Part 44 1947

September to December 1947

December 2 More then 60 Pe-8 heavy bombers belonging to the Soviet 9th air army make the first Soviet air attack against the Japanese home island when the drop their bombs on the city of Sapporo located on the island of Hokkaidō ( the Soviet 9th air army is attached to the Soviet far eastern front ).

September 3 German crown prince Louis Ferdinand arrives in the Spanish province of Valencia where he is going to observe the Spanish ,German and Italian military exercise which is now in entering its 10th day.

September 4 Escorted by 1 destroyer, 8 patrol vessels, 7 minesweepers, 6 patrol boats, 18 torpedo boats, 6 landing vessels, 4 transport vessels and protected by 300 fighters and bombers a recon detachment belonging to the Soviet 355th separate marine battalion and a infantry company belonging to the Korean volunteer army land in the Japanese port city of Seishin where the face a garrison of some 3,000 Japanese soldiers.

September 5 Second landings by the Soviets against the Japanese held port city of Seishin ( Ch'ŏngjin ) as the remaining troops belonging to the Soviet 355th separate marine battalion ,13th Marine Brigade and the 2nd battalion of the Korean volunteer army reinforce the first landing wave who have captured some part of the city the previous day.

September 6 Generaloberst von Montag , crown prince Louis Ferdinand and generalissimo Franco observe the last day of the Spanish , German and Italian military exercise taking place. Whit more then 6,000 Soviet and Korean volunteer army soldiers fighting in the port city of Seishin a third landing is made by the Soviet 363rd rifle division who lands 2,000 men into the city , wile this happens the Soviet 35th red banner army ( part of the Soviet far eastern front ) has crossed the Tumen river ( border between Soviet Union and Japanese Korea ) and is advancing along side the coast line towards the city.

September 7 Siege of port Arthur by the Soviet-Manchuria front begins , the new Politburo considers the capture of the city important as they want revenge for the Japanese capturer of the city fifty-two years ago ( the siege of port Arthur is one of the last operation the Soviet-Manchuria front is doing in the former state of Manchuria ).

September 8 The city of Dairen near the besieged city of port Arthur is taken by Soviet naval infantry landing parties who where transported by 34 GST flying boats taking of from Sukhodol airport near Vladivostok ( the GST flying boat is a Soviet version of the US designed PBY Catalina flying boat ).

September 9 Forced to wait as supply lines are unavailable , the Soviet-Manchuria front is forced to halt at the border of Yalu River ( border whit Japanese Korea ) , only one large army has crossed the Tumen river and is already in Japanese Korea and that is the Soviet 35th red banner army.

September 10 In Belgrade the former leader of the Yugoslavian resistance movement , marshal Tito is executed by a firing squad made of soldiers belonging to the Serbian state guard.

September 11 The Soviet 56th rifle corps begins the invasion of South Sakhalin where the face the Japanese 88th infantry division ( the Soviet 56th rifle corps has a strength of 20,000 men wile the Japanese 88th infantry division deployed on the Japanese part of the Sakhalin island has a strength of 2,000 men and some 10,000 poorly trained military veterans serving as reservists ore civil volunteer defenders ).

September 12 After eight days of battling house to house and supported by naval artillery from the Soviet pacific fleet and more then 800 air sorties flown by the Soviet naval air service the fight for the port city of Seishin is over as the Soviet and their Korean volunteer army allies take control of a ruin city.

September 13 Still waiting until the supply lines become available again and whit the news that the Chinese liberation army 2nd group army is reassigned to the be uses as a security force in Manchuria and will fall under the command of the Soviet-Chinese headquarters who has establish its headquarters in the former Manchurian capital of Xining.

September 16 The next invasion by the Soviet Union begins as 2 coast guards ships , 1mine layer , 4 minesweepers , 17 transports and 16 special landing vessels carrying nearly 9,000 sailors, soldiers and officers begin landing operations on Shumushu island against fierce opposition from the Japanese Defenders , but are able to establish a beachhead successfully.

September 17 Wile the Soviets are battling on the island of Shumushu island , elements of the Soviet 87th rifle corps and navy elements begin invading Shimushiro island , Kunashir, Shikotan and five smaller islands Sibotzu, Taraku-Shima, Uri-Shima, Akiuri, and Suiseto , all of them belonging to the Kuril islands.

September 18 The United States army air force together whit some components of the United States navy's air arm becomes the United States air force ( this happens on the same date as in OTL ).

September 19 After having waited more then ten days and having the 5th red banner army which is redeployed from the Soviet far eastern front and the placing of the Soviet 35th red banner army under its command the commander of the Soviet-Manchuria front army general Maksim Purkayev decides that he has enough forces to crush the Japanese in Korea.

September 20 In the republic of Syria the French 1st Foreign Regiment is replaced by the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment who will take over its role in teaching and assisting the Syrian army which has a strength of two brigades which are the 1st brigade ( two infantry battalions and one armored battalion ) and the 2nd brigade ( two infantry battalions and one armored vehicle battalion , most of the equipment the Syrian army is using is supplied by the French who are donating much of their older hardware to the Syrian army as the are supplied by the British and United States and don’t need them as much of it is pre 1940 designed ).
In the early hours of September 20th , the battle for Yalu river and the main invasion of Japanese Korea begins as a massive bombardment by several hundred artillery pieces and Katyushas , attack Japanese positions on the other side of the river followed shortly by tank and infantry crossing the river , in Japanese Korea the Soviet 35th red banner army is reaching towards Wonsan.

September 23 After many battles the island of Shumushu is taken by the Soviets who despite suffering heavy loses are able to get reinforcements onto the island , wile also having fire support of the Soviet pacific fleet and air cover available to them something the Japanese defenders on the island don’t have as the imperial navy is destroyed and the few aircraft the have are back home defending the home islands.

September 24 The Soviet-Manchuria front reaches the outskirts of Pyongyang where the Japanese 63rd infantry division and the 17th tank regiment belonging to the 3rd armored division have dig them self in.

September 25 The Soviets capture the southern part of Sakhalin suffering only 2,000 death ore wounded , in the battle of Pyongyang the soldiers belonging to the Soviet-Manchuria front have entered the city wile the Soviet 35th red banner army has captured Wonsan.

September 29 General lieutenant N.D. Zakhvataev commander of the Soviet 35th red banner army declares the city of Pyongyang liberated despite the fact that Soviet soldiers are still engaged in house to house combat in some areas of the city.

September 30 The nations of Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.

October 4 The remaining Japanese garrisons on the Kuril islands surrender ore are defeated by Soviet forces.

