Photos of the Kaiserreich
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PSome of this is shamelessly borrowed from Reds! Know that this isn't laziness, just a love letter to what I think is probably one of the better crafted South American Wars in AH.
Photograph of Mexican Peasants Red Army soldiers in combat in Colombia, August 1947. The South American theatre of the Second Weltkreig was vastly different from the massive mechanized and infantry battles of the North German Plain and the Ukrainian Front, instead mainly a war of brutal infantry combat with some assistance from light Armoured vehicles, often coming down to bayonet charges. The Brazilian National Integralist Republic and their Bolivian and Venezuelan Allies, led by the brutal Plinio Salgado, made many advances into the Latin American Syndicalist Confederation, but were thrown back by the tenacious defense of these Latin Syndicalists and the sheer firepower brought to bear by the Combined Syndicates of America.
Illustration of a Second World War era Brazilian National Army soldier. The Brazilian National Army, while less politically reliable than the paramilitary forces of Salgado's Clerical Guard, was still an ardently Integralist political organization filled to the brim with Brazilian men fed a diet of Far-Right Ultranationalism, Catholic Fascism, and Anti-Syndicalism, and who were encouraged to rob, rape, pillage, and murder their way through Syndicalist South America as part of a "Catholic Crusade" against the "Red Menace". By the end of the war, the massive loss of life for the Army had caused the soldiers and officers to turn on Salgado, and when news reached of the Imperial Monarchy returning to Brazil, the Brazilian Army marched with Emperor Pedro on Rio, overthrowing Salgado and ending the South American theater of war. Notice the Soldiers German inspired uniform, the result of massive German funding before the signing of the Axis Pact, something the Germans have never quite been able to live down.
Miniature of a Brazilian Integralist Clerical Guard paramilitary soldier. Salgado, almost always paranoid about the possibility that his Integralist regime may be overthrown by Syndicalists, Liberals, or the simple conservative establishment, decided that a politically pure group of Warriors was needed by Integralist Brazil. the Clerical Guard was formed from the National Integralist Party's street gangs and the bodyguard of Salgado himself. Chosen for Political Reliability more so than fighting prowess, the Clerical Guard was the personal creation of Salgado himself: an army of Elite Storm Troopers formed in his image of what true Integralist Warriors should be like: Powerful, unyielding, and dauntless Catholic Crusaders in his war against Atheism, Degeneracy, Heresy, and Syndicalism. Mandatorily clad in Gasmasks to increase their terror factor (even at the cost of better awareness) and hit with a large dosage of hardened criminals and soldiers reported to have a dangerous edge to them to give them an added reputation of fierceness, the Clerical Guard became notorious for their ideological zealotry and their brutality, gaining a reputation post-war as a fierce fighting force devoted to Integralism in the Capitalist Bloc.
Despite their fierce reputation, it proved to be less than accurate in reality. The Clerical Guard proved to almost immediately make a mess of things the moment they started committing to the battle en masse. Their disregard for the lives and sanctity of innocent civilians lead them to commit numerous atrocities which; if the already unprofessional behavior of the regular army hadn't already turned many potential allies against them; served to make the Integralists increasingly hated, and their brutal methods of dealing with "conquered" people created endless problems for the Brazilian National Army's rearguard formations, and their habit of torturing and massacring POWs they deemed "tainted" by Godless Syndicalism meant that no quarter policies became the norm for Syndicalist military formations fighting the Clerical Guard.
In combat against Syndicalist Forces, their combat skill also proved to be fallacious: Brazilian Military Operations increasingly became hindered as the Clerical Guard, chosen more for their political reliability than their martial skill, frequently made massive unsupported assaults that the regular Brazilian National Army would never consider in even the most desperate of situations. While their reputation as merciless Warriors and their terror tactics (such as chemical warfare) left fearful impressions on militiamen and Syndicalist civilians, they failed to make even the slightest psychological mark on battle hardened soldiers and elite units such as the CSA's International Revolutionary Marines. In the end, The Clerical Guard's luck ran out, as the Guard's Four remaining Corps were utterly annihilated at the battle of Palmas in July 1948 by the First and Third Marine Divisions, assisted by elements of the Mexican Peasants Red Army's Seventh Infantry Divison. The destruction of the Clerical Guard proved to be one of the final death cries of Integralism, and cemented the CSA's IRMC as a hated organization by Neo-Integralist organizations.
