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Panic on the Maginot Line The French leaders all sat around the table. The German army was on the move. Quickly progressing through eastern Europe and rapidly making a move for the eastern French border. The leaders sitting at the table were discussing defense strategies to keep the Germany army from advancing into their territory. Some generals were saying "we need to go on the attack and push them back". Other generals were saying "The Maginot Line will hold off the Germans, we have nothing to fear". One general quietly sat on one end of the table and a said: "The Maginot Line is poorly fortified the Germans will simply go around it, we should be considering some alternate strategies to defend our great land". Positioned throughout this unruly crowd of "demon kings" all pushing for their ideas to be heard was the Field Marshal of the French Army. "We are on the eve of losing our great nation to Germany if we can not put faith in our cur...

Opperation Overlord Rama in the cold and bitter sea wash. Rama climbed down the rope ladder and into his PT-Landing craft. The sea rocking his landing craft back and forth. Rama stood amongst his fellow brothers as the boat departed. Waiting for the ramp to drop and storm the beaches, Rama could not help but think of his fate that he might encounter as he heard the violent shelling of the United States Navy. The 352 Vali infantry was unleashing an incredible hellfire of machine-gun rounds and mortars. Striking all around them the shrapnel bouncing off the hull of Rama's landing craft. Rama stood there gripping his rifle and shared a look with Yama. This look they exchanged was of pride but hidden right behind it was fear. The boat captain called out "two minutes!". Rama and Yama knew the moment was approaching. They felt the boat hit the beach and the ramp to the boat dropped. The second the ramp dropped the Vali unleashed machine-gun fire into the boat. Rama watched a...

Ashwatthaman and the Battle of the Bulge Rama was entrenched in the forests of the Ardennes enduring the harsh winter. On the evening of December 16th 1944, Ashwatthaman spearheaded the American offensive and drove deep into the U.S.'s lines. Ashwatthaman planned a brutal attack to help gain back significant grounds. Ashwatthaman and his armored unit, the Ashwatt's, and 200,000 German troops snuck in over night and attacked Rama and the Pandavas Brigade along with a large number of U.S. forces. The Ashwatt's attacked Rama and his unit with great brutality. Disguising themselves as U.S. forces the Ashwatt's tricked the Pandavas' and slaughtered them in their sleep, leaving only a small handful behind. Ashwatthaman and his armor rolled into the U.S.'s lines even deeper drawing a boundary that gave the battle-line the appearance of a bulge. Rama retreated back with the remaining handful of his unit and regrouped at the back of the battle-lines still trying to ...

The Hermit On their long journey our brave traveler Rama finds himself coming across a mysterious secluded area. Upon entering this area and making camp, out of no where and a big flash of smoke and light appears the "Great Pious Hermit", this Hermit was of great significance to Rama but he was yet to learn that significance just yet. For now he was filled with fear and concern as it was fire season and there was a burn ban. However, Rama's fears quickly resided when the Hermit spoke "Hello my dear traveler for we have been waiting many moons for you to visit". Rama was unaware of the significance of his arrival but the Hermit new it was a moment he had been long awaiting. Rama asked "why?' the "so I can drift off to the moon and stars and walk among our brothers and sisters of course". Rama looked on with disbelief. "Now is not the time for looks, but time for great food". The hermit feed them great food. Meals they had heard a...