Dead by Dawn: The Road to Revolution
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Peace In the East And Not So Much
Execution of Polish rebels in 1978
The Second World War was going well for the Republic of Germany in 1977, following the Capitulation of the Prague government, the fall of Marseille to French forces and the continued advance towards Genoa, proceeded fashionably, and the Soviets mired themselves in conflict in Albania. The only obstacle faced by the Republic was in Poland. The Ukrainian and Polish nationalists had heightened their activities with the entrance of Joachim Peiper in 1974, and with the outbreak of war had made Poland a hell for occupiers, as the population reduction or "Die Merzvieh" turned all of Poland's populace against the German Nachtwache brigades. However by 1976, Peiper was in a bind, as he and his branch of the military was gradually losing his presence in the capital, as Holzkneckt sung high praises for Erhard Wulle, the hero of Deutschland, and few for the man who had helped him win his throne. Peiper, stationed in Warsaw, felt slighted, if only sated by the stalled front in Austria. He also graced dissent from within. In December of 1976, a group of Polish colonels attempted to dislodge the Berling government from power, but failed stupendously, allowing the Berling government to be gutted with Peiper taking effective control over the armed forces of the Third Polish Republic. It is considered this event, on December 15th of 1976, that would spark the Great Revolts.
The Great Revolts, a term used by Anglophone authors to describe the rapid succession of general rebellion in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, both in Poland and the Soviet Union and even in Germany itself, following Peiper's rash declarations on 12/15/76. The protests began in earnest as violent riots on the part of the citizenry of Warsaw, and were joined by the mutiny of the majority of the Polish rank and file. It is said that every Polish general who had collaborated died that night, although this is hardly true, due to the German evacuation of Warsaw, and the survival of the Berling government in Lodz. But it is true that in Warsaw, as German force retreated across the nation, a new republic was born. Ironically, by Christmas, the Ukrainian General Rising had begun with Kiev and Lviv both held by UNO forces, and Kharkiv in the hands of Neo-Maknohvists. The Lithuanian Rebellion of 1977 would also begin shortly after, although this was sound failure. The revolt in Ukraine began when the Polish garrison fired on the German forces in Lwow, beginning a riot that would spark a nationalist coming of the Ukrainian people. The rebellion was a blow to the Soviet Union, who were forced to open up a new front, instead of their wish to concentrate on China and Albania in the immediate future. The rebellion's were aided by the flow of new and plentiful weaponry, which had been supplied by the Chinese via Romanian agents. In March of 1976, with Germany and France poised to topple Italy, King Vilmos surrendered large portions of annexed territory to Romania in order to alleviate themselves of a huge impoverished Romanian minority, who were excluded from entering Romania by a decree in 1974, by which all captured refugees were impaled along the border, with signs to warn any would be returnee's of their fate. The territory surrendered was large enough to give a victory to Serban, and allow King Vilmos to keep his crown. The Hungarians levied this loss against the possible gain of the Feldviek, also known as Slovakia, if the German's were to defeat the Czechoslovak government, Hungary could always drop out of the Rome Pact and turn with the tides. What they had not expected was that Iancu Serban was no longer content to play neutral.
With the Ukrainian and Polish uprising underway, each a multifaceted and leveled conflict. The Polish General Revolts involved infighting between a coalition of Communists, Left wing Youth Groups, right wing nationalists, military socialists and the original Home Army, who were unable to create a cohesive unit other than against the German and collaborationists Berling government, allowing all sides to be mired in conflict. In the Ukraine, the revolt against the Polish government had gone splendidly, against the Soviet forces, the rebellion was forced out of Kiev in 1977 by a Soviet offensive, but were unable to end resistance against the Soviet government, while not facing open rebellion in areas of Russian ethnic background. The Ukrainian people seemed to have simply had enough, and goaded by Romanian aid, were able to cut control over Ukraine in any particular solidity. However, before any elevation on the part of the Romanians could begin. Konigsberg erupted into peaceful protests. The East Prussians, who had never taken to their reunion with Germany, asked why they should die so that more Germans could be so "gifted", and with the American Intervention in Great Britain, and inspiration from their supposed counterparts in Poland, staged peaceful protests against the war. University students and others who had received dispensation from the draft, or who otherwise unable to serve, as well as older SDP members and various other underground political movements, coalesced in March of 1977, as Nachtwache brigades in Poland begin a campaign of terror against the population, killing any suspected nationalist. The protests began with hope, and as they progressed, the Mayor of Konigsberg was forced to call for the police to disperse the force. The Police were unable to disperse the populace and when they fired on the open crowd were fended off with violence from the a small group of stalwart DNVP supporters. This resulted in the Konigsberg Massacre, in which over 3,000 thousand protesters turned rioters were killed by full on combat forces, fresh from the front in Austria.The attack on German civilians by their government caused the American government to soundly turn against the Konigsberg Accords nations, with the Soviets, Germans and French now facing the possibility American entry into the war.
