Global News Report
ATOMIC ERA BEGINS. Scientists from the United States have allowed the unfolding of a new era of science and civilization. American air forces, in an attempt to bring the Third World War to an early close attempted to drop atomic bombs on Athens and the city of Stalingrad in Russia. The bomb on Stalingrad successfully detonated, causing unprecedented destruction and sparking the Russian pullback across the Urals. Stalingrad has effectively ceased to exist. The Athens bomb was waylaid by Italian fighters which shot down the plane over the sea. Albert Einstein, a prominent German scientist has said I know not what weapons World War 4 will be fought with, but World War 5 will be fought with sticks and stones.
North/Central American News Report
South American News Report
PROBLEMS IN BRAZIL. Brasilia, Brazil. Remnants of the old regimes in Brazil have rallied around a new organization dedicated to liberating the nations of South America from American and other foreign interests. The organization has vowed to use any means to expel the foreigners from the continent. They have received support from a variety of private individuals who want to accomplish the same goals.
European News Report
IRISH ELECTIONS. Dublin, Eire. The longstanding Fascist Party has been booted out of office in Eire. The Conservatives have gained power under the leadership of Joseph Kennedy, one of the leaders of the American move to liberate Ireland from the United Kingdom. Recognized as a Savoir of Eire, Kennedy has won on an anti-war platform, calling for the withdrawal of Irish troops from the Soviet Union.
CIVIL WAR IN GERMANY. Berlin, Germany. With World War 3 winding down, elements of the Kaisers government found it convienent to launch an offensive against strongholds of the more radical German parties throughout the nation. The Nationalist Socialist (Nazi) Partys headquarters in Munich was well defended by elements of the SA, who have seized the city and much of the surrounding countryside. Within the chaos, the communists under Adolf Hitler have risen up in Cologne and the industrial regions using Soviet weapons. Heavy casualties have been reported and the police forces sent to arrest the leaders have been easily repulsed by the paramilitary forces of both the communists and the Nazis. On the front, the army has become divided as factions emerge. Even reports of fighting between Germans on the front lines became more and more widespread as the war dragged on, even after the destruction of Stalingrad. This chaos has given more support to the new MittelAfrikan democratic nationalists, while the nation steels itself for a civil war.
African/Middle Eastern News Report
ABYSSINIA JOINS RESEARCH ORGANIZATION. Saigon, Vietnam. In a surprising move, the government of Abyssinia has joined the East Asian Research Organization. The scientists have announced the initiation of research into the improvement of computing machines as invented in Brazil. Leaders in electronics research from all the nations of the organization have announced that thanks to recent investment by private corporations have assisted in the ongoing developments.
MITTELAFRIKANS CALL FOR FREEDOM. Zanzibar, German Empire. A new paramilitary organization called the MittelAfrika Freedom Federation has declared its formation. The new group has called for the restoration of the Afrikan Reichstag and freedom and autonomy for the colonies. They have also denounced the rule of the monarch and his actions against free political parties of Germany. Many local Africans have begun supporting the new group and its calls for a new African democracy.
Asian/Pacific News Report
KOREA GAINS FREEDOM. Seoul, Korea. After the Korean Nationalists Partys victory in national Nipponese elections in 1940, the Korean nation has been given its autonomy. While a moderately unpopular move among the Nipponese reactionaries, many of the more liberal members of the Kokkai have agreed with the action. The new nation has been welcomed to the Indochinese Alliance and has also offered to allow Nipponese military forces to maintain their bases along the Chinese border. (+5% Dissent for Nippon)
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Special: World War 3
VENEZUELA. American forces have managed another ferocious offensive against the Viet Co
Venezuelans. The Easter Offensive has been moderately successfully in forcing the Venezuelan forces south of the Orinoco River. American forces have sustained fewer casualties this year in comparison to previous years. People have begun evacuating the larger cities in southern Venezuela after the destruction of Stalingrad for fear of similar treatment of the main population and industrial centers in whats left of the free country.
