Axis vs Allies Revised (Map Game)

Welcome, everyone. I am PitaKang, and I am the creator of this map game. As you can see, the game’s name is Axis vs Allies Revised, as that the first one failed miserably after about 30 turns. I hope this lasts much longer than the other one, and that it is much more plausible. Currently, at 8/19/2011, there are only about 2 or 3 map games currently active. I am not exactly sure, as I just came back to this site about 4 days ago. Anyhow, I’d like this to be a very enjoyable map game, and a plausible one. Have fun!

Rules
1. We are going to limit the nations count to 1, as that when a person gets two countries, they usually neglect the other one.

2. The Golden Rule: Treat others as you want to be treated. . . IS NOT IT! But you must be plausible.

3. Nuclear programs may start in 1940. We will use Random.org to determine who starts it first and who gets it. Also, it will take at least 4 years to develop nukes if you are one of the “Big Cheese”. (US, Germany, Soviets)

4. 1 year per day, half years.

5. Make a profile on the Diplomacy Page

6. You can be an occupied nation and declare independence.

7. We will have resolutions/stuff when the UN is created at United Nations Page

8. For now, I am the mapmaker. (Notice how I said NOW)

9. New turns start at 00:00:01 UTC.

10. We go by half-years.

Mods
Moderators are people who can: Cause political and natural unrest. EX: An unknown group of people set fire to the Reichstag, or, A giant Hurricane strikes Florida. Basically, the players should respond to the mods posts. They will be underlined and not bulleted. You can also challenge implausiblilites, take votes to revoke some posts, and in very rare cases, you can actually kick people out! An (Approved) means you're approved! Please sign with only 3 tildes, like this: PitaKang

Things Mods can do: Note: Don't be implausible/biased or I'll kick you off!
 * Make natural/artifical disasters
 * Call for implausibility votes, where players vote whether people are being implausible. Someone please show me how to make a voting chart thing.
 * Kick people off if they're being bad
 * Ban people


 * (Approved) Fed (talk)
 * (Approved) Collie Kaltenbrunner
 * (Approved) Azecreth
 * (Approved) Detectivekenny (Mapmaker-in-chief)
 * (Approved) CrimsonAssassin
 * (Unapproved due to implausibility) Remedello
 * ChrisL123
 * Bobalugee1940

Nations
We will start on Monday, 8/22, 2011
 * Germany:Collie Kaltenbrunner
 * United States- Flag_of_South_Korea.pngang- (Talk | Contribs) 21:09, August 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * Soviet Russia: Azecreth
 * French Third Republic: ChrisL123
 * Trucial States:Revisionist 00:35, August 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Italy: Fed (talk)
 * Japan: Bobalugee1940 01:02, August 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * Turkey: StarkBlack 22:58, August 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sudan (Domain of Great Britain): BlackSkyEmpire 00:52, August 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Cuba: CrimsonAssassin
 * Great Britain: DeanSims 20:19, August 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ethiopia: Tim
 * The Baltic States(Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania): Laptop Zombie.
 * Thailand 9 もりや すわこ
 * Venezuela Oxfordshire 1972 18:04, August 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Finland: LxCaucassus 23:11, August 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hindustan/Bharat (India): Imperium Guy 09:38, August 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * China: Scandinator 09:49, August 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * Poland: Leninist 11:19, August 25, 2011 (UTC)

1933.6

 * United States: Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge continues in San Francisco Bay, with a goal of being the largest bridge in the world. Also, Albert Einstein arrives in the United States.
 * Great Britain: The British offer Germany an alliance in hopes of keeping the peace between the two nations. Hitler is invited to a Ball in Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Anglo-German Alliance if Germany accepts. 50,000 British troops are sent to Sudan.
 * The Cuban President is shot down. The new one is a highly authoritarian president. Despite this, Cuba plans to open up deals with the US regarding automobile importation.
 * Ethiopia: In hopes of modernizing there military Ethiopia invites European and American mercenaries to train there troops.
 * Sudan: The city of Khartoum, capital of the region for both Sudanese and Englishmen, is raided by Revolutionaries. The objective of the rebels becomes obvious as to drive out Great Britain out and establish a independent nation. Many of the locals and foreigners fear that they plan to raze surrounding countryside and destroy personal property; unfourtantly the local government does little other than adding more security to Military camps.
 * The Soviet Union finishes their work on the first 5-year plan. Worried about the possibility of a British-German alliance, they begin a slight military expansion. They also ask the USA to open diplomatic relations with them.

1934
'''There is an army mutiny in Vladivostok, but it is quickly crushed. An army mutiny occurs in Hanko, but is crushed.'''
 * The United States strongly discourages the UK-German alliance, and also begins to take in more Jews fleeing from Germany.
 * To improve the economic situation Ethiopia sends a joint trade deal to the USA and UK. The Ethiopian military continues to grow.
 * Seeing the threats, the Baltic states joined with the other Eastern European countries(Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland and Hungary) to form the Eastern Europe Treaty Organization(EETO), and sign treaties with Germany, Italy and Greece to get protections.
 * First of all, what threats are there to band against? German rearmament didn't start until 1935 in OTL, and the Soviets were more busy with industrialization at the time. Plus I seriously doubt that all those nations would agree to some sort of military alliance. Azecreth 15:17, August 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree, east Europe was still recovering from all wars and was industrialisingLxCaucassus 23:29, August 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * The band was for protecting against the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. As you see in real, they signed the Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact and divided the whole east. And also the Baltic Entente was signed on September 12, 1934 at Geneva. Wikipedia: "The Baltic Entente was based on Treaty of Understanding and Collaboration[1] signed between Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on September 12, 1934 in Geneva. The main objective of the agreement was joint action in foreign policy. It also included mutual commitments to support each other politically, and to give diplomatic support in international communication. The endeavour was ultimately unsuccessful - the combined strength of the three nations and statements of neutrality were insubstantial in the face of the massive armies of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The plans for division of control of European lands located between the two superpowers laid out in the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact assigned the Baltic countries into Soviet "sphere of influence". As a result, in 1940 all three countries were indeed occupied by and annexed into the Soviet Union." So that's why eastern Europe was just in danger from Nazis and Soviets, and so only Baltics cannot defend against them.Laptop Zombie 03:09, August 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * The fascist 'party' in Cuba expands. Meanwhile, a Soviet traveller introduces Communism.
 * Great Britain: The 50,000 troops land in Sudan and occupy Khartoum as well as other parts of the colony, an all out war begins against the Sudanese rebels, with only soldiers being killed, civilians are not harmed and moved to safer areas. 35,000 more troops are sent to Sudan. Great Britain offers the Rebels independence negotiations, hoping to avoid future bloodshed. The Ethiopian trade deal is accepted while an alliance is offered to Ethiopia.
 * Stalin, taking advantage of the murder of Sergei Kirov, uses it to expel some 400,000 people from the Communist Party, securing his power. The Soviet Union begins working on a heavy tank to replace the T-35.
 * An army coup took place in Venezuela, a army General takes over with the aim of becoming a local and regional strong man.
 * The Finnish parliament proposes the reconstruction plan to modernize the military, industrialisation, and technology.
 * There is an army mutiny in Vladivostok, but it is quickly crushed. An army mutiny occurs in Hanko, but is crushed.

1934.6
''' The Austrian government falls in the Austrian Civil War as the army refuses to shell the Karl-Marx-Hof, an act that would have endangered the lives of thousands of civilians. They then turn against the government, resulting in the fall of the Dollfuss’s government. The Social Democratic Party of Austria takes control of the nation. '''

