Act of Ambition (Map Game)

The year is 1945 ......... but not as we know it. 

In 1933, the American government was overthrown in a military coup, which forced President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to flee Washington DC, as the nation into civil war between various the American Loyalists and the new government of the United States of America controlled by the American Legion, retaining its name from the old government to increase legitimacy. The world changed forever, as halfway across the Atlantic, Adolf Hitler emerged and rose to power. Over the course of several years, the Germans slowly conquered Central Europe and by 1939, they had begun their advance into Poland. The Six Month War and the Eastern War both began to rage across the continent. First the Six Month War, and then the Eastern War. By 1940, Germany had taken France, while the UK was forced to negotiate. In fear of a German invasion, Stalin began preparing the Red Army for a war against the Reich and when the Reich at last had secured much of Europe, Stalin was proven correct. Initially, Germany was able to push as far as Eastern Ukraine and Outer Leningrad, but then the ensuing counterattack forced the Germans as far back as the pre-War borders and from there, the war dragged on to a bloody stalemate. Between 1943 and 1944 the Reich and the Soviet Union had fought a war of attrition and by the time the Russo-German DMZ was established, the war had taken many lives across Europe. As the ash cleared, the political and demographic landscape of Earth was changed forever. And it was all because of the will of a single man. As the new America rebuilds from the Second American Civil War, a revolution starts to brew and the Cold War begins. How will you change the world? Will you be a mere observer of the course of history? Or will you be a participant and make an Act of Ambition?



Timeline
Timeline (Act of Ambition Map Game)

Rules
Rules (Act of Ambition Map Game)

Moderators
Creator: Through Stars We Rise. (Welcome to the Universe). 23:56, May 21, 2016 (UTC)

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Big Brother (Oceanian Cabinet Meeting)

Mapmaker:

North America

 * Flag_of_Canada_1921.png Dominion of Canada - Superpenguins8771
 * Dominion_of_Newfoundland_Red_Ensign.svg Dominion of Newfoundland -
 * US_flag_48_stars.svg United States of America - Blason_comte_fr_Anjou.svg By the grace of God, Count of Maine, Forcalquier, Anjou, and Provence, Prince of Albania and His Highness the Dauphin of France Belial.  23:55, May 23, 2016 (UTC)
 * American Resistance - -- Orange (→My wall!←)
 * Free America Army -  -- Orange   (→ My wall! ←)
 * United American Front - -- Orange   (→ My wall! ←)
 * American People's Liberation Army -  -- Orange   (→ My wall! ←)
 * Eagle's Defense Forces -  -- Orange   (→ My wall! ←)
 * Democratic Forces -  -- Orange   (→ My wall! ←)
 * Reborn Sons of Liberty  -- Orange   (→ My wall! ←)
 * Flag_of_Mexico.svg Mexico - AH28
 * Flag_of_Guatemala.svg Guatemala -
 * Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua -
 * Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg Costa Rica -
 * Flag_of_Panama.svg Panama -
 * Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba -
 * Flag_of_Haiti.svg Haiti -
 * Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.png The Dominican Republic -
 * Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg El Salvador -
 * Flag_of_Honduras.svg Honduras -
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_Bermuda.svg Bermuda - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_British_Honduras_(1919-1981).svg British Honduras - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_the_Bahamas_(1953-1964).png Bahamas - KawaiiKame

South America

 * Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Redbaran45 (talk) 17:57, May 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * Flag_of_Venezuela.svg Venezuela -
 * Flag_of_Brazil.png Brazil -
 * Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina - Pyradox (talk) 18:43, May 28, 2016 (UTC)
 * Flag_of_Peru_(state).svg Peru -
 * Flag_of_Chile.svg Chile - Ethan.beckner
 * Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay -
 * Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay -
 * Flag_of_Ecuador.svg Ecuador -
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_British_Guiana_1954-1966.png British Guiana - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg Falkland Islands - KawaiiKame

