Winter 1943
Germany accepts Russian surrender. Russia begins war reparations at rate of 20brps/turn
Germany transfers the Luftwaffe and many ground units to the west and constructs new defensive line along the river Po in northern Italy
Americans liberate Rome in drive up the Italian peninsular while the British invade Greece at Salonika and exploit into Bulgaria.
Allies attack Luftwaffe bases in Western France
Japan successfully recaptures Singapore, but the Japanese attempt to reinvade Midway was decisively defeated by an American Task Force with heavy losses to Japanese cruisers and a battleship
A lightweight American attempt to invade Nauru in the Gilberts was crushed by Japanese battleships, but American invasions of Santa Cruz and Lae were successful
