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Jopi said:
I temporarily installed Himmler (till mid may). The most important way to preserve your manpower in this strategy is to avoid EVER reinforcing your units back to full strength. As discussed in Math Guys winter war AAR thread, divisions continue at full combat capability until eliminated or reduced to zero org. A division at 70% strength is as good as one at 100% if you are winning all your battles. Any battle that would take 100% divisions down to 30% is a disaster anyway and absolutely must be avoided.
Don't be afraid to ask questions whilst your trying it. I'm interested in what are the key elements of the plan for it to succeed. I can confirm that it works but I haven't written it up yet.GrimReaper said:Most impressive; i will try out this strategy
Industrial Developments
Around the end of July and into early august the research and manufacturing programs begin to really pay off. We had all the basic infantry techs (SMG, medical etc) for improving our infantry divisions and artillery up to 120 howitzer. In early august 24 basic dive-bombers were completed and there was now a steady flow of new panzer divisions.
Around the end of July and into early august the research and manufacturing programs begin to really pay off. We had all the basic infantry techs (SMG, medical etc) for improving our infantry divisions and artillery up to 120 howitzer. In early august 24 basic dive-bombers were completed and there was now a steady flow of new panzer divisions.
Africa
Naval operations have covered the conquest of West Africa, French North Africa and Egypt and we left the Belgian Congo invaded but not conquered. We will need an overland supply line through Africa for strategic movement as well as supply. The German panzers easily sweep over all of Egypt and the Sudan, even sending some brief expeditions into the desert to deny the British any possible airbases.
For supply to southern and east Africa a single panzer division proceeds through the low infrastructure provinces of Omdurman, An Nuhud and Waw to arrive at Entebbe. I was fully ready to strategically deploy units to Waw for the actual invasion of Entebbe but the minimal defence and continuing good state of the original division negated the need for it. Entebbe was captured on September 20th.
Substantial forces were strategically moved in to continue the invasion of Kenya. There was no need to despatch forces into the Congo as the naval invasion would complete this before any land approach could achieve anything.
On October 11th the force from Banana captured Élisabethville and I was able to annex Belgium giving land connections through the northern congo to West Africa and Egypt. Panzer forces then took over the advance, arriving by strategic movement through our new land connections.
Several divisions moved into Kenya to finish the British divisions there. The British forces were pinned down in a battle for Nairobi and provided no resistance to the panzers coming from the West. Kenya was rapidly overrun and all allied forces destroyed. A single panzer division headed south to provide a land connection to South Africa.
The fleet meanwhile picked up further infantry divisions from the area of Nigeria (whilst the invasion of the Congo was still in progress) and took these south against significant but ineffectual British naval opposition. This army (six divisions) was landed on October 24th at Port Elisabeth in South Africa. Several divisions where lifted off and landed again at Durban on November 2nd. This force was clearly inadequate to capture Cape Town but forces were assigned to occupy East London and Johannesburg. Supply was provided from Kenya up the East African coast due to concerns about British naval presence in the South Atlantic with land supply expected to take over as soon as the low infrastructure terrain could be bridged by the panzers.
The fleet moved off up to Kenya to retrieve infantry forces from there and returned having occupied Zanzibar (November 18th) on the way due to the detection of British naval forces. With reinforcement the army in South Africa was able to complete the capture of Cape Town and annex South Africa on December 17th (happy birthday). This completed the conquest of Africa for the time being, all other provinces will either fall due to annexation of the home countries or belong to neutrals (Spain and Portugal) that are not yet being addressed.
The naval forces were now transferred to the far eastern command.
Naval operations have covered the conquest of West Africa, French North Africa and Egypt and we left the Belgian Congo invaded but not conquered. We will need an overland supply line through Africa for strategic movement as well as supply. The German panzers easily sweep over all of Egypt and the Sudan, even sending some brief expeditions into the desert to deny the British any possible airbases.
For supply to southern and east Africa a single panzer division proceeds through the low infrastructure provinces of Omdurman, An Nuhud and Waw to arrive at Entebbe. I was fully ready to strategically deploy units to Waw for the actual invasion of Entebbe but the minimal defence and continuing good state of the original division negated the need for it. Entebbe was captured on September 20th.
