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{{Infobox character
| name = Mikhail Tukhachevsky
| tabbertitle1 = 1962
| tabberfile1 = Portrait WRRF Mikhail Tukhachevsky.png
| tabbercaption1 = Mikhail Tukhachevsky in 1962
| tabbertitle2 = 1970s
| tabberfile2 = Portrait WRRF Mikhail Tukhachevsky 70s.png
| tabbercaption2 = Mikhail Tukhachevsky in the 1970s
| title8 = <u>Potential</u> Leader of the WRRF
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| birthdate = February 16th, 1893
| birthplace = Alexandrovskoye, Dorogobuzhsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
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| age = 68 years old
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| nationality = Russian
| role = Marshal of the WRRF, Potential leader for the WRRF
| party = Zapadnorusskiy Revolyutsionnyy Front
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| ideology = Stratocratic Communism
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'''Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky''' born 16 February [O.S. 4 February] 1893, also known as "The Red Napoleon" is a Marshal of the [[West Russian Revolutionary Front]]. One of the leading Soviet Marshals under the Front, and a candidate to succeed the Front's leadership. Marshal Tukhachevsky deeply resents the Soviet Union's military deficiencies, and envisions a militarized and revolutionary Soviet Union that can triumph over the enemies of Communism.
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On March 20 1920, Red Army Chief Kamenev would report to Lenin that he planned to appoint Tukhachevsky as commander of the Western Front ,stating that he was the one “who skillfully and decisively carried out the last operations to defeat the armies of General Denikin."
=== Inter-War Era ===
▲He was then named one of the first 5 Field Marshals of the [[Soviet Union]].
In the Inter-War era, Tukhachevsky would not stagnate in his role in the Red Army. After the Polish Soviet War, where Tukhachevsky was defeated at the Vistula, he would be dedicated to reforming the Red Army.
In his role as Marshal, Tukhachevsky fervently criticised the Red Army's performance during the 1926 Summer manoeuvres. He criticised the officers' inability to determine what course of action to take and communicate that with their troops especially harshly. Tukhachevsky noted that initiative among officers was lacking, that they responded slowly to changes in the situation and that communication was poor.
=== The Second World War and the West Russian War ===▼
This was not purely the officers' fault as the only way of communication from local unit headquarters to the field positions was a single telephone line. In contrast German divisions mobilised shortly after during the interwar period had telephones, radio, horse, cycle and motorcycle messengers, signal lights and flags and pieces of cloth with which messages were to be conveyed mostly to aircraft.
Tukhachevsky reached the position of 1st deputy commissar for defence, subordinate to Marshal Kliment Voroshilov. However, Voroshilov disliked Tukhachevsky. It was clear to many members, especially future colleague Georgy Zhukov, that it was Tukhachevsky and not Voroshilov who ran the ministry in practice. While Voroshilov disliked Tukhachevsky, his perception of military doctrine was nonetheless impacted significantly by Tukhachevsky's ideas.
During World War II, at the outset of Operation Barbarossa, Tukhachevsky like many Soviet Generals fought hard against the German invaders, however he could not stop the Wehrmacht's march on Russia. Despite his best efforts, counterattacks would be beaten back, and soon the Red Army would be in full retreat, all the way to the Archangel-Astrakhan Line.▼
Tukhachevsky would also write several books on modern warfare and, in 1931, after the Politburo had accepted the need for an industrialized military, Tukhachevsky was given a leading role in reforming the army. He held advanced ideas on military strategy, particularly on use of tanks and aircraft in combined operations.
After the defeat of the [[Red Army]], he would join the [[West Russian Revolutionary Front]] which was formed by the remnants of the [[Red Army]]. It was here he would plan the recapture of lost lands in the subsequent West Russian War, codenamed Operation Suvorov.▼
He also closely followed the development of military thought in England, France, and Germany, and highly valued the developments of Fuller, Liddell Hart and de Gaulle, noting that their ideas were not accepted by the official military doctrines of England and France. Additionally, Tukhachevsky took part in military cooperation between the USSR and Germany in the period from 1922 to 1933; in 1932 he attended large maneuvers in Germany.
Under Marshal Yegorov's orders, his plan would be combined with another plan devised by Zhukov. Subsequently, he would lead Soviet Forces in the West Russian War, making a push into [[Reichskommissariat Moskowien]], catching German and collaborationist forces by surprise.▼
Tukhachevsky also took a keen interest in the arts, and became a political patron and close friend of composer [[Dmitry Shostakovich|Dmitri Shostakovich]]; they met in 1925 and subsequently played music together at the Marshal's home (Tukhachevsky played the violin).
By Day 40, the WRRF was at the gates of Moscow, Leningrad and deep in West Russia, however, as a result of infighting within the command structure as well as factionalism from the West Siberian People's Republic, The Germans managed to rally together their forces and soon went on the counteroffensive, driving the Russians back from their hard fought gains.▼
▲=== The Second World War and the West Russian War ===
Subsequently after this German counteroffensive, the WRRF would collapse, with various statelets forming in its wake. Despite their failure to liberate the occupied territories, they had managed to push back the AA Line by a significant margin. ▼
▲During World War II, at the outset of Operation Barbarossa, Tukhachevsky like many Soviet Generals fought hard against the German invaders, however he could not stop the Wehrmacht's march on Russia. Despite his best efforts, any attempted counterattacks would be beaten back, and soon the Red Army would be in full retreat, all the way to the Archangel-Astrakhan Line. The Soviet Union would collapse, with Stalin, Soviet Intellectuals and the Far East splintering into various states.
▲After the defeat of the [[Red Army]] and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tukhachevsky and most of his staff would find themselves in West Russia, where he would join the [[West Russian Revolutionary Front]] which was formed by the remnants of the
▲Under Marshal Yegorov's orders, his plan would be combined with another plan devised by his colleage Marshal Zhukov. Subsequently, he would lead Soviet Forces in the West Russian War, making a push into [[Reichskommissariat Moskowien]], catching German and collaborationist forces by surprise.
▲By Day 40, the WRRF was at the gates of Moscow, Leningrad and deep in West Russia,
▲Subsequently after this German counteroffensive, the WRRF would collapse, with various statelets forming in its wake. Despite their failure to liberate the occupied territories, they had managed to push back the AA Line by a significant margin.
After the West Russian War, Tukhachevsky remained in the WRRF, serving as one of its Marshals. During his analysis of why the WRRF collapsed, he would find that Mikhail Suslov was reponsible for the Front's collapse.
Now as Marshal Yegorov's health declines, Tukhachevsky and Zhukov is locked in struggle, both laying claim to the role of successor. Time will tell who will succeed and bring the WRRF into the Second Smuta.
== Trivia ==
In OTL, Tukhachevsky was executed in what would be the start of the Great Purge on the 12th of June 1937, however, prior to this he was noted as one of the key men who reformed the Red Army
He would be politically rehabilitated on January 31, 1957 during the Krushchev Era, at the insistence of the Red Army and the current Minister of Defence, Georgy Zhukov.
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