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Session 19 - November 1, 1939 - The Waiting Game

World Politics:
November 2, 1939 - Germany honored the MR Pact. Eastern Poland to USSR.
November 4, 1939 - Hungary joined the Axis and we are now at war with them.
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Hungary adds 6 Divisions, 1 Interceptor, 5 Tactical Bombers to the mix against us.

November 16, 1939 - The Finnish Winter War
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November 23, 1939 - Swedish sends material and volunteers in their non-intervention on the Finnish Winter War.

Action:
November 4, 1939
We recaptured the airbase in Rostock and took out a Stuka Squadron.
Germany has 22 Air - 2 Escort, 2 Fighter, 1 Interceptor, 5 CAS, 6 Tactical, 4 Naval Bombers, 2 Transports

November 5, 1939
We caught an Infantry Division on its own and managed to destroy it. However, this is an uphill battle.
Germany is up to 106 Divisions, 79 Infantry, 8 Armor, 1 Motor, 1 Cavalry, 1 Mountain, 13 Garrison, 3 HQ

November 7, 1939
Our Armor in Lubeck managed to make it home. Lubeck is back in German hands.

November 10, 1939
We got another German HQ unit in Munster.

November 16, 1939
Waxed another German Infantry Division. We might have built a wall of rubble around Greater Denmark.

Production:
Artillery 25 - November 19, 1939
Light Cruiser 4.17 - HMS Hermione - November 20, 1939
Engineer 12 - November 22, 1939
Infantry 39 - 52nd Lowland Division - November 23, 1939
Infantry 40 - 53rd Welsh Division - November 23, 1939
Spitfire 3 - No 29 RAF Fighter Group - November 29, 1939

New Production Lines:
110.49 - Current Production Bill
105.90 -4.59 for ending Light Cruiser Line
109.50 +3.60 for new Light Cruiser Line
112.50 +3.00 for 3 lines of Airbases

Technology Trades:
November 30, 1939 - Obtained Deep Logistic Organization from France

New Research Projects:
Project 39T - Improved Fighter
Start: 39.11.02
Supermarine, Skill 9, Cost £2.61, Research 51.75 / 103.5
20 days - Engine
20 days - Airframe
20 days - 12.7mm MG
39 days - Radar
39 days - Prototype Test
3 days - Ahead of Time
141 days total - March 23

Completed Research Projects:
Project 39-19 - Improved Encryption Devices - November 2, 1939
Time: 48 days - Finally we were exact.
Cost: £125.28

Allied Research Projects:
F39-12 Perimeter Defense Doctrine - November 26, 1939
F39-13 Basic Medium Tank - November 30, 1939
C39-13 Night Strikes Doctrine - November 21, 1939
A39-10 Night Strafing Doctrine - November 4, 1939

Here is a picture of Greater Denmark.
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Here are the forces arrayed against us:
103 German Ground - 75 Infantry, 1 Cavalry, 2 Motor, 4 Light Armor, 5 Armor, 1 Mountain, 13 Garrison, 2 HQ
Hungary - 7 Infantry

22 Germain Air - 2 Escort, 2 Fighter, 1 Interceptor, 5 CAS, 6 Tactical, 4 Naval Bombers, 2 Transports
Hungary - 1 Interceptor, 6 Tactical Bombers

We have:
92 Ground - 40 Infantry, 5 Motor, 6 Armor, 29 Garrison, 9 Militia, 3 HQ
220 Navy - 7 Carriers, 14 Battleships, 3 Battlecruisers, 16 Heavy Cruisers, 47 Light Cruisers, 72 Destroyers, 29 Submarines, 32 Transports
39 Air - 6 Escort, 3 Fighter, 11 Interceptors, 3 CAS, 3 Strategic, 10 Tactical, 3 Naval Bombers

We lost Poland, but it looks like we have a foothold in Greater Denmark. The Germans should have the forces to drive us out, but it is possible we have protected ourselves with a wall of rubble. There is a neutral zone of provinces where the Infrastructure is 10 to 20%. They keep filling that neutral zone with an occasional troop that gets annihilated.

We are not sure when Italy enters the war. We have moved much of our fleet in preparation. Something we are not prepared for is Germany suddenly rebuilding the KM.
 