Substantial forces were strategically moved in to continue the invasion of Kenya. There was no need to despatch forces into the Congo as the naval invasion would complete this before any land approach could achieve anything.
On October 11th the force from Banana captured Élisabethville and I was able to annex Belgium giving land connections through the northern congo to West Africa and Egypt. Panzer forces then took over the advance, arriving by strategic movement through our new land connections.
Several divisions moved into Kenya to finish the British divisions there. The British forces were pinned down in a battle for Nairobi and provided no resistance to the panzers coming from the West. Kenya was rapidly overrun and all allied forces destroyed. A single panzer division headed south to provide a land connection to South Africa.
The fleet meanwhile picked up further infantry divisions from the area of Nigeria (whilst the invasion of the Congo was still in progress) and took these south against significant but ineffectual British naval opposition. This army (six divisions) was landed on October 24th at Port Elisabeth in South Africa. Several divisions where lifted off and landed again at Durban on November 2nd. This force was clearly inadequate to capture Cape Town but forces were assigned to occupy East London and Johannesburg. Supply was provided from Kenya up the East African coast due to concerns about British naval presence in the South Atlantic with land supply expected to take over as soon as the low infrastructure terrain could be bridged by the panzers.
The fleet moved off up to Kenya to retrieve infantry forces from there and returned having occupied Zanzibar (November 18th) on the way due to the detection of British naval forces. With reinforcement the army in South Africa was able to complete the capture of Cape Town and annex South Africa on December 17th (happy birthday). This completed the conquest of Africa for the time being, all other provinces will either fall due to annexation of the home countries or belong to neutrals (Spain and Portugal) that are not yet being addressed.
The naval forces were now transferred to the far eastern command.
South East Asia
The invasion of India was opposed by a massive British force in Karachi. Substantial German forces were placed on the Persian border with minor forces completing the capture of Tehran – Persian annexation on August 8th. India could have been attacked directly and the British forces driven back but this would just have pushed them into an even stronger defensive position.
I therefore launched a naval invasion at Rajkot with substantial forces landing on August 23rd. These forces swept round Karachi and captured Quetta on September 16th. It was worth the wait as the pocket closed and crushed 48 British divisions to destruction.
Meanwhile, single panzer divisions were rushing all over India occupying most of the country against no opposition whatsoever. Significant new British forces appeared in Southern India but these achieved nothing except keeping a few panzer divisions occupied toying with them until annexation time.
Our armies continued their march east rushing into Burma but then crawling very slowly across it.
This slow advance was supplemented by our naval forces capturing islands and then landing in Burma. Columbo taken on October 18th, Port Blair on October 28th and landing at Bassein and Rangoon on November 2nd.
Forces were immediately redeployed to Rangoon and we declared war on Siam. Siam provides vital land access to French Indochina and Malaya and had to go now. The invasion and conquest of Siam was extremely slow with annexation taking until December 23rd.
Naval forces were able to continue the conquest of South East Asia with landings at Kota Baharu and Singapore on November 9th against no opposition. This naval force continued with rapid occupations of key points; Nov 13th Rach Gia, Nov 14th Trang, Nov 19th Saigon, Nov 20th Kuching, Nov 25th Hanoi, Dec 4th Hong Kong.
Meanwhile a separate transport fleet (the transport fleet with some captured additions had split into 3) carried out an invasion of the Philippines on November 22nd. This invasion continued without reinforcement or any naval action for some time with annexation on January 22nd. The only cause of this delay was the time taken for our troops to march into all the VP provinces. The Philippine defence was of very limited effect.
The third naval force set of eastwards to start occupying the VP islands. Landings ; Dec 3rd New Britain and North Solomon, Dec 9th South Solomon and then on to New Zealand. Fortunately there was no naval opposition at New Zealand and landings at Auckland (December 15th) and Wellington (December 24th) allowed us to annex them on Christmas day.