Lt. General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, a former soldier for the MacArthur junta who switched sides to the Combined Syndicates of America after the excesses of the Junta and the virulent racism of the AUS caused Puller to renounce his former right wing views, eventually becoming a devoted Syndicalist. The most decorated Marine in American history, he went from Corporal to Major in the Marines for the prewar USA and MacArthur, before enlisting in the newly formed International Revolutionary Marine Corps, becoming one of Commandant Butler's Right Hand Men. A father to his men and obsessed with discipline, conscientious officer behavior, Esprit de Corps, and the Marine Corps culture and way of life, Puller quickly became extremely popular with the Corps, and honed them into an elite fighting machine they always saw themselves as being. He was also popular amongst his fellow colleagues, especially his distant cousin George Patton and his superior Smedley Butler.
When the Second World War began, Lt. General Puller became the leader of the CSA's Latin American Expeditionary Force, along Revolutionary Army Major General Mark W. Clark. and Major General Courtney Hodges, and became notorious for his idiosyncratic behavior as a general: for Syndicalist and Integralist civilians, he was a living Saint, ensuring that they were protected at all costs by his men. Against his Integralist foes, he was a demon: issuing no quarter policies amongst his Marines, especially for the Clerical Guard, whom Puller had a special, virulent hatred for after he saw the effects of the Guard's clerical warfare on innocent civilians, an attitude that spread to the Marines under his command. He won battle after battle against the Integralist Forces due to the ferocity of his Marines and the firepower they could bring to bear: the Brazilians, especially the Clerical Guard, thinking that the Syndicalists would run in terror at the sight of them, were in for a rude awakening as they came face to face with highly trained, excellently equipped, and fanatical Naval Shock Troopers that would not run at the sight of atrocities: indeed, it only served to further enrage these ferocious Warriors who already surpassed them in martial skill.
However, his most famous battle was at Palmas, where Puller and two of his Marine Divisons, alongside elements of the Mexican Peasant's Red Army Seventh Infantry Division, were surrounded by the entirety of the Clerical Guard, Four Army Corps numbering two hundred thousand men. When notified of the situation, Puller merely smiled, and by radio, addressed the Marines under his command with this single comment: "My fellow Marines: those gasmask wearing shitheels are in front of us, they're behind us, and they're at our sides. They outnumber us nearly six to one. Do you know what I think, Marines? Those child-killing motherfuckers are just a hell of a lot more meat for the grinder! Remember men, you're Marines! You keep the fire hot and not one single goddamn pope-fucking son of a whore in that entire mob of murdering degenerate scum will overrun you! Let them come, let them give us more target practice: those fucking no-dicked Integralist Cocksuckers won't get away this time!"
His speech steeled the will of his Marines, and they readied themselves for the coming battle. Despite the ideological zealotry and vast numbers of the Clerical Guard, their insane massed infantry tactics,the firepower the Marines could bring to bear, and the sheer martial skill and ferocity of the Marines carried the day, annihilating the Clerical Guard as an entity and allowing Syndicalist forces a clear path to Rio De Janeiro. Following the end of the South American War, Puller proceeded to serve in the Pacific, becoming one of the architects of the invasion of Japan, and saw it through to the end of the war. Puller remained a celebrated war hero and Marine General until a stroke in 1955, where he retired to West Virginia, living a quiet life as a war hero until his death. He was awarded two Hero of Syndicalist Labor Medals, Four Order of the Revolutionary Marine Corps Medals, and a whopping Three Spartacus Crosses, the highest military award of the Combined Syndicates of America, in addition to three Navy Crosses from his pre-revolution service. He remains one of the greatest war heroes in Red American History.
Emperor Pedro I, the first emperor of the reborn Empire of Brazil. Following the beginning of the end for Brazilian Integralism, many Brazilian monarchists in the Army contacted him, telling him to return to the Brazilian Mainland. After returning to Brazil, he, his supporters, alongside two rogue Brazilian Army Divisons marched on Salgado's villa, capturing and executing him six days later. He was then reinstated as the monarch of the Reborn Empire. He reigned until his death in 2007, when he was replaced by his son Pedro II. He is loved by Brazilians for his role in bringing them back from the destruction of Integralism to a reigning superpower.