Europe

 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire - KawaiiKame (talk) 02:58, May 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * Reichskriegsflagge38-45.gifn Reich - Through Stars We Rise. (Welcome to the Universe). 23:56, May 21, 2016 (UTC)
 * Reichskriegsflagge38-45.gifal Government - Through Stars We Rise. (Welcome to the Universe). 05:20, May 27, 2016 (UTC)
 * Reichskriegsflagge38-45.gif Flag_of_Philippe_Pétain,_Chief_of_State_of_Vichy_France.svg Vichy France - Through Stars We Rise. (Welcome to the Universe). 23:56, May 21, 2016 (UTC)
 * Reichskriegsflagge38-45.gif Flag_of_Slovakia.svg Slovakia - Through Stars We Rise. (Welcome to the Universe). 18:05, May 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * Reichskriegsflagge38-45.gif Flag_of_Serbia,_1941-1944.svg Occupied Serbia - Through Stars We Rise. (Welcome to the Universe). 18:05, May 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * European Resistance Movements -
 * Flag of Free France 1940-1944.svg French Resistance -
 * Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg Anti-Mussolini Rebels -
 * Proposed_German_National_Flag_1948.svg German Resistance -
 * CV_Flag_of_Greece_(1945-1970).png Greek Resistance -
 * Flag_of_Poland_(1928-1980).svg Polish Resistance -
 * Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg Dutch Resistance -
 * Flag_of_Norway_(3-2).svg Norwegian Resistance -
 * Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslav Resistance -Tullin
 * Flag of Finland.svg Finland - With Blood and Iron (talk) 23:12, May 30, 2016 (UTC)
 * Flag_of_Bulgaria_(3-2).svg Bulgaria -
 * Flag_of_Hungary.svg Hungary -
 * Flag_of_Romania.svg Romania - AM, King of the Banat
 * Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg Italian Empire - Harvey.bell
 * Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg Flag_of_Croatia.png Yugoslavia - Harvey.bell
 * Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg Flag_of_Albania.svg Albania - Harvey.bell
 * Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg CV_Flag_of_Greece_(1945-1970).png Greece - Harvey.bell
 * Flag_of_Facist_Spain.svg Spain -
 * Flag_of_Facist_Spain.svg Spanish Overseas Territory and Protectorates -
 * Flag_of_Facist_Spain.svg Occupied Tangier International Zone -
 * Flag_of_Portugal.svg Portugal -
 * Flag_of_Ireland.png Ireland - Great showing. B23 (talk) 15:39, May 27, 2016 (UTC)
 * Flag of Sweden.svgn - Rdv65 (talk) 19:29, May 29, 2016 (UTC)
 * Flag_of_Switzerland.svg Switzerland -
 * Flag_of_Iceland_(3-2).svg Iceland -

Asia
14:33, May 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * Flag of the Soviet Union (1923-1955).svg Soviet Union - Prinsenvlag.svg Hail Sean! (Get a free potato here)
 * Flag_of_the Republic of China.svg Republic of China - The.Brick.Battle (talk) 04:17, May 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * Flag_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party.svg Communist Party of China -
 * Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Japan - Vatonica (talk) 23:41, May 23, 2016 (UTC)
 * Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Flag of Korea (PMIII).png Japanese Korea
 * Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Taiwanflag.png Japanese Taiwan - Vatonica
 * Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Flag_of_Manchukuo.svg Manchukuo (puppet government) - Vatonica
 * Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Flag_of_the Republic of China.svg Occupied China - Vatonica
 * Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Flag_of_the_Philippines_(1943-1945).svg Occupied Philippines - Vatonica
 * Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Flag_of_Indochina_(No_Napoleon).svg Occupied French Indochina - Vatonica
 * Anti-Japanese Resistance Groups -
 * Vietcong.png Viet Minh -
 * Hukbalahap flag.svg Hukbalahap -
 * Flag_of_Afghanistan.png Afghanistan -
 * Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia - Bozistanball
 * Flag_of_Thailand.svg Thailand - The Yellow Cat
 * Flag_of_Turkey.svg Turkey -
 * Flag of the Soviet Union (1923-1955).svg / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_Iran.svg Iran - Hail Sean! / KawaiiKame
 * Flag_of_Iraq_(1921–1959).svg Iraq -
 * Flag_of_Mongolia.svg Mongolia -
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Raj Red Ensign.svg British Raj - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Palestine-Mandate-Ensign-1927-1948.svg Palestine - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_Jordan.svg Transjordan - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_the_Colony_of_Aden.svg Aden - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_Malaya.svg Malaya - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of the Trucial States.svg Trucial Coast - KawaiiKame

