tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29355247950174916452024-03-08T07:56:03.794-08:00Shattered World : A Worse World WarAn alternate history of a very different second world warBobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-42142768562968977372022-03-15T11:30:00.004-07:002022-03-15T11:31:38.021-07:00I will no longer be updating this blog<p> </p><p>I will no longer be updating this blog. Moving forward the official sites for Shattered World are as follows...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Main Site :</b> <a href="https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shattered-world-bobbylh">https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shattered-world-bobbylh</a></p><p>Includes new discussions board and all new content, etc. Re-publishing all the old content here as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Facebook Community :</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/shatteredworldtimeline">https://www.facebook.com/groups/shatteredworldtimeline</a></p>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-59847195489614373442022-03-12T23:16:00.004-08:002022-03-12T23:16:38.458-08:00New worldbuilding....<p><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is an example of the sort of content I'll be able to add as I gradually republish all the existing Shattered World material...</span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shattered-world-bobbylh/a/-soviet---polish-war-of-1937-militaryConflict-1?fbclid=IwAR2LRLGGUTofLK31wtT83Qt2CsvwMaqaC-tcbQVKjspax6AQcnC5gonMJVE" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.worldanvil.com/.../-soviet---polish-war-of...</a></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'll basically be fleshing out the world and filling it bits of detail, etc. I'll be open to suggestions for the sorts of things I could add as well. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I will also mix in new content at intervals, extending book 7 into 1950.</span></div></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-19188356806897495092022-03-12T14:29:00.000-08:002022-03-12T14:29:02.741-08:00I invite everyone to subscribe/follow on the new site<p><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">I invite everyone to subscribe/follow on the new site to get updates as I gradually gets things rolling on the new site. I'll be re-publishing all the existing material but there will also be new stuff feeding in as I take advantage of the world building elements of world anvil.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shattered-world-bobbylh">https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shattered-world-bobbylh</a><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="l9j0dhe7" id="jsc_c_16c" style="font-family: inherit; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shattered-world-bobbylh/discussion-boards?fbclid=IwAR04qCG4RfYuNbkdmMgAFPtEnDqUdK-7wp13YXcIC5oTQqt_TtH6CsW1WcA" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.worldanvil.com/.../shattere.../discussion-boards</a></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">My hope is for this to become the main place for Shattered World discussion as I get things rolling again.</span></div></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-20419937310133946382022-03-12T02:42:00.007-08:002022-03-12T02:43:02.963-08:00 I am moving Shattered World onto a new platform...<p><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am moving Shattered World onto a new platform...</span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shattered-world-bobbylh?fbclid=IwAR0Zlu8v-a2LIEtvPtkuluV0wn8Ydbd6MNxyNzdrkuxOuV0FjiOjvdhaM0k" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shattered-world-bobbylh</a></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">This is a powerful platform for world building that will let me easily do a lot of things not possible before. I will gradually republish all the old content there, adding new stuff along the way like a proper timeline, technical articles about various topics in that world, etc. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Some very early initial work on the new timeline....</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shattered-world-bobbylh/t/shattered-world-timeline-timeline?fbclid=IwAR1Ctj2vsJ6-gTCf5r1HykGNseeslCnZJojYFgrYKkDVyrpxWM61f-RUDHM" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.worldanvil.com/.../shattered-world-timeline...</a></span></div></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-36020615142203742802020-11-18T17:20:00.002-08:002020-11-18T17:20:48.103-08:00<p> Part 5 is now up!</p><p><br /></p><p>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SiN-9WTVobxXvxdYVi-480bEiRNCtaTBbc5ahb6kawA/edit?usp=sharing</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-36ece3c1-7fff-85ee-5d6f-aa43b01e2a76"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 216px; overflow: hidden; width: 225px;"><img height="216" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/CHm9dYl-soeR_g6F4buUQYAhni399MCd5rsRIFnxw_E-UvVJRORwqAPfoglPLbAOJgP8S69ErjOKNgXppHrvMZzdHYVN2TzkZSc0TnHQK0iVB4_6I20wegPDuWhOfPmPmw2tzG4Y" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="225" /></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-15808478474489978842020-08-10T13:19:00.003-07:002020-08-10T13:20:32.553-07:00Part 4 now available...<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wHkryaK5mZbBhKO4WZoIxRBgzeGM0f3yaOmew-mTDJw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Part 4</a><br /></p>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-60885973911810410372020-07-31T18:02:00.000-07:002020-07-31T18:02:07.501-07:00Started posting the original timeline segments in their original format<br /><div>The first 10 original segments, and their associated maps, are now posted at the top of the page. I'll do them all eventually but it takes a bit of work to grab them from the way back machine, save to pdf, then post to the current site, so I'll do the segments in batches. </div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-78213279636513002332020-07-31T01:44:00.001-07:002020-07-31T01:45:07.042-07:00Part 3....