Denmark's done well so far. They are outnumbered though, when the Norwegians actually do show up. So then we'll see which side has better equipment, support etc.
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Denmark's done well so far. They are outnumbered though, when the Norwegians actually do show up. So then we'll see which side has better equipment, support etc.
Albanian AI Logic:
Italy wants Montenegro: We Shall Never Surrender!
Italy wants to annex Albania: Yes Master.
Italy wants Montenegro: We Shall Never Surrender!
Italy wants to annex Albania: Yes Master.
Is everything really fine and dandy in the UK, or is this more of a Star Wars situation?
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This is the first of several surprises I get in 1937. It will not be the most random or the most surprising.
Funny though.
I'm pretty sure everything is fine now and it's all fine.
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With me getting behind due to RL stuff and the frenetic pace of updates, I had a big catch up to do, but am now back up to speed. The only thing sillier and more unlikely than the strange clique of characters surrounding the Mighty Cheesare this time around are the world events of this ATL. Simply mad!
I won’t comment much on the earlier chapters, but have picked out a bit from the last few.
I won’t comment much on the earlier chapters, but have picked out a bit from the last few.
Ahem. Perhaps Cheesolini needs another new adviser: Dickson Ballz. The Mighty Black Cock was understandably unimpressed by the Mediocre Blue Cock. Which later events showed wouldn’t even fight for itself.
A wonder!
I agree
What-what? The world really has gone mad. The handbasket trip to hell is in full swing.
Do they look as powerful as the Trotskyite uprising? That one seems to usually wipe Stalin off the map.
This one sailed a kilometre over my head - just couldn’t figure it out.
Ridiculously so!Sure enough, 14 working days later…
…
“Wow,” Cheesolini said, as the map was painted in, and various high fives were dished out around the table.
“That was easy!”
For as long as you can get away with it.
And that didn’t take long - at least there were some fisticuffs this time, though it didn’t seem to last long. Did Italy take any substantive casualties? Probably not. With Romania to come next - anyone guaranteeing them?
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This one sailed a kilometre over my head - just couldn’t figure it out.
Glued to their radio sets.
Disjointed commentary would only add to the rather bewildering series of events, I suspect.
Nah, very easy.
Romania is actually guaranteed by the Czechs and France. Greece is much easier a target now I can strike all along the border.
Romania gets to live until something happens to France. I doubt it surprises anyone to learn that this does indeed happen at some point.
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Ok, maybe just the 2nd Soviet Civil War question then as it’s extant: does the rebellion look like it has any chance of winning at this stage?
The placement of civil war factions in this run seem...different. For example, the Republicans got a lot more land than I usually see in Spanish civil war starts.
Or this might be because it's the SSSR rather than Trotsky's rebellion. T tends to spawn in Ukraine, meaning that they not only have the manpower advantage but also have a short (ish) walk to Moscow and all the industry.
Here, the SSSR have the manpower advantage. Double the manpower of Stalin. So depending on how many troops they spawned with, they don't just outnumber stalin now but will always outnumber the soviets. However, they are really far away from Soviet power bases. They'll have to fight across a huge amount of land to get to European Russia. So stalin has time and space to work with, esepcially as Germany isn't going after him.
In essence, the SSSR is really dangerous and if they break out of where they are right now, they are probably going to win. So Stalin needs to keep them in the steppe away from everything valuable...but that probably means throwing everything he currently has at this problem...and whilst Germany is no threat, Poland and Japan both have decision trees about Russia and are right there on the border.
So my prediction is the Soviets win if they can keep SSSR locked up tight and avoid foreign invasions. And the SSR will win if they can either break out themselves or some other power invades the soviets whilst they're away.
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It no doubt spawns differently, but looking at the geographical situation it should have been Stalin with the larger pops/manpower, but there you go. This run really is coup and civil war central so far!
Chapter 15: World in Review
Chapter 15: World in Review
9th June 1937
9th June 1937
This guy...straight up should not be running Bulgaria.
“Wait, why is Hristo Lukov the new puppet tyrant of Bulgaria?”
Beancounter glanced up from his desk, strewn high with neatly organised piles of papers. “Problem? He not right-wing enough?”
