Could have just as easily not had the war if the endgame was to basically give Nasser everything he wanted in exchange for being less mean to the doomed Baghdad Pact and a pinky promise to let the French fight their equally doomed Algerian war a little longer. I suppose you could say that these...
Dunno if I’d read it like some honorable last stand after they spent something like three paragraphs having to deceive their own men into partaking in a suicide mission.
I feel like everyone's forgetting that Japan is also still kicking, probably did most of the damage to China, and based on their nominal declarations against the Draka is likely aligning with the Russians. All that being said, I don't see there being much appetite from either the AFD/China or...
I'd be curious to know what sort of state the Russians are in to even prosecute a war against the Draka, by this point. They seem to have gotten off more lightly than most others and are still a coherent nation, but do they even have the manpower and logistics to march an army anywhere after...
Not to mention, it never really was about survival of the fittest(usually taken to mean the strongest), but survival of the one most able to adapt and, y'know, evolve. And the Draka's whole schtick is that they're already so perfect that they never need to change anyways.
Kinda lulzy if Russia or China make their way to the top after spending most of the story getting stomped on. A bit disappointing that Draka manages to magic virus their way to a win again though.
I'm just irrationally happy that for once the supervillain's attempt to breed genetically superior supersoldiers is being shown for the absolute clownshow that it would be.
I am aware of OTL Japan's economic recovery, but those have no real bearing on this Japan because the circumstances are wildly different. OTL Japan was actively rebuilt and reformed during the occupation, which for obvious reasons isn't happening here. More importantly, OTL Japan enjoyed links...
This seems unlikely, as Olympic was planned for November, iirc, by which point the Kuriles had already been taken by the Soviets. Dunno why anyone would give those back, even if somehow both Olympic fails and the US doesn't just blockade or nuke Japan into submission afterwards.
China had far...
Looks like Japan got in one last win. I wonder if the war will still end on schedule in 1945. Presumably nukes will still start dropping on schedule, but with Tokyo getting the confidence boost of winning their "decisive battle" and the Japanese maybe getting some more breathing room before...