Photograph of Mexican Peasants Red Army soldiers in combat in Colombia, August 1947. The South American theatre of the Second Weltkreig was vastly different from the massive mechanized and infantry battles of the North German Plain and the Ukrainian Front, instead mainly a war of brutal infantry combat with some assistance from light Armoured vehicles, often coming down to bayonet charges. The Brazilian National Integralist Republic and their Bolivian and Venezuelan Allies, led by the brutal Plinio Salgado, made many advances into the Latin American Syndicalist Confederation, but were thrown back by the tenacious defense of these Latin Syndicalists and the sheer firepower brought to bear by the Combined Syndicates of America.
Illustration of a Second World War era Brazilian National Army soldier. The Brazilian National Army, while less politically reliable than the paramilitary forces of Salgado's Clerical Guard, was still an ardently Integralist political organization filled to the brim with Brazilian men fed a diet of Far-Right Ultranationalism, Catholic Fascism, and Anti-Syndicalism, and who were encouraged to rob, rape, pillage, and murder their way through Syndicalist South America as part of a "Catholic Crusade" against the "Red Menace". By the end of the war, the massive loss of life for the Army had caused the soldiers and officers to turn on Salgado, and when news reached of the Imperial Monarchy returning to Brazil, the Brazilian Army marched with Emperor Pedro on Rio, overthrowing Salgado and ending the South American theater of war. Notice the Soldiers German inspired uniform, the result of massive German funding before the signing of the Axis Pact, something the Germans have never quite been able to live down.
Miniature of a Brazilian Integralist Clerical Guard paramilitary soldier. Salgado, almost always paranoid about the possibility that his Integralist regime may be overthrown by Syndicalists, Liberals, or the simple conservative establishment, decided that a politically pure group of Warriors was needed by Integralist Brazil. the Clerical Guard was formed from the National Integralist Party's street gangs and the bodyguard of Salgado himself. Chosen for Political Reliability more so than fighting prowess, the Clerical Guard was the personal creation of Salgado himself: an army of Elite Storm Troopers formed in his image of what true Integralist Warriors should be like: Powerful, unyielding, and dauntless Catholic Crusaders in his war against Atheism, Degeneracy, Heresy, and Syndicalism. Mandatorily clad in Gasmasks to increase their terror factor (even at the cost of better awareness) and hit with a large dosage of hardened criminals and soldiers reported to have a dangerous edge to them to give them an added reputation of fierceness, the Clerical Guard became notorious for their ideological zealotry and their brutality, gaining a reputation post-war as a fierce fighting force devoted to Integralism in the Capitalist Bloc.
Despite their fierce reputation, it proved to be less than accurate in reality. The Clerical Guard proved to almost immediately make a mess of things the moment they started committing to the battle en masse. Their disregard for the lives and sanctity of innocent civilians lead them to commit numerous atrocities which; if the already unprofessional behavior of the regular army hadn't already turned many potential allies against them; served to make the Integralists increasingly hated, and their brutal methods of dealing with "conquered" people created endless problems for the Brazilian National Army's rearguard formations, and their habit of torturing and massacring POWs they deemed "tainted" by Godless Syndicalism meant that no quarter policies became the norm for Syndicalist military formations fighting the Clerical Guard.
In combat against Syndicalist Forces, their combat skill also proved to be fallacious: Brazilian Military Operations increasingly became hindered as the Clerical Guard, chosen more for their political reliability than their martial skill, frequently made massive unsupported assaults that the regular Brazilian National Army would never consider in even the most desperate of situations. While their reputation as merciless Warriors and their terror tactics (such as chemical warfare) left fearful impressions on militiamen and Syndicalist civilians, they failed to make even the slightest psychological mark on battle hardened soldiers and elite units such as the CSA's International Revolutionary Marines. In the end, The Clerical Guard's luck ran out, as the Guard's Four remaining Corps were utterly annihilated at the battle of Palmas in July 1948 by the First and Third Marine Divisions, assisted by elements of the Mexican Peasants Red Army's Seventh Infantry Divison. The destruction of the Clerical Guard proved to be one of the final death cries of Integralism, and cemented the CSA's IRMC as a hated organization by Neo-Integralist organizations.
