@Karaiskandar: The game has slowed down quite a lot by now. It should speed up after Japan is gone, but I will probably have to purge some countries militaries to see if i can boost the speed some more. (seriously, some countries have ridiculously large armies. Would you believe that Ireland has about 80 divs? Dont forget Honduras and the United Provinces with about 30 and 70 divs each! Haiti and the Dominican republic also went nuts too.)
@Midge: Their reactors are too small for bomb production, plus the Germans flattened them, making them useless. Japan doesn't have any delivery systems anyway.
@Cohacq: That will have to be decided if i need to even use them.
@everyone else: Thanks for the comments!
730,000 Japanese and Siamese troops are now trapped in Laos and Cambodia, low on supplies and without any hope of outside relief. Despite the wishes of many Japanese battlefield commanders, the government in Tokyo orders these troops to fight until the bitter end, despite the hopelessness of their situation.
US forces begin the final push, by converging on the mountainous Khan Kaen region, the last stronghold of the Siamese government. Enemy forces very quickly begin to fall apart, with the only hindrance to the American attack being the time it takes to secure the region.
Japanese forces launch a large counterattack in an attempt to reach the coast. American tanks and IFV's easily hold their ground and shatter this offensive.
American nuclear scientists begin development of the ultimate form of nuclear weapons technology, the hydrogen bomb. This weapon could have the destructive potential equivalent to many smaller fission type weapons that have already been tested by American scientists in places like New Mexico or the Nevada desert. If successfully developed, a single Hydrogen Bomb could not only wipe out an entire city, but inflict huge destruction for many miles around it.
Siam surrenders to Allied Forces. Japan is now alone against nearly the entire planet.
Siam's surrender is soon followed by the complete surrender of all Japanese forces in South East Asia. Here, 360,000 Japanese troops surrender to US forces, later followed by more Japanese units that had been moving around the jungles towards the same area. In total, some 700,000 Japanese troops end up surrendering to US and Allied forces.
Next, the last Japanese holdouts in New Guinea are dealt with, when US forces land behind their lines and coordinate a massive attack on the enemy forces with US troops to the east. In total, 130,000 Japanese troops surrender in western New Guinea.
The Hydrogen bomb project is completed. Now, all the United States needs to produce these weapons are sufficient nuclear reactors to provide the needed enriched uranium, the key component for these weapons of mass destruction.
With all enemy forces in Asia and the pacific ocean now defeated, the only target left is the Japanese homeland. US ground forces from all over Asia and the pacific islands now begin to mass in Shanghai and Busan, in preparation for the final battle of the pacific war. A total of approximately 1.3 million US ground troops will be devoted to the battle for Japan.
With the full might of the United States military getting ready to descend upon them, Japan is given one final offer of unconditional surrender. Japan's militaristic leaders however, are in no mood to listen to reason, instead vowing to fight US, Allied, and Mitteleuropan forces to the bitter end. For the final battle, Japan has mobilized a huge army of approximately 1.8 million soldiers and militia, with orders to fight to the death for every inch of territory on the home islands.
To help overcome the ramparts of Fortress Japan, the United States Air Force begins massing huge numbers of combat aircraft in airbases all around the home islands.
By December 9th, 1950, the first hydrogen bomb is completed in the Denver nuclear facility, and is ready for use at anytime. Many high level commanders and government officials are torn over whether to use the weapon on Japan, with many having witnessed the destructive potential of these weapons during test detonations in Nevada and New Mexico. However, this weapon's destructive power could finally break the fighting will of the Japanese government and bring about an end to the war. President Truman decides to hold off on using the bomb for now, waiting to see how the conventional situation unfolds once US forces begin their landing operations.