Interesting take! I've not seen the use of opposing the compromise of Czechoslovakia's independence.
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This is a single-player game, so anything you do to make the game more interesting or fun is entirely acceptable in my book. Looking forward to seeing how France handles the war starting so early, although with having wartime laws while fighting Japan it may not be so easy for Germany.
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On October 12th, French forces were sent to invade Sicily, the goal is to capture it, and then move up the boot of Italy while the troops up north move down south.
On October 24th, Germany conquered Denmark. Czechoslovakia is almost crushed, so I call on UK into this war. In addition, Hungary joined the Axis.
On October 30th, Czechoslovakia fell. However, France is making some progress in Italy. Italy is likely to fall in the beginning of 1939. With that, we can push across the mountains into Germany.
On December 1st, Italy was kicked out of North Africa. It will take time, but I will be able to transport troops to Italy itself. The United Kingdom is battling Italy and Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa. Italy itself has slowed to a crawl with Hungary and Germany sending troops down to support Italy. In the meantime, I've been building troops 9 divisions to help me with my invasion of Germany or Italy, whatever comes first.
On October 24th, Germany conquered Denmark. Czechoslovakia is almost crushed, so I call on UK into this war. In addition, Hungary joined the Axis.
On October 30th, Czechoslovakia fell. However, France is making some progress in Italy. Italy is likely to fall in the beginning of 1939. With that, we can push across the mountains into Germany.
On December 1st, Italy was kicked out of North Africa. It will take time, but I will be able to transport troops to Italy itself. The United Kingdom is battling Italy and Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa. Italy itself has slowed to a crawl with Hungary and Germany sending troops down to support Italy. In the meantime, I've been building troops 9 divisions to help me with my invasion of Germany or Italy, whatever comes first.
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I mean, those divisions look like they are destined for Germany with how well the Italian campaign is going!
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My advance has slowed. I was hoping to finish off Italy quickly, but it appears that it will take much later than I thought.
Into Jan, and it is clear that the war has turned into WW1 with how little gains are being made.
On Feb 7th 1939, Ethiopia loses to the UK and becomes my puppet. I'm able to get at least 9 inf divisions created, which will help my push into Italy. There are just so many Hungarians, Italy, and Germans in Italy that I don't know how to break through without a slow grind.
On March 6th of 1939, Germany declared war on Norway. The reason I'm struggling so much in Europe is that I have 552k vs 1106k. It is 2:1. I I'm going to be in trouble come September 1939, as Germany will attack Poland. (France: 552k vs Italy: 538k, Germany: 437K, & Hungary: 131K)
On April 5th, Germany conquers Luxembourg. This is scary as most of my troops are in Italy, and I only have a handful of troops defending the Maginot line.
In May 1st of 1939, France has made some progress in Italy. I now have anti-tanks to help counter the tanks, as I was depending on my own tanks to do the job. However, the tanks have thicker army, so it isn't doing much. On the other hand, my officer ratio is back up at 140%, so I need to keep it there to make progress. The Southern front through Italy has stalled as I simply don't have the troops need to blast through. Italy had made gains in Syria, but I'm ignoring it as it isn't important. My goal is to capture the Italian victory points.
It is June 1st of 1939, are we are doing well! This month our troops will be able to push into Germany! In Italy, there are still Germany, Italians, and Hungarians. If I destroy the troops that remain down here, then the Axis powers will be in trouble as it appears this is the bulk of their army. Over the course of the war, it appears France lost about 13 naval ships against Italy. It seems we got careless in our war against them. However, we overall did well against them. Germany has landed 2 troops in Norway, but Norway is strong enough to repulse such a force. There is still uncertainty if Germany will declare war on Poland. However, in other news, France's manpower is down to 167. This is pretty low for a major nation. I am gaining 25.7 manpower per month, so that will balance out. I have troops along the Belgiumian border in case Germany declares war on the Netherlands and Belgium. I can't afford them outflanking me.
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I did jump quite quickly through this. I admit I was getting frustrated with this war, because I was expecting a, "We'll be home by Christmas!" and it turned into a mix of WW1 and the Korean War.
