1939
JANUARY 15th
PRAGUE
“…I repeat, German forces have moved into Czechoslovakia. Put down your arms, resistance to Germany is unnecessary, Germany is your friend…”
PARIS
“…Prime Minister Phillipe Petain repeated his statement that France considered the occupation of Czechoslovakia by German forces an act of unparalleled aggression and that if Hitler should attempt to militarily occupy areas of Poland then force would be used to repulse him…”
LONDON
“…Deputy Minister Mosley today addressed crowds in Hyde Park, condemning the weak and vacillating nature of the French Government and called on Marshal Petain to stand down his forces rather than risk another world war…”
WARSAW
“…six terrorists of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists were today executed by Military Police Units for acts of treason against the Polish State. The OOU has frequently collaborated with the Fascist Government in Berlin, in an attempt to undermine the State of Poland…”
HAMBURG
“Germany calling…Germany calling…”
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January – April
The February Coup; BUF paramilitaries fire on various opposition MPs in Whitechapel. Following a brief firefight, the BUF bullyboys are joined by units of the British Army. The combined forces fight their way into and then occupy Parliament and Buckingham Palace; several Army commanders send their troops out to back Mosley up and within hours the Capital is in his hands. The armed forces don’t immediately go over but most units have sworn loyalty to The Leader by February 16th. Immediately Mosley forms a National Salvation Council staffed by BUF gauleiters, agrarian conservatives and the British commanders who brought him to power. The Empire closes ranks around the Boss and within a week of the assault the British Union of Fascists reigns supreme.
Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop phones Mosley personally to congratulate him. After this brief conversation, Von Ribbentrop convinces Oswald to abandon Britain’s commitments to Poland. Once the treaty is in pieces on the floor of the Polish embassy, Hitler no longer fears war on two fronts. On March 3rd the XI Panzer Corps penetrates the Polish border at Mokra, they are followed by Heinz Guderian’s First Field Army.
The Battle for Poland is vicious and brutal. Polish forces fight like lions and wherever they are they fight to the death. The Battle of the Borders ends in a German victory as Polish troops are either routed or completely destroyed. In a series of lightning offensives Erich Von Manstein cleverly cuts off the larger Polish armies into manageable pockets.
Stalin hates the Poles and most Poles hate Stalin, but that mutual disgust is as nothing when weighed against the hatred both slaver from every pore for Hitler. When the Nazi invades Stalin bites the bullet and supplies the Polish Army with thousands of tonnes of bullets, steel, spam and other supplies. For generations to come, the Poles will not forget that the Russians stood with them at the eleventh hour. By late April the Germans have encircled Warsaw. Seeing the writing on the wall, the Poles reluctantly invite the USSR in to assume control of what little free Polish territory remains, which is what Stalin had planned from the start. The Russians meet the Germans at Brest-Litovsk and a prolonged staring match begins.
For three weeks, after all Poland has fallen, Radio Warsaw proudly blares the Polish National Anthem and urges resistance. On April 18th it falls silent.
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Inaugural Address of PM Oswald Mosley:
“Friends, Countrymen, Loyal Citizens of the Empire,
Today, February 2nd 1939, a date which shall live forever in the halls of greatness, your Fascist forces, supported by the troops of your armed forces toppled the obsolete, bureaucratic and fundamentally Jewish government of Monocles you were previously forced to endure. I shall, as your Prime Minister, principally focus my attention on destroying the influence of these scoundrels once and for all.
My governments policies are simple, efficient and glorious. They can be summed up thusly; Peace, Justice and Order.
Under the previous government, Jewish influence dictated international policy. In the ancient cabinets of mighty London, the sweepings of the Ghettos held sway over swashbuckling Englishmen, no longer. The push, to pull this country into a European War to aid some old Hebrews’ co-religionists ends permanently today. From this point forward the aim of my government, the people’s government, shall be the rejection of Bolshevist Jewish influence and the support of independent European states.
In the Britain of the International Cliques, there was no real justice, not for the dock worker, or the farmer or the factory owner, the wealth producer. There was only justice for old money, with all its corrupting influence, and our great state was poisoned. In my Britain, your Britain, I shall revive the sacred tradition of English Liberty. I will be harsh and tough on those who break our laws and defame the glory of our state., I shall give no man quarter, whether he be the richest of earls or the poorest of urban slum dwellers.
This new government for a new age has committed itself to a policy of order. Great Britain had been slowly slipping towards sinful conflagration, with murderers free to stalk the street and violent gangs of thugs suppressed the freedoms of honest God-fearing citizens. Our government therefore would like to firmly commit to the eradication of violent crime and terrorist organisations within our borders.
These promises I make for the People of Britain and all of mankind.”
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“Mosley is a truly monstrous creature but by my mind his pompous waffling alone earns him a place at Nuremberg. The speech on February 2nd cemented Mosley as the leader of the conspirators and de facto leader of Great Britain. It placed the government’s successes on his shoulders, in spite of the fact that at this time the National Salvation Council was a decision-making body with no real leader, Mosley serving more as a figure-head than anything else. The inaugural speech gave him the mandate to begin accumulating more and more power.”
– Clement Attlee, 1950