Baltics: The Baltic States builds up the military
 * Great Britain; The 35,000 troops land in Sudan, with the British forces beginning to occupy the last bits of rebel controlled territory after several small but bloody battles. The rebels are once again offered peace negotiations. 200,000 thousand troops begin to be sent to India, they are not there to injur Hindustan. The British Expeditionary Force begins construction.
 * Thailand: Thailand builds up their military. They also ask for an alliance with Japan.
 * Venezuela: Venezuela enters the world game. The military regime said they have no gripes, but wished to enhance the country’s standing in the world. Venezuela starts making an offer of restarting pre-Great Depression oil exports to Canada and the USA. The Venezuela General-come-president flies to Washington DC and Toronto to start talks with the leaders of the nations. Some press reports also mention claims of a minor arms deal was also on the cards. The treaties were only speculative. None of the nations were really up to it, since their economies were still badly depressed.
 * Ethiopia: Continues there military overhaul and agree to the British alliance they also send a deal to Britain to buy Somaliland and help them in Sudan
 * Italy: Italy begins a technological and industrial overhaul, employing several scientists (such as Enrico Fermi) in science and industrial plans. Vittorio Emmanuelle III is killed in a car accident, and his son Umberto II ascends to the throne. He immediately takes some precautions against Benito Mussolini, gaining more power with the re-establishment of a democratic parliament. In the elections, the Social Liberal party gains the upper hand.
 * Soviet Union: Stalin initiates the Second 5-Year Plan, which focuses on heavy industry. He also applauds the action of the Austrian people to resist the rise of fascism.
 * The United States negotiates with the Venezuelan government on oil, asking for information such as terms, and of such. Also, the United States begins some research into Einstein’s theory, curious to see if it could be used as a weapon.
 * The Fascist and Communist 'parties' gain power in Cuba.
 * Finland begins initiating the reconstruction plan for a complete technological, industrial and military overhaul to reconstruct military tactics, structures and industrial buildings. the main goal is for Finland to gain Great power status, although the notion seems far-fetched, it is a motivational subject for Finns. The Finnish government hopes to gain good relations with the US and also take interest is Einstein, but put the subject aside as reconstruction is the most important thing, although the Finnish scientists gain some interest in e=mc2 and begin to study it, but only slightly.
 * Sudan: Many people rejoice the destruction of the oppressive rebel, although many towns have been razed or pillaged and hundreds have lost there homes. Many crops and farms also have been damaged by the raids conducted by the rebels. Fourtantly, because of the British intervention many members of the resistance decide to immigrate elsewhere to avoid charges leaving the organization to crumble. The actions of the conflict, however leave only more tension between Christian majority to the south and Islamic majority to the North.

1935
The Saar Basin votes to re-join Germany after a plebiscite which receives a 90% affirmative vote.
 * The Finnish Government continues to implement the reconstruction plan. The military is looking into research to improve BT-7 Tank. The Finns propose an economic and military alliance with Sweden and Norway, which is accepted only by Sweden. the Finns are now one small but significant step closer to forming the Scandinavian Community. Finland asks the USA for alliance. The scientists continue toying with the e=mc2 idea but with no significant gains.
 * You can’t control Sweden and Norway. That is rather implausible, as in WW2, the Finnish were not really friends with the Swedes or Norway. And Norway never enters an alliance anyways. -Pita
 * Actually Finland was VERY friendly with Sweden at the time (The Swedes sent aid to the Finns in the Winter War), but besides that, you're right. ~Fed 
 * The Scandinavian Community is a goal not a reality. all it is now is an alliance.- we can Use Random.org to do the alliance with Norway. Yes: 1-25;50-75. No: 26-49; 76-100. Otherwise I don’t know how I can actually make an alliance.
 * I did the number it was 76- so Norway doesn’t accept alliance. i will fix the rest.
 * The United States continues research on a weapon to be produced with Einstein’s proposal, however funding is very little and almost nothing is done on time. Meanwhile, they propose to Enrico Fermi to come work in the United States.
 * Enrico Fermi declines, as the government-backed anti-Semitism that put his wife in danger is gone. Italy also continues to improve it's industrial and technological potential. It also begins claiming Dalmatia from Yugoslavia.
 * The Japanese begin to build up their military with conscription of able bodied males from the ages of 17-20. The Japanese also begin building up their infrastructure to begin mass producing weapons. They also begin to create the 空母部隊 (Aircraft Carrier Battalion) of seven ship with plans to expand the size.
 * sorry for not joining immediately I didn't know it started.
 * Soviet Union: Industrialization continues under the 5 Year Plan. The Soviets begin reorganization of their tank forces into a full armoured role, to support their "Deep Penetration" doctrine.
 * Ethiopia: A small baby boom occurs after a string of good growing seasons and there military begins to look more and more European.
 * Venezuela faces a rebellion by counter revolutionary forces in its cities. The army’s attention turns inwards and focuses on national stability. Oil went off the agenda for the time being. The rebellion was quashed after 2 months. The El Distrito Metropolitano de Caracas and Ciudad Bolívar were to remain under martial law for another year. Telegrams were sent to the American and Colombian presidents confirming that the rebellion had been terminated.
 * For the content of Venezuela's '1935 telegrams' and the pending oil deal with the USA see the Diplomacy Page.
 * Cuba amps up its military. The Communist Party and Fascist Party expands. They offer to buy Haiti from France.
 * Thailand: Thailand continues to build up their military. Thailand also builds a few small planes.


