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Chapter 7
Vendetta
Vendetta
With the Poles subdued and a pact signed with the USSR, the eastern front is secure for the time being. Now is the time for avenging the war of 1914-18, and the humiliating treaty imposed upon Germany by the cowardly French and English.
Though the Kriegsmarine is small, most of its front-line strength is extremely modern and powerful.
The high command can count on Rear Admiral von Grebe and his new command. KMS Graf Zeppelin has joined the fray at a critical phase in the war.
Germany's air superiority fighters are being upgraded to the new model 109G.
The Luftwaffe is now a supremely powerful fighting force.
Now that almost all land formations, particularly the armor and the light infantry, have been upgraded, the German Heer is without a doubt the most fearsome armed force in the world. Combining state of the art weapons and tactics with some of the most brilliant military minds on earth has provided a unique tool with which to carve out an even larger Reich.
Despite the seriousness of the conflicts so far, German casualties have remained relatively light, largely due to the implementation of massive firepower, and armored vehicles.
The fighter and interceptor squadrons remained the most sorely pressed element of the armed forces, having been fiercely engaged since the outbreak of hostilities.
Even with a technological advantage, German scientists and industrialists are not content. Further advances continue in all technical areas.
The progress of development since the change in government in January 1936 is quite satisfactory.
The production situation is sobering, but upon further inspection, much of the defecit in repairing provinces is due to large tracts of wasteland in Scandinavia. Germany proper is largely intact, mainly due to the efforts of the Luftwaffe. Note also that the production of armored vehicles has resumed at full speed (previously halted in order to focus on single engine fighters).
The Western Allies will not be push-overs. Though England has many commitments, we can anticipate that much of her armed might will be deployed on the western front.
Her troops and her citizens will fight on, largely due to the accession of the grotesque warlord, Winston Churchill.
France has an impressive army on paper, especially when the low countries figure into the equation. Hopefully a combination of bold tactics and superior training will carry the day.
Submarine flotillas under the command of Rear Admirals Haulsee, Fricke, and Doenitz put to sea in a resumption of the suspended commercial interdiction campaign.
The Luftwaffe is doing its part to pave the way for a successful advance towards the west. Enemy incursions are furiously attacked in order to minimize Allied knowledge of German buildups.
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The Luftwaffe is quite impressive, in terms of quantity and quality, and the Heer just rocks! 
Nice updates, even if the luftwaffe got more attention than my tanks. Was nice to see Von Dutchie being useful.
As for the attack on France, you should be able to blitz through the low countries fairly easily. The historical plan usually leads to succes here too.
As for the attack on France, you should be able to blitz through the low countries fairly easily. The historical plan usually leads to succes here too.
Chapter 6
Vendetta
Vendetta
Plans for the assault in the west are finalized. 60 percent of the Heer will be involved directly, supported by most of the Luftwaffe. The nascent Kriegsmarine will strike opportunistically when and where it can.
Declarations of war upon the low countries, containing as they do many Aryans of Wallonian, Saxon, and Frisian descent, are unfortunately necessary.
The overall plan calls for 9 armies, along with supporting paratroops, siege artillery, and rear echelon forces, to advance through Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the northeastern border of France, thus bypassing Andre Maginot's toy castles.
5. Panzer Armee, under the command of General Hoepner, will advance rapidly along the Frisian coast and force a crossing of the Zuyder Zee if possible, the ultimate goal being Amsterdam.
XXIII Armeekorps
161. Motorized Division - Mj Gen Sponheimer
345. Motorized Division - Mj. Gen Sanne
386. Motorized Division - Mj Gen von Rothkirch und Trach
XXIX Panzerkorps
18. Panzer Division - General Hoepner
XXIV Armeekorps
18. Motorized Division - Mj Gen Hohne
25. Motorized Division - Mj Gen Jaenecke
36. Motorized Division - Lt Gen von Brauchitsch
1. Panzer Armee, under the command of Lt. Gen. von Kleist, will cross the Lower Maas river and advance towards the the channel ports.
IX Armeekorps
16. Motorized Division - Lt Gen von Smirnoff
14. Motorized Division - Mj Gen Angry Gorilla
10. Motorized Division - Mj Gen Schwarz A.
X Panzerkorps
1. Panzer Division - Lt Gen von Kleist
2. Panzer Division - Mj Gen TheRealKestrel
3. SS Panzer Division 'Totenkopf' - Mj Gen Torres F.
XI Panzerkorps
8. Panzer Division - Lt Gen Hausser
2. SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich' - Mj Gen von Dutchie
7. Panzer Division - Mj Gen Kemper
General von Mackensen's 3. Panzer Armee will circle around north of the fortresses around Liege, smash through the port city of Antwerp, and advance through Brussels southwards to Namur. Field Marshal von Blomberg and his headquarters staff will accompany the advance to facilitate command.
