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History of the World, September 27th, 1939 - December 13th, 1939: The 2nd Rise of France

United Kingdom: Fort
France: GI Tom
United State: Darthmaur
Italy: Patton (October 13th - December 13th)
Germany: DieFledermas
Japan: Mithrilmight
USSR: Mr. Bigglesworth
Nationalist China: Poki-Mo

WESTERN FRONT

The Bulk of the French army had been evacuated from Cherbourg to England by October 1st. The Colmar Pocket of the Maginot Line was still in French hands but they were surrounded and cut of by the Wermacht. Aside from the eastern Riveria, all of France was under German control. 3rd Panzer Korps under Mannheim attacked Marseilles on October 5th. The city fell by the 7th. In a daring attack, LeClerc and the Divisionne Liberate crossed the Rhone and began a march towards the Pirennes. Elements of 3rd Korps broke off from Marseilles attack and anihillated LeClerc's forces on the 7th. On October 5th, the French attempted a counter-attack from the Colmar pocket into Nancy. The battle raged between XXII Mechanized under von Rundstedt and DeGaulle's 2nd Army until the end of hostilities.
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Laval knew he had to buy time. His Colmar pocket was fading fast and the men in the Marsailles pocket weren't going to hold long either. The only good news was that 14 French Divisions along with 4 Soviet "Lend-Lease" Divisions had been evacuated to England. The French Navy had been busily ferrying troops off the mainland as quick as possible. A plan was being devised to sail to the Marsailles pocket to extract another 6 Divisons.

Then, the storm started to clear. It was apparent things weren't going well for the Germans as Intelligence indicated that German Divisions were sorely stripped down and moved out. Only what appeared to be token forces remained. Stalin was keeping true to his word and pressing hard on the Eastern frontiers.

The time to strike back was now!

An attack was planned out of both pockets. The previous plan of evacuating the Marsailles pocket was scrapped, and the Navy was given a fresh set of plans to land 6 Divisions immediately at Cherbourg. It was time to claim back our country! Cries of "Vive La France!" could be heard everywhere from the men.

All was going well in the south when the Mountain Divisions held their ground against the 3 Panzer Divisions that attacked. We struck out of Colmar to a weakly defended Nancy with only 1 Divison. Both sides began to pour what was left of their armies in France into this batte. Then, as suddenly as this entire war started, a peace was negotiated. After consulting closely with her allies, France was made whole again without even conceding any territory. France is confident they could have broken out at some point, but only thanks to the brave Soviet peoples and their sacrafices on the Eastern front. At the very least, the completely unguarded French coast at Normandy would have been claimed and the 14 Divisions would have began pouring in.

MILITARY COUP IN GERMANY

On October 12th, it became apparent to Rommel, Guderian, Mannstein, and Kietal that the war with the Russians would inevitably be lost. Hitler and his lapdogs Himmler and Goering devised a plan to retreat to the Maginot Line and set up a goverment in exhile in Paris. von Rippentrop was sent by Hitler to Rome to coordinate this strategy. At midnight on the 12th, Guderians "Das Reich" Panzer Korps surrounded the Reichstag and the former Foreign Minister Constantin von Neurath was installed as the Chancellor of Germany. Hitler was allowed to remain the Fuerher but was now little more than a figure head. Goering and Himmler were arrested while von Rippentrop fled to Argentina. A peace envoy was sent to Laval in London. Germany offered to pull all forces out of France and concede all claims on the General Government. In exchange, a ceasefire would be agreed upon in until a final peace could be negotiated. Peace was declared on the 13th. The Germans attempted to gain the freedom of their Baltic allies but Stalin refused. As of September 13th at one minute to midnight, all hostilities ceased between the Axis and the Commintern. France, while still a member of the Allies, declared a seperate peace with the Axis. Churchill proclaimed Laval a traitor to democracy and Stalin a coward and vowed to fight on.
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France, just getting back to see the destruction of her previously conquered lands was thrilled with the turn of events in Germany. Much to Churchill's lamentation, a separate pece was made. Once again, there was no English blood being spilled in France. Relations with England were tense, but not strained. This development will be watched closely.