 * Venezuela: Venezuela declares its neutrality outside of the Americas and parts of Australasia. An urban people’s literacy campaign is also launched. A interim free trade deal is offered to Colombia and Nicaragua. It also offers the USA a reliance oil deal.
 * "The USA are to be given cut price Venezuelan oil for a fixed period of 5 years subject to renew their after in exchange for the USA giving Venezuela several hundred rifles and pistols, plus the odd tank and/or modern armoured car."
 * The United States agrees to the Venezuelan deal, and also begins to help build up their military due to the situation in the country being dangerously out of balance due to the rebellion.
 * Thailand: Thailand starts to build some ships. They begin plans of invading French Indochina.
 * Ethiopia begins to add a small number of tanks and planes to their military arsenal and sees the economic need for a ocean side port.
 * Italy continues to improve in the industrial and technological areas. Italy also begins to improve its military forces.
 * United Kingdom: The British government begins plans for an independent Sudan, as the past rebellion clearly outlines most of its peoples will. More troops are sent to India and alll troops are expected to be in India by next year as well as two aircraft carriers, 4 Battleships, 3 destroyers, and 5 light cruisers.
 * Poland: After an overthrow of the weak Polish government by the Polish military the Kingdom of Poland is established. Poland sends requests to Germany and Russia to buy hundreds of planes and heavy tanks as it sets out modernizing its army under recommendations from military experts.
 * Hindustan (Modern day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar) starts to negotiate their Independence with Great Britain. They also ask for an alliance with China as well as Great Britain. They also say that they will keep the King as the head of state but will have a parliament with the President as head.
 * Negotiations will take place on my talkpage for Hindustan independance DeanSims
 * Germany amps up its military and refuse the polish offer because of its relatively low number of units at the time.
 * China asks any European nation and also the US for an alliance. China attempts to reorganise its military and starts building railways across the empire. China heavily fortifies its coast and the border with Japan. China attacks the communists in Jiangxi and forces them of the Long March. There is a major divergence with the OTL as on this march, Mao Zedong is killed by a stray bullet in a KMT ambush. His successor didn't have the necessary charisma or strength in numbers and the Communist Party collapsed.

