cronies harness the indignatio n of the Soviet Officer Corps for their own Imperial intentions, and plan a lightning attack on the Western Allies in Germany .
Elsewhere, the US Atomic Bomb test was a failure, and Soviet intelligence secures American information that permits their own Atomic project to advance.
Rumours of a Soviet attack do not arrive in time, despite the best efforts of some German POW’s, who work out what is happening, and make a daring bid to get to the Allied forces in Austria.
The war starts, commando attacks and assassination squads preceding the ground forces, Soviet air force missions reaping huge benefits and reducing the Allied air superiority to parity at best. Initial Soviet advances are made, but the resilience of the Allies is unexpected, and the Soviet leadership develops a sudden respect for the ‘soft’ capitalist troops. The war descends into a gutter fight, not the free flowing fight that the Soviet High Command had envisaged would take place once they broke through the front lines.
The USSR ’s new ally, Imperial Japan, rearmed with captured German weapons, starts making inroads in China , as well as taking advantage of subterfuge to deal heavy blows to the US Pacific Fleet and Pacific ground forces.
The world is plunged again into combat.
Casualties are horrendous on both sides, and Allied commanders find themselves unable to regain the initiative, constantly responding to the Soviet assaults.
The German Army, displaying incredible resilience, commences reforming, promising to commit substantial numbers to the Allied forces.
The Soviet Navy plays its part, its submarines, many of which are former U-Boats , wreaking havoc on the Atlantic reinforcement programme.
However, the American war machine begins to whirr again, once more underestimated by an enemy.
Men and weapons, slowly at first, begin to flow from the camps and factories.
Also, the Allied Air forces recover, showing great resilience and taking the Air War back to the Soviets.
In particular, the Soviets have failed to appreciate the heavy bomber force, a mistake of immense proportions, but perhaps understandable, given their own bomber force’s capabilities and the rushed nature of their strategic planning.
None the less, the Red Army continues to make inroads into the Allied defences, and the rate of attrition is awful.
Whole divisions can be swallowed up in the smallest of battles for the most insignificant of locations.
The Soviet plan has allowed for a number of phases of attack , with substantial reinforcements under central command, ready to be fed in when needed.
D espite some serious setbacks, the Red Army launches its second phase on 13th August 1945.
Fig # 32
European map with relevant locations.
Ar tillery is the god of war.
Iosef Stalin
Chapter 55 – THE WAVE .
025 5 hrs Monday , 13th August 1945 , Europe .
Whilst not as big a bird as the Lancaster , or as potent a weapon in general, the Handley Page Halifax Bomber had seen its fair share of action and success up to May 1945.
NA-R was one of the newest Mark VII’s, in service with the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 426 Squadron, presently flying out of a base at Linton on Ouse , England .
Tonight , its mission was to accompany two hundred and forty-one aircraft and their crews to area bomb woods to the south-east of Gardelegen.
The Halifax crew were relatively inexperienced, having completed only two operations before the German War ended, ad d ed to four more in the new one.
The night sky was dark, very dark, the only illumination provided by the glowing instrument panel or the navigators small lamp.
Until 030 0 hrs arrived, at which time night became day , as beneath the bomber stream thousands of crews operated their weapons at the set time. Across a five hundred mile front , Soviet artillery officers screamed their orders and instantly the air was filled
Elsewhere, the US Atomic Bomb test was a failure, and Soviet intelligence secures American information that permits their own Atomic project to advance.
Rumours of a Soviet attack do not arrive in time, despite the best efforts of some German POW’s, who work out what is happening, and make a daring bid to get to the Allied forces in Austria.
The war starts, commando attacks and assassination squads preceding the ground forces, Soviet air force missions reaping huge benefits and reducing the Allied air superiority to parity at best. Initial Soviet advances are made, but the resilience of the Allies is unexpected, and the Soviet leadership develops a sudden respect for the ‘soft’ capitalist troops. The war descends into a gutter fight, not the free flowing fight that the Soviet High Command had envisaged would take place once they broke through the front lines.
The USSR ’s new ally, Imperial Japan, rearmed with captured German weapons, starts making inroads in China , as well as taking advantage of subterfuge to deal heavy blows to the US Pacific Fleet and Pacific ground forces.
The world is plunged again into combat.
Casualties are horrendous on both sides, and Allied commanders find themselves unable to regain the initiative, constantly responding to the Soviet assaults.
The German Army, displaying incredible resilience, commences reforming, promising to commit substantial numbers to the Allied forces.
The Soviet Navy plays its part, its submarines, many of which are former U-Boats , wreaking havoc on the Atlantic reinforcement programme.
However, the American war machine begins to whirr again, once more underestimated by an enemy.
Men and weapons, slowly at first, begin to flow from the camps and factories.
Also, the Allied Air forces recover, showing great resilience and taking the Air War back to the Soviets.
In particular, the Soviets have failed to appreciate the heavy bomber force, a mistake of immense proportions, but perhaps understandable, given their own bomber force’s capabilities and the rushed nature of their strategic planning.
None the less, the Red Army continues to make inroads into the Allied defences, and the rate of attrition is awful.
Whole divisions can be swallowed up in the smallest of battles for the most insignificant of locations.
The Soviet plan has allowed for a number of phases of attack , with substantial reinforcements under central command, ready to be fed in when needed.
D espite some serious setbacks, the Red Army launches its second phase on 13th August 1945.
Fig # 32
European map with relevant locations.
Ar tillery is the god of war.
Iosef Stalin
Chapter 55 – THE WAVE .
025 5 hrs Monday , 13th August 1945 , Europe .
Whilst not as big a bird as the Lancaster , or as potent a weapon in general, the Handley Page Halifax Bomber had seen its fair share of action and success up to May 1945.
NA-R was one of the newest Mark VII’s, in service with the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 426 Squadron, presently flying out of a base at Linton on Ouse , England .
Tonight , its mission was to accompany two hundred and forty-one aircraft and their crews to area bomb woods to the south-east of Gardelegen.
The Halifax crew were relatively inexperienced, having completed only two operations before the German War ended, ad d ed to four more in the new one.
The night sky was dark, very dark, the only illumination provided by the glowing instrument panel or the navigators small lamp.
Until 030 0 hrs arrived, at which time night became day , as beneath the bomber stream thousands of crews operated their weapons at the set time. Across a five hundred mile front , Soviet artillery officers screamed their orders and instantly the air was filled
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