The German Communist Party, aided by Russian refugees such as Vladimir Lenin, gained popular support and took control of the nation, now renamed the German People's Republic. As the Communists sought to revolutionize the nation and cement control, a struggle for power took place that led to the rise of the militaristic Leo Jogiches, who invaded Poland and declared war on capitalism in 1939, sparking World War II. Despite overrunning most of Europe, allying with Japan and the Pan-American Alliance, and bringing the capitalist world to its knees, the capitalist Allies eventually defeated Germany and occupied it, dividing it into two sections - the American held Rhine Province in the west, and Russian Prussia in the east. After the outbreak of World War III in 1952, Germany became a battlegro