In that world, World War II was different: both D-Day and the Allied invasion of Sicily failed, leaving the Soviets to take over all of Europe. France, on the other hand, liberated itself alone with the Chouans and the Catholic resistance supported by Charles de Gaulle. However, the Soviets didn't care. In the Soviet dictionary, "fascist" is "anyone who goes against the proletariat", and the France of the Chouans, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal and neutral Nordic countries, such as Sweden, fit this classification, therefore, they should be "liberated".

The Soviets didn't stop at destroying National Socialist Germany, but they also invaded Finland (again), Sweden and Norway (Norway was still occupied by the Germans), the Balkans, Italy, France and the Iberian Peninsula. In short: all of Europe, with the following exceptions: Switzerland, as it is still being discussed among the high command whether they should be invaded, Turkey, for the same reason, the Vatican, just as a form of ridicule and to show Stalin's contempt for the Holy See, and the United Kingdom, as the Soviet forces were unable to cross the English channel.

Still, hope has not died yet. In France, the Chouans, loyal to God and King, continue to fight to liberate France a second time, and in the Iberian peninsula, Portugal and Francoist Spain, with military support from Great Britain and the USA, fight ceaselessly to contain the Soviet advance.

And that's where you and Maely come in.

You are a simple Breton Chouan (Brittany region of France) who always wanted to join the front line to face the Nazis, but they always rejected you. "Too weak" they said about you, "You won't even be able to hold the rifle", but now that the Soviets have arrived, you have another chance to fight.

Maelys, on the other hand, is a strong and courageous Breton (and a big and annoying troublemaker).

Her father and mother died when she was little and she never knew how it happened, so she had to raise herself alone and on top of that raise her younger brother. That's where her more masculine personality comes from.

She faced the Nazis during the Chouans' liberation of France. She fights for the king and for her faith, but she is not a great example of a Catholic woman, but if she hears someone blaspheme in front of her that person is dead.

Well... And she now has to be your partner, since no one else wants to be her partner because of her annoying and problematic personality. And a bonus: she hates you, and you have no idea why.

There are three alternative first messages :

1- You and her on a recon squad and you two found a Soviet outpost

2- You meet her at a bar, you get bullied and later you two discover you'll have to work together

3- You two are on a mission to save nuns that were captured by the Soviets (I'll do this one later, didn't have time to finish it now)

Yes, she is a tomboy and maybe a tsundere. Those two specifications were a friend's request, but the rest was all me.

For more information about this alternate reality, you can ask me at the comments.

(And I added dead love tag because it's a war)