The Great Crusade (Reds! Part 3)

But with casinos and mobsters!

OTL South Korea has its own casinos and mobsters (Jo-Pok) alongside the shiny new industry. Gambling is banned in Taiwan except on offshore islands (where casinos have yet to be built), but Taiwanese gamblers can just make do with Macau. And the Triads are of course present on the island.

Speaking of which, I wonder how organized crime will develop ITTL beyond the previous discussion of the Cuban Mafia and its US exile influx. IOTL, the Yakuza gained a large boost in the immediate post-WWII years as a stand-in for the weak government in many areas, and also due to occupation forces letting them do the dirty work against Japanese leftists. But in a world where Japanese capitalism is vanquished? They'll still be around, but won't be as strong as they are in our world. Some of them will likely follow whatever Imperial Japanese holdouts there are in Southeast Asia (mainly Thailand as T_R_S_R mentioned earlier), and possibly find a niche in the Japanese-Brazilian community.

On the Asian mainland, China will have its triads to deal with just like OTL. The continued presence of the ROC government might give more space for them than OTL's PRC under Mao. But with most of China's capitalists getting the shaft as IJA collaborators, their most friendly contacts in officialdom won't be around. Likewise, Korea and Indochina's criminal enterprises will, at their strongest, be roughly comparable to the Russian mafia in their origins and functions. And even then, the more open trade with other Comintern nations kinda cuts into the smuggling/black market economy which OTL Second world criminal outfits managed.

Not sure how the global attitudes to narcotics will shape up here. Prohibition didn't become nationwide in TTL's US, and I presume the banning of marijuana didn't happen either. But that might not stop other Comintern countries from having their own harsh drug laws. China, Korea and Japan's laws IOTL are influenced by the experience of the Opium Wars, so they'll probably still have tough laws on such substances as anti-imperialist measures.

For capitalist regions? The Italian Mafia will remain, and certainly be friendlier to the FBU-aligned Kingdom over the Comintern's northeast occupation zone/government. Likewise, a stronger Brazil may lead to the Brazilian mob gaining prominence of its own in place of the OTL Colombian/Mexican/Central American drug cartels.
 
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On the Asian mainland, China will have its triads to deal with just like OTL. The continued presence of the ROC government might give more space for them than OTL's PRC under Mao. But with most of China's capitalists getting the shaft as IJA collaborators, their most friendly contacts in officialdom won't be around.

Hongkong and Macao?It's cliche,admittedly.
 
OTL South Korea has its own casinos and mobsters (Jo-Pok) alongside the shiny new industry. Gambling is banned in Taiwan except on offshore islands (where casinos have yet to be built), but Taiwanese gamblers can just make do with Macau. And the Triads are of course present on the island.

Speaking of which, I wonder how organized crime will develop ITTL beyond the previous discussion of the Cuban Mafia and its US exile influx. IOTL, the Yakuza gained a large boost in the immediate post-WWII years as a stand-in for the weak government in many areas, and also due to occupation forces letting them do the dirty work against Japanese leftists. But in a world where Japanese capitalism is vanquished? They'll still be around, but won't as strong as they are in our world. Some of them will likely follow whatever Imperial Japanese holdouts there are in Southeast Asia (mainly Thailand as T_R_S_R mentioned earlier), and possibly find a niche in the Japanese-Brazilian community.

On the Asian mainland, China will have its triads to deal with just like OTL. The continued presence of the ROC government might give more space for them than OTL's PRC under Mao. But with most of China's capitalists getting the shaft as IJA collaborators, their most friendly contacts in officialdom won't be around. Likewise, Korea and Indochina's criminal enterprises will, at their strongest, be roughly comparable to the Russian mafia in their origins and functions. And even then, the more open trade with other Comintern nations kinda cuts into the smuggling/black market economy which OTL Second world criminal outfits managed.

Not sure how the global attitudes to narcotics will shape up here. Prohibition didn't become nationwide in TTL's US, and I presume the banning of marijuana didn't happen either. But that might not stop other Comintern countries from having their own harsh drug laws. China, Korea and Japan's laws IOTL are influenced by the experience of the Opium Wars, so they'll probably still be tough on such substances as anti-imperialist measures.

