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The Dictionary Example of Insomnia
Plot:
In the fall of 1949, the Second World War had been raging for a full decade. The Allied and Axis forces each had their respective gains and losses, but ultimately had reached stalemate. An early defeat at Dunkirk in the spring of 1940 resulted in a significant blow to the British forces by Nazi Germany, essentially eliminating their offensive capabilities. A few short years later, a subsequent invasion resulted in their surrender in 1942. However, there was still hope for the Allied cause. Before the fall of the British, the Japanese Empire provoked the United States at Pearl Harbor, resulting in a swift offensive that quickly eliminated the Japanese threat. Due to the United States’ alliance with the Soviet Union and the transition of Italy from an Axis power to an Allied one, the Allied cause showed much promise in this instance. However, with the fall of Britain and a crippling Soviet defeat at Stalingrad that left the USSR severely weakened, the scales of power had once again balanced. By 1945, a stalemate had clearly been reached, as Allied forces could no longer maintain a western offensive on Germany from the Soviet Union, resulting predominantly in a naval war in the Atlantic between the Americans and Germans. Italian offensives were common, but were easily fended off.
The majority of each nation’s military aged personnel had become casualties of war by ‘47, and their governments needed to find a way to keep their armies properly manned. In the U.S., bills were quickly passed that required the enlistment of every able-bodied person at or above the age of 16, including university students who had previously been excluded from the draft. Germany began putting children as young as fourteen years of age into combat.
Public support for the war began to dwindle in the United States as people’s children were now being sent to their deaths. As a result, the military’s top brass needed to devise a plan that would turn the war back in their favor. Their answer to this challenge was Operation Endurance, a long term, three phase mission that would consist of a small squad being air dropped in rural Germany disguised as civilians. Phase one would consist of the initial drop and a period of time in which the team would eliminate strategically important infrastructure and individuals to weaken the German government and military high command and productivity. The second phase consists of westward movement towards to Atlantic in which the team will weaken coastal defenses to prepare for an invasion, as well as training indigenous resistance groups in former Allied nations which had fallen to the Nazis. The third phase will be assisting the final invasion as a traditional combat unit. Due to the nature of the first two phases, only a select few individuals who speak multiple languages and have the necessary skills could be chosen.
Number of Participants:
I don’t have any set number on this yet, I’m planning on adjusting based on the level of interest people have in this concept. I could see this working out with just a few individuals or a larger group if the interest is there.
I don’t have enough prepared to get this rolling yet, and I want to see if there’s any real interest before I go through with putting some time into writing and preparing some of this. What do you guys think? If you have any suggestions they would be highly appreciated.
In the fall of 1949, the Second World War had been raging for a full decade. The Allied and Axis forces each had their respective gains and losses, but ultimately had reached stalemate. An early defeat at Dunkirk in the spring of 1940 resulted in a significant blow to the British forces by Nazi Germany, essentially eliminating their offensive capabilities. A few short years later, a subsequent invasion resulted in their surrender in 1942. However, there was still hope for the Allied cause. Before the fall of the British, the Japanese Empire provoked the United States at Pearl Harbor, resulting in a swift offensive that quickly eliminated the Japanese threat. Due to the United States’ alliance with the Soviet Union and the transition of Italy from an Axis power to an Allied one, the Allied cause showed much promise in this instance. However, with the fall of Britain and a crippling Soviet defeat at Stalingrad that left the USSR severely weakened, the scales of power had once again balanced. By 1945, a stalemate had clearly been reached, as Allied forces could no longer maintain a western offensive on Germany from the Soviet Union, resulting predominantly in a naval war in the Atlantic between the Americans and Germans. Italian offensives were common, but were easily fended off.
The majority of each nation’s military aged personnel had become casualties of war by ‘47, and their governments needed to find a way to keep their armies properly manned. In the U.S., bills were quickly passed that required the enlistment of every able-bodied person at or above the age of 16, including university students who had previously been excluded from the draft. Germany began putting children as young as fourteen years of age into combat.
Public support for the war began to dwindle in the United States as people’s children were now being sent to their deaths. As a result, the military’s top brass needed to devise a plan that would turn the war back in their favor. Their answer to this challenge was Operation Endurance, a long term, three phase mission that would consist of a small squad being air dropped in rural Germany disguised as civilians. Phase one would consist of the initial drop and a period of time in which the team would eliminate strategically important infrastructure and individuals to weaken the German government and military high command and productivity. The second phase consists of westward movement towards to Atlantic in which the team will weaken coastal defenses to prepare for an invasion, as well as training indigenous resistance groups in former Allied nations which had fallen to the Nazis. The third phase will be assisting the final invasion as a traditional combat unit. Due to the nature of the first two phases, only a select few individuals who speak multiple languages and have the necessary skills could be chosen.
Number of Participants:
I don’t have any set number on this yet, I’m planning on adjusting based on the level of interest people have in this concept. I could see this working out with just a few individuals or a larger group if the interest is there.
I don’t have enough prepared to get this rolling yet, and I want to see if there’s any real interest before I go through with putting some time into writing and preparing some of this. What do you guys think? If you have any suggestions they would be highly appreciated.