1935.6

 * Japan begins planning the Type 96 tank and the A6M Zero after determining that a general purpose fighter-bomber and main battle tank was needed that could be on-par with a European army. The Japanese also begin a massive propaganda campaign in Manchuria and Korea to lower anti-Japanese sentiment. The Japanese Navy also begins to expand with nine battleships due for production by 1937, they are planned to have 9 anti-aircraft guns, nine (six front, three back) 20 inch guns, and 10 inches of armour plating on the deck with 20 inches on the hull and 26 inch on the face of the main turrets, they are planned to be 265 meters overall length, displace 65,040 tonnes empty and 71,700 fully loaded.
 * Ethiopia: Continues there military overhaul and agree to the British alliance they also send a deal to Britain to buy Somaliland and help them in Sudan.
 * The US agrees to the Chinese request for an alliance, and also continues to upgrade their military. They begin designing a tank designated the M4, a medium tank designed for mass-production but efficiency. Also, the carrier USS Roosevelt is built, currently the largest in the world.
 * Finland Continues to implement the Reconstruction plan. The Air force is increased and the Finnish parliament issues a law that allows the president to implement conscription of all able bodied males aged 18-30 years during wartime. Meanwhile, interest grows in reverse-engineering world weapons and using it in the Finnish army. The army adopts a mongrel blitzkrieg-deep penetration tactic. Scientists continue studying Einstein’s theories. Finland agrees to a Chinese alliance hoping that it will secure its rise to a great power.
 * Venezuela: A friendly telegram is sent to Cuba with an offer of Venezuela oil for Cuban arms and an alliance. Venezuela expresses its need to develop and fears of being dragged in to a conflict involving an increasingly unstable Europe (See Spain). The urban people’s literacy campaign is a success. Literacy rates are up from 25% to 35% of men and from 10% to 15% of women. The government took note of India’s political actions, but were bound to keep out and not interfere by the 1935 neutrality act.
 * Violence between the Communist/Fascist parties in Cuba erupts. Cuba accepts Venezuela's alliance.
 * Thailand: Thailand asks for an alliance with Hindustan. Meanwhile, they (Thailand) build up their (Thailand) military some.
 * Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army continue to riot. Several hundred French soldiers (~400) are sent to French Indochina to try to cease the uprisings.
 * China asks Thailand for an alliance and thanks the US and Finland for the alliances. They ask for military aid and help from their allies to upgrade their army, navy and air force. China's main political party - the KMT, ban the Communist Party and then hold elections. They win by a massive landslide. Vast projects are begun to modernize the nation. China heavily fortifies their borders with Russia, Mongolia and Japan.
 * Germany amps up its military and accept the Chinese offer of alliance.
 * Soviet Union: In response to the Chinese build up, more troops are deployed to the Chinese border. Funds are sent to the Cuban Communist Party. They accept the remnants of the Chinese Communist Party who are attempting to go to the USSR. A military build-up begins, with a focus on tanks.
 * Hindustan gladly accepts the Thai offer for an alliance and asks the US and China for Alliances while they begin arranging their government. They also look at the Soviet actions with a frown but say nothing on the international stage and become a Democratic Republic with a constitutional monarchy in place and the Emperor of the British Empire as the head showing that they still need support from the UK. They start to revamp their military and increase the number of persons serving in the army. They army is opened up to females and education for females is supported with them getting a grant. They also begin to peacefully start assimilating Nepal and Bhutan using NO military action whatsoever and saying that they can keep their governments and head of governments would become Chief Minister of the new States for the rest of their term.
 * Cuba plunges into civil war. The highly Communist western portion of the nation becomes West Cuba. The authoritarian eastern portion becomes East Cuba. As of December, Eastern Cuba has the upper hand.
 * Poland: The construction of hundreds of heavy tanks begin. The tanks are designed for defence and huge amounts of money are poored into creating and importing them. Planes and armored cars are also imported from neighbouring countries. The size of the army's reserves are bulked up to over a million, the full time army stays at a steady and manageable number of 400,000. The Polish regime also speak to the German government regarding the possible annexation of Czechoslovakia, with Germany taking the Sudetenland and Czech part of the country and Poland taking the East half. 178.167.239.209 17:01, August 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * United Kingdom: The UK offers Hindustan (still an English colony), the below borders: Hindustan2.png Hindustan is in Orange. The rest of the 200,000 troops land in India. They soon begin preperations for an invasion of an unnamed nearby country. As Hindustan is still part of Britains Empire, 400,000 Indains are drafted by the Britsh Army. They soon join the 200,000 Britsh and form the Army of India. 150,000 more troops begin the trip to India while 50,000 troops from Britains colonies begin to travel to India as well, where they will join the Army of India.The Britsh Expeditionary Force is completed and lands in Jamaica, preparing to take out Cuba and create a Republic out of the island Nation.