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As long as France is still in the fight you have a decent chance. You can grind Germany down slowly over time.

If France falls though...it's going to be a rough road.
 
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TheExecuter said:
As long as France is still in the fight you have a decent chance. You can grind Germany down slowly over time.

If France falls though...it's going to be a rough road.
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France falling was what happened in my second HoI on very hard and that was still easier than historical.
The AI should get better at evacuating airplanes before losing an airbase.
Denmark in the war right away is making it a lot easier. We would otherwise have to figure out how to get on the mainland or face their entire army and LW.
We found a use for those Strategic Bombers!
 
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Session 20 - The Phony War

World Politics:
December 9, 1939 - Finland elected right. They are Social Conservative.

Production:
Infantry 41 - 54th East Anglia Division - December 9, 1939
Infantry 42 - 55th West Lancashire Division - December 9, 1939
Transport 33 - Samfreedom Flotilla - December 9, 1939
Transport 34 - Samfoyle Flotilla - December 9, 1939
Engineer 13 - December 16, 1939
Armor 7 - Guard's Armored Division - December 19, 1939
Artillery 26 - December 22, 1939
Destroyer 4.19 to 4.21 - 72nd to 74th Destroyer Flotillas - December 23, 1939
Motor 6 - 5th Indian Division - December 25 1939
Escort 7 and 8 - No 30 and No 31 RAF Fighter Group - December 28, 1939

New Research Projects:
Project 39U - Deep Logistic Organization
Start: 39.12.04
Alan Brooke, Skill 6, Cost £1.74, Research 82.8, 165.6
10 days - Dynamic Priority Supply System
20 days - Mean Consumption Statistics
10 days - Flexible Dumpspot System
20 days - Improved Stock and Storage
10 days - Operational Refueling and Replenishment
1 day - Ahead of Time
71 days total - February 15

Project 39V - Frontal Missions Doctrine
Start: 39.12.15
Hugh Dowding, Skill 8, Cost £2.32, Research 48.3 / 96.6
13 days - Front Line Air Patrols
25 days - Army-Air Force Radio Net
13 days - On Call Fighter Pilots
25 days - Close Fighter Cover
13 days - Fighter Sweep Training
89 days total - March 14

Completed Research Projects:
Project 39-20 - Super Heavy Battleship - December 4, 1939
Time: 66 days - Exact
Cost: £114.84
The cost is about 1.67 KGV Battleships. Last time we built one, it was kind of fun.

Project 39-21 - Dispersed Fighting Doctrine - December 15, 1939
Time: 77 days, which was exact, except I forgot how to count months and I was using my fingers.
Cost: £178.64

Allied Research Projects:
A39-11 Improved Encryption Device - December 9, 1939
C39-14 Production Planning - December 24, 1939
S39-6 Production Planning - December 25 ,1939

We got to January 1, 1940. I will prepare an end of year report soon.
 
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Start of 1940 Force Comparison

Axis Ground Forces:
101 Germany - 72 Infantry, 1 Cavalry, 1 Motor, 4 Light, 4 Armor, 2 Paratrooper, 1 Mountain, 14 Garrison, 2 HQ
Hungary - 7 Infantry
Slovakia - 1 Infantry
109 Total, +8 Overall - They are +9 Infantry, +2 Paratroopers, -1 Motor, -2 HQ

Navy:
Germany - 1 Submarine, 1 Transport
Denmark in the war early gave us a place to force their navy out and crush them.

Air Force:
22 Germany - 2 Escort, 2 Fighter, 1 Interceptor, 5 CAS, 6 Tactical, 4 Naval Bombers, 2 Transports
Hungary - 1 Fighter, 6 Tactical Bombers
If they AI can smell an undefended Transport in range, they should have enough sense to evacuate their Air one hour before an Airbase is captured.

UK-Denmark Ground Forces:
96 UK - 42 Infantry, 6 Motor, 7 Armor, 29 Garrison, 9 Militia, 3 HQ
21 Denmark - 19 Infantry, 1 Mountain, 1 HQ

Navy:
225 UK - 7 Carriers, 14 Battleships, 3 Battlecruisers, 16 Heavy Cruisers, 47 Light Cruisers, 75 Destroyers, 29 Submarines, 34 Transports
8 Denmark - 1 Heavy Cruiser, 5 Destroyers, 2 Submarines
In this timeline, we managed to save all of our ships. HMS King George V is ready to return to service after getting mauled by Naval Bombers.

