Briefer, Chancellor Martin Heusmann and others in “Unfinished Business”

[explaining map movements] Chancellor, men, our attack is in three phases. Phase One- U-boat and silo-launched missiles to destroy primary targets. San Diego, San Francisco, Pearl Harbor in the Pacific States. Darwin and Manila, Yokohama, Kamchatka, and Vladivostok in the East.

How long it will take?

On your order, 15 minutes from launch.

And why not Tokyo, field marshal?

[interjects] If we kill their emperor, it would prolong the conflict.

So we spare him? After he murders our Fuehrer?

The Japanese must see their deity surrender and acknowledge the superiority of our Master Race.

[sternly] They will accept that reality without him. [orders briefer as Himmler remains quiet] Destroy Tokyo in Phase One.

[looks at Himmler who nods at him] Yes, Chancellor.

Continue.

Phase Two - our long-range nuclear bombers destroy secondary targets, including Anchorage, Los Angeles, and Sacramento in the west. Osaka, Peking, Delhi, Bangkok, and so on in the east. Time to completion, six hours from launch. Phase Three, a ground and marine invasion to secure and occupy. We expect total capitulation within two weeks.

What kind of retaliation can we expect?

The strongest resistance will be in our satellite states.

Particularly, the Americas, where we expect the Japanese to mount significant defense and counterattacks.

We anticipate Japanese bombers to launch long-range suicide missions. We should expect major attacks as deep as Chicago and New York.

Projected casualties?

The nuclear attack will result in 15 to 16 million dead. Ground invasion will add another two to three million.

And on our side?

The Japanese only have conventional weapons. Casualties will be in the hundreds of thousands.

And mostly Americans, so... acceptable losses.

When can you be ready to launch?

By 1900 tomorrow, Chancellor.

Good, [rises with everyone] Tomorrow night, I will address the Reich from the Volkshalle. During my speech, I will give the attack order. I will secure the Fatherland and the future of the Reich. [everyone makes the stiff-arm salute]