Casualty List
Venezuela: 3 Infantry Divisions, 1 Cavalry Division
USA: 7 Infantry Divisions
SCANDINAVIA. American and German forces, acting in coordination assaulted behind Soviet lines in Scandinavia. Moving in rapid motion against Soviet forces, the ATO forces cut the Soviet armor spearheads from their logistical support. With a major offensive from the south by the Scandinavians and Irish the Soviets found themselves cut off in heavy city fighting at Narvik. Following an abortive breakout attempt in which several Soviet divisions escaped further east, the ATO forces closed the noose on the Soviet Karellian Front, destroying several Soviet armored groups. The ATO forces have linked up with the massive offensive through Russia as the push on Moscow continues.
Casualty List
USSR: 12 Infantry Divisions, 5 Armored Divisions, 4 Jet Fighter Squadrons
USA: 3 Marine Divisions, 1 Jet Fighter Squadron
Germany: 2 Armored Divisions
Scandinavia: 7 Infantry Divisions
Eire: 1 Motorized Division, 2 Jet Fighter Squadrons
RUSSIA. In an assault of unprecedented scale, almost two million ATO soldiers have advanced into the Soviet Union, using massive formations of motorized and armored divisions. Operation Barbarossa has been an amazing success, destroying multiple Soviet divisions and formations. Within the first two months of the offensive, ATO forces captured Trotskygrad, Kiev, and Smolensk. Though a Soviet counterattack west of Moscow halted the assault in the north, fighting resumed in the Ukraine after a single American bomber dropped an atomic bomb on Stalingrad, devastating the city. Fighting stopped with the winter as internal dispute and unrest forced both alliances to an uneasy stalemate outside of Moscow. With the dropping of the atomic bomb, Iosef Stalin, leader of the defenders of Moscow, led a coup against Trotskys government, and Trotsky died of natural causes due to an ice pick to the brain. Stalin has sued for peace with the United States and has pulled back his army behind the Ural Mountains as part of the terms. However, disorder in Germany has prevented exploitation of the Soviet unrest.
Casualty List
USSR: 21 Infantry Divisions, 8 Armored Divisions, 3 Jet Fighter Squadrons
Mongolia: 2 Militia Divisiona, 1 Infantry Division
USA: 6 Infantry Divisions, 2 Motorized Divisions, 1 Armored Division, 1 Jet Fighter Squadron
Germany: 3 Infantry Divisions, 1 Motorized Division, 4 Armored Divisions
Scotland: 2 Motorized Divisions, 1 Jet Fighter Squadron
South Africa: 2 Motorized Divisions
Eire:
Hungary: 1 Infantry Division
Romania: 2 Infantry Divisions
Switzerland: 1 Infantry Division
Poland: 1 Infantry Division
Bulgaria: 1 Motorized Division
GREECE. Heavy fighting continued in the mountains of northern Greece as Italian and Serbian forces attempted to breach Greek lines, failing to a great extent. Italian attacks on the considerable fortifications, refined constantly since the end of the Second World War, have been bloodily repulsed, while the Serbians have resorted to skirmishing along the front lines. American strategic bombing continued unabated until August, when an American attempt to drop an atomic bomb on Athens was thwarted by Italian fighters, which surprised the American bomber and shot it down into the sea. Curtis LeMay, commanding general of the bomber offensive, ordered immediate retaliation against the Italian navy, and following the deployment of much of local carriers air groups and several bomber squadrons, the Italian navy was surprised and a large part of it was sent to the bottom.
Casualty List
Greece: 2 Infantry Divisions, 2 Mountain Divisions, 1 Armored Division
Italy: 3 Infantry Divisions, 2 Armored Divisions, 3 Mountain Divisions, 1 Carrier, 1 Capital Ship, 1 Cruiser Group, 1 Destroyer Group, 2 Jet Fighter Squadrons
Serbia:
USA: 3 Jet Fighter Squadrons, 4 Bomber Squadrons
VLADIOSTOCK. Commonwealth forces, led by General Montgomery and Nelson II have landed south of Vladiostock and seized the city from a minute number of defenders. In addition, they managed to destroy most of the remnants of the Soviet navy, and have ended the last armada of the Russian people with the loss of a few small ships. The region of Transamur has been easily occupied by the Commonwealth army, though the generals are dubious about continuing an offensive into Siberia.
Casualty List
USSR: 1 Infantry Division, 2 Cruiser Groups, 4 Destroyer Groups, 2 Wolfpacks
UCS: 1 Destroyer Group
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