1936

 * Cuba plunges into civil war. The highly Communist western portion of the nation becomes West Cuba. The authoritarian eastern portion becomes East Cuba. As of December, Eastern Cuba has the upper hand.
 * Poland: The construction of hundreds of heavy tanks begin. The tanks are designed for defence and huge amounts of money are poored into creating and importing them. Planes and armored cars are also imported from neighbouring countries. The size of the army's reserves are bulked up to over a million, the full time army stays at a steady and manageable number of 400,000. The Polish regime also speak to the German government regarding the possible annexation of Czechoslovakia, with Germany taking the Sudetenland and Czech part of the country and Poland taking the East half. 178.167.239.209 17:01, August 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * United Kingdom: The UK offers Hindustan (still an English colony), the below borders: Hindustan2.png Hindustan is in Orange. The rest of the 200,000 troops land in India. They soon begin preperations for an invasion of an unnamed nearby country. As Hindustan is still part of Britains Empire, 400,000 Indains are drafted by the Britsh Army. They soon join the 200,000 Britsh and form the Army of India. 150,000 more troops begin the trip to India while 50,000 troops from Britains colonies begin to travel to India as well, where they will join the Army of India.The Britsh Expeditionary Force is completed and lands in Jamaica, preparing to take out Cuba and create a Republic out of the island Nation.

A LoN bill if forwarded by Venezuela and backed by Argentina in resolving the Cuba crisis is on the {C League of Nations.
 * Venezuela: A telegram is sent to both parts of Cuba about a possible free trade agreement and the sending 25 peace-keepers Havana and 50 to central Cuba to set up a buffer zone due to the violence between the Communist/Fascist parties in Cuba. A 10 year Venezuelan industrialisation plan begins, but they would not see the benefits of this campaign for at least 5 years.

UN hasn't been fouded yet Azecreth 15:33, August 26, 2011 (UTC)

'''Well, since it's the LoN, I have to point this out. They would not back either side, they would try to restore peace. However, they have to rely on troops deployed by the member nations to do anything, since they have no peacekeepers. If no one donates troops, nothing happens. And if they pass sanctions, but no one listen, then too bad so sad. Azecreth 15:45, August 26, 2011 (UTC)'''
 * The Soviet Union sends military advisors and planes to help the West Cubans win the war. they also sell them weapons.
 * Hindustan23.pngd Kingdom: Hindustan independance is date is finaly set for next year with the following borders: The Britsh Expeditionary Force, made up of 200,000 men and several dozen naval vessels, leaves from its base in Jamaica and lands its forces in the Saniago De Cuba, attacking the East Cubans flank and blockading the East Cuban Coast. The East Cuban Navy is soon destroyed after the BEF Naval Vessels cause several major battles.
 * The United States supports the Communists side of the war, due to the fact that they seem better to the public than an authoritarian government. They supply weapons and materials to West Cuba.
 * Ethiopia: Continues there military overhaul
 * China uses Western help and improves its military. They undergo a complete overhaul. Meanwhile the KMT purges the corrupt members of its party and gains a lot of popularity.
 * Finland continues to Implement the Reconstruction plan. The Finnish Governement orders that homeless people in the streets contribute to Finland by constructing new Tanks and armoured vehicles. The Sweedish L/60 is reverse-engineered and made into the Panssari Hyökkäys Ajokki esikuvallinen 1936-or the PHA esik-36 (some call it the Pahyaj 36) and is emidiately put into mass-production military designers are given a task to produce a pure-finnish heavy tank, "it should fire large, heavy rounds and have its cannon closer to the center/rear and have 2 machine guns at the rear and front." A first prototype is built in april but is uncapable to do anything and the round explodes while still insside the barrel, luckily nobody was killed but sent the driver to the hospital for 3 months. Back to the Drawing boards. Scientist continue to try to decifer einstein but are less productive than before because they were preocupied with designing the tank.


 * Thailand: Thailand accepts China's request of alliance. Meanwhile, Thailand builds up their military and builds a few planes and boats.
 * With the Independence of Hindustan certain, they start upgrading their army with it being opened up to females, they get an automatic boom although not as much as would have hoped for as many females still don't have enough rights. They follow the steps of Venezuala and introduce a litercy campain which is aimed more at females than males and they give a subsidy to the to manufacture a range of things from steel to iron to even cars. They also, because of British pressure, reshuffle their cabinet and pass the Jan Lokpal bill which would create an ombudsman body which would look into corruption in the government and have harsh implications.

