Monday Game VI AAR Thread

[Lord Ederon]

Game version: Doomsday 1.2 (REBB), no mods
Scenario: Gathering the Storm (1938)
Session held: on Mondays, 20:00 CEST (18:00 GMT, 19:00 UK Summer time)
Game thread: Monday Game VI

*** READ BEFORE POSTING PLEASE ***​

This thread is supposed to be place just for after action reports for Monday Game VI. Do not post anything else here please, just AAR's themselves and comments on them. No game arranging stuff, no questions whether you can play, no discussion of game rules, etc.. For that purpose we have Monday Game VI thread.

*** HOW TO POST ***​

In 5th Monday Game, I've used to post short post summing up the session before rest of players did their AAR. It includes who played what country and how session went technically. It also clearly divided thread for readers, so they could see what report belongs to what session/date. I'd like to continue with this, so please wait until I write this summary after each session, then write your reports.

Thanks and enjoy.

 

[Lord Ederon]

1st Session - June 19th, 2006

1st Session - June 19th, 2006​

Who played:

Anders         - Manchuria
Andrew         - UK
D              - Canada
Ederon         - Germany
Gen.Schuermann - Japan
Gnitram        - Romania
Herodotus      - Poland
Hytzon         - Nationalist Spain
Invictus       - Hungary (dropped after 2nd rehost)
Mr.G.          - Italy
Patrick        - Australia
Traks          - Nationalist China
TrippTrapp     - Hungary
Tyrant         - Yugoslavia
Wishing Well   - France

How we played:

Number of players was enormous, thus startup took little more time. But once we were in, all went quite smoothly. We played until November 13th, 1938 what makes two and a hlaf month. We went on slow or very slow IIRC.

 

[Gen.Schuermann]

I will begin then, as long as Ederon is not faster than me

I played Japan, my ally Manchuria is played by AndersSchm. He will sub me for 3 weeks when i am on holidays.

In the 38 scenario, Japan starts out quite nerfed tbh, yet that is nothing in comparison to Traks who controlled NatChina. I start with only 40 some inf divisions, which is a pain tbh, after a year of building up the army you migth think that Japan would start out better, yet NatChi has only level 1 militias, so actually he does not really have a chance to win, only by sheer numbers. But as we saw before, Traks likes Zerg tactics :rofl:

Coming to speak of my actual performance, throughout the months i performed pretty well, meeting virtually no resistance, though after 2 months of steady advances i had to consolidate gains, it will take some time for my offensive to gather steam i guess. The biggest hurdle right now is Communist China in the north. They have about 30+ divisions from what i could see, and amazingly some normal inf and mountain divisions, which are a pain.

Nonetheless, i make slow but steady progress, and it will only be a matter of time until China surrenders to the mighty Japanese Empire.

 

[Hytzon]

Nationalist Spain​

At the start of the scenario, the Nationalists faced a tough opponent - the Republicans and their puppetmaster Herodotos
A plan was made to cut off and destroy the Republican divisions trapped in Barcalona. Furthermore a defensive line was decided upon, wich would protect the vital industrial centers of northen Spain and the province of Seville. It was named the "Tap dance line" (Patrick ) - and would make good use of rivers.
The navy was ordered to engage the Republicans, should they try to evacuate Barcelona. Although the Republican navy was rumored to be a little larger, Franco had absolute faith in his naval commanders!

Here is the initial war map, where red lines are attacks, blue are reorganizations. The "beautiful" green & yellow dotted line is the Tap dance line. The map also include the Republican attacks.

After a few bloody battles, the Nationalists succeeded in surrounding Barcelona and setting up the Tap dance line. An attack on Barcelona itself followed, which Franco quickly won. However it is believed that none or only 1 republican division was destroyed, as the others were evacuated to the transportboats in the nearby seazone. The Nationalists navy was steaming at full power, and soon intercepted the larger Republican taskforce. After a few days of naval battle, it was decided to withdraw after the loss of a heavy cruiser. It would seem that the navy failed, BUT they succeeded in sinking 1 transport boat and 1 or 2? destroyer flotillas. Both the Republican battleship and the Nationalists squadrons had taken heavy damage. It was concluded that the operation was a limited succes, with reduced transport capability for the Republicans - and the factories of Barcelona in Francos hands.

After a few weeks, the Republicans pushed forward to liberate Barcelona - but this was a fatal decision. In secrecy, Franco had planned to let them push forward province by province, only to conduct a second encircelment of Barcelona. This was a huge success, with 4 Repubican divisions destroyed.
Now the Republicans were getting desperate, and decided to attack in west spain. To Francos despair, they broke trough the lines and secured a province on the wrong side of the Tap dance line
After this, the international community was joking about the "belt" that Nationalist Spain was wearing :rofl:
Plans were made, to cut the belt in half. And destroying the divisions caught in the pockets.

