Liberation of Japan

Lead-up to the invasion and Liberation of Japan
In the year 2026 Japan was forced to surrender after a joint Russo-Sino Invasion, at this time Prime Minister Goro Kurosawa was forced to sign the treaty of Novgorod, ensuring that Japan would also join the ASA. After this invasion Goro Kurosawa left the country in secret to the United States. The United States permitted Kurosawa 40 men from the Central Intelligence Agency as they saw Japan as a suitable staging ground for a main invasion of the mainland if need be. Four years after Japan's signing the treaty of Novgorod the United States was ready for Japan's liberation.

The initial invasion
The first stage of the invasion was the American troops under General Howard Montgomery invaded Hamamatsu, Kobe, and Sendai on the 16th of January. On the 18th troops were landed in Tokyo. At first the invasion seemed as if it would be swift and decisive. This however turned out to be false due to the brilliance of a Soviet General who was rushed to the defense of Japan. Dmitriy Matveev was a general who became one of the most widely praised leaders of the USSR. The general devised a stratagem he named wood plates on steel. He claimed that it was quick and easy to create a wooden board but a steel board would take more time and resources. He then said that he would make the defenses on the Kyoto line as strong as he could quickly muster and use the time the defenses bought to continuously build even greater defenses behind the Kyoto frontlines.

The stalemate
Whilst Dmitriy successfully held the South, his counterpart, Anisim Alekseev in the north fared far worse. Due to a lack of supplies Alekseev lost ground rapidly before being captured in Sapporo. He was held in Sapporo for only two weeks before he escaped back to his lines. Only a half of a month later, in late June was his force entirely crushed at the massive battle of Wakkanai. Alekseev committed suicide immediately after being captured. Meanwhile the stalemate continued in the South until Montgomery, who had worked up a growing feint of a massive invasion on August 6th landed soldiers in Nagasaki, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka. These soldiers weakened the defense so greatly that a two pronged attack finally brought down the Soviet occupation of Japan.

Aftermath
After the defeat of the ASA garrison a treaty was devised, this treaty, the treaty of Tokyo detailed the terms on which Japan would be released. The 15,000 Democratic Rebels were also given honors. The 15,000 rebels lost their lives in the liberation of Tokyo, and in Japan up until the Flash the term 'like the 15,000' meant doing something with courage and bravery. Or to die or fight for a hopeless cause simply because it is the just one. (Similar to 'victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni')