Shattered World : A Worse World War

This map shows the Asia/Pacific region as of July 15th 1949

I've decided to post this new map before releasing Segment 53.2, the map shows Europe as of August 15th 1949 - so you are seeing Europe as of the end of Part 53

Due to computer problems my brother is experiencing the discussion board is currently down. It should be back up by this weekend or early next week. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I'm thinking that between the comments sections here on the main site and the discussion board, the Email List is probably a bit redundant. I'm going to remove the reference to it on the main site.

Shattered World - Segment 53.1 June 17th 1949 to August 15th 1949 "The Japanese are a disease of the skin, while the Communists are a disease of the heart" Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek It was a blisteringly hot day in Tianjin, China, and the crowd gathered in front of the City Hall suffered in relative silence as the grim People's Liberation Army soldiers force-marched a dozen blind-folded men towards the recently erected gallows. An officer in front of the gallows paced menacingly, casting harsh glares at the condemned men and then turning to face the crowd, staring accusingly through the spectacles that so many Party intellectuals liked to wear. "See the People's enemy, the Japanese-licking running dogs of greedy capitalists, warlords, and foreign barbarian scum. See the justice of the ...

The four segments of part 52 can now be accessed in the normal 'Second World War' timeline page. It was starting to get confusing with the four segments spread across the blog postings.

Up until now, I've always regarded Shattered World as purely a hobby activity. I've had ads on here from time to time which often roughly covered hosting costs, but that was the extent of it. The pace of new content has slowed over the years as I've gotten busier with new jobs and whatnot. As an experiment, I've decided to try accepting donations, I've added a button on the main site to accept donations/payments via paypal or credit card. What I plan to do is this : If donations do get made, I'll give higher priority to working on the next segment. Making it more than just a casual hobby. If donations reach the $100 mark then I'll commit to getting the next segment out within a couple days. Then I'll start the cycle again for the next segment. If no donations come in I'll still continue as normal, as a hobby, with a new segment coming out every couple of months or so depending on my schedule. If there is enough demand then I'll start thinkin...

Shattered World - Segment 52.4 June 3rd 1949 A German submarine sinks a merchant ship just off the coast of Florida, marking the first of many such incidents. While the U.S. merchant marine fleet is well trained on paper, and the U.S. coast guard has been training intensely for just this fight - the German submariners are very experienced while U.S. coastal forces are very raw. [* Note that unlike our timeline the U.S. is using black outs, coastal convoys, well coordinated anti-submarine defenses, etc, right from its entry in the war . There are also Royal Navy advisers in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and coast guard, providing their expertise and experience from the long battle of the Atlantic *] June 4th 1949 U.S. and British marines land in several locations around the island of Santa Cruz de Tenerife , and other lesser islands, facing scattered but fierce resistance from Axis forces in the first hours. However, ...