After weeks of bloody battles, the belt can be seen:

The plan was a succes, and soon only Madrid and Valla-somehting was in Republican hands. At this point the game crashed, when the Nationalist navy intercepted a small Republican navy.

After a rehost, the Republicans saw themselves without a proper puppetmaster - they were left to the AI.
In the last few minutes of the planned game time, Nationalist Spain annexed Republican Spain.

Franco declares the end of the war. (If you look closely, you see that Franco was so excited, that he got the year wrong. The decleration was signed in 1938 not 1939 as the paper suggests)

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I have also posted in the other thread about the session itself. http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5551538#post5551538

 

[AndersSchm]

What can I say about Manchuria.. a handful of militia and a cavalry unit didn't make for a conquering army - especially as they are at 15%ish at scenario start.

The time was spent repairing and researching while freeing up Japanese units from defensive roles. Looking forward to taking over Japan next week.

Preparations are still underway for the Manchurian 1940 Olympics bid but the threat of Balkan conflict is putting the whole thing in jeopardy. The captain of the Manchurian swimming team expressed his disgust at the situation when interviewed at their Yellow River training camp.

 

[Lord Ederon]

Germany - from September to November 1938

Germany : Unifying Europe​

Germany was still holding her breath since summer accident, when fuhrer made step to nowhere and fall down the stairs. There is little known about possible injory the fall might have caused, but one is obvious - fuhrer is still trying to figure out what is going on around him. Those who are closest to him say he's slowly recovering from amnesia. And almost every German ask the same question - will it affect future of Germany?

Yet in September Hungary followed by Romania and Italy felt the right opportunity to join Germany and make alliance partnership. Some Finnish representatives expressed their wish to do the same, but country is too conservative to made such step yet.

Yugoslavia joined few weeks later. Fuhrer was able to resolve tensions between Italians and Yugos and peace could be recorded.

Despite amnesia, some schedule was already made prior to the accident. At the end of September Munich held meeting of Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler, Mussolini, and Ciano. For the pleasure of Germany, agreement was signed and Sudetenland was recognized as posseion of Germany. Question was, whether Czechoslovakia will give up so easily, but as later events shown, they did.

from http://www.wikipedia.org

From left to right: Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler,
Mussolini, and Ciano pictured before signing
the Munich Agreement.​

Poland was offered alliance partnership to protect Polish interests against er ethernal enemy - Russia, now represented by bolshevik Soviet Union. However, political elite of Poland was already infested by Soviet spies which lead to refusal of alliance proposal.

Since beginning of October, Germany tried to mediate agreement between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Tensions between these two were rising and conflict was once again possible on the Balkan peninsula. Fuhrer used all his charisma and witt to avoid this conflict, but it is hard to say, how effective he was yet.


Get to know about REAL history
Munich Agreement

 

[Mr.G 24]

Italy decided this session insure safety in its surroundings, quickly joining the Axis after seeing Hungary and Romania join then following up by delegating the entrance of Yugoslavia into the Axis. The Balkans are completely under Axis influence yet their is still Bulgaria who with it's blatant defiance against the Axis, finds itself with border wars against Yugoslavia, hopefully the Fuhrer can pacify this situation.

 

[Leon_Corona]

*my 1st ever aar, and this is from Hungry's view*

Seeing a growing German beast to his side, and with Austria already taken in by it, the Hungarian command saw it fit to either join in an alliance with this new menace known as Hitler. So the meeting was set, and the agreement was made, causing a chain reaction of other facist countries to quickly join as well, but the real question is, will Germany forget her 1st ally for the new ones? -Leon

 

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An edited history of the first session:

Herodotos ........... use TAB to talk
TyrantDD ............ in and raring to go, oh crap, my army = dead lololol....BANZAI
GenSchuer ........... omg that took ages
Traks ............... that was awful start
tripp_trap .......... invictus is gone
Herodotos ........... a lot of players
GenSchuer ........... i almost CTRL-ALT-DELed
Traks ............... true
Traks ............... me too
Herodotos ........... I stay paused to give everybody a chance to set up
Herodotos ........... we'll setup for some minutes now. Then I save and rehost to pick up Invictus
September 1, 1938 .. Xibei San Ma granted military control to Nationalist China.
TyrantDD ............ i chose the wrong nation lol, i was hoping to be the guanxi befrore the shafting
TyrantDD ............ 2 militia lol what an army
Herodotos ........... hehe, you could change it on the rehost
tripp_trap .......... i would also want to change
tripp_trap .......... never played commie china
tripp_trap .......... and they have so little IC
Patrick ............. play new zeeland, could need some company down under!
Herodotos ........... the idea is you play them now and when war breaks out with germany you could change to canada
tripp_trap .......... ya but, i can only play 2 sessions
GenSchuer ........... i am still shocked by nerfed japanese oob
September 1, 1938 .. Mengkukuo granted military control to Manchukuo.
Patrick ............. send the lads ASAP
Andrew .............. I have zero chance to assassinate Herman Goering. How could one miss!?
Ederon .............. damn scher, you are Japan so often, what are you doing?
GenSchuer ........... sorry, the OOB from DD is significantly different to 38 hoi2
MrG ................. i bet he is manaully convoying everything
GenSchuer ........... the japanese OOB is significantly nerfed
TyrantDD ............ i like the addition of cvl's though, much more historic
AndersSchm .......... What do the exclamation marks mean next to people on the chat window?
Ederon .............. thants those who didnt click start game
Game Speed set to Very Slow
Herodotos ........... I'll start rolling on slow now
September 1, 1938 .. Guangxi Clique granted military control to Nationalist China.
Herodotos ........... very slow actually, will move up soon
September 1, 1938 .. Hungary entered a Military Alliance with Germany.
September 1, 1938 .. Romania entered a Military Alliance with Germany and Hungary.
September 1, 1938 .. Yunnan granted military control to Nationalist China.
Herodotos ........... btw if you finish a tech it is recommended to wait 24 hours before assigning a new one
Herodotos ........... to make sure it gets registered with the host comp
September 2, 1938 .. Japan went with OK in Seek German recognition of Manchukuo.
Andrew .............. goddamit there's no poland. Too many wimps here
September 2, 1938 .. Nationalist China went with We must move our industry in Transfer of industry to the interior.
September 2, 1938 .. Communist China granted military control to Nationalist China.
September 2, 1938 .. General Rojo Lluch have finished with their 'Hills Fighter' mission.
Herodotos ........... wow, a general immediatley became a hill fighter
September 2, 1938 .. Germany went with Recognize Manchukuo and recall von Falkenhausen in The Recognition of Manchukuo.
September 2, 1938 .. Communist China granted military control to Nationalist China.
September 3, 1938 .. Lt. General Molero Lobo have finished with their 'Hills Fighter' mission.
September 3, 1938 .. Italy entered a Military Alliance with Germany, Hungary and Romania.
September 4, 1938 .. Nationalist China had Recall of German Mission .
September 5, 1938 .. Lt. General Casado López have finished with their 'Urban Warfare Specialist' mission.
September 5, 1938 .. Lt. General Burillo Sthole have finished with their 'Hills Fighter' mission.
Andrew .............. The BBC announces a Royal Garden Party. PM Chamberlain makes speech about peace and prosperity.
Herodotos ........... bloody Civil War over here
Traks ............... China requests international help against Japan aggression
Andrew .............. who is using autoslider?
Andrew .............. mine wants lots of consumer goods
Ederon .............. I do Andrew
Herodotos ........... The Nats start to get the upper hand
tripp_trap .......... im clearing out dissent
September 10, 1938 . We won a battle against Nationalist Spain in Balearic Sea. The following ships were sunk.
Nationalist Spain - Canarias(CA), Flotilla de Torpederos nro 1(DD)
Republican Spain - Flotilla de Torpedeiros nro 2(DD), 3a Flotilla de Transporte Naval(TP)
Herodotos ........... minor victory in naval battle for reps
Herodotos ........... Barcelona saved for now, lost 1 div though
September 12, 1938 . Nationalist China had Transfer of industry to the interior .
tripp_trap .......... go spain! go spain!
tripp_trap .......... the only real spain, of course
Herodotos ........... most Nat troops moved from south and N East to neighbouring provs of Madrid
Gnitram ............. ooh, fear the mighty romanian navy. Just found out i own a destroyer squadron!
tripp_trap .......... good god
tripp_trap .......... why did i disband my navy!?
tripp_trap .......... i regret it so much
Herodotos ........... hehe, all foreign navies gather off the Spanish coats
AndersSchm .......... Soon the manchukuo navy will be ready to sail for a sightseeing trip to Spain
GenSchuer ........... don't tell me manchukuo has a navy!
Gnitram ............. Axis prio no 1 must be istanbul asap, so i can sail to spain too!
tripp_trap .......... do the Yunnans have much units?
Traks ............... nah
tripp_trap .......... the finns are proud to say that their army is of future quality
tripp_trap .......... cool
tripp_trap .......... if you write a country
tripp_trap .......... name in the search province thing
tripp_trap .......... it takes you to the capital
Andrew .............. Neville starts booking his flight to Munich
Ederon .............. Hitler anxiously awaits it
Patrick ............. the naive optimist!
Andrew .............. Has the Chinese front line moved at all?
GenSchuer ........... indeed it has
Andrew .............. seems like all the action is in Spain
AndersSchm .......... It is because the game speed is very slow in the low infra provinces
TyrantDD ............ yugoslavia awaits entrance into axis on the terms asked
Herodotos ........... damn, lost 4 more divs
Herodotos ........... no, Nats get into better position. They were stronger from the beginning anyway
Andrew .............. Germany is silent...