Execution of Polish rebels in 1978
The Second World War was going well for the Republic of Germany in 1977, following the Capitulation of the Prague government, the fall of Marseille to French forces and the continued advance towards Genoa, proceeded fashionably, and the Soviets mired themselves in conflict in Albania. The only obstacle faced by the Republic was in Poland. The Ukrainian and Polish nationalists had heightened their activities with the entrance of Joachim Peiper in 1974, and with the outbreak of war had made Poland a hell for occupiers, as the population reduction or "Die Merzvieh" turned all of Poland's populace against the German Nachtwache brigades. However by 1976, Peiper was in a bind, as he and his branch of the military was gradually losing his presence in the capital, as Holzkneckt sung high praises for Erhard Wulle, the hero of Deutschland, and few for the man who had helped him win his throne. Peiper, stationed in Warsaw, felt slighted, if only sated by the stalled front in Austria. He also graced dissent from within. In December of 1976, a group of Polish colonels attempted to dislodge the Berling government from power, but failed stupendously, allowing the Berling government to be gutted with Peiper taking effective control over the armed forces of the Third Polish Republic. It is considered this event, on December 15th of 1976, that would spark the Great Revolts.
The Great Revolts, a term used by Anglophone authors to describe the rapid succession of general rebellion in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, both in Poland and the Soviet Union and even in Germany itself, following Peiper's rash declarations on 12/15/76. The protests began in earnest as violent riots on the part of the citizenry of Warsaw, and were joined by the mutiny of the majority of the Polish rank and file. It is said that every Polish general who had collaborated died that night, although this is hardly true, due to the German evacuation of Warsaw, and the survival of the Berling government in Lodz. But it is true that in Warsaw, as German force retreated across the nation, a new republic was born. Ironically, by Christmas, the Ukrainian General Rising had begun with Kiev and Lviv both held by UNO forces, and Kharkiv in the hands of Neo-Maknohvists. The Lithuanian Rebellion of 1977 would also begin shortly after, although this was sound failure. The revolt in Ukraine began when the Polish garrison fired on the German forces in Lwow, beginning a riot that would spark a nationalist coming of the Ukrainian people. The rebellion was a blow to the Soviet Union, who were forced to open up a new front, instead of their wish to concentrate on China and Albania in the immediate future. The rebellion's were aided by the flow of new and plentiful weaponry, which had been supplied by the Chinese via Romanian agents. In March of 1976, with Germany and France poised to topple Italy, King Vilmos surrendered large portions of annexed territory to Romania in order to alleviate themselves of a huge impoverished Romanian minority, who were excluded from entering Romania by a decree in 1974, by which all captured refugees were impaled along the border, with signs to warn any would be returnee's of their fate. The territory surrendered was large enough to give a victory to Serban, and allow King Vilmos to keep his crown. The Hungarians levied this loss against the possible gain of the Feldviek, also known as Slovakia, if the German's were to defeat the Czechoslovak government, Hungary could always drop out of the Rome Pact and turn with the tides. What they had not expected was that Iancu Serban was no longer content to play neutral.
With the Ukrainian and Polish uprising underway, each a multifaceted and leveled conflict. The Polish General Revolts involved infighting between a coalition of Communists, Left wing Youth Groups, right wing nationalists, military socialists and the original Home Army, who were unable to create a cohesive unit other than against the German and collaborationists Berling government, allowing all sides to be mired in conflict. In the Ukraine, the revolt against the Polish government had gone splendidly, against the Soviet forces, the rebellion was forced out of Kiev in 1977 by a Soviet offensive, but were unable to end resistance against the Soviet government, while not facing open rebellion in areas of Russian ethnic background. The Ukrainian people seemed to have simply had enough, and goaded by Romanian aid, were able to cut control over Ukraine in any particular solidity. However, before any elevation on the part of the Romanians could begin. Konigsberg erupted into peaceful protests. The East Prussians, who had never taken to their reunion with Germany, asked why they should die so that more Germans could be so "gifted", and with the American Intervention in Great Britain, and inspiration from their supposed counterparts in Poland, staged peaceful protests against the war. University students and others who had received dispensation from the draft, or who otherwise unable to serve, as well as older SDP members and various other underground political movements, coalesced in March of 1977, as Nachtwache brigades in Poland begin a campaign of terror against the population, killing any suspected nationalist. The protests began with hope, and as they progressed, the Mayor of Konigsberg was forced to call for the police to disperse the force. The Police were unable to disperse the populace and when they fired on the open crowd were fended off with violence from the a small group of stalwart DNVP supporters. This resulted in the Konigsberg Massacre, in which over 3,000 thousand protesters turned rioters were killed by full on combat forces, fresh from the front in Austria.The attack on German civilians by their government caused the American government to soundly turn against the Konigsberg Accords nations, with the Soviets, Germans and French now facing the possibility American entry into the war.