“Right-wing enough? He’s a Nazi!”
“Ah…” Beancounter looked faintly embarrassed. “Is he at least qualified?”
“He was a solider and used to be Minister of War, so I suppose some sort of government job isn’t unreasonable. Quite why a Nazi loyalist is now running one of our puppet regimes though…it just doesn’t make any sense. He isn’t even that popular, and neither is his party.”
“They only have to tide us over until we can annex it all, remember.”
“Still,” Alan gestured in futility. “Never mind…I suppose we should head out. He wanted that world review done today.”
Cheesolini had finally achieved sleep after tossing and turning for what seemed like days but was actually weeks. He was snug, cosy and warm, and his two main advisors bursting in really upset him deeply.
“I am most aggrieved,” he said.
“It is 2pm, Mighty Cheesare,” Alan said apologetically.
“I am master of time and space.”
“Travelling in time once, by accident, is not sufficient grounds for that title,” Beancounter bounced onto the bed and took out his portable map stand and pointer. “Now, the world summary?”
“Oh…very well,” Cheesolini grumbled, scooting up to make room for Alan to sit next to him, and fluffing up pillows to rest against.
“Starting with France, their political crisis has gotten even worse. It looks unlikely for them to reach the next election in 1940 without at least one coup attempt, probably more. Currently the two big groups are the socialists and the fascists, but there are several monarchist groups running around as well.”
“Yes, we know all this, basically the same as last time we looked at France,” Cheesolini huffed. “Move on.”
“Ah, but observe: one of the factions is on our payroll.”
“We’re doing that?”
“I do things outside of our meetings, Mighty Cheesare.”
“Huh. Go on then, Beancounter.”
Beancounter glanced up from his desk, strewn high with neatly organised piles of papers. “Problem? He not right-wing enough?”
“Right-wing enough? He’s a Nazi!”
“Ah…” Beancounter looked faintly embarrassed. “Is he at least qualified?”
“He was a solider and used to be Minister of War, so I suppose some sort of government job isn’t unreasonable. Quite why a Nazi loyalist is now running one of our puppet regimes though…it just doesn’t make any sense. He isn’t even that popular, and neither is his party.”
“They only have to tide us over until we can annex it all, remember.”
“Still,” Alan gestured in futility. “Never mind…I suppose we should head out. He wanted that world review done today.”
Cheesolini had finally achieved sleep after tossing and turning for what seemed like days but was actually weeks. He was snug, cosy and warm, and his two main advisors bursting in really upset him deeply.
“I am most aggrieved,” he said.
“It is 2pm, Mighty Cheesare,” Alan said apologetically.
“I am master of time and space.”
“Travelling in time once, by accident, is not sufficient grounds for that title,” Beancounter bounced onto the bed and took out his portable map stand and pointer. “Now, the world summary?”
“Oh…very well,” Cheesolini grumbled, scooting up to make room for Alan to sit next to him, and fluffing up pillows to rest against.
“Starting with France, their political crisis has gotten even worse. It looks unlikely for them to reach the next election in 1940 without at least one coup attempt, probably more. Currently the two big groups are the socialists and the fascists, but there are several monarchist groups running around as well.”
“Yes, we know all this, basically the same as last time we looked at France,” Cheesolini huffed. “Move on.”
“Ah, but observe: one of the factions is on our payroll.”
“We’re doing that?”
“I do things outside of our meetings, Mighty Cheesare.”
“Huh. Go on then, Beancounter.”
“As I was saying, the Mouvement Franciste is bankrolled by us, and is proving very popular. Fascist, very pro-Italian, and has spiffy blue shirts. They were banned after a series of riots in 1933, but clearly, they’ve come back stronger.”
“Noted. Okay, so hopefully these guys take over at some point. Working with the French…not something I thought I’d ever do, especially on purpose. Who’s the socialist faction?”
“There are various groups of course, but the main one seems to be the Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party, not to be confused with the Radical Party, the Radical Party of the Left, etc.”
“Obviously. What’s their deal, Alan?”
