After 1940 began, the scale of the World War expanded once more. Russia and the Island Nation successively declared war on Germany, forcing Germany to fight on two fronts.
However, Germany truly deserved its title as the world hegemon. Its formidable military strength was displayed to the fullest in this World War. Several million of the German Army and Air Force's main forces rampaged across the Buru front, inflicting grievous losses upon the Russian military and driving Russia to the very brink of national destruction. Meanwhile, two German Navy fleets and part of the German Army's forces likewise inflicted devastating losses upon the Island Nation's Army and Navy in the Pacific Theater. It could be said that, on both battlefields, Germany's ultimate victory was practically beyond doubt.
Of course, that was assuming no outside force intervened. In reality, Germany's other opponent—and its greatest enemy—the United States, would never simply stand by and watch Germany win so easily. Especially if the German military won on the Buru front, the United States would have to face Germany's formidable military power directly. Although American military strength was steadily improving, they still had no confidence in defeating Germany. Therefore, the United States hoped that Russia and the Island Nation could keep fighting, tying down part of Germany's military strength—or even its main forces—and creating an opportunity for America to defeat Germany.
The German military had launched another fierce offensive against Buru today, winning a string of enormous victories and greatly shocking the United States from top to bottom.
On May 1, 1940, President Roosevelt convened a military conference at the White House, attended by the Army and Navy's principal generals. The main topic of the conference was what the United States should do in the coming war. Should it declare war on Germany as