Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Part 41 1947

June 3 The newly crowned king of Italy Umberto II departs Rome for a military inspection of Italian forces deployed overseas whit his first stop being the kingdom of Albanian-Montenegro capitol.
Deep underground in a bunker in Japan three people study a map of Manchuria , those people are the prime minister , chief of the army general staff and minister of army and all three are worried about the large Soviet and Chinese army’s being assembled at its border , knowing that whit the denouncement of the Soviet–Japanese neutrality pact of 1945 by the Soviet Union it is only a matter of time before the Soviet Union and Chinese communist begin the invasion of Manchuria , therefore the decided that the order to use chemical and biologic weapons will also be applied to the Soviet Union and Chinese communist if the invaded Manchuria ( despite the order to use chemical and biologic weapons was given several months before in order to battle the US and here allies no chemical and biologic weapons have bin use so far as most of chemical and biologic stockpile are stored in underground facilities in Japan where the where to be used in case the US invaded the Japanese home island ).

June 4 King Umberto II arrives in the Albanian-Montenegro capitol and is greeted by tens of thousands of people who have come to watch him , the crowd is so big that the black shirts of the 1st Albanian- Montenegro legion are struggling to contain the crowd , lucky king Umberto II arrives whit out problems at the office of the Albanian-Montenegro prime minister whit who he has a meeting , in the same meeting are also present are the commander of the Italian forces in Albanian-Montenegro and the head of the Albanian-Montenegro fascist party.

June 5 Secretary of state George Marshall presents the Marshall plan ore officially known as the European recovery program for US aid to nations in free Western Europe , he also announces that the United States relief and rehabilitation agency which previous helped in rebuilding the country’s of free Western Europe will be disbanded whit its function now going to the newly created United Nations relief and rehabilitation organization ( nations which will receive aid true the Marshall plan are Belgium , Luxemburg , Netherlands , French republic , Norway , United Kingdom , and Greece whit Denmark , Ireland , Sweden , Switzerland , Iceland , and Portugal receiving some what limited aid then the nations which are members of the allied force European mainland theatre organization ).

June 6 Together whit the commander of the Italian forces in Albanian-Montenegro king Umberto II visit some units belonging to the 11th and 48th infantry divisions and the 16th motorized divison Pistoia who make up the royal Italian army presence in the kingdom of Albanian-Montenegro. June 8 Flying onboard a special modified Savoia-Marchetti SM.95 transport aircraft of the royal Italian air force and escorted by four MC.202 Folgore fighters king Umberto II heads to kingdom of Romania which is his next stop.

June 9 Arriving in the kingdom of Romania capitol of Bucharest king Umberto II is greeted by king Michael I at the airport before heading towards king Michael I royal palace where a large diner is to be held in honor of the newly crowned Italian king.

June 10 Units belonging to the royal Netherlands East Indies army 1st division , Netherlands 5th marine infantry battalion , 18th Australian infantry brigade and 20th Indian infantry brigade secure the central portion of Celebes leaving only north Celebes in the hands of Republik Indonesia Timur ( the Dutch 5th marine infantry battalion was transported to the city of Palu by sea and has replaced the infantry regiment belonging to the royal Netherlands army Willem Friso division which took part in the invasion on march 27 1947 ).

June 11 Onboard the Elisabeta class battleship NMS Elisabeta and flagship of the Romanian royal navy a fleet and air review is given by king Michael I for his quest king Umberto II , the first ship that passes NMS Elisabeta is the Romanian destroyer NMS Regina Maria followed by NMS Marasesti , behind the two Romanian destroyers come the two Italian destroyers RN Granatiere and RN Nicoloso Da Recco , behind them are the smaller ships of the Romanian royal navy , the air review is also impressive as aircraft belonging the Romanian royal air force fly in formation over NMS Marasesti ( the Italian Royal Navy still has ships station in the black sea whit the two destroyers being the largest of them ).

June 13 A new army joins the Soviet-Manchuria front , this army is the Korean volunteer army which is the official fighting force of the ccommunist party of Korea and is made op of 2,000 soldiers and lead by lieutenant colonel Kim Il-sung ( the Korean volunteer army is made op of Korean deserters from the imperial Japanese army ore those who managed to escaped into Soviet ore Chinese communist controlled territory ).