“Despite the name, they are moderate centre-leftists for the most part. They’re currently helping run the Popular Front, the rather more radically left-wing government of France.”
“So…wait, hang on,” Cheesolini struggled to think deep thoughts in his pyjamas, “This moderate lefty party is already in government, doesn’t like the more radical socialists and communists it’s in coalition with, and are rather more liberal than revolutionary?”
“Essentially, yes.”
“But they are also leading the communist revolution faction?”
This threw me a little in research, and Cheesolini's reaction is my original one, until I noted the 'Radicals' are actually 'democratic'.
“No, Mighty Cheesare,” Beancounter interjected. “They are running the democratic coalition. The Parti Communiste Francais, that is, literally the French Communist Party, are heading that faction.”
“I see…ok, what’s their deal?”
“Formed after most of the French delegates resigned from the then Communist International, at the behest of Ho Chi Minh-”
“What, really?”
“Sort of. He was involved, certainly. Anyway, the party didn’t really get anywhere in the mainstream of French politics until those afore mentioned far right riots in the early 30s. After that, the Popular Front formed, and they joined in. Technically, they have supporters in government and support the present status quo.”
“But also want a Communist revolution?”
Beancounter and Alan both waggled their hands. “Eh…not really? Though clearly some of the more extreme members are calling for such a thing as the party grows in popularity.”
“And who are these grey voters?”
“I see…ok, what’s their deal?”
“Formed after most of the French delegates resigned from the then Communist International, at the behest of Ho Chi Minh-”
“What, really?”
“Sort of. He was involved, certainly. Anyway, the party didn’t really get anywhere in the mainstream of French politics until those afore mentioned far right riots in the early 30s. After that, the Popular Front formed, and they joined in. Technically, they have supporters in government and support the present status quo.”
“But also want a Communist revolution?”
Beancounter and Alan both waggled their hands. “Eh…not really? Though clearly some of the more extreme members are calling for such a thing as the party grows in popularity.”
“And who are these grey voters?”
Ah, even after all this time, it's nice to see some true Non-Algihned factions still exist in this game. I wonder if the Non-Aligned States of America is still a thing? God knows we might even see them in this AAR the way things have been going...
“Literally the non-aligned. Basically irrelevant really, as the other three factions are close to warring violently with each other.”
“Blimey. France makes me sad. Can we move on now?”
“Blimey. France makes me sad. Can we move on now?”
Based on this, we might see Germany go full democratic. What a wild ride that country's been on in the past year!
“We can. Germany sees some recovery from the civil war. For some reason, the Nazi party still has 18% of the vote, but the big surprise is the democrats beginning to become outright dominant. Clearly the military allowing elections has backfired somewhat as there seems genuine appetite to return to the Weimar Republic, or at least some form of democracy. Even now, there seems to still be 18% vote for communists too.”
“The communists are doing very well for themselves, in this timeline anyway.”
“Indeed…I’m not sure why that could be Mighty Cheesare, but it’s something we should keep in mind.”
“The communists are doing very well for themselves, in this timeline anyway.”
“Indeed…I’m not sure why that could be Mighty Cheesare, but it’s something we should keep in mind.”
“On to the UK, there is basically nothing new or interesting here politically. Baldwin remains PM, the vote share of the three main parties remains at 90%, and the fascists and communists are a tiny minority. That being said, they have decided to start supporting the Danish cause covertly, buying a lot of their goods and services.”
“In Spain, the Republic remains committed to the Popular Front. The PCE, the actual communist party, holds just over 50% of the vote, and the other members another third. Should the Republic win the war, as seems likely, Spain may well become a socialist nation.”
“Hmm…another one. If France and Spain were both to fall…”
“It would be troublesome, yes, Mighty Cheesare. The Nationalists meanwhile have been taken over by a pro-Carlist faction, headed by Manuel Fal Conde, the Duke of Quintillo. The divisions in their cause have clearly not gone away, despite constant defeat in the civil war. I doubt it really matters who leads them at this point.”
“Hope springs eternal, Beancounter.”
“Not in Spain, Mighty Cheesare.”
“Portugal meanwhile is three-way split between Salazar, democrats and communists. A potent combination if I ever saw one.”