ASIA

CHINA

On September 29th, the Guomintang liberated Kowloon and began to push the Japanese out of Southeastern China. Japan continued to solidify its hold on Northern China meeting little resistance. On October 5th, Chang Kai-shek sent a comminque to the British governor in Hong Kong indicating his desire to return to the Alliance. The Allies welcomed the Chinese back into the Alliance with open arms and began pouring expeditionary forces and supplies into Kowloon. On October 8th, the Chinese liberated Beijing refusinig to take prisoners. Enraged, the Japanese sacked Nanking on the 9th. In a bloody ferver, the Imperial Army committed autrocities not seen since the Mongols. Women, children, the old, the sick... this writer does not wish to recount the horrors of the Nanking Massacre. "The Rape of Nanking" was on the front page of all US newpapers. Even the German ambassador to Tokyo was forced to send a stern letter of reprimand. On October 13th, Japanese forces were pulled out of Indochina after the French-German peace accords and a Soviet emmisary reaffirmed the Russo-Japanese Non-agression Pact. The Guomintang attempted to retake Nanking on the 25th but were routed. The November offensive by the Japanese saw Nanchang fall on the 5th quickly followed by Ningbo and Handan on the 6th and finally Xuzhou on the 8th. An intense battle raged for a week in Xinxiang between November 13-19th until the Chinese were finally forced to retreat failing to stop the Japanese advance. Shanghai fell on the 7th but was quickly liberated by British marines the following day. As of December 13th the Japanese control all territory north of the Hwag Ho River and all land east of Yagtse Kinaing River minus the Qingdan Pocket. The Japanese have lost all of their Siamese holdings except for a garrison in Trang.
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With the German threat lulled and them licking their wounds, France felt inclined to show it's happiness with the return of China to the alliance. It immediately dispatched 5 more Divisions to Chiang Kai-Shek for his use in the defense of China. These Divisions landed at Hanoi and were turned over the the Chinese. These troops, along with the othe 4 Divisions that were previously sent, are hoped to make a difference in the fight against Fascism and the evil Japanese empire.

Closing

Nearing the end of 1939, France finds itself whole once again. It is going to have to go through a massive rebuilding stage to get back on it's feet again. France is happy with the turn of events in Germany and hopes to investigate closer diplomatic relations and see if the newer government is an improvement over the last one. Hitler is gone. We shall see.

Mussolini has been kicked out of Africa with no help from the French, the British did all the work. It is rightfully theirs. The China situation has taken a forefront in French thinktanks. There will be further assistance en route hopefully in time.

The future is unclear, France is weakened, but has not fallen. It's diplomatic relations with the Soviets were the only thing that have kept it alive. For had the French been left alone or only aided by the Brits, Laval deep down senses that the outcome would have been different. It was almost as if Laval had a preminition and had seen it before over and over again. Luckily, his gut instinct helped him through the initial reservations he had about negotiating with the Soviets. The future seems to hold a glimmer of hope.

(Out of Context) Unfortunately, I will be absent for the next two sessions. I sense the game will be over or nearly over upon my return. I want to say to all involved, I've enjoyed the hell out of this game and can't wait to start another. Also, any of you reading out there, toss out any hints or things you may like to see in our AAR's, we can try to work those things in if they merit it.
 
Yes, if you stop writing we will goto Valknet and utterly smash you, then torture your countries some more, after which we will laugh pitifully at you...
 
History of the World: Soviet Perspective​
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Nov 1, 1939: Soviet soldiers drag German flags through Red Square to celebrate the end of the 1939 European War.​

BALKAN THEATRE

The Commintern was content to fight a defensive war in the south at first, to keep a short front. Italian troops invaded Romania into Timisoara. They won a victory, but pushed north instead of east. This delay allowed Russian reinforcements to arrive in Romania (10 inf divisions) to add to the 5 light tank divisions already there. An unexpected Romanian victory in Arad and a flanking manuever into Timisoara by the Soviet tank divisions left 12 Italian divisions encircled in Sibiu, where they would remain for the rest of the war. Without these divisions, the Italians no longer posed an offensive threat.

BALTIC SEA

Ships off the coast of Sweden saw Swedish troops headed south and no ships in German harbors. Intelligence suggested that Germany was bringing in Swedes for the defense of the homeland. The Soviet Navy was sent to make sure that did not happen. The Navy finally found the ships in Pommerian Bay and opened fire on a couple battleships and several transports. German cruisars arrived to reinforce the Kriegsmarine, but Soviet subs were late to the party, resulting in a win for the Germans. Three Soviet ships were sunk, but they took several of the German ships with them.

