this instance, it refers to the Arab Muslims. The Berber and Kayble peoples are considered "lost French".
[2] While Maurras despised the Revolution, Napoleon was emulated for his ability to conquer most of Europe. Naturally, power seduces everyone and convinces Maurras and de la Rocque to go even further than Napoleon- to conquer Russia.
Brilliant stuff, I do wonder about the British war effort though? I know the reichswher would be nearly helpless compared to the french army due to small numbers, and I can see how Germany would be uber-screwed if also fighting the Soviets (not ever a war for the soviets really, a series of marches followed by some anti-partisan activity), but it seems like the British would be doing more to aid their only major ally on the continent (no offense to belgians or dutch people.)
Also, does this mean that Britain is now at war with France and the Soviet union? and alone too boot since Germany has been effectively crushed?
For the time being, Britain remains alone. But with the French invasion of the USSR, Anglo-Soviet relations will be focused on beating the French, similar to the relations during World War II. The Soviets will switch sides in the future (in 1946).
In TTL, the Germans aren't nearly as helpless militarily, but they do have small numbers. The German army is supplemented by the Stahlhelm and various German paramilitary organizations, but the Franco-Soviet forces will prove too much for them.
Rather than go headlong into the conflict, they're going (in TTL) to mass Empire and Commonwealth troops in Britain. Coupled with German military and paramilitary troops also fleeing to Britain to liberate their fatherland, the British will have a much bigger army than in OTL.
Spoiler: The Italians will side with the Anglo-German-Soviet alliance, as will the Austrians. There will also be a slight....incident involving the Japanese and French Indochina
In TTL, the Germans aren't nearly as helpless militarily, but they do have small numbers. The German army is supplemented by the Stahlhelm and various German paramilitary organizations, but the Franco-Soviet forces will prove too much for them.
Rather than go headlong into the conflict, they're going (in TTL) to mass Empire and Commonwealth troops in Britain. Coupled with German military and paramilitary troops also fleeing to Britain to liberate their fatherland, the British will have a much bigger army than in OTL.
Spoiler: The Italians will side with the Anglo-German-Soviet alliance, as will the Austrians. There will also be a slight....incident involving the Japanese and French Indochina
Very nice idea. But won't Germany be two big a country to control for France (Germany's population was much larger than France's and as they are now fighting the Soviets, partisan activity might prove to difficult)?
Will the French-speaking parts of Belgium be directly annexed into French terrirory, as another region?
Will the French-speaking parts of Belgium be directly annexed into French terrirory, as another region?
Germany is going to be divided into smaller states, to make it easier for French military officials to govern them effectively. I haven't decided on a number of states, but it will probably end up being either three or four. I'm thinking of making certain Germans exempt from the decision- Rhineland Germans, French citizens of Germany. Maybe Germans who collaborate with the French regime.
The French have also deemed the Germans "life unworthy of life" and massacring them wholesale. If you read my post- by the end of 1945, ~800,000 Germans have been massacred by the French soldiers. The German population will be smaller than OTL, but still larger than the French.
The partisan activity is actually going to help play a bigger role during the Second World War, particularly German and Jewish partisan activity. But the future of Germany is going to be a very....dystopic future.
Yes, the French-speaking parts of Belgium will be annexed into France proper, while Flanders is a French puppet.
The French have also deemed the Germans "life unworthy of life" and massacring them wholesale. If you read my post- by the end of 1945, ~800,000 Germans have been massacred by the French soldiers. The German population will be smaller than OTL, but still larger than the French.
The partisan activity is actually going to help play a bigger role during the Second World War, particularly German and Jewish partisan activity. But the future of Germany is going to be a very....dystopic future.
Yes, the French-speaking parts of Belgium will be annexed into France proper, while Flanders is a French puppet.
Ok but Britain, similar to otl never declared war on the soviets when they invaded Poland and Germany. Gotcha. This is a very interesting concept, although like otl Germany, France will surely be crushed...
1946: French forces seize all of Poland, placing it under direct military occupation. Countless Poles (either supporters of the French or opportunists) join up with the French to fight against the Soviets. European Catholics are encouraged to fight alongside the French, but are denounced by the Pope and the Vatican.
The French war machine swells to several million and, on 15 August 1946, begins the second phase of Operation Napoléon- the invasion of the Soviet Union proper. In addition, French colonial militias and armies "liberate" Southern Europe from "tyranny" under France's "benevolent" leadership. By the end of 1946, all of Europe (save Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Switzerland) will be under French control.