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Czechoslovakia: The Failure of Partition in Bohemia and the rise of Slovak nationalism
Although many would argue that the German government's annexation of the Sudeten, as well as their claims on Austria, were the realization of long held and widely shared aspirations on the part of the German people, and hence were less than important when post-war reorganization of Europe would occur. However, this was not so. After the Regensburg Declaration, declared from the town where the National Socialist Republic had made it's final stand in 1934, it became abundantly clear that the Germans of the Sudeten, were well at home within their own nation. Although autonomy for the regions held by Germans was long sought, the failure of the German Revolt in 1932 had scarred the populace of it's nationalist identification, and between 1940 and the start of the Second World War, only 35% of self identifying Germans within Czechoslovakia supported Pan-German aspirations. There were still gripes with the singular nature of Czechoslovakian policy, on the racial identity of its citizens, but the stigma that had left both societies segregated had largely dissipated, leaving only a vocally abhorrent conservative minority, raging against the largely middle class and adapting Czechoslovakian German citizenry. Many in the Germanist faction would argue that this was achieved through indoctrination, however it is far more simple than that. Where as Germany, Italy, and the rest of Europe sought to carve out empires and deal with nationalist squabbling, Czechoslovakia remained an independent middleman handling trade between opposing sides, and producing arms and machines to sell to all parties. Czech and German businessmen became steadily allied over the years, and although Slovakia remained mired in backwater poverty, Bohemia became a rich and steady environment, producing large families and a better standard of living than most of it's neighbors, bar Germany. Until the Konigsberg Accords were signed by France, Germany and the Soviet Union, the Czechoslovak government had no cause to join the entanglements of political allies, having a large and well prepared enough army to last most entanglements. Although they would join the Rome Pact in 1969, it was known to be a reluctant move on the part of the government.
When the war began in 1975, the Czechoslovaks assumed that their mountains and armor would keep them from facing certain doom, but were shocked, when the reformed German military launched across the border, lacking the clannish rivalries and tactical disagreements of the previous German wars. Under the complete command of Ehrhard Wulle, second only to the advisory role of President Holzknecht, the German air, army and mechanized cavalry were able to grind their way through the smaller Cezchoslovakian host, aided by a lack of Italian support, and terrorist subversion on the party of the German National Peoples Party, DNVP, based on the party of the old Deutschesstaat but a successor to both the German National Socialist Party and the German Workers Party, and their Volkssport militia, who engaged in brutal tactics against the Czechoslovakian police and war effort, by targeting industrial centers and government buildings. The war also saw a new front of extermination against the civilian populace, with jets bombing civilian centers into dust, leaving chaos in there wake. With the front in Austria rapidly deteriorating and the Germans on the march, the Czechoslovak government realized that they were losing the war because of an inability to strike at the German heartland. From the start of hostilities in April to the capture of Prague in September of 1975, the Czechoslovak Air Force was able to extend bombing raids into Germany only in the slightest, being largely sued to attack German positions in the Sudetenland, while German raids left Prague a rubbled mess by the time the invaders arrived fresh from their success in Austria, where the Imperial government had fled the capital for the relative safety of Klagenfurt. When Germans entered the city and fighting began in earnest, the battle was brutal, as the center collapsed forcing a battle plan that gave the Germans ample time to pacify a rather viciously fervent region. President Benes refused to leave his people, and sent the Czechoslovak high command to lead the resistance, although most were captured by German forces. With nowhere to turn, President signed the Treaty of Prague, giving Germany the Sudetenland and Silesia, dissipating the Czechslovak Republic and founding the Bohemian Federation and the Slovak Republic.
In Prague, the new Bohemian government was a fraud, completely under the whim of German occupation forces, wherein mass murders were committed as social justice for crimes against the German people, even though this included hundreds of thousands of Sudeten Germans who supported the government, and who would later go on to aid the government in it's return to power. However, in Bratislava, the news was received gladly. The Slovaks had long been disenfranchised and in the view of the Slovak people, the yoke of the Czech was over, if only to be replaced by that of Germany, but independence was a satisfactory compromise in most eyes. As October began, the Germans still had to fight remaining loyalists in Moravia, as well as the active resistance of Bohemia, allowing for a Slovak government to be formed. However, before any session of parliament could be held, they faced an invasion from Hungary. Hungary had recently sacrificed hard fought gains in Romania to Iancu Serban, to both guarantee neutrality, and focus on a small scale annexation of territory in Slovakia, claiming it as the Feldviek. With the armed forces in disarray, Hungary was able to swarm over the Slovak border, ostensibly to guard against German occupation of Slovakia, but also to achieve their nationalist ideals. The Slovak government and people were enraged, and began a large scale guerrilla conflict against their occupiers, aiding German forces upon their entry into Slovakia in 1976.