BATTLE FOR BRESLAU and DRESDEN

Finally, in the beginning of October, the German armor had reached the Russian front, just outside Berlin. They immediately were thrown into battle, and around 15 German divisions (mostly if not all mech and armor) attacked 14 Soviet divisions (5 armor, 10 inf). Reinforcements were thrown in until the Germans had close to 30 divisions and the Soviets had 24 divisions. More German reinforcements were coming from Dresden, on their way back from the French front. Konev, with five tank divisions, was sent to stop the reinforcements. Konev ended up winning two battles in Dresden, keeping 5 divisions from reaching Breslau. The Germans continued fighting in Breslau despite the fact that they were being routed. In the end, they lost 5 mech divisions and 2 tank divisions, and what they had left was badly beaten, with a number of divisions having less than 10 strength points left.

In these two decisive battles, the European War was over. The Soviet Union received Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the remained of Poland in exchange for peace. Some may argue that the Soviet Union should have pushed on, but supplies were dwindling, the navy was almost destroyed, and the economy was taking a war time hit. The aftermath of war saw the Soviet Union with the second largest economy in the world and no powerful enemies on its borders. The Soviet Union can now use upgrade its military in peace, while the Allies and Axis fight back and forth.

Estimated casualties:
Axis: 30 divisions, including 7 armored/mech
Commintern: 0 divisions

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German-Soviet Front, October 13: Nothing stood between the Soviets and the Atlantic after the battle for Breslau. The taking of Dresden by Konev cut off reinforcements to Breslau and forced the Germans in Breslau to retreat south to the Alps. (13 of the units in Berlin were aircraft)​
 
History of the World January 1st, 1936 - June 1st, 1937

UK Perspective

· English is not my first language but I will do my best to contribute and sorry for late reply.

USA - Darthmaur
UK - Fort
France - GI Tom
Nationalist China - Poki-Mo
USSR - Mr Bigglesworth
Japan - Jokerswild
Italy - Cfeedback
Germany - DieFledermas

· United Kingdon in 1936

On the interior side, the country is recovering slowly from the economic crisis of 1929, the unemployment is still high and the future of the British Empire is uncertain. The Conservative party has the support of a large majority of the country but the Labor Party is making important gain. The settlement of the Irish question by the creation of Ulster have avoid an open war in all of Ireland but have not settle the quest of many that dream of an united Ireland. The Dominions of the Commonwelth are gaining more independence but they still loyal to the motherland, since a large percentage of population just left the UK less then 40 years ago, many still consider England and the UK as there country. The UK can still count on the loyal support of Canada, Australia, South Africa and the New Zealand. The situation is the rest of the Empire is not as clear, specialy in India where this lawyer Gandi is starting to gain the support of a large percentage of the population to obtain idependance for India. In case of war, the reaction of the Indian population and is political leaders are still uncertain. The rest of the Empire is also the victim of local independatist that everyone expects to gain more support in the future.

On the International front, the situation is becoming very dangerous. The danger of war is looming at the end of the road some countries have taken. In Asia, the nationalists seems to be on their way to win the chinese civil war and are still very busy with their interior problems to affect seriously our interest. In Japan the desire of securing the ressources needed by the Japanese economy as encourage the formation of an aggressive governement that is ready to launch himself in dangerous foreigh adventure. The Foreight Office considers Japan as a serious treat to the stability of the region and the interested of the empire.

In Europe the developement of the Fascist movement in Germany and Italy is the motive of many concerns. Some say that their politics and goals assure that Europe will see another war if they are not keep in check early enoeuf the rate of rearmment of Germany is the main concern. Hitler and Mussolini are still enigmatic and are the object of contradictionnairy report from the Foreigh Office. Some see them as the evil of all evil and others see them as a positive counter balance to the other large political movement coming from the East, the USSR. Stalin as has been keeping a low profile on the international front, but the iron fist he use to govern is country have scrared many people in the UK and the free world.

France our main ally in the continent continues to have many interior problems. The reports from the Foreigh Office indicate that the Streight of is army has been affect by those interior problems. In America the USA has refused to sign the Versaille treaty and are more isolationist then ever. If the USA as the potential to become a important ally, it is not sure if the politic of there governement will ever allow the enormous potential power of there country to help prevent the war that many are expecting.

The politic of the UK will be in the future to avoid war at all cost since a large portion of the population is again any war at this time. If the events change this situation, the economic developement of the Empire and of is army will be the key to enter the war at the moment the most favorable. The UK face a great challenge in protecting is large Empire in multiple fronts. Considering the limited ressources, time will tell if it will manage to protect it efficiantly.

· 1936

Chinese Civil War: 1922 -

Nationalist China, Sinkaing, Communist China

The UK see this event as an internal matter for China and are not unhappy to see the Nationalist trying to bring some peace and order to this chaotic region.