The French occupational government establishes the Free Republic of Hanover, the Free Republic of Holstein, German Free State, the Independent State of Bavaria and the Free Republic of Baden. These German states are forced to hand over countless thousands of citizens as cannon fodder for the French armies.
In North Africa, French colonial armies (most of whom are fighting in Europe) begin the massacre of Arab Muslims, led by Xavier Mallet and Jacques Doriot. While the former commands the colonial armies, it is Doriot who gains the title "The Butcher of the Maghreb".
The British accept Japan’s claim on Manchuria (and negotiate an end to the Second Sino-Japanese War) in exchange for Japanese assistance in taking French Indochina and contributing to the war effort against France.
Charles Maurras decries the Soviet invasion, saying that the French’s hated enemy is already beaten and that the need to fight the Soviets is not there. Francois de la Rocque, seduced by the power he commands and delusions of grandeur, murders Maurras and declares himself the new Director-President of the French Corporatist State.
French, (collaborationist) Belgians, Dutch, Luxembourgian, "German" and Polish begin the invasion of the Soviet Union, beating the Soviets back. While in France and the occupied territories, Jews, Muslims, Freemasons, Huguenots, Germans and political leftists are being slaughtered by the tens of thousands.
1947: The French and their collaborators reach the city of Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad. Despite their best efforts, the cities refuse to fall. De la Rocque, is now mad with power, refusing to listen to his generals on the ground. As a result, the French and collaborators are forced back by the Soviets across the European plains. Italy declares war on France, partly out of humanitarian efforts to save Jews and Germans in Occupied Europe and Muslims in French Africa.
The British, Italians, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, Indians, and Free German partisans initiate Operation Sealion [1]- the largest naval invasion force the world has ever seen. Landing in Normandy and Provence-Alps-Cote d’Azur (PACA), they push the French back in their own land. Coupled with the Soviet advance and assisted by Polish, German, Hungarian and other European partisans, the French are forced back across Europe.
The Soviets, now furious with rage, massacre thousands of French and collaborators during the “Great Defeat”. De la Rocque, mad with power, demands his generals to keep fighting the war.[2]
1948: By the end of the year, the defeat of France is inevitable. Rather than prolong the war, Alphonse Juin, Marshal of France, overthrows the Corporatist State with the approval of His Majesty Jean III and the support of the French Army. De la Rocque, refusing to come quietly, duels Juin in the bombed out ruins of the Elysee Palace.[3] Juin wounds the man and takes him prisoner.
Instantly, Juin issues a communiqué to all French armies in either Occupied Europe and Africa to surrender, as well as France’s formal declaration of surrender to the Allied Powers.
The DNVP-Zentrum coalition government, the legitimate government of Germany, returns to Berlin to assume control of the German state and people. Rather than being welcomed back with open arms, they are literally ripped apart by rabid Germans and Soviet soldiers.
Post War:
The Allied High Command formally occupies the former French state and issue the following orders:
• The former French Corporatist State is disassembled and banned from ever unifying into a united French state.
• The Grande Coalition de les patriots is hereby banned for reforming, as well as the parties of Action Francaise, Croix-de-Feu or any member-party of the Grande Coalition.
• Jacques Doriot, Xavier Mallet, Francois de la Rocque and all other members of the GCP shall be tried for crimes against humanity.
• All collaborators of the French regime shall be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
• All persons persecuted by the French state and their allies shall be granted immediate medical assistance and aid.
• Any and all Jews who wish transport to Palestine shall be granted that right without delay.
• All French colonies shall be administered by the British Empire and Commonwealth, the Kingdom of Italy or the Spanish State.
• All Arab Muslims in North Africa, who had been under French colonial rule, shall be granted independence no later than 1950.
1949: The Soviet Union establishes the People’s Republic of Alsace, People’s Republic of Picardy and the Democratic Republic of Burgundy out of the ashes of Eastern France.
The Allied powers establish the Republic of Normandy, Free State of Poitou, Republic of Aquitaine, State of Linioges, the Republic of Marseilles and the Republic of Languedoc.
Despite Soviet pressure, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (BeNeLux) re-establish sovereign rule (with British and Commonwealth military presence in the countries to deter the Soviets). Paris is divided between the British and the Soviets- West Paris to the British, East Paris to the Soviets.
The Jewish survivors of the French genocide flee to Palestine, and are welcomed openly by the British government. The Arab Muslims of North Africa, also brutalized during the French rule, establish friendly relations with Jewish Palestine out a shared sense of pain.