June 14 After spending four days in the kingdom of Romania king Umberto II leaves to visit occupied Turkey and the city of Istanbul which is held by the 1st central alliance army group. June 15 The Portuguese government orders 20 military officers accused of sympathy towards the central alliance to resign their functions.
Arriving in occupied Turkey king Umberto II heads towards Istanbul where he meets the Bulgarian commander of the 1st central alliance army group and commander of the Italian Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Turkey who show him the other side where Turkish and Soviet forces have dug them self in , king Umberto II next stop is the Italian Aegean Island of Rhodes which is also the last visit to Italian forces deployed overseas.

June 16 King Umberto II arrives on the island of Rhodes and during his first day on Rhodes visit the cruiser RN Pompeo Magno which 38 days before had intercepted Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz during on of its patrols.
100 B-25 bombers of the royal Netherlands East Indies army air force 1st , 2nd and 3rd air group drop 270 tons of bombs on the city of Manado in north Celebes , the bombing is done in order to soften up the city as Netherlands , British and Australian forces closes in on the last major city in north Celebes still under control of the Republik Indonesia Timur ( the royal Netherlands East Indies army air force has 3 air groups equipped whit the B-25 bomber , each air group has three squadrons who each are equipped whit 12 B-25 bombers of the c , d ore j variant ).

June 17 In the independent republic of Serbia near the border of the kingdom of Croatia 10 Fa 223 transport helicopters unload 60 soldiers belonging to the German imperial army special forces 2nd recon commando company who immediately begin searching a town where a informant has hinted that the still free Marshall Tito is hiding , after the landing the soldiers of the 2nd recon commando company begin their house and house search and find Tito hiding in a shed together whit two bodyguards where he was resting as he is force to move to town to town in order to prevent capture , in the fire fight that erupts Tito bodyguards are killed and he is wounded in the shoulder , fearing that the town will try to fight the 2nd recon commando company and try to free Tito a message is sent to a near by waiting joint Serbian-German taskforce which immediately begins moving towards the town in order to secure it and to provide a escort for Tito who will be brought to Belgrade capitol of the independent republic of Serbia.

June 18 Marshall Tito arrives in Belgrade guarded by German imperial army and Serbian home defense guard soldiers and is brought to a military barrack used by the German imperial army as the German imperial defense and security office has received information that sympathizers in the Serbian government and Serbian state guard might try to free him ( the capture of Marshall Tito is biggest blow to the partisan movement operating in former Yugoslavia sins the began their fight ).
The two week tour of king Umberto II ends as he departs Rhodes and heads home towards Rome.

June 19 The battle of Hainan still continuous after 41 days but is now fought between small and isolated pockets of Japanese soldiers who face the enormous resources and manpower the eleventh United States army and the Chinese nationalist army have at their disposal. June 21 The last Republik Indonesia Timur and Japanese forces holdout on the island of Celebes is capture by bring the entire island under control of the Dutch forces.

June 22 In Batavia capitol of the Netherlands East Indies a number of bombs exploded killing 43 people , the bombing by the free Indonesian movement happened a day after the news came in that Dutch , Australian and Indian forces had taken control of the last city on the island of Celebes held by the Republik Indonesia Timur ( the fall of Celebes has ended the Republik Indonesia Timur as a major force in the Netherlands East Indies leaving the free Indonesian movement as the only major movement fighting for a independent Indonesia ).

June 25 More bombs exploded in city’s around the Netherlands East Indies as the free Indonesian movement increase its attacks to show the Dutch people that the struggle for a independent Indonesia is not over.

June 28 Serbian minister of justice announces that Marshall Tito will appear before a military tribunal in Belgrade.

June 30 Netherlands forces intelligence service based in Batavia receive intelligences that a large action by the free Indonesian movement is imminent , this intelligences is enough for the royal Netherlands East Indies army headquarters to order all of the forces under its control to go to high alert which whit the attacks by the free Indonesian movement was already high ( the Netherlands forces intelligence service was created in 12 July 1942 and consist of three departments namely NEFIS I which is responsible for military reporting , NEFIS II which is responsible for security and NEFIS III which is responsible for information gathering and sabotage operations ).