Operation Gotland

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December 1, 1981
Here are the BBC news.

It has now been confirmed from Moscow that the USSR has indeed undertaken military actions against what is called the psuedo-fascist kingdom of Sweden.

The operation is said to aim at enforcing stability in the Baltic Sea region following the outrageous aggressive actions of the Swedish military in the crisis earlier this year after the beaching of a Soviet Whiskey class submarine inside Swedish waters.

It appears Soviet paratroopers and naval units have staged a surprise assault on Gotland, a Swedish island between mainland Sweden and the Soviet Baltic Republics.

The attack has been confirmed by Swedish sources who claim that the Soviet attack lacks any and all justification and is purely an act of aggression contrary to all international law.

As of yet, there have been no reports of Soviet attacks on mainland Sweden.

Statements from Washington and other NATO countries have all, not surprisingly, been in favour of Sweden, condemning the Soviet action.

According to Swedish authorities a large number of civilians are on the run from Soviet forces, while this in turn is contradicted by Soviet officials, claiming the Soviet soldiers are treated by the vast majority as liberators.

Earlier this morning, the Kremlin declared the intention of making the future Socialist Republic of Gotland an integral part of the Soviet Union, as soon as the operation has been concluded. A number of benefits the population of Gotland was to receive following this was also presented.

No response on this declaration has yet been forthcoming from Stockholm, but Swedish radio and TV, now mobilised for the propaganda war, continuously repeat the slogan “all messages suggesting the resistance is to cease are false”.

And fighting on the island seem to still be raging. Just recently a triumphant Swedish prime minister claimed its forces had recaptured the town of Slite in the north-eastern part of Gotland from Soviet paratroopers. The Soviets deny having suffred any setbacks, but NATO sources are apparently in agreement with the Swedish prime minister.