The State of Israel is declared with 2.3 million Jewish citizens (either refugees or sabras[4]). The Soviet Union is the first government to recognize the Jewish state. The Israeli state stretches from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea, from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Golan Heights.
The Soviets establish as their puppet states-
• People’s Republic of Poland
• Czechoslovak Republic
• East Prussian People’s Republic [5]
• German Democratic Republic [6]
• People’s Republic of Austria
• People’s Republic of Hungary
• People’s Republic of Bulgaria
• People’s Republic of Romania
• Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia
• People’s Republic of Albania
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[1] Yeah, that's right. I made the British initiate Operation Sealion. Fear me!
[2] De la Rocque was seduced by the prospect of unlimited power and went insane. He will make the same mistakes that Hitler made in OTL.
[3] Why a duel? Duels make everything fun.
[4] Native-born Israelis.
[5] OTL East Prussia and Prussia east of the Oder-Neisse Line
[6] OTL Germany
The French war machine swells to several million and, on 15 August 1946, begins the second phase of Operation Napoléon- the invasion of the Soviet Union proper. In addition, French colonial militias and armies "liberate" Southern Europe from "tyranny" under France's "benevolent" leadership. By the end of 1946, all of Europe (save Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Switzerland) will be under French control.
The French occupational government establishes the Free Republic of Hanover, the Free Republic of Holstein, German Free State, the Independent State of Bavaria and the Free Republic of Baden. These German states are forced to hand over countless thousands of citizens as cannon fodder for the French armies.
In North Africa, French colonial armies (most of whom are fighting in Europe) begin the massacre of Arab Muslims, led by Xavier Mallet and Jacques Doriot. While the former commands the colonial armies, it is Doriot who gains the title "The Butcher of the Maghreb".
The British accept Japan’s claim on Manchuria (and negotiate an end to the Second Sino-Japanese War) in exchange for Japanese assistance in taking French Indochina and contributing to the war effort against France.
Charles Maurras decries the Soviet invasion, saying that the French’s hated enemy is already beaten and that the need to fight the Soviets is not there. Francois de la Rocque, seduced by the power he commands and delusions of grandeur, murders Maurras and declares himself the new Director-President of the French Corporatist State.
French, (collaborationist) Belgians, Dutch, Luxembourgian, "German" and Polish begin the invasion of the Soviet Union, beating the Soviets back. While in France and the occupied territories, Jews, Muslims, Freemasons, Huguenots, Germans and political leftists are being slaughtered by the tens of thousands.
1947: The French and their collaborators reach the city of Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad. Despite their best efforts, the cities refuse to fall. De la Rocque, is now mad with power, refusing to listen to his generals on the ground. As a result, the French and collaborators are forced back by the Soviets across the European plains. Italy declares war on France, partly out of humanitarian efforts to save Jews and Germans in Occupied Europe and Muslims in French Africa.
The British, Italians, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, Indians, and Free German partisans initiate Operation Sealion [1]- the largest naval invasion force the world has ever seen. Landing in Normandy and Provence-Alps-Cote d’Azur (PACA), they push the French back in their own land. Coupled with the Soviet advance and assisted by Polish, German, Hungarian and other European partisans, the French are forced back across Europe.
The Soviets, now furious with rage, massacre thousands of French and collaborators during the “Great Defeat”. De la Rocque, mad with power, demands his generals to keep fighting the war.[2]
1948: By the end of the year, the defeat of France is inevitable. Rather than prolong the war, Alphonse Juin, Marshal of France, overthrows the Corporatist State with the approval of His Majesty Jean III and the support of the French Army. De la Rocque, refusing to come quietly, duels Juin in the bombed out ruins of the Elysee Palace.[3] Juin wounds the man and takes him prisoner.
Instantly, Juin issues a communiqué to all French armies in either Occupied Europe and Africa to surrender, as well as France’s formal declaration of surrender to the Allied Powers.
The DNVP-Zentrum coalition government, the legitimate government of Germany, returns to Berlin to assume control of the German state and people. Rather than being welcomed back with open arms, they are literally ripped apart by rabid Germans and Soviet soldiers.
Post War:
The Allied High Command formally occupies the former French state and issue the following orders:
• The former French Corporatist State is disassembled and banned from ever unifying into a united French state.
• The Grande Coalition de les patriots is hereby banned for reforming, as well as the parties of Action Francaise, Croix-de-Feu or any member-party of the Grande Coalition.