For capitalist regions? The Italian Mafia will remain, and certainly be friendlier to the FBU-aligned Kingdom over the Comintern's northeast occupation zone/government. Likewise, a stronger Brazil may lead to the Brazilian mob gaining prominence of its own in place of the OTL Colombian/Mexican/Central American drug cartels.

I'd imagine that Indian mobsters would gain a lot of leverage. I could only imagine what TTL's version of D-Company would be like.
 
OTL South Korea has its own casinos and mobsters (Jo-Pok) alongside the shiny new industry. Gambling is banned in Taiwan except on offshore islands (where casinos have yet to be built), but Taiwanese gamblers can just make do with Macau. And the Triads are of course present on the island.

Speaking of which, I wonder how organized crime will develop ITTL beyond the previous discussion of the Cuban Mafia and its US exile influx. IOTL, the Yakuza gained a large boost in the immediate post-WWII years as a stand-in for the weak government in many areas, and also due to occupation forces letting them do the dirty work against Japanese leftists. But in a world where Japanese capitalism is vanquished? They'll still be around, but won't as strong as they are in our world. Some of them will likely follow whatever Imperial Japanese holdouts there are in Southeast Asia (mainly Thailand as T_R_S_R mentioned earlier), and possibly find a niche in the Japanese-Brazilian community.

On the Asian mainland, China will have its triads to deal with just like OTL. The continued presence of the ROC government might give more space for them than OTL's PRC under Mao. But with most of China's capitalists getting the shaft as IJA collaborators, their most friendly contacts in officialdom won't be around. Likewise, Korea and Indochina's criminal enterprises will, at their strongest, be roughly comparable to the Russian mafia in their origins and functions. And even then, the more open trade with other Comintern nations kinda cuts into the smuggling/black market economy which OTL Second world criminal outfits managed.

Not sure how the global attitudes to narcotics will shape up here. Prohibition didn't become nationwide in TTL's US, and I presume the banning of marijuana didn't happen either. But that might not stop other Comintern countries from having their own harsh drug laws. China, Korea and Japan's laws IOTL are influenced by the experience of the Opium Wars, so they'll probably still be tough on such substances as anti-imperialist measures.

For capitalist regions? The Italian Mafia will remain, and certainly be friendlier to the FBU-aligned Kingdom over the Comintern's northeast occupation zone/government. Likewise, a stronger Brazil may lead to the Brazilian mob gaining prominence of its own in place of the OTL Colombian/Mexican/Central American drug cartels.
The Red Dragon (the ITTL AH poster) has confirmed that China's drug laws are much less lenient than America's.
 
Given that the red scare is particularly intense in Canada I can't quite see someone who identifies as a democratic socialist becoming prime minister.

He didn't manage it in OTL either, more's the pity. Does he manage to get healthcare going though? I mean, politicians come and go, but universal healthcare is an eternal legacy.
 
But that might not stop other Comintern countries from having their own harsh drug laws
Perhaps the USSR aligned states, being more authoritarian, would have harsher drug laws.

Jello mentioned Gambling would be illegal. That means potentially gambling syndicates could operate in secret.
 
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He didn't manage it in OTL either, more's the pity. Does he manage to get healthcare going though? I mean, politicians come and go, but universal healthcare is an eternal legacy.
I think there's likely to be at the very least a Keynesian consensus that a welfare state that is active in the economy is necessary in order to protect Capitalism from its usual cycles of boom and bust and to minimize the tensions in society by providing a safety net for the poor. Partly out of altruism and partly out of a cynical desire to prevent people from getting desperate to the point where rocking the boat with a revolution seems like a preferable alternative to a comfortable status quo.
 
German Heavy Tanks by Red Star Rising
I'd tell you more about the contexts behind these tanks but it'd get a bit into spoiler territory. Also I just wanted to get these out now. Instead I will provide you with some humorous quotes and write down the primers on them later.


Panzerkampfenwagen 50 “Jaguar”


Type: Medium tank

Place of Origin: Germany

Used by: Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, French State, Kingdom of Italy

In service: 1943 to 1946

Wars: Second World War


Designer: Henschel, Ford-Werke GmbH

Designed: 1941-42

Produced: 1942-46

Number built: ~8,000

Variants:


Specifications (Ausf. A, 1943)

Mass: 49.1 tonnes

Length: 6.86 meters

Width: 3.41 meters

Height: 2.99 meters

Crew: 5

Armor: Hull front 80 mm/55°, hull side 50 mm, rear 31 mm, top 30 mm, bottom 25 mm

Turret front 120 mm/20°, 120mm mantlet, turret side 60mm, 40mm turret roof.