Air:
41 UK - 8 Escort, 3 Fighter, 11 Interceptor, 3 CAS, 3 Strategic, 10 Tactical, 3 Naval Bombers
France - 3 Interceptors, 12 Tactical Bombers
Denmark - 4 Interceptors
South Africa - 3 Interceptors
Canada - 8 Tactical Bombers
Australia - 5 Tactical Bombers
Put together, that seems to be a lot of air over Western Germany.

87 France - 75 Infantry, 4 Cavalry, 4 Armor, 3 Mountain, 1 HQ
Canada - 20 Infantry
Australia - 18 Infantry, 2 Cavalry, 6 Garrison
South Africa - 10 Infantry, 3 Garrison
New Zealand - 9 Infantry, 3 Cavalry
Based on this, Denmark might soon have Armor.

66 France - 1 Carrier, 6 Battleships, 1 Battlecruiser, 7 Heavy Cruisers, 7 Light Cruisers, 22 Destroyers, 15 Submarines, 7 Transports
Canada - 19 Destroyers, 6 Transports
Australia - 2 Heavy Cruisers, 3 Light Cruisers, 19 Destroyers, 8 Transports
South Africa - 7 Destroyers, 6 Transports
New Zealand - 5 Transports

Here is another look at Greater Denmark:
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We were expecting to get pushed back, simply based on numerical strength. Germans have 101 Divisions against our Danish Defense Expeditionary Force of 30 Divisions. Denmark now adds 21 to make this 51 and we are still outnumbered nearly 2 to 1. They have to maintain borders and that makes the odds slightly better.

The Wall of Rubble might have helped. Denmark has a division retreating from Leipzig that should make it back to Wolfsburg. Gottingen and Madgeburg are pretty much destroyed, with 12.2% and 13.2% Infrastructure and that appears to make it difficult to trap units. Most likely, Denmark will get forced out of Munster.

It is surprising this picture is showing more territories than the last picture from one month ago.

War Tally up to January 1, 1940
636 - Manpower at September 1, 1939
+80 - 4 Months at 20 per Month
716 - Expected Manpower January 1, 1940
534 - Actual Manpower
182 - to account for

40 - 4 Infantry
30 - 3 Motor
7 - 1 Armor
8.0 - 3 Artillery, 1 SP Artillery
10.0 - 4 Engineer
2.0 - 2 Light Cruisers
4.5 - 9 Destroyers
3.0 - 3 Transports
5.0 - 3 Escort, 1 Fighter, 1 Interceptor
109.5 - Manpower put in Uniform

72.5 - Difference - So I guess the body count for 1939 is 72500 dead. Some of these are actually builds started as we wound down production before the start of the war and ramped up after. We will neglect this.

Here is the Finnish Winter War:
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So far the Soviets have stolen one territory. The Soviets have a staggering 237 Divisions.
170 Infantry, 9 Cavalry, 35 Motor, 11 Armor, 11 Mountain, 1 HQ
Finland has 26 Divisions.

Finally, here is the war in China:
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It is hard for me to tell right now how much progress has been made. I will have to check an earlier post. It looks like that is Post #104 from January 1, 1939. They have some extra territories and are slowly creeping south and grabbing the northwest pocket. The difference is 230 Divisions to 103.

230 Divisions Japan - 101 Infantry, 11 Cavalry, 57 Garrison, 57 Militia, 4 HQ
103 Divisions China - 54 Infantry, 5 Cavalry, 44 Militia

China has about two years or more to hold out. We are still not sure what happens when Japan does not formally join the Anti-Commie Pact with Italy and Germany.

We are also not sure when Italy is joining the war, with Denmark causing so many problems.

Will Luxembourg survive the war?
 
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Session 21 - February 1, 1940 - Berlin is in Sight

World Politics:
January 11, 1940 - The Automedon Incident - Japan found these document to be very important.

