Repulse: Europe at War 2062-2064
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Page 8: ‘Every time we told a satellite…’ Gen. Cody, US Congressional hearings, Washington, 12 October 2066.
Page 9: ‘Hell, we guessed their lasers…’ Gen. Partridge, ibid.
Page 11: ‘We’d had some intel…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, pp. 41-48, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 11: ‘Studs came over…’ FM Tidbury, ibid.
Page 13: ‘Everyone knows…’ Dowell, unpublished diary, 14 July 2061.
Page 16: ‘Super AI meant…’ Tasse, A History of Warfare in the 21st Century, p. 31, Lee and Lifeson, Paris, 2094.
Page 18: ‘The President deservedly…’ The New York Times, 20 January 2061.
Page 19: ‘The American people…’ The Wall Street Journal, 20 January 2061.
Page 19: ‘Sure am glad…’ Nancy Strickland, personal correspondence, 23 February 2061.
Page 20: ‘When they talked…’ Crispin Webb, unpublished diary, 10 October 2061.
Prelude: The View from the East
Page 21: ‘Each empire falls…’ Sauber, One Hundred Years of Change: The World from 1945 to 2045, New Sorbonne University, 2047.
Page 22: ‘Stability is the…’ Drake, The Chinese Miracle, p. 28, Hodgson & Davis, New York, 2039.
Page 23: ‘…with Chinese support…’ Horrocks, The 2036 Financial Crisis: Winners and Losers, p. 44, Hayward, Lodge and Pinder, London, 2042.
Page 23: ‘Although it seemed…’ Benn, The Rise of the New Persian Caliphate, p. 53, Dunford, Trout and Haslam, London, 2071.
Page 24: ‘…then I saw…’ Rafiq, Inside the New Caliphate, p. 126, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2058.
Page 26: ‘…Blackwood was pissed…’ Grant, Night Flight to Beijing, pp. 89-134, Hodgson & Davis, New York, 2060.
Page 26: ‘…conceded the Taiwan…’ Grant, ibid.
Page 27: ‘For the first…’ Grant, ibid.
Page 29: ‘By this point…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 77, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Onslaught
Page 35: ‘We didn’t think…’ Rowley, Sole Survivor, p. 56, Dunford, Trout and Haslam, London, 2068.
Page 38: ‘It was the…’ Blake, US Congressional Hearings, Washington, 23 January 2067.
Page 40: ‘I can’t describe…’ Blake, ibid.
Page 44: ‘…and the situation…’ Polat, personal correspondence, 12 September 2060.
Page 44: ‘I’m getting scared…’ Yilmaz, personal correspondence, 22 October 2060.
Page 44: ‘The atmosphere was…’ Uzun, intercepted correspondence, 6 November 2060.
Page 45: ‘The speed with…’ Sadik, interview with the author, 13 February 2096.
Page 49: ‘…the sun is…’ Kartal, unpublished journal, 6-9 February 2062.
Page 49: ‘…a group of…’ Kartal, ibid.
Page 51: ‘…in the subjugation…’ Tasse, A History of Warfare in the 21st Century, p. 112, Lee and Lifeson, Paris, 2094.
Page 53: ‘I wanted to…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 139, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 54: ‘While no one…’ O Globo, Novo, 9 February 2062.
Page 54: ‘The NATO countries…’ intercepted correspondence, 10 February 2062.
Page 56: ‘While in public…’ Lewis, How the Middle East Found Peace, p. 55, Hackett Press, London, 2056.
Page 57: ‘The boss worried…’ Webb, unpublished diary, 7 February 2062.
Page 57: ‘Mendelberg knew we…’ Salomon, US Congressional hearings, Washington, 3 April 2067.
Page 60: ‘The protesters hushed…’ Udell, The Fall of the State of Israel, pp. 79-86, Hodgson & Davis, New York, 2070.
Page 61: ‘In moments, tens…’ Udell, ibid.
Page 62: ‘I don’t think…’ Cantwell, US Congressional hearings, Washington, 14 April 2067.
The Caliphate Enters Europe
Page 68: ‘The Third Caliph…’ Benn, The Rise of the New Persian Caliphate, p. 126, Dunford, Trout and Haslam, London, 2071.
Page 68: ‘All of them…’ Dreher, unpublished journal, 10 February 2062.
Page 69: ‘…President Coll reassured…’ English government memo ETG/001/IR/784100262, 10 February 2062.
