[b]WiP[/b] [center][h1]The United Front[/h1][/center] [center][h3]Known as the [i]Einheitsfront[/i] in Alfheichen[/h3][/center] Add a flag or map or both here, if desired. [b]Summary of Organization:[/b] The United Front is a loose coalition of resistance fighters and political enemies of the Alfheiches Reiyk. All working towards the common goal of overthrowing the current Alfheichen regimes in their respective regions. The level of coordination and information sharing between the different groups varies. Some groups within the group are even antagonistic with other groups. The different liberation groups are listed below: [hider=Mactan Liberation Army] [b]Mactan Liberation Army[/b] [i]Hukbong Kalayaan ng Mactan[/i] in Mactano In 1928 Mactan was invaded by the Alfheiches Reiyk. Most major powers choose to ignore Alfheichen's aggressive actions in hopes that they would cease any further territorial claims. Most of Mactan's government officials fled to Akiya after the occupation. The Alfheichen army encountered sporadic resistance during the first few years of the occupation. Eleven years after occupying Mactan however the Alfheichen army began encountering organized resistance in and around the former capital city of Mactani. Alfheichen officials blame the Mactan government in exile for arming these insurgents. Currently the leader of the group within Mactan itself is unknown. Alfheichen officials speculate that Mactan Liberation Front are nothing more than small cells operating independent of one another. However new intelligence stating that the MLA is more organized than previously believed and that they have communications with other resistance movements proves otherwise. Relationship to the other resistance movements: The Yuvran Nationalist - Neutral Olkon Nationalist - Amiable Zerjan Tribal Leaders - Amiable Hudan's Red Faction - Neutral The Kolmoist - Neutral Belforo's Children of God - Cooperative Alfheichen People Front - Conflicting General Mackle's Plot - Abysmal [/hider] [hider=Yuvran Nationalist] [b]Yuvran Nationalist [/b] In 1882, the Yuvranni nation broke away from the former Seredinaslavia when the Alfheiches Reiyk invaded. Yuvranni would later join the Alfheiches Reiyk in subduing it's neighbors. Hoping to be rewarded for it's co-belligerent role. However later Yuvranni was also occupied, not unlike its neighbors that Yuvranni betrayed. Many in the Yuvran armed forces escaped Alfheichen officials trying to disarm them. Forming into partisan groups in the countryside that continued to resist the Alfheiches Reiyk for half a century. The Yuvran Nationalist are very much distrusted by other partisan movements in the former Seredinaslavia region, even after all the decades that have passed. None-the-less the Yuvran Nationalist have ordinated several, if ineffective, attacks around the region with other groups. Their leader, organizational structure and strength and levels of coordination is unknown to most intelligence services. Relationship to the other resistance movements: Mactan Liberation Front - Cooperative Olkon Nationalist - Abysmal Zerjan Tribal Leaders - Abysmal Hudan's Red Faction - Abysmal The Kolmoist - Neutral Belforo's Children of God - Neutral Alfheichen People's Front - Neutral General Mackle's Plot - Conflicting [/hider] [hider= Olkon Nationalist] [b]Olkon Nationalist[/b] The Olkon ethnic group was perhaps the largest in the former state of Seredinaslavia. As such it was primarily the Olkon people that resisted the Alfheiches Reiyk during the invasion of Seredinaslavia. Many in the former Seredinaslavia believed that the invasion could have been at least delayed if it hadn't been for Yuvranni secession. After this the war swung heavily in favor of the Alfheichens. Many enlisted infantrymen escaped into the forest. Most were found and rounded by the Alfheiches Reiyk. Those that managed to evade the patrols eventually formed partisan movements. Constantly harassing the Empire and training newer generations of partisans for 50 odd years. The Olkon nationalist are one of the most fierce and ruthless resistance movements in the region. However they often clash with the other partisan groups in the region as much as they do with the Alfheiches Reiyk. Relationship to the other resistance movements: Mactan Liberation Front - Cooperative Yuvran Nationalist - Abysmal Zerjan Tribal Leaders - Abysmal Hudan's Red Faction - Abysmal The Kolmoist - Neutral Belforo's Children of God - Neutral Alfheichen People's Front - Amiable General Mackle's Plot - Conflicting [/hider] [hider=Zerjan Tribal Leaders] [b]Zerjan Tribal Leaders[/b] The Zerjan people have always lived independent of its neighbors, even when it's lands were integrated into Seredinaslavia. They would consider themselves an autonomous people of Seredinaslavia. Never subject to the Seredinaslavian parliament and it's laws. During the invasion, most of the Zerjan people opted to defend their mountainous homeland. Leaving the defense of the rest of the country largely to the Oklan army. The Zerjan people to this day claim