Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, or commonly also known as Czechia in its short form is a country in Central Europe.

## The Czechia Exception

The state of affair in which the highly reactionary Russian state allowed the creation of a liberalistic regime in the former Bohemian lands was a curious exception in the various right-wing regimes it have propped up over the course of the war. This is due to the nature of the Czechia lands being a highly industrial territory with multi-ethnicity that the Russian in need of its capacity of production in assist to their own industrialisation required a state of stability in society and politics thus any too harsh or radical provocation on the frontier with the Socialist West might prove catastrophic. Another factor in that many high profile Czech leaders that Russia can assembly from the old legion are more often than not liberalistic to some extend and in accordance to the leadership of the Russian policy of sability, non-interference and cooperation resulted in the creation of the Czech Republic via the Kazembek Agreement between the Czech national leaders and the Vozhd of Russia promising unconditional support in the common interest of the Eastern European brotherhood of countries in exchange for the commitment of protection of the Russian Armed Forces on the integrity of the Czech nation.

## The Legion on the March

After the end of WW1, the French Revolution and the Russian Civil War, a large number of the Czechoslovak Legion troops and leaders settled in Russia or migrated to Canada and the US. By the time of the Second Kornilov Putsch, the legion has all but disappeared. But when the war began in 1939, there were many plans from Paris in the reactivating the foreign military armies that once fought in WW1 in the new international liberation struggle, one of them was the creation of the Czechoslovak Committee of National Liberation gathering many social democratic and socialist leaders of the exiles who are in France at the time, and as well as the Free Czechoslovakia Legion.

On the other side of the frontier, the Russian launched their first offense in 1941, also started to organise allies in the coming struggle. The various relics of the Legion was grouped under the overly enthusiastic General Radola Gajda Kornilov was doubtful of Gaijda capacity as a Czech national leader as well as the war situation has yet developed to a state where the Czech might be relevant so their matter was dropped aside. It was in this situation that a meeting of the Czech national leaders in exiles in Canada took place in which they came to a decision and came to Russia to meet with General Jan Syrový, the commander of the old legion. In this they explained to him that the coming war would be the greatest chance the independence of Czechia can be achieved, however, its also of extreme importance that the new state can be truly independent and convinced him in the case of the Red liberation, the Free Legion will create a socialist class dictatorship while in Russia, the legacy of the Legion is something they can bargain with. While on the Russian front, the restored Czechslovakia National Council is but a fleding unknown entity under the old captain Gaijida, a puppet of the Russian first and a widely doubtful leader to be able to from in Czechia a democratic state both by his personality and his popularity. Kornilov doesnt trust any democratic politician nor does the exiles have any powers over the former legionaries, thus it fell on Syrový to organise the takeover the moment Czechia is liberated by military powers. Despite being no politician, the General took on the enormous task that was set before him and swore to fulfill his duty to the nation, Kornilov was rejoiced to finally have someone of relevancy in his disposal and in 1943, the National Council is full running, recruiting and organising as well as propagandizing to its max capacity.