GenSchuer ........... ederon is afk ^^
Hytzon .............. Woa! first bombing raid in the Spain campaign!
Gnitram ............. he is plotting world domination
Ederon .............. silent? sorry, I'm bit lost in this chat]
Andrew .............. Note that Essen is a powerhouse in this edition, Krupps etc
Herodotos ........... did you change much, compared to the 1.3 regualr HoI2 version?
GenSchuer ........... it seemed it changed quite a bit#
Herodotos ........... for a change I haven't really studied this scenario in advance
Andrew .............. major change is the dynamic costing of builds - tried to adjust for that
GenSchuer ........... the initial IC of Japan is higher
Hytzon .............. Argh my fleet wasnt supposed to go into that seazone! grr
Herodotos ........... I wasn't happy with it either
GenSchuer ........... traks is mr.exploit 2006
GenSchuer ........... how dare you stratredep out of my pockets
Traks ............... Come on, everyone does that
Andrew .............. he did a lot of that last game when playing SU - still went down...
September 28, 1938 . Yugoslavia entered a Military Alliance with Germany, Hungary, Romania and Italy.
Hytzon .............. Republicans have punched a hole in my line.. Darn
GenSchuer ........... pilsen has 10 IC? omg
Ederon .............. Skoda is there
Andrew .............. they also make good beer there
Ederon .............. Pilsner Urquel
Patrick ............. republican on the offensive!
Andrew .............. cuts the nats in two!
Patrick ............. have made contact with portugal
tripp_trap .......... omg
September 30, 1938 . Germany went with Demand Sudetenland! in The Treaty of Munich.
September 30, 1938 . Czechoslovakia went with Accept the Claims in The Treaty of Munich.
September 30, 1938 . France had Gearing up for War .
September 30, 1938 . United Kingdom had Gearing up for War .
September 30, 1938 . Germany had The Treaty of Munich - Sudetenland to Germany .
Andrew .............. Peace in Our Time!
Patrick ............. yeah, right!
TyrantDD ............ bulgarian threats to yugo border will NOT be tollerated
Patrick ............. Adolf will be a nice doggy from now on
Patrick ............. this is my last territorial demand! Sure!
tripp_trap .......... to bad i can't have nofog
Andrew .............. that's what the spies are for...
Andrew .............. buy lots of spies...
Patrick ............. ok, cant afford any spies
tripp_trap .......... me neither
Ederon .............. fuhere is content with outcome of Munich
October 2, 1938 .... Nationalist China had Transfer of industry to the interior .
Andrew .............. DD seems more stable than HoI 2 (so far)
GenSchuer ........... DD 1.2 is far mor stable
GenSchuer ........... it's a dream
AndersSchm .......... Don't curse it andrew
Andrew .............. touching wood
Gnitram ............. Don't say so! Now we'll crash!
October 5, 1938 .... Japan annexed Shanxi.
Hytzon .............. gj
tripp_trap .......... outrage!
Andrew .............. League of Nations protests!
tripp_trap .......... finns embargo japan!
TyrantDD ............ Bulgarin border skirmishes may lead to war states HRH pavle
Herodotos ........... I gain these traits like mad, 5 already
Hytzon .............. hmm I haven't gained a single one :S
Gnitram ............. Pressence of romanian troops increases the tension on the bulgarian border
GenSchuer ........... looks like natspain is held together by a belt ^^
TyrantDD ............ Bulgarians assination attempt of HRH pavle thwarted
Ederon .............. that was misinformation, should be *Presence of Bulgarian troops increases tensions*
Patrick ............. franco isnt sure what to do...
Herodotos ........... so, who is doing better in China?
GenSchuer ........... me, china is nerfed
Herodotos ........... Japan it seems
tripp_trap .......... japajn is steadily advancing
Herodotos ........... great start for the Axis then
GenSchuer ........... they only have level 1 militia, i pity traks
Hytzon .............. Franco is in Madrid before x-mas !...
GenSchuer ........... well and some minor troops
GenSchuer ........... the only real threat is commie china
Traks ............... we will fight till last man!
Herodotos ........... so will I
GenSchuer ........... then expect no mercy
GenSchuer ........... Banzai! Suzuki! Kawasaki!
Ederon .............. Hilter proposes to host peace negotiations between Spaniards
Herodotos ........... nah, Civil wars are nasty things
GenSchuer ........... peace loving hitler eh ^^
Ederon .............. sure, do you have any other evidence?
Patrick ............. franco will do some tapdancing, i doubt that the nationalists will party, but who knows? miracle happens
D ................... spain just equalised
Hytzon .............. haha Patrick
AndersSchm .......... Who scored?
D ................... dunno
Hytzon .............. Spain
Ederon .............. France reinforces maginot, is it provocation?
TyrantDD ............ bulgarian chetniks de-rail grain train in pristina passes , pavle warns war is near
Hytzon .............. Yay another goal for spain!
Gnitram ............. A pathetic french attempt of installing a spy in romania worsened the relationship between the nations
Herodotos ........... you are Spanish?
Hytzon .............. no I'm danish
Patrick ............. tripp trap, is that you real name?
AndersSchm .......... lol
GenSchuer ........... tripp trap is a children's chair in germany ^^
tripp_trap ..........
tripp_trap .......... guess were im from for real?
Herodotos ........... Sweden
tripp_trap .......... close!
Patrick ............. finland?
tripp_trap .......... sweden!
Herodotos ........... on the forum you fly a Swedish flag
Patrick ............. well hello there! Jag är svensk med!
Patrick ............. im swedish too
Gnitram ............. i am also from sweden
Patrick ............. då kan vi svenskar ha hemliga samtal! HEHEHE
tripp_trap .......... jaaa..!
tripp_trap .......... rep spain cut in half!
Patrick ............. beginning of the end
Hytzon .............. Just then the republicans thought they had cut Nationalists in half - the opposite was true
tripp_trap .......... yeah
GenSchuer ........... general okamura is teh man
GenSchuer ........... *hugs*
GenSchuer ........... my all time favorite general
Patrick ............. buy him a bottle of sake
GenSchuer ........... lol
Herodotos ........... not sure if I'll buy any posters soon of Rep Spain generals
Traks ............... or send him on kamikaze mission
GenSchuer ........... so traks how are the 22 IC down there... wow you start out significantly nerfed