October 5 Whit daily attacks by the Viet Minh independence movement against the French Indochina expeditionary corps which have only increased sins the US army having left , a decision is made by the French government to inflict a major blow to the Viet Minh independence movement in capturing Ho Chi Minh and General Giap , the operation which is called operation Bastille will involve a airborne assault and a ground assault numbering 17,000 French soldiers of the French Indochina expeditionary and is slated to begin on October 8th.

October 6 The biggest Soviet air raid happens as 200 Tu-2DB , Il-4 and Yer-2 bombers attached to the Soviet 9th air army attack targets on the island of Hokkaidō , during their attack several Soviet bombers and their escort encounter USAF long range fighters who are patrolling the island in the search for Japanese targets ore are conducting reconnaissance missions.

October 7 The battle for Seoul begins as the Soviet 5th red banner army begins its attack wile more then 15 artillery brigades begin to shell the city ( more then 20,000 Japanese soldiers and some 10,000 Manchukuo imperial army soldiers who managed to escape from Manchuria are defending it ).

October 8 Operation Bastille begins and more then 1,100 paratroopers belonging to the 1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes land in and around the city of Bac Can , in only a matter of hours the French paratroopers manage to take control of the city but fail to capture Ho Chi Minh ore General Giap as the have left the city a day earlier.

October 9 General Jean-Etienne Valluy who is the French Indochina expeditionary corps commanding officer announces that French forces have captured the previous Viet Minh control city of Bac Can but where unable to capture any high ranking Vietnamese leaders in the city , he also announces that in his view the cease fire between the French republic and the Viet Minh independence movement in French Indochina is over and that the French Indochina expeditionary corps will now use any means at its disposal to defeat the Viet Minh.

October 10 President Truman by phone tells French president Jules Auriol that he regrets that the French-Vietnamese cease fire is over and informs him that despite the United States best hop for a peaceful solution it still stands by it allies and will support the French in their war.

October 14 United States test pilot captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, whit this the United States is the first to brake the sound barrier , the German Kaiserliche Luftwaffe who also have a program to brake the sound barrier are closely on their tail.

October 24 Two F-7B Photographic reconnaissance aircraft ( modified B-24 ) belonging to the USAF eleventh air force and taking of from a Aleutian islands air field , fly reconnaissance mission over Shimushiro island and take photos of the Soviet occupation in the area before Soviet fighters intercept them and force them away.

October 25 The Japanese garrison in Port Arthur surrenders after a siege of forty-eight days , a famous picture is taken that day when soldiers belonging to the Soviet-Manchuria front hoist a flag of the Soviet Union over Port Arthur fortress ( whit the capture of Port Arthur all of the state of Manchuria is under the control of the Soviet Union ).

November 2 The Hughes H-4 Hercules ore also known as the Spruce Goose is flown by Howard Hughes , the large heavy transport aircraft designed and built by the Hughes aircraft company is the largest flying boat ever built , Howard Hughes the builder and designer during a interview on its main flight hopes that Hughes H-4 Hercules will enter into service whit the US navy.

November 3 Whit more firepower available then the Japanese defenders who only got 20,000 soldiers to protect the city of Seoul ( remains of two infantry divisions and the 3rd armored division ,) the 45th rifle corps and 65th rifle corps belonging to the Soviet 5th red banner army and their supporting brigades and regiments fight their way into the city center and mange to capture it.

November 4 Whit the fall of Seoul and the destruction of the last major Japanese force belonging to the Japanese 17th area army , no large Japanese force remain on the Korean peninsula and whit it the Soviet-Manchuria front can occupy the rest of the peninsula whit out much opposition.

November 5 Another over flight by two F-7Bs belonging to the USAF eleventh air force is made and this time they fly over Shumushu island before two La-7 Fighters intercept them and force them away.

November 6 In the early morning a USAF B-29 bomber drops a atom bomb on the Japanese city of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaidō is hit resulting in the deaths of 44,061 people , the city of Sapporo who was recently by the Soviet air force is completely destroyed as the result of the atomic blast.

November 9 The Soviet ambassador to the United states makes a formal protest to secretary of state Marshall in Washington DC about the USAF over flights of Soviet territory and ads that the Soviet Union has the right to defend its self if more over flights happen , secretary of state Marshall responds that the Kuril islands are not Soviet territory but are only occupied by the Soviet Union , and that any attack against USAF aircraft might hamper their relations.

November 17 In the port of Genoa the second Italian aircraft carrier is commissioned by princess Yolanda of Savoy who is the sister of king of Italy Umberto II , the carrier which is named RN Alcon can handle 40 naval versions of the Reggiane RE.2005 fighters and is the second aircraft carrier in service whit the Italian royal navy ( a third new carrier is also being build and will be named RN Corvine when she is completed in late 1949 ).

November 18 The new politburo decides not to launch any more operations against the Japanese empire as the have achieve all objections.

November 20 Princess Elizabeth marries the duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey in London , none of the ruling houses of Germany , Italy , Croatia ore Bulgaria who are members of the central alliance are invited to the wedding.

November 28 Pusan is captured by the Soviet-Manchuria front and is the last large city on the Korean peninsula to come under Soviet control , resistance by the Japanese in some coastal areas is still going on but is dealt whit by the Soviets whit the massive numbers available to them.

December 9 Last of the Zerstörer class 1934A is sold to Argentina and whit it SMS Z10 Hans Lody becomes ARA Rosales ( whit this the last destroyer is handed over to Argentine who now has bought three 1934A class destroyers and twelve Type IXC/40 U-boats ore known in Argentina as the San Pedro class submarine ).

December 12 The imperial Iranian army backed by the US military Iran advisory group takes back power in Azerbaijan province.

December 16 The Soviet military authority in Korea ( SMAK ) is establish whit its headquarters in the city of Heijō and the Soviet 35th red banner army being the garrison force for the country , the Soviet-Manchuria front is disbanded whit its army’s being resolved back into the Soviet far eastern front ore being sent to Manchuria.

December 24 Operation Bastille ends and is considered by the French supreme command a French tactical victory even if the operation failed to capture any high ranking Vietnamese leaders , more then 9,000 Viet Minh where killed ore wounded in the operation.

December 28 Former Italian king Victor Emmanuel III passes away in his private residency in Rome.

December 29 Japanese prime minister Yoshijiro Umezu inside the safety of the Matsushiro underground imperial headquarters meets whit former prime minister Yamamoto and emperor Hirohito who are under house arrest to get advise from them now that both Manchuria , Kuril and South Sakhalin islands have fallen under Soviet control , both former prime minister Yamamoto and emperor Hirohito beg prime minister Yoshijiro Umezu to surrender to the Americans as the now that only the islands of Hokkaidō , Honshū , Shikoku and Kyūshū are left of the Japanese empire and that the empire has nothing left to defend it self and a large part of the home islands left are already devastate by the massive US bombing campaign , prime minister Yoshijiro Umezu tells them that he will discuses it whit the chief of the army general staff and minister of army.