Ethopian Conflict: November 8th, 1935 - January 27th, 1936
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Italy, Ethiopia

The Foreigh Office is really concern with the development in Ethiopia. The brutal invasion and annexion of this country by the Italian Dictator demonstrate that Mussolini as no place in the civillize world. The failure of the Society of Nations to do anything effective to prevent this put the last nail in the coffin of this organisation.

Italian-Yugoslav-Albania War: February 7th - March 18th

Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania

With no other reason then is desire for expansion the Italian leader declares war and annex Yugoslavian Albania!!! The world is stupefacte by this action and the public opinion is shifting in a large percentage in favor of war to defend the world again this agressor.

Polish Campaign: March 1st - March 30th

Germany, Poland

The German agression of Poland erase all doudt in the mind of the leaders of the UK that the fascist regimes were not willing to leave in peace. From now on the politic our politic will be to increase militairy research and production to the maximum and wait for the appropriate moment to crush them.


Spanish Civil War: July 18th -

Republican Spain, Nationalist Spain, France (exp. forces), Italy (exp. forces & support), Germany (support), USSR (support)

Following the advice of the Foreigh Office most experience adviser we didn’t get involve in the Spanish civil war. The corrupt leadership of the Spanish republic didn’t seem to have the streight to win this war except with a massive support from us that was not available at that time. We prefer to work on influencing the Nationalist governement of Spain to our vues to prevent them from joining the evil force of the Axies. We did succed in this and are happy with this result.

On July 27th, Germany and Italy officially formed the Axis Alliance in response to growing Allied aggression and imperialism.

This was a simple confirmation of something everyone knew already.


Swedish War of Liberation: August 18th - September 8th

Sweden, Germany

Germany heading determine to wage war again the entire free world took the step of attacking the Swedish state to secure is steel supplies. Many reports from Sweden confirm the savage nature of the German governement. The Jewish people from all Puppet state of Germany are enforcing the radical law of Nuremberg. The victims can be count be the thousands. The opening of many Ghettos and concentration camps do not look well for those victims of the German dictature.

The Romanian Incidents 1936-37:

We were please to see that the Russians and Axies were fithing over the control of Eastern Europe. Not that we have a great trust in the USSR to be a faithfull ally. We could certainly use there numerous divisions to crush the facist dictatures. The problem if we help them crush the Nazi is where will they stop? In Berlin or will they continue they advance into France or even India? This is the politic risk that England has to face. The Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is trying to avoid the entry in the war of the UK as long as possible to allow the country the time to get ready for the inevitable war. The critisisim of many people like Winston Churchill in is own country make this position difficult to maintain.
 
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History of the World : December 13th, 1939 - February 7th, 1940

UK - Fort
USA - Darthmaur
FRance - Mauriantia (Dec 13 - Dec 25)
USSR - Mr. Bigglesworth
Japan - Mithrilmight
Germany - DieFledermas

Germanic Perspective

Northern Europe, realling from war saw peace, at least for the moment, as the war in Asia dominated the Winter of 39-40.

Europe

Balkans

Greek Campaign: December 17th, 1939 -

Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, UK

Mussolini, enraged by the loss of Africa and his dreams of Empire, returned his attentions to the Balkans. The new German chancellor, von Neurath assured Mussolini that the Reich would not come to Italy's aid if she declared war on Romania, so Il Duce set his sights to the south. On December 17th, Italy declared war on Greece. The Legion Balkania moved south out of Albania on Christmas Eve and attacked the line of Greek defenses the Christmas morning.

Africa

Out of supplies and ammunition, the embattled defenders of Asmara held out against the combined forces of the UK and South Africa. Even the British General reported if the rest of the Italian Army displayed such courage that might have held Africa.

North Africa

With the fall of Jimma, the North African Theatre is officially closed. The United Kingdom has won the day in Africa. The Mediterranean is controlled by the Royal Navy apart from the odd raider attack and the Straights of Gilbratar are soundly in British hands.

Asia

China

The Japanese Imperial military machine continued to crush everything before it. The end of 1939 saw Xinxinag, Handan, and Nachang all fall to the Rising Sun.

Battle of the Hong Kong Sea

In a daring raid, the Chinese coastal defense forces consisting of 1 refurbished Spanish-American war era dreadnaught and 3 ex-British WWI destroyers attacked Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima. The IJN Kirishima suffered a hit to her main munitions stores and was forced to retreat. Chaing Kai-shek made great use of this victory running it on the front page of every Chinese newspaper.

Caroline Islands

On December 29th, ANZAC attempted to land on the Caroline Islands and retake them but were forced to retreat by New Year's Eve.