Africa

 * Flag_of_Egypt.svg -
 * Flag_of_South_Africa_(1928-1994).svg Union of South Africa - Person67
 * Flag_of_Liberia.svg Liberia -
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of British East Africa.svg British East Africa - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_the_Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland.svg Rhodesia and Nyasaland - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_British_Colonial_Nigeria.svg British Nigeria - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Somaliland_Brit.gif British Somaliland - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_Botswana.svg Bechuanaland - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_Lesotho.svg Bastuoland - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_Swaziland.svg Swaziland - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_Sudan_(1956-1970).svg Anglo-Egyptian Sudan - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gambia_brit.gif Gambia - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast.svg Gold Coast - KawaiiKame
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag_of_Sierra_Leone_(1916-1961).gif Sierra Leone - KawaiiKame
 * Flag_of_Portugal.svg Flag_of_Portuguese_Angola_(Central_Italy).png Portuguese Angola -
 * Flag_of_Portugal.svg Flag_of_Portuguese_Mozambique_(Central_Italy).png Portuguese Mozambique -
 * Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg Flag_of_Libya.svg Libya - Harvey.bell
 * Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946).svg Flag_of_Ethiopia_(1897-1936;_1941-1974).svg Italian East Africa - Harvey.bell
 * Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg Free Belgium -
 * Flag of Free France 1940-1944.svg Free France -
 * Flag_of_Morocco.svg Morocco -

Oceania
(Oceanian Cabinet Meeting)
 * Flag of Australia.svg Commonwealth of Australia - Big Brother
 * Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg Dominion of New Zealand - Conqueror of Italy!
 * Kanaka Maoli flag.svg Hawaii -

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1945.0
"“Welcome to the dawn of a new era. The flames of the world flicker around us, the smoke of the establishment rises high into the black clouds. We are the dragon, the roaring lion awoken from his sleep. We are the phoenix arising from the ashes of the world. We are reborn.” -Generalissimo Francisco Franco, Armistice Day, 1945." '''Japan invades and annexes Hawaii. '''

'''An explosion goes off in the New York Stock Exchange, killing 20 and injuring 30. The American Resistance is suspected of the attack. '''

'''Hitler continues the Final Solution in the German Reich, her territories, client states and European Allies. '''