<br /><div>Part 3 (of "book 7") is now posted...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CqQNTA7xIRUodJ_cpxQc2Gvf1js2zEzsObt3t3yymCI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CqQNTA7xIRUodJ_cpxQc2Gvf1js2zEzsObt3t3yymCI/edit?usp=sharing</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-5783165458197471822020-07-30T19:04:00.000-07:002020-07-30T19:04:07.599-07:00Updated this site......just added a section at the top to post the parts for "Book 7". This is where I will post segments for free like in the old days. Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-82584252123788711972019-01-28T20:47:00.002-08:002019-01-28T20:47:59.695-08:00Short new segment...<br />
Been inspired by some of the activity I've seen on the facebook group and pounded out the below short new segment. Really its just a brief interlude...but its something!<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10m_Ch_s0Lr_S1o6JyanHE6jP8RR9e7L8giAHHJ87tIQ/edit?usp=sharing">Shattered World : Book 7: Part 2</a>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-22379951412768476552018-06-15T19:08:00.001-07:002018-06-15T19:10:50.542-07:00Couple of housekeeping items....<br />
I have revived the old shatteredworld.net domain and the Facebook Group....<br />
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Hey all, if anyone is still out there...I've been giving serious thought to trying to revive Shattered World in a serious way. And no more e-books, I would go back to the old format of free serialized updates...and hopefully do so on a more regular schedule.<br />
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However, I'm just not sure if anyone is still out there and if there is any interest in this? What I am thinking is this; I currently have 76 followers on twitter. If I see that get to 125 then I'd take that as a firm "yes!" in answer to the question of whether there is still interest. I thought about just doing a poll or something....but I figure following me on twitter takes a tiny bit more effort and is therefore a better gauge of interest...and if I did revive the series I'd plan on doing a lot of my status updates and interaction with readers via that channel as well.<br />
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So, if you are interested in seeing Shattered World revived then just follow me at <a href="https://twitter.com/CypherLH">https://twitter.com/CypherLH</a>. Feel free to DM me on there as well if you have any thoughts on this.Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-79245776412272920912013-12-09T00:31:00.000-08:002013-12-09T00:31:52.993-08:00<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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Hi folks, if there is anyone still out there....as should be obvious I've had a epic case of writer's block when it comes to Shattered World, for a long time now. The times I do muster up the energy to write more content it turns out as a crap and I delete it. This has happened several times.</div>
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High fantasy with some steampunk elements. I'm aiming for fantasy with a very real-world feel to the background. I've been building the world for years, a labor of love way before I ever thought about writing narrative and publishing. Was originally gonna follow more of a Shattered World style for it but decided to keep my background notes private and instead start writing narrative in the world and try publishing a more traditional book. Its free through Friday. Reviews would be much appreciated if anyone is so inclined. </div>
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Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-43102978762575070122012-12-28T22:57:00.000-08:002012-12-28T22:57:01.424-08:00<br />
After a long hiatus, I have begun work on book 7 of Shattered World. Here is a taste of what is to come....<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chapter 1</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Field Marshall Heinz Gustov slammed his fist into the flimsy table in his field HQ, sending map, markers, and a cup of water flying out in random directions. For a moment he was not the calm and calculating Field Marshall he had become, but rather the rough and raw panzer commander who'd survived the grinding combat of the Eurasian War. Rage filled him. He had been so </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">close</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. His plan had </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">worked</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the British were routed! And now </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The British had cheated him with their atomic ace card. He looked up, eyes intent on the dark black smoke that marred the northern sky long after the mushroom cloud had been twisted beyond recognition by wind currents.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Fully 80% of his hard-won fuel was gone, never to fuel even a single one of his panzers. Nearly half of his trucks were gone as well, caught in the atomic blast as they'd been busy transporting fuel from the captured storage bunker to sites scattered around the area. He'd anticipated the possibility of the British destroying the fuel storage facilities, but had hoped he could get at the fuel and move it before then. The 20% he had saved would not support further offensive operations. The thought almost made him slam the table again, but with an effort of will he controlled himself, letting the rage drain into cool, focused, determination. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">November 25th 1949</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">U.S. forces entering Lisbon are met by cheering crowds and welcoming Portuguese officials. The two U.S. landings have now fanned out, linked up, and secured Lisbon and other strategic points in western Portugal. More U.S. forces now begin to arrive at Portuguese ports despite intensifying German ballistic missile strikes. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> German and Italian forces, such as they are, have taken up positions to block or at least slow down any U.S. effort to advance deeper into the Iberian peninsula. Their task seems futile in the face of growing Alliance superiority in the region. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">November 28th 1949</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The U.S. SBC(Strategic Bombing Command) undertakes operation ‘Tumble Down’, the largest single coordinated atomic attack of the war to date. In the span of five hours, seventeen atomic detonations will rock ‘Fortress Europa’ while seven atomic bombs will be lost in the skies over Europe, victims of downed B-34 bombers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">November 29th 1949</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Though the German leadership is still reeling in the aftermath of the massive attack and trying to ascertain the full scope of events, the retaliatory action is nonetheless swift. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At POW camps all around NAZI Europe, Gestapo and SS units begin liquidating Alliance prisoners by the many thousands. Several camp uprisings are crushed brutally with more executions taking place. Reacting to the shrill objections of the Alliance and the Red Cross, Germany calls the executions “justice” for the “war crimes” against German cities. In all, 50,000 Alliance prisoners(most of them British but a number of Americans as well) are killed over the course of the next week.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In a more direct retaliation, fifty VX-armed ballistic missiles and another seventy five conventional and sarin-armed ballistic missiles slam into London, concentrated generally on industrial and residential sectors. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Despite the widespread availability of chemical protection gear, London experiences nearly eighty thousand casualties immediately or in the aftermath of the attack and moderate damage across several parts of the city. Portions of the city will remain uninhabitable for days to come. One small cluster of missiles, whether by intention or pure random chance, strikes close to the parliament building - further damaging the famous structure and killing several members of Parliament. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Although the attack is modest compared to the massive assault on Axis Europe, it is still a heavy blow for a war weary, hungry, and besieged British population. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Despite the atomic devastation in western Europe and Germany; in the East the German advance continues. As German panzers stream into southern Russia, Luftwaffe bombers hammer Russian rail lines south of Moscow. The last Soviet reserve army is attempting to deploy south to reinforce the thin Soviet lines on the Volga. Desperate for their reinforcements to make it though, the Soviets throw their last carefully husbanded Red Airforce strength and fuel reserves into securing these vital lines of communication.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">November 30th 1949</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Soviet political police battalions have begun executing German and Ukrainian prisoners en masse as the Mutiny gains strength in southern Russia, choosing a massacre over letting the hostile prisoners fall into the hands of the rebels. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Libya, British forces moving west from Tobruk link up with their forces east of Benghazi, relieving the Benghazi pocket. Following the atomic bombing of the fuel depot at Al Bayda, Axis forces have retreated to the positions they held prior to the launch of their ambitious offensive. With much of its armor strength destroyed in the past few weeks, and now critically low on fuel, Army Group Africa has no choice but to go on the defensive. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">December 1st 1949</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With pitched battalion and division scale battles raging between loyalist and mutineer forces for most of a week in southern Russia, the Red Army mutineers have begun to gain the upper hand and secure the area west of the Volga. Loyal Red Army and political units are streaming in a disorganized mass east across thin Soviet lines at the Volga. Over 200,000 German and Ukrainian prisoners of war are are slaughtered with machine guns or chemical weapons before the mass executions are halted by the mutineers. </span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the skies between Moscow and Beriagrad, a surge of Soviet fighters has temporarily renewed the air war over the Eastern Front. The Red Airforce pilots, mostly experienced veterans or ill trained recruits flying a mixture of aging British designed Meteor Jet fighters and late-model Soviet prop fighters, fight valiantly in the face of overwhelming odds - often resorting to ramming and suicidal runs at bombers to disrupt the intense German bombing campaign. The Soviet efforts are marginally successful, giving Soviet rail lines south of Moscow a brief reprisal at the cost of the last strength of the Red Airforce being spent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The last defenders of Kiev finally surrender, their morale shattered by the mutiny to their east and relentless Axis chemical and conventional shelling. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In the north, German mechanized forces have broken through four of the five defensive belts south and southeast of Leningrad, advancing some 45 kilometers at the cost of a hundred thousand casualties and two hundred panzers destroyed. Sensing an end to the meat-grinder in sight, German commanders press home their attack, committing their armored reserve to the point of greatest penetration. The 5th SS panzer division surges forward. </span></b>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-2373137100008643142012-07-21T09:08:00.002-07:002012-07-21T09:09:23.207-07:00New ebook with combined volumes availableVolumes 1 through 6 of Shattered World are now available as a single ebook at a reduced price....<br />
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<br />Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-5478794037583632642012-06-27T23:15:00.002-07:002012-06-27T23:15:48.891-07:00Google+ Page<br />
I am a huge fan of Google+ and would love to see this replace the forums if there is enough interest. I would be a lot more active in this environment.<br />
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<a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/108554857223827044162/posts" style="background-color: white;">https://plus.google.com/u/0/108554857223827044162/posts</a>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-49445492537981429192012-03-15T09:00:00.001-07:002012-03-15T09:00:56.562-07:00Free promotion on first ebook...<div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >The first book in the ebook series is available for free right now until the end of this weekend...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00701QF5Q</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >I've actually hit #9 in the 'war' category on the kindle store and cracked the top 5000 for all kindle books! Wow, talk about massively exceeding all my expectations!</span></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-88659519831177527102012-03-13T08:14:00.002-07:002012-03-13T08:20:53.246-07:00The next two ebooks are published...<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The next two ebooks are now published on the Amazon kindle store. This brings the series up to date with all the existing content from the original timeline. I'll now begin working on the next ebook with new material and I'll post samples on here as I go. I'll eventually be publishing on the nook store as well but I need to wait awhile since my publishing terms with Amazon require that I wait 3 months before publishing anywhere else. </div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007EGTA0Y">Shattered World : Total War</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007JOUEKQ">Shattered World : World in Flames</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Again, I could always use reviews on amazon for those so inclined. </div><div><br /></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-45745650927819770442012-03-07T23:31:00.001-08:002012-03-07T23:33:06.489-08:00Discussion Board updated...<div><br /></div><div>The discussion board has been upgraded to more modern software. Looks and functions A LOT better now! The database from the previous board was migrated so nothing should be lost.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-75351010721561686532012-02-16T09:02:00.001-08:002012-02-16T09:07:49.445-08:00Reviews...<div><br /></div><div>If anyone is so inclined, I could really use some more reviews on the amazon store. The ebooks are selling better than expected and I suspect a few more reviews could boost it even higher. </div><div><br /></div><div>Quick update; I'm close to publishing the next two ebooks which will contain the rest of the existing timeline. (I had planned on just doing one more ebook but it ended up being over 50,000 words and that is too long for a 99 cent ebook) Once those are published, I will start work on NEW content. I decided to work on the next Shattered World ebook with new material before I revive any other projects. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the link to all the existing ebooks on the Amazon kindle store....</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Hardenbrook/e/B0070AYNEC/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1">http://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Hardenbrook/e/B0070AYNEC/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1</a></div><div><br /></div><div> </div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-63514741650499383182012-02-07T00:25:00.000-08:002012-02-07T00:32:18.267-08:00Next two ebooks published...<div><br /></div><div>The next two Shattered World ebooks, covering up through part 43 of the timeline, are now published on the Amazon kindle store for 99 cents...</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00727XRU4">Shattered World : Storm in the West</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0076B2UOK">Shattered World : Global War</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This material is now only available via ebook. The rest of the existing timeline will be released as one or two additional 99 cent ebooks sometime soon. After that, I will begin working on new Shattered World content in addition to reviving some other projects. </div><div><br /></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-50912282034320604382012-01-22T20:54:00.000-08:002012-01-22T21:04:10.300-08:00Shattered World now published...