Action:
January 1, 1940 - Snow day. So we have no plans for our aircraft.
January 3, 1940 - We took advantage of the weather to move some air around. This is kind of ironic, isn't it?
We now have 4 Tactical and 1 Bomber Group in Copenhagen,
2 Hurricane groups in Aalborg, 2 Tactical Bombers in Wilhelshafen
2 Dive Bomb Groups in France, along with 1 Tactical Bomber
January 4, 1940 - We moved a Bomber Group to Aalborg and a Hurricane Group to Wilhelmshafen.
January 10, 1940 - We moved the AT Brigade to Malta where we figure it will do not much.

January 22, 1940 - We captured Stralsund and Berlin is now in sight.
January 23, 1940 - 66th Destroyer Flotilla sunk 1 Truppentransporterflotille in Pomeranian Bay. We appear to have one U-Boat to hunt.

Production:
Engineer 14 - January 9, 1940
Hurricane 12 - No 28 RAF Fighter Group - January 11, 1940
Spitfire 4 - No 32 RAF Fighter Group - January 11, 1940
Infantry 43 - 56th London Division - January 15, 1940
Infantry 44 - 59th Staffordshire Division - January 15, 1940
Submarine 4.09 - 29th Submarine Flotilla - January 21, 1940
Artillery 27 - January 22, 1940
Infantry 45 - 61st Infantry Division - February 1, 1940
Infantry 46 - 15th Indian Division - February 1, 1940
Engineer 15 - February 1, 1940
Transport 35 - Samconstant Flotilla - February 1, 1940
Transport 36 - Samelete Flotilla - February 1, 1940

New Production Lines:
112.50 - Previous Production Bill
105.09 -7.41 Hurricane 12 Completed
108.51 +3.42 SP Artillery 9 Started

New Research Projects:
Project 40A - Assembly Line Experimentation
Start: 40.01.10
English Electric Company, Skill 8, Cost £2.32, Research 105
20 days - Modular Design
20 days - Platform Development
20 days - Sectional Assembly
20 days - Fracture Mechanics
46 days - Experimentation Process
126 days total - May 16

Completed Research Projects:
Project 40-1 Early Airborne Division - January 10, 1940
Time: 99 days - Exact
Cost: £200.97

Allied Research Projects:
A40-1 Improved Destroyer - January 4, 1940

Policy Changes:
We have gone all the way Standing Army. We get a bunch of extra Experience and a penalty to gearing bonus. The most we can gain on time is 25%. Since we are making changes to our production lines, this will not affect us quite as much, and the penalty is offset a bit by some lower upgrade costs. It looks like this is at 85%.
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Is there another set of changes we should be making to our Domestic Policy?

Here is Greater Denmark. Berlin is in sight.
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We might get a couple of raids in or we might have to pull back to Wilhelmhafen to defend Munster. So far, Munster has been a no-man's land and troops entering often get slaughtered. Here is the ground forces matchup so far:

100 Germany - 71 Infantry, 1 Cavalry, 2 Motor, 8 Armor, 2 Paratrupen, 1 Mountain, 14 Garrison, 1 HQ
Hungary - 7 Infantry
Slovakia - 1 Infantry

100 UK - 46 Infantry, 6 Motor, 7 Armor, 29 Garrison, 9 Militia, 3 HQ
30 Denmark - 26 Infantry, 1 Cavalry, 2 Mountain, 1 HQ

We can field 32 in our Danish Defense Expeditionary Force (Danish Expeditionary Armed Force? Danish Expeditionary Armed Taskforce Headquarters?) Denmark has 30. So we are outnumbered 108 to 62 in a simple comparison We can take out the Garrisons to make it 94 to 62 and that's a fraction over 1.5 to 1.
 
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I am assuming France has made no offensive moves?

This is usually why I invade Germany from France...at least then, France fills in defensive forces on the ground I take. Though it looks like Denmark is doing fine if it has 30 divisions of its own...
 
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TheExecuter said:
I am assuming France has made no offensive moves?

This is usually why I invade Germany from France...at least then, France fills in defensive forces on the ground I take. Though it looks like Denmark is doing fine if it has 30 divisions of its own...
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France is doing well. The Maginot Line is working exactly as intended! Actually, they are supplying Denmark with most of those Divisions. I suppose the other thing they are doing is providing a border presence. That means the German AI also has to maintain a border presence. This also applies to the border with the USSR. The French are also sending Bombers into Germany - and getting wrecked every time I see them.

