Axis vs Allies (Map Game)

The year is 1933. Hitler has just taken power in Germany. The world is still in a depression. Unemployment is high. This Map Game takes place in 1933, when Hitler has just taken power, the depression is in full swing, and the world is still recovering from the First World War. Will your nation become a superpower? Or will it be crushed?

Rules

 * 1) 2 Nations per user, however you may not have 2 superpowers.
 * 2) Be plausible, no hyperdevelopment
 * 3) Nuke programs start by 1940. No earlier!
 * 4) Must be registered User
 * 5) 1 year per day, goes by half years.
 * 6) If there is anything else, post on the talk page.
 * 7) It takes at least 4 years to develop nukes if you're one of the "Big Cheese" (US, Germany (Maybe), GK, Soviet, etc). If not, much longer.

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 * means you're approved! Please sign with only 3 tildes, like this: PitaKang

Also, there is a ranking system. If you are a Brass, you can overwrite the Lieutenant, and the Lieutenant the Privates, and so on. Also, anyone can start/vote on a vote to either kick out someone from the game or from moderating. Also, just a reminder, but earthquakes/tsunamis did little to affect WWII, so don’t say that a giant earthquake in Berlin kills Hitler or anything implausible like that. Plus, I will promote/demote you according to your moderating skills!


 * PitaKang- Mod-in-Chief, Map Moderator, Brass
 * Roguejedi- Brass (Up to 7, 2 Brass, 2 Lieutenants, 3 Privates, If they're good, I'll promote them, if they're bad, I'll kick them off :)
 * CrimsonAssassin- Lieutenant

Nations
USA- [Pros: Good relations with most nations, good military, advanced technology][Cons: Suffering economy, people not happy] PitaKang 23:38, February 3, 2011 (UTC)

Korea- [Pros: People unified, common enemy][Cons: Occupied by the Japanese, pays large amounts of taxes, morale low due to Japanese] PitaKang 23:38, February 3, 2011 (UTC)

Soviet Union- {Pros: Hard to attack, massive army, excellent tanks][Cons: almost no fleet, obselete air force, Communist] Roguejedi 23:52, February 3, 2011 (UTC)

Canada-[Pros:good relations with allies, loyal people, away from war][Cons: not many people, small army] Roguejedi 23:52, February 3, 2011 (UTC)

UK-Baconton 00:14, February 4, 2011 (UTC)

China-[Pros:Large population, Large economic capacity][Cons: Underdeveloped military, Widescale civil unrest] Ownerzmcown 02:02, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

Sweden- [Pros: large navy, air force, has high industrial capacity][Cons: Small population, divisive Nazi and Comintern sympathies] BoredMatt 02:25, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

Turkey- [Large army, self-sufficient, allied with Bulgaria and Romania][Very poor, little industrial capacity, small air force] BoredMatt 02:25, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

Germany [rebuilding millitary, growing world power][Very weak ecomony, many enemies] BlackSkyEmpire 02:51, February 7, 2011 (UTC)BlackSkyEmpire

Cuba- [Pros: Good relation with Cuba][Cons: Smaller than most countries] CrimsonAssassin 03:15, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

Mexico [Pros: Government can change quicker][Cons: Unhealthy]- CrimsonAssassin 03:15, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

Siam [Pros: strategic location, wealthy, moderately large population][Cons: far from centres of conflict, little say on the world stage, recently experienced a revolution] Detectivekenny (Info; Talk) 06:20, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

Italy [Pros: relatively good military, growing economy] [Cons: Fascist government with peaceful majority, fascist dictator rules with iron hand] Fedelede 21:15, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

Finland [Pros: Good military, stragetic location] [Cons: Small population, many ininhabitable areas] Fedelede 21:15, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

Saudi Arbia [Pros: Very wealthy off Oil] 'Cons: Corrupt goverment, weak military]StarkBlack 01:13, February 9, 2011 (UTC)

I belive Saudi Arabia was a very poor country until the 70s, because nobody really wanted oil back then.

Start: 1933.6

 * Franklin Deleno Roosevelt has just been elected President. He does not approve of Hitler's assention to Chancellor and vigorously opposes him.
 * Korean guerillas begin to stage attacks on Japanese forces, looking for independence from 24 years of harsh Japanese rule.
 * Sweden begins the process of modernizing and updating their long-neglected army. 240 tanks are purchased from Britain, and engineers begin looking for ways to replicate the design. Several thousand trucks are bought from their German allies as well, in order to increase logistics efficiency.
 * The Germans begin to rebuild there ecomony and Hitler excellerates the millitary rebuilding program, with most of his focus being on the navy and airforce with the army being a second priority. Hitler (in this game Hitler instead has a bigger hate for britian then the jews and is a navy man; the brown shirts are instead called blue shirts as well)
 * Vittorio Emmanuele III and Benito Mussolini are killed in a car crash (thought by many to be led by the Social Democrats). Umberto II ascends to the throne and slightly frees the parliament for left-wing parties. The Fascist party becomes less supportive of militarism and authocracy, and is basically only fascist with the Italian supremacist powers.
 * Finland recieves a coup d'etat led by local politician Kyösti Kallio. He does not depose President Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad but instead makes him chief of Parliament, and declares himself King of Finland. It forms an alliance with Italy.
 * Siam agrees to ally with Japan if Japanese troops do not occupy Siam, along with other agreements.
 * Cuba and Mexico begin to trade. They offer an alliance to Mexico. Meanwhile, the military is amped up.
 * Mexico accepts. They begin amping up their military.
 * The USSR offers a secret alliance to a growing Germany. USSR offers to produce German tanks in the USSR and export them to Germany, unknown by all other nations. The USSR asks in return for Germany to export planes to a inaduqate Soviet Air Force.

1934.0

 * Korea begins to plan for a huge attack on the Japanese government, and D-Day is set for 1934.6
 * Roosevelt strongly encourages people to switch from commertial to military production to prepare for war.


 * Siam increases its naval capabilities.
 * A revolution starts in Saudi Arabia. Thousands of protestors say they are sick of the corrupt goverment and want a democracy. The revolutionaries march on Mecca and Media with little resistance. The army is sent to put down the rebellion, but large numbers of soldiers join the people. Within a few months, the nation is in a full scale revolution.
 * Cuba begins to invade several Carribean Islands. The interior is improved and tourism is rapidly increasing.
 * Mexico continues to amp up its military. It begins propoganda in Central America. Happiness in those areas diminish. Guatemala and Honduras begin to riot.
 * Germany begins to lick its economic wounds and war production soon begins to undergo with no resrictions.

1934.6

 * Korea stages a huge assassination attack on Japanese leaders, both in Japan and in Korea. They successfully kill the Emperor, but not the PM. They also manage to kill several Japanese loyalists under the leadership of Kim Gu.
 * The US begins to give the Korean revolution secret funds to overthrow their Japanese overlords. Meanwhile, Roosevelt introduces the New Deal, and the economy seems to be getting on their feet.
 * The revolution in Saudi intensifies. The people march on Riyadh, with an army of their own. The battle seems to be a loyalist victory, but at the last minute reinforcements come and the rebels rout the Saudi army. Saudi Arabia becomes democratic, and the U.A.E. joins the country, seeing Saudi as a good place to live in. Dubai is made the new capital, and Saudi is modernized. It offers the U.S an alliance.
 * Accepted, but get rid of the Royal Family. They're annoying. :)
 * The USSR gives funds to Korea, glad that their nemises Japan is in retrreat. The USSR is now almost fully out of the Depression, with strict leadership by the government. The USSR continues to wait for Germany's responce to the secret agreement. The USSR starts to get angry at Germany ignoring them.
 * Japanese troops loyal to the emperor flee to Siam, but are subordinated by the king of Siam. The city of Phetchaburi, in Japanese as Pechafu-shi, is set aside for Japanese immigrants. Siam advances its navy significantly, adopting Japanese technology but using Siamese principles.
 * German troops re-enter the Rhine and Hitler demands that the French leave the region immideietly; New improvisions on the millitary begin to go underway.
 * Siam continues to bulk up its navy.