Page 71: ‘When we looked…’ Mack, US Congressional hearings, Washington, 12 March 2067.
Page 73: ‘The dawn was…’ Raptis, personal correspondence, 11 February 2062.
Page 74: ‘…despite the urgency…’ Raptis, ibid.
Page 75: ‘They had no…’ Megalos, intercepted correspondence, 11 February 2062.
Page 75: ‘We lived in…’ Simonides, personal correspondence, 11 February 2062.
Page 75: ‘The Greeks look…’ Kartal, unpublished journal, 12 February 2062.
Page 76: ‘The Pontiff is…’ Gen. Romano, Italian Army Records, 11 February 2062.
Page 76: ‘The Catholic Church…’ intercepted correspondence, 11 February 2062.
Page 76: ‘The eight ships…’ Moretti, The Final Fall of Rome, pp. 47-131, Editori Laterza, Rome, 2066.
Page 77: ‘I climbed and…’ Moretti, ibid.
Page 79: ‘I’d never seen…’ Costa, interview with the author, 27 March 2096.
Page 80: ‘Just what the…’ Hines, personal correspondence, 13 February 2062.
Page 81: ‘If things get…’ Waters, personal correspondence, 16 February 2062.
Page 82: ‘Police forces in…’ English government memo ETG/005/IR/784103268, 15 February 2062.
Page 83: ‘The forecasts began…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 178, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 83: ‘…my colleague Dan…’ Parsons, interview in the New York Times, 21 July 2068.
Page 84: ‘The French guy…’ Parsons, ibid.
Page 85: ‘I think we…’ Sparks, US Congressional Hearings, Washington, 6 April 2067.
Page 85: ‘…constantly battling to…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 201, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Invasion
Page 88: ‘I looked at…’ Capt. Underwood, unpublished diary, 18 February 2062.
Page 90: ‘The Caliphate never…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 209, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 94: ‘So many of…’ Kartal, unpublished journal, 4 March 2062.
Page 95: ‘…abruptly Charpentier lost…’ English government memo ETG/011/IR/793102266, 29 March 2062.
Page 96: ‘It was no…’ Capt. Evans, interview in The Guardian, 12 January 2063.
Page 97: ‘I think I…’ Wright, unpublished diary, 5 April 2062.
Page 98: ‘Bazza decided he…’ Pt. Green, personal correspondence, 25 March 2062.
Page 99: ‘Europe faces its…’ The Guardian, 3 April 2062.
Page 99: ‘For the first…’ Handelsblatt, 4 April 2062.
Page 99: ‘Is the day…’ Le Nouvel Observateur, 7 April 2062.
Page 99: ‘Both Oliver and…’ Jackson, personal correspondence, 4 April 2062.
Page 100: ‘Anytime Dylan gets…’ Leach, personal correspondence, 5 April 2062.
Page 100: ‘If conscription should…’ English government memo ETG/013/IR/99310493, 29 March 2062.
Page 102: ‘Numerous members of…’ Morrow, The Great European Disaster, Vol. 1, p. 257, Collins & Gabriel, Oxford, 2074.
Page 103: ‘…the company will…’ T’ang, intercepted communication, 12 April 2062.
Page 104: ‘Once Caliphate forces…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 250, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 105: ‘I got a…’ Rossi, interview in Italian media, 23 August 2064.
Page 105: ‘We stayed clear…’ Rossi, ibid.
Page 106: ‘It was in…’ Rossi, ibid.
Page 108: ‘The boss got…’ Webb, unpublished diary, 22 April 2062.
Page 109: ‘When they first…’ Capt. Lang, US Congressional hearings, Washington, 8 April 2067.
Page 110: ‘Just want to…’ John, public commun
ication, 3 May 2062.
Page 111: ‘The days lengthen…’ Waldron, unpublished diary, 23 May 2062.
The Battle for Europe
Page 114: ‘We knew what…’ Capt. Williams, English Parliamentary Select Committee hearing, 2 October 2066.
Page 115: ‘I remember the…’ Phillips, interview with the author, 27 February 2096.
Page 115: ‘Our battlefield-Pulsar unit…’ Cpl. Buckley, English Parliamentary Select Committee hearing, 9 October 2066.
Page 116: ‘Can anyone tell…’ Arnold, quoted in The Times, 2 June 2062.
Page 117: ‘Before we withdrew…’ Capt. Degarmo, NATO situation report VV/3789/ADH/00034, 2 June 2062.
Page 118: ‘We left a…’ Sgt. Skinner, interview in The Mail, 3 June 2062.