This force then turned westward and landed in Australia. This invasion later being supplemented by a landing at Perth from the first transport fleet. Australia needed no more than a dozen divisions to subdue but it took some time to get to all the VP provinces. Cairns is the awkward one because it has no convenient naval access. Australia was finally annexed on February 3rd when I bothered to land at Port Moresby (forgetfulness).
This completed the conquest of South East Asia.
The invasion of India was opposed by a massive British force in Karachi. Substantial German forces were placed on the Persian border with minor forces completing the capture of Tehran – Persian annexation on August 8th. India could have been attacked directly and the British forces driven back but this would just have pushed them into an even stronger defensive position.
I therefore launched a naval invasion at Rajkot with substantial forces landing on August 23rd. These forces swept round Karachi and captured Quetta on September 16th. It was worth the wait as the pocket closed and crushed 48 British divisions to destruction.
Meanwhile, single panzer divisions were rushing all over India occupying most of the country against no opposition whatsoever. Significant new British forces appeared in Southern India but these achieved nothing except keeping a few panzer divisions occupied toying with them until annexation time.
Our armies continued their march east rushing into Burma but then crawling very slowly across it.
This slow advance was supplemented by our naval forces capturing islands and then landing in Burma. Columbo taken on October 18th, Port Blair on October 28th and landing at Bassein and Rangoon on November 2nd.
Forces were immediately redeployed to Rangoon and we declared war on Siam. Siam provides vital land access to French Indochina and Malaya and had to go now. The invasion and conquest of Siam was extremely slow with annexation taking until December 23rd.
Naval forces were able to continue the conquest of South East Asia with landings at Kota Baharu and Singapore on November 9th against no opposition. This naval force continued with rapid occupations of key points; Nov 13th Rach Gia, Nov 14th Trang, Nov 19th Saigon, Nov 20th Kuching, Nov 25th Hanoi, Dec 4th Hong Kong.
Meanwhile a separate transport fleet (the transport fleet with some captured additions had split into 3) carried out an invasion of the Philippines on November 22nd. This invasion continued without reinforcement or any naval action for some time with annexation on January 22nd. The only cause of this delay was the time taken for our troops to march into all the VP provinces. The Philippine defence was of very limited effect.
The third naval force set of eastwards to start occupying the VP islands. Landings ; Dec 3rd New Britain and North Solomon, Dec 9th South Solomon and then on to New Zealand. Fortunately there was no naval opposition at New Zealand and landings at Auckland (December 15th) and Wellington (December 24th) allowed us to annex them on Christmas day.
This force then turned westward and landed in Australia. This invasion later being supplemented by a landing at Perth from the first transport fleet. Australia needed no more than a dozen divisions to subdue but it took some time to get to all the VP provinces. Cairns is the awkward one because it has no convenient naval access. Australia was finally annexed on February 3rd when I bothered to land at Port Moresby (forgetfulness).
This completed the conquest of South East Asia.
Nepal
Nepal poses an interesting problem in this AAR. It is a very minor allied nation with an army, which is no threat at all, but unless you are careful it is very difficult to conquer due to its low infrastructure, mountainous terrain and the extremely tedious process of actually getting there. I designated and entire air fleet, 3 Panzer divisions and several infantry divisions to cordon it off. First I allowed them to recapture a province of northern India with one of their two divisions. After kicking its arse with the panzers, I used the air fleet (12 basic DB) to bomb it out of existence whilst it retreated. The panzers were then despatched to Nepal (they get there quickest) starting at maximum org, this is important as they lose a lot on the way in. The air fleet was tasked with continuous bombing of the Nepalese infantry division until the panzers got there. If the panzers attack when the defenders have 10 org (a pretty typical state from short term bombing) then they have considerable difficulty and may easily lose the battle. It seems to be essential to inflict massive bombing to achieve an easy victory. The whole process is not helped by the time of year but there is little choice it has to be done now. Nepal was annexed on December 21st.