XIV Panzerkorps
10. Panzer Division - Mj Gen Rommel
16. Panzer Division - Mj Gen Paulus
17. Panzer Division - Mj Gen von Randow
XV Panzerkorps
13. Panzer Division - Mj Gen Model
15. Panzer Division - Mj Gen von Arnim
14. Panzer Division - Gen von Mackensen
VIII Armeekorps
13. Motorized Division - Lt Gen von Leeb
2. Motorized Division - Mj Gen von Hanneken
3. Motorized Division - Mj Gen von Muffin
General Nehring and 4. Panzer Armee will complete the isolation of Liege. Hopefully speed and surprise will allow a fast crossing of the upper Meuse before the French infantry can react. General von Rundstedt will advance his HQ to Reims.
IV Armeekorps
196. Motorized Division - Mj Gen von Falkenhorst
197. Motorized Division - Mj Gen Busch
143. Motorized Division - Mj Gen Schlomer
XVI Panzerkorps
20. Panzer Division - Mj General von Langermann und Eriankamp
5. SS Panzer Division 'Wiking' - Mj Gen von Lenski
11. Panzer Division - Gen Nehring
XVII Panzerkorps
19. Panzer Division - Mj Gen Harpe
12. Panzer Division - Mj Gen Dietrich
9. Panzer Division - Mj Gen Steiner
Lt. General von Middelkerke E. and the rest of 2. Panzer Armee will broaden the advance on the Meuse, striking through Luxembourg and Metz.
XIV Armeekorps
29. Motorized Division - Lt Gen von Grebe Jr
60. Motorized Division - Mj Gen Churchill J.
20. Motorized Division - Mj Gen Krzycki
XIII Panzerkorps
1. Kavallerie Division - Mj Gen von Kortzfleisch
5. Panzer Division - Lt Gen von Middelkerke E.
3. Panzer Division - Mj Gen Geyr von Schweppenberg
XII Panzerkorps
6. Panzer Division - Lt Gen Hoth
10. Panzer Division - Mj Gen Guderian
4. Panzer Division - Mj Gen von Manstein
The foot troops will be led by the elite mountaineers of 2. Armee, who will advance to the bridges at Eindhoven.
XXXII Gebirgskorps
6. SS Gebirgsjaeger Division 'Nord' - Mj Gen Ringel
5. Gebirgsjaeger Division - Mj Gen Dietl
13. SS Gebirgsjaeger Division 'Hanschar' - Lt Gen Alpers
188. Gebirgsjaeger Division - Mj Gen Bohme
XXXI Gebirgskorps
1. Alpenjaeger Division - Mj Gen Schorner
3. Gebirgsjaeger Division - Mj Gen Erb
1. Gebirgsjaeger Division - Mj Gen Student
XXXIII Gebirgskorps
7. SS Gebirgsjaeger Division 'Prinz Eugen' - Lt Gen Clossner
7. Gebirgsjaeger Division Mj Gen Konrad
Other infantry armies will advance through the low countries to the support the armor, particularly in central Belgium...
...and at Metz.
The Fallschirmkorps, consisting of von Sternreiter's 1. Fallschirmjaeger Division, and Mico's 7. Flieger Division, are ready with their transports in Essen. They will be parachuted across the Meuse at Reims to ease the task of the armored thrust there. Meanwhile, 6 of the heaviest artillery systems on earth stand ready to shatter the Great War fortresses around Liege and Namur.
The offensive elements of the Luftwaffe will remain in close communications with the ground forces, ready to provide instant support at critical locations. Luftflotten II and V continue to patrol the Baltic for wayward Swedish and Norwegian ships until such time as they are called into action in the west.
StG 1/1/3/10 - (4 x Ju87B Stuka) - Lt Gen Kesselring
StG 2/51 'Immelmann' - (4 x Ju87B Stuka) - Mj Gen Lohr
Sturzkampfgeschadern 5/210 - (4 x Ju87B Stuka) - Mj Gen Doerstling
Luftflotte I (4 x Ju-88, 1 x Bf-110) - Mj Gen Oracle
Luftflotte II (1 x Ju-88, 3 x - He-111, 4 x Bf 110) - Mj Gen von Richtofen
Luftflotte III (4 x He-111, 2 x Bf-110) - Mj Gen Keller
Luftflotte IV (4 x Ju-88, 2 x Bf-110) - Mj Gen Udet
Luftflotte V (4 x - He-111, 2 x Bf-110) - Mj Gen Sperrle
Fighters and interceptors set out in full force to win air superiority over western Germany and, more importantly, over the invasion routes.
JGi 2/21/26/72 (4 x Fw-190A) - Mj Gen von Greim
JGi 3/20/52/53 (4 x Fw-190A) - Mj Gen Loerzer
JGi 54/433 (4 x Fw-190A) - Mj Gen Klepke
JGf 27/70/71 (4 x Bf-109G) - Lt. Gen Milch
JGf 1/28/51/77 (4 x Bf-109F) - Mj Gen Pflugbell
JGf 101/102/103/105 (4 x Bf-109F) - Mj Gen Felmy
The main elements of the high seas fleet are mustering at Wilhelmshaven. Bismarck will need to refuel and rearm before offensive operations are possible.
