Other Generals:
The unknown commanders of RA2
NOTE: I'm assuming that RA takes place between 1949-1952. This means that RA2 starts 10
years later in 1962 and it lasted roughly a year(give or take a few months) meaning it ends in
1963. This storyline takes place in the pre-Yuri's Revenge time trip.
Chapter One
GENERAL BISHOP:
General Bishop's command was mostly forgotten as the war went on. This was his story, his life,
his exploits during Red Alert 2. He is only one of many that have been forgotten, ignored or
simply unknown to many, but he is not forgotten and neither shall be the others. These are their
stories.
General Bishop was only 17 at the end of the second world war, not able to fight in the war that
was supposed to end the bloodshed. He graduated from West Point in 1959. He was only a major
at the outbreak of Red Alert Two. The lack of commanders was a huge problem in the early days
of the war. Major Bishop was soon promoted to Colonel and was placed in command of the
Western Seaboard. With Yuri placing special attention to this area of the US, Colonel Bishop was
in for some hard times.
Colonel Bishop had little time but he was able to put up a small defense at Los Angeles Air Force
Base. There he was able to hold off Russian forces 5 times the size of his own. His defenses held
steady and allowed valuable time for other allied troops to retreat. Most likely 2 brigades would
have been destroyed if it were not for Colonel Bishops defense. Although he was able to hold off
for an astonishing 6 hours he was ultimately forced to retreat.
He retreated all the way to San Francisco where he linked up with another American division. He
quickly set up defensive stances and was prepared to hold the city to the last. His major concern
was the protection of the Golden Gate Bridge. Only a few hours earlier the Soviets destroyed the
Statue of Liberty and Colonel Bishop was not going to loose another monument to the red
menace.
Half the city entrenched in only the a day after the Los Angeles battle. Many civilians and police
were armed and ready for the upcoming battle. However it was reported another 4 hours until the
attack would begin, how wrong they were. It took much longer then the Russians expected but
their Pacific Fleet arrived in the Bay. The Dreadnaughts fired their deadly missiles straight into the
city. The missiles crashed into buildings destroying many. The city was in a panic. Suddenly
hundreds of Soviet troops para dropped into the Bay Area. Their target, the Golden Gate Bridge.
Colonel Bishop payed special attention to the defense of the Golden Gate bridge and had sent his
best units to protect it. The Conscripts who para dropped in were no match for the veteran Gi's
and the IFVs. The Dreadnaughts were ordered to destroy the bridge if capture was not an option.
They prepared fired, all 4 of them, enough power to easily destroy the bridge. All of a sudden
they all exploded in a burst of flames. A SEAL team signaled Colonel Bishop they had
accomplished the mission.
The Soviets switched to their next objective. The destruction of the American naval forces inside
the San Francisco Bay. Colonel Bishop needed to retreat his navel forces out of the Bay and into
safe waters. The Russian fleet was too big for the small task force to handle. The SEALS would
need to hit the Russian fleet hard and fast as a distraction. The Russian subs weren't going to be
able to be target, but the Russian Dreadnaughts and Sea Scorpions. The SEALS quickly went to
work and the distraction worked. 3 Russian Dreadnaughts and 5 Sea Scorpions sank to the
bottom of the bay, meanwhile the 9 American Destroyers slipped out of the bay.
With the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Area secured the Colonel now had to worry about the
approaching Soviet forces coming in from the south. A reported 7 Divisions, twice the amount he
faced at Los Angeles. He redirected his forces towards the incoming aggressors. He was
outnumbered again, but this time only 4-1. The initial defense was only entrenched GI's and
pillboxes, not enough to hold off the Rhino horde. The first line of defense was decimated.
As the Russians moved farther into San Francisco however they faced more difficult challenges.
Grizzlies and IFVs came out of nowhere picking off the Russian armor. It was useless. The
garrisoned buildings slaughtered the Russian conscripts. The Russian forces though were better in
number and laid waste to the city. Kirov airships soon arrived and began to destroy building after
building. The IFVs were able to shoot down some, but there were just too many. The remains of
the American forces retreated to the last base in the northern end of the city.
The Kirovs now proved useless as patriots and Harriers shot them out of the sky. They would
have to resort to land forces. The 7 divisions swept through the city, mopping up the lasts of
resistence. Colonel Bishop decided to make his last stand in the north of San Francisco at his field
HQ. Already his forces came in by the hundreds. Bishop still held the card of his SEALS and his
Harriers. The SEALS were placed in areas where the could make the max of their anti-Infantry
abilities. The Harriers meanwhile cleared the sky of all remaining Kirovs.
