May 3rd, 1942
After fighting a naval battle in the Baltics for a month the UK starts landing Royal Marines in the Baltic nations. Balts flock to the UK banner. The Allies start pushing the Soviets out of Poland. Their troops are better trained, armed and concentrated than the Russians. It is a bloody battle. At the end of the month, 20,000 Allies and 30,000 Soviets lie dead. The Soviets use the time to strongly fortify the Soviet-Polish border.
The Rome Pact is pushed 40 miles losing 30,000 men to the Soviets 40,000 as the Soviets have to fight the old and reinforced fortifications. The same day an old M2 medium tank factory along with 3 6pounder artillery factories are set up in Italy by the US. By the end of the year, it is producing nothing but what amounts to Grant Tanks (I am going to call them Grants from now on)with 6 Pounder guns and Stuart tanks. It moves the last of its M2A4 factories to Romania and Hungry.
May 8th, 1942
China suddenly finds itself gifted with 400 M2 Grant tanks over the next month as US weapon production is ramping up faster than the training and Grants are being replaced by Shermans in the US Army, which Japan can't stop with its navy and airforce busy around Indochina and the Philippines.
Guam is much bloodier than OTL as there is a company of Stuarts and a whole lot more airpower that has learned how to fight the Japanese over Burma. They lose 5 more Zeros, 7 Bettys, 500 men to the US who lost 5 Thunderbolts, 4 B-17s and 5 Stuarts. The US position is becoming hopeless as the Japanese reinforce and the island falls 3 days later.
The Arizona, Maryland, and Nevada steam out of San Diego with 5 Fletcher Class and5 Gleeves Class Destroyers, along with 3 Brooklynn Class Light Cruisers arrive in Pearl Harbor. There they are meeting up with 5 more Fletcher Class Destroyers before going on to Guadacanal. 1,000 marines are to land on the island the next day after it arrives. The landing goes perfectly as there are almost no Japanese on the island when they invade. The US is overcautious and the Japanese are able to reinforce before more than half the island was taken.
May 10th, 1942
The Provence and Loirane are joined by the Dunkerque and Strasbourg making it the core of the French battle fleet along with all six La Fantastique class destroyers. They are meeting up with the Royal Navy which is sending KGV, Prince of Wales and Howe along with both E Class Light Cruisers, the HMS Ark Royal, Illustrious, Formidable and Victorious and 4 O and 4 P Class Destroyers headed for FIC.
The US lands 2 squadrons of Thunderbolts and 3 Squadrons of Dauntless Dive Bombers on a new airstrip near Rangoon.
May 15, 1942
General MacArthur is killed while giving Capt John A Rolands a silver star for valor. The bomb that kills the general sends the captain into surgery with heavy injuries. He is flown stateside on a B-17 for medical recovery for 6 months.
The battle has been bloody. The Grant tanks prove to be more than a match for the Japanese who have difficulty dealing with it. Japanese soldiers are having the fight of their lives fighting US troops and newly trained Philipino troops. The former are better trained but the latter is more stubborn and that proves a good combination. Although the Japanese are pushing them back slowly, it is going far too slowly. The Japanese lost 2,000 men in the last couple of weeks along with 10 zeros,12 zekes and 12 bettys compared to the US losing 1,000 men, 2 Grants, 5 thunderbolts, 3 dauntless and 5 kittyhawks. The Philippine Army lost another 1,200 men.
May 18, 1942
Ho Chi Minh is executed by his own men for treason as the Japanese prove themselves far worse than the French. The French-Vietnamese force starts to gel more with more and more Vietnamese helping the French against the Japanese. The Japanese have driven them back only 50 miles at the cost of 2,000 men compared to the French-Vietnamese 1,500.
After fighting a naval battle in the Baltics for a month the UK starts landing Royal Marines in the Baltic nations. Balts flock to the UK banner. The Allies start pushing the Soviets out of Poland. Their troops are better trained, armed and concentrated than the Russians. It is a bloody battle. At the end of the month, 20,000 Allies and 30,000 Soviets lie dead. The Soviets use the time to strongly fortify the Soviet-Polish border.
The Rome Pact is pushed 40 miles losing 30,000 men to the Soviets 40,000 as the Soviets have to fight the old and reinforced fortifications. The same day an old M2 medium tank factory along with 3 6pounder artillery factories are set up in Italy by the US. By the end of the year, it is producing nothing but what amounts to Grant Tanks (I am going to call them Grants from now on)with 6 Pounder guns and Stuart tanks. It moves the last of its M2A4 factories to Romania and Hungry.
May 8th, 1942
China suddenly finds itself gifted with 400 M2 Grant tanks over the next month as US weapon production is ramping up faster than the training and Grants are being replaced by Shermans in the US Army, which Japan can't stop with its navy and airforce busy around Indochina and the Philippines.
Guam is much bloodier than OTL as there is a company of Stuarts and a whole lot more airpower that has learned how to fight the Japanese over Burma. They lose 5 more Zeros, 7 Bettys, 500 men to the US who lost 5 Thunderbolts, 4 B-17s and 5 Stuarts. The US position is becoming hopeless as the Japanese reinforce and the island falls 3 days later.
The Arizona, Maryland, and Nevada steam out of San Diego with 5 Fletcher Class and5 Gleeves Class Destroyers, along with 3 Brooklynn Class Light Cruisers arrive in Pearl Harbor. There they are meeting up with 5 more Fletcher Class Destroyers before going on to Guadacanal. 1,000 marines are to land on the island the next day after it arrives. The landing goes perfectly as there are almost no Japanese on the island when they invade. The US is overcautious and the Japanese are able to reinforce before more than half the island was taken.
May 10th, 1942
The Provence and Loirane are joined by the Dunkerque and Strasbourg making it the core of the French battle fleet along with all six La Fantastique class destroyers. They are meeting up with the Royal Navy which is sending KGV, Prince of Wales and Howe along with both E Class Light Cruisers, the HMS Ark Royal, Illustrious, Formidable and Victorious and 4 O and 4 P Class Destroyers headed for FIC.
The US lands 2 squadrons of Thunderbolts and 3 Squadrons of Dauntless Dive Bombers on a new airstrip near Rangoon.
May 15, 1942
General MacArthur is killed while giving Capt John A Rolands a silver star for valor. The bomb that kills the general sends the captain into surgery with heavy injuries. He is flown stateside on a B-17 for medical recovery for 6 months.
The battle has been bloody. The Grant tanks prove to be more than a match for the Japanese who have difficulty dealing with it. Japanese soldiers are having the fight of their lives fighting US troops and newly trained Philipino troops. The former are better trained but the latter is more stubborn and that proves a good combination. Although the Japanese are pushing them back slowly, it is going far too slowly. The Japanese lost 2,000 men in the last couple of weeks along with 10 zeros,12 zekes and 12 bettys compared to the US losing 1,000 men, 2 Grants, 5 thunderbolts, 3 dauntless and 5 kittyhawks. The Philippine Army lost another 1,200 men.
May 18, 1942
Ho Chi Minh is executed by his own men for treason as the Japanese prove themselves far worse than the French. The French-Vietnamese force starts to gel more with more and more Vietnamese helping the French against the Japanese. The Japanese have driven them back only 50 miles at the cost of 2,000 men compared to the French-Vietnamese 1,500.
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