World War II, The Global War as Europeans still call it, only ended after a sustained Allied bombing campaign that turned Germany and Japan into smashed collections of rubble. Germany’s great industries were gone, and Japan’s cities lay flattened and burned. German’s capital was occupied by Allied troops and Japan was targeted by the only two nuclear weapons used in war in the entire century. The surrender of both nations was total and complete.
The War made us a nation of warriors. A nation of Veterans. We answered the call of freedom and flew the red white and blue over thousands of battlefields. And red white and blue covered those we carried home. We all gave something in The War. Some of us gave everything. I hope the next time you see a Veteran you will remember this. The liberties we all enjoy exist because someone fought and bled for them. A Veteran.
The earliest virtual worlds were created by kids playing around and looking for something fun to do. They had no connection with other humans and were distributed by literally pinning them to public bulletin boards. Copies were free or cheap and their graphics were made out of letters and symbols. Players used their imaginations, often edited them to create new games, and their use spread like wildfire. They changed computers forever.
The Liberator was the first new class of support ship fielded in The War. Built by the Cybernetic Families, it was the fastest support ship of the time, able to keep up with warships at maximum acceleration, and the Cowboys soon began to use the more powerful Privateer variant more than any other ship. After The War, they remain in service with Cyberdyne Transtellar Shipping and the Cowboys, though all ships are officially titled to Cyberdyne so the Cowboys can maintain their privacy. Liberators can be seen everywhere cargo flows in known space.
World War II in Asia is mostly about the march of American Marines across the Pacific in Western eyes. The Battles of Midway and Coral Sea are taught to our children. But we rarely look at the land war in Asia because we weren’t heavily involved. What most don’t know is that thirty-five million people died in Asia, victims of the literally genocidal conflict between Japan, China, and India. The entire region was devastated almost beyond the capability of rebuilding.