Traks ............... yea, seems China totally sucks now
AndersSchm .......... I laugh at such industry
GenSchuer ........... be quiet, puppet!
GenSchuer ........... no, in the beginning of the scenario, only 33 IC to start with is ridicolous
Traks ............... nah, front moving forward and back
GenSchuer ........... time will tell
Traks ............... but Japan really has upper hand
GenSchuer ........... lol changxi is the fun part - i move in, he defeats me
GenSchuer ........... he moves in, i defeat him
Andrew .............. nothing much changed in china lately
Andrew .............. Main thing is they have all those mountains now
GenSchuer ........... this is true
GenSchuer ........... they are slowing me down
GenSchuer ........... lothos' AI sucks, so we have to make china moountainous
tripp_trap .......... hehe the silence
Herodotos ........... it's very early, but my first impression of DD is positive
Ederon .............. so far I'm amazed by stability
GenSchuer ........... the best part of DD 1.2 is that it is so amazingly stable
Patrick ............. by the way, its nice it so stable
GenSchuer ........... hehe, china suits fine for Traks usual spam tactics
GenSchuer ........... bring em on, militia ones!
GenSchuer ........... all your base (IC) are belong to us!
D ................... those bulgarians are so aggressive
TyrantDD ............ hehe
Patrick ............. like pitbulls
Ederon .............. wow, subs now see ground units
GenSchuer ........... and ground units see subs
AndersSchm .......... They have big periscopes now, can't miss them
GenSchuer ........... i have a big periscope as well *cough
AndersSchm .......... That will be why your gf wants you to stop playing
Ederon .............. nobody here cares, schuer
GenSchuer ........... yes yes, i know. Just entertaining the dull masses
Andrew .............. rep Spain still there I see
Herodotos ........... I gatethered everything left in Madrid
Herodotos ........... but it's a matter of time
AndersSchm .......... Now the AI is control they will boot Nat Spain off the continent
Hytzon .............. Im lurring the Ai out of Madrid - in case you are wondering
Herodotos ........... and I guess it's not healthy that a host gets annexed
Ederon .............. i'd expect subs to be more stealty
Ederon .............. why did you turn to Poland then?
AndersSchm .......... lol exactly what I was thinking
GenSchuer ........... hehe
Herodotos ........... I expect to hold out forever
Ederon .............. you know I'm kidding
Herodotos ........... yes
Patrick ............. leaving the sinking ship...
November 2, 1938 ... Japan have failed to delay a techteam in USA.
Herodotos ........... bad boy, Schuer
GenSchuer ........... sorry, this was the AI spy system
D ................... of course it was
GenSchuer ........... no harm intended ^^
Traks ............... riiight
GenSchuer ........... jeez believe what you want
D ................... hehe
TyrantDD ............ sporadic fighting continues along passes of pristina, the bulgarian backed chetniks must be stopped
TyrantDD ............ pavle thinks he must chop the root of the problem , not the branch
AndersSchm .......... Second world war in a row to be started in Serbia?
TyrantDD ............ macedonia/serbia yes seems so
TyrantDD ............ bulgarians do not listen to reason
D ................... tyrant has got ants in his pants i think
Hytzon .............. An attack on Madrid was repelled... Franco reorganizes his troops for another attack in the coming weeks
Patrick ............. Franco is getting his tapshoes ready
Ederon .............. Germany wants to keep peace in the region by aiding the weaker...
AndersSchm .......... Manchurian bid to host the next Olympics threatened by impending global conflict
Hytzon .............. hah Patrick, you would love to see Franco dance huh?
TyrantDD ............ lmao
Patrick ............. i would
GenSchuer ........... 1940 olypmics held in xining hilarious
Ederon .............. it seems that Soviers has indeed infiltrated Poland already
Patrick ............. just like Astaire
Herodotos ........... I have good contacts with the Kremlin
Ederon .............. I suspected you're too red to be real Polish
D ................... rising concern in toronto over aggressive US provocations near sherbrooke
GenSchuer ........... lol
TyrantDD ............ lol
TyrantDD ............ pristin town major found dead with bulgarian mistress blamed
TyrantDD ............ huge public outcry for popular mayor
Traks ............... Car stolen, book in Bulgarian language found nearby
TyrantDD ............ public angry when told of bulgarian mistresses involvement in mayor's murder
TyrantDD ............ crisis talks with bulgarian gov
Ederon .............. Hitler tries to calm things down
TyrantDD ............ talks break down
TyrantDD ............ pavle has had enough
Ederon .............. but bulgarians made stupid attacks on his beard
TyrantDD ............ WAR IN THE BALKANS
Herodotos ........... still the most positive thing for me in DD is that the godlike ledgers are gone
TyrantDD ............ lol stupid non aggr pact wtf
GenSchuer ........... LOL tyrant
AndersSchm .......... lol I was wondering about that
D ................... hehe
GenSchuer ........... hahaha
D ................... what a shame
Traks ............... 5 minutes till end of game
GenSchuer ........... war declaration postponed to to immense bureaucracy
November 11, 1938 .. Turkey had The Great Turk has died! .
Herodotos ........... so they'll attack Bulgaria soon
TyrantDD ............ lol pavle is mad, massive egg on face
GenSchuer ........... cool i got a encircler
Traks ............... not cool
GenSchuer ........... hehe
D ................... boris II of bulgaria takes a welcome weekend camping excursion in dubrovnik, before returning to sofia to look after his cat
November 12, 1938 .. Denmark went with Elect Left in Election Times.
Patrick ............. if he find the cat, war can be avoided!
Patrick ............. so this game continues next monday, at 2000?
Herodotos ........... yes
Ederon .............. Poland refused to ally with Germany
D ................... good man
November 13, 1938 .. Nationalist Spain annexed Republican Spain.
GenSchuer ........... this seems a good time to stop
Traks ............... exactly
Patrick ............. yep
Traks ............... me too
TyrantDD ............ aww 5 more days to dow here
Herodotos ........... saving
Patrick ............. hope to see you next week!


Andrew

 

[Lord Ederon]

2nd Session - June 26th, 2006

2nd Session - June 26th, 2006​

Who played:

Alar           - Romania (hasn't reappeared after reshost)
Anders         - Japan
Andrew         - Nationalist China
D              - Canada
Ederon         - Germany
Herodotus      - Soviet Union
Mr.G.          - Italy
TrippTrapp     - Hungary
Wishing Well   - France

How we played:

We were "just" 9 for most of the session, so atmosphere was little more intimate. We experienced only two rehosts - one was WW's CTD after trying to sleep spies and second mine, when game disconnected. But only one of these rehosts was within official session time, so it was kinda exceptional evening. We went on slow and reached March 1939, which means more than 4 months. Impressive!

 

[AndersSchm]

2nd Session - June 26th, 2006​

Who played:

Alar           - Romania (hasn't reappeared after reshost)
Anders         - Japan
Andrew         - UK
D              - Canada
Ederon         - Germany
Herodotus      - Soviet Union
Mr.G.          - Italy
TrippTrapp     - Hungary
Wishing Well   - France

Andrew was Nat China in this second session - UK was AI.

 

[AndersSchm]

Japan in China, Nov 1938 to Mar 1939

Army Group Centre

The battle of Lake Donting was the first significant encounter of the session. Changshah came under heavy Japanese attack from ground and air assets. The province was quickly attained and the factories there put to the torch. In immediate response Andrew launched a massive Chinese counter offensive into the region which at first forced the occupying units to retreat. However when the Japanese attacked the province again the Chinese found themselves without reserves and were removed from the province permanently.

Reinforcements arrived in this region for the Chinese and the rest of the session saw some skirmishes in the area but the Japanese were content with denying the Chinese their industries.

Army Group North

With reinforcements being sent to the Chinese centre it became important for the other areas to keep pressure on the Chinese in their now weakened flanks. This front moved little due to the annoying bug which caused the puppet armies to stop advancing after a rehost leaving the Japanese forces to arrive alone and be defeated. No doubt this same problem will occur at the start of the new session and Yuling will again be retaken by the Chinese.

Still in the north large attacks into Yuling, Yan an and Xian occured reducing the Chinese capability to reinforce the centre. Communist China for the meanwhile remains independent.

Army Group South

The southern forces met the least stiffest resistance as they occupied Guangxi Clique. This region was targetted for both the industry centres and also access to French Indochina.

This front achieved the most ground and having reached the border of Yunnan is now pushing North.

Notably the southern forces achieved the best encirclement of the campaign so far, trapping 5 Chinese divisions against the coast and forcing their surrender. The Chinese general in charge of the troops expressed his dismay at the lack of provision made for them to strategically redeploy from the area.

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[Mr.G 24]

Try Imageshack Anders.

This session saw Italy dabble in the intelligence tab providing a good distraction and excellent place to loose a lot of money with semmingly no return. The Italian focus was on the evil communist to the east who were under a new, more competent leader Herodotus whom went about his business doing "communist" things and fixing AI mistakes no doubt. Italian spies had little luck in crossing the border undetected and when one lone spy made a suspicous run to Moscow, was promptly shot by the KGB. Steps are now being taken to flush any spies out of our country.

On the homefront Italian plans are fitting into place nicely, just this session we have figured out a new way to get troops to and fro; the use of railroads! This is quite a sensational discovery and would of been sent around the world in demonstration had everybody else in the world not already discovered it. Also mass hiring of proper secretaries are in progress inorder to keep Il Duce with the latest information so there will be little use of the dreaded message log.

On the world stage Mussolini and the Fuhrer welcome Generallissimo Franco to the Axis this will undoubtedly help the Axis cause of..... maintaining a peaceful world of course; with use of any means necessary.

 

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While wars rage in the Orient and international tensions rise in the west, the world has lately been diverted by the spectacle of nations competing for the newly-instituted World Cup. But this sporting contest has had its share of dispute and conflict.

* It was originally intended that the World Cup would be held alternately between the continents of South America and Europe. Nevertheless, Jules Rimet, the creator of the World Cup, convinced FIFA to hold the competition in France, his home country. Because of this controversy, many American countries, including Argentina , Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Dutch Guiana, Uruguay, and the United States all withdrew or refused to enter.

* Due to the Spanish Civil War, Spain had to withdraw from the competition.

* Austria qualified but had to withdraw, having ceased to exist in the meantime.

* England had declined to enter the contest, perhaps because it was organised and hosted by France. They were offered Austria's place in the final stage but remained aloof in splendid isolation.

* FIFA decided not to allow anyone else to qualify, leaving the World Cup one team short.

The resulting first round games were:

Germany vs Switzerland 1-1
Hungary vs Dutch East Indies 6-0
Sweden vs Austria (forfeit)
Cuba vs Romania 3-3
France vs Belgium 3-1
Italy vs Norway 2-1
Brazil vs Poland 6-5
Czechoslovakia vs Netherlands 3-0

The results of the two rematches were

Germany vs Switzerland 2-4 !
Cuba vs Romania 2-1

The second round games were then:

Switzerland vs Hungary 0-2
Sweden vs Cuba 8-0 !
France vs Italy 1-3
Brazil vs Czechoslovakia 1-1

The rematch was

Brazil vs Czechoslovakia 2-1

Then the semi-finals

Hungary vs Sweden 5-1
Italy vs Brazil 2-1

And the final

Hungary vs Italy 2-4

So, Italy was triumphant over the other nations of Europe. Will its winning streak continue...

Andrew

 

[Lord Ederon]

Andrew was Nat China in this second session - UK was AI.

Ah, you're right. I though I've changed it...but I was probably overheated yesterday.

Nice report Andrew. Though Germany feels aggrieved by referee...

 

[tripp_trap]

(my first AAR ever)​

The year went smooth for Hungary, the economy rolling on fine and peaceful neighbours. The new year looked promising for the Hungarian people.

But then in march 1939 tensions broke out after the Czechoslovakian government fell and Hitler ordererd a small police force to move in and secure peace and stop any blodshed between the two peoples.
Merely a few days later gun shots were heard on the Hungarian border, a handful of partisans were killed and 6 Hungarian border guards. Zoltán Hildy reacted by ordering the chief of army Henrik Werth to dispatch a small task force to ensure a peaceful setup of the new Slovakian government.

