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[CountofDooku]

Quislings Coup

With the capture of Captain Bernhard Rogge by the Royal Navy and followup operations to make sure no other remaining submarines might strike against the Atlantic, or Global Trade, a so called North Sea Court made up by British, Norwegian, Danish, German and Russian members and judges was set up to deliver a fair trial for the pirates, as well as those merchant crews and nation states mostly involved. In it’s End the crew was found guilty of their crimes for what they did, but the Death Penalty was reduced in exchange for them helping to find and neutralize the mines they had laid on the major shipping lanes, even if not all would be found. In Norway Opposition Leader Vidkun Quisling calls the trial and the Norwegian Government weak and pathetic and calls for a new National Scandinavian Union and Empire to protect itself against outside interest and rule the North Sea and the North Atlantic Once more. While his overall call for National Revolution remained unheard and laughed at by most Scandinavians, some so called Quislingist Coupists would actually occupy the Faroe Islands for a week, with a small cruiser they had taken over with parts of the Navy, before the British Royal Navy kicked them out five days later and arrested them all. At the same time Quislingist Coupists tried to take over the Government in Narvik itself, trying to arrest King and Parliament, to proclaim themselves the new government, but the majority of police, army and navy remaining loyal to Norway, the Norwegian Kingdom, the Norwegian Parliament and the Norwegian People during the so called Battle of Narvik, Quisling himself and major Quislingist Coupists are trialed for treason and later executed. Their tainted Legacy will leave a dark spot on Scandinacian pan-Germanis, pan-Scandinavianism and any ideas of modern Scandinavian Unity, as Quislingist Coupists had at the same time tried to take over Stockholm and Copenhagen in Sweden and Denmark as well, leading failed attacks against local Royals and Governments Officials. At the same time the incident was so quickly over in general, that no outside interference from major powers, let alone the United Nations was not needed, despite some British and German calls and questioning if reinforcements were needed, once news of the coup came out.

 

[CountofDooku]

Sadly no major vote here this week ;D

 

[CountofDooku]

Peace in Europe, Peace in the World, Peace in our Time

Thanks to the Peace in Europe mostly guaranteed and secured, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is reassured, as Winston Churchill and his rhetoric are to much that of a war-monger against Continental rivals, like Germany, the Soviet Union and others. In the House of Commons Neville Chamberlain meanwhile explained Peace in Our Times had been secured with Peace in Europe and that a time of prosperity, wealth and a good life would lay ahead of all. In Rotterdam, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands welcomes her country becoming the main trade center for the continent and wishes to preserve the peace to flourish in the wealth this generated them. Meanwhile General Henri Winkelman explains the Dutch are secured by the Dutch Army and Navy against any British, German and French should either of them decide to pressure, or attack the rising Dutch Kingdom and Empire. Meanwhile the French make World War Veteran Marshal Philippe Pétain vice-premier of France to quell the overall internal political unrest within the French Nation coming from the Left and Right. At the Oglethorpe University, Brookhaven, Georgia in the United States, the Crypt of Civilization time capsule is buried to be opened in the far future of 8113 CE. While Igor Sikorsky's Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter is created, in the same week Belgian King Leopold III hopes to emulate some of the Dutch economic miracle and growing riches for Belgium itself, by presenting his nation state as much closer to the French and much more secure for trade with them, then the more German leaning Netherlands, as he calls it. One day later the prototype of the later F4U Corsair, the Vought XF4U-1 takes it’s first flight. Overall most Europeans believe a larger crisis is adverted and a flourishing future lies ahead of most, if the Soviet Union could be kept at bay. To archive this the Germans wished to create a Pan-European anti-Communist/ anti-Soviet Alliance of European Nation States, while meanwhile the French attempt to keep their own nation state from falling into internal Civil War.

 

[CountofDooku]

Sadly no major vote here this week as no to major events happen, but open for suggestions ;D

 

[Analytical Engine]

Now taking bets for how long peace lasts.

 

[CountofDooku]

Now taking bets for how long peace lasts.

Why?

 

[panpiotr]

Now taking bets for how long peace lasts.

30 seconds

 

[CountofDooku]

The Italo-Greek War

While the British celebrated peace in Europe, with London in cheers, it was tensions between the Italians and Greeks that disturbed this peace, when Italian Navy ships entered Greek territorial waters disputed and claimed by Italy on their way to Rhodes and were bombarded by Greek shore batteries because of that to keep them at bay. The engagement damaged a Greek battery and an Italian warship, resulting in the Italian public calling for retaliation and revenge upon Greece for their transgression and actions against the Italian people and the Italian Empire. As a result the Italians declared war on the Greek and the fact that their forces attacking from Albania, Greek Asia and Crete (via navy) must have had been prepared, long before including any recent transgression and not only put their Italian Imperial Army in positions to strike, but supply and prepare them as well. Many in London, Paris and even Washington called the Italian actions a stab in the back of Europe and the rest of the Civilized World. At the same time quick Italian advances surrounded and surrendered 13,000 Greek soldiers to the attacking Italians. Some local Greek evacuations of regional governments in the provinces fled from the advance of the Italians to escape the arrests and executions they did according to Greek propaganda, leading to a refugee crisis that prevented Greek reinforcements to arrive at the front in time. With the occupation of the Aegean Islands by Italian Navy and Paratrooper forces, some debated if the Greek government should flee Athens to Constantinople/ Byzantium.