“Chancellor Kaboom and his zany team of expats and home-grown loonies continue, just about, to hold power in Switzerland. They’ve made solid gains in terms of popular support but would lose any election handily to democrats.”
“Austria is similarly mired in flipping between a generally neutral, authoritarian dictatorship and outright Nazis. I know we guaranteed their sovereignty but we should really invade and put them solidly in our sphere before someone else takes notice.”
“Perhaps. What about the Low Countries?”
“Nothing interesting going on there, Mighty Cheesare. The Catholics rule in Belgium and the Dutch haven’ really shifted either, aside from putting a bit more power on the Queen’s shoulders.”
“Denmark meanwhile is doing alright for itself. British investment is helping, as are we, and the war is being fought in Norway, well away from their own shores. The Communists meanwhile remain very, very popular, though a counter-revolutionary fascist movement seems to be giving them some trouble.”
“Hmm. Could that be helpful in some way?”
“No…but their secret designs on Finland might. It seems they are currently planning an invasion, and should the Fins learn of this, or the Norwegians be foolish enough to try to expand the revolution there…well…”
“Could have been trouble if Stalin was undistracted but as it is…not a great idea. Any idea why Finland?”
“Could have been trouble if Stalin was undistracted but as it is…not a great idea. Any idea why Finland?”
“Well, Sweden continues to do nothing, and King Gustav even less than that. But Finland is going fascist very quickly. For whatever reason, the IKL are insanely popular and certain to win the next election in 1943…if they wait that long.”
“Ah…a civil war would be an ideal time for Norway to invade. Still, a curious distraction from their own defence.”
“Latvia continues to be ruled by President Karlis Ulmanis in his incredibly confusing but not particularly awful dictatorship.”
“Estonia and Lithuania continue to struggle in their civil wars, though Estonia appears to have seen no fighting yet whatsoever.”
They clearly both have (small) armies. They're just not that fussed about fighting each other.
“A very civil war indeed.”
“Quite, Mighty Cheesare. Poland meanwhile is under the control of Ignacy Moscicki, formerly puppet president now without a controller. He seems alright, but then again, I am a fascist.”
“Czechoslovakia is an oasis of calm, stability and democracy in a chaotic world.”
“Hungary, despite now having a monarch, remains under the control of Horty, and split pretty evenly by those who want democracy, military dictatorship, and a strong monarchy.”
“Romania appears to have fully come under the control of Carol II, at some point relatively recently. Despite this end to democracy, France and Czechoslovakia still guarantee Romanian independence…so we may have to look elsewhere for expansion.”
“Poo. I suppose I’ll shift the army to Greece, and hope France falls into civil war sooner rather than later. With them distracted, Romania stands no chance against us.”
“For some reason, the Speaker of the Greek Parliament is also Prime Minister. Not sure what Themistoklis Sofoulis is doing heading the government when King George II very obviously rigged a plebiscite getting him his throne back, alongside giving the PM job to Ioannis Metaxas, who was also handed dictatorial powers and cancelled all elections.”
“I suppose the Greeks voted him out anyway, and he just went along with it? Is the king still ruling?”
“Apparently. Good for Greece I suppose though given we’re about to invade, it hardly matters.”
“I suppose the Greeks voted him out anyway, and he just went along with it? Is the king still ruling?”
“Apparently. Good for Greece I suppose though given we’re about to invade, it hardly matters.”
“In further confusing democratic shenanigans, Turkey has yet another new president, this time the far more understandable Celal Bayar, a major player in Turkish politics and government for ages. No idea what happened to the last guy. Presumably he’s alright, but one can never tell these days.”
“And the current wars going on?”
“And the current wars going on?”
“Well, the Spanish Civil War continues to go well for the Republicans, with Nationalist losses mounting ever upwards. However, they appear to now be in their heartlands in very defensive positions, so the Republican forces are struggling to make any headway aside from killing a lot of the enemy.”
“Yemen continues their pushback against the Saudis, at some cost to themselves. They are defending well, but Saudi numbers are beginning to tell.”
