Einstein, Professor Albert, Nobel laureate.
AXIS HIGH COMMAND
JAPAN
Kakuta, Rear Admiral Kakuji, IJN. Commander, Second Carrier Striking Force. (HIJMS Ryujo.)
Yamamoto, Admiral Isoroku, IJN. Commander in chief, Combined Fleet. (HIJMS Yamamoto.)
GERMANY
Gobbels, Reichsminister Josef. German propaganda minister.
Himmler, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich. SS chief.
Hitler, Reichschancellor Adolf.
AXIS PERSONNEL
Brasch, Major Paul. Engineer.
Hidaka, Lieutenant Commander Jisaku, IJN. Chief of staff to Rear Admiral Kakuta. (HIJMS Ryujo.)
Skorzeny, Colonel Otto. Personal bodyguard to Adolf Hitler.
Steckel, Franz. SS-Obersturmfuhrer of the SD-Ausland, a lieutenant in the Nazi Party's foreign intelligence service.
SHIPS OF THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE
USS Hillary Clinton. George Bush-class supercarrier.
USS Kandahar. Bagdhad-class littoral assault ship.
USS Leyte Gulf. Nemesis-class stealth cruiser.
USS Garret. Cobb-class air warfare destroyer
USS Providence. Harper's Ferry-class amphibious landing dockship.
USS Kennebunkport. LPD 12 landing assault ship.
HMS Trident. Trident-class stealth destroyer (trimaran).
HMS Vanguard. Trident-class stealth destroyer (trimaran).
HMS Fearless. Aden-class helicopter assault ship.
HMAS Havoc. Savage-class attack submarine (conventional).
HMAS Moreton Bay. Jervis Bay-class troop-carrying catamaran.
HMAS Ipswich. Newcastle-class light littoral assault ship.
KRI Sutanto. Reconditioned Parchim-class frigate of the Indonesian navy (TNI-AL
KRI Nuku. Reconditioned Parchim-class frigate of the Indonesian navy (TNI-AL
Dessaix. Sartre-class stealth destroyer of the French navy.
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