In defense of Freedom, a USA Kaiserreich AAR

@Zeldar155: That would be a neat game. "Metro 1962, fear the contemporary"

@Asalto: Thanks for the 1960's Chiang pic. I will find a good place for it.

@Sumeragi: Sorry, no greater Korea's or something like that in this AAR.

@Razgriz 2K9: I should probably state right here and now, that there is not going to be any ridiculous programs of balkanization of Russia and Germany. Both states will be stripped of their major territorial gains, but left as intact states. Germany will get to keep Austria, but will lose Alsace-Lorraine, and everything else it gained. Russia will be shrunk down to its RL borders, with the sole exception of Belarus, which will be left to Russia. Anyway, more on the post war situations for Germany and Russia when the AAR is over.

@Zhuge Liang: That is basically what I think as well. The only way for any postwar Germany to be socially and economically viable, especially after the pounding it took by nuclear weapons, will be for the country to remain united. Separate German states will just not work in a postwar world.

@everybody: thanks for the comments!

Denmark is overrun by Allied forces, resulting in the country's surrender.


Back on the main frontline, Allied forces pursue the remnants of the German army into East Prussia and the Baltics, the final strongholds still in German control.


German forces by this point are in shambles. Many soldiers no longer have the will to keep on fighting, especially ones who had family or friends in major cities that were destroyed by American nuclear bombs. German resistance is falling apart, with many enemy formations crumbling away due to desertions or mass surrenders as soon as allied units approach.


Meanwhile, La Plata makes yet another of its trademark lone amphibious assaults. 10,000 Platinean troops land in the ruined city of St.Petersburg, taking up defensive positions while beginning to distribute humanitarian aid to the survivors of the city's destruction. To the surprise of Joint Allied Command, no Russian units are in the area to contest the Platinean control of the city, allowing the Platinean troops to keep control of the once proud and glorious city.


In China, thousands of peackeeping troops from the Korean Army are arriving all over Manchuria and the region around Beijing. In conjunction with local authorities, the Koreans begin reasserting Chinese control over lands that are racked by domestic conflict and mobs of bandits.


Back in Europe, British forces lay siege to the Finnish capital of Helsinki. Despite having the numerical and firepower advantage, the British are unable to clear out heavily dug in and desperate Finnish troops, forcing them to fall back until another attempt can be made.


In Western Europe, social disturbances and rebel activity are growing. The French, who have been hit hard by nuclear attacks on their country, are having a hard time trying to maintain their grip on places they have occupied, places that are more and more being controlled by partisans and vigilantes. With most of their army at the front, the French are forced to rely on other allied troops, such as these Canadian and Brazilian units, to maintain order.


The year 1962 begins. By now, this is all that is left of the once mighty Mitteleuropa alliance, reduced to Lithuania, pockets of Finland, most of European Russia, and the German remnant forces still holding out in East Prussia and the Baltic. There is not much left to stop the allied forces, which find themselves fighting amongst the harshest winter in recorded history, reportedly caused as a side affect of multiple nuclear detonations causing a drop in global temperatures due to soot levels in the atmosphere.


Allied troops now begin to move to bring this war to its end. In southern Russia, allied forces move on the Crimean peninsula, as well as toward the major city of Tsaritsyn.


Russian resistance is quickly falling apart, with a few exceptions. The crossing into the Crimean peninsula fails, while enemy forces, made up mostly of conscript militias, are able to hold their positions at Krasnya Sloboda. Despite these setbacks, the allied advance continues.


To the west, allied forces converge on the final strongholds still held by the Germans: the Baltic cities of Tallinn and Riga. What was left of East Prussia is quickly overrun, as allied forces move north and west.


To the south, allied forces launch a massive offensive into the Ukraine. Although Russian forces are able to hold Odessa, they fall apart all over the rest of the frontline.


Back to the southeast, American elite infantry forces storm the city of Tsaritsyn. Despite orders to hold the city at all costs due to its symbolism (bearing the title of the Russian Tsar), Russian units only offer token resistance. Many Russian soldiers surrender, most of which want nothing more to do with fighting the allies anymore.


Back to the west, Lithuania surrenders.