Lt. General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, a former soldier for the MacArthur junta who switched sides to the Combined Syndicates of America after the excesses of the Junta and the virulent racism of the AUS caused Puller to renounce his former right wing views, eventually becoming a devoted Syndicalist. The most decorated Marine in American history, he went from Corporal to Major in the Marines for the prewar USA and MacArthur, before enlisting in the newly formed International Revolutionary Marine Corps, becoming one of Commandant Butler's Right Hand Men. A father to his men and obsessed with discipline, conscientious officer behavior, Esprit de Corps, and the Marine Corps culture and way of life, Puller quickly became extremely popular with the Corps, and honed them into an elite fighting machine they always saw themselves as being. He was also popular amongst his fellow colleagues, especially his distant cousin George Patton and his superior Smedley Butler.
When the Second World War began, Lt. General Puller became the leader of the CSA's Latin American Expeditionary Force, along Revolutionary Army Major General Mark W. Clark. and Major General Courtney Hodges, and became notorious for his idiosyncratic behavior as a general: for Syndicalist and Integralist civilians, he was a living Saint, ensuring that they were protected at all costs by his men. Against his Integralist foes, he was a demon: issuing no quarter policies amongst his Marines, especially for the Clerical Guard, whom Puller had a special, virulent hatred for after he saw the effects of the Guard's clerical warfare on innocent civilians, an attitude that spread to the Marines under his command. He won battle after battle against the Integralist Forces due to the ferocity of his Marines and the firepower they could bring to bear: the Brazilians, especially the Clerical Guard, thinking that the Syndicalists would run in terror at the sight of them, were in for a rude awakening as they came face to face with highly trained, excellently equipped, and fanatical Naval Shock Troopers that would not run at the sight of atrocities: indeed, it only served to further enrage these ferocious Warriors who already surpassed them in martial skill.
However, his most famous battle was at Palmas, where Puller and two of his Marine Divisons, alongside elements of the Mexican Peasant's Red Army Seventh Infantry Division, were surrounded by the entirety of the Clerical Guard, Four Army Corps numbering two hundred thousand men. When notified of the situation, Puller merely smiled, and by radio, addressed the Marines under his command with this single comment: "My fellow Marines: those gasmask wearing shitheels are in front of us, they're behind us, and they're at our sides. They outnumber us nearly six to one. Do you know what I think, Marines? Those child-killing motherfuckers are just a hell of a lot more meat for the grinder! Remember men, you're Marines! You keep the fire hot and not one single goddamn pope-fucking son of a whore in that entire mob of murdering degenerate scum will overrun you! Let them come, let them give us more target practice: those fucking no-dicked Integralist Cocksuckers won't get away this time!"
His speech steeled the will of his Marines, and they readied themselves for the coming battle. Despite the ideological zealotry and vast numbers of the Clerical Guard, their insane massed infantry tactics,the firepower the Marines could bring to bear, and the sheer martial skill and ferocity of the Marines carried the day, annihilating the Clerical Guard as an entity and allowing Syndicalist forces a clear path to Rio De Janeiro. Following the end of the South American War, Puller proceeded to serve in the Pacific, becoming one of the architects of the invasion of Japan, and saw it through to the end of the war. Puller remained a celebrated war hero and Marine General until a stroke in 1955, where he retired to West Virginia, living a quiet life as a war hero until his death. He was awarded two Hero of Syndicalist Labor Medals, Four Order of the Revolutionary Marine Corps Medals, and a whopping Three Spartacus Crosses, the highest military award of the Combined Syndicates of America, in addition to three Navy Crosses from his pre-revolution service. He remains one of the greatest war heroes in Red American History.
Emperor Pedro I, the first emperor of the reborn Empire of Brazil. Following the beginning of the end for Brazilian Integralism, many Brazilian monarchists in the Army contacted him, telling him to return to the Brazilian Mainland. After returning to Brazil, he, his supporters, alongside two rogue Brazilian Army Divisons marched on Salgado's villa, capturing and executing him six days later. He was then reinstated as the monarch of the Reborn Empire. He reigned until his death in 2007, when he was replaced by his son Pedro II. He is loved by Brazilians for his role in bringing them back from the destruction of Integralism to a reigning superpower.
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A photo from the movie "The Last Man in Britain", which follows the life of Eric Blair (played by John Hurt), who started as the idealistic believer in the Totalist cause but later became horrified with the growing power of newly-appointed chairman Oswald Mosley (played by Bob Flag) and attempted to launch a coup against him, but ultimately failed, allowing Mosley an excuse to expand his dictatorial power even further. Blair himself was sent to a reeducation camp, facing the most brutal torture the Commissary for the Home Department can offer...