1936.6
" The Spanish Civil War begins on July 17, see "


 * Canada: Canada sends several hundred (~800) Canadians to serve in the of the Republican forces as in OTL.
 * Japan finnishes two of its nine planned battelships. The IJNS Āchā and the IJNS Senshi. They are joined by the newly completed 7 aircraft carriers, 2 older (WWI) battleships, and five cruisers (4 interwar era, 1 Sino-Russian War Era). They form the 22nd Fleet and are deployed to the island of Cuba to settle unrest in the region and to gain valuable experience. They soon begin a blockade of the island allowing no food, medicine, or arms through. They do allow refugees to leave to the United States. The Type 96 is completed with 130mm armour in the front, 122mm in the rear, a 10mm underneath (note that may sound like alot but the panther tank in OTL had 120mm in the front), they bear an 88mm rifled cannon, a .307 caliber machinegun, and a new model Tokyo engine that allows it to travel at speeds of 40mph on road and 22mph off-road. The A6M is also completed and is exactley the same as in OTL. Ten A6M's are onboard the carriers of the 22nd Fleet. The Imperial Japanese Naval Air Corps in the 22nd begins bombardment of both sides in the Cuban Civil War, destroying many places with impunity due to lack of anti-air. They cause massive casualties on both sides.
 * The Socialist Party wins the upper hand in Italy's parliamentary elections. The new Italian government begins sending aid to Western Cuba. It also continues to improve its military, industry, and technological strength.
 * BANG! Ships sunk!
 * The Finnish create prototype of a heavy tank. this tank is dubbed the Ankara Panssari Hyökkäys Ajokki Esikuvallinen 1937 (A-PHA 37) it has armoring from 20-140mm(20mm underneath, 100-120mm armorment on the body, 2 .50 cal machine gun in the front and 2 in the rear. The 40mm cannon they plan to place on the tank (a modified version of the sweedish bofors 40 mm was placed and contributed to the failure in april) is the hard part, the finns still fail to convert the artilery gun into a tank gun, however the Finns suspect they will have the gun therefore a working tank prototype in early 1937(hence the name)Scientists take a break from einstein as no clear progress is coming out. Due to the near death of the test pilot of the first tank prototype, some interest is gained into the teletank idea that the soviet army has.
 * Venezuela: sends a telegram to the US and Nicaraguan presidents expressing concern over the growing army mutiny Spain and the civil war in Cuba. Venezuela sends the early torpedo boat "Bolivar," training ship “Isla de Cuba” and " the gun boat "Miranda" (see Wikipedia, Venezuela navy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivarian_Armada_of_Venezuela#Post_1899 / . .]) to keep the peace in in a small slice of south East Cuba along with 50 more troopers. The Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela (the navy) holds the line as Venezuelans are evacuated along with any East Cubans who can be fitted in over the next few days. Harbour defences are manned and the border with British Gyana closed as a securaty mesure. # The Venezuelan government puts forwards plans for a League of Nations peace summit in The Trucial States, chaired by neutral The Trucial States, Turkey and the USA. A non-aggression and free-trade agreements are offered to Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica.
 * Germany continues to expands its miliary and accepts the Polish offer of invasion of Czechoslovakia.
 * China continues its miltary overhaul and fortifies its borders with Russia, Mongolia and Japan. China upgrades its navy and purchases many new aircraft from the US.
 * Hindustan, wanting to be ready when they become fully Independent, send a request for an alliance with China, Venuzuala and the US and send a request to join the LoN. They stay out of the Cuban war and focus on the Internal problems of their country and It is decided that every Brition who has lived in Hindustan for more than 10 years and/or was born here would become a Hindustani citizen. Also, they begin a campain to populate the Quetta region of Northern Hindustan. They start to develop their own tank, with the specifications of a 85 mm cannon, 115 mm armor in the front, 110 armor at the back and a 50 calibre machinegun and develop an engine for their tank which would be able to travel 35 mph offroad as most of the Hindu Subcontinent in still rural and begin a mass enrollment of men and women into the army with 2 years compulsory training, hoping to have a standing army of 10 million persons and a malltia of 75 million. Their peaceful assimilation of Nepalese and Bhutanese people is complete, mainly because the Hindustani Government sent Ghandi to woo the people as his reputation preceded him and the people listened to him when he preached that there should be a strong country to repel an invasion into South Asia if it ever happened.
