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'''Mikhail Tukhachevsky''' (also known as "The Red Napoleon")
=== Military career in the Russian Empire ===▼
▲Military career in the Russian Empire
Tukhachevsky got conscripted into the Russian Army to fight in World War 1. He was captured by German Soldiers and was in the same cell as the french [[Charles de Gaulle]]. He tried to escape 5 times, and he suceeded on his fifth attempt and fled back to Russia.
=== Russian Civil War and Aftermath ===▼
▲Russian Civil War and Aftermath
During the Russian Civil War, Tukhachevsky joined the [[Red Army]]. As he won many battles due to his military genius, and thus was named one of the best generals in the [[Red Army]]. He put down many revolts and led the Red Army to Poland, but he then got defeated at the Vistula. He was then named one of the first 5 Field Marshals of the [[Soviet Union]].
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[[World War II|World War 2]] and the [[West Russian War]] ===
During WW2, Tukhachevsky fought hard, however he could not stop the Wehrmacht's march on Russia. After the defeat of the [[Red Army]], he joined the [[West Russian Revolutionary Front]] which was formed by the remnants of the [[Red Army]]. He also made a push into the german [[Reichskommisariat Moskowien]], the WRRF almost won, but then the germans rallied their forces and fought hard to expel the Russians from their eastern Lebensraum, however the WRRF collapsed, and there was only a moderate border change in the AA Line. After the WRW, Tukhachevsky was one of the few to stay loyal to the Front. He then blamed [[Mikhail Suslov]] for the Front's collapse.
== Trivia ==
In OTL, Tukhachevsky was executed in the Great Purge, however, he was noted as one of the key men who reformed the Red Army prior to his execution.
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