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In early 1955, the German economy was strained by the war and Generalplan Ost, to the point where Grand Marshall Yegorov believed that German forces would simply crumple under the pressure of the Red Army. He correctly assumed that his forces were much more numerous, and that the Germans would have to concentrate on one section of the front, while he could advance along its entirety. With the German economic crash occurring in early 1955 as predicted. The offensive had to be delayed due to last minute unscheduled relocating of Soviet divisions leading to the Germans being able to slightly reorganize. On the 5th of July, 1955, the WRRF took the opportunity while they still had it and launched a massive attack against Nazi forces.

The war began with a massive partisan uprising across the occupied territories. Partisans blew up railways, put up roadblocks, conducted assassinations and all in all made the Germans' lives hell. Caught totally off guard by this, the Wehrmacht struggled to respond with their communication lines cut. They were in the dark, allowing for Operation Suvorov, to begin. Confusion ran rampant through the Wehrmacht as the Russian forces advanced westwards with barely any resistance. Additionally the Luftwaffe was grounded due to partisans taking out the German fuel dumps across the region, allowing for the Red Air Force to fly unopposed. Marshal Zhukov led Soviet forces in the South, advancing toward Ukraine. Marshal Tukhachevsky's forces, meanwhile, also saw many victories as they aggressively pushed into [[Reichskommissariat Moskowien|Moskowien]] from the north. Astrakhan, Pensa, Arkhangelsk, and Plesetsk were all soon seized by the advancing Russian forces.

The war was smooth sailing for the [[West Russian Revolutionary Front|WRRF]] up to this point. All of their major strategic objectives had been met so far, Stalingrad had been liberated, and their forces were within spitting distance from Moscow. But it wasn't a situation in which victory was assured. German forces were getting more and more numerous by the day, the Luftwaffe ruled the skies again and the German internal situation had been resolved. Just as the Front's forces were on the brink of reaching Moscow and Leningrad on day 40 of the offensive, the hardships of war began to take too much of a toll on [[West Russian Revolutionary Front|WRRF]] forces as the front lines began to solidify. Many of the Soviet generals and their forces abandoned the war effort, due to political divisions among leaders of different Soviet factions, severely weakening their united front from within. Combined with the retraction of support from Kaganovich, the WRRF's situation began to look dire.

General Hans Speidel was able to gather enough forces and relieved the now almost besieged city of Moscow, sending Russian soldiers into a full scale retreat. General [[Ferdinand Schorner]]'s brilliant use of maneuver warfare allowed for a swift recapture of Paulusburg, leading to even more internal stress within the Red Army. With Speidel's counterattack seemingly not stopping, General Ivan Chernyakhovsky, leading the [[Gorky|Gorky Tank Brigade]] led a desperate stand at Gorky which would halt the German advance. His counterattack bought enough time for the Red Army to retreat to more defensible positions in an organized manner, leading to a stalemate taking place along the current frontlines, with barely any movement.

With the failure of Operation Suvorov, the final piece of faith in the Soviet Union the people had, was lost. Declaration of independence from [[Bashkortostan]] and [[Tatarstan]] followed almost immediately after the ceasefire. [[Vyatka|Monarchists]] led by [[Vladimir III]] took control of [[Vyatka]]. Vlasov's [[Samara|Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia]] took control of Samara after a contained German advance.

Warlords across the region started to chip away at Yegorov's Front, leading to its full collapse and retreat to Arkhangelsk.

After the failure of the West Russian War, Yegorov would shy away from the spotlight, bemoaning his failure to liberate the German-occupied lands, and the deaths of many Russian soldiers in the fields of West Russia.