The Russians however could not be stopped. Over 40,000 Soviet troops were already in the city
moving towards Colonel Bishop. Another 30,000 were on the way. The Soviet navy had also
returned and now had full control of the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. General Bishop had a
measly 12,000 troops left. His main base was well protected but his numerous smaller bases were
very venerable. The Soviets played off of this and slowly took one base out at a time. General
Bishop had to do something fast. He moved more forces back and strengthened a thinning line.
The Russians decided on one last push. They massed their entire forces and would prepare for the
attack. General Bishop could do nothing to stop the onslaught. He ordered a full retreat, but he
destroyed all American facilities before doing so. He didn't want anything to fall into Russian
hands. A brave group of volunteers decided to stay behind and protect the retreat. The Russians
were kept at bay and the forces successfully reached Sacramento and set up base. The Battle of
San Francisco lasted from 8 AM till 8PM, the day battle had cost the lives of thousands. As both
the Americans left and the Russians gave pursuit, no one noticed the small activity beginning on
the island of Alcatraz.
As the Russians continued their advance Colonel Bishop had no choice but to put up yet another
stand in Sacramento. He needed to either halt the Russian advance entirely or at the very least
slow it to buy more time for other American forces and commanders. Colonel Bishop's stand at
Sacramento would go down in history books as the boldest American move in the first days of the
war. Rather then form a defensive position Colonel Bishop ordered his troops to regroup, rearm
and refuel. He was going to launch a concentrated counterattack on the Russian center advance.
His only hope was that he would force the Soviets to fall back and regroup, he knew he couldn't
get a true victory. His purpose of this was to cost Russia time and possibly save many people in
Sacramento from the same type of damage that occurred in San Francisco.
His Spearhead was the most important part of the attack. They would be the first to engage the
Russian Bear and if they failed to penetrate the Russian hide the entire spear would break. He put
his best units in the front. The battle started on Day 3 11:00 Hours. The American forces began to
slowly, but surly push the Russians forces to a stand still. By 15:00 the American forces were
actually pushing the Russians back! It worked. The Russians lines began to break and fall apart.
The Russian commander was surprised and ordered a full retreat to regroup.
Colonel Bishop returned to Sacramento and prepared his forces to fall back. He had bought the
west coast valuable time. The Russians were in panic and chaos and were trying to desperately
regroup. It was not long until the news of Colonel Bishop's exploits reached the Pentagon.
General Carville personally promoted Colonel Bishop to Brigadier General and also placed him in
charge of the remaining American forces in Idaho and Nevada.
General Bishop ordered all forces to pull back to Seattle. Yuri required the city for his plans and
rather then having his forces move towards Colorado to meet with forces attacking the Air force
Academy, he ordered them to head out towards Seattle. General Bishop now was in trouble. He
expected the Russian forces to at least span out to cover more ground but they stayed
concentrated and headed up north, straight for Seattle.
General Bishop now had to act. He sent 2 of his 4 divisions to Salem, Oregon. They were to set
up a defensive line and were ordered to hold the line at any cost. On Day 6 of the war the battle
took place. Salem was easier to defend with it's hills and forests. American troops created
strongholds across a 65 mile stretch of land. It would take a couple days to move around the
defenses, something Yuri would not accept. He ordered the defenses to be broken in 24 hours or
the Commander of the forces would be killed.
The battle was fierce as the Americans had placed large minefields and small strongholds. Fire
support bases provided quick support to these camps with Harriers, artillery and armored support.
Russian conscripts were slaughtered in the initial attacks but the Americans couldn't keep up with
the large amount of Russian armor. Rhino tanks stormed through the forests and destroyed all in
their paths. The Russian V-3's also destroyed many hideouts and strongholds.
The Russians slowly destroyed the smaller defenses outside Salem. They finally began to attack
the main bases and fire support bases. The American forces were being pushed back towards the
city itself. General Bishop ordered the troops to retreat rather then endanger the city itself. The
American forces needed a victory soon or the morale would crush the remains of General
Bishop's forces.
General Bishop needed to hold Seattle. Not only for it's Strategic location, the fact it was the last
Navel port on the west coast and that MassiveSoft headquarters is stationed there but he also
needed a victory, for his men and for the nation. Only recently has another commander brought
about a victory in New York and blunted the invasion of the east coast. General Bishop needed to
do the same.