“Iran meanwhile has cut Iraq in two, despite fierce counter attacks. The casualties and army sizes remain very closely matched, so I wouldn’t count anyone out yet, despite what the map indicates.”
“The southern Chinese war has stalemated, with Yunnan clearly on the defensive, but doing so admirably, whilst the Guangxi advantage in manpower and weaponry cannot be used against such a narrow front.”
“In the north, the warlords are all fighting well. Sinkiang has been outmanoeuvred and some forces, of unknown size, have been pocketed. Meanwhile the Ma are being surrounded by a clever Communist encirclement of their capital, and Shanxi keeps the pressure on in the north.”
“The Soviet Civil War has really gotten going now. The SSSR are teasing in all directions, looking for a weak link or gap in Stalin’s lines, and the casualties are piling up. Both sides are fighting man-for-man, which is to the SSSR’s advantage. For the moment, things are fairly even, but at any moment, things could swing heavily for either side.”
“We know now that the Danish are heavily outnumbered by the Norwegians. Two or three to one. However, the Danes have taken out five times as many as they have lost, thus far.”
“The Mexican Civil War threatens to tear the country in half already, and though losses have been even to both sides, it seems likely the Junta shall prevail.”
A messenger hurried in on all fours, and the conversation stopped as Cheesolini studied the news. “The Ma are making their big push. They must have taken a lot of Sinkiang captive in that pocket, because the southern front has basically collapse. They’ve used that to create further pockets, and the war seems to have been blown wide open.”
“Might not be enough to save them from the East, but a damn impressive showing nonetheless,” Catastrophe opined.
A while later, it was indeed confirmed. The first of the warring states had fallen.
That wasn’t the only dramatic shift in the air.
For some reason, out of the blue, Neville Chamberlain had once again become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and once again, his first act was suitable unhinged.
Wait…what?
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Some of these leaders are chaotic.
Greece's current leader in this AAR is the default successor to Venizelos (Aristotle Onassis is the alternate option, albeit iirc the Megali Idea has to be completed before he can take over) so clearly King George was placed under house arrest before he could rig the election.
With Turkey, I'd guess the event chain for Menderes' DP started, a referendum was triggered before the focus for the election completed, and then Bayar is the Kemalist option in the election, which is the side that clearly won.
Greece's current leader in this AAR is the default successor to Venizelos (Aristotle Onassis is the alternate option, albeit iirc the Megali Idea has to be completed before he can take over) so clearly King George was placed under house arrest before he could rig the election.
With Turkey, I'd guess the event chain for Menderes' DP started, a referendum was triggered before the focus for the election completed, and then Bayar is the Kemalist option in the election, which is the side that clearly won.
How bad must one be if Mussolini can call you a coward?
Implying that it wasn't before hand.
Good to see some things remain constant in a world of change; Neville Chamberlain remains an utter idiot.
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Yeah...I dont remember them being quite so incorrect last time in 2021 but then again, there were a lot fewer countries by 1937 in that run.
George is still the king and still giving some influence over the nation because he's on the narion screen. But yeah...he must be nailed to the wall or something because otherwise I don't know how this happened.
It's interesting, and unlike the others, somewhat explainable. Turkey was already democratic-ish, everyone involved is in government already, the order is just a bit surprising.
Pretty bad. What kind of nationalist gives up the entire country to a neighbouring country just because they threatened you?
I can utterly tear the country apart, and I will, in punijsment for their cowardice. Stunning balkans of many colours is on the way.
Not for long obviously. GREATER Italy gets cores on all of it for some reason so it might not last a year.
This is actually how I found out Chamberlain had come to power. It is a bizarre choice, this late into the early game.
For those who don't know, this is in fact the first decision at the start of the communist focus tree.
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One benefit of writing as you go in an absurdist AAR such as this is the unintentional foreshadowing and dramatic irony.
As it turns out this...
Is...well...so far 1936 was the year of coups and civil wars (in retrospect, well done to Japan for being the only one to do so bloodless!) and 1937 is the year of Anarchy.
As it turns out this...
Is...well...so far 1936 was the year of coups and civil wars (in retrospect, well done to Japan for being the only one to do so bloodless!) and 1937 is the year of Anarchy.