Do you remember my last VH Campaign on HoI1 where New Zealand was the game's MVP? This game is all about Denmark. An honorable mention goes to the Danish Expeditionary Army Taskforce Headquarters.
 
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Session 22 - February 18, 1940 - Downfall

World Politics:
February 2, 1940 - A Militarist Coup in Bolivia, where it is Groundhog Day all over again. They are Paternal Autocrat.
February 12, 1940 - The USA starts to become aware of trouble brewing across the vast oceans and have started to prepare for war.
February 16, 1940 - End of the Finnish Winter War. The Soviets got what they wanted.

Action:
Our aircraft finally spotted only 2 Divisions defending Berlin. So here we go.
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February 7, 1940 - Our Armor rolled into Berlin.
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Even if we do not hold it, we should be causing massive disruption.

Production:
Light Cruiser 4.18 HMS Euryalus - February 11, 1940
Motor 7 - 52nd Lowlands Division - February 16, 1940

New Research Projects:
Project 40B - Improved Tactical Bomber
Start: 40.02.13
de Havilland, Skill 7, Cost £2.03, Research 89.7
23 days - Engine
23 days - Airframe
23 days - 2 Ton Freefall Bomb
23 days - Navigation
45 days - Prototype Test
137 days total - June 30

Research Projects Completed:
Project 40-2 Deep Logistic Organization - February 13, 1940
Time: 69 days - 2 days ahead of schedule
Cost: £120.06

Allied Research Projects:
F40-1 Dispersed Fighting Doctrine - February 5, 1940
C40-1 Improved Encryption Device - February 6, 1940
A40-2 First Strike Doctrine - February 5, 1940
N40-1 Production Planning - February 10, 1940

I will pause the game right here and decide on a direction to move next. It's either east or west.
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It is getting safer to just move the rest of our forces in Germany. They are down to 94 Divisions.
68 Infantry, 1 Cavalry, 2 Motor, 8 Armor, 2 Paratroopers, 1 Mountain, 11 Garrison, 1 HQ
Add in the Axis minors and that is a total of 102 Divisions, 91 if we discount the Garrisons.

We have 32 Divisions in Germany and Denmark has 36. We can go all-in with another 17 divisions for a grand total of 85. The odds will change to 91 to 85.
 
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If France starts to move into Germany, that should kick it's AI into attack mode...
 
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TheExecuter said:
If France starts to move into Germany, that should kick it's AI into attack mode...
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I wonder if it's the other way around - and I do not know what triggers France to change its AI. I am looking at files.....

The Danzig or War event gives France it's France_Poland AI. I am looking for more...
...Germany at war with Belgium triggers France-Germany AI, which also does us no good.
...Free France AI requires the existence of Vichy.

I have not quite decoded the requirements for France Offensive AI.
 
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Riel Hamard said:
I wonder if it's the other way around - and I do not know what triggers France to change its AI. I am looking at files.....

The Danzig or War event gives France it's France_Poland AI. I am looking for more...
...Germany at war with Belgium triggers France-Germany AI, which also does us no good.
...Free France AI requires the existence of Vichy.

I have not quite decoded the requirements for France Offensive AI.
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More that if you hold territory in Germany contiguous to the French land, then it will move troops forward to defend that land. This frees up your troops to be able to move offensively.

Once French troops move sufficiently in and away from the Maginot line, the AI usually starts actively fighting then.

It's still not great, but it's better than just sitting in the forts refusing to do any offensives at all.
 
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More that if you hold territory in Germany contiguous to the French land, then it will move troops forward to defend that land. This frees up your troops to be able to move offensively.

Once French troops move sufficiently in and away from the Maginot line, the AI usually starts actively fighting then.

It's still not great, but it's better than just sitting in the forts refusing to do any offensives at all.
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Curious - were you involved in this Wiki article?

Research - Hearts of Iron 2 Wiki

hoi2.paradoxwikis.com

Executor made an excellent program to calculate research times, best team for tech etc. An updated version for Armageddon and Doomsday is available in this thread. It can be made to work with Arsenal of Democracy if you create a file called HoI2.exe in the AoD install directory and point the program to that folder.
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Session 23 - April 1, 1940

World Politics:
February 19, 1940 - Siam crushed a Right-Wing Coup. They are Paternal Autocrat.
Paraguay had a Militarist Coup. They are Paternal Autocrat.
Ecuador had a Militarist Coup. They are Paternal Autocrat. South America seems very unstable.