1935

 * Saudi Arabia continues to modernize. The army is made stronger and bigger, and an Air Force is built. Tanks are added to the army as well. Women are allowed to go to school, snd everyone from the ages of 6-18 must go to school. They announce themselves to be a secular country. They also invade Yemen.
 * Korea beings a full scale revolution, with young, old, male, female, all taking to the streets. They begin to lynch and mob Japanese forces and sympathisers and requests help from the US, the USSR, England, France, and the Netherlands for help defeating the Japanese.
 * The US, while not declaring war on Japan, begins to send supplies to the Koreans, grateful that pushing the Japanese out of Korea.
 * The USSR, happy for any excuse to declare war on Japan, declares war on the nation. The massive Red army mobilizes and the first units of the army cross the border form Mongola into Manchuria. The troops made headway against tough Japanese resistance.
 * Siam requests alliances with Germany and Italy. It bulks up its navy.
 * Italy agrees to the Siamese offer. It also applauds Germany's decision of reoccupying the Rhine. It also starts supplying the Japanese.
 * Finland also starts supplying the Japanese in order to keep the Italians happy.
 * China declares war on Japan, and directly sends support to the rebels while also sending 80,000 troops to attack Japanese forces along the northern border.
 * The Bomb Plot of 1935 takes action, with the result being the death of Hitler. Hundreds mourn his loss, but with no leader to take command the whole nation begins to colapse. The Social Democratic Party of Germany steps in and announces itself the governing party at the time and with Kurt Schumacher becoming the prime minister; relations with nations such as Great Britian and the United States are re-opened as a result of this new governing body. The Third Riech is renamed the Second Weimer Republic; Still, unification with Austria continues to be planned.
 * A fascist party and a Communist Party forms in Cuba.
 * Mexico amps up their military.

1935.6

 * Korea ultranationalists begin the "victory march" down the Korean Peninsula, pushing the Japanese out every way.
 * The US begins to help Korea by training their impromptu militia.
 * The Cuban Fascist and Communist armies grow in strength. Violence in Cuba erupts.
 * The Mexican economy, in much better shape than other Latin American nations, offers promise. The Mexican government takes over more Latin American nations.
 * Saudi Arabia complete's it's conquets of Yemen. They now invade Oman. Modernization continues.
 * You're expanding way too fast. You cannot conquer Yemen in just 1 year. The Saudi Military at then was virtually nonexistant. You would take at least 3-5 years to conquer Yemen, and besides, you're expanding too fast.
 * Not to mention that most of Yemen was a protectorate of GB, and the rest was a puppet state. Same with Oman.
 * Siam makes plans to reform its economy into a mixture of fascism and laissez-faire capitalism, which should be effective by 1936. Siam improves its navy and begins backing fascist anti-European groups in Malaya, French Indochina, Dutch East Indies, Philippines, and Australia.
 * That doesn't make sense. Fascist ideology neccesitates state ownership of industry just as much as communism does.
 * It's based on an ideology I created here on Conworlds. It's not fascism in the strictest sense. Think of it as similar to the stronato in Paraguay.
 * Ok I see what you are saying
 * Germany continues its rearment program due to the lumbering Soviet threat, also, talks for unification begin between Austria and Germany.
 * The Soviet Union continues to advance into manchuria. Now that the Soviet military is mobilized, the advance continues at a faster rate. The USSR calls for meetings with China and Korea on how to divide the Japanese Empire once the war is over. The USSR offers an alliance to the Cuban communist party and Mexico
 * Uhh. you do realize that Korea was not invading Japan, just driving them off the peninsula, because Japan was occupying Korea. Also, this "victory march" is being made by militias, not organized military. We have no tanks, no aircraft, no artillary. We are in no position to invade Japan. And China is, by now, effectively conquered by the Japanese.
 * well, Chinese gurellia forces were very deadly and effective against the Japanese. And by dividing the Japanese Empire, I ment that Korea would have the penninsula (it was technicly part of the emprie so I am right.)
 * The Chinese continue to send their support to the Japanese, although as Koreans advance, their forces pull back.
 * uhhh, you do realize that the Chinese were conquered by the Japanese, and were extremely resentful of them?
 * You realize that last turn you declared war on Japan?

1936

 * The Communist and fascist parties continue to rise in power. Violence escalates.
 * Mexico continues taking Latin American nations.
 * Korean militias are routed by Japanese forces in the mountains of South Korea, and begin a retreat. However, even though it is a huge setback, they will not give up.
 * The US denoucnes Mexico's aggressive behavior and says that if they conquer any more nations there will be war.
 * Mexico is not being aggressive. They are peacefully absorbing poorer Latin American nations.
 * Saudi Arabia continues it's invasion of Yemen. Arab and Yemenese stroops fight a large battle for almost 3 days, causing large casualties on each side. On the third day, a Saudi tank division shows up, and breaks through Yemenese lines, and causes a full rout. This battle proves to be a turning point in the war, as almost 40,000 Yemenese troops were killed in the three day battle.
 * King Rama VIII of Siam declares a suspension of constitutional rights during the nine-month transition period into what he calls Siamese fascism. During that time, tens of thousands of Siamese are forced to receive military training.