'''The Second Sino-Japanese War continues as it drags on to a bloody stalemate. '''
 * German Reich: Following the Eastern War, the German Reich begins to rebuild its economy, and infrastructure while building up the Wehrmacht. This means that the Heer, the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine are built up, especially the Kriegsmarine. In economic news, Hitler begins implementing policies to reprivatise the German economy and attract foreign investors to the German Reich while still maintaining control over public services and utilities, as well as the arms industry. This makes the Reich a more friendly environment for both small businesses and large companies alike, combined with the reduction of interest rates. Meanwhile, Hitler continues to implement the Final Solution across the German Reich. This results in Jews, Slavs, Homosexuals, Disabled and Political Dissidents continuing to be sent to concentration camps. It is expected that Europe outside the Soviet Union will be cleansed of Untermensch before 1950. In military terms, the Reich begins preparations for Operation: Tannenbaum and continues work on the Uranprojekt, with the German Reich hoping to achieve a breakthrough before 1950 - 1952. This means that the Swizz-German border begins to be filled with Wehrmacht forces.  Work also continues of the  Aggregat  rocket family, with work being aimed for making an efficient delivery system for nuclear weapons.  With the Eastern War over, priority shifts towards political opposition, and thus a crackdown is initiated on suspected Resistance members by the Gestapo, assisted by SS.
 * General Government: The General Government continues to tighten its grip on the region, and continues the genocide of Untermensch in the Final Solution. Military force is used against Polish Resistance forces, and mass executions begin against their members.
 * Spanish Diplomacy: The Spanish Ambassador to Berlin, Jose Maria Finat y Escriva de Romani, proposes the sale of 100 12.8cm Flak 40 AA guns, 60 SIG 33 15cm Infantry Heavy Field Cannon and 90 SFH 18M 15cm Heavy Field Howitzers to Spain. 
 * Vichy France: The government of Vichy France continues to tighten its grip and continues the genocide of the Untermensch in the Final Solution. A meeting with Hitler then results in the possibility that Hitler may return Northern France to Vichy France and result in the formation of the Independent State of France after 1950. A joint operation by German SS and Vichy French forces begin to root out the French Resistance and wipe them out.
 * Slovakia: Economic expansion and genocide of Untermensch continues as does a crackdown on possible suspected Resistance members.
 * Occupied Serbia: Expansion of the Serbian economy continues, as does the genocide against the Untermensch in the region. Yugoslav Resistance members begin to be rooted out by German SS forces, and local collaborators, as villages and towns begin to be destroyed by SS forces.
 * Spain: General Franco increases government spending on education, promising to “nurture the flame of the future, in the hearts and minds of our beloved children”. He unveils the new Plan de Recuperación Económica (Economic Recovery Plan), a manifesto to stabilise the Spanish economy and promote sustainable growth. In an effort to reduce unemployment, the Esquema Nacional de Trabajo (National Working Scheme or ENT) is established. This offers unemployed men and women between the age of 18 and 30 employment on a public works scheme. The employees of this scheme receive food and lodgings (usually portable camps near their labour sites), plus a small salary. This will eventually provide up to 300,000 young Spaniards with valuable skills, wages and work, whilst at the same time vastly reducing unemployment and resulting crime, and providing a cost effective method of constructing infrastructure. Work begins on a motorway network, built across Spain in the rough shape of a spoked wheel. This not only creates a useful transport base for Spanish citizens, but also promotes efficiency in military logistics and response to border threats. The ENT is also employed in improving the national rail network, and various other public works projects such as improving sanitation and water supplies, hospital construction, and working in mines to obtain resources. The Volunteer Labour Force (VLF) is also established by Falangist patriots. Around 40,000 men and women across the nation give up a few hours of their time per week to build schools, clinics, hospitals and roads, in the name of Spanish patriotism. The influx of national and government support for growth through labour becomes known as the Labour Dawn. Another method used to promote growth and employment is to increase military spending. Many historians and analysts agree this is the best way to stimulate productivity and growth, as the resultant ripple effect diversifies across markets, meaning funding research into weaponry and tanks actually increases growth in areas as different as healthcare and stationary manufacturing. The government therefore significantly increases military expenditure, showing particular interest in armament and vehicular sectors. The Ministry of Defence announces two major approaches in the Military Budget Paper 1945. Firstly, work will begin on designing and constructing a comprehensive and advanced radar network across the nation’s coastline, an early warning system against air attack similar to that of the British prior to its partial destruction during the Battle of Britain. Secondly, the military will announce an increase in spending on armoured vehicles. The Spanish military at the end of WW2 had around 100 tanks, a number that is recognised to be equal with most other nations uninvolved in the war, but much weaker than participants. As a result, a Spanish tank programme is developed, loosely based on the Panzer IVs sold to them by Germany in December 1943. The aim is for the final prototype to be completed by the end of 1945, with the roll out commencing in February 1946. The requirements are that the tank is capable of reaching speeds of at least 30mph for extended periods of time on road, and at least 15mph cross country, with a range of over 100 miles. It must also be capable of fording over 1.5 metres. The armaments developed for the tank model predesignate its weaponry as 3x German made MG34s, and a 7.5 cm main gun, projected to have been finalised by August. The armour, designed already by a Spanish firm, ranges between 30 and 105 mm thick. The production line for this tank must have the capacity to produce 700 by the end of 1946, with the aim of escalating production to 4,000 by 1949. Recruitment for the tank crews will begin in July 1945, with 4-5 crew members required per tank and an 8-month training programme to ensure Spanish tank crews are of the highest calibre in Europe. The Spanish military also begins further production of the 8.8cm Flak 36 AA guns it has operated since the Spanish Civil War, with the aim of producing 1,800 by 1948, and 5,000 Messerschmitt BF 109G-10s in a similar period. After 5 years of remaining aloof from a war that has decimated the economies of those involved, Spain's economy is on the way to recovery from its initial post-civil war state, although there is a long way to go. In other news, the Minister for Education reports increased literacy and grades in the Spanish young, with the University of Madrid and many others reporting higher than ever graduation and enrolment numbers, perhaps due to civil war tensions dissolving over time. Anti-Fascist activity is at a low, although the newly founded National Security Service reports that there are still many dissident revolutionaries plotting acts of terror across the nation, with many in hiding in Portugal. The Spanish Ambassador in Portugal requests that the Portuguese police assists in detaining and extraditing these terrorists for just punishment. In Spain however, the NSS task force dedicated to the elimination of revolutionaries is successful in arresting and prosecuting over 3,000 dissidents. Of these, most are found guilty, with 183 executed for a mixture of murder, treason, terrorism, destruction of government property, inciting violence, and acts against the state. The infamous Internal Security Service arrests 200 treacherous government officials, 146 of whom are found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death. Campaigns across Spain continue to encourage reconciliation and integration between the old sides of the Civil War, in a concerted effort to prevent violence and unrest.  The Ministry of Housing begins planning a wave of 'garden cities' to provide homes and communities to the growing population. Light, airy, green spaces are emphasised, and designs are planned with the consideration of stopping congestion in streets, from both pedestrians and road vehicles. Large amounts of private interest in the housing market results in independent construction firms beginning hundreds of new building projects with profit motive. Building Regulatory Laws 13 through 28 are passed to ensure all new settlements are built with easy access to a Catholic church, high quality sanitation and plumbing, large parks and air-raid warning sirens. These building regulations improve living quality but at the same time ensure further boosts to the economy, as many more contractors are needed at no cost to the government since the projects are run privately.