He prepared his forces and instead of waiting and going on the defense he was going to launch
another counterattack. If it worked once, it could work again. The Russians were coming from
the direct south. General Bishop would move his forces to Olympia and strike at the Russian flank
as the approached Seattle.
The battle began on Day 10 of the invasion. General Bishop's forces smashed into the Russian's
flank. The Russians were caught off guard and lost men and ground very quickly. General Bishop
continued his advance all day and forced the Russians back. The Rhino tanks were useless against
the fast moving Grizzlies as they struck without warning. Rocketeers flew through the skies
attacking all below.
The Russians were able to move forces into position and began to fight back. Flak Troops
decimated Rocketeer ranks. Rhino tanks repositioned and destroyed all approaching American
tanks. The Gis were ripped apart from the advancing Conscript line. The American brief victory
was shattered. The Russians pushed them back to Olympia. There General Bishop was trapped by
the approaching Russian army.
The Russians began to systematically destroy the city. The once proud capital of Washington
State was a burning mess. General Bishop was trapped at his field HQ with no escape. A group of
Nighthawks and transports were shot down a mile away from his base. There was no hope left.
The only chance now was to escape by sea.
Seattle soon sent the entire of it's Navel resources to the effort. The Russians ships that were
already in the area were soon destroyed by American ships. Transports soon docked at the port,
one of the few places still in US hands. All of the American forces began to converge on the
docks. They began to escape one by one. Air transports now had a clear route to Olympia. The
helicopters landed and help pick up soldiers. The evacuation of Olympia went down in history
books as one of the largest evacuations ever. 15,000 American troops made it out of the city to
fight another day. Unfortunately general Bishop never made it out. Russian troops captured his
base moments before he could leave. His IFV was destroyed as he attempted to escape. General
Bishop was yet another casualty in the beginning days of the war, but he was remembered as a
brave leader.
After the capture of Olympia, Russian forces moved on to Seattle where the met rugged
resistence. Battling for 3 days the Americans held on for every last bit of ground. The Russians
were forced out of the city and finally the state. The American forces held on for a whole month
and a half before being forced to retreat into Canada. General Bishop was never there to see his
troops beat the Russians in Seattle, something he wished to do so badly in Olympia. He always
put the lives of his men before any victory, something he showed to the very end when he
evacuated Olympia.
The unknown commanders of RA2
NOTE: I'm assuming that RA takes place between 1949-1952. This means that RA2 starts 10
years later in 1962 and it lasted roughly a year(give or take a few months) meaning it ends in
1963. This storyline takes place in the pre-Yuri's Revenge time trip.
Chapter One
GENERAL BISHOP:
General Bishop's command was mostly forgotten as the war went on. This was his story, his life,
his exploits during Red Alert 2. He is only one of many that have been forgotten, ignored or
simply unknown to many, but he is not forgotten and neither shall be the others. These are their
stories.
General Bishop was only 17 at the end of the second world war, not able to fight in the war that
was supposed to end the bloodshed. He graduated from West Point in 1959. He was only a major
at the outbreak of Red Alert Two. The lack of commanders was a huge problem in the early days
of the war. Major Bishop was soon promoted to Colonel and was placed in command of the
Western Seaboard. With Yuri placing special attention to this area of the US, Colonel Bishop was
in for some hard times.
Colonel Bishop had little time but he was able to put up a small defense at Los Angeles Air Force
Base. There he was able to hold off Russian forces 5 times the size of his own. His defenses held
steady and allowed valuable time for other allied troops to retreat. Most likely 2 brigades would
have been destroyed if it were not for Colonel Bishops defense. Although he was able to hold off
for an astonishing 6 hours he was ultimately forced to retreat.
He retreated all the way to San Francisco where he linked up with another American division. He
quickly set up defensive stances and was prepared to hold the city to the last. His major concern
was the protection of the Golden Gate Bridge. Only a few hours earlier the Soviets destroyed the
Statue of Liberty and Colonel Bishop was not going to loose another monument to the red
menace.
Half the city entrenched in only the a day after the Los Angeles battle. Many civilians and police
were armed and ready for the upcoming battle. However it was reported another 4 hours until the
attack would begin, how wrong they were. It took much longer then the Russians expected but
their Pacific Fleet arrived in the Bay. The Dreadnaughts fired their deadly missiles straight into the
city. The missiles crashed into buildings destroying many. The city was in a panic. Suddenly
hundreds of Soviet troops para dropped into the Bay Area. Their target, the Golden Gate Bridge.
