The Battle for Socotra:
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Game Status
The game is currently in in play.
The Road to War
- December 24, 2045.
- The UKA and the Turkish Sultanate of Adana sign a peace treaty after a failed Turkish surprise invasion of Malta.
- January 2, 2046.
- The Mongols cross the lower Danube and invade the ROoman Empire's territories in what used to be Rumania and Bulgaria.
- January 18, 2046.
- The Mongols destroy the port city of Burgas on the Black Sea.
- March 3, 2046
- The 229th Georgia National Guard Brigade is mobilized for foreign service.
- March 20-26, 2046.
- The Roman Empire launches a counter attack against the Mongols and are terribly defeated.
- March 21, 2046.
- The 229th Georgia National Guard Brigade embarks for Socotra.
- May 7, 2046.
- The Mongols launch an attack toward Vienna and across the central Danube into Roman Serbia.
- May 8, 2046.
- The UKA orders troops to reinforce the Romans.
- Mid-May, 2046.
- The Mongol offensive stalls after their raiders are repulsed at Vienna and along the central Danube, but not before they burn most of the Roman's supply stockpiles. As the UKA has denuded its reserves of fuel to give to the Romans, it leaves the UKA with a critical fuel shortage for vehicles and aircraft.
- June 27, 2046.
- A peace conference begins between the Mongols, Romans, and UKA/Commonwealth.
- July 6, 2046.
- The UKA and South Africa invade Socotra. The island promptly surrenders.
- July 7, 2046.
- While the parties at the Bratislava Conference continue to wrangle, the Turks of the Sultanate of Adana launch a surprise attack against the Romans in northern Greece and Macedonia.
- July 24, 2046.
- After the southern Roman armies disintegrate, the Romans concede defeat by the Turks, and sign away northern Greece, Albania, and Macedonia to the Turks.
- August 7, 2046.
- The UKA launches a surprise attack on the Turks, actually capturing a Turkish heavy cruiser and towing it away from the port of Thessalonika. The UKA hopes to destroy the Turkish Navy to reduced the threat to Greece and Cyprus.
- August 8, 2046.
- The UKA's carrier H.M.S. Martinique is damaged by a Turkish aerial torpedo off Greece.
- August 16, 2046.
- A wolfpack of Turkish submarines sink the captured heavy cruiser in the strait between the Pelopennese and Crete, along with several Commonwealth escorts. Three Turkish submarines are sunk.
- September 1, 2046.
- Tamil Emperor Puviyarasu assassinated, supposedly by the Mongols. His Roman-born wife, Empress Sylvia takes the reins of power.
- September 3, 2046.
- Troops of the Islamic Caliphate of Southern Indiana invade the UKA's Illinois Province, tying down the bulk of the UKA's armies in North America.
The War Diary
A day-by-day chronicle of what is happening in the game that is public knowledge, including events occurring outside the area of operations that may influence the fighting in the Indian Ocean Theater of Operations.
Sunrise and Sunset Times in the Socotra Area
Moonrise and Set Times and Phases in the Socotra Area
