Surrender

Surrender Read the information below to find out what __could__ have happened after the Battle of Stalingrad.

After much consideration, calculation of losses, and consultation with nearly every member of his government, **Stalin** realized the devastation they would face would be enormous if they continued to fight (Simkin). Stalin surrendered to Germany on September 29, 1942. Because of the USSR’s surrender, Germany was able to swiftly and easily occupy Moscow and its surrounding regions. By December 30th, 1942, **Hitler** had moved on to occupy nearly one fourth of Western Russia, including another key city, Leningrad. Several resistance movements started by Russian citizens attempted to weaken Nazi rule; however, they were easily overthrown and, along with almost 10% of the Russian population, were thrown into Hitler-ruled gulags. The Nazi takeover slowly poured into Siberia and, more slowly, into Eastern Europe, especially Ukraine. Hitler let his enemy, Stalin, live to see the fall of the Soviet Union. Then he had him killed, hoping to prevent a larger resistance from forming under Stalin’s control in attempts to regain the Soviet Union.

**__Impact on Eastern Asia__**

With eastern Siberia being under complete Nazi control, the Germans were able to more easily help the Japanese fighting in the Pacific. They could more easily reach the Pacific, and they didn’t have to worry about gaining more of Europe for the time being. Japan, under the rule of **Emperor Hirohito**, and Nazi Germany swiftly combined armies and converged on China. Japan focused its forces on the east, while Germany took the West. Together, as close allies, their territory spanned over 40% of the Eastern Hemisphere, including almost all of Asia and about half of Europe. Hitler’s dream of expanding the German LEBENRAUM and establishing a strong THIRD REICH was quickly turned into a terrifying reality.

After occupying all of that land, Nazi Germany became a fierce world superpower; Hitler decided to make the daring move of attacking the United States. With their new found nuclear technology taken from Nazi-occupied Russia, Germany finally had the strength to attack the United States without being sure of devastation to themselves. Several successful battles were started by the U.S. against Germany, but two years after the German occupation of China, a wave of LUFTWAFFE and Kamikaze attacks shocked the unprepared Western Coast of the United States. Key military bases and major military arsenals were bombed, destroying almost 20% of America’s fleet/supplies/paraphernalia. One of the most devastating of such air attacks was on the Boeing airplane plant in Seattle, devastating American aircraft production. While watching America’s power slowly drift away, Germany and Japan continue their research into nuclear weapons.

**__A War on Nuclear Weapons__**

In the spring of 1950, the AXIS POWERS flew, equipped with a completed nuclear bomb, from a newly-established military base in Hiroshima to LOS ALAMOS. After the capture of the Soviet Union, the Germans had gained the information collected by Soviet spies about the location of this nuclear research center. The Axis Powers hoped that if they destroyed the center of the U.S.’s nuclear development, the country would be unable to launch a counterattack and would easily be defeated under threat of nuclear annhilation. Since Los Alamos was located in the center of New Mexico, the Axis plane had to fly south of California and Arizona, and then fly north up though New Mexico, just west of Mexico. That way, they did not risk being flying over the United States mainland and being detected by radar until the very last leg of the journey. The airplane waited until they were as close to the research center as they could get, and dropped the bomb. That single bomb completely destroyed everything in a mile radius with significant destruction up to four miles away. Luckily, the research center was secluded, so few lives were lost, but the United States lost the research that they had been working on for almost a decade.

Within a few days, President Harry Truman received a message from Hitler telling him to surrender, threatening to drop another bomb. This time, the Axis powers planned to attack an unspecified highly-populated city. Truman had no choice; he had to surrender. The United Kingdom quickly followed. Besides the United States, they had been the only Allied power left standing. They were hanging on only because of their prominence as a sea power and their seclusion from the rest of Europe. In addition, Hitler had seen the United States as a bigger threat, so he thought it best to deal with them before he finished off Britain. But now, with the United States defeated, the United Kingdom had fallen easily. They had been relying on the US for supplies, since, being an island, the UK had limited resources.

With these unconditional surrenders, World War II officially ended on April 24, 1950, just eight days after the nuclear bomb was dropped. The Axis powers were victorious. Hitler had finally built his THIRD REICH, the one he was certain would survive for 1000 years. The number of total deaths, being undisclosed by Hitler’s government, remains unknown. He continued to lead his empire until his death, of natural causes, on November 4, 1957, at age 68.

However, because the USSR had fallen to Germany back in WWII, Communism was abolished. For this reason, there was no Korean War or Vietnam War. Even if there had been, the United States was too weak to do anything about it.

To this day, the German Empire continues to control 73% of the world.

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