Nepal poses an interesting problem in this AAR. It is a very minor allied nation with an army, which is no threat at all, but unless you are careful it is very difficult to conquer due to its low infrastructure, mountainous terrain and the extremely tedious process of actually getting there. I designated and entire air fleet, 3 Panzer divisions and several infantry divisions to cordon it off. First I allowed them to recapture a province of northern India with one of their two divisions. After kicking its arse with the panzers, I used the air fleet (12 basic DB) to bomb it out of existence whilst it retreated. The panzers were then despatched to Nepal (they get there quickest) starting at maximum org, this is important as they lose a lot on the way in. The air fleet was tasked with continuous bombing of the Nepalese infantry division until the panzers got there. If the panzers attack when the defenders have 10 org (a pretty typical state from short term bombing) then they have considerable difficulty and may easily lose the battle. It seems to be essential to inflict massive bombing to achieve an easy victory. The whole process is not helped by the time of year but there is little choice it has to be done now. Nepal was annexed on December 21st.
France
During the 1937 summer recess, I reviewed what provinces I needed for annexation. Oh dear, I do need those maginot provinces where the French army is bottled up and they are not ever going to be out of supply. So, we away and gave them the opportunity to strike for Paris and on October 15th they took the bait. They were left alone waiting for them to become a little adventurous and waiting for troops to be sent back from Africa and the Far East so that the actually maginot attacks could be made at maximum strength.
When they finally moved about half their force out a concentric attack by about 60 divisions was launched with the best leaders etc. I don’t know how much the fortress buster leaders helped, but these were extremely costly attacks with the maginot line not finally taken until January 23rd. The French units loose in mainland france were quickly mopped up and France annexed on January 27th.
To add a little excitement to this process, republican Spain joined the allies on 1st January. This seemed a little foolish of them, especially seeing as how they were doing quite well against the nationalists. I immediately sent in 12 panzer divisions followed by a few infantry divisions for province garrisons. The panzers went charging through spain and I annexed them on February 4th, allowing all the overseas possessions to stay with the Nationalists.
When annexing a country, any provinces that belong to it that others have national claims on go to those others. The remaining provinces go to you. This meant taking all the provinces in Spain I wanted to have rather than just the VP provinces. I bet Franco is little upset.
During the 1937 summer recess, I reviewed what provinces I needed for annexation. Oh dear, I do need those maginot provinces where the French army is bottled up and they are not ever going to be out of supply. So, we away and gave them the opportunity to strike for Paris and on October 15th they took the bait. They were left alone waiting for them to become a little adventurous and waiting for troops to be sent back from Africa and the Far East so that the actually maginot attacks could be made at maximum strength.
When they finally moved about half their force out a concentric attack by about 60 divisions was launched with the best leaders etc. I don’t know how much the fortress buster leaders helped, but these were extremely costly attacks with the maginot line not finally taken until January 23rd. The French units loose in mainland france were quickly mopped up and France annexed on January 27th.
To add a little excitement to this process, republican Spain joined the allies on 1st January. This seemed a little foolish of them, especially seeing as how they were doing quite well against the nationalists. I immediately sent in 12 panzer divisions followed by a few infantry divisions for province garrisons. The panzers went charging through spain and I annexed them on February 4th, allowing all the overseas possessions to stay with the Nationalists.
When annexing a country, any provinces that belong to it that others have national claims on go to those others. The remaining provinces go to you. This meant taking all the provinces in Spain I wanted to have rather than just the VP provinces. I bet Franco is little upset.
Spare Time
At this point I suddenly found myself with spare time before the deadline and low dissent (1 point for war on Siam) so I decided on a little adventurism. I invaded Yugoslavia (Feb 13th to 20th) and then Hungary (Feb 22nd to 30th). Both are trivial campaigns focused entirely on their VP provinces. Both invasions being a little risky (I think both but it may only be Hungary) due to the possibility of triggering soviet aggression. I would have been happier if these battles had been a little quicker but you can only move as fast as your units move.