There are likely a number of factors that inhibited me. First off, I should've had UK joined right away (I had assumed they had already joined, and it would take time for the UK to get involved because it was the AI. However, when you oppose Germany, only France joins the war, which means you have to call the UK into the war.). That was my first mistake, as I was fighting Germany and Italy (eventually Hungary) on my own for a month. My second mistake was not equipping my troops with anti-tank weapons. I was thinking that I would be fine since I would use my armor to defeat the Axis armor, and use my inf division that were made up of inf+inf+art+art to defeat their infantry divisions, since they are soft units. However, I think I underestimated the ability of Germany and Hungary to quickly move large number of units into Italy, and overestimated my ability to defeat Italy before anti-tank would be important ("Don't worry boys, we won't need winter equipment, the war will be over before winter even gets here!"). In addition, the terrain and the weather hindered me, because I think my tanks did poorly in the mountains and hills, and their advance was slowed once winter came. I think if I had equipped anti-tanks to my infantry, they would've done well fighting in the mountains and hills against the dug-in tanks. My third mistake was not using the air force I had. To be fair, I'm not sure how much impact they would have, as I didn't focus on air power, I just used what the game gave me at the start. As it wasn't my main focus, I ignored it as I was expecting them to get cut to shreds against the German air force. The last mistake was not using my navy better. To be fair, while I was doing well against the Italian navy, especially when the UK was there, but I pushed my navy too hard. I should've been more careful with their use, and use the shore bombardment of my capital ships to help support my invasion where land titles border the sea.
Into Jan, and it is clear that the war has turned into WW1 with how little gains are being made.
On Feb 7th 1939, Ethiopia loses to the UK and becomes my puppet. I'm able to get at least 9 inf divisions created, which will help my push into Italy. There are just so many Hungarians, Italy, and Germans in Italy that I don't know how to break through without a slow grind.
On March 6th of 1939, Germany declared war on Norway. The reason I'm struggling so much in Europe is that I have 552k vs 1106k. It is 2:1. I I'm going to be in trouble come September 1939, as Germany will attack Poland. (France: 552k vs Italy: 538k, Germany: 437K, & Hungary: 131K)
On April 5th, Germany conquers Luxembourg. This is scary as most of my troops are in Italy, and I only have a handful of troops defending the Maginot line.
In May 1st of 1939, France has made some progress in Italy. I now have anti-tanks to help counter the tanks, as I was depending on my own tanks to do the job. However, the tanks have thicker army, so it isn't doing much. On the other hand, my officer ratio is back up at 140%, so I need to keep it there to make progress. The Southern front through Italy has stalled as I simply don't have the troops need to blast through. Italy had made gains in Syria, but I'm ignoring it as it isn't important. My goal is to capture the Italian victory points.
It is June 1st of 1939, are we are doing well! This month our troops will be able to push into Germany! In Italy, there are still Germany, Italians, and Hungarians. If I destroy the troops that remain down here, then the Axis powers will be in trouble as it appears this is the bulk of their army. Over the course of the war, it appears France lost about 13 naval ships against Italy. It seems we got careless in our war against them. However, we overall did well against them. Germany has landed 2 troops in Norway, but Norway is strong enough to repulse such a force. There is still uncertainty if Germany will declare war on Poland. However, in other news, France's manpower is down to 167. This is pretty low for a major nation. I am gaining 25.7 manpower per month, so that will balance out. I have troops along the Belgiumian border in case Germany declares war on the Netherlands and Belgium. I can't afford them outflanking me.
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I did jump quite quickly through this. I admit I was getting frustrated with this war, because I was expecting a, "We'll be home by Christmas!" and it turned into a mix of WW1 and the Korean War.
There are likely a number of factors that inhibited me. First off, I should've had UK joined right away (I had assumed they had already joined, and it would take time for the UK to get involved because it was the AI. However, when you oppose Germany, only France joins the war, which means you have to call the UK into the war.). That was my first mistake, as I was fighting Germany and Italy (eventually Hungary) on my own for a month. My second mistake was not equipping my troops with anti-tank weapons. I was thinking that I would be fine since I would use my armor to defeat the Axis armor, and use my inf division that were made up of inf+inf+art+art to defeat their infantry divisions, since they are soft units. However, I think I underestimated the ability of Germany and Hungary to quickly move large number of units into Italy, and overestimated my ability to defeat Italy before anti-tank would be important ("Don't worry boys, we won't need winter equipment, the war will be over before winter even gets here!"). In addition, the terrain and the weather hindered me, because I think my tanks did poorly in the mountains and hills, and their advance was slowed once winter came. I think if I had equipped anti-tanks to my infantry, they would've done well fighting in the mountains and hills against the dug-in tanks. My third mistake was not using the air force I had. To be fair, I'm not sure how much impact they would have, as I didn't focus on air power, I just used what the game gave me at the start. As it wasn't my main focus, I ignored it as I was expecting them to get cut to shreds against the German air force. The last mistake was not using my navy better. To be fair, while I was doing well against the Italian navy, especially when the UK was there, but I pushed my navy too hard. I should've been more careful with their use, and use the shore bombardment of my capital ships to help support my invasion where land titles border the sea.
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Typical AI behaviour!
Got that done a b ahead of schedule.
Not at all. And it’s your gig.
Tough fighting up the boot, once you get above the ankle!
Isn’t that a good thing if it happens? More diversion for the Germans?
Anyway, things are going ok for now and it’s good to have a challenge. Have you set an objective for Britain in one of your channel ports, to attract expeditionary forces? Worth doing for any other Allies members too.
It is July 1st of 1939, and the British finally landed in Italy near the end of June. Although they are only 3 units, I will take them. In addition, Britain is using its air force to inflict damage against the Axis powers. Switching over to the Axis powers, there are roughly 408K Axis units in Italy itself. Hungary has 87K troops left. Germany has 525K troops left. In total, the remaining Axis powers have 1020K. They have lost 86k since March of 1939. However, Germany still have the manpower and the industry to pump out units. The war isn't over yet!
It is July 9th, and for a few days now, the Battle of Roma has been raging on. Von Manstein and his 50k troops are attempting to fight off my 50k units in urban warfare, and he has tanks are doing a lot of damage to me. However, I have him surrounded, and there are no ports for him. He will eventually run of supplies.
It is July 19th, and the Battle of Roma has failed. There is a silver lining, and that's the British have landed more troops in Italy! We should now have the numbers to overwhelm the remaining forces!
It is August 2nd of 1939. With the British forces landing in Italy, I decided to take the time to let my forces recover from the fighting. In the North, while we have gained some land from Germany, I have halted it for the time being until I have more forces to break through. We will see if I decide to attack during this month.
It is July 9th, and for a few days now, the Battle of Roma has been raging on. Von Manstein and his 50k troops are attempting to fight off my 50k units in urban warfare, and he has tanks are doing a lot of damage to me. However, I have him surrounded, and there are no ports for him. He will eventually run of supplies.
It is July 19th, and the Battle of Roma has failed. There is a silver lining, and that's the British have landed more troops in Italy! We should now have the numbers to overwhelm the remaining forces!
It is August 2nd of 1939. With the British forces landing in Italy, I decided to take the time to let my forces recover from the fighting. In the North, while we have gained some land from Germany, I have halted it for the time being until I have more forces to break through. We will see if I decide to attack during this month.
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But as Italian EFs they’d be getting supplied from Rome, wouldn’t they?
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Yeah. I was expecting the fighting to be tougher in Japan than it really was. With the rough terrain, and the fact my units have to travel over the island (there is a risk of traveling overseas with the Japanese navy around), I was expecting my units not to be able to travel over certain points of the island. For example, how sometimes you can't travel over the Suez Canal if the AI controls the otherside with their navy.
I guess, for me, I was nervous about it because it felt like it was going against the spirit of it. It is good to hear that it didn't bother people.
Yeah, the fighting was much harder than I thought.
My worry is that by bringing Poland into the war, it would help Germany, since it would be an easy victory for them, and Germany would gain resources from the war. Poland lacks the manpower to mobilize its troops at full strength, which is why I expected an easy victory for them. I would rather have my troops in the area to support Poland, instead of leaving them out to dry.
Because I opposed the deal, there really aren't many Allied members. Plus, unless they have a transport, I mainly get units from major nations. When playing as a major, setting an objective isn't on my mind, as I'm usually capable of playing without it. It doesn't help that I'm not given feedback from the AI as to why they are not sending troops over (I'm not at war? They lack transports? They lack units to send? Etc Some type of feedback would be nice so I can think about how to use it more). When I'm playing a minor nation, that thought is in my forethought. Also, spoiler, but later on I do set an objective, but that's because I had ran out of options and setting an objective was the only option I had left.
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Are you at all close to bringing in Yugoslavia/Poland/Romania? Even if as a distraction it'll surely be a huge aid- especially a nation with a larger army like Poland/Romania.
Wait, just saw your post above. While technically true, what you could do is get them close but not bring them to allies, holding them as a back-pocket thing that you accept and unleash once your offensives are rolling, thereby making the German AI have to choose between holding your lines or letting the Polish AI run rampant. Either will be useful and will, if you most fast enough, give you the German heartland before they can solve the situation.
Wait, just saw your post above. While technically true, what you could do is get them close but not bring them to allies, holding them as a back-pocket thing that you accept and unleash once your offensives are rolling, thereby making the German AI have to choose between holding your lines or letting the Polish AI run rampant. Either will be useful and will, if you most fast enough, give you the German heartland before they can solve the situation.
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UK is the faction leader, so I have no control over when they join the Allies.
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On August 5th, the stalemate in the South has been broken! With British troops increasing in strength, Italy decided to pull off forces from the south to block the advance of the British, but now they are weak enough for my troops to break through. For 3 months we couldn't advance, now we can!
On August 20th, French troops entered the city of Roma, and with it, Italy surrendered on August 21st of 1939.
Now time to push northward and break into the heartland of Germany. I also plan to launch an attack into Denmark and push southward, along with capturing more land. We need to attack on as many fronts as possible to crush the Germans.
Although Italy surrendered on August 21st, like Japan, there are still enemy units around that refuse to surrender. There are currently 48K Italian units around, along with 9 vessels. Japan still has 106k units left, along with 42 vessels, and 16 aircraft. However, with no way of supplying their troops, there is nothing Japan can do. Italy can supply their troops as they are in German land, but their troops are leaderless.
In short, there are two axis members left, Germany and Hungary. Hungary has 90K units and 6 aircraft. Germany has 27 Navy units, 44 aircraft, and 591K units.
They have 681k units, 27 Navy units, and 50 aircraft vs 660K French Units, 47 Navy Units, and 13 aircraft. Victory is possible, but it will take sometime. I expect victory by 1940. UK is influencing the Netherlands to join our side, and Germany is influencing Romania to join their side, we will need to influence Romania to prevent them from joining the Axis.
On August 21st, French command informs the British to move their troops up to the Austrian mountains to reinforce the southern front. With the limited French manpower, it would be best for the French and British to hold this position.
However, holding a position will not lead to victory, so the French are planning a dual invasion of both Norway and Germany. Norway is under attack from the Germans, and our forces will provide relief. We don't intend to provide a large force, but a small one is all that is needed. Our goal is taking the German held port of Trondheim. If it is taken, then all German forces in Norway will be out of supplies. The other plan is to invade the western portion of France that is near the Netherlands. Once we capture it, we will then figure out if we wish to press south to link up with the forces manning the Maginot line or plunge the dagger deep into the wicked heart of Germany itself, its Capital: Berlin. Time will decide what we will do
On August 20th, French troops entered the city of Roma, and with it, Italy surrendered on August 21st of 1939.
Now time to push northward and break into the heartland of Germany. I also plan to launch an attack into Denmark and push southward, along with capturing more land. We need to attack on as many fronts as possible to crush the Germans.
Although Italy surrendered on August 21st, like Japan, there are still enemy units around that refuse to surrender. There are currently 48K Italian units around, along with 9 vessels. Japan still has 106k units left, along with 42 vessels, and 16 aircraft. However, with no way of supplying their troops, there is nothing Japan can do. Italy can supply their troops as they are in German land, but their troops are leaderless.
In short, there are two axis members left, Germany and Hungary. Hungary has 90K units and 6 aircraft. Germany has 27 Navy units, 44 aircraft, and 591K units.
They have 681k units, 27 Navy units, and 50 aircraft vs 660K French Units, 47 Navy Units, and 13 aircraft. Victory is possible, but it will take sometime. I expect victory by 1940. UK is influencing the Netherlands to join our side, and Germany is influencing Romania to join their side, we will need to influence Romania to prevent them from joining the Axis.
On August 21st, French command informs the British to move their troops up to the Austrian mountains to reinforce the southern front. With the limited French manpower, it would be best for the French and British to hold this position.
However, holding a position will not lead to victory, so the French are planning a dual invasion of both Norway and Germany. Norway is under attack from the Germans, and our forces will provide relief. We don't intend to provide a large force, but a small one is all that is needed. Our goal is taking the German held port of Trondheim. If it is taken, then all German forces in Norway will be out of supplies. The other plan is to invade the western portion of France that is near the Netherlands. Once we capture it, we will then figure out if we wish to press south to link up with the forces manning the Maginot line or plunge the dagger deep into the wicked heart of Germany itself, its Capital: Berlin. Time will decide what we will do
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As much as we malign Italy, without their manpower to at least slow down the Allies I don't see how Germany can survive. "Home by Christmas" may be optimistic, but I think we can celebrate V-E Day five years early, easily.
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On September 13th of 1939, French troops begin their invasion of the German held port in Norway. 4 infantry divisions were chosen for this theater of war.
The port was taken on September 16th, the German navy attempted to prevent the landings, but they were no match for the French navy.
On September 18th, a French army numbering 154,000 board transports for the invasion of Western Germany. It is the largest naval invasion force in French history. 2 Mountain divisions, 4 armored divisions, and 11 infantry divisions). If French troops can succeed in this landing, the Germany army will be forced to split its army defending three fronts. Victory or Death!
September 19th is the beginning of the invasion of Western Germany!
On September 24th, we are able to capture a single port. We were hoping to capture more ports, but this one will do. We must capture more ports to support our invasion. We are also pushing into Denmark as our next plan is to launch an attack into East Prussia. We wish to cut of all German held ports, so it breaks their trade agreements (at least the non-european trade agreements) and forces their navy to flee.
The port was taken on September 16th, the German navy attempted to prevent the landings, but they were no match for the French navy.
On September 18th, a French army numbering 154,000 board transports for the invasion of Western Germany. It is the largest naval invasion force in French history. 2 Mountain divisions, 4 armored divisions, and 11 infantry divisions). If French troops can succeed in this landing, the Germany army will be forced to split its army defending three fronts. Victory or Death!
September 19th is the beginning of the invasion of Western Germany!
On September 24th, we are able to capture a single port. We were hoping to capture more ports, but this one will do. We must capture more ports to support our invasion. We are also pushing into Denmark as our next plan is to launch an attack into East Prussia. We wish to cut of all German held ports, so it breaks their trade agreements (at least the non-european trade agreements) and forces their navy to flee.
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Some might call that move courageous given how close to German air cover you are. I'm sort of amazed that no response was given against it!
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Seeing our that victory is near, the Netherlands join us on September 28th, but only on the condition that we support their war effort. We will need to transport troops quickly into the Netherlands if we wish to support them. We will push eastward!
It is October 4th, Netherlands needs support to push through as their army is very small, only 16K. My forces in Netherlands are only 42K strong. I have 64K in reserve behind Belgium in case Germany declared war on Belgium. However, I will need them to support the Netherlands. I'm gambling that Belgium can hold if Germany were to attack them. Germany was forced to strip forces from the Southern front to support their other fronts, but this lead to some areas being a little too weak, and allowing me to attack them. I have at least 200K units in the south, but the rough territory means I have to be careful where I attack. My northern attack has been meant with very little gains. However, it appears that the Netherlands impact is much bigger than it would appear, as they opened up another front for my units to attack Germany from.
It is October 10th, the Germans pushed back my northern front. I'm forced to peel off troops that were earmarked for the Netherlands to the defense of Northern Germany. I can't afford to lose this foothold. I even sent my navy to provide shore bombardment. It appears to have worked. However, two troops will be sent to the Netherlands as that can't hold all parts of their front with the troops I currently have. With the remaining two troops, I will finish the capture of Norway, and then swing those troops around to capturing East Prussia. I also have 4 units in Norway that I should be able to use before the year is up. I would like to invade the Eastern part of Germany, but I lack the troops to do that. It still appears that sending troops to the Netherlands is the best way of breaking the Germans.
It is is November 2nd, I have been able to hold Northern Germany without sending the troops over. The attack is slow as there are rivers and urban areas that allow the Germans to prevent any major breakthroughs; it doesn't help that I lack the forces in the area to break through. On the other hand, I have been able to make some gains in Southern Germany. Germany has sent a ton of troops to Norway. It seems they really want to take it. After I capture Copenhagen, I will need to swing around and prevent Norway from falling. It appears they are all garrison units which number 72K. Very strange. However, my infantry units should make short work of them.
As we reach December 1st, 1939, we have made a little process in a months time. Germany, Italian, and Hungarian forces have done well to prevent the French, Dutch, and British forces from breaking through. However, French troops are increasing in size. We are currently 779K strong with more troops on the way. We started our invasion in late September, so we have advanced far in three months. However, there is doubt we will win until 1941.
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At this point in the war, I went from believing I could win by 1940 to doubting victory was possible until 1941. Unlike Italy, which has worst leadership and IC than (especially after I captured Japan), Germany has a large pool of leadership, IC, and manpower at this point in the war. Although France's army is now 779K strong, I wasn't sure how strong Germany's army was. However, while Germany's army in August of 1939 was 591K strong compared to my army at the time of 660K, Germany has the ability to increase its army and reinforce it, while I'm dangerously low. It is possible that Germany, using the rivers, urban areas, and winter, could buy themselves enough time to build an army that not only could match my own but surpass me. I'm keeping Norway in the war, despite being weak, for a variety of reasons. If I wish, I could work on getting nukes if I like, Norway is an Ally, and I want to ensure I destroy any chance of Germany using Norway as a base of operation. Germany did throw away 72k troops in trying to attack Norway, but those 72k troops are Garrison units.
It is October 4th, Netherlands needs support to push through as their army is very small, only 16K. My forces in Netherlands are only 42K strong. I have 64K in reserve behind Belgium in case Germany declared war on Belgium. However, I will need them to support the Netherlands. I'm gambling that Belgium can hold if Germany were to attack them. Germany was forced to strip forces from the Southern front to support their other fronts, but this lead to some areas being a little too weak, and allowing me to attack them. I have at least 200K units in the south, but the rough territory means I have to be careful where I attack. My northern attack has been meant with very little gains. However, it appears that the Netherlands impact is much bigger than it would appear, as they opened up another front for my units to attack Germany from.
It is October 10th, the Germans pushed back my northern front. I'm forced to peel off troops that were earmarked for the Netherlands to the defense of Northern Germany. I can't afford to lose this foothold. I even sent my navy to provide shore bombardment. It appears to have worked. However, two troops will be sent to the Netherlands as that can't hold all parts of their front with the troops I currently have. With the remaining two troops, I will finish the capture of Norway, and then swing those troops around to capturing East Prussia. I also have 4 units in Norway that I should be able to use before the year is up. I would like to invade the Eastern part of Germany, but I lack the troops to do that. It still appears that sending troops to the Netherlands is the best way of breaking the Germans.
It is is November 2nd, I have been able to hold Northern Germany without sending the troops over. The attack is slow as there are rivers and urban areas that allow the Germans to prevent any major breakthroughs; it doesn't help that I lack the forces in the area to break through. On the other hand, I have been able to make some gains in Southern Germany. Germany has sent a ton of troops to Norway. It seems they really want to take it. After I capture Copenhagen, I will need to swing around and prevent Norway from falling. It appears they are all garrison units which number 72K. Very strange. However, my infantry units should make short work of them.
As we reach December 1st, 1939, we have made a little process in a months time. Germany, Italian, and Hungarian forces have done well to prevent the French, Dutch, and British forces from breaking through. However, French troops are increasing in size. We are currently 779K strong with more troops on the way. We started our invasion in late September, so we have advanced far in three months. However, there is doubt we will win until 1941.
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At this point in the war, I went from believing I could win by 1940 to doubting victory was possible until 1941. Unlike Italy, which has worst leadership and IC than (especially after I captured Japan), Germany has a large pool of leadership, IC, and manpower at this point in the war. Although France's army is now 779K strong, I wasn't sure how strong Germany's army was. However, while Germany's army in August of 1939 was 591K strong compared to my army at the time of 660K, Germany has the ability to increase its army and reinforce it, while I'm dangerously low. It is possible that Germany, using the rivers, urban areas, and winter, could buy themselves enough time to build an army that not only could match my own but surpass me. I'm keeping Norway in the war, despite being weak, for a variety of reasons. If I wish, I could work on getting nukes if I like, Norway is an Ally, and I want to ensure I destroy any chance of Germany using Norway as a base of operation. Germany did throw away 72k troops in trying to attack Norway, but those 72k troops are Garrison units.
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On December 12th, we finally captured the 2nd German held port in Norway. It took a long time, but we captured it. Czech revolted around the same day or close too it. It is only one militia. It isn't much, but we hope they can cause more units to revolt.
It is Jan 1st of 1940. The French army is 834K in size. Luxembourg was able to liberate itself, and a pocket has formed near the Maginot line. It is estimated that 30K Germany units are trapped in the pocket. We are moving our troops across the maginot line now to get involved in the fight. Progress is being made in the south still, and we are using British troops to close the gaps in our lines. We are pass mountains and hills, but now the Isar River is our next hurdle to overcome. More troops have been deployed and are being shipped over to the Netherlands, and not a moment too soon. The Germans have launched a fierce attack against the French and Dutch forces. German forces have pushed us back. We aren't broken, but we had some close calls. The Germans nearly destroyed at least four French divisions. Near the Swiss border, we plan to launch an attack north into more German units. Although we have done well so far against the Germans, we still must worry about manpower. Each month we are given 31.1 manpower, but our current manpower we have on hand is 40, and our army needs 8.56 manpower to reinforce our units. Germany likely still has a ton of manpower in comparison to France. Germany is only at 15.1% surrender. We will need to capture all or almost all of German cities before they will even surrender. However, although German is tough, Hungarian and Italian forces in the area are still pretty weak. Once we stabilize the Netherlands line, the Germans will be in trouble.
It is Feb 1st of 1940. Manpower is now down to 22. The German air force are very strong. The Germans must've increased the strength of their airforce as we lost 18 manpower in a single month. Given how much manpower we lost, we will likely run out in April of 1940. Belgium just joined us in the war against Germany, and the British have some troops in the Netherlands. Good thing Belgium joined us, as we need all the help we can get against the Germans. UK and Germany are locked in a tug-of-war trying to get Romania on their side. Getting Romania on the Axis side will help sure up their defenses. It appears the Netherlands line has mostly stabilized, but Belgium in the war will help will help us. Progress in southern Germany has stalled out. The space I have to attack across is too long. I currently have one to maybe two troops on each province, and I need to use the River to keep my position. However, some movement is happening in the Southwestern front. Since I've been able to push across the maginot line, it has freed up 8 divisions that I can use against the Germans. I have won in Norway, so I'm pulling out 9 divisions to be used in another theater of war. My plan is still an attack into East Prussia to eliminate any units that might be there. After that, I need to decide if I should try and make a push toward Berlin itself or use the troops to support my units that are currently held up in Denmark. We will soon see.
It is March 1st, lucky our manpower only dropped to 20, so our manpower is likely to last past April of 1940. However, we are consuming a lot of supplies in pushing into Germany; it is slowing my production of a special weapon to end this war once and for all. East Prussia is nearly about to fall, and I've been making decent progress in the south western part of Germany. Germany is less than 50% in terms of surrendering. I haven't mentioned yet, but months ago UK loaned us a single marine division, and it has been coming in handle with naval invasions. Belgium's army is up to 133,000 in size. Germany won't be able to handle this pressure on them forever.
It is March 22nd, and the naval invasion of eastern Germany has begun. We are invading with 9 divisions, and we are going to smash through their weak defense and head straight toward the capital. Berlin will be ours!
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There is currently a turn around within three months of me going from, "This could take until 1941," to ,"Things are looking up!" I think that a combination of factors have lead to it. First, surrounding those 30k German units was a big help. Although the number is small, Germany likely had to pull troops off other areas of its front to prevent a total collapse of that position or Hungarian or Italian troops (which are far weaker than German troops) had to pick up the slack. In those months, if you look at the pictures, my troops within that area have advanced far within that time frame. In addition, Belgium's troops are much needed. Their army of 133,000 is small, but it might be a case of the last straw breaking the camel's back. Of course, the UK sending EFs to the Netherlands has certainly helped. Finally, with no German troops in Norway and East Prussia, I can now focus those 9 divisions onto east Germany, and force the Germans to fight on another front. We might reach the point that German forces are stretched too thin in an attempt to hold every province on the frontline, that we are able to crush them by having local superiority of troops.
