March 26th 1945
A Mirthanese-US counterattack was finally orchestrated. Without air superiority, and rapidly losing supplies, the Japanese were quickly pushed back to handful of strongpoints throughout the city. The Royal Palace, (still in Japanese hands) was besieged by Mirthanese forces and recaptured on the 26th of March.
King Lennertz III, captured by the Japanese, is escorted through a basement corridor during an artillery barrage. King Lennertz went missing after the recapture of the Palace. While never identified, its believed he was among several hundred bodies found on the Palace grounds. The bodies were buried at the palace, and a memorial stands to this day.
March 26th 1945
A Mirthanese-US counterattack was finally orchestrated. Without air superiority, and rapidly losing supplies, the Japanese were quickly pushed back to handful of strongpoints throughout the city. The Royal Palace, (still in Japanese hands) was besieged by Mirthanese forces and recaptured on the 26th of March.
King Lennertz III, captured by the Japanese, is escorted through a basement corridor during an artillery barrage. King Lennertz went missing after the recapture of the Palace. While never identified, its believed he was among several hundred bodies found on the Palace grounds. The bodies were buried at the palace, and a memorial stands to this day.