December 30 In the Portuguese capitol of Lisbon the peace talks between the Soviets and the Germans come to a end and whit it only the signing of the peace accord by the head of states of all 13 direct participant nations has to be done , now only the date for the signing has to be arranged and until then in order to prevent panic in the eastern region of Europe from braking out the details of the Lisbon peace accord will remain secret until the day of the signing.
Prime minister Yoshijiro Umezu speaks whit the chief of the army general staff and minister of army whit who he rules the remaining territory that makes op the Japanese empire , he tells them that whit the Soviets now controlling vital areas the empire al all considerations has lost the war more then the already have , he fears that the Soviet Union now will invade the home islands and that the Empire has no means to defend it self as it has no navy , air force to defend it and the imperial army in all battles has bin swept away if the where nothing by the Soviets , he also add that whit more then 58 city’s completely destroyed ( including A-bombs ) , infrastructure none exciting and more then 10 to 20,000 citizens dying of starvation ore other causes each day , the time has come to surrender unconditional and to accept the Belfast Declaration , the responds by both the chief of the army general staff and minister of army is that the will think about it and will give him their reply in 24 hours about what to do.

Part 43 1947

Augustus 2 The US 3rd marine division and Australian 9th division continuo their battle towards the charred ruins of the central district of the town of Rabaul where a couple of thousands Japanese defenders are still fighting from the ruins of the town.

August 5 Ordered by the Netherlands prime minister all military actions against the free Indonesian movement in the Netherlands East Indies are to stop immediately as a Dutch cabinet appointed committee begins working on a plan for a independent Netherlands East Indies before 1951 and the separation of Netherlands of New Guinea who the Netherlands wants to keep.

August 11 From its garrison in the city of Augsburg in the German empire the Reichsheer 17th Panzer division and the 504th German heavy tank battalion leave towards the Italian kingdom of Italy port of Genoa where the will embark transport ships who will bring them to the Spanish state where the will conduct a two week exercise whit the Spanish Brunete armored division.
Escorted by several escorted fighters a USAAF B-29 bomber drops a 12 kiloton atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Kyoto killing tens of thousands of people.

Augusts 12 After fourteen days fighting in and around the town of Rabaul , the town is finally in American and Australian hands as the last several hundred Japanese defenders commit suicide ore die in a kamikaze attack against the American and Australian rather than surrendering to them.
A day after the destruction of Kyoto , Japanese prime minister Yoshijiro Umezu inside the safety of the Matsushiro underground imperial headquarters signs the excachution order for 3,000 US prisoners of war ( the Matsushiro underground imperial headquarters is a part of a complex which is spread underneath several mountains whit facilities for the imperial general headquarters , imperial resident and other important installations needed for the Japanese government to rule their country , in one of the facility’s former prime minister Yamamoto is held wile in the imperial resident emperor Hirohito and his family are living ).

August 14 Pakistan gains independence from the British empire.

August 15 India gains independence from the British empire. The first elements of the 17th panzer division arrive in Italy port of Genoa , the kingdom of Italy also participates in the exercise and sends a armored battalion belonging to the 132nd Ariete armored division to the Spanish state ( this is the first time sins the Spanish civil war that German and Italian forces are going to operate in the Spanish state , the armored division Brunete is the only armored division in the Spanish army , currently among it tanks are 200 panzer IV in several versions divided between the 1st and 2nd armored regiment and one heavy tank battalion equipped whit 44 Tiger I tanks ).

August 16 The Soviet Union declares war on the empire of Japan and begins the invasion of state of Manchuria whit the Soviet-Manchuria front and here allies the Chinese liberation army , Mongolian people's army and the Korean volunteer army ( whilst the other army’s do take part in the invasion of Manchuria the Korean volunteer army dos not as it has made it clear that it will only take part in the invasion of Korea which is to begin when Manchuria is under full control of the Soviet Union and here allies ).

Augustus 17 Taking of from a Italian air field Generaloberst Eduard von Montag , commander of the 17th Reichsheer panzer division onboard a Kaiserliche Luftwaffe Ju-52 transport plane heads to the Spanish state where he will command the 17th Panzer division , 504th German heavy tank battalion and the 8th armored battalion of the Italian 132nd Ariete armored division during its two week exercise in the Spanish state.
A day after the Soviet Union declaration of war against the empire of Japan massive battles are taking place in the state of Manchuria the Soviet-Manchuria front attacking from the Soviet border and the Chinese liberation army 1st and 3rd army group from Chinese communist controlled territory.

August 19 In the Spanish port of Valencia the first transport ships carrying the 17th Reichsheer panzer division begin unloading their tanks and other equipment.

Augustus 20 The Soviet-Manchuria front whit their overwhelming firepower at their disposal continuous its advance true Manchuria defeating both the imperial Japanese army and Manchukuo imperial army in all battles it fights whit them wile the Soviet air force and Chinese liberation army air force fly ground attack missions around the clock.

August 21 After nine months the imperial Iranian army pulls back form the buffer zone the had establish in the border region of Iraq and is replaced by the 4th Iraq army division ( whit the Kurdish uprising now crushed by the British lead Iraq force and royal Iraq army in the kingdom of Iraq and by the Turkish and Soviet armed forces in the Turkish republic the imperial Iranian army can leave the buffer zone the had put in place and leave the security in the former Iraq buffer zone to the Iraqis ).

August 22 Last of the German and Italian forces are unloaded into the harbor of Valencia , whit this all the forces of the 17th Reichsheer panzer division , 504th German heavy tank battalion and the Italian 8th armored battalion are in the Spanish state where the will conduct the two week exercise whit the Spanish armored division Brunete ( the two week exercise will be held in the Spanish province of Valencia ).

August 23 The Soviet-Manchuria front reaches the outskirts of the Manchurian capital of Xinjing together whit the Mongolian people's army ( the Mongolian people's army contribution to the invasion is called the Soviet Mongolian cavalry army and consists of the 5th , 6th , 7th and 8th Mongolian cavalry divisions and supporting regiments ).

Augustus 24 Before the joint Spanish , German and Italian armored exercise is to begin a presentation of some of German and Italian tanks for Spanish head of state generalissimo Franco is made who is deeply impress whit the panzer X tanks belonging to the 504th German heavy tank battalion , when he ask Generaloberst von Montag if the tank can be bought by Spain , the Generaloberst replies that for the moment the German empire dos not plan to sell the panzer X to any nation even if the are member of the Central alliance.
In a desperate attempt to slow the Soviet from taking the Manchurian capitol , its Japanese defenders fire artillery shells filled whit mustard gas towards the Soviet 6th guards tank army which is surrounding the city , in the attack only a hundred of Soviet soldiers are killed both more then 2,000 civilians trapped in the city die as result of the mustard attack ( the Japanese have the 30th army whit three infantry divisions and the 13th armored regiment in the city and the Manchurians have the Jilin guard army which has the Xinjing cavalry brigade , 8th mix brigade and the Manchukuo imperial guards brigade in the city ).

