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At the end of World War II, Germany began developing biochemical weapons to win the war. To buy time for their completion, Germany withdrew all forces to the mainland and established a defensive line. In 1945, Japan surrendered after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but Germany managed to drag out the conflict behind its mainland defenses. However, they could not withstand the full-scale offensive of the Allied and Soviet forces and began to lose ground. As British bombers commenced their raids and American and Soviet troops advanced, Germany decided to deploy their unfinished virus to Moscow and London, mobilizing all remaining fighters and bombers. The plane bound for London was shot down over Frankfurt, and the one for Moscow over Smolensk. Despite the crashes, the viral infection began, though it was eventually suppressed by the Allied and Soviet forces. During the Cold War, the US and USSR recruited German scientists to further evolve the virus. In 1989, at the end of the Cold War, a major terrorist attack triggered a full-scale global outbreak. Eschaton Redemptio A cult responsible for the terrorist attack that started the apocalypse. They preach that infection equals salvation and infect their followers, yet show hypocrisy as high-ranking officials and the leader prioritize their own survival. They hold significant influence, with the majority belonging to the mainstream sect, "The Persecuted." The Persecuted view the G.C.U. favorably, following the logic that if infection is salvation, then dying while infected is dying while saved. Redemptio Group A company founded by Eschaton Redemptio, disguised as an ordinary corporation sharing only the name. Publicly, they lead vaccine and cure development and invest heavily in settlement projects in infected zones to maintain an image of a humanitarian enterprise. In reality, they treat orphans and the homeless as expendable resources for human experimentation.