Page 118: ‘It was really…’ L. Cpl. Baumann, personal correspondence, 3 June 2062.
Page 119: ‘The colonel visited…’ Pte. Ornass, unpublished memoirs, 3 June 2062.
Page 119: ‘We had to…’ Pte. Ornass, ibid.
Page 120: ‘All of us…’ Pte. Ornass, ibid.
Page 120: ‘The Caliphate men…’ Pte. Ornass, ibid.
Page 121: ‘More warriors were…’ Pte. Ornass, ibid.
Page 122: ‘He was a…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 288, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 123: ‘With one eye…’ Webb, unpublished diary, 7 June 2062.
Page 126: ‘We had furious…’ Reyer, interview in The Economist, March 2072.
Page 128: ‘…experiencing an earthquake…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 296, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 130: ‘I took one…’ Kartal, unpublished journal, 28 June 2062.
Page 131: ‘Of course we…’ Eichel, report to local Berlin authority, 1 July 2062.
Page 132: ‘What can we…’ Kalbfleisch, personal correspondence, 1 July 2062.
Page 132: ‘…four hundred and…’ Morrow, The Great European Disaster, Vol. 1, p. 307, Collins & Gabriel, Oxford, 2074.
Page 133: ‘Our boat made…’ Pardo, English Parliamentary Select Committee hearing, 30 October 2066.
Page 134: ‘The Caliphate’s armed…’ Tasse, A History of Warfare in the 21st Century, p. 202, Lee and Lifeson, Paris, 2094.
Page 136: ‘With all the…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 321, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 137: ‘The older guys…’ Kent, personal correspondence, 6 July 2062.
Page 139: ‘Don’t head east…’ Gadulas, intercepted correspondence, 7 July 2062.
Page 139: ‘…they wouldn’t let…’ Nowak, intercepted correspondence, 7 July 2062.
Page 141: ‘Ladies and gentlemen…’ Favre, mayoral statement, 5 July 2062.
Page 141: ‘Coming so soon…’ Capt. Rutkowski, personal correspondence, 6 July 2062.
Page 142: ‘I felt we…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 343, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 143: ‘It will all…’ Toronto Star, 6 July 2062.
Page 143: ‘The warlords of…’ Tasse, A History of Warfare in the 21st Century, p. 222, Lee and Lifeson, Paris, 2094.
Page 145: ‘We’re going there…’ L. Cpl. Ortiz, media interview, 9 July 2062.
Page 144: ‘Suddenly all ears…’ Pte. Lund, interview with the author, 21 May 2096.
Page 145: ‘It was a…’ Capt. Underwood, unpublished diary, 10 July 2062.
Page 145: ‘The traditional routes…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 366, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 146: ‘We conclude therefore…’ Senator Ross, US Congressional hearings, Washington, 8 August 2067.
Page 146: ‘The boss was…’ Webb, unpublished diary, 13 July 2062.
Page 148: ‘I had expected…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 381, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 149: ‘This English fellow…’ Capt. Podlaski, personal correspondence, 14 July 2062.
The End Game
Page 152: ‘By this stage…’ Morrow, The Great European Disaster, p. 327, Collins & Gabriel, Oxford, 2074.
Page 152: ‘Do you remember…’ Pugh, personal correspondence, 18 July 2062.
Page 154: ‘The council’s replicator…’ Cooke, interview with the author, 2 June 2096.
Page 155: ‘I now see…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 390, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 155: ‘We had a…’ Hayes, interview with the author, 13 June 2096.
Page 156: ‘I remember a…’ Hayes, ibid.
Page 157: ‘We were so…’ Hayes, ibid.
Page 158: ‘The exo-suits couldn’t…’ Pte. Barnes, 12th Marine Expeditionary Battle Report, 1 August 2062.
Page 159: ‘A lot of…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 402, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 160: ‘Nothing to do…’ Col. Pearce, unpublished memoirs, 5 August 2062.
Page 161: ‘Although there weren’t…’ Col. Pearce, ibid.
Page 162: ‘In my opinion…’ Capt. Lamb, English Parliamentary Select Committee hearing, 15 October 2066.
Page 162: ‘You sit here…’ Capt. Lamb, ibid.
Page 162: ‘Any celebration of…’ The Guardian, 7 August 2062.
Page 163: ‘I’m sorry, but…’ Pte. Reeves, personal correspondence, 8 August 2062.
