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Due to the small size of the British Isles, the United Kingdom had escaped the full force of the Race's military might when they first landed, but it had proven to be little more than a nuisance to the Race in the Middle East, India and northern France. At the time, the Race in France were within striking distance of the Rhine River, and were massing for an invasion of Germany. Because of Straha's defection, it was decided that England would be invaded, not Germany. The drive against the Rhine River was halted while forces were transferred to France for an invasion of England.

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  • Race Invasion of the United Kingdom
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  • Due to the small size of the British Isles, the United Kingdom had escaped the full force of the Race's military might when they first landed, but it had proven to be little more than a nuisance to the Race in the Middle East, India and northern France. At the time, the Race in France were within striking distance of the Rhine River, and were massing for an invasion of Germany. Because of Straha's defection, it was decided that England would be invaded, not Germany. The drive against the Rhine River was halted while forces were transferred to France for an invasion of England.
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Partof
  • The Race Invasion of Tosev 3
Date
  • Late Summer, Autum of 1943
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Result
  • Strategic British victory
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Place
  • South and Midlands of the United Kingdom
abstract
  • Due to the small size of the British Isles, the United Kingdom had escaped the full force of the Race's military might when they first landed, but it had proven to be little more than a nuisance to the Race in the Middle East, India and northern France. Fleetlord Atvar had planned to commence an invasion of Britain after the Race had conquered Moscow and effectively knocked the Soviet Union out of the war; statistical analysis had given an invasion a higher-than-seventy percent probability of success under such circumstances. With the Race's drive on Moscow halted by the Soviet atomic bomb near Kaluga, a lull in the fighting against the USSR achieved the same effect. In addition, the failure of shiplord Straha's attempted coup and his subsequent defection to the Americans provided another impetus for Atvar; it was feared that he had revealed much of the Race's planning, allowing the Tosevites to predict what the Race intended to do for the next two years. Thus the reasoning behind the invasion of Britain was more political than military. At the time, the Race in France were within striking distance of the Rhine River, and were massing for an invasion of Germany. Because of Straha's defection, it was decided that England would be invaded, not Germany. The drive against the Rhine River was halted while forces were transferred to France for an invasion of England.
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