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As we all Know Gen. George S. Patton retired from the us army in 1947 and announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President claiming that President Truman was soft on Communism. He secures than nomination and was swept into office by claiming that Truman was not doing enough to break the Soviet Blockade of Berlin.
On February 1, 1949 he issued an ultimatum to the Soviet Union (Which would not even let planes loaded with humanitarian supplies into the city) that they had 48 hours to lift the blockade or it would be broken by force. The Soviets believing that the West did not have the will to fight another war sent 100,000 Red Army Soldiers into West Berlin. This action was resisted by all the allied troops stationed in West Berlin, but to no avail, and 2300 Americans were killed with another 5000 taken prisoner by the Red Army. The next day President Patton in a live televised address to a joint Session of Congress asking for a declaration of war(Passes 515-20).
The third world war was a through and convincing victory for the US completely obliterating the Soviet Union by 1953 , during his second term.
some major dates in the war:

  • March 9, 1949: Moscow Leningrad, Stalingrad, Valadstock, Minsk, and Kiev are the first cities to be obliterated by US nuclear weapons.
  • May, 15, 1949: Allied forces Liberate Prague
  • June 27, 1949: Allied forces Liberate Budapest
  • August 17, 1949: Allied forces Liberate Warsaw
  • September 18, 1949: Allied forces enter Soviet Territory
  • July 1, 1950: Allied forces( 7 Million) depart from Alaska and land in Siberia opening a second font.
  • January 1, 1951: Six months of in Siberia US forces liberate the First Soviet Gulag.
  • July 1, 1952 Western Forces reach the Ural Mountains and eastern forces reach the Ob River.
  • August 17, 1952: Allied forces meet at Vorkuta and begin the push south to capture the rest of the USSR.
  • July 1, 1953: Dushanbe is the last Soviet city to be captured by allied forces.
  • August 15, 1953: The last Soviet Division Surrenders to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, and the US is the sole superpower in the world.
I wonder what would have happened if Patton had died in that fender bender he had in 1945?
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