Hungarian troops on a train to Bratislava​

Only time will tell how long these young men of Hungary will have to stay and protect the people of Slovakia against the communists and anarchists.

 

[Lord Ederon]

Germany - from November 1938 to March 1939

Germany : Unifying Europe - Part 2​

In the beginning of November Hitler made plans to visit both leaders of Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. Yet before his arrival to Nis situation was escalated even more. Border accidents were so common and both sides reported casualties. War was about to break out. Only at the meeting where Hitler appealed on struggling neighbours situation finally calmed down. It is not known what magic fuhrer used, but it was effective. Soon after German instructors came to Belegrade to teach Yugos some genuine disciplime.

New things happend in the east, where new mania possesed Stalin. His paranoia reached new level. Diplomats from western countries were banished from Soviet Union or even murdered by evil KGB. Diplomatic relations were severly damaged mostly between countries gathered in so called Axis, particulary Germany and Italy.

After Munich agreement Czecho-Slovakia was floundering in internal conflicts and instability. Slovaks were demanding independence from Prague, Czechs were still in disillusion after losing Sudetenland. Situation became unbearable in March 1939, when local principals refused to obbey government and most of the country was turned into anarchy. Germany together with Hungary intervened to protect people of Czecho-Slovakia against these dangers. Locals accepted this help which mant merger of Czech lands with Germany and Slovakia with Hungary.

Germany, standing strong in the middle of Europe, surrounded by allied countries, was now good enough ally for Fraco who was still celebrated in Spain after he concluded Spanish Civil War. Germany, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia and now Nationalist Spain are ready to protect Europe against anarchy and communism.


Get to know about REAL history
German occupation of Czechoslovakia

 

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Ever since he came to power, Stalin only had greatness for the Soviet Union in mind. Very much like czar Peter the Great he decided to go abroad and see if he could learn a thing or two that could make the Soviet Union even greater than it already was. He arranged a position in the army of the Republicans in Spain. It hurt him to see the Republicans lose the Civil War as they could have been a very useful ally, but having seen an Axis army in combat was a good lesson for the future. On his way home he dropped by Poland, where he managed to get a role as advisor. Stalin was shocked when he found out that their army was better equipped than the Red Army. He rushed to Moscow to do something about it. The Soviet Army had to be modernized.

Once things started to move in the right direction Stalin ordered the KGB to get more involved in the spying game. This offered Stalin the opportunity to do what he does best: get paranoid about everything. Stalin may be paranoid, but the attempts by the Axis to send spies to Moscow have not gone down well with the rest of the government either.

Recently Stalin got another shock. Much to his disgust he found out that, while he was abroad, the national football team hadn't qualified for the 1938 World Cup. The fact that a country like the Dutch East Indies did, made things even worse. Had the FIFA simply been unfair or was the team not good enough? The proposal to send spies to Switzerland for some assassinations is being considered. Furthermore, the national team has been investigated. It is believed that the coach wasn't very strong when it came to tactics. His order for the players not to take one step back in the field had led to disastrous results.

 

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It is believed that the coach wasn't very strong when it came to tactics. His order for the players not to take one step back in the field had led to disastrous results.

LOL. Maybe you should take a tip from Il Duce:

The final itself took place in the Stade Colombes, Paris. Vittorio Pozzo's Italian side took the lead early, but Hungary equalised within two minutes. The Italians took the lead again shortly after, and by the end of the first half were leading the Hungarians 3-1. Hungary never really got back into the game. With the final score favouring the Italians 4-2, Italy became the first team to successfully defend the title and were once more crowned World Cup Winners.

It can be argued that Hungary - or at least its goalkeeper - allowed Italy to win, as a measure to save the lives of the Italian Team, which had received telegrams by Mussolini with "Vincere o morire!" (mistranslated as "Win or die") written on them. Hungarian goalkeeper Antal Szabo expressed his relief following his side's defeat against Italy despite letting in four goals in the loss. Referring to Mussolini's pre-match threats, Szabo quipped "I may have let in four goals, but at least I saved their lives".

Andrew

 

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Maybe you should take a tip from Il Duce

I'll keep that one in mind for the 1942 World Cup. I was informed by my minister of sports that we didn't try to qualify for the 1938 World Cup. I suspect the SU is not a member of FIFA yet, but that will change soon. The match in which the coach used his disastrous tactics is said to have been a friendly with Germany. I'm not sure Ederon is aware of it, but both Brazil and Germany have put forward an official bid to host the 1942 World Cup. I hope to find out soon which country FIFA will choose, so I have some time to send enough spies.