• Jacques Doriot, Xavier Mallet, Francois de la Rocque and all other members of the GCP shall be tried for crimes against humanity.
• All collaborators of the French regime shall be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
• All persons persecuted by the French state and their allies shall be granted immediate medical assistance and aid.
• Any and all Jews who wish transport to Palestine shall be granted that right without delay.
• All French colonies shall be administered by the British Empire and Commonwealth, the Kingdom of Italy or the Spanish State.
• All Arab Muslims in North Africa, who had been under French colonial rule, shall be granted independence no later than 1950.
1949: The Soviet Union establishes the People’s Republic of Alsace, People’s Republic of Picardy and the Democratic Republic of Burgundy out of the ashes of Eastern France.
The Allied powers establish the Republic of Normandy, Free State of Poitou, Republic of Aquitaine, State of Linioges, the Republic of Marseilles and the Republic of Languedoc.
Despite Soviet pressure, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (BeNeLux) re-establish sovereign rule (with British and Commonwealth military presence in the countries to deter the Soviets). Paris is divided between the British and the Soviets- West Paris to the British, East Paris to the Soviets.
The Jewish survivors of the French genocide flee to Palestine, and are welcomed openly by the British government. The Arab Muslims of North Africa, also brutalized during the French rule, establish friendly relations with Jewish Palestine out a shared sense of pain.
The State of Israel is declared with 2.3 million Jewish citizens (either refugees or sabras[4]). The Soviet Union is the first government to recognize the Jewish state. The Israeli state stretches from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea, from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Golan Heights.
The Soviets establish as their puppet states-
• People’s Republic of Poland
• Czechoslovak Republic
• East Prussian People’s Republic [5]
• German Democratic Republic [6]
• People’s Republic of Austria
• People’s Republic of Hungary
• People’s Republic of Bulgaria
• People’s Republic of Romania
• Democratic Federation of Yugoslavia
• People’s Republic of Albania
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[1] Yeah, that's right. I made the British initiate Operation Sealion. Fear me!
[2] De la Rocque was seduced by the prospect of unlimited power and went insane. He will make the same mistakes that Hitler made in OTL.
[3] Why a duel? Duels make everything fun.
[4] Native-born Israelis.
[5] OTL East Prussia and Prussia east of the Oder-Neisse Line
[6] OTL Germany
Select Statistics of Pre and Post War Europe (1940 to 1949)
German Population, prewar: 69.5 million
German Population, postwar: 58.1 million [1]
European Jewish Population, prewar: 9 million
European Jewish Population, postwar: 5 million [2]
French Population prewar: 41.5 million
French Population postwar: 22 million [3]
Polish Population, prewar: 34.8 million
Polish Population, postwar: 26.8 million
European Population, prewar: 497.5 million*
European Population, postwar: 401 million [4]
* this is a rough estimate of the 1940 European population. If anyone has a more accurate number, I will gladly accept it.
[1] The German population was slaughtered wholesale, due to de la Rocque's declaration that they were "life unworthy of life". More than 11 million Germans were slaughtered by the French regime.
[2] Despite French efficiency, more Jews managed to survive the Holocaust than in OTL. Many Jews hid Germans among them, or helped Germans find shelter during the French occupation of Germany.
[3] A more brutal war caused the French population to plummet from its prewar demographics to nearly half that by the end of the Second Great War. It will take decades for the French population to recover from the War.
[4] More European were killed in the conflict than OTL, due to de la Rocque's madness and the wholesale slaughter of Europeans.
German Population, prewar: 69.5 million
German Population, postwar: 58.1 million [1]
European Jewish Population, prewar: 9 million
European Jewish Population, postwar: 5 million [2]
French Population prewar: 41.5 million
French Population postwar: 22 million [3]
Polish Population, prewar: 34.8 million
Polish Population, postwar: 26.8 million
European Population, prewar: 497.5 million*
European Population, postwar: 401 million [4]
* this is a rough estimate of the 1940 European population. If anyone has a more accurate number, I will gladly accept it.
[1] The German population was slaughtered wholesale, due to de la Rocque's declaration that they were "life unworthy of life". More than 11 million Germans were slaughtered by the French regime.
[2] Despite French efficiency, more Jews managed to survive the Holocaust than in OTL. Many Jews hid Germans among them, or helped Germans find shelter during the French occupation of Germany.
[3] A more brutal war caused the French population to plummet from its prewar demographics to nearly half that by the end of the Second Great War. It will take decades for the French population to recover from the War.
