(Normal/Normal, 1.2, No mods or edits at all [except for Stony Road Graphics Pack, which was installed while I was playing through this chapter], 1936 Grand Campaign. Be nice, this is my first AAR for HoI2; but constructive criticism is more than welcome.)
The year is 1936, and Adolf Hitler has been in power for a number of years already. In his time in office, he has invigorated the people and brought his country out of it's economic slump, and back into the world's eye; despite his sometimes less than angelic methods. Now that Germany is a true power once again, she needs to assert herself. Hitler has plans. Plans to grab new territory for the German people, new resources for the German Factories, new Manpower for it's armies, and a place in history for himself...
Chapter 1: The Clouds Gather
January 1st, 1936
During some sort of bugnle or mix-up, the entire standing airforce was put to the scrapyard. While this relieves a small supply load, it leaves some generals scratching their heads, and hitler is furious. Plans are set in motion to rebuild the airforce from the ground up, bigger and better.
Meanwhile, the troops all accross the Riech undergo a massive change in their deployment.
Troops re-position along the borders.
In response to the airforce disaster, Hitler orders massive airforce-related research. He demands bombers that can destroy the mightiest of ships, and he demands fighters to protect the German skies. After much heated debate in the budget department, it is also decided to take a risky gamble on a previously untried sort of weapon: Rockets. Werner von Braun is all too happy to take up the challenge. Heinz Guderian, a trusted Panzer General, also manages to convince the Fuhrer to give him the time and accomodations to try a new method of waging warfare, one that puts speed, mobility, and versatility above the comparitively simple doctrines in use by most of the world.
The brains of the Reich are hard at work on their designated tasks.
The current technological standing of The Fatherland.
While the aircraft disaster seems to have spurred on Germany industrially and scientifically, it seems the people picked up on that sense of urgency. There was a sense of wanting--no demanding that a political stand be taken against those who had humiliated them in The Great War. And with this, Hitler ordered that Cologne be occupied, citing the need for a strong German border--for Self Defense only, of course... This was but 12 days after the aircraft incident which spurred such a massive industrial effort. As far as the allies were concerned, the Germans were preparing for war. They took appropriate measures within their own borders to protect against a possible German attack.
German military production in January, 1936.
Months later, in June, the German War-Machine has produced over 50,000 new Infantry soldiers, and 4 Panzer Divisons. The strain is beginning to show on the german Industrial Capacity, and so Hitler demands action be taken. But the ministers, dead set in their ideals, claim that doing so is impossible. Outraged, the Minister of Armament is fired, and the Chief of the Airforce quits as a result. In June of 1936, there was much cabinet shuffling. As a result, some of the more "Free Market" oriented ministers were able to push their agenda through. All in all, the German Economy was only helped.
The new German ministers.
Not a month later, the Spanish Civil War breaks out on the Iberian Peninsula. The cabinet is once again divided, one side claming that Franco would make a good ally if he won, and could be swayed to the German side, and the others claimed that Germany needed the materials more than Franco. In the end, it was decided that the population would want aid to be sent to Franco, and that civil unrest would damage the industry far more than sending supplies to the Nationalists.
Stay tuned for the next Chapter: Thunder and Lightening, when the real fun begins.
The year is 1936, and Adolf Hitler has been in power for a number of years already. In his time in office, he has invigorated the people and brought his country out of it's economic slump, and back into the world's eye; despite his sometimes less than angelic methods. Now that Germany is a true power once again, she needs to assert herself. Hitler has plans. Plans to grab new territory for the German people, new resources for the German Factories, new Manpower for it's armies, and a place in history for himself...
Chapter 1: The Clouds Gather
January 1st, 1936
During some sort of bugnle or mix-up, the entire standing airforce was put to the scrapyard. While this relieves a small supply load, it leaves some generals scratching their heads, and hitler is furious. Plans are set in motion to rebuild the airforce from the ground up, bigger and better.
Meanwhile, the troops all accross the Riech undergo a massive change in their deployment.
Troops re-position along the borders.
In response to the airforce disaster, Hitler orders massive airforce-related research. He demands bombers that can destroy the mightiest of ships, and he demands fighters to protect the German skies. After much heated debate in the budget department, it is also decided to take a risky gamble on a previously untried sort of weapon: Rockets. Werner von Braun is all too happy to take up the challenge. Heinz Guderian, a trusted Panzer General, also manages to convince the Fuhrer to give him the time and accomodations to try a new method of waging warfare, one that puts speed, mobility, and versatility above the comparitively simple doctrines in use by most of the world.
The brains of the Reich are hard at work on their designated tasks.
The current technological standing of The Fatherland.
While the aircraft disaster seems to have spurred on Germany industrially and scientifically, it seems the people picked up on that sense of urgency. There was a sense of wanting--no demanding that a political stand be taken against those who had humiliated them in The Great War. And with this, Hitler ordered that Cologne be occupied, citing the need for a strong German border--for Self Defense only, of course... This was but 12 days after the aircraft incident which spurred such a massive industrial effort. As far as the allies were concerned, the Germans were preparing for war. They took appropriate measures within their own borders to protect against a possible German attack.
German military production in January, 1936.
Months later, in June, the German War-Machine has produced over 50,000 new Infantry soldiers, and 4 Panzer Divisons. The strain is beginning to show on the german Industrial Capacity, and so Hitler demands action be taken. But the ministers, dead set in their ideals, claim that doing so is impossible. Outraged, the Minister of Armament is fired, and the Chief of the Airforce quits as a result. In June of 1936, there was much cabinet shuffling. As a result, some of the more "Free Market" oriented ministers were able to push their agenda through. All in all, the German Economy was only helped.
The new German ministers.
Not a month later, the Spanish Civil War breaks out on the Iberian Peninsula. The cabinet is once again divided, one side claming that Franco would make a good ally if he won, and could be swayed to the German side, and the others claimed that Germany needed the materials more than Franco. In the end, it was decided that the population would want aid to be sent to Franco, and that civil unrest would damage the industry far more than sending supplies to the Nationalists.
Stay tuned for the next Chapter: Thunder and Lightening, when the real fun begins.
