USA AAR
THE 2nd INNING
NEW POST FEBRUARY 26th
NORTH AMERICAN MP GAME #2
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During the period of July 2nd 1937 to December 25th 1938, The League of Nations expressed its deepest concerns over Italy’s actions in Ethiopia (conquest) and Japan’s aggressive stance against China (annexation of Shanxi and Nationalist China, and vassalization of Communist China and Xibei San Ma). Among others things, to show its support to Chinese’s’ cause, United States offered political asylum to Tchang Kaï-chek, former Nationalist China Leader.
The Empire of the Sun in 1938
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One diplomatic success that can be underlined is the ongoing talks over the Munich agreement. The League of Nations, due to solid work from British and American representatives, has been able to oppose, for 4 months so far, with strong and convincing arguments, an attempt by Germany to annex The Sudetes and thus, breaking apart Czechoslovakia’s unity. The talks are far from over with Germany and we foresee that any weakness in current British support to our position would translate into a gain for the Nazi regime, at the expense of Czechoslovakia and Democracy.
NDLR: The Munich agreement event did not fire up during our last session. Our expert suspect that dissent in Germany prevented the event from being triggered. Germany’s player is currently trying to cope with his internal problem.
A STRONG ECONOMY
Chicago Herald Tribune
Summer 1938
By July 1938, the first part of the “Wagner Plan” was already completed and the 2nd part was on its way to be successfully implemented. Towns and cities in the Midwest were literally saved by the plans as new factories, directly funded by this new policy, were providing well needed jobs and economic support. President Roosevelt was more than pleased, as the support of the Democratic Party raised during that period. Economic bonds with European and Asian nations were strengthened, as economic trade value (both imports & exports) reached a sky high record of 65 500 $ on a yearly basis. “Free trade, by bringing closer nations, is a natural defence against totalitarianism and chaos. We hope the Congress will allow us to pursue that politic as we are more than convince that trade can help us avoid a new conflict. It is in our power to avoid a new world war and it is our responsibilities to do whatever we can to assume that role”, noted Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Cordell Hull.
1938 BASEBALL WORLD SERIES
Chicago Herald Tribune
October 1938
The President of the United States of America, F.D. Roosevelt, attended the final game of the 1938 Baseball World series.
Ahead two-games-to-none with the Series shifting to Yankee Stadium, the New Yorkers seemed to be a lock. Game 3 and 4 were quick (and painful) as the home team's momentum carried them to 5-2 and 8-3 finales. The Yankees completed their fourth Series sweep in their last six appearances and became the first team to win the World Series in three consecutive years. Throughout the series, The Yanks appeared unstoppable and most felt that the Cubs never had a chance. Strong fan of the Chicago Cubs, our President confessed he hoped his club would have met a better fate. Nonetheless inspired by the Cubs defeat, our President had those prophetic words: “Our Cubs fought with determination but lost. Let us hope this is not the fate Democratic nations will face in the coming years, as totalitarian regimes spreading throughout Europe and Asia might break the equilibrium between nations.”
Italic parts of this text come from http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1936ws.shtml . A great site for baseball fans.
CONGRESS AUTHORIZE PARTIAL US REARMEMENT
Chicago Herald Tribune
Fall 1938
During the year 1938, the US Army was finally authorized to reorganized itself and thus, moved to create two new branch in the army:
The Airborne and
The US Marines Corps. First result of this initiative was the creation of the 101st Airborne Division. This new unit is designed to be dropped over its opponents, in order to surprise and annihilate them. Douglas MacArthur, Chief General of the Army, was rather proud of this new achievement. “The creation of the 101st Airborne division is a solid step in the direction of a complete reorganization of the US Army”, said the Chief General. “These new units, coupled with new and heavier armor units, shall allow us to crush and push back any invading forces”. The US Marines Corps is seen as paving the way to a new kind of warfare: combined operations between the Navy and ground forces.
Six months before, an important milestone was also achieved, with the creation of the 1st American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers. Composed of pilots from the United States Army (USAAF), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC), recruited under presidential sanction, this unit is commanded by Claire Lee Chennault. The group, consisting of three fighter squadrons with about 20 aircraft each, was dispatched in China to help repel the Japanese invasion. Although the group fought hard alongside the regular Chinese army, they were not able to change the fate of the country, which surrendered to Japan.
For more details, you can check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Tigers