Augustus 25 In the Portuguese capitol of Lisbon a member of the Soviet peace delegation ask his German counterpart if it is appropriate that a militarily exercise is held wile peace talk are going , he gets as answer if it is appropriate for the Soviet Union to fight another nation at this time and breaking a treaty it had whit it to do so which might look if the Soviet Union dos not respects treaties it signs.
A day after the mustard attack on the Soviets , officers belonging to the Xinjing cavalry brigade inside the city of Xinjing decide to defect to the Soviet side whit their brigade , after waiting for the right moment more then 1,300 soldiers and their officers head towards the Soviet lines , many are killed by the Soviets who believe the brigade is making a kamikaze attack against their line , those who make it to safety are put on transports and are shot and somewhere in the Mongolian steps several weeks latter.

Augustus 26 In Belgrade the verdict of marshal Tito is announced by the military tribunal , in all counts he is found guilty and is sentence to death by fire squad.

Augusts 27 The Japanese imperial general headquarters sends out a order to all Japanese forces in Manchuria to retreat towards Korea where the will establish a new line of defense ( the defense of Korea falls under the Japanese 17th area army ore also known as the Japanese Chosen army who has some six poorly trained and equipment infantry divisions and large portions of the 3rd armored division ).
From the Spanish air force base Los Llanos several Spanish air force Ju-88 bombers make a simulated bombing against the 17th Reichsheer panzer division who for this exercise takes the role of the red army wile the Spanish armored division Brunete is the blue army ( the Spanish air force has 45 Ju-88 bombers in its inventory who all operate from Los Llanos ).

Augustus 28 Whit most of Manchuria under the control of the Soviets and Chinese and the Japanese and Manchurian imperial forces in full retreat towards Korea the Soviet-Chinese headquarters decides to begin the second faze of operation August storm which will be the invasion of Japanese controlled Korea.

Augustus 29 Large groups of Soviet naval air service bombers attack the ports of Yuki, Rashin and Seishin in Japanese control Korea ( these attacks against Japanese ports in Korea where started on the first day of the war in order to prevent the Japanese from transporting reinforcements, equipment and ammunition from the home islands both have now bin increased as the Soviet-Manchuria front is getting closer to the Korean border and the invasion of Korea is about to begin.

Augustus 30 For the first time Japanese ports in north Korea are attacked by warships belonging to the Soviet pacific fleet sea as destroyers , torpedo boats and the battleship Parizhskaya Kommuna bombard the ports of Yuki, Rashin and Seishin , during one of those bombardments the crew of the battleship Parizhskaya Kommuna are unaware that the are being observed by a submarine , lucky for them it’s a US navy submarine of the Balao class who whit many others US , British and Dutch submarines is prowling the Sea of Japan in search for Japanese ships that might venture out transporting goods to and from Korea.

Part 42 1947

July 2 In the city of Surabaya in the Netherlands East Indies a small group of people belonging to the free Indonesian movement storm a hotel in the city and rip the blue part of the Dutch flag changing it into Indonesian flag , however the Dutch East Indies home guard and elements of the 2nd KNIL Division present in the city quickly respond and enter the hotel which results in a gun fire erupting , several hours later bombs begin to explode in the city and small armed groups belonging to the free Indonesian movement begin attacking targets in the city.

July 6 The negotiations in the Portuguese capitol of Lisbon continuo , as the 13 direct participant nations involved work steadily for a permanent and lasting peace deal for east Europe , the situation on the east front is also calm as both the German empire and the Soviet Union are focusing towards other areas ( the German empire is focus much of its attention towards rebuilding and the Soviet Union in the upcoming war offensive against the state of Manchuria ). Bombs and guns fight between the Dutch East Indies home guard , KNIL forces and the free Indonesian movement continuo.

July 11 The ship Exodus 1947 leaves the French republic port of Sète for Palestine , onboard are 4,500 Jewish holocaust survivors , the ship is trailed by British cruiser HMS Ajax and a convoy of destroyers not soon after its departure , after the ship nears the kingdom of Italy is also beginning to be followed by the Italian cruiser RN Eugenio di Savoia and its destroyer escorts. July 14 After twelve days of violence the city of Surabaya is devastated but again under full control of the Dutch East Indies home guard and KNIL , the death toll after the twelve day violence is estimated at some 1,600 people.

July 15 In Belgrade capitol of the independent state of Serbia the trail of marshal Tito begins.

July 16 The battle for Hainan island is after 65 days over whit the eleventh United States army and the Chinese nationalist army now in full control over the island , the United States army and the Chinese nationalist army suffered 7,600 dead ore wounded wile the losses to the Japanese 23rd army are ten times higher as many Japanese soldiers fought to their dead rather then to be captured alive.

July 17 A 22 kiloton A-bomb is dropped by a USAAF B-29 bomber on the Japanese Rabaul fortress after many attempts to destroy the Rabaul fortress whit heavy bombardments both by air and sea have failed , the drop proves disastrous for the Japanese defenders and thousands are buried alive ore will die from radiation in the upcoming weeks ( the B-29 bomber took of from a RAAF airbase in Australia ).

July 18 Fearing that the ship Exodus 1947 is about to be boarded by the staidly closing cruiser HMS Ajax its captain sends a messages of help , this message is intercepted by the Italian cruiser RN Eugenio di Savoia who is also still following Exodus 1947 , the captain of RN Eugenio di Savoia immediately contacts Rome for orders , only two hours later prime minister Mussolini decides that the ship is to be escorted to the Italian island of Rhodes , after getting his new orders the captain orders the RN Eugenio di Savoia and its destroyer escorts to move along side the Exodus 1947 as the head towards Rhodes island.

July 19 Escorted by RN Eugenio di Savoia the ship Exodus 1947 arrives in the port of Rhodes , after disembarking the 4,500 people are brought to a camp which was set up in hast by the Italian royal army outside the city of Rhodes.
President Truman informs the Netherlands ambassador to the United States , that the United States government finds it necessary that the kingdom of the Netherlands begins negotiations whit the people of Indonesian concerning a free Indonesia ( the United States government feels that whit the removal of the Japanese from the Netherlands East Indies and the increasing resistance against Dutch rule a free Indonesia is better for the region ).

