Moscow, 1952
To put it lightly, things were going bleak for the USSR. Stalin was dying, the World was westernizing, and it seemed like no matter what the Reds did, the Blues fought back harder. But that will change today.
The RDS-1 nuclear test was successful, and now the Soviets couldn’t be toppled by a few bombs without the destruction of the world. It was now time to even things out between the United States. Thus began Operation Red Dawn.
On January 17, 1952, the Soviet Union sent out its latest MiG-19 supersonic fighter jets to the Empire of Brazil, to gravitate them closer to the USSR. They were already conflicting with the United States, so this gift was an easy pull. What might be more difficult we’re the upcoming missions.
Paris, 1952
The French lean to the West was as easy to fling East as a palm tree in a cartoon. Stalin knew the French would be vital in Soviet survival, and so they were a necessary ally.
To the French government,
If you wish to be safe from the Eagle’s Talons, join us. For a better Europe, one independent from our former colony! We only ask you gradually socialize, and in correspondence, we shall gradually democratize.
From, Iosif Stalin
Stalin realized that after his inevitably near death, destalinization would occur. With destalinization eventually comes democratization, and so this wasn’t an outlandishly difficult task. So, the letter was sent. Stalin only hopes it works.
Another potential target of Red Dawn was the PRC, however that may cause tensions big enough to handle only with extra forces in Manchuria, and so forces were sent over.
Lastly, Soviet-Czechoslovak relations were alright, but they could be better. And so, the Soviets built several stations and roads in Czechoslovakia, in an attempt to win them over. Plans for nuclear reactors were on the way, and hopefully, so was Soviet survival.