that they had never surrendered to the empire. However from time to time their interests conflict with the other resistance groups in the former Seredinaslavia. As such they have been known to work with and against the Empire. The Zerjan tribal Partisans are known to operate under the command of their tribal elders. Who these elders are is a complete secret kept by the tribes. It is estimated that there are 2000 to 3000 Partisans in their organization. Relationship to the other resistance movements: Mactan Liberation Front - Cooperative Yuvran Nationalist - Abysmal Olkon Nationalist - Abysmal Hudan's Red Faction - Abysmal The Kolmoist - Neutral Belforo's Children of God - Neutral Alfheichen People's Front - Neutral General Mackle's Plot - Conflicting [/hider] [hider=Hudan's Red Faction] [b]Hudan's Red Faction[/b] Hudan's Red Faction is the unofficial name given to the authoritarian socialist, nationalistic resistance movement under the direct command of Milos Hudan. They operate in the former Seredinaslavia region. Often fighting the empire as well as the other resistance movements in the area. They are considered a new movement by the other resistance groups in the area. As Hudan's Red Faction was formed in 1908, only 31 years old. None-the-less they have been known as a potent fighting group. Doing considerable damage to Alfheichen assets. As such are the primary resistance group that the Empire targets in the region. The Alfheiches Reiyk often urges other resistance groups to attack the Red Faction. Sometimes even granting rewards to confirmed kills. However more often the Red Faction works with the other resistance movements to cripple major supply routes to the area as well as frequently stealing supplies to fund their respective war efforts. Several analysts believe that Hudan's Red Faction has between 2000 to 3500 Partisans in their ranks. Relationship to the other resistance movements: Mactan Liberation Front - Cooperative Yuvran Nationalist - Abysmal Olkon Nationalist - Abysmal Zerjan Tribal Leaders - Abysmal The Kolmoist - Neutral Belforo's Children of God - Neutral Alfheichen People's Front - Cooperative General Mackle's Plot - Conflicting [/hider] [hider=The Kolmoist] [b]The Kolmoist[/b] The Kolmoist movement is a libertarian socialist resistance group that continues the armed struggle of Orell Kolmo, who they take their name from. In 1892 Kolmo along with several close compatriots enacted an armed rebellion against the state of Yulha. These rebels captured a large swath of the southern region of Yulha and created the Free Territories of Yulha. The Free Territories practiced a form of anarcho-socialism that found itself massively popular with the common masses. However the Alfheiches Reiyk was quick to pounce on both the Yuhla state and the Free Territories. Ultimately capitulating both in a quick but costly victory. It is unknown whether Kolmo himself survived the war. However his movement didn't collapse under the Alfheichen regime. They are still a very severe threat to the Empire. Fighting the empire after 47 years of occupation. Making them potent adversaries for their uncompromising ideological conviction. The Kolmoist are also believed to have ties to the Freedom Front. They are believed to number within 2500 active members. Relationship to the other resistance movements: Mactan Liberation Front - Cooperative Yuvran Nationalist - Cooperative Olkon Nationalist - Cooperative Zerjan Tribal Leaders - Cooperative Hudan's Red Faction - Cooperative Belforo's Children of God - Cooperative Alfheichen People's Front - Cooperative General Mackle's Plot - Abysmal [/hider] [hider=Belforo's Children of God] [b]Belforo's Children of God [/b] In 1930 the Morric Republic was offered up to the Alfheiches Reiyk in exchange for promising to drop further territorial claims. The Morric people did not eagerly accept Alfheichen rule. Cases of civil disobedience became common in the first few months of the occupation. These were however quickly put down with force. The Alfheiches Reiyk then decided to completely destroy Morric culture to make them more docile. Including banning their religion of Posdalism. When this made the Morric people become even more unruly, the Alfheiches Reiyk considered the Morrs as an "undesirable people'' and new intelligence leaks now shows that the Morrs are to be systematically liquidated. Several armed resistance movements quickly grew to oppose the empire. One of them became more successful than all others and would unite all resistance movements in the former Morric Republic. The Children of God movement under the leadership of the charismatic Belforo is the largest and most cohesive resistance movement against the Alfheiches Reiyk in the United Front. They number around 8000 to 10,000 active participants. Including those inside Alfheichen mandated concentration and/or death camps. They are the highest priority resistance movement for the Alfheiches Reiyk. Spending considerable resources trying to dismantle the organization. This is in no small part to Belforo's policy