July 22 Portuguese destroyer NRP Dão after having received repairs in the Portuguese colony of Macau arrives in Lisbon naval base two months after it was hit by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine which killed 17 of its crew , its replacement and sister ship NRP Lima is already patrolling out of the Portuguese colony of Macau.

July 23 A USAAF B-29 bomber escorted by USAAF P-51 Mustangs and fighters belong to the RAAF first tactical air force No.82 Squadron drops a 18 kiloton A-bomb on Truk lagoon killing more then 8000 Japanese soldiers. United Nations special committee on Palestine members are invited to the island of Rhodes by the Italian government to speak whit the Exodus 1947 passengers now living in a refuge camp in Rhodes.

July 24 Full control of the Hainan island is given to the Chinese nationalist government. Erprobungskommando 270 is renamed Kommando Hohagen and receive the first production versions of the Me 270 jet fighter considered by the kaiserliche Luftwaffe to be the most advance jet fighter in the world ( Kommando Hohagen is named after Oberst Erich Hohagen who is also the commander of Kommando Hohagen ).

July 25 A delegation of the United Nations special committee on Palestine arrives in the refuge camp outside Rhodes city to speak whit the leaders of the refuges and officials of Italian government.

July 26 President Harry S. Truman signs the national security act of 1947 into law creating the central intelligence agency which replaces the central intelligence group and creates the department of defense , joint chiefs of staff and the national security council ( the act is the same which was sign in OTL ). The Soviet-Chinese headquarters finishes the preparations for the coming offensive against the state of Manchuria and the Japanese empire , the operation which will be launched in middle of Augusts will be called operation August storm.

July 27 More then 37,583 Americans, English, Australians, Netherlands and New Zealanders held in POW camps in the empire of Japan are informed that from now on 3,000 of them will be executed each time a A-bomb is used against the empire of Japan ( the 3,000 figure is a increase over the previous 500 who where killed each time a A-bomb was dropped on a Japanese city ).
Prime minister Mussolini allows the international media to speak whit the refuge leaders in the refugee camp who made it clear to the delegation from the United Nations special committee on Palestine that the would rejecting any alternative destinations except Palestine.

July 28 The US launches operation blast fortress as a US navy force made op of 14 aircraft carriers , 6 battleships, 12 heavy and light cruisers , 33 destroyers conducts a six hour shelling of the Rabaul fortress , after the shelling is over the US 3rd marine division begins its assault against the fortress , from the other side the 9th division of the Australian army which was already holding the Rabaul line begins its assault supported by its artillery ( the Rabaul line was a line held by the Australian and Americans surrounding the Japanese held Rabaul fortress and which main goal was from the Japanese braking out and supplies getting in ).

July 29 The Dutch prime minister informs his ministers , that a plan is to be made in which Indonesia is to be given its freedom before 1951 and the separation of Netherlands of New Guinea are to put down , he also informs them that many friendly governments are beginning to put pressure for the Netherlands to give Indonesia its independence ( the friendly governments who are putting up pressures are Australia , United States of America and the United Kingdom ).

July 30 In China the truce between Chinese communists and nationalists is on the verge of breaking down as both sides head towards the resumption of a full blown civil war ( by now china is divided between the Chinese communists and nationalists and only the state of Manchuria is not under the control of either the communists ore nationalists a situation which is likely to change soon as the Soviet union and the Chinese communists are almost ready to begin the invasion of the Japanese puppet state ).

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 ).

Part 40 1947

May 1 Dutch 1st and 2nd Para-company’s after a short battle secure the airfield near the city of Palu allowing the DST special force unit and two KNIL battalions to land whit out much trouble.

May 2 After organizing themselves and whit the two KNIL infantry battalions having set up a perimeter the 1st and 2nd Para-company’s and DST special force unit begin the assault on Palu itself where the Republik Indonesia Timur has a small garrison. May 3 Operation glacier continuous as the eleventh United States army and the Chinese nationalist army continuo pushing the Japanese towards the centre of the Hainan island.

May 4 Whit the help of KNIL-ML air support and having the element of surprise the city of Palu is captured by the DST and 1st and 2nd Para-company’s , later in the day Dutch minesweepers HMNLS Djampea and HMNLS Djombang protected by Flores class sloop HNLMS Soemba and patrol craft HMNLS king willem II begin the mission of sweeping mines in the port of p**a so that allied naval ships can unload heavy equipment.

May 6 Republik Indonesia Timur garrison commander in the near by town of Parigi decides to launch a desperate attack against the Dutch in the hopes to remove them from the city of p**a and he orders 200 soldiers despite being outnumber to do that.

May 7 After moving out of the town of Parigi the small group of 200 soldier is spotted by a KNIL-ML L-2 Grasshopper observation aircraft several kilometers from p**a which result in a massive attack by KNIL-ML fighters and bombers operating from the airfield near Palu ( now called p**a I ) forcing the Republik Indonesia Timur to retreat towards Parigi now being chase by KNIL infantry.

May 8 Soviet cruiser and flagship of the Soviet Mediterranean eskadra Krasny Kavkaz during its first patrol in the Aegean sea is spotted by a Regia Aeronautica P.108A Artiglieri who begins circling the cruiser wile in the mean time contacting Italian Dodecanese naval command headquarters on Rhodes , two hours latter Corsica navy light cruiser MC Le Napoléon and Italian royal navy cruiser RN Pompeo Magno who where patrolling the area intercept the Soviet cruiser but after a contacting the Soviet cruiser the MC Le Napoléon and RN Pompeo Magno head back to their patrol.

May 10 The Chinese liberation army air force who has dozen of squadrons made op of mostly Soviet volunteers and some Chinese pilots begins their first combat missions over Manchuria in order to weaken the Japanese and Manchukuo Imperial armed forces present in Manchuria who still number 1,120,000 men ( the Japanese imperial army air force is almost none exciting in the state of Manchuria as most flying units are station in the Japanese home island where the are used in the desperate battle against the overwhelming US bombing campaign ).

May 11 Escorted by a royal Hellenic navy frigate operating from Souda Bay naval base in Crete a major milestone for the Soviet Union happens as Soviet Cruiser Krasny Kavkaz becomes the first Soviet naval ship to enter the Mediterranean sea sins 1941.

May 12 Whit the successful capture of p**a by KNIL and Dutch royal army forces eight fays ago only a small portion of central and north Celebes remain under control of the Republik Indonesia Timur and here Japanese ally.

May 14 In the early morning Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz enters Salamis naval base in Greece , the cruiser Krasny Kavkaz will spend three days in the harbor taking in new supplies and giving tours to high ranking officers of the royal Hellenic navy and politicians of the Greek government before she will return to the Soviet Mediterranean eskadra naval base in the Turkish city of Izmir.