I had thought that I had till the 1st March but when nothing happened I looked it up and found I had a whole month to spare. I couldn’t think of much I could do reliably in a month so I took out Denmark (March 7th to 10th) and on march 30th
At this point I suddenly found myself with spare time before the deadline and low dissent (1 point for war on Siam) so I decided on a little adventurism. I invaded Yugoslavia (Feb 13th to 20th) and then Hungary (Feb 22nd to 30th). Both are trivial campaigns focused entirely on their VP provinces. Both invasions being a little risky (I think both but it may only be Hungary) due to the possibility of triggering soviet aggression. I would have been happier if these battles had been a little quicker but you can only move as fast as your units move.
I had thought that I had till the 1st March but when nothing happened I looked it up and found I had a whole month to spare. I couldn’t think of much I could do reliably in a month so I took out Denmark (March 7th to 10th) and on march 30th
ANSCHLUSS
Kanitatlan said:
I think there is some possibility that you have to capture the province by combat (not just walking into it) and have to have a guarding fleet outside. But I haven't tested either..
In my experience, Japan declares war in Siam's defense, even early on. I was playing as the USSR, though. Perhaps that makes a difference?
I second the cry for screenies...
Excellent, so far this has been the most technically rich aar (or forum post at all) that I've read and one of the best by far.
Congrats Kanitatlan and thanks for providing a low demandig spare activity in exams time.
Excellent, so far this has been the most technically rich aar (or forum post at all) that I've read and one of the best by far.
Congrats Kanitatlan and thanks for providing a low demandig spare activity in exams time.
Chancellor Hynkel? Don't forget that he also is the Phooey. And what is this talk of Himmler, you mean interior minister Garbitsch no doubt.
Unfortunately I don't currently have any web hosting set up and Paradox insist that you host your images elsewhere so no screenies I'm afraid even though I've got them. I do have a few screenies on record that could be brought up later but it doesn't add much. There has been a hell of a lot of activity squeezed into a relatively short AAR.
For all you great dictator fans, I'm sorry I haven't used the right names but I didn't want to confuse everyone about exactly which in game minister was being used and also I didn't want to show myself up for not remembering the details of the film correctly.
For all you great dictator fans, I'm sorry I haven't used the right names but I didn't want to confuse everyone about exactly which in game minister was being used and also I didn't want to show myself up for not remembering the details of the film correctly.
Review of the Show so Far
In hindsight I would raise a few criticisms of the German performance so far.
On the production and technology front I believe the strategy adopted is close to ideal for the circumstances but there are a few weaknesses.
There should be a naval construction program aimed at producing units in mid to late summer 1937. There should be a horde of submarines (36?) that can cheaply dispute control of the seas with the allied fleets. These should proceed ahead of the main battle squadrons to reduce damage to our surface ships. The surface ships are very expensive to replace and perform a vital function in providing fire support for landings.
These submarines can also be used to screen expeditions that are transports only. The objective is to be able to operate more amphibious squadrons and hence carry out more operations in parallel.
The second area is the construction of more transports. This has two functions, first to allow a larger lift capacity and hence the ability to operate more amphibious operations in parallel and secondly to provide for transports on standby to carry out operations in secondary theatres when troops become available. I have on occasion found that I wanted to carry out an operation thousands of miles from the current fleet location – for example the occupation of a supply depleted Malta. Having a surplus of transports addresses this issue.
The availability of resources has not been a problem at any time. The constant capturing of national reserves from other nations has totally negated any resource shortages. This is dependent on maintaining the speed of operations; any significant delays will cause problems with rubber availability. These will take a long time to deplete first oil and then coal supplies and import of US oil may be sufficient but would require an excessive commitment of our transport capacity. At the time of Anschluss German industry does not require any imports at all and we have a surplus of all resources just from land connected sources. This means that the entire North American resource capability is in reserve for when our industrial efficiency increases.
My main criticism is the pace of military operations. Reviewing a step at a time:-
Between the suppression of France and the invasion of the USA there was about 4 weeks of wasted time. If this had been hurried we could have invaded the USA 4 weeks earlier.
Following the conquest of the USA there was some additional delay whilst troops were brought back to Europe to invade Poland. The build up of forces was much greater than what was really required and this could probably have occurred at least 2 weeks earlier.