It is Jan 1st of 1940. The French army is 834K in size. Luxembourg was able to liberate itself, and a pocket has formed near the Maginot line. It is estimated that 30K Germany units are trapped in the pocket. We are moving our troops across the maginot line now to get involved in the fight. Progress is being made in the south still, and we are using British troops to close the gaps in our lines. We are pass mountains and hills, but now the Isar River is our next hurdle to overcome. More troops have been deployed and are being shipped over to the Netherlands, and not a moment too soon. The Germans have launched a fierce attack against the French and Dutch forces. German forces have pushed us back. We aren't broken, but we had some close calls. The Germans nearly destroyed at least four French divisions. Near the Swiss border, we plan to launch an attack north into more German units. Although we have done well so far against the Germans, we still must worry about manpower. Each month we are given 31.1 manpower, but our current manpower we have on hand is 40, and our army needs 8.56 manpower to reinforce our units. Germany likely still has a ton of manpower in comparison to France. Germany is only at 15.1% surrender. We will need to capture all or almost all of German cities before they will even surrender. However, although German is tough, Hungarian and Italian forces in the area are still pretty weak. Once we stabilize the Netherlands line, the Germans will be in trouble.
It is Feb 1st of 1940. Manpower is now down to 22. The German air force are very strong. The Germans must've increased the strength of their airforce as we lost 18 manpower in a single month. Given how much manpower we lost, we will likely run out in April of 1940. Belgium just joined us in the war against Germany, and the British have some troops in the Netherlands. Good thing Belgium joined us, as we need all the help we can get against the Germans. UK and Germany are locked in a tug-of-war trying to get Romania on their side. Getting Romania on the Axis side will help sure up their defenses. It appears the Netherlands line has mostly stabilized, but Belgium in the war will help will help us. Progress in southern Germany has stalled out. The space I have to attack across is too long. I currently have one to maybe two troops on each province, and I need to use the River to keep my position. However, some movement is happening in the Southwestern front. Since I've been able to push across the maginot line, it has freed up 8 divisions that I can use against the Germans. I have won in Norway, so I'm pulling out 9 divisions to be used in another theater of war. My plan is still an attack into East Prussia to eliminate any units that might be there. After that, I need to decide if I should try and make a push toward Berlin itself or use the troops to support my units that are currently held up in Denmark. We will soon see.
It is March 1st, lucky our manpower only dropped to 20, so our manpower is likely to last past April of 1940. However, we are consuming a lot of supplies in pushing into Germany; it is slowing my production of a special weapon to end this war once and for all. East Prussia is nearly about to fall, and I've been making decent progress in the south western part of Germany. Germany is less than 50% in terms of surrendering. I haven't mentioned yet, but months ago UK loaned us a single marine division, and it has been coming in handle with naval invasions. Belgium's army is up to 133,000 in size. Germany won't be able to handle this pressure on them forever.
It is March 22nd, and the naval invasion of eastern Germany has begun. We are invading with 9 divisions, and we are going to smash through their weak defense and head straight toward the capital. Berlin will be ours!
There is currently a turn around within three months of me going from, "This could take until 1941," to ,"Things are looking up!" I think that a combination of factors have lead to it. First, surrounding those 30k German units was a big help. Although the number is small, Germany likely had to pull troops off other areas of its front to prevent a total collapse of that position or Hungarian or Italian troops (which are far weaker than German troops) had to pick up the slack. In those months, if you look at the pictures, my troops within that area have advanced far within that time frame. In addition, Belgium's troops are much needed. Their army of 133,000 is small, but it might be a case of the last straw breaking the camel's back. Of course, the UK sending EFs to the Netherlands has certainly helped. Finally, with no German troops in Norway and East Prussia, I can now focus those 9 divisions onto east Germany, and force the Germans to fight on another front. We might reach the point that German forces are stretched too thin in an attempt to hold every province on the frontline, that we are able to crush them by having local superiority of troops.
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Frankly the German AI has impressed me in this update. Not for putting up a particularly good fight, of course, but rather because they've actually defended their ports which the AI chronically struggles to do.
I do still think V-E Day in 1940 is doable, while the Germans may have superior troops and even numbers they are fighting on too many fronts and on the defensive where they cannot bring those numbers to bear. France has all the initiative.
I do still think V-E Day in 1940 is doable, while the Germans may have superior troops and even numbers they are fighting on too many fronts and on the defensive where they cannot bring those numbers to bear. France has all the initiative.
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