While the British, as well as even more do the French hoped to aid the Greek against Italian aggression, advances and Imperialism to keep Italy from becoming a major power in the Mediterranean, Greek General Metaxas and others knew the Greek troops were in a dire situation and some in the Greek government called for an armistice with Italy, as Italy called for peace should Greece become an Italian Imperial Roman Protectorate. When during all this anarchy, chaos and losses against the Italian Metaxas becomes dictator and prime minister, immediately calling for armistice with the Italians after half a months of fighting. On the last day of fighting Italian bombing raids and artillery bombardment still killed 4,000 Greek soldiers and 600 civilians. While the Italians call for a quick armistice to End the fighting, Britain and France rushed the League of Nations to intervene on behalf of the Greek and readied their own troops in the Mediterranean. While the Italian generals and part of their leadership and government visit Ionnina, an assassination attempt by bomb and guns barely misses them, enraging the Italian leadership to continue fighting until all of Greece would know it’s place and Athens would be bombed to ruins and a swamp again compared to mighty Rome. But while the Federal United States Government reorganized the Civil Aeronautics Administration under the Department of Commerce, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the Federal Security Agency and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service under the Department of the Interior, Italian forces have occupied most of the Greek Islands, Soviet Union Forces use the European distraction to occupy all, or parts of Estonia, Latvia, Romanian Bessarabia, Georgia and Azerbaijan against strong but futile local resistance. Finland protector of Estonia, does however not dare to declare war on the Soviet Union without guaranteed backing by London and Paris, which they refuse for now, as Britain and France are preoccupation with the Italians.

 

[CountofDooku]

Condemn the Italian Empire
A) Diplomatic only
B) Economic with embargoes as well
C) Prepare for military intervention

Condemn the Soviet Union
A) Diplomatic only
B) Economic with embargoes as well
C) Prepare for military intervention

 

[Analytical Engine]

Condemn the Italian Empire
A) Diplomatic only
B) Economic with embargoes as well
C) Prepare for military intervention

Condemn the Soviet Union
A) Diplomatic only
B) Economic with embargoes as well
C) Prepare for military intervention

(B) in both cases, with the option of moving to (C) if things get out of hand

 

[Alpha-King98760]

B in both cases but C as a last resort.

 

[Red Angel]

Same as the previous two.
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Since Britain and France refused to help Finland, I believe Germany and Austria-Hungary would start taking advantage by completely supporting them and the invaded Baltic, Balkans, and maybe the Caucasus.

 

[CountofDooku]

Since Britain and France refused to help Finland, I believe Germany and Austria-Hungary would start taking advantage by completely supporting them and the invaded Baltic, Balkans, and maybe the Caucasus.

Not so much refuse, but Britain and France are occupied with potentially Italy at the moment as their main direct concearn/ threat that could also endanger the two of them more directly and without Norway or Sweden giving them the rights to send troops trough them both would need to be occupied first (at least in the Northern half) for a safe passage to even reach Finland as any sea transports risk Soviet Red Navy, minefields and so on.

 

[Red Angel]

Not so much refuse, but Britain and France are occupied with potentially Italy at the moment as their main direct concearn/ threat that could also endanger the two of them more directly and without Norway or Sweden giving them the rights to send troops trough them both would need to be occupied first (at least in the Northern half) for a safe passage to even reach Finland as any sea transports risk Soviet Red Navy, minefields and so on.

Ah but I still think Germany would attempt to lean Finland towards their sphere.

 

[CountofDooku]

Ah but I still think Germany would attempt to lean Finland towards their sphere.

Sure they would do so.

 

[Lylithix]

I will concur with the use of (B), the economic option with utilisation of embargoes for both the Italian Empire and Soviet Union, with escalation to (C), military intervention as a final resort.

 

[David Murphy]

Enough is Enough. C & C.

 

[CountofDooku]

Economic Embargoes

With the help of the Economic Sanctions against the aggressive expansion of the Italian Empire and the Soviet Union, things changed and quickly both nation stepped back, the Soviets by giving up on their Baltic and Caucasus Territories gained and explained they just had eliminated previous nationalist and fascist governments that had oppressed their own people there, while the Italians already held in the Greek and Anatolian Mountains could not outright rely upon the Germans, or other neighbors to bypass the League of Nations embargo to keep them fighting against a nation state like the Greece one under Greek leadership. The result of that was Estonia becoming a Finnish Protectorate, Latvia being German aided in chase of another Russian aggression and Lithuania still in personal union with the Polish Nation State, while Georgia and Azerbaijan were liberated in the Balkans. While Italian and Greeke destroyers and torpedo boats still fought each other in the Aegean Seas. With the embargoes of the League of Nations the Greeks moments before surrendering to the Italians rethought their overall situation and now themselves demanded a peace, that would give Epirus, or rather Southern Albania, if not all of it to the Greek Nation State in reparation for the Italian attack to reopen the Adriatic Sea for others beside the Italians. The Summer Olympics in Helsinki Finland are also seen as a clear statement against the previous war of the Soviet Union against the Finnish, which in turn lead to a complete Soviet withdraw from the League of Nations and boycott the Olympic Games as both were arms of western Capitalist and Imperialist nation states. Especially the United States of America celebrated, as they beside the League of Nations had been the first to denounce and not recognize the Soviet Union occupation of the Baltic states and later the Caucasus states. While Bugs Bunny makes it’s first soon Oscar nominated debut in A Wild Hare, with his name only being added in 1941, eleven British are arrested by the Japanese Secret police on claims of espionage, leaving some to commit suicide in prison and leading to a diplomatic fallout between the two island nations of Britain and Japan.

 

[CountofDooku]

Greek-Italian War
A) Pre-War Borders
B) Accept the Geek claims
C) Accept Italion having Greece as a Protectorate

 

[Analytical Engine]

Greek-Italian War
A) Pre-War Broders
B) Accept the Geek claims
C) Accept Italion having Greece as a Protectorate

A - enough with all the wars already