The final stand of the German Army. German remnant forces, at least units that are still willing to continue fighting, mass in the Baltic city of Riga in a vain attempt to postpone the inevitable. Allied forces press into the city, unwilling to stop the advance until all of Germany's remaining major strongholds are taken. After a ferocious 3 day battle, Riga falls to the allied forces. The battle also ends up destroying all remaining organized resistance the Germans can muster.


In the Ukraine, allied troops finally clear Odessa of Russian forces.


To the north, allied units marching from the west begin to link up with more allied troops that were moving in from the Caucuses region. These units very quickly link up and cut off all remaining Russian forces still in the Crimean region.


Joint Allied Command now orders all units in Russia to advance deep into the countryside, no matter the difficulty or resistance. With many Russian military formations now surrendering en masse instead of fighting, the allied advance is only hampered by the weather, depleted infrastructure, and columns of refugees that are simply wandering the vast landscape, looking for shelter or assistance.


All remaining Russian forces in the southern Ukraine are cut off and rounded up at Perekop. Now, only the remnants of the Russian military's Crimean garrison still sitting in Sevastopol are left in the region.


To the north, American and allied forces march on the devastated Russian capital of Moscow. With no enemy units in the way, allied troops make great progress.


Meanwhile, Tallinn, the last major stronghold of the German Empire, falls to the Allied Forces. In the process, the last holdouts of the German government and general staff are captured in the city's port, before they could board a nuclear submarine that was preparing to sail to Venezuela or the United Provinces.


The fall of Tallinn is the final nail in the German coffin. All German remnant forces still resisting the allied forces lay down their weapons and surrender soon after the city falls. The German Empire, the country which had defeated the Entente in 1921, helped beat the Internationale and Japan in 1945 and 1951 respectively, now vanishes from the world stage.

As allied forces sweep into the remains of the Russian empire, China is finally beginning to stabilize. With huge numbers of Chinese and Allied peacekeepers in every Chinese city and town, civil disturbances are falling and order is returning. The Chinese army, now being commanded by temporary emergency president General Chiang Kai Shek, is spread out all over the country, allowing China to begin the long and painful process of rebuilding.


Moscow. The smoldering ruins of the old Russian capital are now besieged by allied units that envelop the city and launch their attack. Russian forces, made up of a mix of militia with support from a Russian tank division, offer only mixed resistance as allied units march on what is left of the Kremlin and St. Basils Cathedral.


Far to the east, Russian mechanized forces, cut off from all command authority, continue to fight. These Russian diehard units put up stiff resistance before being subdued by allied forces.


Meanwhile, American forces move north, past the ruins of St. Petersburg to reinforce the British units laying siege to Helsinki. With these fresh reinforcements, the British and Americans renew their attack into the Finnish capital, making great progress and isolating the few remaining Finnish units into the city centre.


Meanwhile, American troops clear the ruins of Moscow of all remaining enemy forces. The devastated Russian capital is now in Allied hands. In the process, Allied troops are able to capture many Russian generals that were hiding in a massive underground bunker underneath the city. However, the Tsar is still nowhere to be found, but is still believed to be alive and hiding in a remote Dacha in the countryside.


Finland surrenders. Curiously, it is not to soldiers or generals of the British or American armies, but to Platinean soldiers that were attached to the American units that entered the city.


Meanwhile, allied forces begin entering the last major cities still under Russian control. first, the northern port city of Murmansk is taken by British units that land in the city from the coast.


The last Russian city to fall is the Crimean port city of Sevastopol. Russian remnant troops in the city surrender instead of putting up a fight.


At last, the Russian Tsar is found hiding in the countryside at a secluded Dacha far to the northeast of Moscow. Unfortunately, he commits suicide instead of surrendering to allied troops that encircle his compound. With the Tsar dead, the Russian government comes forward to offer the complete surrender of the Russian state. On May 27th, 1962, all remaining Russian forces lay down their weapons, and all combat operations end. The Third World War is finally over.


At long last, the Struggle in Defense of Freedom around the globe has come to its final end. However, it is a bitter victory. Millions of people all over the world, from the Americas, to Europe, to East Asia are dead. Many millions more are homeless or displaced. Many painful years of reconstruction work still await, but for the moment, people all over the world celebrate the creation of final world peace.