KMS Graf Zeppelin, 1 Destroyer Flotilla - Rear Adm von Grebe
KMS Bismarck, 2 Destroyer Flotillas - Rear Adm Swebeck
KMS Deutschland, KMS Stuttgart - Vice Adm Saalwachter
KMS Graf Spee, KMS Stettin - Rear Adm Boehm
KMS Admiral Scheer, KMS Nurnberg - Rear Adm Warzecha
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I just love how you organize your corps, and armies, nice historical feeling... but it must a lot of micro management!
Was just thinking the same
Usually I just use corps/armies but not divisions/corps/armies. Not enough time (or patience ) for it.
Karaiskandar, Middelkerke: I don't have all of my divisions laid out in this way...just the ones that I use most often. For instance, 248th Militia Division, defending the coast of Narvik, doesn't belong to any particular corps/army. Besides flavour, I also form armies so that I can control-group them. Helps a lot in fluid battles to maintain command limit.
Sternreiter shall not dissappoint the fuhrer.
Glad to see him used for what I intended him for. Ideally I'd have him dropped to Paris, holding out bitterly until Guderian reaches him with panzers, but that'd be too cliche, would it not.
Glad to see him used for what I intended him for. Ideally I'd have him dropped to Paris, holding out bitterly until Guderian reaches him with panzers, but that'd be too cliche, would it not.
So I just decided to look up the 7th Panzer Division on Wikipedia, the one my very own Mj. General Kemper is commanding, and it turns out that, in real life, Erwin Rommel commanded the 7th Panzer in the Battle of France. I am very pleased.
quaazi: Paratroop generals are fun because para-operations are so exciting and dangerous.
Pwnzerfaust: Kemper and the rest of 7th Panzer have been covering themselves with glory.
Pwnzerfaust: Kemper and the rest of 7th Panzer have been covering themselves with glory.
Chapter 6
Vendetta (cont)
Vendetta (cont)
Zero hour for the invasion of Benelux is 6 AM on May 22. Not long after the final authorization to advance is given, German forces begin to encounter enemy troops. Resistance, however, is spotty and not sufficient to impede the advance.
General Nehring, leading 4 Panzer Armee and elements of 1 Armee, quickly proves his worth as German forces Hulk Smash their way through Bastogne. Nehring feels just as comfortable in the heavily wooded areas as he does in his own home. Mj. Gen. von Lenski's 5th SS Panzer is in the van and fighting hard to move forward.
By morning of May 23, n Nehring's left, von Middelkerke has already swept aside the Luxembourgers and has made contact with the French in Metz. Unfortunately for 2 Panzer Armee, the defenders are equipped with some anti-tank guns. Victory will not be easy.
While von Middelkerke is receiving his nasty surprise, to the north the Germans have swept aside all resistance and are advancing into the heart of Belgium and the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, by midnight of that day, Nehring and 4 Panzer Armee have swept through Bastogne and have begun to throw pontoon bridges across the Meuse between Sedan and St. Mihiel.
Paratroopers are ordered to be ready for an aerial drop at dawn of the 24th. 7th Flieger Division will drop directly over the bridgehead, while 1st Fallschirmjaeger Division will land further south at Chaumont to impede French movements.
Even further north, a gap is beginning to open between the mailed fist and the following infantry divisions. It matter little however; despite the fact that the French have assumed unified command, the defenders are reeling.
Only in the fortified province of Metz is there a cohesive defense. Lt. Gen. von Middelkerke keeps the pressure on, but progress is slow.
Due to the speed with which German forces have reached the Meuse, a crossing has been achieved with only light losses.
On General Nehring's right, or northern flank, General von Mackensen and 3 Panzer Armee break through Namur, isolating the fortress city of Liege. Orders are given for Mackensen to keep to the right of the Aisne/Oise/Seine river system, and to break for the channel.
General Nehring has thrown several pontoon bridges across the Meuse at Sedan, Dinant, and Montherme, but none of them are able to bear the weight of heavy vehicles, which require barge ferries to cross. Combined with the stalemate at Metz, Mj Gen Mico in Chaumont has thus been deprived of armored support. Facing stiff counterattacks, and outnumbered 12 to 1, he nevertheless dismisses any idea of a retreat, and begins making defensive arrangements.
By midnight of that day, the odds against have increased to 18 to 1. 7th Flieger has already earned a reputation for grittiness; the French now attempt to push them beyond their limit. Fortunately, Mico is an experienced campaigner and not given to panic attacks.
In the skies above, things are relatively quiet, a testament to the hard work put in by the Luftwaffe since the opening of the war. Allied squadrons are weak and disorganized thanks to the sacrifice of German pilots. A combined Belgian-Dutch raid, flying grossly out-of-date aircraft is intercepted and manhandled by Lt. Gen. Milch on the 25th.
SS troops under Mj Gen Fernando Torres are the first to get across the delta of the Rhine/Maas river system, but they run into stiff opposition around Ghent on the afternoon of the 25th.
By morning of May 26th, completed the crossing of the Meuse, most of 4 Panzer Armee is ordered to advance past the headwaters of the Aisne and Seine rivers to outflank Troyes. The powerful VXII Panzerkorps swings to the south, and hurries to Mj. Gen. Mico's aid.
7th Flieger is still maintaining their position, but casualties are beginning to mount...