1937

 * Cuba erupts into civil war. West Cuba is mainly Communist as East Cuba is mainly Fascist. In the center, there are capitalist enclaves. Travel to and from Cuba is cut off by both governments. Tourists in Eastern Cuba are taken hostage. The ransom for the hostages: $500,000 a person. Tourists from the United States, UK, France, and Mexico are among those held. The communist Western Cuba is mainly amping up its military. As for what, it is likely that Western Cuba is planning a massive invasion of Fascist Cuba. The Communists ask for aid from the USSR as Fascist Cuba is asking for aid from Germany.
 * Germany, not for either side, proposes a joint European and American strike in order to end the conflict and re-establish rule there; the plan known as I-Day (Invasion Day) and also dubbed the "Bay of Pigs Invasion". Germany also hopes for the establishment of German bases there.
 * Mexico warns Germany not to add to the body count in Cuba. They think it is best just to let the war play out. Either Fascist or Communist Cuba will fall in time. Meanwhile, the Mexicans try to support the Capitalist Enclaves in Cuba. They hope this petty conflict resolves itself soon, as they see a larger conflict looming in the horizon...
 * Germany instead criticizes Mexico for doing too LITTLE. They themselves plan a diffrent approach; Highly Trained German paratroopers are launched into Eastern Cuba, where they manage to free some tourist in the vincinty. The German goverment, which is also supporting East Cuba, blames West Cuba for entering Eastern Cuba and liberating prisinors-of-war. More opperations continue, but in the meanwhile advisors, trainers, equipment, and supplies are sent to Eastern Cuba and German subs position themselves around Western Cuba.
 * Saudi Arabia takes advantage of the looming conflict in Cuba by invading Yemen's capital. The yemense army is crushed, and Yemen in annexed by Saudi Arabia.
 * Yemen is a British Protectorate! You just declared war on the British Empire!
 * I think this user is trying to expand his nation too quickly. Saudi Arabia has no real invasion choices; most territory there is controlled by either France and Britian (or is a Protectorate). You could improve your nation internally, but the only real advantage Saudi Arabia has is the Oil industry/buisness
 * Yes. I will call for a vote to ban him if he keeps doing this. Also, Saudi Arabia didn't have oil back then! What I mean is that the billlions of petrodollars that are flowing into SA was not there in WWII.
 * The US demands that Cuba release the hostages or there will be war. They begin planning a rescue, however it is very dificult due to the fact that helicopters were not invented yet, so there is not an easy way to get in/out of Cuban territory. However, plans are drawn up involving paratroopers.
 * Which Cuba?
 * Korean ultranationalists win a huge victory over the Japanese in Seoul, forcing Japanese troops into a full blown retreat. However, resistance leader Kim Il-Sung was killed, a huge blow for the Korean forces, since he founded the Korean Freedom Army, the core of the resistance
 * Italy, now called by many "the last Fascist country" (although Siam was also partly fascist) has been building it's army and economy throughout this years of political inactivity. It has also slowly moved towards the former Italian liberal parliamentary monarchy. However, the still politically agressive Minister of Defense is able to declare war on Ethiopia, by feeding the Italian's resentment towards the Ethiopian Empire. It also begins to help the fascists in Cuba and declares that if Saudi Arabia doesn't abandon all British and French holdings, and if Mexico extends it's sovereignty over more than 1821 boundaries, there will be war. It also offers formal alliances to Germany, Hungary, Romania and Greece. The latter three accept the offer.
 * Finland backs up the Italian demands and supports. It also begins to worsen relationships with the Soviet Union, as it demands it's given all Finn and Finnish-related speaking areas to Finland.
 * Siam begins developing an air force. It begins backing anti-European riots in Singapore.
 * Sweden finishes the full restoration of their military. Two new tank designs have been put into production at around 80 a year for both vehicles, while product-improved dive bombers now manufactured by Saab are ordered. They begin to turn against the Soviet Union. Sweden asks for the return of the Aland Islands, which are primarily populated by Swedes, to Sweden from Finland in return for vastly lowered trade barriers and a considerable sum of money, as well as recognizing Finnish claims in Swedish Lapland. This would move the border to around 50 miles east of Kiruna. Sweden also secures a defensive alliance with Poland, as both are growing wary of both Germany and the USSR.
 * The Chinese, seeing a time to take the offensive, launch a widescale offensive against the Japanese to push them off their homeland.
 * Map Time! Add your changes! 
 * Um..Pita this map is inaccurate.......
 * I know, but I couldn't find a blank World War II time map, so I'm just going to have them say like Germany expands into ___, then put that on the map, ignoring borders. Could you find a map thats better?
 * here.
 * Forgot to add all the Caucases and Eastern Europe in the Soviet Union.
 * Added Mexico's expansion and the Cuban Civil War.