[4] More European were killed in the conflict than OTL, due to de la Rocque's madness and the wholesale slaughter of Europeans.
interesting!
(a slight bit of hand-wave on the Arabs voluntarily relocating et cetera, but hey.)
subscribed.
(a slight bit of hand-wave on the Arabs voluntarily relocating et cetera, but hey.)
subscribed.
Yeah, a bit ASB about the Arabs willingly relocating.
Also, a teaser to keep my fans interested-
Jerusalem, 1949
He sighed heavily, looking at the mass of papers and folders sitting silently on his desk.
Names.
Locations.
So many had been murdered.
So many.
A tear fell silently.
A knock on his door broke him out of his reverie. He looked up and saw his current aide.
"Sir, your visitor has arrived," he said, almost in a hushed voice, "And I think you'll want to hear what he has to say."
"Let him in, let him in." The first man urged. The door opened, revealing a strong-built man.
A man who exuded power and confidence.
A man who inspired others.
And fear.
The first man stood up, crossing across the room and clasping the other's hand in his own.
"Welcome, my friend, welcome," he said jovially, "May I interest you in a drink?"
"Vodka, if you have it." The second replied curtly, in a heavily accented speech. The first nodded, moving silently to the liquor cabinet. He handed the filled glass to his acquaintance and motioned to the desk.
The two men sat down, the first behind the desk.
"As glad as I am to have you here, what are your intentions in my country?"
"My country has decided to...assist your new nation with aid. So many of your people were murdered by the French regime and my country yearns to help the oppressed of the world."
"We don't seek to become like your allies in Europe. We will maintain our distinctiveness--"
"But of course. Your religion is part of your identity, and we have no wish to deny it."
"There are some of our nation among the citizens of your state. Will you grant them the right to leave, to immigrate here?"
"If that means convincing you of our peaceful intentions regarding your state, then yes. Your nation, who are citizens of our state, shall be granted the right to immigrate here. Our allies will sell weapons, aid-- anything that is needed by this state to survive in a hostile environment. "
"Consider us, then, an ally." The first concluded.
Chaim Weizmann stood and clasped his counterpart's hand tightly in a firm shake.
Joseph Stalin smiled grandly, his thick moustache crinkling along the smile.
"I am pleased to make your acquaintance, General Secretary Stalin."
"And I you, President Weizmann."
Also, a teaser to keep my fans interested-
Jerusalem, 1949
He sighed heavily, looking at the mass of papers and folders sitting silently on his desk.
Names.
Locations.
So many had been murdered.
So many.
A tear fell silently.
A knock on his door broke him out of his reverie. He looked up and saw his current aide.
"Sir, your visitor has arrived," he said, almost in a hushed voice, "And I think you'll want to hear what he has to say."
"Let him in, let him in." The first man urged. The door opened, revealing a strong-built man.
A man who exuded power and confidence.
A man who inspired others.
And fear.
The first man stood up, crossing across the room and clasping the other's hand in his own.
"Welcome, my friend, welcome," he said jovially, "May I interest you in a drink?"
"Vodka, if you have it." The second replied curtly, in a heavily accented speech. The first nodded, moving silently to the liquor cabinet. He handed the filled glass to his acquaintance and motioned to the desk.
The two men sat down, the first behind the desk.
"As glad as I am to have you here, what are your intentions in my country?"
"My country has decided to...assist your new nation with aid. So many of your people were murdered by the French regime and my country yearns to help the oppressed of the world."
"We don't seek to become like your allies in Europe. We will maintain our distinctiveness--"
"But of course. Your religion is part of your identity, and we have no wish to deny it."
"There are some of our nation among the citizens of your state. Will you grant them the right to leave, to immigrate here?"
"If that means convincing you of our peaceful intentions regarding your state, then yes. Your nation, who are citizens of our state, shall be granted the right to immigrate here. Our allies will sell weapons, aid-- anything that is needed by this state to survive in a hostile environment. "
"Consider us, then, an ally." The first concluded.
Chaim Weizmann stood and clasped his counterpart's hand tightly in a firm shake.
Joseph Stalin smiled grandly, his thick moustache crinkling along the smile.
"I am pleased to make your acquaintance, General Secretary Stalin."
"And I you, President Weizmann."
Brilliant stuff. Depressing though, the Russians occupying that far into Europe. It's not a pretty world you're creating my friend.
It is a bit depressing, yeah. Just wait until the 50s, 60s and 70s, though. Then things are going to get....interesting.