Colonel Bishop payed special attention to the defense of the Golden Gate bridge and had sent his
best units to protect it. The Conscripts who para dropped in were no match for the veteran Gi's
and the IFVs. The Dreadnaughts were ordered to destroy the bridge if capture was not an option.
They prepared fired, all 4 of them, enough power to easily destroy the bridge. All of a sudden
they all exploded in a burst of flames. A SEAL team signaled Colonel Bishop they had
accomplished the mission.
The Soviets switched to their next objective. The destruction of the American naval forces inside
the San Francisco Bay. Colonel Bishop needed to retreat his navel forces out of the Bay and into
safe waters. The Russian fleet was too big for the small task force to handle. The SEALS would
need to hit the Russian fleet hard and fast as a distraction. The Russian subs weren't going to be
able to be target, but the Russian Dreadnaughts and Sea Scorpions. The SEALS quickly went to
work and the distraction worked. 3 Russian Dreadnaughts and 5 Sea Scorpions sank to the
bottom of the bay, meanwhile the 9 American Destroyers slipped out of the bay.
With the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Area secured the Colonel now had to worry about the
approaching Soviet forces coming in from the south. A reported 7 Divisions, twice the amount he
faced at Los Angeles. He redirected his forces towards the incoming aggressors. He was
outnumbered again, but this time only 4-1. The initial defense was only entrenched GI's and
pillboxes, not enough to hold off the Rhino horde. The first line of defense was decimated.
As the Russians moved farther into San Francisco however they faced more difficult challenges.
Grizzlies and IFVs came out of nowhere picking off the Russian armor. It was useless. The
garrisoned buildings slaughtered the Russian conscripts. The Russian forces though were better in
number and laid waste to the city. Kirov airships soon arrived and began to destroy building after
building. The IFVs were able to shoot down some, but there were just too many. The remains of
the American forces retreated to the last base in the northern end of the city.
The Kirovs now proved useless as patriots and Harriers shot them out of the sky. They would
have to resort to land forces. The 7 divisions swept through the city, mopping up the lasts of
resistence. Colonel Bishop decided to make his last stand in the north of San Francisco at his field
HQ. Already his forces came in by the hundreds. Bishop still held the card of his SEALS and his
Harriers. The SEALS were placed in areas where the could make the max of their anti-Infantry
abilities. The Harriers meanwhile cleared the sky of all remaining Kirovs.
The Russians however could not be stopped. Over 40,000 Soviet troops were already in the city
moving towards Colonel Bishop. Another 30,000 were on the way. The Soviet navy had also
returned and now had full control of the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. General Bishop had a
measly 12,000 troops left. His main base was well protected but his numerous smaller bases were
very venerable. The Soviets played off of this and slowly took one base out at a time. General
Bishop had to do something fast. He moved more forces back and strengthened a thinning line.
The Russians decided on one last push. They massed their entire forces and would prepare for the
attack. General Bishop could do nothing to stop the onslaught. He ordered a full retreat, but he
destroyed all American facilities before doing so. He didn't want anything to fall into Russian
hands. A brave group of volunteers decided to stay behind and protect the retreat. The Russians
were kept at bay and the forces successfully reached Sacramento and set up base. The Battle of
San Francisco lasted from 8 AM till 8PM, the day battle had cost the lives of thousands. As both
the Americans left and the Russians gave pursuit, no one noticed the small activity beginning on
the island of Alcatraz.
As the Russians continued their advance Colonel Bishop had no choice but to put up yet another
stand in Sacramento. He needed to either halt the Russian advance entirely or at the very least
slow it to buy more time for other American forces and commanders. Colonel Bishop's stand at
Sacramento would go down in history books as the boldest American move in the first days of the
war. Rather then form a defensive position Colonel Bishop ordered his troops to regroup, rearm
and refuel. He was going to launch a concentrated counterattack on the Russian center advance.
His only hope was that he would force the Soviets to fall back and regroup, he knew he couldn't
get a true victory. His purpose of this was to cost Russia time and possibly save many people in
Sacramento from the same type of damage that occurred in San Francisco.
His Spearhead was the most important part of the attack. They would be the first to engage the
Russian Bear and if they failed to penetrate the Russian hide the entire spear would break. He put
his best units in the front. The battle started on Day 3 11:00 Hours. The American forces began to
slowly, but surly push the Russians forces to a stand still. By 15:00 the American forces were
actually pushing the Russians back! It worked. The Russians lines began to break and fall apart.
The Russian commander was surprised and ordered a full retreat to regroup.