Page 163: ‘At first we…’ Bagget, interview with the author, 21 June 2096.
Page 164: ‘August 2062 saw…’ Benn, The Rise of the New Persian Caliphate, p. 223, Dunford, Trout and Haslam, London, 2071.
Page 166: ‘I am resting…’ Kartal, unpublished journal, 17-31 July 2062.
Page 167: ‘I dare not…’ Kartal, ibid.
Page 167: ‘What a journey…’ Kartal, ibid.
Page 168: ‘I spent several…’ Kartal, ibid.
Page 169: ‘These were solid…’ Frost, interview in The Times, 15 August 2062.
The Race against Time
Page 172: ‘The PM and…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 431, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 172: ‘Everyone attending from…’ Myers, The Storm over Us, p. 34, Hodgson & Davis, New York, 2066.
Page 174: ‘It is time…’ Senator Ortiz, Summerville, 19 August 2062.
Page 175: ‘The boss really…’ Webb, unpublished diary, 17 August 2062.
Page 176: ‘We obviously assumed…’ Capt. Taylor, US Congressional hearings, Washington, 18 August 2067.
Page 177: ‘Emergency protocols kicked…’ Fisher, 10/13, pp. 52-178, Hackett Press, Washington, 2068.
Page 178: ‘The Pulsar batteries…’ Fisher, ibid.
Page 180: ‘The time arrived…’ Fisher, ibid.
Page 180: ‘As the chaos…’ Fisher, ibid.
Page 182: ‘We all knew…’ Bell, interview in The Washington Post, 31 August 2064.
Page 183: ‘Those were the…’ Morton, interview with the author, 17 May 2096.
Page 184: ‘Probably the most…’ Fisher, 10/13, p. 178, Hackett Press, Washington, 2068.
Page 185: ‘Quickly I realised…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 431, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 187: ‘The stress kept…’ Knowles, interview with the author, 4 June 2096.
Page 187: ‘We have to deal…’ Weston, personal correspondence, 12 January 2063.
Page 188: ‘I still didn’t…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 444, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 189: ‘Why do we…’ Robinson, multiple media outlets, 26 January 2063.
Page 190: ‘Cultural, social and…’ English government memo ETG/043/IR/67310233, 31 January 2063.
Operation Repulse: Preparation
Page 193: ‘My senses came…’ Pratt, interview with the author, 4 March 2096.
Page 194: ‘There’s no shortage…’ Clr. Sgt. Benson, Recruitment Report #778/B, North-East England, 23 March 2063.
Page 194: ‘I joined the…’ Sgt.
Bolton, interview with the author, 8 March 2096.
Page 195: ‘The endless grey…’ Anderson, A Blade of Grass in the Storm, p. 37, Hodgson & Davis, New York, 2068.
Page 196: ‘They say that…’ Booth, unpublished diary, 5 April 2063.
Page 197: ‘…the first day…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 478, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 199: ‘I believe we…’ Reyer, interview in The Economist, March 2072.
Page 198: ‘The problem with…’ Baker, interview with the author, 13 June 2096.
Page 199: ‘They’re assigning variant…’ Ford, personal correspondence, 23 April 2063.
Page 200: ‘Maybe we’d all…’ Gen. Pearce, US Congressional hearings, Washington, 13 August 2067.
Page 200: ‘I told Perkins…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 497, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 200: ‘The fact that…’ Perkins, Are the Ghosts Real? p. 99, Collins & Gabriel, Oxford, 2073.
Page 201: ‘I’ve told the…’ Webb, unpublished diary, 4 May 2063.
Page 202: ‘I was nonplussed…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, pp. 501-512, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 203: ‘Hastings was in…’ FM Tidbury, ibid.
Page 204: ‘Hastings then popped…’ FM Tidbury, ibid.
Page 205: ‘I don’t think…’ Rattenburg, interview in The Mail, 14 May 2063.
Page 206: ‘The first explosion…’ Bishop, interview with the author, 2 August 2096.
Page 208: ‘There is an…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, p. 7, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 210: ‘I tried to…’ FM Tidbury, In the Eye of the Storm, pp. 519-526, Banks and Rutherford, Cambridge, 2069.
Page 210: ‘I thought the…’ FM Tidbury, ibid.
Page 211: ‘The Caliphate warrior…’ Morrow, The Great European Disaster, Vol. 2, p. 148, Collins & Gabriel, Oxford, 2074.
Page 211: ‘I got an…’ Shah, interview with the author, 11 September 2096.