After Poland the invasion of Romania, Bulgaria and then on into the middle east did not require a full commitment of resources and this would have been a good time to return to France, draw troops out from the Maginot line and deal with them. Also it would have been possible to take out Hungary and Yugoslavia at this time as well.
Operations into India were delayed slightly by having to wait for the fleet. The fleet action could probably taken place 2 weeks earlier hence advancing the schedule.
Towards the end troop commitments were dropping of significantly from the beginning of 1938. There were significant spare resources but I was being too nervous about being at peace by the end of March (I was aiming for the start by mistake).
In total I recon that I could have had up to 4 months of additional even if only part of my forces were available for some of this time. This would have been plenty of time to finish of Europe although the naval production strategy would have had to provide additional naval forces for the invasion of Scandinavia. I could have committed limited forces to a long drawn out campaign to take Mexico and South America without preventing operations elsewhere. Again this would be best executed with additional naval forces available in 1938.
I did not completely use up my manpower and therefore could have had additional land forces. The bulk of the ICs expended on technology did not yield any benefit during this campaign period and could easily have been transferred to production.
At April 2nd a check on security minister shows that a switch to “man of the people” takes my monthly manpower from 22 to 42. This is a virtual doubling of manpower and if I had used this minister instead of devoting ICs to supply stockpile and technology then I could have had 200 extra manpower. This may be an overestimate of the effect he would have earlier on but this manpower could have been translated into additional units for secondary attacks.
Over all I would propose that a second attempt should be devoted to an even more extreme objective, including the invasion and conquest of far more nations. I did think that this AAR might be the end of the possibilities for high speed world dominance but I’ve made too many mistakes.
In hindsight I would raise a few criticisms of the German performance so far.
On the production and technology front I believe the strategy adopted is close to ideal for the circumstances but there are a few weaknesses.
There should be a naval construction program aimed at producing units in mid to late summer 1937. There should be a horde of submarines (36?) that can cheaply dispute control of the seas with the allied fleets. These should proceed ahead of the main battle squadrons to reduce damage to our surface ships. The surface ships are very expensive to replace and perform a vital function in providing fire support for landings.
These submarines can also be used to screen expeditions that are transports only. The objective is to be able to operate more amphibious squadrons and hence carry out more operations in parallel.
The second area is the construction of more transports. This has two functions, first to allow a larger lift capacity and hence the ability to operate more amphibious operations in parallel and secondly to provide for transports on standby to carry out operations in secondary theatres when troops become available. I have on occasion found that I wanted to carry out an operation thousands of miles from the current fleet location – for example the occupation of a supply depleted Malta. Having a surplus of transports addresses this issue.
The availability of resources has not been a problem at any time. The constant capturing of national reserves from other nations has totally negated any resource shortages. This is dependent on maintaining the speed of operations; any significant delays will cause problems with rubber availability. These will take a long time to deplete first oil and then coal supplies and import of US oil may be sufficient but would require an excessive commitment of our transport capacity. At the time of Anschluss German industry does not require any imports at all and we have a surplus of all resources just from land connected sources. This means that the entire North American resource capability is in reserve for when our industrial efficiency increases.
My main criticism is the pace of military operations. Reviewing a step at a time:-
Between the suppression of France and the invasion of the USA there was about 4 weeks of wasted time. If this had been hurried we could have invaded the USA 4 weeks earlier.
Following the conquest of the USA there was some additional delay whilst troops were brought back to Europe to invade Poland. The build up of forces was much greater than what was really required and this could probably have occurred at least 2 weeks earlier.
After Poland the invasion of Romania, Bulgaria and then on into the middle east did not require a full commitment of resources and this would have been a good time to return to France, draw troops out from the Maginot line and deal with them. Also it would have been possible to take out Hungary and Yugoslavia at this time as well.
Operations into India were delayed slightly by having to wait for the fleet. The fleet action could probably taken place 2 weeks earlier hence advancing the schedule.
Towards the end troop commitments were dropping of significantly from the beginning of 1938. There were significant spare resources but I was being too nervous about being at peace by the end of March (I was aiming for the start by mistake).
