Timeline Part Thirteen (No FDR)

The end of the Reich

Germany at the beginning of 1961 was a nation awaiting its downfall. Before the war with Japan it had had an army of some 15,000,000 and a population of 100,000 000 Germans out of the billion that lived in the Greater Reich .In the war almost 160 000 000 had died includind 70% of its armed forces were killed mainly due to gas and disease. The remaining armed forces were extremely stretched as ,seizing the moment, revolution broke out in the Middle East Africa The USSR and Europe also disturbing news came that Soviet guerillas in Eastern Siberia had begun to use nerve gas in attacks on german troops.After Japans surrender Castro viewed the time was right to finally finish the Axis and finally Declared war on Germany in 1961 one day after the declaration of war Castro called on Germany to surrender unconditionally.Germanys entire army was either engaged in fighting or Keeping order in its empire it could only deploy air craft against alaska and the west coast of Noth America. The front began to collapse as USa forces launched an all out attack in Asia also now Soviet partisans were being heavily supplied and soon began to push the Germans back themselves with gas and conventional attacks.Finally the US with new b 52 bombers unleashed giant gas raids against Germany itself within 2 months every large German city had been hit with gas ,one such raid killed the Fuhrer and the OKW. Germany asked for an armistice on the 30th of July 1962. The Axis after 4 bloody wars were finally defeated