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I suppose the USSR would be the main power, but how strong are the British and Japanese Empires after the war (I suppose the Brits would keep naval supremacy and would keep an alliance with the Japs to contain the Soviet power?). How is the US affected by the war?
This is an excellent TL btw.
This is an excellent TL btw.
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Update-
Sing-Sing Prison, 1951:
They stood proudly, their faces gleaming with determination.
"You stand accused of spying for the Soviet Union and selling American military secrets to the Soviets. Have you anything to say before your sentence is fulfilled?
"We are innocent!" he shouted, his eyes becoming desperate. "We would never betray America!"
"Silence, you traitor! In accordance with your sentence, you and your wife are hereby sentenced to death. May God have mercy on your souls, for we will have none for you."
The judge nodded curtly at the attendant, who slammed the lever downwards violently.
Electricity coursed through their bodies, countless thousands of currents arcing through their figures. The man slumped in his seat first, unmistakably dead. The woman, though, continued to breath.
They were astounded.
They kept the current going on her.
It took her only a few more minutes for her to de.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were dead.
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1950: The British Empire and Commonwealth, the Kingdom of Italy and the Soviet Union assume control over the remains of Europe. The French people, now battered by war and having lost nearly half their population, resign themselves to Soviet-Italian-British-Commonwealth control.
The British government, to help cooperate between the United Kingdom and the Dominions, establishes the Commonwealth Senate (which represents Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Confederation of Indian States).
The Union of the Maghreb gains independence from British provisional rule, with its capital in Algiers.
1951: The Soviet Union cracks down on German partisan activity, killing hundreds. Despite British and Commonwealth protests, the Soviets reassert their control over the German Democratic Republic.
1952: Elizabeth II ascends the throne of the British Empire and Commonwealth. The Dominions and the Confederation of Indian States accept Her Majesty as their official Head of State.
1953: The Government of the United States passes the 'Defense of the Country' bill- which effectively outlaws the Communist Party of the United States and grants the President near-unlimited power to defend the country from the Communist threat.
1954: Joseph Stalin dies, leaving a power vacuum in the Soviet Union. After a bitter political fight, Nikita Khrushchev assumes power as the new Soviet premier. He begins a series of liberalization, while denouncing Stalin’s past horrors. He decides to maintain the alliance with the State of Israel, allowing countless thousands of Soviet Jews to make aliyah to Israel.
Sing-Sing Prison, 1951:
They stood proudly, their faces gleaming with determination.
"You stand accused of spying for the Soviet Union and selling American military secrets to the Soviets. Have you anything to say before your sentence is fulfilled?
"We are innocent!" he shouted, his eyes becoming desperate. "We would never betray America!"
"Silence, you traitor! In accordance with your sentence, you and your wife are hereby sentenced to death. May God have mercy on your souls, for we will have none for you."
The judge nodded curtly at the attendant, who slammed the lever downwards violently.
Electricity coursed through their bodies, countless thousands of currents arcing through their figures. The man slumped in his seat first, unmistakably dead. The woman, though, continued to breath.
They were astounded.
They kept the current going on her.
It took her only a few more minutes for her to de.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were dead.
____________________________________________
1950: The British Empire and Commonwealth, the Kingdom of Italy and the Soviet Union assume control over the remains of Europe. The French people, now battered by war and having lost nearly half their population, resign themselves to Soviet-Italian-British-Commonwealth control.
The British government, to help cooperate between the United Kingdom and the Dominions, establishes the Commonwealth Senate (which represents Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Confederation of Indian States).
The Union of the Maghreb gains independence from British provisional rule, with its capital in Algiers.
1951: The Soviet Union cracks down on German partisan activity, killing hundreds. Despite British and Commonwealth protests, the Soviets reassert their control over the German Democratic Republic.
1952: Elizabeth II ascends the throne of the British Empire and Commonwealth. The Dominions and the Confederation of Indian States accept Her Majesty as their official Head of State.
1953: The Government of the United States passes the 'Defense of the Country' bill- which effectively outlaws the Communist Party of the United States and grants the President near-unlimited power to defend the country from the Communist threat.
1954: Joseph Stalin dies, leaving a power vacuum in the Soviet Union. After a bitter political fight, Nikita Khrushchev assumes power as the new Soviet premier. He begins a series of liberalization, while denouncing Stalin’s past horrors. He decides to maintain the alliance with the State of Israel, allowing countless thousands of Soviet Jews to make aliyah to Israel.
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