Although many would argue that the German government's annexation of the Sudeten, as well as their claims on Austria, were the realization of long held and widely shared aspirations on the part of the German people, and hence were less than important when post-war reorganization of Europe would occur. However, this was not so. After the Regensburg Declaration, declared from the town where the National Socialist Republic had made it's final stand in 1934, it became abundantly clear that the Germans of the Sudeten, were well at home within their own nation. Although autonomy for the regions held by Germans was long sought, the failure of the German Revolt in 1932 had scarred the populace of it's nationalist identification, and between 1940 and the start of the Second World War, only 35% of self identifying Germans within Czechoslovakia supported Pan-German aspirations. There were still gripes with the singular nature of Czechoslovakian policy, on the racial identity of its citizens, but the stigma that had left both societies segregated had largely dissipated, leaving only a vocally abhorrent conservative minority, raging against the largely middle class and adapting Czechoslovakian German citizenry. Many in the Germanist faction would argue that this was achieved through indoctrination, however it is far more simple than that. Where as Germany, Italy, and the rest of Europe sought to carve out empires and deal with nationalist squabbling, Czechoslovakia remained an independent middleman handling trade between opposing sides, and producing arms and machines to sell to all parties. Czech and German businessmen became steadily allied over the years, and although Slovakia remained mired in backwater poverty, Bohemia became a rich and steady environment, producing large families and a better standard of living than most of it's neighbors, bar Germany. Until the Konigsberg Accords were signed by France, Germany and the Soviet Union, the Czechoslovak government had no cause to join the entanglements of political allies, having a large and well prepared enough army to last most entanglements. Although they would join the Rome Pact in 1969, it was known to be a reluctant move on the part of the government.
When the war began in 1975, the Czechoslovaks assumed that their mountains and armor would keep them from facing certain doom, but were shocked, when the reformed German military launched across the border, lacking the clannish rivalries and tactical disagreements of the previous German wars. Under the complete command of Ehrhard Wulle, second only to the advisory role of President Holzknecht, the German air, army and mechanized cavalry were able to grind their way through the smaller Cezchoslovakian host, aided by a lack of Italian support, and terrorist subversion on the party of the German National Peoples Party, DNVP, based on the party of the old Deutschesstaat but a successor to both the German National Socialist Party and the German Workers Party, and their Volkssport militia, who engaged in brutal tactics against the Czechoslovakian police and war effort, by targeting industrial centers and government buildings. The war also saw a new front of extermination against the civilian populace, with jets bombing civilian centers into dust, leaving chaos in there wake. With the front in Austria rapidly deteriorating and the Germans on the march, the Czechoslovak government realized that they were losing the war because of an inability to strike at the German heartland. From the start of hostilities in April to the capture of Prague in September of 1975, the Czechoslovak Air Force was able to extend bombing raids into Germany only in the slightest, being largely sued to attack German positions in the Sudetenland, while German raids left Prague a rubbled mess by the time the invaders arrived fresh from their success in Austria, where the Imperial government had fled the capital for the relative safety of Klagenfurt. When Germans entered the city and fighting began in earnest, the battle was brutal, as the center collapsed forcing a battle plan that gave the Germans ample time to pacify a rather viciously fervent region. President Benes refused to leave his people, and sent the Czechoslovak high command to lead the resistance, although most were captured by German forces. With nowhere to turn, President signed the Treaty of Prague, giving Germany the Sudetenland and Silesia, dissipating the Czechslovak Republic and founding the Bohemian Federation and the Slovak Republic.
In Prague, the new Bohemian government was a fraud, completely under the whim of German occupation forces, wherein mass murders were committed as social justice for crimes against the German people, even though this included hundreds of thousands of Sudeten Germans who supported the government, and who would later go on to aid the government in it's return to power. However, in Bratislava, the news was received gladly. The Slovaks had long been disenfranchised and in the view of the Slovak people, the yoke of the Czech was over, if only to be replaced by that of Germany, but independence was a satisfactory compromise in most eyes. As October began, the Germans still had to fight remaining loyalists in Moravia, as well as the active resistance of Bohemia, allowing for a Slovak government to be formed. However, before any session of parliament could be held, they faced an invasion from Hungary. Hungary had recently sacrificed hard fought gains in Romania to Iancu Serban, to both guarantee neutrality, and focus on a small scale annexation of territory in Slovakia, claiming it as the Feldviek. With the armed forces in disarray, Hungary was able to swarm over the Slovak border, ostensibly to guard against German occupation of Slovakia, but also to achieve their nationalist ideals. The Slovak government and people were enraged, and began a large scale guerrilla conflict against their occupiers, aiding German forces upon their entry into Slovakia in 1976.