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The good thing about all this chaos is that Italy will have less powerful foes wanting to oppose them in the Balkans. But if all these communist civil wars succeed, you'll have a massive red bloc (instead of a democratic, Allied one) to deal with.
Fully balkanizing Yugoslavia means that each puppet can complete their industry tree, giving you a ton of factories once you integrate them.
Fully balkanizing Yugoslavia means that each puppet can complete their industry tree, giving you a ton of factories once you integrate them.
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Italy?
Oh...oh Italy. Oh yeah, we're playing a game.
heh.
Oh yeah, Italy's actually doing alright in this timeline. All our rivals and potential rivals just gave up or have set fire to themselves.
We dont really have any opposition for the foreseeable. Certainly no one can stop us taking over the balkans except for Romania (guaranteed by people outside the balkans).
Yeah, as good as our own wars have gone, we have no allies what so ever. Spain failed hard. Germany is going democratic. Hungary picked Sweden for some goddamn reason...
It does look as though popular communist uprisings are very on vogue and going successfully for no adequately explained reason.
That would be a really good and cheesy idea That a smart dictator/player would do.
So we will not be doing that.
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Chapter 16: The Start of Total Anarchy
Chapter 16: The Start of Total Anarchy
9th June 1937
9th June 1937
“Wait, why is Hristo Lukov the new puppet tyrant of Bulgaria?”
“We assigned him based off ideology,” Beancounter replied.
“He’s a Nazi! And also never got higher than Minister of War. Why do you keep making puppet governments out of x country nationalists. It makes no sense!”
“Hush, Alan,” Cheesolini comforted him. “You’ll disturb the trees.”
They were in the newly created Orchard of Precious Fruits, and about to start going over domestic developments, when Alan had found out about the latest nonsensical puppet appointment.
“Who wants to go first?” Cheesolini asked the class, then nodded as Catastrophe put his hand up.
“Not much from me. Just to say that training is ongoing, our army is quite a bit larger than it was last year, and I’m starting more training of mountaineers, on the assumption our next two targets are Greece and Romania. The Air Force are also starting to organise, and the new military factories mean we can start building new planes. Oh, and we’re bringing back field hospitals from the last timeline. Those worked really well, and we don’t have nearly the same level of manpower to waste, so should prove vital here.”
“Very well. Beancounter?”
“We’re research more about excavation, now we have a lot more stuff to excavate. The factory build up is complete, and we now are undertaking the mammoth task of linking up the whole Balkans and Italy to one rail network, and a similar system in the AOI.”
“How long will that take?”
“Probably the rest of the year at least. Then we’ll work on building up infrastructure in all regions of our puppets that have resources, much like we did with Italy itself. It is probably that during that time, we’ll reannex everything back into Greater Italy, allowing us to reap all the benefits from that.”
“Splendid. How goes preparations for the war?”
“We are ready to attack. The Greeks don’t stand much of a chance against us, being outnumbers five to one along the entire line. They’re also still divided internally between the democrats and the monarchists.”
“Righto, quick world catch-up before we crack on then. General?”
“The Ma are trying to get all their forces back east to defend their capital from the Communist encirclement. If they get there in time, they may hold out. If not, the war goes very much to the invaders’ advantage.”
“The Royal Danish army have finally met the Red Norwegian in battle and been pushed back hard on the east flank, threatening the recapture of Christiania/Oslo. The real fear, aside from the prestige hit, would be that the Norwegians then roll up the coast, taking the ports closest to Denmark.”
“Very little is going on in Spain that you don’t already know. The Republic forces are attacking, the Nationalists are holding out, but the war heavily favours the former now.”
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26th June 1937
“Good news and confusing news, Mighty Cheesare.”
“Oh?”
“Good news is Greece has finally surrendered. As you know, smashed straight through their initial lines and drove straight to Corfu.”
“The fall of Thessalonika cut off half their army to then be destroyed by a joint Italian-Bulgarian assault.”
“This left few troops in the interior at all, and south of Larissa, Greece was totally undefended. Athens fell swiftly, and the narrow peninsula crossing was unguarded, leading to its swift fall as well.”
“Easy peasy.”
“Indeed, especially with their Airforce pointlessly contesting the skies over Italy rather than…defending their own country.”
“And the confusing news?”
“There has been a massive anarchist uprising in Spain. Massive and astonishingly successfully.”
“No idea who the leaders are, or what sort of forces they have, but they’ve taken the Republic completely by surprise and captured a third of the whole country.”
“Madrid is now under attack, and it’s become a three way war between the Nationalists, who have solid defences, the Republicans with the largest army and best troops, and the Anarchists, who have the momentum and clearly all the popular support.”
“Crikey.”
“Indeed. We have no idea what’s going on, but we may have to prepare some sort of response once Romania is dealt with. An Anarchist Spain could well be another Soviet Union in the levels of chaos and discord it could sow in Europe.”
“…terrific. Find out what you can about these people. Alan, you too. We need to know exactly what we’re dealing with as soon as possible. Anything else we know, anything at all?”
I believe this unlocks her as a US government advisor.
“Amelia Earhart successfully circumnavigated the globe,” Alan piped up after an awkward silence.
“Huh…didn’t she get lost and eaten by crabs last time round?”
“Possibly.”
“Hmm. Good for her, then. Alright chaps, find out what’s going on, get SIM to do spy shit and-”
“Would someone please get me down!”
The Cheese team paused and looked around the resplendent government office in Athens.
“Err…who said that?”
“Up here,” called King George II, who was nailed to the ceiling by his trousers. “Listen, I know you’ll probably pick some random fascist to lead your puppet government, so could I just sort of hang about and still be king for no reason?”
“Um…sure,” Cheesolini said, shrugging at Beancounter whilst Alan facepalmed.
“Who did you pick, anyway?” the King said, after a stepladder was found.
“George Mercouris.”
“Huh…didn’t she get lost and eaten by crabs last time round?”
“Possibly.”
“Hmm. Good for her, then. Alright chaps, find out what’s going on, get SIM to do spy shit and-”
“Would someone please get me down!”
The Cheese team paused and looked around the resplendent government office in Athens.
“Err…who said that?”
“Up here,” called King George II, who was nailed to the ceiling by his trousers. “Listen, I know you’ll probably pick some random fascist to lead your puppet government, so could I just sort of hang about and still be king for no reason?”
“Um…sure,” Cheesolini said, shrugging at Beancounter whilst Alan facepalmed.
“Who did you pick, anyway?” the King said, after a stepladder was found.
“George Mercouris.”
The King and Alan shared a look of total bewilderment, before an army messenger (thus not a monkey) burst in.
“Oh, what now?” snapped Cheesolini.
“Oh, what now?” snapped Cheesolini.
"China has declared war on China!"
"Get out," the Great Leader roared. "I'm going for a bath. Sort this shit out in the meantime, gentlemen. No more funny business or stupid leader choices." On his way out the door, he turned around. "Say...are we forgetting something?"
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How long before Cheesolini completely loses the plot?
The only way for Greece to get rid of the King iirc is to go down the communist path.
The lack of options for puppet leadership isn't great, as it leads either to nonsensical choices (like Bulgaria) or genericos (like most non-aligned puppets). It would be great, especially for narrative-based AARs, if there was a DLC or mod that allowed you to create custom leaders.
The only way for Greece to get rid of the King iirc is to go down the communist path.
The lack of options for puppet leadership isn't great, as it leads either to nonsensical choices (like Bulgaria) or genericos (like most non-aligned puppets). It would be great, especially for narrative-based AARs, if there was a DLC or mod that allowed you to create custom leaders.
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Not yet but we might get there if things get much worse.
Ironic really, in that they are one of the few nations who now cannot go communist.
For communist puppets/allies, makes sense to pick communist leaders from that country.
Same with Democrats, same with neutrals (almost always means monarchies, and you yourself are probably monarchist).
But fascists constantly making puppet regimes made up of actual nationalists from their home nationsmakes little sense most of the time. Collaborators with nazis etc works (specially for Germany) but everyone else, there's no reason to pick the guys who specifically want their own country to rule the world/the entire local region.
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