@Zhuge Liang: Thanks. One of the biggest challenges with this AAR is, well, trying to make it challenging, and therefore, entertaining. The USA is pretty much the most powerful country in the world, whether in KR or Vanilla, making it a lot harder to make a challenging game. Its good to see that my efforts are paying off.
@CylonAndrew: Well Russia won't conquer all of Japan, remember, their navy doesn't have enough, if any, transport flotillas to carry out a home isles landing. Besides, that would become impossible very soon, since I tinkered with Japan's building AI after the Brazilian raid.
@Karaiskandar & Xesan: I know. Those shifty Turks are a real surprise. I mean come on, they invaded fucking Australia! Turks! In Australia! (head explodes)
@serutan: Yeah, I guess i kinda started to forget about my air force at this point. Then again, my allies have been pretty reliable with the air cover, I have seen bombers and fighters from Canada, France, the UK, South Africa, and my Latin American allies constantly harassing enemy forces.
Also, I had intended to have Russia or Germany DOW the Japanese at some point in the future, but not until much later in the game. I was very surprised that Brazil raiding the home isles would result in a Mitteleuropan invasion of Asia.
The fighting for the northern island of New Zealand intensifies, as US forces run into heavier than expected resistance throughout the island. Every inch is paid for in massive amounts of blood and equipment as ANZAC troops counterattack US forces wherever they can.
The problem is solved with the arrival of massive amounts of American reinforcements. Eventually, ANZAC troops are cornered in the city of Wellington, where they make their final stand. US and Latin American troops, with the support of heavy Canadian bombers, besiege the city for 3 days, before its 80,000 defenders finally give up and surrender.
November, 1948. Americans once again practice their democratic rights as citizens and vote in the years presidential elections. The massive US defeats at the hands of the US navy had resulted in President Truman becoming highly unpopular for a long time, with many calling for the resignations of many top government and military officials for perceived incompetence in the prosecution of the war against Japan. This resulted in many believing that the Republican challenger, Thomas Dewey, would win the election by a wide margin. However, the decisive turning of the war in the favour of the United States and its allies has restored confidence in the Truman administration, resulting in his shocking win on election night.
The state of the war in Asia by the winter of 1948. Millions of Russian and Mitteleuropan troops clash with growing numbers of Japanese and Japanese allied forces in northern Asia, as Russian tanks and infantry march on the cities of Beijing and Vladivostok. The Japanese situation is grim, with Mongolia nearly defeated and the Fengtien republic under heavy pressure by growing numbers of Russian troops. At the same time, the Japanese have to try to hold back mounting pressure in the Siamese theatre by the Indian and Allied armies.
With New Zealand clear of enemy forces, and massive numbers of reinforcements arriving regularly in New Guinea, the US navy and Army begin landing operations directed on eastern Australia. The American vanguard force lands at the beaches near Brisbane, crushing the enemy garrison and seizing control of the city.
Meanwhile, the enemy continues to launch ferocious counterattacks on US forces still pinned down in Northern Australia near the city of Darwin. Here, a massive force of 120,000 ANZAC troops, fresh from their victory in Perth against the US army, besiege US forces, but eventually fail to drive them out of the area.
US reinforcements arrive in Brisbane from New Guinea and New Zealand, and immediately break out in all directions. Their objectives are simple: take control of Australia's primary cities and industrial centres, and smash the ability of the ANZAC's to continue resistance.
It does not take long for US mechanized infantry and commando units to reach the city of Sydney, the most populated and heavily industrialized city in all of Australia. 120,000 US troops attack the city from the north, and soon overwhelm the enemy garrison which fights for every square inch of ground.
To the north, US troops from the Brisbane beachhead link up with US forces that move into the area from Darwin, encircling a number of ANZAC troops, as well as keeping the Ottoman forces in the area from expanding any further.