Recaps

Germany’s demand for the Azores led Portugal to a German-backed coup and the United States to occupy the islands with British support. Germany destroyed the American fleet in a carrier-led battle, and the United States began seeking terms as Germany continued its operations.

• Wachth asked Portugal to sell or lease the Azores, but Sidónio Pais and his officials delayed negotiations before Castro formally rejected Germany’s offer.
• Germany backed a coup led by Cabecadas, who seized power and signed an agreement selling the Azores to Germany for five hundred million Marks.
• Wilson and Churchill ordered American and British forces to occupy the Azores, and American Marines took the islands without bloodshed.
• Oscar issued an ultimatum demanding an American withdrawal and ordered the German Navy to attack the American fleet near the Azores.
• German carrier aircraft ambushed Mayo’s fleet, sinking several American battleships before the German Atlantic and Home Fleets destroyed most of its remaining forces.
• Wilson refused Daniels’s resignation and ordered Bryan to seek the safe withdrawal of the Marines, accepting reasonable terms if necessary.
• Davidson offered Wachth an American withdrawal and compensation, but Wachth demanded a public apology and two billion Imperial Marks while Germany continued military operations.

Germany defeated the American forces in the Azores and devastated East Coast ports and shipyards, forcing the United States to accept a humiliating peace. The years that followed saw Germany pull ahead while the Depression weakened America, prompting Roosevelt to rearm and Joseph to prepare Buru for war and purge his opponents.

• Wilson left the American troops in the Azores to decide whether to hold their positions or surrender, but German forces attacked and Major General Moore led a mutiny that ended with the Americans surrendering.
• After the victory in the Azores, Oscar approved attacks on American shipbuilding, and the German fleet destroyed Boston, New York, Baltimore, and Naval Base Norfolk despite American resistance.
• Facing heavy losses and further attacks, Wilson agreed to Germany’s terms, including a public apology and four billion Marks in compensation, then resigned amid public anger.
• Germany expanded its economy, centralized its government, and modernized its armed forces while the United States, Britain, the Island Nation, and Buru prepared for future rivalries.
• Oscar warned the German Cabinet that American overproduction and consumer loans could trigger a crisis, then ordered plans to profit from America’s collapse by acquiring its machinery and recruiting its workers and experts.
• The 1929 crash devastated the United States, and German and Buru buyers acquired American equipment and talent as Roosevelt’s recovery efforts struggled to close the growing gap with Germany.
• Roosevelt chose military spending to stimulate the economy and prepare for war, and approved plans to expand the Army’s armored forces and build a large fleet of carriers and battleships.
• Joseph secured Politburo approval to expand Buru’s military, appointed Yagoda to lead internal security, and ordered him to eliminate opposition, including Trotsky’s followers.

Joseph’s purge weakened Buru as Oscar organized a German-led European alliance and expanded the Empire’s military preparations. Germany finalized its invasion plan while famine drove Buru’s people to flee across its borders.

• Joseph ordered the arrests and executions of Zinoviev, Kamenev, Tukhachevsky, and others as the NKVD’s purge spread across Buru.
• Oscar directed Germany to prepare for war, expanded military funding, and planned to defeat Buru while guarding against the Island Nation and other enemies.
• Manstein presented mobilization plans that drew millions of troops from Germany’s Protectorates and allied states into a German-led coalition.
• Mussolini, Kemal, King Arthur, Gustav V, and other leaders pledged their countries to the rebuilt Allied Powers, which established a joint headquarters under German command.
• Roosevelt’s officials reacted to Germany’s growing power by seeking cooperation with Buru, while Oscar inspected German forces and accelerated tank, carrier, fighter, and bomber production.
• Oppenheimer reported that Germany’s Super Bomb project could produce a weapon within three years, and Oscar ordered the work and its secrecy maintained.
• Manstein submitted Operation Barbarossa, and Oscar approved and signed its framework for destroying Buru’s western armies and advancing beyond the Urals.
• After drought and hunger drove Yakov and other villagers to flee Buru, they crossed toward Ukraine and were captured by border troops.

A border clash between Ukraine and Buru became the pretext for Germany to draw both nations into war. Germany declared war on Buru, which faced a broad European coalition as the United States promised aid and the Island Nation prepared its own campaigns.

• Yakov led refugees toward Ukraine, and after Buru Border Guards attacked them, a Ukrainian soldier shot the company commander and Ukrainian troops killed several guards.
• Colonel Alexander ordered the 2nd Regiment to attack Ukraine, but Ukrainian forces repelled the assault and inflicted heavy losses on the Buru Border Guards.
• Oscar ordered secret military mobilization and directed Germany to pressure Buru, while Joseph punished Alexander and accelerated Buru’s preparations for war.
• Rommel persuaded Ukrainian leaders to invade Buru and seize Rostov-on-Don, then withdraw to provoke a response that Germany could use as a pretext for war.
• After Ukraine’s raids caused heavy Buru casualties, Joseph formed the Southern Front Army under Budyonny and ordered it to invade Ukraine, while Oscar welcomed the invasion as a reason to declare war.
• Germany demanded that Buru withdraw from Ukraine, but Molotov rejected the ultimatum, and Joseph organized Buru’s fronts as Germany prepared its invasion.
• Oscar and Qin Tian declared war on Buru, and German air raids struck Buru’s air force as Joseph ordered mobilization and sought American aid.
• Konoe ordered the Island Nation to prepare attacks on Germany’s South Seas colonies and Australia, Churchill put British forces on emergency readiness, and Germany’s allies declared war on Buru.