Poster and Screenshot from Maplestory(紅葉の物語,Kōyō no monogatari). A Japanese video game, it was made by Wizet and Surviced by Nextec. An open world RPG, it was made as antithesis to the Talesweaver, as a video game where you don't need to follow specific storylines. Yet, it has been popular in the entire world, next to talesweaver.
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Cover of the 1936' comic Le Lotus bleu by Flandern-Wallonian master Hergé. The Blue Lotus chronicles the attempts of the young Le Petit Vengitème journalist, Tintin, and his faithful dog Snowy to unravel a sinister Japanese plot involving distributing opium in the restored Qing dynasty in northern China. An extremely popular comic and widely published throughout Mitteleuropa, the Blue Lotus was praised for its attention to detail as well as its fast paced story, described as a marvellous mixture of swashbuckling adventure and modern detective novels.
Bulgarian soldiers moving to the front during the onset of the Fourth Balkan War,1938.
Bulgarian paratroopers during a victory parade at Sofia,1939.The Bulgarians ceded territories to "more agreeable" Serbians and Greeks to focus on the Iron Guards.
That reminds me of the background for Legation Cities in DHKR...Cover of the 1936' comic Le Lotus bleu by Flandern-Wallonian master Hergé. The Blue Lotus chronicles the attempts of the young Le Petit Vengitème journalist, Tintin, and his faithful dog Snowy to unravel a sinister Japanese plot involving distributing opium in the restored Qing dynasty in northern China. An extremely popular comic and widely published throughout Mitteleuropa, the Blue Lotus was praised for its attention to detail as well as its fast paced story, described as a marvellous mixture of swashbuckling adventure and modern detective novels.
Redshank Galloglass
Banned
Peter Barnes, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the Combined Syndicates of America. The American economy, a mixture of decentralized directly planned syndicalism with aspects of guild socialism, encourages free thinking and creativity, and gives incentives (think OTL rewards or prizes, like a larger residence or custom-made boat, not shitloads of money) to those who pioneer new ideas and found thriving syndicates. Known as "Syndicalism with American characteristics", this form of Syndicalism has taken root all across the Syndintern.
Typical Syndintern dwelling. Syndicalist homes tend to be lavish, sizable apartment buildings, run and maintained by the tenants themselves rather than a singular landlord. Entrepreneurs and other such "creators" are often rewarded with larger living spaces as dwellings, but are required by law to share these abodes with other American citizens as their neighbors.
Typical photo of a Magnate's Communal dwelling, in the Socialist Republic of Italy.
It's hard to make something from KR Central Asia (all events for Kazakhs are about being annexed by Russians, Cossacks or Turkestan), but I'll try...
The soldiers of the reorganized army of newly-independent Alash Orda, 1937.
Canadian soldier posing with a captured syndicalist motorcycle after the fall of Detroit, March 3rd, 1938. Shortly after the outbreak of the second American Civil War, Canada played an influential role in the conflict, temporarily seizing Alaska and the Panama Canal, and propping up a friendly democratic government in New England while lending support to the legitimate government of General Douglas MacArthur. Fearing an imminent syndicalist victory, the Canadian government finally invaded the CSA at the start of 1938, rapidly over-running the its industrial heartland and capturing Chicago on May 22nd. The American Civil War would drag on into 1939, but the Canadian intervention assured the victory of MacArthur, and their influence is widely credited with convincing him to give up power gracefully.
Crowds watch the the election bulletins in New York, 1940. After the end of the Second American Civil War, Douglas MacArthur gave what is known to history as "The American Cincinnatus" speech, shocking the country by voluntarily stepping down as leader of the country and announcing he would retire and not seek election. The subsequent Presidential election of 1940, the first since Huey Long's victory in 1936, saw Progressive Republican Quentin Roosevelt win in a landslide over Democrat John Garner.
Canadian Mackenzie King tank advancing forward in assault on syndicalist lines outside Belfast, Ireland. Tensions heightened between Ireland and the Union of Britain throughout the 1930s, leading to Ireland to seek reconciliation with the liberal Canadian government shortly before the British invasion. Fierce Irish resistance followed by a hastily organized Entente expeditionary force halted the syndicalist advance, and eventually pushed them out of the island by the end of 1941. The new front in the war against syndicalism prevented the British from providing much assistance to their French allies, who were beset by war on two fronts after the collapse of the Socialist Republic of Italy and an invasion of Provence by the exiled French Republic.