The Romanian Connection
Bucharest in 1977
The Bucharest Conference of 1977 was ironically unknown until relatively after 1977, being discovered via exploration during the Hamburg Treaty in 1980. The Romanian government, using their neutrality and isolation were able to play as middleman between many different governments. The Soviets, who wished to cancel out any action by the Chinese in Europe, as the Manchurian Front had proved unstable and hopeless, fought a vigorous war of intelligence against Chinese diplomacy. But Romania remained a linch pin in their strategy of keeping the Italians cornered in the Balkans, Bulgaria's neutrality aided them as well, keeping them fresh in case the Germans restarted their old campaign for the East. And so, in the Soviets desire to repel an invasion that was ideologically attuned to anti-Strasserist dialogues played over Soviet television in opposition to the "Alliance of Necessity" that was preached by the Comintern, they allowed the Chinese to send diplomats to Iancu Serban, knowing that the man had snubbed the French and taken an old exile back from their Nazi wonderland in Versailles. Perhaps he would shun the Chinese, Serban was more erratic than the weather, why would any hold trust in him?
It was in this cloud that Iancu Serban was able to host representatives from South Africa, a diamond seller on record, China and Australia, masquerading as a Sarawaki businessman. There was none of the usual flair for foreign diplomats that Serban usually banked on to rally public favor in his cult state. The Bucharest Conference was aided by the rebellions in Poland and the USSR, which were sparked by the Romanians, and aided by local nationalists and ideologues, in that in was able top contain itself in meeting with the sovereign of Romania, although his people called him Tata, or Father, at least if they wished to keep their heads. Serban was able to affect control over his populace with shocking growth in pro-establishment support, with a large an virile anti-Serban diaspora, as those who opposed the regime fled in small numbers more would be exiles being staked on spikes that lined the border with Hungary, well behind the military emplacements hastily thrown up in the new territory taken by the Romanians from the Hungarians in the Treaty of Cluj of 1976. During the conference, South Africa, and Australia, acting on behalf of the Commonwealth, hashed out an alliance between the two, who would act in tandem in Africa and Asia, moving against the Communists, aid the Pakistani's against the Indians, and open up the nuclear race. Australia would have programs in effect shortly before the bombing of Laurenco Marques in 1978. Ianu Serban, in exchange, was allowed to buy a bomb, the one that would be used on Odessa in 1978. The Soviet Civil War that was to follow would guard Romania from a large open conflict that it dreaded, but also gave it the space to expand on the continent, and to the east. Following the Conference, three conflicts would erupt, adding to the scope of the Second World War.
Portugal, who had been fighting against a low level guerrilla war in it's largest African colonies, faced a South African embargo and invasion, who fought to establish native led republics in the declared republic's of Angola and Mozambique. It was in 1977 that South Africa, aided by the Commonwealth seized the territories. The Portuguese were caught off guard, and by January of 1978, were fighting against a popular rising in Guinea, Angola and Mozambique, as well as in mainland Portugal, though those rebels were mainly college students. The Commonwealth aid, was mainly through Mozambique's shared border to the north of Mozambique, entering through Tanganyika. The rebellion was quickly won in Mozambique, although the cpital of Laurenco Marques was able to hold steady for Portuguese forces, due to the high amount of Portuguese colonists in the capital region of Portugal. However, the invasion would succeed when in February of 1978, the South Africans dropped an atomic bomb on the capital, marking the first of many uses of the atomic bomb in the Second World War.
Bucharest in 1977
The Bucharest Conference of 1977 was ironically unknown until relatively after 1977, being discovered via exploration during the Hamburg Treaty in 1980. The Romanian government, using their neutrality and isolation were able to play as middleman between many different governments. The Soviets, who wished to cancel out any action by the Chinese in Europe, as the Manchurian Front had proved unstable and hopeless, fought a vigorous war of intelligence against Chinese diplomacy. But Romania remained a linch pin in their strategy of keeping the Italians cornered in the Balkans, Bulgaria's neutrality aided them as well, keeping them fresh in case the Germans restarted their old campaign for the East. And so, in the Soviets desire to repel an invasion that was ideologically attuned to anti-Strasserist dialogues played over Soviet television in opposition to the "Alliance of Necessity" that was preached by the Comintern, they allowed the Chinese to send diplomats to Iancu Serban, knowing that the man had snubbed the French and taken an old exile back from their Nazi wonderland in Versailles. Perhaps he would shun the Chinese, Serban was more erratic than the weather, why would any hold trust in him?