Colonel Bishop returned to Sacramento and prepared his forces to fall back. He had bought the
west coast valuable time. The Russians were in panic and chaos and were trying to desperately
regroup. It was not long until the news of Colonel Bishop's exploits reached the Pentagon.
General Carville personally promoted Colonel Bishop to Brigadier General and also placed him in
charge of the remaining American forces in Idaho and Nevada.
General Bishop ordered all forces to pull back to Seattle. Yuri required the city for his plans and
rather then having his forces move towards Colorado to meet with forces attacking the Air force
Academy, he ordered them to head out towards Seattle. General Bishop now was in trouble. He
expected the Russian forces to at least span out to cover more ground but they stayed
concentrated and headed up north, straight for Seattle.
General Bishop now had to act. He sent 2 of his 4 divisions to Salem, Oregon. They were to set
up a defensive line and were ordered to hold the line at any cost. On Day 6 of the war the battle
took place. Salem was easier to defend with it's hills and forests. American troops created
strongholds across a 65 mile stretch of land. It would take a couple days to move around the
defenses, something Yuri would not accept. He ordered the defenses to be broken in 24 hours or
the Commander of the forces would be killed.
The battle was fierce as the Americans had placed large minefields and small strongholds. Fire
support bases provided quick support to these camps with Harriers, artillery and armored support.
Russian conscripts were slaughtered in the initial attacks but the Americans couldn't keep up with
the large amount of Russian armor. Rhino tanks stormed through the forests and destroyed all in
their paths. The Russian V-3's also destroyed many hideouts and strongholds.
The Russians slowly destroyed the smaller defenses outside Salem. They finally began to attack
the main bases and fire support bases. The American forces were being pushed back towards the
city itself. General Bishop ordered the troops to retreat rather then endanger the city itself. The
American forces needed a victory soon or the morale would crush the remains of General
Bishop's forces.
General Bishop needed to hold Seattle. Not only for it's Strategic location, the fact it was the last
Navel port on the west coast and that MassiveSoft headquarters is stationed there but he also
needed a victory, for his men and for the nation. Only recently has another commander brought
about a victory in New York and blunted the invasion of the east coast. General Bishop needed to
do the same.
He prepared his forces and instead of waiting and going on the defense he was going to launch
another counterattack. If it worked once, it could work again. The Russians were coming from
the direct south. General Bishop would move his forces to Olympia and strike at the Russian flank
as the approached Seattle.
The battle began on Day 10 of the invasion. General Bishop's forces smashed into the Russian's
flank. The Russians were caught off guard and lost men and ground very quickly. General Bishop
continued his advance all day and forced the Russians back. The Rhino tanks were useless against
the fast moving Grizzlies as they struck without warning. Rocketeers flew through the skies
attacking all below.
The Russians were able to move forces into position and began to fight back. Flak Troops
decimated Rocketeer ranks. Rhino tanks repositioned and destroyed all approaching American
tanks. The Gis were ripped apart from the advancing Conscript line. The American brief victory
was shattered. The Russians pushed them back to Olympia. There General Bishop was trapped by
the approaching Russian army.
The Russians began to systematically destroy the city. The once proud capital of Washington
State was a burning mess. General Bishop was trapped at his field HQ with no escape. A group of
Nighthawks and transports were shot down a mile away from his base. There was no hope left.
The only chance now was to escape by sea.
Seattle soon sent the entire of it's Navel resources to the effort. The Russians ships that were
already in the area were soon destroyed by American ships. Transports soon docked at the port,
one of the few places still in US hands. All of the American forces began to converge on the
docks. They began to escape one by one. Air transports now had a clear route to Olympia. The
helicopters landed and help pick up soldiers. The evacuation of Olympia went down in history
books as one of the largest evacuations ever. 15,000 American troops made it out of the city to
fight another day. Unfortunately general Bishop never made it out. Russian troops captured his
base moments before he could leave. His IFV was destroyed as he attempted to escape. General
Bishop was yet another casualty in the beginning days of the war, but he was remembered as a
brave leader.
After the capture of Olympia, Russian forces moved on to Seattle where the met rugged
resistence. Battling for 3 days the Americans held on for every last bit of ground. The Russians
were forced out of the city and finally the state. The American forces held on for a whole month
and a half before being forced to retreat into Canada. General Bishop was never there to see his
troops beat the Russians in Seattle, something he wished to do so badly in Olympia. He always
put the lives of his men before any victory, something he showed to the very end when he
evacuated Olympia.