Phillipe Martinez

History is littered with storys of those who fought their entire lives. Few would live as renegades, even fewer would win wars,even fewer would build nations, but none would be like Phillipe. Born in France during the depression, and raised in Paris during a occupation. Phillipe would be born to see the worst of Frances history, but he would live so that he could fight for the best.

**Early life, and work with the resistance**

A story tells his earliest memory that he had left in his old age was a rock cracking a window during the Paris riots of 36. Their are few openings that could be better for a life like the one of his. The people around him at a early age would not describe him like he would grow to be regarded as. He would be seen as a rather flowery child, and one that would be relegated to a corner with a book. Yet in 1940 tank tracks would begin to roll through the nation German Panzers would churn up the dirt roads, and then the main roads, and then up and down Paris. This boy was 10, and for the first time in his life he would see a man be killed outside his house. The man would toss what is now known as a Molotov at a Panzer, but miss the spots he would need to hit. Just as it landed Phillipe would watch as the man would be hit, and how the life would drain from his body in a fraction of a second. This would change him from their forward his life would be dedicated in direct opposition to totalitarianism, and later on in favor of socialism. Much of his teenage years could be defined by the 4 years of occupation after this. He would deliver messages by bicycle from cell to cell, and after the occupation went away he would be just another child.

**Africa, and Germany.**

Yet in the 1950s a new chance would emerge to fight, and he would take it up with vigor. In 1951 a civil war would erupt in Ethiopia, Phillipe would decide to go off, and fight in a international brigade. He would gather together a group of Friends most from a local CGT chapter to fight with him, and they would be joined by various other Frenchman to become the 'Martinez Battalion' though despite what the name suggests they would only be made up of some 70 men, and women. They would only see real fighting in the 2 year long siege of Addis Ababa where the communists would make the Monarchists pay for every inch of pavement. His men would fight bravely, but ultimately would return home after the fall of the city. He would fight across Africa in the various civil wars during de-colonization, and the Matrinez Battalion would grow to being a actual battalion notably taking part in the Rhodesian civil war. Yet in the 1970s a much bigger fish would present itself to the battalion. Germany had fallen into civil war between the fascists, and

monarchists, and Phillipe would go to fight against... both. The Martinez Battalion would become renegades in the forests of western Germany, and would grow the size of 4k men, but would retain the Battalion name. The Battalion would retreat home after a major defeat after attempting to take Frankfurt. This retreat would be dubbed the "Frankfurt March" they would make it back to France after losing 2k men. A permanent black mark on his record Martinez would decide to join the CGT as the head of its various paramilitary organizations, and would largely return to normal life.

**The CGT**

In 1980 the CGT was just a labor union, but by the time Martinez was done with it, it would be more apt to a nation. In the a little over 40 year time span between this Phillipe would have risen in the ranks from a militia leader. To a head member of the council, and His ability to grow the CGT to be one of the most powerful labor unions in the world is one of the most remarkable political maneuvers European history, and would most definitely define the first half of the 2020s, and its after shocks would grow as far as WW3 after the CGT had shown the world what it meant to be socialists.

**The French Revolution, and establishment of the Republic**

Martinez would be old by 2020 at 90 years old, but not to old to fight apparently. Martinez would command troops primarily in Paris, and would orginize multiple ambush's though due to old age he himself would never hold a gun. Due to the brevity of the revolt not much can be said about his actions other than his service not being stellar, or terrible. It was rather standard for a man who had not commanded combat troops for some 40 years. Yet after the revolution he would grow to be a top politician first in the black rose, and soon to be head of the House for the CGT.

**The 1st French Conflict**

It would be 2021, and France would face its first fight. Martinez would be a proponent of stoping the Byzantines, and thier imperial ambitions, but as he saw it conflict was not the right option for the moment. He would be proven right as his enemys rolled into his nation from all sides, and consumed the nation recently torn by a revolution. This war would also show to be Frances flex of muscle against its adversary's. France would hold remarkably well for its situation, and would eventually through the help from the Pactera organization beat back the Blue Rose alliance.It is said that he would be diagnosed with lung cancer shortly after the war.

**Death**

In January 5th 2024 Martinez would die from terminal lung cancer shortly after a meeting with Kaiser Georg Fredriech. This meeting is to have supposedly lead to the German civil war, and what would come after

**Legacy**

As said prior the German civil war would follow the meeting when the Kaiser would step down to a new government. The monarchists would revolt shortly after, and would win the war installing Georg Fredrich the 2nd. Yet after this, Marine a head general of the French army, and a remarkable man on his own would lead a fascist coup in 2024 against the nation now weak from the 1st French conflict. The entire standing army would stand with Marine against the various forces of the Republic, and its large socialist blocks, but then the CGT would rise. Pouget would lead the CGT into a revolution against the Republic as he felt that the time was right to tear down the old system, and beat back the Fascists. Though for the time being he would maintain a truce. He would lead the CGT to take down the coup,and would raise over 4 million militia to fight against them. The Germans would soon intervene to take their piece of the pie of France, but would ultimately be stopped in their tracks by the 5 million reserves that would be mobilized by the old government. After a year more of fighting the Germans the old republic would fall, and the CGT would take power. Shortly after this a white peace would be signed between the sides, and finally Martinez had finished his lifes work, but only after death, but more was to come. This revolution would inspire others across Europe, in Italy, Russia, Norway, and more to come. Martinez has become after death the most influential figure of the 2020s, and likely to be the entire first half of the 2000s. These revolutions would culminate into WW3 where the Norwegians, and Russians would fight the entire western world.