It was in this cloud that Iancu Serban was able to host representatives from South Africa, a diamond seller on record, China and Australia, masquerading as a Sarawaki businessman. There was none of the usual flair for foreign diplomats that Serban usually banked on to rally public favor in his cult state. The Bucharest Conference was aided by the rebellions in Poland and the USSR, which were sparked by the Romanians, and aided by local nationalists and ideologues, in that in was able top contain itself in meeting with the sovereign of Romania, although his people called him Tata, or Father, at least if they wished to keep their heads. Serban was able to affect control over his populace with shocking growth in pro-establishment support, with a large an virile anti-Serban diaspora, as those who opposed the regime fled in small numbers more would be exiles being staked on spikes that lined the border with Hungary, well behind the military emplacements hastily thrown up in the new territory taken by the Romanians from the Hungarians in the Treaty of Cluj of 1976. During the conference, South Africa, and Australia, acting on behalf of the Commonwealth, hashed out an alliance between the two, who would act in tandem in Africa and Asia, moving against the Communists, aid the Pakistani's against the Indians, and open up the nuclear race. Australia would have programs in effect shortly before the bombing of Laurenco Marques in 1978. Ianu Serban, in exchange, was allowed to buy a bomb, the one that would be used on Odessa in 1978. The Soviet Civil War that was to follow would guard Romania from a large open conflict that it dreaded, but also gave it the space to expand on the continent, and to the east. Following the Conference, three conflicts would erupt, adding to the scope of the Second World War.
Portugal, who had been fighting against a low level guerrilla war in it's largest African colonies, faced a South African embargo and invasion, who fought to establish native led republics in the declared republic's of Angola and Mozambique. It was in 1977 that South Africa, aided by the Commonwealth seized the territories. The Portuguese were caught off guard, and by January of 1978, were fighting against a popular rising in Guinea, Angola and Mozambique, as well as in mainland Portugal, though those rebels were mainly college students. The Commonwealth aid, was mainly through Mozambique's shared border to the north of Mozambique, entering through Tanganyika. The rebellion was quickly won in Mozambique, although the cpital of Laurenco Marques was able to hold steady for Portuguese forces, due to the high amount of Portuguese colonists in the capital region of Portugal. However, the invasion would succeed when in February of 1978, the South Africans dropped an atomic bomb on the capital, marking the first of many uses of the atomic bomb in the Second World War.
Dead By Dawn Major League Baseball: 1975
American League
West
Milwaukee Brewers (Orioles)
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cincinnati Crimson (Angels)
East
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles (Royals)
New York Yankees
Atlanta Firecrackers (Rangers)
Washington Senators (Twins)
ALCS
Philadelphia over Milwaukee
National League
West
San Francisco Seals (Philadelphia Phillies)
Kansas City Royals (Mets)
Saint Louis Cardinals
Minnesota Giants
San Diego Padres
Los Angeles Braves
East
New York Redlegs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Dallas Rangers (Dodgers)
Chicago Cubs
Montreal Expos
Houston Colts (Astros)
NLCS
New York over San Francisco
World Series
New York Redlegs over Philadelphia Athletics
American League
West
Milwaukee Brewers (Orioles)
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cincinnati Crimson (Angels)
East
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles (Royals)
New York Yankees
Atlanta Firecrackers (Rangers)
Washington Senators (Twins)
ALCS
Philadelphia over Milwaukee
National League
West
San Francisco Seals (Philadelphia Phillies)
Kansas City Royals (Mets)
Saint Louis Cardinals
Minnesota Giants
San Diego Padres
Los Angeles Braves
East
New York Redlegs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Dallas Rangers (Dodgers)
Chicago Cubs
Montreal Expos
Houston Colts (Astros)
NLCS
New York over San Francisco
World Series
New York Redlegs over Philadelphia Athletics
World Series: Dead By Dawn
1923. New York Yankees over New York Giants
1924. Washington Senators over New York Giants
1925. Pittsburgh Pirates over Washington Senators
1926. Saint Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees
1927. New York Yankees over Pittsburgh Pirates
1928. New York Yankees over Saint Louis Cardinals
1929. Philadelphia Athletics over Chicago Cubs
1930. Philadelphia Athletics over Saint Louis Cardinals
1931. Saint Louis Cardinals over Philadelphia Athletics
1932. New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs
1933. New York Giants over Washington Senators
1934. Saint Louis Cardinals over Detroit Tigers
1935. Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs
1936. New York Yankees over New York Giants
1937. New York Yankees over New York Giants
1938. New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs
1939. New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds
1940. Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers
1941. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1942. Saint Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees
1943. New York Yankees over Saint Louis Cardinals
1944. Saint Louis Cardinals over Saint Louis Browns
1945. Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs
1946. Saint Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox
1947. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1948. Cleveland Indians over Boston Braves
1949. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1950. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1951. New York Yankees over New York Giants
1952. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1953. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1954. New York Giants over Cleveland Indians
1955. Brooklyn Dodgers over New York Yankees
1956. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1957. Los Angeles Braves over New York Yankees
1958. New York Yankees over Los Angeles Braves
1959. Brooklyn Dodgers over Chicago White Sox