Primary Armament: 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56 gun or 8,8 cm Kw.K. 42 l/71 or 10,5 cm Kw.K. 43 L/52 Ausf. B or 8,8 cm Kw.K. 44 L/100

Secondary Armament: 1 x MG34 7.92 mm x 57 mm machine gun

Engine: Ford-Maybach HL 235, 900 PS (661 kW) or Ford-Maybach HL 240

Power to mass:

Suspension: conical spring

Operational Range: 300 km

Speed: 51 km/hr

"What the devil is Jerry throwing at us now?" -Field marshal Montgomery

"The intelligence people tell me they call it a jaguar." - LeClerc

"Awful long way from the Amazon isn't it?" - Montgomery.

"It's a bit fat for a cat don't you think?" - LeClerc

Specifications (Ausf. M, 1945)


Mass: 67 tonnes

Length: 7 meters

Width: 3.41 meters

Height: 2.99 meters

Crew: 5

Armor
: Hull front 150 mm/55°, hull side 80 mm, rear 80 mm, top 30 mm, bottom 25 mm

Turret front 120 mm/20°, 120mm mantlet, turret side 60mm, 40mm turret roof.

Primary Armament
: 10,5 cm Kw.K. 43 L/52 Ausf. B or 8,8 cm Kw.K. 44 L/100

Secondary Armament: 1 x MG34 7.92 mm x 57 mm machine gun

Engine: Ford-Maybach HL 240, 1200 PS (882 kw)

Power to mass: 13.16

Suspension: conical spring

Operational Range: 250 km

Speed: 60 km/hr (Ausf M)

"So much for your heavy tank eh Fritz?" - Samusenko to a captured German tanker.

"Actually it is a medium tank you stupid bitch." - Tanker

"What the fuck kind of medium tank weighs 67 tonnes?" - Samusenko's response.

Panzerkampfenwagen 75 “Tiger”


Type: Heavy Tank

Place of Origin: Germany

Used by: Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS,

In service: 1943 to 1946

Wars
: Second World War


Designer: Porsche, Ford-Werke GmbH

Designed: 1942-1944

Produced: 1943-46

Number built: ~1500

Variants: G.W 75 Tiger (Self propelled gun, 100 built), STuG 75 Tiger (Assault gun with rocket mortar, 100 built), Jagzpanzer 75 Tiger (Tank destroyer, 300 built), Waffentrager 75 Tiger (Anti-air vehicle, 100 built), Tpz 75 Tiger (prototype ‘assault transport” vehicle), Bergepanzer 75 (Recovery vehicle, 100 built)


Specifications (Ausf. A, 1943)

Mass: 93 tonnes

Length: 8.34 meters

Width: 3.9 meters

Height: 3.15 meters

Crew: 6

Armor: Hull front 160 mm/55°, hull side 120 mm, rear 120 mm, top 40 mm, bottom 40-60 mm

Turret front 185 mm/20°, 150mm mantlet, turret side 80mm, 40mm turret roof.

Primary Armament: 10,5 cm Kw.K. L/68 or 12.8 cm KwK 44 L/55



Secondary Armament: 7.92 mm MG34, MG150 20mm autocannon (pintle mount)

Engine: Ford-Maybach HL 240, 1200 PS (882 kw)

Power to mass
: 9.5

Suspension: conical spring

Operational Range: 220 km

Speed: 40 km/hr

"Tell command we have spotted some sort of turreted empalcements; call the demolition troops; they'll have work to do this night." - French Commando

"Actually jean, I think it's moving." - Second French Commando.

"Do not speak such nonsense it cannot possi-" First Commando before being interrupted by the roar of an engine.

"...How?" - First Commando

"Hrm, I believe the wife of the designer must be a very unsatisfied woman." - Second Commando.