May 15 In Moscow the new politburo decides that the Soviet Union will no longer honor the Soviet–Japanese neutrality pact of 1945 which the feel is outdated even if it was sign two years ago.

May 16 A day after the announcement that the Soviet Union will no recognize the Soviet–Japanese neutrality pact of 1945 the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union makes a formal protest to the Soviet minister of foreign affairs , stating that his government despite its current situation always respected the neutrality pacts it had whit the Soviet Union and that the reason why the Soviet Union denounced the pact is absolute nonsense and that it will defend its self whit everything it has if the Soviet Union attacks , later that day the United States ambassador to Soviet Union also pays a visit to the Soviet minister foreign affairs informing him that the US government hopes that the Soviet Union will help the US in ending a war that has gone long enough en ask when the Soviet Union will take action and what kind of action it will be , the Soviet minister foreign affairs informs the United States ambassador that the US will know when the Soviet Union is going to act and what kind of action it will be.

May 17 Portuguese destroyer NRP Dão is attack wile patrolling outside the Portuguese colony of Macau by Japanese submarine IJN I-203 which is one of the handful Japanese submarines who are still operating outside Japanese waters , lucky 1 Portuguese naval aviation aircraft of the G-21 Goose amphibious aircraft type is operating from Macau naval aviation centre is flying near by and drops 2 depth charges on the presumed location of IJN I-202 preventing it from launching a second attack against NRP Dão , NRP Dão despite damages and having 17 sailors of its crew killed limps back to Macau where she safely arrives several hours later.
Royal Hellenic navy and flagship RHS Giorgios Averoff escorts the Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz out of Salamis naval base after spending three days there.

May 19 After 31 days Hainan island still remains a deadly battlefield as the eleventh United States army and the Chinese nationalist army continuo fighting the dwindling Japanese 23rd army who now consist of a force of 30,000 soldiers who continuo fighting in the name of their emperor either using charging the enemy ore fighting to the last men as the are being surrounded by infantry and pounded by USAAF bombers and US navy fighters and bombers , even the republic of China air force 8th and 12th Group operating from airfields in the Chinese nationalist controlled province of Guangdong are taking part in bombing the Japanese whit US supplied B-17s and B-25s bombers.

May 21 Four days after the attack by Japanese submarine IJN I-203 against NRP Dão another attack by IJN I-203 happens as the Japanese submarine fires two type 95 torpedoes at liberty ship SS Montfort Stokes who several minutes later sink killing 33 of her 41 member crew.

May 26 IJN I-203 is sunk whit all hands onboard by US navy destroyer USS Gustafson near Hainan island when she tried to sink ships operating in support of operation glacier.

May 28 In the headquarters of the Chinese liberation army somewhere in communist Chinese control territory a joint military command know as the Soviet-Chinese headquarters works hard on getting the invasion plans for Manchuria ready , these plans include moving 400,000 Soviet Soldiers to the border of Manchuria where the will form the Soviet-Manchuria front which is the planned Soviet force that will move in Manchuria when the invasion begins wile the Soviet far eastern front will act as reserve for the Soviet-Manchuria front and defense of the border , the CLA 3rd army group which is made op of Soviet volunteers will remain part of the Chinese liberation army for entire invasion of Manchuria and together whit the other two group army’s will assault Manchuria from communist Chinese control territory.

May 29 Former destroyer SMS Z6 Theodor Riedel is handed over to the Argentine republic navy where she will be named ARA Spiro and becoming the second German naval vessel to enter in Argentine republic navy service , ARA Spiro first mission is a three days joint navel exercise whit the Kaiserliche Marine in the Baltic sea before heading to Argentina.

May 30 Despite suffering 3,700 dead ore wounded sins the start of operation glacier the eleventh United States army still faces a determent Japanese enemy who have no intention of surrendering despite being completely surrounded and wile the US army sends in new and fresh reinforcements the Japanese 23rd army fighting for their honor and their emperor have no hope of getting any help ore getting anything at all.

Part 39 1947

April 1 Republik Indonesia Timur and Japanese forces present on the island of Celebes refuse to surrender after the where given a 24 hour ultimatum by the commander of the royal Netherlands East Indies army 3rd division.

April 3 Out of the Kharkov locomotive factory in the Soviet Union the first production model of the T-48 tank rolls of the assembly line ( the T-48 model 1947 is a modified IS-4 model 1945 tank design which production was halted after the death of Stalin by order of the new politburo ).

April 4 A US navy carrier task force consisting of 12 carriers, 5 battleships, 8 escort carriers, 4 heavy cruisers, 10 light cruisers and 68 destroyers launch throughout the day wave after wave of carrier planes which are augmented by USAAF and French air force bombers operating from airfields in French Indochina against targets on the island of Hainan.

April 9 In the kingdom of Italy king Victor Emmanuel III announces on state radio that he is abdicating in favor of his son Umberto who will become the next king of Italy and Albania-Montenegro.
On the island of Celebes operation hawk continuous on as the Dutch lead British , Australian and Indian armed forces have now got control over 50 % of the island leaving only central and north Celebes under Republik Indonesia Timur and Japanese imperial army forces control.

April 11 The Japanese city of Kagoshima is destroyed by A-bomb dropped by a USAAF B-29 bomber, several hours latter a massive conventional bombardment by B-29 bomber follows bombing what remains of the city.

April 15 Carrier USS Yorktown is transferred from the Pacific to the Mediterranean sea where she will become the flagship of the United States navy Mediterranean squadron operating out of naval base Toulon.
Headquarters of the royal Dutch east Indies army located in Bandung on java decides to active their second operation concerning the battle of Celebes which is to capture the city of Palu in central Celebes by using a airborne assault , the operation is called litte hawk ( operation little hawk will involved the 1st and 2nd Para-company’s ( 240 men each ) who will be dropped to secure the airfield , the DST which is a special force numbering 570 man will land in the first landing after the airfield is secured , in the second landing two battalions of the KNIL 1st Division will land allowing the Para’s and the DST to assault the city of Palu ( both the Para’s and the DST belong to the regular royal Dutch army ).

April 18 Operation glacier starts as USAAF B-29 bombers based out of china drop two A-bombs on the city’s of Haikou and Sanya killing more then 130,000 people and ( Haikou is the capitol of Hainan island and the location of the Japanese 23rd army headquarters who controls the remains of the 104th , 129th , 130th infantry divisions , 23rd independent mixed brigade , 8th independent infantry brigade , 13th independent infantry brigade and several minor forces totaling more then 150,000 soldiers ).

