@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.