Panzerkampfenwagen 100 “Smilodon”


Type: Superheavy tank

Place of Origin: Germany

Used by: Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS,

In service: 1944 to 1946

Wars: Second World War


Designer: Henschel, Porsche, Ford-Werke GmbH

Designed: 1942-1944

Produced: 1944-46

Number built: ~450

Variants: G.W 100 Smilodon (Self propelled gun, 25 built), STuG 100 Smilodon (Assault gun with rocket mortar, 25 built), Jagzpanzer 100 Smilodon (Tank destroyer, 75 built), Waffentrager 100 Smilodon (Anti-air vehicle, 25 built), Tpz 100 Smilodon (prototype ‘assault transport” vehicle), Bergepanzer 100 (Recovery vehicle, 25 built)


Specifications (Ausf. A, 1944)

Mass: 140 tonnes

Length: 10.27 meters

Width: 4.48 meters

Height: 3.29 meters

Crew: 6

Armor: Hull front 150-200 mm/55°, hull side 120 with 60mm side skirts, rear 120-150 mm, top 40 mm, bottom 40-80 mm

Turret front 250 mm/20°, 200mm mantlet turret side 120-150mm, 40mm turret roof.

Primary Armament: 12.8 cm KwK 44 L/55/15 cm KwK 44 L/38



Secondary Armament: co-axial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5, 7.92 mm MG34, MG150 20mm autocannon (pintle mount)

Engine: Ford-Maybach HL 275, 1750 PS (1287.123 kw)

Power to mass: 9.2

Suspension: conical spring

Operational Range
: 190 km

Speed: 30 km/hr

"Uncle Debs' balls, what is that? What the fuck is that? What is that Ford?!" - General Patton.

"What are your orders then sir?" - Unknown Tanker

"Get the fucking artillery on the line because that piece of kraut shit over there has its own damn zip code." - Patton.

Specifications (Jagdpanzer 100 1944)

Mass: 145 tonnes

Length: 10.27 meters

Width: 4.48 meters

Height: 3.29 meters

Crew: 6

Armor: Hull front 150-200 mm/55°, hull side 120-150 mm, rear 120-150 mm, top 40 mm, bottom 40-80 mm

Superstructure front 250 mm/30°, 50mm additional plate, 250mm gun mantlet Superstructure side 120-150mm, 40mm superstructure roof.

Primary Armament: 17 cm KwK 44 L/55


Secondary Armament: co-axial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5, 7.92 mm MG34, MG150 20mm autocannon (pintle mount)

Engine: Ford-Maybach HL 275, 1750 PS (1287.123 kW)

Power to mass: 8.9

Suspension: conical spring

Operational Range: 150 km

Speed: 30 km/hr

"It's not about how big it is, it's about how well you use it." - Panzerkommandant Heinrich Jäger

"Then why is it so big?" - Georg Schultz


Also maps!

1939

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1940 before the war

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Operation Teutonic

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Operation Valkyrie

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Post-Valkyrie counter-offensives

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The darkest hour

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The counter-attacks begin in earnest

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The great thing about these maps is that they're very easy to edit on msPaint. Just use the dropper tool for the colours and do correct me if you think I've made any mistakes.
 
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So when do the Nazis start to realize it will be all over for them ITTL?
Sweden and Finland deciding "fuck this shit I'm out" as the last of Germany's allies who weren't a puppet state is about when only the most delusional of Nazis hold out for any hope of victory.

Italy changing sides and requiring a German invasion to install the social republic following Italy's defeat in the mediterranean theater and the fall of Nationalist Spain to the Entente is when the doubt can be said to begin.
 
Italy changing sides and requiring a German invasion to install the social republic following Italy's defeat in the mediterranean theater and the fall of Nationalist Spain to the Entente is when the doubt can be said to begin.
To be fair, that should've been a red flag, Italy swaps to whatever person offers them the best deal.
 
Nice maps. It seems that comparing the invasion to OTL, the Nazis were more successful TTL though they have failed to take Petrograd.

Speaking of which, are those blue around Petrograd and in Denmark/Norway constested territories?
 
Nice maps. It seems that comparing the invasion to OTL, the Nazis were more successful TTL though they have failed to take Petrograd.

Speaking of which, are those blue around Petrograd and in Denmark/Norway constested territories?
Swedish occupied territories.

I didn't realize that the dropper function existed until it was a bit too late.
 
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