 * Western Cuba gains ground over Eastern Cuba. They thank all countries helping out Western Cuba and promise to send rewards when the Civil War is over. Unfortunately, thanks to the Japanese bombing, Cuba may not have the funds necessary to pay back other nations. Both sides ask why Japan is bombing Cuba. East Cuba tries pushing back, but they are pressed defending themselves from other nations. In December, General Joseph Enrique gives the order to invade Haiti. The tactically unwise order nearly instantly led to his expulsion from the army. 'Pulling an Enrique' will become a popular term in Cuba. Also, a drink called the 'Enrique', noted for the unwise level of alcohol, is invented in Western Cuba. Luckily, Eastern Cuba didn't lose any ground in Haiti.
 * Riots worsen in Vietnam. More and more French soldiers are sent to prevent a war between the two peoples. There is word that several Vietnamese soldiers requested Thailand help them in a war of independence. France requests Great Britain helps France if any declaration of war by the Vietnamese is announced.
 * Great Britain not only accepts, but puts its Army of India on Siams Western border, Hindustan is offered more of the Indian subcontinent if it joins France and the UK to form the Eurasian Alliance/Powers
 * Western Cuba is granted diplomatic recognition as cubas official government and the UK demands that Japan stop all bombing raids against West Cuba.
 * Poland: Poland and Germany declare war in a 142 page telegram sent to the Czechoslovakian government. The next day the Polish air force and the German Luftwaffe begins bombing defences in Czechoslovakia. 200,000 Polish troops, backed by over 2000 tanks and 500 armored cars launch a ground invasion into Slovakia after a fortnight of bombing. With Germany invading from the West the Czechoslovakians are unable to cope with fighting on 2 fronts, and being so outnumbered on both. Poland succesfully captures the cities of Ostrava, Olomuc and Brno, effectively diving the country in 2. Poland leaves the West of these cities to the might of Germany while the rest is slowly taken with advances from the West and North. The Czechs fight bravely but after a huge and bloody urban battle in Zilna, won by the Polish side, all hope of fighting off the invasion is effectively lost. With the country divided and thousands dying by the day the Czechoslovakian government finally surrenders. All land west of Olomouc becomes German, the rest becomes Polish and after the defeat of Czechoslovakia Poland sends military aid to the Republican Government of Spain. The aid consists of senior military advisors, weapons, ammunition and artillery, it also promises air support if needed. The Polish regime is apparently fearful of such revolutions taking part in Europe and is opposed to the ideals of the conservative rebels.
 * United Kingdom: Germany and Poland are offered membership in the Eurasian Powers, which at the time consists of France and Britain. The Army of India is renamed the Army of Anglo-India (AAI), and UK troops making up the Army rise to 500,000 as all Hindustans previously drafted are honorably discharged do to Hindustan about to gain Independance. West Cuba is offered membership in the Eurasian Powers.
 * Thailand: Thailand strongly refuses to help the Vietnamese. Thailand also tells the United Kingdom to go away as they do not want any trouble. Thailand builds their military more.


 * Hearing of Thailands refusal to the Vietnamize offer an apology is given to Thailand for putting troops on its western border. The UK offers Thailand parts of still British Eastern India for 3 million pounds.
 * Japan: The Japanese Minister to the UK offers an explanation of Japanese actions in the Carribbean by saying that "日本は共産主義政府のためにしたいいないも独裁的な政府を我々受け入れるか. 私たちは、公正でバランスが取れている政府で構成されている新しいキューバのために代わりに望む" (English: The Japanese have no want for a communist government nor do we accept an autocratic government. We wish instead for a new Cuba that consists of a government that is fair and balanced." The IJNAC continues to create massive casualties on both sides of the civil war. The IJN also continues its blockade whcih by now is creating a food shortage.

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