1960. Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Yankees
1961. New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds
1962. New York Yankees over Minnesota Giants
1963. Dallas Rangers over New York Yankees
1964. Saint Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees
1965. Dallas Rangers over Washington Senators
1966. Milwaukee Brewers over Dallas Rangers
1967. Saint Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox
1968. Detroit Tigers over Saint Louis Cardinals
1969. Kansas City Royals over Milwaukee Brewers
1970. Milwaukee Brewers over Minnesota Giants
1971. Milwaukee Brewers over Pittsburgh Pirates
1972. Chicago White Sox over Kansas City Royals
1973. Philadelphia Athletics over Cincinnati Redlegs
1974. Philadelphia Athletics over Dallas Rangers
1975. New York Redlegs over Philadelphia Athletics
1976. New York Redlegs over New York Yankees
1977. Dallas Rangers over Baltimore Orioles
1978. New York Yankees over Dallas Rangers
1979. Pittsburgh Pirates over Boston Red Sox
1980. San Francisco Seals over Milwaukee Brewers
1923. New York Yankees over New York Giants
1924. Washington Senators over New York Giants
1925. Pittsburgh Pirates over Washington Senators
1926. Saint Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees
1927. New York Yankees over Pittsburgh Pirates
1928. New York Yankees over Saint Louis Cardinals
1929. Philadelphia Athletics over Chicago Cubs
1930. Philadelphia Athletics over Saint Louis Cardinals
1931. Saint Louis Cardinals over Philadelphia Athletics
1932. New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs
1933. New York Giants over Washington Senators
1934. Saint Louis Cardinals over Detroit Tigers
1935. Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs
1936. New York Yankees over New York Giants
1937. New York Yankees over New York Giants
1938. New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs
1939. New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds
1940. Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers
1941. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1942. Saint Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees
1943. New York Yankees over Saint Louis Cardinals
1944. Saint Louis Cardinals over Saint Louis Browns
1945. Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs
1946. Saint Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox
1947. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1948. Cleveland Indians over Boston Braves
1949. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1950. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1951. New York Yankees over New York Giants
1952. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1953. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1954. New York Giants over Cleveland Indians
1955. Brooklyn Dodgers over New York Yankees
1956. New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers
1957. Los Angeles Braves over New York Yankees
1958. New York Yankees over Los Angeles Braves
1959. Brooklyn Dodgers over Chicago White Sox
1960. Pittsburgh Pirates over New York Yankees
1961. New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds
1962. New York Yankees over Minnesota Giants
1963. Dallas Rangers over New York Yankees
1964. Saint Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees
1965. Dallas Rangers over Washington Senators
1966. Milwaukee Brewers over Dallas Rangers
1967. Saint Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox
1968. Detroit Tigers over Saint Louis Cardinals
1969. Kansas City Royals over Milwaukee Brewers
1970. Milwaukee Brewers over Minnesota Giants
1971. Milwaukee Brewers over Pittsburgh Pirates
1972. Chicago White Sox over Kansas City Royals
1973. Philadelphia Athletics over Cincinnati Redlegs
1974. Philadelphia Athletics over Dallas Rangers
1975. New York Redlegs over Philadelphia Athletics
1976. New York Redlegs over New York Yankees
1977. Dallas Rangers over Baltimore Orioles
1978. New York Yankees over Dallas Rangers
1979. Pittsburgh Pirates over Boston Red Sox
1980. San Francisco Seals over Milwaukee Brewers
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The End of the British Civil War
That the British Civil came to an end, was in many ways a surprise. Although the Traditionalists still held territory before the intervention, they were far smaller than its original push to take Scotland and lower England. Violent battles were fought by the Legitimists, even taking Aldershot in the third battle at such a location in 1974. By 1977 only three pockets existed. The Bristol channel remained in Traditionalist hand on its south bank, and remained control of most of Gloucestershire and Monmouth. This allowed them to gain supplies from the Commonwealth. They retained complete control of Northern Ireland, thanks in part to the mass of Commonwealth troops who arrived during the war. The navy had been divided along political lines, and the Traditionalists had taken Scapa Flow earlier in the war, though by 1971 they had been thoroughly purged, forcing the Cameronians and other Scottish conservatives to flee to London, which remained in Traditionalist hands do through Kent which survived as the second of the enclaves remaining in Britain of Traditionalist force, while the enclave known as Holland also retained loyalty, it was taken on an offensive in 1976. Guerrilla's associate with the League of Saint George had there day, but was largely defeated before the arrival of United States troops in 1977, at least in Scotland and other Legitimist ares of Britain. The Peace Initiative of the Carter Administration was in full swing, and that began with and American intervention against the Traditionalists only link to life, the Commonwealth. Although the Commonwealth maintained control of of Britain's African colonies, and lands taken following the Franco-British War, Australia, New Zealand, Sarawak and Malaya remained the heavy weights of the organization, with African troops serving in the British Civil War, as well as in the short naval war that ensued between Argentina and Australia over the conquest of the Falklands in 1966, and an embargo against Venezuela's conquest of Guyana in 1969. The United States backed Venezuela, who they needed to stymie Communist rebels coming from Colombia. This is the first time that America had crossed Australia, as both had been militarizing for years.
