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| - After the civil war, socialist leader Alastair Chandler was instated as the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain and was allocated to serve for as long as he pleased. This was met by opposition by many moderate socialists and moderate communists, resulting in the Decade Purge with the eradication of many undesired factions. In 1926, the Chandler finalized the Anglo-Soviet Alliance between the Worker's Commonwealth and the Soviet Union, initially against the capitalist powers of France, Canada, and the United States; however this alliance would be used later on in World War II against Germany.
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| - After the civil war, socialist leader Alastair Chandler was instated as the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain and was allocated to serve for as long as he pleased. This was met by opposition by many moderate socialists and moderate communists, resulting in the Decade Purge with the eradication of many undesired factions. In 1926, the Chandler finalized the Anglo-Soviet Alliance between the Worker's Commonwealth and the Soviet Union, initially against the capitalist powers of France, Canada, and the United States; however this alliance would be used later on in World War II against Germany. With the rise of fascism in Europe, the British soon became wary of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy and began to reopen themselves up to the French and Americans. The French Third Republic recognized the Worker's Commonwealth as a legitimate state in 1936 while the Americans recognized it in 1938. Once Operation Barbarossa was launched by Germany in 1941, the British immediately honoured it's alliance with the Soviet Union and declared war on the Nazis. It wasn't long until the British were able to move onto mainland Europe after many British military leaders agreed to cooperate with the Americans in the Italian Campaign and D-Day. By 1945, the allies successfully defeated Germany, Italy, and the Japanese Empire; leading up to the Cold War. The Worker's Commonwealth was initially closely aligned with the Soviet Union up until the death of Alastair Chandler in 1951. Once Chandler died, the next General Secretary (Lewis Crawford) slightly liberalized Great Britain, however it was still fairly autocratic compared to the U.S. or France. With Crawford's reforms, the tenure of the General Secretary was reduced to 5 years per officeholder and the office of Chancellor of the Worker's Commonwealth was created to delegate slightly more power away from the General Secretary; albeit the Chancellor had very little power. Between the 50s and 60s, the Worker's Commonwealth began to drift away from the Soviet-styled practices and joined Yugoslavia and China in being unaligned socialist states, ending the Anglo-Soviet Alliance. Great Britain still leaned towards to the Soviets, however the two did not share their special relationship after the late 60s. Once the Cold War ended with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signing the New Union Treaty, the Worker's Commonwealth faced a severe problem with riots and protests against the authoritarian government. It was fairly apparent that the Chancellor had very little power under the leadership of General Secretary Joseph Cross, who was a staunch supporter of hardline communism. The Communist Party ultimately decided to remove Cross from office in 1994 after the effects of the June Protests and instate Phillip Hackett as the General Secretary. Hackett immediately reassigned his title from General Secretary to President of the Worker's Commonwealth and, as the head of the Communist Party, successfully removed the party from the government and subsequently dissolved it. Hackett established the Liberal Party of the Worker's Commonwealth and appointed William Groves as the General Secretary of the Worker's Commonwealth. Under President Hackett's leadership, several new parties emerged in Great Britain (Liberal, Democratic Workers', and Conservative), as well as liberalizing the economy and making it a mixed economy. By the late 90s, the Worker's Commonwealth was economically and politically stable with the rest of the world.
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