Considering the turn Russia is taking, I'd think they will innevitably try to recover what they lost to Japan, and thus tying it down into defending rather than expanding. Then again, if Russia were to lose again...
Mexico Ascendant: The Tale of a Failed Texan Revolution
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Considering the turn Russia is taking, I'd think they will innevitably try to recover what they lost to Japan, and thus tying it down into defending rather than expanding. Then again, if Russia were to lose again...
Yes it will be.
I kindoff want to see an African country that speaks Swedish and loves herring, ABBA and drives Volvos.
(Sorry to all Swedes for the stereotypes)
I meant that in a Democratic Russia that included Ukraine, Baltics, Poland and Central Asia, Kozlov's party wouldn't have been able to gain a majority vote. Of course Tsarist Russia wasn't exactly progressive towards minorities.
I was worried about that, do you have a suggestion for a better name? It would be very helpful.
Try something like "Vladimir Pavlovich Kozlov". Or just "Vladimir Kozlov" without patronymic.
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At first, from what social stratum he was?
more common variant - Ivan/Ilya/Pyotr/Nikolay/Fedor/Vladimir/Alexander/Vasiliy/Philip Petrovch Kozlov.
If he a nobleman, he also may be Arkady/Sergey/Apollon/Illarion/Vladislav/Mstislav Petrovich Kozlov
If he a former peasant, he also may be Karp/Ustim/Anikey/Filat/Prokhor/Vlas/Pankrat Petrovich Kozlov
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In the Americas, Mexico’s Socialist government pursued policies of land reform, massive tax reform, universal public healthcare, the promotion of cooperatives, and the nationalization several industries. These included petroleum (Pemex), natural gas, cement (Cemex), telephone (Telmex), water supply (Hydromex), railway (FNM; Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México), and electricity (Electromex). They also pursued setting up new state-owned companies pertaining to insurance, public intercity transit, alcoholic beverage control, iron and steel manufacturing, mining, forestry, as well as an airline. This was accompanied by an unambitious foreign policy, mostly focusing on containing the US, and keeping relations cordial with the Workers’ Union. Mexico during this period was largely isolationist, and the public was not interested in the prospect of another war.In 1938 France initiated another aggressive action in Iberia. Following a nationalist coup in Portugal intent on establishing a government similar to France’s, a Portuguese government-in-exile was formed in Spain. Spain, seeking to restore some of it’s lost greatness, invaded northern Portugal, seeking to reinstate the legitimate Portuguese government. While Spanish forces believed they would be able to take Lisbon in just a few days, they found it much harder. Portuguese forces rallied to fend off the Spanish, and partisans took up arms in occupied territories. Spain’s refusal to retreat, however, lead to French troops crossing the border on April 7th, 1938. With most the Spanish army in Portugal, only a few thousand troops contested the French invasion, and by April 12, the Spanish government realized that no foreign support was coming, and they surrendered. Following this, Spain and Portugal were united, in a deal that greatly benefited the Portuguese, and the National State of Iberia was formed. The government was a close replica of France’s, with a figurehead monarch and the National People’s Party leading the nation. This country achieved some foreign recognition, but never received it fully due to the fact it was largely a French client state.
Map showing territorial control during the invasion of Spain
World map in 1939
Very nice update, though I find it hard to believe that Britain and Germany would allow this. Speaking of which, what is the situation Germany?
Point, but this is taking over Spain, not some backwater nations in Eastern Europe like Austria or Czechoslovakia.
And Portugal I'd add, considering things.
One thing for sure, GB is hardly going to ignore what the situation may mean for their base in Gibraltar.
When? This doesn't compare to Austria, Czechoslovakia or even Poland for that matter, maybe all three together though would say even that falls short. It has less justification and is far more worrying with a similar attitude to that of Britain and France in OTL I would expect Britain and Germany ITTL to realize another major war is going to happen soon and prepare accordingly at minimum if not start it themselves.
The difference is that OTL Germany didn't *invade* Austria or Czechoslovakia, they worked with a degree of "legitimacy" by making referendums or discussing it with the other great powers.
Germany in OTL invaded Poland, and that warranted a war.
You see, allohistorical allusions are a powerful thing, but they must make sense.
In order for a Nationalist coup to succeed, it's necessary to have a Republican anticlerical government in place, which implies a previous coup, followed by very limited franchise and/or fraud (yes, I'm looking at you, OTL 1st Portuguese Republic). can't remember, when did Portugal became a republic ITTL?
If the invasion in support of said posited pre-coup government starts in the north, the Spanish government is indeed going to experience what Napoleonic Armies felt.
But unless it's a personal union of states, with a Portuguese King from the Miguelist Branch of the Braganza, but with separate governments, there will be widespread resistance from all corners (iberists in those days were a small part of the republican left, and the right and most of the left was hostile to iberism). Even then, chances are that many will dislike it in the Spanish side.