Russian Invasion of Eastern Europe (New England Mapper)

The Russian Invasion of Eastern Europe was a major front during World War III, fought between two Eastern Powers, Russia and for most of the time Serbia, against the Allied Powers, which on this front were lead by Poland, Turkey, and Sweden. The Russian Invasion, also called Operation Revolution, was the deadliest theatre during WW3 not counting nuclear exchanges, with an estimated 13 million deaths. After the Serbian president Tomislav Nikolić was impeached, his rival and pro-Allied presidential candidate Boris Tadić was elected in an emergency election and took Serbia out of the Eastern Powers, instead joining the Allies. Also, December 25 is celebrated as not just Christmas in these countries, but it is also known as V-EE (Victory in Eastern Europe) Day to celebrate the surrender of Russian troops in the countries involved in the invasion. The Russian Invasion of Eastern Europe began when Serbia invaded and capitulated most of it's neighbors from September 16-28. Russia then invaded and occupied the Baltic States and Moldova, but lost some of their nuclear warheads, which were taken by Polish troops during the Battle of Kaliningrad. Poland also attempted to regain territory lost to Russia during World War II, but this failed and a city within Poland, Bialystok, was the site of the famous First and Second Battles of Bialystok, the first of which secured Russian troops in Poland. Romania, Hungary, Czechia and Slovakia came to Poland's aid, but were pushed back as well. Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia had all become targets of Serbia and were being crushed, and Russia had landed on Turkey's Black Sea coast and Turkey was quickly losing ground. By February 2019, Lublin, Poland was surrounded indefinitely by Russian soldiers and Russian divisions had approached the gates of Warsaw. The Battle of Warsaw was the second most deadly battle fought during the invasion, with over 1,000,000 dead total. It was during this battle, a Polish Royalist and later king of Poland Rydygier II, Margrave of Meissen became a popular war hero and boosted Allied morale.