April 19 The US 5th and 6th marine divisions successfully establish their beachhead on the island of Hainan whit minimal resistance , latter on the day the 4th marine division and the 5th infantry division also land and slowly begin to move inland ( all US land forces taking part in operation glacier are part of the eleventh United States army which is created for this operation , like the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa the Japanese 23rd army dos not engage the Americans on the beaches but has position its defenses somewhat inland ).

April 20 Operating out of the Netherlands the voice of free Europe begins to transmit radio broadcasts into the German empire ( another voice of free Europe radio station is to operate in the French republic and will send radio broadcasts to the Spanish state and the kingdom of Italy ).

April 21 Whit the eleventh United States army fighting on Hainan island a second landing is done by the Chinese nationalist army who lands eight brigade sized regiments ( two from the 32nd nationalist army and six from the 63rd nationalist army ) in north Hainan where the fight the Japanese defenders who are unable to prevent the nationalists in establishing a beachhead.

April 22 A destroyer squadron belonging to the US 3rd Fleet escorts the nationalist second wave ( vive brigade-sized regiments of the nationalist 4th Army ) to north Hainan where the previous landed eight brigades already have establish a beachhead.

April 23 Passing true the Bosporus strait and watch by the dug in defenders of the 1st central alliance army group in occupied Turkey the Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz passes by as the cruiser heads towards its new base of operations in the Turkish city of Izmir where it will become the flagship of the Soviet Mediterranean eskadra ( under the Bucharest agreement a naval ship may pass true the Bosporus and Dardanelles strait if the other side has bin notified 24 hours before the ship is to pass true ).

April 25 The Japanese 129th infantry division begins a counter attack in the hop of driving back the Chinese nationalist beachhead in north Hainan as the hope that whit the beachhead destroyed the can focus on defeating the eleventh United States army who begins to face heavy resistance but is landing more forces on the island each day ( the 44th infantry division and 13th armored division have also joined the 4th , 5th , 6th marine divisions and 5th infantry division already fighting on the island ).

April 29 In the capitol of Portugal after more then 7 months of a cease fire the German empire , the other central alliance nations , Soviet Union , Finish democratic republic and the Turkish republic delegations begin the peace talks that while decide the future of eastern Europe ( in total more then 13 direct participant nations involving the peace talks have sent delegates to Lisbon ).
After four days of fighting the Chinese nationalist forces on Hainan manage to halt the Japanese 129th infantry division attack forcing it to retreat enabling the Chinese nationalist forces to move away from their beachhead and to begin their link up whit the eleventh United States army.

April 30 Operation little hawk begins as 20 B-25 bombers from the KNIL-ML and escorted by fighters begin the attack against the airfield near the city of Palu , wile this is happening more then 74 Dakotas carrying the 1st and 2nd Para-company’s enter their drop zone as the largest Dutch airborne assault ever begins ( the Dutch KNIL-ML has 37 Dakotas in service wile the other 37 Dakotas are borrowed from the British RAF ).

Part 38 1947

March 2 Prime minister Yamamoto meets whit emperor Hirohito in the Japanese capitol of Kyoto where he informs the emperor that any day something major can happen and that he dos not now who is on their side nor who he can trust , emperor Hirohito tells prime minister Yamamoto that if anything happens it will be more disastrous for the empire then the current situation the are in now.

March 3 Lieutenant general Spoor commander of the royal Netherlands East Indies army is shown the last preparations for a upcoming operation called operation hawk which is the invasion of the island of Celebes where the Japanese and their puppet state of Indonesia are located and which is the last island in the Dutch East Indies not under Dutch control.

March 6 Emperor Hirohito informs members of the imperial family that he address the nation by radio to urge the Japanese military to accept the Belfast declaration and that he will send in a requested to prime minister Yamamoto to begin preparations as he believes that if he speaks the army hardliners faction will not make a move.
Turkish partisans attack in the central alliance occupied Turkey a joint Bulgarian and Italian tank patrol outside the town of Celaliye-Kamiloba using bazookas and mortars , in the attack two Bulgarian panzer IV tanks and one Italian P.50 tanks are destroyed but the Turkish partisans do suffer heavy losses forcing them to retreat ( despite a cease fire in place attacks by Turkish partisans continuo on a daily basis ).

March 7 Prime minister Yamamoto receive instruction by emperor Hirohito to begin making preparations for a radio addresses the emperor will make in a couple of days ( the Emperor is still writing his speech wile also himself is arranging things in secret and therefore it will take two days before he can make his radio address ).
On the island of Formosa the Chinese communist and nationalist continuo to fight each other and wile the United States army in Formosa tries to regain control over a island of 35,801 km².

March 8 No.617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force also known as the dambusters operating out of RAAF airbase in Australia begin operation woomera as 12 Avro Lincoln bombers belonging to the squadron drop each one tallboy earth quake bomb against possible tunnel location in the Japanese Rabaul fortress on the island of New Britain ( the Avro Lincoln heavy bombers are all Lincoln II special variants and are adapted to carry the super heavy tallboy and grand slam bombs and are used only by the RAF bomber squadrons No.617 Squadron and No.9 squadron ).

March 9 Prime minister Yamamoto informers emperor Hirohito that the preparations for the emperor first live radio address take two more days as he has to do it whit out the army hardliners from getting wind of it , he also informs emperor Hirohito that the 1st and 2nd regiment belonging to the imperial 1st guards division and 17 type 99 light tanks belonging to a tank unit of the 7th Japanese marine infantry regiment ( SNLF ) are being moved to the Kyoto imperial palace grounds to provide additional protection ( the imperial 1st , 2nd and 3rd guards divisions are loyal to emperor Hirohito and have not chosen the side of the army hardliners faction , the tank unit of the 7th SNLF is one of three surviving armored units under the control of the imperial navy , under the Kyoto imperial palace grounds a underground bunker was build where the emperor and his family now live sins the destruction of Tokyo on December 13 1946 ).

March 10 In order to prevent emperor Hirohito form making his radio address and to remove prime minister Yamamoto the army hardliners faction begin their coup as army units loyal to the army hardliners faction secure key locations in the Japanese home island and Japanese Korea , one of these locations is the Kyoto imperial palace grounds where a battle between a infantry force backed by several type 2 medium tanks of the army hardliners faction against the 1st and 2nd regiment holding the palace grounds begins after a order to surrender to the army hardliners faction was refused by the defenders.

March 11 The hardliners forces manage to defeat the 1st and 2nd regiment guarding emperor Hirohito whit both sides suffer heavily ( the army hardliners faction place the emperor under house arrest which also happens to prime minister Yamamoto who is arrested and forced to resign his position as prime minister a position he held for two years , whit the army hardliners faction now in control their next move is to consolidate their power ).
In Wilhelmshaven naval base in the German empire the destroyer SMS Z5 Paul Jakobi is transferred to the Argentine republic navy becoming the ARA Espora ( the ARA Espora will return home escorting a Argentinean transport ship carrying 40 panzer IV and spare parts making it here first mission under the Argentina flag ).