1938

 * Violence in Cuba calms down. Borders become solid. Western Cuba rescues some hostages from Eastern Cuba and gives them back to their home countries. However, some hostages are still missing. East Cuba places mines in the water, especially in Guantanamo Bay. While this keeps the Western Cubans away, a German command submarine accidentally hits a mine. Central Cuba (Known to the USA as CapCuba) recieves aid from the US and most Enclaves gain a better foothold.
 * Mexico tries calming down Cuba. This works a little bit. A mission to rescue a few hostages goes partially right. Two planes were shot down before they reached the hostage place. One managed to crash into a key building, effectively loosening Fascist Cuba's hold on that area. The Mexicans rescue a majority of the hostages. However, three are killed by gunfire. A funeral is funded and held by the Mexican government for the fallen.

In October, Mexico manages to revisit the hostage area, invading it, and opening the area up for a week so the rest of the hostages are let out. The fascists eventually overran the stronghold. Eastern Cuba is still strong and war against them is ill-advised. Western Cuba seems to be somewhat cooperative and may turn back to an agreeable economy soon. Central Cuba is given aid by Mexico.
 * Germany warns Mexico that it will invade Cuba if the conflict is not resolved by next year; in the meantime a large group of German bombers test there cababilities by scortching a city in Eastern City. Germany also accepts the alliance offer from Italy. German troops move into Austria after the day before in which both sides agreed to unification; after this event Germany demands Sudentland, they promise that it would be the last land concession they would recieve.
 * The USSR decides that it will stay out of the Cuban civil war, instead continueing its invasion of Japan. The USSR propeses to China that the division of Japanese China will go as such: USSR gets Manchuria and a little coast, and China gets all the rest of the coast. The USSR continues to build its air force, creating thousands more planes. They also offer to give China some in return for land and an alliance. The USSR is undecided about the situation with Finland, so they put the problem on hold until next year.
 * The US lands paratroopers in East Cuba and rescues some hostages. They also begin sending aid to West Cuba and Central Cuba. They think about what to do with the rest of Cuba.
 * Mexico has rescued all of the hostages. A few were killed in the escape, but the rest made it safely to their home country.
 * Korean forces are now at a stalemate with the Japanese, with the Japanese burning Korean villages, killing Korean people and soldiers, while Korean guerillas give the Japanese an extremely miserable experience. With Chinese reinforcements, they gradually begin to push the Japanese to Busan, at the end of the peninsula.
 * Siam continues to upgrade its air force and navy. Riots intensify in Singapore, and spread to Penang, George Town, Malacca, and the Klang Valley.
 * Yo Britain, do something.
 * Western Cuba asks for reinforcements from the USSR and any other communist countries. They thank the US for their help. Eastern Cuba asks for reinforcements from Germany, Italy, and any other Fascist countries. Central Cuba thanks its helpers and asks for help from Capitalist and mixed market countries.
 * Do you think I should keep this going or have them chill out for a while? I'm probably going to calm down tomorrow with Cuba. At least it's interesting :)
 * I'm leaving to go to a MUN conference tommorow thru Sunday, dont mess with my nations please
 * K
 * FYI, I said that the USSR will stay out of the Cuban Civil War
 * Saudi Arabia ask's Great Britain for forgiveness for invading Yemen. However, they do ask if they will give Saudi there lands in Arabia, since they are really of no value to England, but Saudi arabia would like to unite all of Arabia to there control. They also began to improve their economy by growing cotton along the coast to Export to other countries. Sadi improves it's army, and begans to build an Air Force.
 * Hey Guys, im sorry for expanding my nation too fast.

