Sweden Joins the War

It appeared that the Anglo-German Defeat of France and then their respective intervention in the Balkans and Turkey was taken by the Russian Government as a clear signal to back off. Russian forces withdrew from occupied Latvian territory and there was a pull back from Ukrainian territory, In Turkey the Russian-Armenian Forces pulled back to near the Armenian border and a cease fire went into effect. It appeared that Russia was not about to go to war against Europe's biggest Military powers
 
The Russians Met with the allies in the US where America acted as host to the peace talks. Progress was made because Russia did not want to face a massive war with almost no allies to face most of Europe and some of the Middle East.
 
In Turkey the Anglo-Turkish forces slowly advanced as they were aware of the Russian Withdrawal. The British Expeditionary Force Middle East was now joined by two Israeli divisions as well as an Australian and New Zealand division. This brought the force up to 7 Full strength divisions.
 
Peace talks in the US progressed slowly. While all was quite on the European front there were some clashes between Russian-Armenian forces and the Anglo-Turkish armies when the Russians felt that they were getting too close to the frontier. These flare ups would last for a few days but it was clear that the Russian allied forces were not going to withdraw further.
 
Talks in Washington DC began to move forward toward a peace agreement which would see the return of Kiev to the Ukraine Free State as well as some other territory. In Turkey an agreement resulted in a total cease fire and a withdrawal to a final border.. In Russia a coup took place toppling the Fascist government The country reaffirmed its commitment to a peace agreement and 4 weeks latter its Prime Minister traveled to the US and signed the agreement.
 
RUSSIAN COUP: The Fascist Government of Russia had become quite unpopular with both the people and the military. When the Minister of war was assassinated It allowed those elements in the military to act to restore a far more balanced government> Army units moved against the secret Police an arrested the government leaders. Several pro-democracy leaders which had been imprisoned were released by orders of the new Army chif of Staff after a conversation with the freed Czar
 
Russia was preparing for the first democratic elections in the country's history> The Czar was expecting observers from the US, Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium to watch the elections. Russia's Provisional Government had continued to work out the permanent Cease Fire Line and the borders of the country.
 
The election in Russia resulted in the election of a more Center Lined Government. The Ultra Nationalist Parties of the Russian Fascist Alliance had been crushed and the parties of the left had been supressed for so long as to be unable to achieve anything. The result was the Russian government was willing to work to establish a real peace with the Turkish Republic. This made Germany and Britain happy as well as reassuring the countries of the Middle East.
 
Most of Europe was glad that the war had come to an end Sweden began to demobilize as did Finland and the countries of eastern Europe. Poland ad the Ukraine were the exception. Both nations seemed to distrust the Russians. Kiev and the region just east of the border had been returned. The Crimea was still in Russian hands.
 
The post war world saw changes taking place in Europe. For the post war period of time France saw a lot of changes. Parts of the French Empire broke away but When Algeria dare to move in that direction the French reaction was to but the insurgency down. Algeria had seen the arrival of thousands of displaced Europeans who were offered a second chance. In fact the flood of European Christians became a tidal wave. It was this wave that gave the French Military a serious chance to win the battle. The French regual Army joined the Fr Foreign legion in the struggle. The French warned Morocco and Tunisia to stay out of the struggle. They failed to heed the warning and were stunned when French Elite troops struck at the bases. The war lasted from 1945 to 1957.
 
Other than the wars in Africa things were peaceful. Russia was involved in an internal struggle between the forces of democracy and those on the extreme left and right that sought to control the Russian state.Czar Michael favored the constitutionalist and managed to hold things in check.
France was involved in a series of colonial wars Indochina and Algeria being the biggest
 
The Post War Period saw a lot of changes in the Balkan region. Montenegro became an independent country once again. Italy withdrew from it turning full control. Albania also once again became an independent country. Serbia also saw a lot of changes. Italy saw a change in government Marshal Balbo left the government as a result of wound that he had suffered in an assassination attempt and in 1954 he passed away.
 
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