Chapter Summaries

German commanders requested and received Emperor Qin Tian’s approval to use nuclear weapons against the Island Nation, whose civilians were inflicting heavy casualties on German forces. A German bomber dropped an atomic bomb over Tokyo Bay, and the blast left the Island Nation troops unconscious.

• Field Marshal Bock, Field Marshal Keitel, and other commanders reported that Island Nation civilians had caused more German casualties than the frontal fighting.
• Field Marshal Manstein decided to request authorization to use nuclear weapons, and Emperor Qin Tian approved the request.
• Germany transported atomic bombs to the Russian Republic’s Far East and prepared two H-31 bombers with fighter protection.
• On October 31, the German formation flew over Honshu Island to Tokyo Bay while Island Nation forces failed to stop it.
• A German H-31 dropped an atomic bomb by parachute over Tokyo Bay, and the explosion’s bright flash knocked nearby Island Nation troops unconscious.

Germany’s atomic bomb attacks devastated the Island Nation’s Army and forced the government to surrender unconditionally, allowing Germany to take control of the country. Field Marshal Manstein then received Emperor Qin Tian’s order to organize trials for Island Nation war criminals, including Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo.

• A German atomic bomb killed more than one hundred thousand Island Nation’s Army troops, and General Keisuke Fujie ordered rescue efforts.
• General Gen Sugiyama told Prime Minister Hideki Tojo that the bomb had caused more than two hundred thousand casualties, and Hideki Tojo realized the war was lost.
• The German military dropped further atomic bombs on Yokohama, the Boso Peninsula, west of Tokyo, and Northern Honshu, causing over one million deaths in three days.
• The Island Nation government sent an envoy to seek peace, and Hideki Tojo accepted Germany’s demand for unconditional surrender.
• The Island Nation’s Army handed over its weapons and equipment, and Germany took control of the entire Island Nation in less than two weeks.
• Field Marshal Manstein received Emperor Qin Tian’s order to organize trials for Island Nation war criminals, especially Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo.

The German military staged trials and executions of Japan’s leaders, including Emperor Hirohito, then placed the country under military rule. After Germany celebrated its wartime victories and expanded its global military reach, Qin Tian abdicated in 1946 and passed the throne to Friedrich.

• Germany deployed troops and weapons throughout Tokyo before beginning the trials of Japanese officials on November 16.
• German judges sentenced Hideki Tojo, Gen Sugiyama, Shigetarō Shimada, Oshimi Nagano, and other Japanese leaders to death, and they were hanged.
• Hirohito was tried and hanged as Islanders attempted to rescue him, and German forces fired on the charging crowd.
• Germany divided the Island Nation into five military administrative zones and kept it under military rule.
• Qin Tian held a promotion ceremony on December 20, 1941, elevating Manstein, Raeder, Kesselring, Guderian, Rommel, and other generals to marshal ranks.
• Germany consolidated its global military presence, and Qin Tian abdicated in 1946 in favor of Crown Prince Friedrich.