March 12, 1940 - Canada elected left. They are Market Liberal.

March 14, 1940 - Japan DoW Yunnan. The USA is safe for now. Here is a look at that war.
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March 17, 1940 - Yunnan joined an Alliance with Nationalist China.

Action:
February 19, 1940 - Armor 7E rolled into Danzig and crushed 4 Stuka squadrons. Germany is down to 18 Air Divisions. Number 46 gets credit for the kill. There is 1 Truppentransporterflotille to hunt down.

March 2, 1940 - We rolled into Lodz, crushing more Air units. It is supposed to be Air destroying Armor and not the other way around.
Germany is down to 14 Air Units - 2 Fighter, 1 Escort, 1 Stuka, 6 Tactical, 4 Naval Bombers

March 14, 1940 - We sunk the remaining German Type 9 Submarine.
March 16, 1940 - We trapped the Germans at Memel.
March 17, 1940 - 45th Destroyer Flotilla got the final kill on the German Truppentransporters.

Production:
SP Artillery 9 - February 21, 1940
Artillery 28 - February 21, 1940
Engineer 16 - February 21, 1940
Spitfire 5 - No 33 RAF Fighter Group - February 21, 1940

February 27, 1940 - Alexandria Level 10 Airbase
Infantry 47 - 16th Indian Infantry - March 3, 1940
Infantry 48 - 17th Indian Infantry - March 3, 1940

Engineer 17 - March 11, 1940
Destroyers 4.22 to 4.24 - 76th to 78th Destroyer Flotilla - March 13, 1940
Escort 9 - No 34 RAF Fighter Group - March 15, 1940
Escort 10 - No 35 RAF Fighter Group - March 15, 1940
Artillery 29 - March 18, 1940

Infantry 49 - 66th Infantry Division - March 19, 1940
Infantry 50 - 70th Infantry Division - March 19, 1940
Transport 37 - Samfaithful Flotilla - March 19, 1940
Transport 38 - Samoresby Flotilla - March 19, 1940

Armor 8 - 10th Armored Division - March 28, 1940

New Production Lines:
108.51 - Current Production Bill - and we start with something unthinkable in a normal game.
148.51 - Level 3 Rocket Test Facility - should be ready on December 26.
145.09 -3.42 Completed SP Artillery 9
137.11 -7.98 Completed Spitfire 5
122.854 -14.256 for 2 completed lines of Whirlwind
109.174 -13.68 for completing Armor 8

New Research Projects:
Project 40C - Preplanned Defense Doctrine
Start: 40.03.04
Dudley Clarke, Skill 7, Cost £2.03, Research 46.8 / 93.6
48 days - Multiple Bunker Lines
48 days - Layered Minefields
48 days - Strongpoint Mentality
24 days - Tunnel Vision Complex
24 days - Local Reserves
192 days total - September 16

Project 40D - Improved CAS Aircraft
Start: 40.03.10
Avro, Skill 6, Cost £1.74, Research 93.6
22 days - Engine
22 days - Airframe
22 days - Dive Bomb Drop Shells
22 days - Navigation
43 days - Prototype Test
131 days total - July 21

Project 40E - Improved Escort Service Fighter
Start: 40.03.18
Supermarine, Skill 9, Cost £2.61, Research 58.5 / 117
18 days - Engine
18 days - Airframe
16 days - Machine Gun
35 days - Radar
35 days - Test
122 days total - July 20

Completed Research Projects:
Project 40-3 Advanced Computing Machine - March 4, 1940
Time: 145 days - We were early by 19 days. We did not account for industrial bonus and we did not lose as much time from ahead of time as anticipated due to rounding.
Cost: £294.35

Project 40-4 Frontal Missions Doctrine - March 10, 1940
Time: 85 days - 4 days ahead of schedule because we obtained plans early.
Cost: £197.20

Project 40-5 Improved Fighter
Time: 136 days - 5 days ahead of schedule
Cost: £354.96

March 29, 1940 - We achieved a Technological Breakthrough in Electronic Computers.
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Allied Research Projects:
F40-2 Hunter Killer Group Doctrine - February 19, 1940
F40-3 Frontal Missions Doctrine - March 5, 1940
F40-4 Formation Fighting Doctrine - March 11, 1940

