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===[[File:Suhaly.png]] The Sahali Revolution===


[[File:ChairmanShaban.jpg|thumb|Colorized photo of Rayiys Shaban preparing to declare Sahala's declaration of independence from the French Empire, August 1949]]


In April of 1932, protests would break out in the city of Bahjir to protest worsening economic conditions and generally against French colonialism. In response, French authorities would crack down brutally on the protesters. However, this would, unlike other failed uprisings, lead to more joining in. Soon, the protesters overran French authorities and the workers and peasants of Bahjir took control of the city, forming a revolutionary government of elected councils in its place. [[File:Commie.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|The Communist Party]] would soon take control of the revolutionary government, and [[File:RST.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Rayiys Shaban]] would arrive in Bahjir secretly. However, French backups would arrive and would take back control of the city. This would force the Sahali revolutionaries to make a retreat to the rural countryside. 


[[File:Hafiz.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Marwand]] [[Stratocracy|Hafiz]] would lead the Sahali guerillas, mainly focusing on hit and run tactics to catch the French off-guard and to drag them further and further into the countryside to cut off their supplies. When France was invaded and later occupied in 1940 by Germany, the Sahali guerillas took the opportunity to launch a massive offensive into enemy territory. By 1945, the Sahali guerillas controlled around 60% of the country. There were numerous excesses committed by Hafiz however in the campaign, such as the Khasanji Massacre where hundreds of captured French soldiers were killed and buried in mass graves. 

France after WW2 would attempt to launch a counteroffensive against the Communists, but by this time it would be too little too late. In July of 1949, the colonial capital of Ismaraville would be captured and in August, Rayiys Shaban would arrive in the city and would declare the creation of the [[File:Sanjud.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|People's Republic of Sahala]]. A few days later, Sahala would have its independence recognized by France, ending Sahala's almost 17 year long national liberation struggle.