West Russian War
The West Russian War, also known as the Second Trial by the Siberian Black League, was a conflict fought in European Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus, between the Greater Germanic Reich and its allies, and the West Russian Revolutionary Front, their allies, and co-belligerents.
Background
During World War II, Germany invaded the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, leading to its total collapse and the occupation of Russia up to the Arkhangelsk-Astrakhan line. However, the Union yet lives; loyal Soviet generals under the leadership of Alexander Yegorov formed the West Russian Revolutionary Front to force the Germans out of Russia, with the support of the Marxist-Leninist civilian government in Tyumen. Meanwhile, with the great Bolshevik threat defeated, the various Russian groups who collaborated with the Reich could no longer reconcile their differences and started sporadic fights with each other.
As the Front prepared to strike, the leadership of the Russian Liberation Army and the Russian All-Military Union came to an agreement: the German was their enemy just as much as the Bolshevik, and the attack by the Bolshevik forces would be the perfect opportunity to save themselves from the bleak fate under the Reich's eagle.
The United States and Japan both seeing a chance to counter German ambitions, would give military aid and support to the WRRF. When the German economy imploded, the WRRF took the opportunity and launched a massive attack.
The conflict
West Russian advance
The war began with a massive partisan offensive, that caught the German forces totally by surprise, easily forcing Reichskommissariat Moskowien's forces back. Confusion ran rampant through the Wehrmacht as the Russian forces advanced westwards. Berlin, not wanting a total collapse in the east, scrambled to send reinforcements to prevent this. The war began to take its toll on the already struggling German economy, causing further strife. This was coupled with a major partisan uprising in Reichskommissariat Kaukasien by the Transcaucasian Soviet.
Marshal Zhukov led Operation Suvorov, advancing toward Ukraine in the south. Marshal Tukhachevsky's forces, meanwhile, also saw many victories as they aggressively pushed into Moskowien from the north. Arkhangelsk, Yaroslavl and Vladimir were all soon seized by the advancing Russian forces.
The Front used the momentum from these early victories to great effect, and their army swelling in size as Russians in the liberated territory joined the war against the Germans.
German response
Although caught off-guard, due to the aforementioned accord between the ROA and the ROVS, the infighting between collaborators ceased prematurely, in less than a year, and the Reich's forces struck back. While German forces were bolstered by Swedish and Finnish aid, the failure of the second Five-Year Plan led to sudden stagnation and industry in Tyumen, and aid to the Front proved insufficient; the war turned against the WRRF in 1957. Andrey Vlasov led the charge of the pro-German forces towards the East, an endeavour that the Germans perceived as an old collaborator seeking to prove his usefulness.
West Russian collapse
In 1958, the Vlasovites closed on Samara, the fortified capital of the WRRF. After months of bitter and brutal fighting, Samara fell and became the new bastion of anti-communism in West Russia. With the loss of its capital and many soldiers and Tyumen's support running dry, Yegorov had no choice but to retreat, marking the end of the Front's participation in the war—but it did not mark the last shots fired.
As Germany rotated hardened veterans to the reserve for their well-deserved recuperation, garrison troops marched eastward to secure the A-A line once more, expecting the collaborators to be loyal, only to be ambushed by ROA and ROVS soldiers, who savoured a final victory over the Hun. The eastern regions of RK Moskowien fell into the Russian anarchy.
Aftermath
Neither the Russian nor the German was the winner in the West Russian War. The Reich lost many good men and equipment, as well as the easternmost fringe of its empire. The WRRF was unable to liberate most Russians in occupied territories from bondage and captivity. The rebelling collaborators gained the most from it all—their lives, their freedom, and a chance to rebuild Russia in their vision.