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Alternate War in Europe: Part 1 (1949-1950)

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This video is an alternate history of Europe from 1949 to 1950. WWII began in 1939 with the German conquest of Poland and subsequent Invasion of France in 1940. After defeating France, Germany started a campaign against Britain and France’s colonial empires in Africa, before beginning to plan an invasion of the British Isles. It was a bloody offensive, but the United Kingdom surrendered to the Axis is early 1946.

After the war Germany went about eliminating neutral countries on the European Continent. First forcing Spain to join the Axis Alliance, then invading Portugal and setting up a puppet regime. Germany signed a pact with Ireland allowing the country to annex Northern Ireland, if they eliminated British forces there.

In the east, the Soviet Union had been expanding their influence in the Middle East, occupying British Iran and French Syria during the chaos of the Second World War. They also supported a revolutionary group in Turkey which overthrew the Republic of Turkey in 1948 and began funding the People’s Liberation Front in Saudi Arabia, which would rebel against the unpopular Sultannate in April 1949 leading to this alternate European war.

History of World War II in Europe – Animated Map

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This video is an animated map about the military history of WWII in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa from the Germany Invasion of Poland in September 1939 to the ultimate surrender of Germany in May of 1945.

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The Deserving Diplomatic Defender

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By defending against invaders, challenging heresies, and leading his flock as the Bishop of Rome, my patron saint, Leo, rightly deserves the honor of being the first Pope to be called, “The Great.”

Orthodox icon of Saint Leo.

Leo was born in Tuscany, Italy, part of the Western Roman Empire, around 400 AD. By 431, he had been tonsured as a deacon in Rome and his zealousness for the Church was known outside the city. About the same time, Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III sent Leo to settle a dispute between Aetius, a military commander of Roman forces in Gaul, and Albinus, a consul. 

While in Gaul in 440, Pope Sixtus III died and Leo was elected to succeed him. During his reign, Leo defended against Dioscorus of Alexandria and Eutyches who believed in the Monophysite heresy that Christ was fully divine, but not fully man. In 451, the Great Bishop called the Fourth Ecumenical Council at Chalcedon to condemn the heretics. The council concluded with the anathematization and excommunication of the heretical Dioscorus, Bishop of Alexandria, and the monk Eutyches. The next year, Leo persuaded Attila the Hun and his army to refrain from attacking the ancient city of Rome. In 455, Gaiseric, leader of the Vandal tribe, agreed to Leo’s requests not to kill civilians or raze the city. While Gaiseric kept mostly to the agreement, he did take some citizens as slaves during the sack. In addition to these diplomatic feats, Leo also wrote 96 sermons and 143 letters, of which the best known is his “Epistle to Saint Flavin.” 

The meeting between Pope Leo and Attila the Hun.

Leo reposed in peace in 461 after serving his flock for 21 years. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, with his Orthodox Feast Day being celebrated on February 18. 

Without the guidance of Saint Leo, the Huns and Vandals could have destroyed the entire city of Rome and the Monophysite heresy could have continued to corrupt the Church for many years. Pope Leo was a truly deserving diplomatic defender of the Christian faith. As he said, “Virtue is nothing without temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.”