that any and all Alfheichen, whether combatants or not, must be killed to avenge their people. Relationship to the other resistance movements: Mactan Liberation Front - Amiable Yuvran Nationalist - Neutral Olkon Nationalist - Cooperative Zerjan Tribal Leaders - Neutral Hudan's Red Faction - Cooperative The Kolmoist - Cooperative Alfheichen People's Front - Abysmal General Mackle's Plot - Abysmal [/hider] [hider=Alfheichen People's Front] Alfheichen People's Front Known as the Alfheichen Volksfront in their native tongue, the APF is an authoritarian socialist group that formed after the Krieger Revolt was crushed by the Alfheiches Reiyk. After the failed uprising, the early APF was forced underground and adapted guerilla tactics. Several policies were enacted in the following years that further limited the recruiting actions of the group. 232 years after the rise of the Alfheiches Reiyk, the APF were initially believed to have been destroyed. However the Frumenti, the secret police of the state, would occasionally arrest individuals believed to be associated with the group in one form or another. Currently, even after close to two centuries of being pursued by the Reiyk, the APF are still known to operate in the rural areas of Czehsberg and Molhen and well as in the city of Ponne. Their numbers are believed to be extremely diminished but still pose a, if albeit small, threat to the state. Relationship to the other resistance movements: Mactan Liberation Front - Neutral Yuvran Nationalist - Neutral Olkon Nationalist - Neutral Zerjan Tribal Leaders - Neutral Hudan's Red Faction - Amiable The Kolmoist - Cooperative Belforo's Army of God - Abysmal General Mackle's Plot - Abysmal [/hider] [hider=General vab Mackle's Plot] [b]General vab Mackle's Plot[/b] Großfeldimperator Gilbert Drittus vab Mackle is a well known and well decorated veteran of several wars that expanded the empire to its current extent. In ____ he was well known in the Wehrmacht(?) general staff for his unorthodox but highly effective troop tactics that helped win the battle of _____. In _____ he opted for the Heer(?) to develop and produce mainly agile and fast tanks as armor warfare was being developed. These light tanks and the doctrine he would develop for them won the battle of ____. When his armor divisions completely outflanked the ____ and caused a collapse of their front. This would earn him the rank of Großfeldimperator (Great Field Commander). However General vab Mackle has become disillusioned with the aristocracy. Viewing their political agendas as a weakening influence on the army and the whole military structure as a whole. General vab Mackle believes that the Alfheiches Reiyk should be reformed into a stratocracy. He believes that the authoritarian powers of the states should be in the hands of military leaders. To do this the gemeral plans on overthrowing Emperor Magnus Erstus von Vilkstern and his aristocrats not in the service of the military. Currently only General vab Mackle and his aide, Oberst Oberstarzt (Colonel) Johann Dritte Frisdorf, are the only two people involved in the plot. Relationship to the other resistance movements: Mactan Liberation Front - [Unknown] Yuvran Nationalist - [Unknown] Olkon Nationalist - [Unknown] Zerjan Tribal Leaders - [Unknown] Hudan's Red Faction - [Unknown] The Kolmoist - [Unknown] Alfheichen People's Front - [Unknown] Belforo's Children of God - [Unknown] [/hider] [b]History:[/b] [b] Pre-War:[/b] [hider] During the early years of what would become the Alfheiches Reiyk, a coalition of left-wing militia groups united in what would become known as the Krieger Revolt. This was in response to the brutal suppression of the Alemanian Uprising by Alfheichen imperial authorities. As such many left-wing armed groups determined that negotiations with the aristocracy were simply improbable. The Krieger Revolt aimed to overthrow the monarchy and install some form of democratic government in the nation. The militias created many forms of information sharing and communications that allowed them to coordinate military actions on a surprising level. From 1726 to 1728, the Kriegers fought the Alfheichen state in unconventional warfare. Using tactics that avoided open battles and would lure their enemies into fights that would favor their situation. The Krieger Revolt would even come close to sparking a full civil war in Alfheichen kingdom by uniting all the enemies of the Reiyk under one coalition. However the resistance movements were never able to agree on what government they wanted to replace the monarchy. As such coordination between the different groups stopped and the state destroyed the movements piecemeal. Some of the original Kriegers managed to escape persecution and would eventually come to form the Alfheichen Volksfront. However the idea of multiple groups working together with the shared goal of undermining the Alfheiches Reiyk was born from that moment. [/hider] [b]Formation of the Organization:[/b] [hider]As the Alfheiches Reiyk continued to expand, it would create enemies in