Thousand Week Reich - The Industries of the USSR, 1951
Rest of the scenario -https://www.reddit.com/r/AP246/comments/7ch604/the_thousandweek_reich_a_realistic_nazi_victory/
And its HOI4 mod in development - https://www.reddit.com/r/twrmod/
Discord (for the mod)- https://discord.gg/7Zyc8RM
Thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...c-nazi-victory-scenario.444582/#post-17082159
And here's my deviantart page: https://www.deviantart.com/thekutku/gallery/
When Germany launched operation Barbarossa, the Soviet Union scrambled to Evacuate its industry, the colossal undertaking which moved over 50,000 factories and workshop, was met with initial mixed results as it was very disorganised and many factories lacked materials, and it ultimately didn't prevent the defeat of the USSR, but it would have an unexpected side effect years later when all these factories served as the cornerstone of the rump union's industrial capacity.
In history, few insurgencies were successful without foreign help, and while the Slavic Insurgencies in Nazi Occupied were among the fiercest ever, part of their striking success can be attributed by the large amount of ammunition, medicines, explosives, rifles or clothing that were smuggled from the Soviet Union
The USSR was in a bad state after being slowly pushed back beyond the Archangelsk Astrakhan line, devoid of a stable leadership, and destabilzed by the flow of millions of refugees, the country struggled to get back on its feets, but thanksfully the germans, already overstretched, exhausted from 3 years of war and lacking fuel, couldn't sustain further pushes. with this partial respite, the USSR managed to, chaotically, reestablishing what the industrial base they had however, lacking quality material, they focused on making low quality materials, that any refugee could produce in factories and that could be useful to the militias and rebels slowly they managed to establish a large scale industry in the urals, setting them apart to the warlord states in siberia
The guns and explosives they produced were used by their small forces, but lacking organisation they often weren't very effective and the opposing german armies, even as overstretched as they were, managed to hold key point for nearly a decade, although some cities, like Gorky, changed hand several time, however they would be very effective in the hand of partisans. The guns, easily smuggled through the A-A line - in fact more of a vast expanse of sporadic fighting between Germany and various rebels - would allow various rebel group to control vast stretch of lands outside of the Heer's communication and transport axis, and launch raids against the latter.
The Industries of the USSR, even lacking in quality compared to even german ones during the civil war, gave them a huge advantage, compared to other russian states, and were one of the reasons the union managed to slowly retake most of its former territories during the 1950s and the first half of the 1960s, the support given to various rebels groups in the reichskomissariat also gave them legitimacy and allowed them to influence the groups, so that ukraine and belarus quickly became part of the USSR when they rose against the germans
Rest of the scenario -https://www.reddit.com/r/AP246/comments/7ch604/the_thousandweek_reich_a_realistic_nazi_victory/
And its HOI4 mod in development - https://www.reddit.com/r/twrmod/
Discord (for the mod)- https://discord.gg/7Zyc8RM
Thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...c-nazi-victory-scenario.444582/#post-17082159
And here's my deviantart page: https://www.deviantart.com/thekutku/gallery/
When Germany launched operation Barbarossa, the Soviet Union scrambled to Evacuate its industry, the colossal undertaking which moved over 50,000 factories and workshop, was met with initial mixed results as it was very disorganised and many factories lacked materials, and it ultimately didn't prevent the defeat of the USSR, but it would have an unexpected side effect years later when all these factories served as the cornerstone of the rump union's industrial capacity.
In history, few insurgencies were successful without foreign help, and while the Slavic Insurgencies in Nazi Occupied were among the fiercest ever, part of their striking success can be attributed by the large amount of ammunition, medicines, explosives, rifles or clothing that were smuggled from the Soviet Union
The USSR was in a bad state after being slowly pushed back beyond the Archangelsk Astrakhan line, devoid of a stable leadership, and destabilzed by the flow of millions of refugees, the country struggled to get back on its feets, but thanksfully the germans, already overstretched, exhausted from 3 years of war and lacking fuel, couldn't sustain further pushes. with this partial respite, the USSR managed to, chaotically, reestablishing what the industrial base they had however, lacking quality material, they focused on making low quality materials, that any refugee could produce in factories and that could be useful to the militias and rebels slowly they managed to establish a large scale industry in the urals, setting them apart to the warlord states in siberia
The guns and explosives they produced were used by their small forces, but lacking organisation they often weren't very effective and the opposing german armies, even as overstretched as they were, managed to hold key point for nearly a decade, although some cities, like Gorky, changed hand several time, however they would be very effective in the hand of partisans. The guns, easily smuggled through the A-A line - in fact more of a vast expanse of sporadic fighting between Germany and various rebels - would allow various rebel group to control vast stretch of lands outside of the Heer's communication and transport axis, and launch raids against the latter.
The Industries of the USSR, even lacking in quality compared to even german ones during the civil war, gave them a huge advantage, compared to other russian states, and were one of the reasons the union managed to slowly retake most of its former territories during the 1950s and the first half of the 1960s, the support given to various rebels groups in the reichskomissariat also gave them legitimacy and allowed them to influence the groups, so that ukraine and belarus quickly became part of the USSR when they rose against the germans
(I don't mean figuratively because it's "a disgusting projection" or something; it's a gorgeous map. Looking at it literally makes me physically nauseous, I think because of the odd orientation and projection)