C40-2 Improved Light Tank - February 20, 1940
A40-3 Deep Logistic Organization - March 22, 1940
S40-1 Battlefield Destruction Doctrine - March 25, 1940

Cabinet Changes and Promotions:
March 4, 1940 - We put Sir Thomas Inskip in charge of Armaments. He is an Air Superiority Proponent and we are not paying huge industry to speed up Aircraft Research. Had we been thinking more forward, we would have worked in more Aircraft Projects. With two projects going, we are basically paying 90 ICD per day of Aircraft Research. We also doomed our production for about 100 days. Given that we committed so much into Rocketry, we decided we actually have production to spare for projects such as these.

March 8, 1940 - General de Burgh, Skill 1, OG Trickster in charge of the London Defense Force.
March 8, 1940 - General Gordon Finlayson, Skill 1, OG Trickster in charge of moving some Reinforcements to Germany.

Here is the situation in Europe.
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Germany has:
84 Land - 64 Infantry, 1 Cavalry, 2 Motor, 6 Armor, 2 Paratroopers, 1 Mountain, 8 Garrison
13 Air - 2 Fighters, 1 Interceptor, 6 Tactical, 4 Naval Bombers

What do we do if we win the war before Italy joins?
 
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Session 24 - May 1, 1940

Production:
Engineer 18 - April 2, 1940
Light Cruiser 4.19 - HMS Charybdis - April 2, 1940
Spitfire 6 - No 36 RAF Fighter Group - April 3, 1940
Motor 8 - 76th Infantry Division - April 4, 1940
Artillery 30 - April 14, 1940
Infantry 51 - 77th Infantry Division - April 19, 1940
Infantry 52 - 78th Infantry Division - April 19, 1940
Engineer 19 - April 22, 1940
Submarine 4.10 - April 23, 1940

New Production Lines:
109.174 - Current Production Bill
101.194 -7.98 Completed Spitfire 6
111.454 +10.26 for new line of Spitfires - They are expensive! We should have checked first, then kept building the old ones and upgrading. The new ones cost 10.26 x 85.5 days. The upgrade will be 4.3605 x 18.17 days.

Allied Research Projects:
F40-5 Night Bombardment Doctrine - Deemed complete April 30, 1940
C40-3 Deep Logistic Organization - Deemed complete April 23, 1940
C40-4 Night Strikes Doctrine - Deemed complete April 23, 1940

Cabinet Changes:
April 1, 1940 - We introduced Sir Alan Brooke as our new Chief of Staff. He introduces the Peoples War and brings our manpower growth from 0.67 to 0.83. For monthly manpower growth, we will call this an increase from 20 to 25. Somehow that actually works out to a 25% gain.

Here is the map of Greater Denmark:
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We are suspecting the Germany is not going to declare on the Low Countries and Luxemburg is going to survive this war. This might stall the entry of Italy into the war. We are now up against:
70 Divisions - 53 Infantry, 1 Cavalry, 1 Motor, 6 Armor, 2 Paratrooper, 1 Mountain, 6 Garrison
11 Air - 2 Fighter, 1 Escort, 4 Tactical, 4 Naval
We might do better to move away from Poland and support central Germany, instead.

Stalin is a different story. I don't see how Germany can mount an offensive against them.
259 Divisions - 185 Infantry, 9 Cavalry, 40 Motor, 13 Armor, 11 Mountain, 1 HQ
 
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Session 25A - June 1, 1940 - The Low Countries Enter the War

World Politics:
May 2, 1940 - Just when we thought it was never going to happen, it happened.
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Germany declared war on Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxemburg. We have all of our troops in Poland and will be little help.
Belgium adds 24 Divisions to the mix, the Netherlands 15, and Luxemburg 1. Germany might have been gearing up for this the entire winter.

May 12, 1940 - Switzerland had another election, but Latin America did not have another coup.
Instead, Costa Rica had an election. They elected a Social Conservative government.

Action:
May 2, 1940 - There was not much Luxemburg can do. Their single division retreated. In Czechoslovakia, there is a single island where a couple of Danish Expeditionary Armed Defenders are bravely holding out against an onslaught of German Panzer, the 6th Mountain and 41st Division.

