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this is my 2nd aar so I am not at all experianced at writing thembut I'm going to give it a try
rules: norm/norm, fog of war off

It was january 1st 1936 when French president Laval entered the first government planing meeting of his presidency where he would reveal his "plan" to the ministers of the government.
Laval: bonjour gentelmen I will get right to the point, my plan, it is thus. we
appoint a leader to lead the government without the knowledge of the people a shadow ruler who will give us orders so as to appear that we are in power.
this man must be the best leader in france, a master of government, a man of unparalleled intellect and courage.
Random minister: but where can such a man be found?
Laval: I have found such a man
Random minister2: who?
Laval: he prefers to remain nameless but I can tell you this he is a genius he works for the government right now he is an engineer of unmatched ability
Random minister whose name is lost to history:is it really true were saved!
Laval: well its mostly true I might have exaggerated a little, he isn't actually an engineer
armaments minister: WHAT!
Laval: well he is majoring in engineering
other random minister: well than what is his job now?
Laval: he is an intern
Random minister#3: what does he do?
Laval: he makes coffee in fact he made the coffee that you are drinking now
random minister#2: this coffee is horrible
Laval: well then its a good thing we hiring him to run the great nation of france and not make our coffee right?
Everyone: RIGHT!!!
minister of intel: great plan! the world will marvel at France!
minister: yes I agree he should start today!
everyone: YES!!
very minor government official whos in the wrong room: what you can't be serious!!
Laval: what what who are you? your not supposed to be in here
very minor government official who's in the wrong room: oh I'm jaques I'm with S9 department were in charge of controlling the manufacture of souvenir mini eiffel towers
Laval: what?
very minor government official: oh yes were very important
minister of intel: he's a spy lets shoot him!
everyone: yes!
BANG!
Laval: well let me bring in our new awesome leader!
in walks in a young man who looks at each minister in turn as if he is looking into their souls. the young man wanting to impress his new employers starts giving a stirring speach in their native launguage. Bonjour, je suis une arbre ( hello I am a tree) he then shouted reaching towards them with one hand: gens de france donne moi votre voisin ( people of france lend me your neighbor) then putting a fist over his hart he very solemnly declaired: nous allons ensemble a la bibliotheque! (together we will go to the library) then shaking his fist in the air he yelled ou est moi le parapluie!! (where is my umbrella)
his speach whent down in history as one of the greatest, it helped to gain the confidence of the ministers, after the speach they started planing the future of France.
well the unnamed man said the first thing we must do is increas the industy of this country every provence must be improved we also must start extending the maginot line all the way to the ocean. lets also give our scientists money to start developing a basic medium range multi purpose fighter and a basic tactical bomber, and then if there is anything left try and develop a electromechanical computer.
Ministers: great Idea!
shadow ruler: now lets talk about the army we must organize! we have troops scattered all over france we must organize them and put them on the boarders with germany and italy but mainly germany. and appoint leaders
minister of army: right sir
the armys of francer were moved into the maginot line with a couple of armies placed in the mini maginot on the boarder with belgum then 2 smaller armies on the boarder with italy
april
minister of intl: sir we have made some progress with the development with the bombers and fighters and we have some spare money what should we spend it on?
shadow ruler: better guns for the army
now we must reform the navy we will make 3 battle fleets each with 2 battleships 4 crusers and a destroyer then one carrier fleet
minister of Navy: right away sir
july
sir an envoy of spain is here
Shadow: send him in
envoy: sir I am here to inform you that spain is in a civil war
Shadow: I'm surrounded by facists, tell you what I will send some stuff to help you guys out so you can beat the facists although in my experiance franco wins most of the time so its probably hopless
envoy: sir?
shadow: oh um I mean............... je ne parle pas espainol
envoy: oooook.... were speaking english....... soooo....
Shadow well of course we are now good luck with that war tell me how it goes (thinking to self almost blew my cover)
november
minister of intel; sir the cunucks have sent us a couple of rocket techs
SHadow ruler: oh gee thats great we can build bottle rockets now! we should send them an equally useless tech as a thankyou, something like.............. underwater basket weaving
minister of intel: yes sir right aways sir
france shares the awesome technology of underwater basket weaving with canada
december
shadow: ministers the year is over give me a sumary of the highlights
random minister: well sir the most important event is that canada was very happy with the technology we shared I heard that underwater basket weaving has replaced hocky as the national sport
Shadow : excellent anything else?
Laval: yes its election time what do you chose?
shadow: left
Laval: oh :confused: goodbye then
shadow: yeah whatever dude don't let the door hit you on your way out
SHAdow: anything else?
minister of intel yes we developed multirole fighters
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
 
1937
january
M. BLum walks into the room and addresses the ministers sirs under my guidence france will become great again and... he was cut off by the laughing of the ministers :rofl: then in walked the intern all the ministers stood and yelled we who are about to die salut you sir!
shadow ruler: ah hello Leon have a seat glad you could make it
pres. BLum who are you?
Shadow ruler: I am the ruling entity, the nameless one, he who rules,
pres.BLum: but i'm the president of france!
Shadow ruler: please make your point you are wasting my time
pres Blum: ???????? :confused:
Shadow ruler: yeah thats what I thought no sit down and speak only when spoken to! now to work
minister: sir we finished building more industry our ic is now 247
shadow: excellent increas the industy again and build some industry we will also continue our quest for the fighter and bomber. we must also start increasing the army build 3 infantry divisions and when they are done build 3 more and do that all year
minister: yes sir!
just then inwalked a british envoy and said I have been sent by my government to share with you the technology of mass production, in return we would like you to share underwater basket weaving
SHadow: ok
feb
minister of intel: sir we have finished the basic tactical bomber
shadow: wonderful start developing some better tank guns
chief of army: sir I just finished reading a book about war and it opened my mind to a bunch of new tactics
shadow: good, go develop deep area defence doc,
chief of army: yes sir
french training grounds
chief of army: now you must dig a hole as fast as you can then get inside and hide and while you are doing this practice our battle cry
at this time the shadow ruler was taking a walk and found himself in the army training grounds so he decided to see how the troops were doing. he entered to the chanting by all the soldiers of "we surrender we surrender"
shadow: hey chief what are they doing?
chief of army: oh that is our battle cry
and these are our secret weapons he said pulling out a white flag
shadow: there are going to be some changes around here no more of that battle cry ever! and and take away all their white flags
chief of army: but sir
shadow: now!
 
june
in walks a spanish envoy
spanish envoy: greetings sir you will be pleased to know that we have beaten the facists in the spanish civil war
shadow: oh well thats wonderful now i'm busy so go away
september
shadow: minister of intel
minister of itel: sir you know I have a name
shadow: of course you d, now tell me how does france compare with the other great nations of the world in technology?

minister of intel: well sir germanyhas the best land tech in the world we are tied for 2nd with the UK USSR and japan we are better then china italy and the USA, air tech we are better than USSR and china everyone else is better
shadow: ok
november
there was a parade held in paris demanding peace as well as demanding the return of the little eiffel tower souvenirs (it seems the man in charge was missing) so president blum went out to speak to the crowds
BLum: people I can assure you our government is interested in peace
angry peasant: hey what about the man in charge of the s9 department?
crowd: yeah!?
Blum: I don't know all I can tell you is that the government did not shoot him or anything and that I am in charge not anyone else
other angry guy: what are you talking about is there some kind of conspiracy?
shadow: (whispers) um just say holy S&%t what is that thing then when they look run away
december
Shadow: well another year is ended anyone want to say anything
Blum: why can't I be the president for real?
shadow: shut up you! or you won't be invited to the new years party. how is the mini maginot line coming ?
minister: we have built what is called a level 3 fort and its being improved to a level 4
SHadow: good, how many infantry divisions did we build this year?
chief of army: 10, oh and we no longer give the men whit flags and we changed the battle cry to "lets run away run away"
 
1938
january

sitting in his office the secret ruler of france was looking at one of those ink blot pictures when in walked a random minister
random minister: sir we have finished improving our industry our ic is now 276
Shadow ruler: good now we must secretly build up our forces for the coming conflict we have about a year and a half
minister: what conflict? year and a half?
shadow: um..... well..... never mind don't question me I amd the absolute ruler of france now leave me!
after this the secret ruler of france went to find his chief of army, he found him at the training ground.
chief of army: alright men lets practice the drill one more time then we can all take a nap ok everyone get ready...... GO!
this was followed by all the soldiers droping their weapons and running the other way screaming
shadow: um chief, what are you doing
chief of army: we are training sir, these are the best soldiers in europe
shadow: right, I'm sure, we need you to train as many infantry as you can mostly regular with some moterized
march
minister: sir we have finished some infantry what should we do with the extra ic?
shadow: modernize our airforce
2 fighters and 3 tac bombers upgraded
1939
january
ruling intern: build lots of bombers and fighters
minister: ok
shadow: develop an improved light tank with a 40 mm gun
minister: yeah I'll get right on that
june
minister: sir we now can build improved light tanks with 40 mm guns
shadow: cool dog lets build some
sept 1939
Hitler: president of poland I demand danzig or I will have to invade you
president of poland: kiss my a$$ Hitler B***h poland has the best cavalry in the world they will run your pathetic troops into the ground our lances will skewer you, we will see where your arrogance is when your little panzers meet the awesome might of the polish lancer, what have you to say to that!
Hitler: um...a... I guess this is war then tutaloo

right now the armed forces of france are thus
air force
7 basic multirole fighters
8 basic tac bombers
navy
3 fleets each with 2 BB 4 crusers and 1 dd
army
68 infantry
4 cavalry
11 moterized infantry
2 mechs
2 armor
4 mtn
most of the army is divided into groups of between 9 and 12 depending on the comander spread along the boarder with italy and germany inside the maginot line (mini line is level 4)

so any ideas on what my strategy should be? right now only germany is in the axis but all the balkans are facist and will probably join soon. so any ideas on what to do is cool
 
nice so far but fog of war off???????
 
oh yeah about the fog of war I only had it turne off before the war so I could see what was going on, once war started I turned it back on

september 1939

in the war room all the ministers are gathered with the absolute secret ruler

absolute secret ruler: I have decided that from now on you all must call me emperor
random minister: um sure thing big guy
emperor: alright war has broken out with germany any ideas on strategy
visiting war advisor: lets get military access in greece then invade bulgaria!
emperor: um well, were not actually at war with bulgaria but if we ever find ourselves at war with them we will be sure to try that
visiting war advisor: why wait? if we invade now they won't see it coming we can take them be suprise!
Emperor: but we don't want to take them by suprise
visiting war advisor: but what if....
emperor: NOOOO!!!
visiting war advisor: ok gosh just an idea
emperor: lets get access through switzerland, get me the swiss diplomat
swiss diplomat: howdy sir what can I do for ya
emperor: um can we please have military access through your country
swiss diplomat: ummmm....
emperor: please oh pretty pretty please
swiss diplomat: oh I just can't say no to you, alright
emperor: yeah! :rofl:
9 divisions moved to zurich then on to invade bregenz
minister: emperor hungary joined axis and holland joined allies
emperor: hey lets get access through that one country you know the small one
minister; yeah I know the one can't remember its name but I'll ask for access
military access through luxemburg granted
 
october

chief of army: emperor the army we sent through luxemburg to koln smashed the german division there and have taken koln
emperor:good, how is poland doing?
minister: warsaw has just fallen the poles are not doing very well
emperor: and the dutch?
minister: the germans have not attacked them yet
emperor: good
minister of itel: emperor our spies have just reported that germany and the soviets have signed a pact dividing poland
emperor: oh.... thats not good, what should we do
visiting war advisor; sneak attack the S.U.
emperor: no! we will send a 2nd army of 11 divisions to koln and then
chief of army: emperor our army in bregenz was just attacked by 14 german divisions including 4 panzer divisions, our army of 9 divisions destroyed them and sent the running back to germany!
emperor: yippee skippee
chief of army: emperor we now have 20 divisions in koln but now every german division in the area is positioning to attack they could drive us back
emperor could we send more troops?
chief of army: no they would not get there in time.
minister of itel: emperor a report is just coming in there has been an invasion by one of our allies in the north of germany they have turned around and are marching to meet it our army is saved!
emperor: is it england?
minister of intel: no, its....... its the canadians emperor the awesome armies of canada are killing germans at every turn they are invincible!
emperor: great, go with the invasions of saarbrucken
saarbrucken invaded 6 german divisions against 20 french after a 1/2 day of fighting the all powerful french army is forced to run away
the next day
emperor: (thinking to himself) I knew that battle cry of "run away" was no good
emperor: chief can you tell me why 20 french dvisions comanded by one of our best field marshels was defeated by 6 german divisions?
chief of army: um well sir you see its hard to explain
emperor: I don't want your excuses fix the problem

-well I really wish I knew what was wrong with my armies but oh well
 
after the horrible defeat of the french army in germany the emperor went on a vacation and came back on december 29th. upon entering his office an aide came in with a report of everything that had happened since we left.

report to the emperor
after our forces were defeated we pulled them back to france and placed them back on the maginot line. then our army in bregenz was attacked and we had to pull them back to zurich, but shortly after that we were able to move the army back into bregenz because the germans did not leave any garrison. Italy joined the axis and has been sinking our convoys as fast as they can. luxemburg was annexed by germany as well as Denmark.
Belgium joined the allies and was invaded by Germany. we sent the 1st army with 9 divisions under F.M. Juin where he with the help of Belgium's army won a smashing victory the germans lost 4 divisions. Juin is in belgium to help hold the front. we also sent 2 battle fleets to confront the Italians right now they have 39 italian ships pinned down in port in roma and cagliari.
emperor: get all the ministers and chiefs together
-in the war room-
minister: welcome back emperor how was your vacation?
emperor: wonderful, I went all over and I met this girl she was awesome she could..
minister of intel: ahem! sir we should get started
emperor: (sighs wistfully) well I guess your right
emperor: what is the situation in europe right now?
minister of intel: well sir poland luxemburg and denmark have all been annexed. the main allies are us and england and the axis now consists of Germany, Italy, bulgaria and hungary

minister: emperor the belgians have lent us the 1st belgian army (9 divisions)
emperor: good send the belgian 1st and the french 2nd under besson to Bruxelles that will give us 27 divisions there then send all 3 armies (B 1st f1st f2nd) to arlon to retake it from the germans. then creat a fast invasion force to invade the ports where the Italian fleets are pinned to try and destroy and capture as many ships as possible.
minister: yes emperor
-january
chief of army: emperor our invasion of arlon was a total failure we pulled back to bruxelles
chief of navy: emperor our fleets are taking a lot of punishment from the Italian fleets trying to escape port
emperor: how is that invasion force to capture the Italin fleet coming?
chief of army: we have 1 division of infantry ready
emperor: we need at least 4
-the rest of january
reaserch was started on medium tanks, 3 divisions were set aside for the "Italian job" the 3rd corps in africa were pushed back by Italy. stalemate on the german front brgenz held

any suggestions or Ideas I always like to hear other peoples Ideas on strategy and anyone with a bright idea can have a cameo if they would like :)
 
after the horrible defeat of the french army in germany the emperor went on a vacation and came back on december 29th. upon entering his office an aide came in with a report of everything that had happened since we left.

report to the emperor
after our forces were defeated we pulled them back to france and placed them back on the maginot line. then our army in bregenz was attacked and we had to pull them back to zurich, but shortly after that we were able to move the army back into bregenz because the germans did not leave any garrison. Italy joined the axis and has been sinking our convoys as fast as they can. luxemburg was annexed by germany as well as Denmark.
Belgium joined the allies and was invaded by Germany. we sent the 1st army with 9 divisions under F.M. Juin where he with the help of Belgium's army won a smashing victory the germans lost 4 divisions. Juin is in belgium to help hold the front. we also sent 2 battle fleets to confront the Italians right now they have 39 italian ships pinned down in port in roma and cagliari.
emperor: get all the ministers and chiefs together
-in the war room-
minister: welcome back emperor how was your vacation?
emperor: wonderful, I went all over and I met this girl she was awesome she could..
minister of intel: ahem! sir we should get started
emperor: (sighs wistfully) well I guess your right
emperor: what is the situation in europe right now?
minister of intel: well sir poland luxemburg and denmark have all been annexed. the main allies are us and england and the axis now consists of Germany, Italy, bulgaria and hungary

minister: emperor the belgians have lent us the 1st belgian army (9 divisions)
emperor: good send the belgian 1st and the french 2nd under besson to Bruxelles that will give us 27 divisions there then send all 3 armies (B 1st f1st f2nd) to arlon to retake it from the germans. then creat a fast invasion force to invade the ports where the Italian fleets are pinned to try and destroy and capture as many ships as possible.
minister: yes emperor
-january
chief of army: emperor our invasion of arlon was a total failure we pulled back to bruxelles
chief of navy: emperor our fleets are taking a lot of punishment from the Italian fleets trying to escape port
emperor: how is that invasion force to capture the Italin fleet coming?
chief of army: we have 1 division of infantry ready
emperor: we need at least 4
-the rest of january
reaserch was started on medium tanks, 3 divisions were set aside for the "Italian job" the 3rd corps in africa were pushed back by Italy. stalemate on the german front brgenz held

any suggestions or Ideas I always like to hear other peoples Ideas on strategy and anyone with a bright idea can have a cameo if they would like :)
 
operation italian job

-feb
emperor: we need to take care of the Italian fleet
chief of navy: well sir I have this plan I like to call it..... the Italian job
the 3 divisions put aside for this job were put in transports and sent to cagliari where 8 ships were hanging out. after a hard fight the island was taken 3 ships were sunk the other 5 escaped to roma. the 3 divisions were sent back to france for some r&r and a 4th division was added to the army.
the troops were loaded up once again and sailed to roma. the Italian fleet in roma consists of 26 ships. roma was defended by 2 divisions after a hard battle the french were victorius dealing the Italian navy a devastating blow with a loss of all but 5 cruisers 1 bb and a couple of destroyers the whole Italian navy is down to 39 ships mostly transports!
next update: disaster on the maginot line :eek:
and as always ideas comments and suggestions are not only welcome but greatly wanted