March 12 In Washington DC president Truman makes a proclamation that the republic of Portugal will be supported economically and militarily in order to prevent it from falling under central alliance influence ( the proclamation also known as the Portugal doctrine is another move to prevent the spreading of the central alliance in Europe as the republic of Portugal is considered a neutral but pro free European country and a potential AFEMT member candidate ).

March 13 Former chief of the imperial Japanese army general staff Yoshijiro Umezu becomes the 31st prime minister of Japan and replaces former prime minister Yamamoto who is now under guard somewhere in a facility used by the imperial army.
Second bombing raid against the Rabaul fortress on the island of New Britain happens as this time No.9 squadron drops its tallboy earth quake bombs on the possible tunnel location in the Japanese Rabaul fortress.

March 14 The Japanese imperial army which now controls the imperial Japanese government since their successful coup on march 11 gives out new orders that states that all weapons , tactics and strategies me be used against the Americans and their allies in order to defeat them ( this includes the first use of chemical and biologic weapons and the increase in kamikaze attacks which where put on a low level as the previous prime minister Yamamoto found it a waste of lives and valuable resources ).
A RAAF P-51 Mustang Mk 22 ( photo reconnaissance variant ) is flown over the Rabaul fortress which shows that the results from the two raids in which 24 tallboy earth quake bombs caused more damage than expected and its decided to fly one more bombing raid whit more to be added if needed.

March 15 Across French Indochina the preparations for operation glacier continuo as in ports like Vinh , Hue and Tourane ( Da Nang ) US navy ships wait wile on airfields belonging to the French air force fighters and bomber aircraft take op to attack the island of Hainan pounding it a round to clock will the US 3rd Fleet , French south Chinese fleet and the British pacific fleet increase their attacks on the island as well.

March 16 Field marshal Kesselring who is still the commander of German army group east transfers the command of the Turkish occupied territory to the Bulgarian 2nd occupation corps who will take over from the German tenth army which will be redeployed to the German empire leaving only the Bulgarian 2nd occupation corps , Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Turkey , Romanian 3rd and 9th infantry division in the Turkish occupied territory ( whit the redeployment of the German Tenth Army the German army group east will be disbanded and replace whit the first central alliance army group under the command of the Bulgarians ).

March 18 Corsica navy light cruiser MC Le Napoléon arrives at Rhodes naval base where it will operated out of for the upcoming months as it joins the Italian royal navy in patrolling the Aegean sea ( MC Le Napoléon will be place under the Italian Dodecanese naval command and will join the Italian royal navy in patrolling the Aegean sea which is also patrolled by the royal Hellenic navy , the powerful British Mediterranean fleet and the Turkish navy /Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri which is being enlarged whit the help of the Soviet Union who also are working on a Soviet Mediterranean eskadra/squadron based out of Turkish city of Izmir ).

March 21 Somewhere in the German empire a kaiserliche Luftwaffe pilot belong to a testing unit ( Erprobungskommando 270 ) takes of for the first test flight whit the Messerschmitt Me 270 jet fighter which is the planned successor to the Messerschmitt Me 262 ( the Me 270 jet fighter is a improvement over the Me 262 as it has reliable jet engine, better landing gear, and all around increased reliability and efficiency wile it is also more aerodynamics then the Me 262 ).

March 22 Order is beginning to return to the island of Formosa as both the communist and nationalist lay down their arms after the United States agrees to allow negotiations by the United Nations to take place in order to decide who gets control of the island ending a 21 days of fighting which killed some 3,000 and 4,000 people throughout the island and 58 US soldiers , the only force still fighting and which is not wiling to lay down their arms is the 28 brigade named after the day the uprising began and which is the fighting force of the Taiwanese communist party which is not recognized by the communist party of China as it claims control of the island ( the Taiwanese communist party wants a independent communist nation in Taiwan and both the Chinese mainland factions and the United States out , the 28 brigade is a guerrilla force of some 2,000 spread across the island ).

March 23 New orders by the Japanese imperial general headquarters are sent to any Japanese forces fighting the US and here allies which are intercepted by US and British cryptographers who can deceiver any code used by the Japanese empire quicker then the Japanese who try desperately to keep their codes secret.

March 25 During a daily briefing in the white house president Truman is told that the Japanese are changing their orders about using chemical and biologic weapons which he respond that if the do that the US armed forces me use chemical and biologic weapons after the Japanese have use it themselves wile also ordering the increase in A-bombing which was halted du no major targets being left.
Dutch cruiser HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck , two British cruisers , Dutch destroyers HMNLS Banckert , HNLMS Kortenaer , HMNLS Banckert and six British and Australian destroyers shell targets on the island of Celebes , wile this is happening ML-KNIL B-25 and B-10 bombers and P-40 , P-51 and spitfires fighters attack targets on the island more intensely then usual in order to prevent the enemy from organizing a force which can counter the invasion.

March 27 Operation hawk begins as the elements of the KNIL 3rd division and a regiment of the royal Dutch army Johan Willem Friso Divisie , British , Australian and Indian army brigades land under little resistance on the island of Celebes in order to defeat the republic of East Indonesia/Republik Indonesia Timur and the Japanese imperial army present ( the royal Netherlands East Indies army 3rd division , Indian 36th infantry brigade , two infantry brigades belonging to the British 5th infantry division and one Australian infantry brigade totaling 24,000 fully armed soldiers who are taking part in the landings , wile the Republik Indonesia Timur has some 20,000 soldiers and the Japanese imperial army has some 6,000 troops present to defend the island ).

March 29 No.617 Squadron and No.9 squadron fly the third bombing raid against the Rabaul fortress as part of operation woomera ( the dropping of tallboy earth quake bombs on the Japanese Rabaul fortress has cost the lives of 7,061 Japanese defenders of the 63,000 soldiers present ).

March 31 In Tehran the leaders of the Independent republic of Mahabad ( president and prime minister ) are sentences to death by hanging ( the Independent republic of Mahabad was a short lived country who was conquered by the imperial Iranian army in 1946 whit the assistance of the US military Iran advisory group ).
The commander of the royal Netherlands East Indies army 3rd division issues a 24 hour ultimatum towards the Republik Indonesia Timur and Japanese imperial army present on the island of Celebes to surrender ore the will face the consequences as in the four days sins the start of operation hawk the Dutch lead force has is moving rapidly across the island heading towards the Republik Indonesia Timur capitol of Makassar facing only limited opposition in their advance. The Dutch/British/Australian/Indian forces continue their advance supported by fighters and bombers of the ML-KNIL on the island of Celebes.