May 3, 1940 - The DEAD did not make it. We tried to rescue them, but we were short by about 6 hours. France started retrieving their Divisions for home defense and Denmark is down to 19 Divisions.

May 4, 1940 - The French defended Luxemburg for now.
May 8, 1940 - The west appears to be at a stalemate for now. The Dutch have recaptured Munster. The Danish appear to have driven the Slovaks out of their capital and we started attacking Hungary in Debrecen.

May 12, 1940 - We crushed a couple of trapped German divisions in Presov.
May 14, 1940 - Germany annexed Luxemburg.
Much later in the day, our tanks rolled into Presov and we made a long border between Greater Denmark and the Soviet Union.

May 15, 1940 - Our tanks rolled into Miskolc, but the Germans, fresh from their victory in Luxemburg, have counterattacked in earnest us from Leipzig into Cottbus. They had been previously running probing attacks. A few hours later, we found out this was also a probe, but with 6 divisions instead of 1 and 3 of their Panzer divisions.

May 18, 1940 - Denmark annexed Slovakia.
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Who ever thought they would see this in a game of HoI? They picked up 19 points of Belligerence with that. We will see how they are with diplomacy.

May 20, 1940 - Armor 7 rolled into Budapest. German units have been moving east. So we will have to move quickly to avoid getting trapped.
While we were not paying attention, Belgium captured Cologne. It also appears France recaptured Luxemburg.
May 21, 1940 - Army 7 captured Pecs. The Britzkreig is on!
May 22, 1940 - Denmark annexed Hungary.
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They now have 22 Belligerence, ahead of Germany, but behind Japan and the USSR.

May 22, 1940 - The Germans appear to have recaptured Cologne, but the Dutch captured Aaschen. We should activate a front there.
May 26, 1940 - The French now hold Cologne. The Germans have Munster again.

May 27, 1940 - We captured an open part of the Czech Line of Death in Liborec. This will help us set more traps.
May 30, 1940 - Recaptured Breslau. The real action is in the west. Denmark captured Kassel. They are one territory away from cutting off the entire German East Front. Our armor rolled into Brno.

June 1, 1940 - Never mind about cutting off the German East Front. They recaptured Kassel. still we were impressed that Denmark pressed that far.

Production:
Infantry 53 - 40th Infantry Division - May 5, 1940
Infantry 54 - 51st Infantry Division - May 5, 1940
Transport 39 - 1st Transport Flotilla - May 5, 1940
Transport 40 - 2nd Transport Flotilla - May 5, 1940
Artillery 31 - May 9, 1940
Engineer 20 - May 12, 1940
Motor 9 - 80th Infantry Division - May 20, 1940
Destroyer 4.25, 4.26, 4.27 - 78th, 79th, 80th Destroyer Flotilla - May 27, 1940
We might have lost count of Destroyers for a while and might try to reconcile, but we have 81 of them.
21 DD1, 14 DD2, 19 DD3, 27 DD4. We can't seem to find any U-Boats to kill.
May 30, 1940 - We expanded the Malta Air Base to Size 7.

Upgrade Parade:
May 6, 1940 - 2/6 Spitfires
May 8, 1940 - 4/6 Spitfires
May 10, 1940 - 6/6 Spitfires upgraded

New Research Projects:
Project 40F - Ship Assembly Line
Start: 40.05.15
English Electric Company, Skill 8, Cost £2.32, Research 50.4 / 100.8
48 days - Ship Modules
24 days - Environmental Tests
24 days - Propulsion Adaptation
24 days - Assembly Line Process
48 days - Production Tests
168 days total - November 3

Completed Research Projects:
Project 40-6 Assembly Line Experimentation - May 15, 1940
Time: 125 days - We were one day early and had changes in Ministry and Computer Technology
Cost: £290

Allied Research Projects:
A40-4 Frontal Missions Doctrine - May 16, 1940
N40-2 Deep Logistic Organization - Deemed complete May 7, 1940

Minister Changes:
May 15, 1940 - We put Sir Charles Portal in charge of the RAF. He brings back the Carpet Bombing Doctrine. Stay tuned. There is madness to our method!

We will take a few hours break for lunch and stuff, then move on to the next Session.[/spoiler][/spoiler]
 
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