In total I recon that I could have had up to 4 months of additional even if only part of my forces were available for some of this time. This would have been plenty of time to finish of Europe although the naval production strategy would have had to provide additional naval forces for the invasion of Scandinavia. I could have committed limited forces to a long drawn out campaign to take Mexico and South America without preventing operations elsewhere. Again this would be best executed with additional naval forces available in 1938.
I did not completely use up my manpower and therefore could have had additional land forces. The bulk of the ICs expended on technology did not yield any benefit during this campaign period and could easily have been transferred to production.
At April 2nd a check on security minister shows that a switch to “man of the people” takes my monthly manpower from 22 to 42. This is a virtual doubling of manpower and if I had used this minister instead of devoting ICs to supply stockpile and technology then I could have had 200 extra manpower. This may be an overestimate of the effect he would have earlier on but this manpower could have been translated into additional units for secondary attacks.
Over all I would propose that a second attempt should be devoted to an even more extreme objective, including the invasion and conquest of far more nations. I did think that this AAR might be the end of the possibilities for high speed world dominance but I’ve made too many mistakes.
Review of the Current Situation
The current situation leaves me as the dominant world power with control of most of Europe, North America, Africa, Southern Asia and Australasia. There are significant number of countries left that could pose a threat to our security (sorry, I’m being Hynkel here).
. Italy
. Japan
. Soviet Union
· Netherlands
· Nationalist Spain
· Portugal
· Greece
· Norway
· Sweden
· Finland
· Switzerland
· Czechoslovakia
· All of South America
· Mexico
· Nationalist China
· Communist China
· Sinkiang
· Manchukuo
· Tibet
· Afghanistan
Armed Forces
Ger 146 div including 60 panzers
Sov 162 div including 12 armoured
Chi 90 div but 56 are militia
Ita 70 div
Jap 52 div
Spa 32 but 25 are militia
Cze 26
Bra 22
Gre 18
Neth 17
Fin 16
Swe 13
Arg 12
Etc.
We have a strong but not dominant naval position with only Italy and Japan competing on numbers. The lesser powers however can field a fairly decent navy if you add them all together.
The next big event, alluded to at the start, is the treaty of Munich, though I’m not sure who exactly is signing this treaty, but this happens on 29th September which gives me six months to do so more stuff. The objective this time is the rest of Europe, except Finland and Czechoslovakia, South America, Mexico and anything else I fancy in passing. This is no great challenge but does require some fast work to get round everyone in the time. After the Munich event I will ignore all further scheduled events and go for world conquest of all significant powers.
The current situation leaves me as the dominant world power with control of most of Europe, North America, Africa, Southern Asia and Australasia. There are significant number of countries left that could pose a threat to our security (sorry, I’m being Hynkel here).
. Italy
. Japan
. Soviet Union
· Netherlands
· Nationalist Spain
· Portugal
· Greece
· Norway
· Sweden
· Finland
· Switzerland
· Czechoslovakia
· All of South America
· Mexico
· Nationalist China
· Communist China
· Sinkiang
· Manchukuo
· Tibet
· Afghanistan
Armed Forces
Ger 146 div including 60 panzers
Sov 162 div including 12 armoured
Chi 90 div but 56 are militia
Ita 70 div
Jap 52 div
Spa 32 but 25 are militia
Cze 26
Bra 22
Gre 18
Neth 17
Fin 16
Swe 13
Arg 12
Etc.
We have a strong but not dominant naval position with only Italy and Japan competing on numbers. The lesser powers however can field a fairly decent navy if you add them all together.
The next big event, alluded to at the start, is the treaty of Munich, though I’m not sure who exactly is signing this treaty, but this happens on 29th September which gives me six months to do so more stuff. The objective this time is the rest of Europe, except Finland and Czechoslovakia, South America, Mexico and anything else I fancy in passing. This is no great challenge but does require some fast work to get round everyone in the time. After the Munich event I will ignore all further scheduled events and go for world conquest of all significant powers.
I would like screenies too.
Very good question; who is to sign the Treaty of Munich? Is Germany signing with itself perhaps
Very good question; who is to sign the Treaty of Munich? Is Germany signing with itself perhaps