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New York City
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Eastern Seaboard, USA


North America


Major commercial and financial city


United States of America

Appears in

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3


New York City was the largest and most populous city in the United States and one of the largest in the Western world. It was a pivotal strategic and symbolic location in both the Third World War and the War of the Three Powers.

Background[edit | edit source]

﻿Starting off as a Dutch settlement named New Amsterdam, New York became English and was renamed in 1674 and grew to become a major city of the United States. The city would become the financial capital of the US and later to the world. Being a source of great wealth, New York was seen as the greatest capitalist symbol the world has ever known. The Statue of Liberty was placed on Liberty Island in the Hudson River as a token of friendship and reward from France. As the city's economic prosperity grew, so did its skyline, resulting in one of the most prominent cityscapes on Earth.

History[edit | edit source]

Third World War (Red Alert 2)[edit | edit source]

Welcome to New York, Commander!
- Zofia, greeting the Commander at New York

New York was one of the first locations invaded by the Soviet Union in the Third World War. The City was heavily bombarded by Dreadnoughts and V3 Launchers, and the Soviets established several major outposts in the region to strengthen their hold on the city.

In the Allied Campaign, Agent Tanya infiltrated the city to liberate the trapped troops in Fort Bradley. The city was largely in ruins by this time and she could not save the Statue of Liberty from being brought down by Soviet missiles. Upon the destruction of the Statue, Premier Romanov delivered a message to the people of New York: "See your liberty, how she lies broken before you...you can continue to mourn your past, or join us in the Great Soviet Revolution!". Sadly for the communist tyrants, their response was all too typical. Allied revenge was swift; Agent Tanya rallied the Allied forces stationed in and around Fort Bradley and dealt a swift blow to the Soviet invaders by demolishing their local outpost, saving the city.


In the Soviet Campaign, New York was where Yuri wanted to test his Psychic Beacon. In the campaign, Soviet forces capture an Allied Battle Lab which was built between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. After the capture, the battle lab was converted into a Psychic beacon, which caused massive amounts of Allied reinforcements and the city itself to fall under the banner of the Hammer-and-Sickle.

Third World War (Red Alert 3)[edit | edit source]

New York, after being conquered by the Soviet Union
New York will soon be renamed Commandergrad! I think...
- Conscript, Blight on the Big Apple

New York City was the site of the last major battle in the War in the Soviet perspective. See Operation: Blight on the Big Apple for more information.

After the War, as a reflection of the Revolution's victory, the city was renamed Commandergrad, as a insult to injury, and in honor of the commander, now Premier, who took the city and the world for the USSR. The destroyed Statue of Liberty was rebuilt with a Statue of Lenin and along with the New York Stock Exchange they now belong to the Soviet Union.

See also[edit | edit source]