Fall 1943
US has begun counter-offensive. Dutch Harbor and Midway have been reconquered, relentless air and submarine attacks have finally isolated the key Japanese held port of Lae on New Guinea. Japan has also declared war on Russia and captured Vladivostok
German offensive in Russia has captured Leningrad, Stalingrad and Kuybyshev and brought German armor units very close to the Ural industrial area. Russia on the brink of collapse
Western Allied offensive on the other hand has inflicted another defeat on the italian navy, routed axis forces from Africa and invaded Malta, Corsica and Sardinia. There has also been a substantial allied invasion of France, with Brittany now under allied control, albeit firmly hemmed in by german forces