Canadian soldier is greeted by enthralled civilians after the liberation of Cardiff, 1943. After pushing the syndicalists out of Ireland, commonwealth forces flooded into the country in preparation for a two pronged invasion of the British mainland. The invasion of Wales was launched in June of 1943, and although the rapid advance would be briefly stopped until the spring of next year, the Entente forces were able to secure Cardiff by August and push into England before the end of the year.
That reminds me of the background for Legation Cities in DHKR...
Conpletely understandable, considering that I made that one too
RAF Avro Sabre tactical attack aircraft. The Sabre was a joint Anglo-Canadian project that would provide Commonwealth air forces with a solid lighter bomber that would serve from 1967 until the early 2000s. Sabres in Royal Australasian Air Force service would see action in the Indonesian Civil War between 2002 and 2004.
Australasian Army NCO in ceremonial uniform. This particular NCO is a veteran of the Indonesian Civil War.
Canadian aircraft carrier HMCS Warrior, 2015.
Soldiers of the Caribbean Federation Defence Forces in dress uniform. Though small, the CFDF has a long history of service in the Second Weltkrieg, the Second North American War and multiple peacekeeping operations.
Coat of arms of the Russian National People's Democratic Union Party, a neo-Savinkovist, Russian-ultranationalist, neo-Nat-Pop party banned in West Russia and only very recently and contentiously allowed to operate in Siberia. The RNPDU supports Vladimir "Crazy Uncle Voyla" Zhirinovsky (although Zhirinovsky is not a member) and officially blames "separatist traitors" for the fall of the Russian State. Several former leaders of the party have come under fire for various permutations of "Savinkov Did Nothing Wrong" statements.
Flag of the NPDU party.
Former PRUSA President Barack Hussein Obama and Speaker of the People's Congress of the PRC Xi Jinping. The son of a socialist revolutionary, Xi is currently in his 4th 5-year term in the Chinese People's Congress and his second term as Speaker. His administration has seen increased centralization of the People's Republic of China (North China) at the expense of local governors, new muscle-flexing on the international stage, and (critics allege) increased corruption as a result of big new military projects.
Wong Yijing, Chancellor of the Chinese People's Democratic Republic (South China). The first scientist to determine the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Disease, the HIV virus, and to clone it in a lab, Wong was one of South China's most prominent citizens when it was revealed that the Chancellor was pocketing massive amounts of education funding and screwing over South Chinese science classes. One of the first to criticize the Chancellor, Wong was drafted into the race and won by 20 points in a three-way split contest. A native of Guandong State, Wong's administration has focused on improving education and higher ed, while attempting detente with the PRC; critics allege that she has de facto ceded power in China to the PRC, while her supporters point out that North China is the industrial powerhouse with twice the territory and the Internationale's prodigious backing, and trying to be the One True China against the state backed by the PRUSA's undisputed military and industrial supremacy is at best an act of hubris.
University Towers, Pittsburgh, PRUSA. Designed in the 1960s as an archetype for "a rational new form of New Syndicalist Architecture designed by New Syndicalist Men", they are generally regarded as a mixed bag, with some hating them and some enjoying the novelty. Modern American architecture tends towards simple bungalows and large, blocky brown or red apartment buildings. Functional, utilitarian, and easily aesthetically modified is the current favorite, with apartments typically having mid-sized windows and large blank walls for posters or pictures.
Is...is that a hybrid of a Nazi and a Soviet flag @Worffan101 ? I instinctively fear it...
Entirely appropriate in the context so
Entirely appropriate in the context so
I don't think that hammer and sickle would play well for heavily anti-Communist Savinkovists...
It's the OTL National Bolshevik party flag; yes, that is a real thing in Russia, and yes, they are proudly Commie Nazis.Is...is that a hybrid of a Nazi and a Soviet flag @Worffan101 ? I instinctively fear it...
Entirely appropriate in the context so
These guys are the same kind of loons who in OTL America wave Confederate and Don't Tread On Me flags at rallies where they are ostensibly pro-American.
Or in other words, with the grain and gear being the big Red symbols TTL, the neo-Savinkov cultists grabbed the first crazy symbol I could find that looked half-decent.
So...Communist Nazis, in the country that suffered most under both, and involving a people who were labeled subhuman by Nazism...
Just when I think I've plumbed the depths of ineptitude and idiocy among the human race, something like this comes along.