Axis Overwhelming

The year is 1941, and the Axis is overwhelming.

The Axis powers: Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union
The Allied powers: British Empire, United States of America, Japan

The world is reeling under war. Gibraltar has fallen, and the conflict in the Iberian Peninsula has spilled to Portugal. After a few weeks of fighting, American General Patton has retired to the old Torres Veras Napoleonic defensive line. There he intends to fight the enemy to a standstill.

In French North Africa, the Axis is advancing on Morocco after landing in Tunisia. Once Algeria is conquered, a battle of titanic proportions is looming at a small town in the Atlas Mountains. On the other side of the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt is completely encircled by forces coming from the West (Rommel's Afrika Korps) and the East (German and Soviet Middle East Armies). Furthermore, the powerful Anglo-Japanese Fleet, victorious at Taranto and a major factor in the Allies' continued resistance in the Mediterranean Sea, was evacuated into the Red Sea for fear of getting stuck if the Suez falls. The battle for the Canal will decide the fate of Africa.

In British India, the fight is desperate as the Red Army is attacking from Balochistan and Afghanistan with five times the numbers the Allies can field. The Indian-British Army is making its stand at the famed Khyber Pass.

In Asia, the Germans and the Soviets have pushed the beleaguered Japanese to Chosen (North Korea) on the Yalu-Tumen River Line and Vladivostok fortress. The two sieges will decide if the Japanese can keep a hold in mainland Asia.

The Axis is victorious and on the offensive everywhere, and yet, cracks are starting to appear on the Soviet side of things. Resources are scarce, and the Russian economy is not strong enough to support the major campaigns all over the map. The same can be said with the Third Reich. After all, both countries do not have the infinite resources of the United States of America and the sea-going navies of the Allies.

Thus, the Allies have no intention to fold and die. Their soldiers and their leaders are hanging on to dear life, and victory is in the balance.

The Axis is overwhelming, but it has not yet won the war.