March 1951
On March 15th 1951, the American Congress passed a bill, part of the Marshall Plan aid for democratic nations around the world, that awarded $50 million in aid to the Nationalist Chinese (50,000 in game monetry units). This money would be invaluable in rebuilding the Chinese nation.
General Marshall, 1951
However, this positive news was shortly overshadowed. After negotiations over Finland had quickly broken down in late 1950, the British still controlled a large swathe of Finnish and Soviet territory.
But the withdrawal of American troops from Finland left only two British divisions to watch over the entire territory.
At 21:00GMT on March 20th 1951, Soviet troops sprung into action, quickly surrounding and disarming both British divisions (one stationed in the port of Murmansk, the other strung out across the Finnish countryside), while the armies of the Finnish Democratic Republic swept in to occupy the countryside. British troops who managed to avoid the Communists escaped towards the Swedish border, while the troops captured by the Russians were force-marched to the Norwegian border, and handed over to Norwegian border troops.
On March 15th 1951, the American Congress passed a bill, part of the Marshall Plan aid for democratic nations around the world, that awarded $50 million in aid to the Nationalist Chinese (50,000 in game monetry units). This money would be invaluable in rebuilding the Chinese nation.
General Marshall, 1951
However, this positive news was shortly overshadowed. After negotiations over Finland had quickly broken down in late 1950, the British still controlled a large swathe of Finnish and Soviet territory.
But the withdrawal of American troops from Finland left only two British divisions to watch over the entire territory.
At 21:00GMT on March 20th 1951, Soviet troops sprung into action, quickly surrounding and disarming both British divisions (one stationed in the port of Murmansk, the other strung out across the Finnish countryside), while the armies of the Finnish Democratic Republic swept in to occupy the countryside. British troops who managed to avoid the Communists escaped towards the Swedish border, while the troops captured by the Russians were force-marched to the Norwegian border, and handed over to Norwegian border troops.