December 7th 1941, it was a date that would forever be etched into not
only the generation of Americans alive in 1941, but for all the
countless generations that would follow it. It was the day that
America came abruptly and brutally to the realization that it could no
longer stand by and watch Europe and the rest of the world become
enflamed in conflict. It was the day that America was forced to enter
the greatest war history had ever known at that time for the survival
of Europe, America was forced to fight for its survival.

At the time no one realized what the cost of victory over the Axis
powers would be, no one realized what the cost in American lives would
be to reclaim Oahu or the Pacific, or free Britain and the rest of
Western Europe from the tyranny of the Nazis, or even the cost of
American lives for freeing Russia from Axis occupation. On that hazy
Sunday so many years ago, America and her citizens were living in a
time of innocence, that innocence was shattered with Japanese Aircraft
destroying the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor. The Battleships were but
the first victims of the Pacific War, the Enterprise, the Saratoga
quickly joined the American list of losses. The losses of the
Enterprise and Saratoga meant that Lexington was the last remaining
carrier in the Pacific as the Yorktown had been sent to the Atlantic
fleet to assist in the Royal Navy in combat operations against the
Kriegsmarine.

The Jacksonville, the Washington, the Iowa, the Lexington and many
more ships like them were to become endeared to history, fighting
against all odds to secure victory against the Axis Alliance. American
Sailors and Marines would fight against tremendous odds and eventually
take back Japanese Fortification on Oahu, Midway, Wake, and a thousand
other islands. The world has never seen valor like was displayed in
those years. We are getting a head of ourselves here discussing the
ending of war, to fully understand the conflict that was the Second
World War we should go back to it's darkest days, Mid December, 1941,
when the Pacific Fleet was scrambling to rebuild itself, and Soldiers,
Marines and Resistance fighters were fighting the Japanese Invasion of
Oahu.

In those days, the American 1st Fleet had been wiped out by the
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. The American 2nd Fleet had been
reorganized in San Diego, and the USS Jacksonville, being on of the
only ships to survive the destruction of the 6th Fleet was made
Flagship of US 2nd Fleet. Several Battleships were being rushed out of
the dockyards, the Iowa Class Battleships were due in 12-20 months to
be on the front line, with the Iowa and Missouri going to the Pacific
and New Jersey and Wisconsin heading to the Atlantic. There were even
rumors of a new super battleship, Kentucky Class that was being
planned to avenge Oahu. For the navy officers in the Pacific it was
what they had secretly hoped for, a Big God Damned Navy War.

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Well right now there are several different storylines occuring, as you
could imagine with this sim Below is a brief summary and a link to our
list server

1) The American Second Fleet, departed San Diego under the escort of
Admiral Halsey and the USS Lexington. Fighting 8, Torpedo 8, and
VFM-214 "Black Sheep" are enroute to the Task Group. Operation
Tailhook is under way with the objectives of resucing trapped
Americans on Oahu

2) PM Winston Churchill is making preparations to evacuate the British
Isles, to save the BEF, and fight on in exile as Germany prepares to
invade in March.

3) The Marines and 24th Infantry Division are preparing to the leave
the Island in Stolen PT Boats. Colonel O'Connor has located and
rescued some American POWs and an unconscious General Short. The Navy
wives are on the run, after shooting a Japanese Officer

4) Colonel Doolittle is starting preparations for his raid, this time
not on Tokyo, but Honolulu.

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