1939
'''Map time! Add your changes!'''
 * The Cuban Civil War ends in a stalemate. Both sides cease fire and work on rebuilding.
 * The Mexicans try protecting Western and Central Cuba. They warn Germany not to invade either Cuba
 * The US requetsts West and East Cuba for an embasy in both of their lands for better communication and relations in the future. Meanwhile, Albert Einstein and his family immigrate to the US.
 * West Cuba accepts. East Cuba denies.
 * Korea now occupies the entire peninsula, due to the efforts of the gueriilla forces. They set up a tempory government, and ask the US, the USSR, and Great Britain for an alliance.
 * USSR accepts
 * The USSR starts to advance along the coast of China, but Japanese guerella forces slow the advance down. The Japanese troops fght to the death and are willing to sacrifice themselves, but the USSR Red Army is a lot larger. The USSR steps up its tank production to 1,000 tanks per year. They produce large amounts of the famous T-34 main battle tank. Aircraft production is steped up to 500 per year, with estimates for 1941 to be around 1,000 per year. Stalin offers t meet with Scandinavian official to work out their differences in a conference in Karelia.
 * Germany annexes Sudentland and blockades Eastern Cuba; they warn them that if it does not agree to the embassy offer, German navel forces would starve the nation until they do so. Germany begins to ask that the League of Nations be reformed and strenghened due to its weakness and little effect on the world.
 * GB dec;ates war on East Cuba and decides to form an Alliance with the Koreans.
 * The Straits settlements are stormed by thousands of students and the Siamese army. Due to Britain being occupies in Cuba, the Straits settlements fall to the Siamese, and become provinces of Siam. Siam requests aid from Germany, Italy, and East Cuba.
 * Italy re-offers it's alliance to Germany, as well as accepting Siam's aid proposal. It also declares war on Western Cuba. It also annexes Dalmatia forcefully, although without declaration of war, stating that Dalmatia is a rightfully Italian area.
 * Saudi arabia begin's to mass produce tanks, producing almost 250 tanks by the end of the year. The army is 200,000 strong, and the Saudi Air force grows as well. The economy is steadily increasing thanks to Saudi's new export, Cotton.
 * I deleted the part about the T-34. Don't try and steal other people's stuff again.
 * Eastern Cuba, in December, finally allows the US embassy. They beg for help from Italy, the US, Germany, and Siam against Great Britain and any other attackers. Meanwhile, West Cuba begs for help from Great Britain, the US, the USSR, Korea, Mexico, and China against Italy.
 * (Just so everyone is clear, Germany is a Federal Democracy now due to the 1935 Bomb Plot) Germany rejects, they instead allie with Italy and propose a joint-alliance with the following nations: Germany, Italy, U.S., Great Britian, Korea, and China

'''Eritrea is Italian. And Namibia, Togo and Cameroon were not German anymore. And what's the light blue that occupies all of the islands around the Eastern Hemisphere?'''



1940

 * Mexico protects both Cubas. The military is mobilized. They try reasoning with the other nations. They say that Cuba will eventually unite and the fascist Cuba will give way to Western Cuba.
 * Eastern Cuba sets up its defense heavily. Meanwhile, scientists begin working on the schematics for a huge, devastating weapon. In November, however, Western Cuba steals the plans. They declare that if Eastern Cuba falls to another country, the territory should rightfully be Western Cuban territory. Western Cuba also heavily prepares its defense.
 * look you cannot start developing nukes yet. The Nuke program was started because of World War II.
 * Tragedy strikes! the leader of the USSR, Stalin, dies by rebels from Russia. He is shot on the way to teh meeting with the Scandinavians. The suspect has not been caught but he is confirmed to be an anti- Communist rebel. A new leader comes in the form of Ivan Vladimir, a little-known man who has a way with words and has strong popular backing. As his first act, Vladimir asks for formal alliances with Germany, Italy, Mexico, Great Britian, and China. The war against Japan has almost ended, with the last armies in China fighting desprately. The USSR begins to work on a T-42 tank, much better than the best tank in the world, the T-34. The T-34 is carefully guarded, and no country knows how to make them. That means you cant just say you're getting the tank, hint, hint.