1943
The Salisbury,the Rhodesian Tank Factory was completed in January. By March, 20 Tanks a month were being created there. The tanks were to be shipped to India, and then, via Afghanistan sent to the Soviets. In Mombassa, a supply ship was built every three days. The African colonies were being industrialised on the back of the war.
On Febuary 3rd London was bombed heavily, with heavy casualties. The RAF responded in kind the following night, bombing Berlin. To both Britain and Germany, the war had come home. Throughout the year, both nations responded in kind.
On March 14th, 20,000 British, American and Free French troops landed on the coast of Corsica. This was in addition to 10,000 paratroopers. Within a fortnight the Island fell. Charles De Gaulle walked through the streets of Bastia. Germany as a result occupied Southern France. Over the next month, 100,000 mainly American troops landed on the Island. The Anglo-American force came closer still to an invasion of the continent.
On 17th March, the Germans attacked Stalingrad, attempting to crush the city. After a month, the Soviets moved yet further East, but only after burning the city.
By April, the Royal Navy controlled the Coral Sea. After this, the Japanese Campaign became an issue of Island hopping.
On 20th April, Hitlers birthday, the Soviet Army had its first major offensive of the war, with the help of the British, the Americans and their own industry east of the Urals, the attack centring on the town of Kazan. Over the following fortnight they pushed west, and by mayday, they controlled as far west as Gorki. As the fighting continued in the North, Zhukov sent half his force south, which when on 3rd June, they reached Rostov, led to 800,000 members of the Wehrmaht to be captured. The assault was halted after this after a strict defence of Moscow by the Germans. The Eastern Front moved slightly west throughout the rest of the year, but the Nazis were unable to push the Russians back to the Urals.
On the 15th June, a large American and a small British force, landed in Southern France, by the 1st July, after heavy fighting, capturing Marseille. Within a month, despite heavy German resistance, the allies started to push into France.
On 1st August, the Allies moved into Avingon. After a month, the town was mere rubble, but had not fallen. 27,000 Allied Troops had died there. 40,000 Germans had fallen in the town. A static front began to appear across France.
This was changed in mid-october, when the Allies, under the command of General Patton, broke past Toulouse. The British under Montgomory moved towards Bordoux, the Americans headed for Limoges.
On October 12th, Avingon fell to the Allies. The Americans pushed north. At the end of November it looked like France would be back in allied hands.
Despite horrendous weather, on 12th December Paris was liberated. The battle of France had been costly, with over 150,000 British and American casualties, and 200,000 germans. Hitler acted, waited for spring, and moved a million troops to the front, in a bid to push the anglo-american force back into the sea.
At this point, Kruschev, aware that the western front would seem very dangerous to the Germans at this point, moreso than the east, contacted Hitler through the Soviet Ambassador in Tokyo.
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