the form of partisan movements trying to liberate their people. Some of these partisan movements would eventually come into contact with one another. The exact formation of the United Front is unknown. However it is believed to have come about when Alfheichen writer, activist and political refugee Karl Fünfte Kross and former Seredinaslavian Minister of War Kazimir Banich met in _____ during 1901. The two happened upon one another in a protest opposing the military expansion of the Alfheiches Reiyk. Kross happened to have close ties with leading figures in the Alfheichen People Front. Banich, being the former Minister of War for Seredinaslavia, kept in contact with multiple military leaders that happened to escape Reiyk persecution. According to secondhand accounts, the two would slowly build trust in one another and start introducing their contacts to the other's. A network of like-minded individuals came to form with the single goal of toppling the Reiyk's tyranny. With great reluctance Yuvran and Zerjan contacts were also introduced into the slowly forming United Front. A robust and effective communication system was formed between the partisan groups. The Frumenti would affectionately call the communication system the "underground mail". This partisan alliance would prove it's worth in 1913 when the Reiyk found itself having to deploy additional assets to the former Seredinaslavian region only to recall them to defend the Alfheichen homelands from APF attacks. [/hider] [b]Recent History:[/b] [hider] Currently the United Front has managed to draw considerable amounts of Reiyk manpower and equipment to problematic areas. While mostly serving as a distraction for the Reiyk, helping other nations by keeping the Alfheiches Reiyk's resources spread out and thin, the United Front's own goals of overthrowing the Reiyk seems far from achievable at the moment. However the addition of the Mactan Liberation Army and Belforo's Children of God has added new operational theatres for the Front to maneuver. The United Front also now has the added benefit of intelligence leaks from the highest echelons of the Reiyk's military. Whoever is providing the United Front these informational gains and their ultimate goals is unknown. Making the partisan groups hesitant to trust the intelligence given to them. [/hider] [b]Pressing Issues:[/b] [hider] The most pressing issue facing the partisans of the United Front is the Alfheiches Reiyk's occupation of their territories. Anti-partisan measures by the Reiyk are known to be brutal and indiscriminate. Often eliminating local communities, such as towns and villages, simply for being in the vicinity of a partisan attack. The Reiyk will also take preemptive actions, such as decreasing a population's food ration and forcing communities into concentration camps, to discourage possible and/or future partisan efforts in the future. Reiyk mismanagement of resources as well as general apathy to it's colonial subjects have created and/or worsened calamities that affects the populace the partisans fight for. To add to the long list of disadvantages the partisans face, another key issue the struggle to resolve is lack of equipment and ammunition. Unlike most of the unoccupied nations that resist the Reiyk, the partisans of the United Front cannot manufacture the supplies they need to actively fight the empire. As such they more often than not exclusively rely on foreign lent and/or stolen material to continue their struggle. [/hider] [b]Notable Strengths:[/b] [hider] The United Front's greatest strength comes in it's flexibility and ability to perform actions that most traditional armed forces cannot. The United Front can choose to attack it's enemies on their own terms. Rarely an opportunity afforded to most conventional armies. The shared intelligence system between the different resistance movements also makes it possible to coordinate their actions on a large theatre that only allied nations could achieve. Partisan groups could coordinate their attacks in such a fashion that the Reiyk is left unable to respond in an effective manner. As the Reiyk is fighting on multiple fronts, a coordinated uprising on both the Reiyk's occupied continents could prove catastrophic. As such the Reiyk is kept on a constant state of alert. The soldiers stationed in these areas are often plagued with battle fatigue and other illnesses associated with lack of rest and stressful combat conditions. The intelligence leaks from vab Mackle have also proved valuable in some partisan operations. Even if most of the partisan groups are still hesitant to trust the information given to them. [/hider] [b]National Priorities:[/b] [hider] The main and only goal of the United Front is to overthrow the Reiyk and/or Reiyk-allied regimes in their respective territories. What institution they want to replace it with wildly differs according to each partisan group. However their shared goals of weakening and ultimately overthrowing the current Alfheiches Reiyk is the sole driving force behind their coalition. [/hider]