The Australians had whetted their appetites during service in the Indochinese War, and invested heavily in the British Civil War. The British Empire that had begun the war, was not as it always was, with the Indian War bringing the Empire to its knees, some of which included the loss of Australian troops who fought to keep the Empire as it was. In fact there main point of contention with the Legitimist government, was its willingness to eradicate the Empire, and give democracy to it's former colonies. As well as their anti-monarchist streak, while Australia served as the home of the Commonwealth figure head, the members of the Windsor Family. 1977 was also a year after the Bucharest Convention, during which the Commonwealth began to act in tandem with the South Africans to fight black communist governments from forming, by establishing republics in Mocambique and Angola. This war would need to draw Australian forces, and with the Traditionalist military waning, to the point where the many former London backers had fled for safer and Australian shores. This left London a city under a soft siege as neither saw reason to sully the beautiful city of London with full on battle, though Traditionalists had fought total war principles during and throughout the Civil War. When the United States arrived in England in 1977, they were the first in a massive wave of troops coming for British shores. American troops came at the behest of the Legitimist government, who had lacked the foreign ally that the Traditionalists thrived with. With America's declaration of intervening in the War that had spanned for 11 years, the Australians sent protests to the United States, protests that led to the Belfast Accords, by which the Kingdom of Northern Ireland was created, since the Royal Family saw no reason to leave Australia, which didn't question the need for royals. The Kingdom of Northern Ireland also remained in the Commonwealth which the Legitimist government refused to do it. When it became clear that Australia was not going to continue there support in the face of American intervention, the Traditionalists were overrun with hysteria, and settled in for a long siege.
The American troops were quick to act, and "liberated" Bristol Channel by a naval and military push against Bristol, with the Traditionalists losing any Welsh territory they had. London proved a tougher nut to crack, with street fighting making Britain resemble scenes that the British people equated with the German and Continental Wars of the early 30's and 40's. American troops continued to arrive in Scotland and throughout the Irish Sea, destroying the Traditionalist forces where they saw them. London fell after a month of hard fighting, aided by the occupation of Kent by American forces and the fleeing of Traditionalists on barges headed for Commonwealth territory, including to the easily accessible Northern Ireland, which remained the only part of the British Isles under Commonwealth control, including Australian troops, although they would leave Northern Ireland to their own devices soon enough given their fronts in Africa. What is most important, is that the United States gained a spring board to Europe, with France facing what would be, one of the largest armadas gathered in modern history.
Holy crap, I think this is even more epic now that I've forgotten almost everything that led up to this point. Nice work man!
British Civil War battles: 1966-1967
British Civil War
1966
Harpenden
Traditionalist advance halted by Legitimist defense. Traditionalists retreat is followed by Legitmist advance.
First Aldershot
Legitimist advance destroyed by defending Traditionalists, forces scattered forced retreat.
1967
Ebbw Vale
Traditionalist advance into Wales begins, Legitmists falter and retreat into Glamorgan.
Colchester
Traditionalist advance halted by Legitimist victory at Colchester. Drawn out battle results in Traditionalist retreat.
Faslane
Traditionalist forces capture naval base, Legitmists navy retreats to Liverpool.
Second Hastings
Legitimist advance into Sussex defeated by Traditionalists, force scattered and captured.
Brighton
Siege of Legitimist held city begins.
Merthyr Tydfil
Siege of Legitimist stronghold begins
Cowbridge
Legitimist force in Southern Wales shattered, Bristol sound secured for Traditionalists.
Elgin
Moray captured by Traditionalists.
British Civil War
1966
Harpenden
Traditionalist advance halted by Legitimist defense. Traditionalists retreat is followed by Legitmist advance.
First Aldershot
Legitimist advance destroyed by defending Traditionalists, forces scattered forced retreat.
1967
Ebbw Vale
Traditionalist advance into Wales begins, Legitmists falter and retreat into Glamorgan.
Colchester
Traditionalist advance halted by Legitimist victory at Colchester. Drawn out battle results in Traditionalist retreat.
Faslane
Traditionalist forces capture naval base, Legitmists navy retreats to Liverpool.
Second Hastings
Legitimist advance into Sussex defeated by Traditionalists, force scattered and captured.
Brighton
Siege of Legitimist held city begins.
Merthyr Tydfil
Siege of Legitimist stronghold begins
Cowbridge
Legitimist force in Southern Wales shattered, Bristol sound secured for Traditionalists.
Elgin
Moray captured by Traditionalists.