1940

The beginning of 1940 saw increased political actions in the neutral Scandanavian countries of Denmark and Finland with all major powers attempting to gain favor. The Fascist and Nationalist movements in South America gained ground while Turkey seemed poised to enter into the Alliance.

Europe

Balkans

Greek Campaign (cont'd)

On the New Year, the world was shocked when the famed Regia Aeronautica was defeated over the skies of Thessaloniki by a handful of Greek Fairley Swordfish bi-planes. The Greeks mistakenly took this as a sign of their inevitable victory and invaded Bulgaria on the 2nd and were soundly routed. Bulgaria counter-attacked and took Thessaloniki by January 7th. The Legion Balkania marched down the coast and captured Athens on January 11th. All of Greek proper was under Italian control by the 19th with the Greek King as his court evacuated to Crete. The Italians attempted an amphibious landing on Crete on the 21st but were met by the bulk of the Royal Navy and anihillated. This spelled the end of the Italian surface fleet and all further plans of attacking Crete were scrapped.

Battle of the Atlantic

With the German wolfpacks sunk, the Italian navy took up the slack and sent her submarine fleet into the North Atlantic. An ill-advised surfacing in Boston Harbor on the night of January 22nd alerted the American destroyer nets and the Italians were chased in Penobscott Bay where it was a "Turkey Shoot" according to Admiral Halsey. A game of cat and mouse began in the Atlantic between the Italian subs and the American destroyers although a complete absense of American shipping suggests the United States has ceased supporting the British.

France re-enters the War

On December 17th, Prime Minister Laval suffered a stroke and fell into a deep coma. The Minister of the Agriculture became the provisional prime minister but was "set aside" by Field Marshall DeGaulle on January 20th in a bloodless coup. Two days later, DeGaulle announced France would "support her commitments to the Allies" and declared war on Germany. The German Chancellor expressed shock and dismay. The French Airforce attempted to bomb Luxembourg on February 1st as a prequel to invasion but were vaporized by the battle hardened Jagdverband. The invasion of the Rhinelands was called off after it became clear France was in no condition to wage war although a defacto state of war still exists.

Africa

The defenders of Asmara were finally forced to surrender on February 3rd. With that, the whole of the African continent is in Alled hands. The Italians had a dream of Empire but apparently it was not to be so.

Asia

China

The Japanese continued there advance capturing Wuhan on the 10th. The Japanese engaged British expeditionary forces at Shaoguan on the 12th and defeated them. The British counter-attacked in Kuala Lumpur and defeated the Japanese there. The Japanese captured Liuzhou in February 3rd and defeated the UK expeditionary forces at Hengyang on the 4th.

Island of Formosa

On January 27th, under the protection of the U.S. 7th Fleet, the Nationalist China commanded personally by Chaing Kai-shek commited an amphibious landing on the island of Formosa and had captured Taipai by February 3rd. While the provinsional capital of China is still Kouming, most of the government documents and records have been transferred to Formosa.

Pacific

The Japanese Fleet engaged their old nemesis the Australians in the Battle of the Admiralty Sea. The Australians at this time were only fielding 3 cruisers and 8 destroyers. All 3 cruisers were sunk and all but 2 of the destroyers went to the bottom.

The U.S. 7th Fleet caught the bulk of the Japanese South China Sea fleet in at the Ryukyu Trench and engaged in sporadic exchanges between January 23rd and 26th. The Japanese broke contact attempting to return to the home islands while the American ships were needed for the Formosa action.

The Japanese landed on Guam unopposed on February 5th and captured the massive American supply depots there.

As we look forward to the Spring of 1940, the juggernauts of Russia and Germany have begun to recover from the battles of last Fall, the African Mandate is soley in English hands, and China's fate is all but decided. America is now 100% committed to the war in the Pacific while the "war of diplomacy" appears to be heating up again in the Americas, this time between the Fascists and the Democracies.
 
Ha!

On December 17th, Prime Minister Laval suffered a stroke and fell into a deep coma. The Minister of the Agriculture became the provisional prime minister but was "set aside" by Field Marshall DeGaulle on January 20th in a bloodless coup. Two days later, DeGaulle announced France would "support her commitments to the Allies" and declared war on Germany. The German Chancellor expressed shock and dismay. The French Airforce attempted to bomb Luxembourg on February 1st as a prequel to invasion but were vaporized by the battle hardened Jagdverband. The invasion of the Rhinelands was called off after it became clear France was in no condition to wage war although a defacto state of war still exists.
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France attacked something! Heh. Very disconcerting. :D Hope to see you all tomorrow if we are still on.
 
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