<div><br /></div><div> I've turned the first 29 segments of Shattered World, the 'Eurasian War' period and the 'Between the Wars' period, into two 99 cent ebooks available on the amazon kindle store. This part of the timeline is now only available via ebook. (unless you dig around the net and find the older parts cached from usenet days I suppose)</div><div> If there is any interest I could really use some reviews . I'll make them available in other formats such as for the nook and whatnot if there are some sales to justify it. Here are the links for them on the kindle store...</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00701QF5Q">The Eurasian War</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007055VNY">Between the Wars</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I'll be doing the same thing for the rest of the timeline as well , and new content will be available in ebook form as well although I will post summaries and previews on here still.</div><div><br /></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-28563260060739439442011-02-02T17:51:00.000-08:002011-02-02T17:54:47.520-08:00New Interlude : Operation Tumble Down....<div><br /></div><div>The new segment is coming very soon, but the in the meantime here is a new interlude that goes with the coming segment....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1L0GLM8hEO-Cg4Q73mneW44hy-zCFW0SB5ILJpbQRg6M">Operation Tumble Down : General Atomic Warfare against 'Fortress Europa'</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935524795017491645.post-42141958820091168642011-01-19T01:11:00.001-08:002011-01-19T01:16:26.709-08:00Launching The Fractured World...<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://fractured-timeline.blogspot.com/">http://fractured-timeline.blogspot.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the first posting from this project, a taste.......</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Excerpt from "The Time of the Five World Wars"</div><div>Pittsburgh Presses, Neo-Windsor, 2111 AD</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>May 21st, 1883</div><div><br /></div><div>The streets of New Amsterdam thronged with masses of cheering people, and great unending streamers of ticker tape fell from the eight story skyscrapers lining Central avenue in downtown Manhattan. Ceaseless columns of soldiers paraded down the avenue, their polished boots stomping the pavement in unison as brass bands played triumphant national songs vigorously and the crowd roared with approval at the passing of each immaculate regiment.</div><div>It was a mixed throng of spectators, a hundred thousand and more common laborers and mill managers, shopkeeps and news boys, maids and wives, stock brokers and bankers, curious orientals pausing from their afternoon chores and blacks in from the wharves ; all of New Amsterdam was assembled, and the spirits of all New Dutch soared with them. For the heady thrill of War was in the air. ...</div><div></div><div>...In Europe, the mother Dutch and their French patrons were mobilizing for War in The Germanies, following a decade of insults and Prusso-British aggression. The assassination of the Dutch-speaking King of Holster and the subsequent Prussian invasion had been the final straw. The French could simply not ignore the provocation as the balance of power in The Germanies threatened to swing in favor of the British-Prussian alliance. As one power after another began to mobilize during the month of May the tightly sprung system of international alliances began to unwind - the countdown to war was like an unstoppable train, fueled by the confident eagerness of willing populations.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Nowhere was the nationalist fervor more passionate than among the New Dutch of Dutchland and Pennsylvania. After most of a century of humiliation at the hands of the British and New Englanders, the opportunity to restore the New Netherlands was an intoxicating dream, one stirred by the newspapers and New Dutch politicians without fail...</div><div><br /></div><div>...across the Hudson, British artillery sat ready amidst fortifications in the Brooklyn heights. Tense crews sat awaiting the orders that could mark the outbreak of war and send high explosive shells arcing towards New Amsterdam, the largest city in North America. The British had no shortage of modern rifled artillery, and they had been lavish with the guns when outfitting Long Island's defenses.</div><div>Readily visible to the British artillerymen, the Entente Tower dominated New Amsterdam's skyline, the soaring French-designed iron monstrosity completed just a few years before to mark the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Liege that formalized the Entente between France, the Netherlands, and the new Dutch nations of Dutchland and Pennsylvania. A huge Dutchland flag rippled in the steady wind at the top of the tower...</div><div><br /></div><div>...both sides had observation balloons high above the Hudson river, the balloons of the opposing armies intermingling so closely that the British artillerymen took bets on how long it would take for a couple of them to become entangled...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>...Later historians would lament at the madness of these times; that across the globe people willingly, eagerly, marched into the death and darkness of the subsequent eighty years. After decades of buildup, the Time of the Five World Wars was at hand....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>TO BE CONTINUED...</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Bobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707410788628607465noreply@blogger.com18