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A Danish AAR​
Part 1: Introduction​


Difficulty levels: Hard/Normal newest patch.​


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January 1. 1936

Copenhagen, Kanslersgade 10.

Meeting at the Prime Minister's home. Present at the meeting are:
Prime Minister (HoG) Thorvald Stauning,
Foreign Minister Peter Munch,
Armaments Minister Alsing Andersen and
Minister of Security Karl Kristian Steincke.

Stauning: "I have called you to my home in order to discuss the future of this country. We know that we live in a dangerous era and that Denmark can easily be drawn into war with its neighbours. The new nationalist government i Germany is a thread to our security as well as the English wish to get access to the Baltic Sea! Gentlemen we must be aware of these dangers and take the necessary precautions... Andersen can you give an report on our military situation?”

Andersen: “I will do so. At the moment our land forces consist of 1. Jydske Divison. It is currently stationed in Aarhus, but have been ordered to Kolding in order to take up positions along our southern border. Our navy consists of the two heavy cruisers “Niels Juel” and “Peder Skram” and two submarine flotillas, these are of course stationed at Holmen in Copenhagen. The Air force only consist of a small number of old Fokker reconnaissance planes.”

Stauning: “Thank you Andersen.
Munch, as foreign minister can you tell me who we should fear the most?”

Munch: “Prime minister, I do not like making early conclusions, but I think we should be prepared for an attack on our southern border, the North Sea is not ideal for amphibious landings and our navy should be able to protect Store Bält and Öresund.”

Stauning: “Steincke, do you agree?”

Steincke: “Yes, Prime minister”

Stauning: “Do we then have appropriate forces to defend our southern border Andersen?”

Andersen: “With our current military strength we would not stand a chance! We need a further two divisions, an anti air brigade, more artillery and antitank guns! Furthermore we need planes... our troops cannot fight without prober air support! And the navy could use more ships. Destroyers would be my choice by I would have to talk to the admiralty as I am not an expert in the field of the maritime.”

Stauning: “Well, this all sounds expensive to me! Where are we going to get the resources to make all these weapons?”

Munch: “Perhaps I can provide an answer to that question Prime minister. Earlier this morning I had a meeting with the British ambassador and representatives of the Märsk Group at D'Angleterre (famous hotel in Copenhagen), at which a trade agreement was signed...”

Stauning: “How wonderful! Now we must start the production of artillery and planes. And we should also start some research, perhaps in guns too... I know that the Rifle Syndikat are masters in these matters, so we should ask them to do the job. I hereby declare this meeting for ended.”
 
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This is my first AAR ever... I play Denmark for two reasons... I'm danish and if (when) I loose I can say that I was just being historical ;) I must apologize for my bad english but hope that it won't be unreadable. I will try to keep the AAR (and the game) within the boundaries of history and not do things that are too "fantastic" like a WC (like I could :rofl: )... I will not cheat (don't even know how to!)... As I am not a good player I hope you will all help me with ideas and the like... If you have any questions feel free to ask...

The next update will probably be tomorrow... (hmmm... it's already tomorrow here :p ). Later today then...
 
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whats your defensive strategy?
I'd think a plan to fortify Copenhagen into a massive fortress might pay off once the Russkies lessen the pressure on you.
 
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Good luck; you're gonna need it. You may want to consider rebuilding Denmark's former empire in Scandinavia in order to be taken seriously. Of course, that would basically be mooning Germany and Russia...

Don't worry about your English; from what I've seen, you're much more fluent than many native speakers.
 
Thank you guys. I am wondering if I should not succeed in defending my beloved Danish border, perhaps I should release Denmark as a puppet or make it an ally of Germany, as it was i reality until August 1943! (Something that we are not very proud of and try to deny). The fact is, that the Danish government knew exactly when and were the Germans would attack as members of Cannaris staff had leaked those informations to Danish spies!

The Danish waters had been mined, but the day before the attack the mines in the routes the German navy were going to use was removed, because they needed “repairs”! The gunners at the fortresses defending Copenhagen was for the first (and last) time in the history of those fortresses ordered to go home on the day before the attack.

The Copenhagen air defence were given strict orders not to mobilize in case of an attack, the same goes for the army in southern Jutland!

In Korsoer the dock workers (right word?) were told to help German military ships when entering the harbour!

There are many, many more examples. For those who read Danish see: http://home.worldonline.dk/pjuulm/kafka/balling.htm
 
Does anyone have problems seeing the picture? I cannot see it myself today! :eek: My next update was going to include a number of pictures, but as I'm not sure whether they can be seen, I will first try to solve the problems... sorry
 
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Hey good luck, i'm danish as well, but haven't got the Hoi Skills to start a serious game with our beloved Kingdom! Perhaps you should face the odds and lick some ass on Hitler - but I guess your objectives should be to retake the former danish possesions, Norway and Skåne/Halland/Blekinge.

@ the 1940 occupation: What should the danish government have done?? If we had put up a fight against the germans several thousand danes had been killed for no reason. Denmark would've been VERY easy to defeat with some panzer divisions if 'Hæren' had fought the germans. We had learned our lesson from 1864, where the germans crushed through the forces defending Jutland as well, and only stopping near the city of Kolding because the international community preferred a sovereign Denmark (thx, btw ;) )
 
Hi,

what is your IC? AFAIR you also have one research slot only...

I suppose you will have to prioritize heavily. If you will take on the Germans it may be wise to fortify and increase the navy and AA at the expense of, well, everything else.
An alliance with the U.K. could give you much needed tech boost.
Good luck!!! It takes guts to try Denmark!

Rgds, Oldtimer
 
Yankee112 said:
Hey good luck, i'm danish as well, but haven't got the Hoi Skills to start a serious game with our beloved Kingdom! Perhaps you should face the odds and lick some ass on Hitler - but I guess your objectives should be to retake the former danish possesions, Norway and Skåne/Halland/Blekinge.

@ the 1940 occupation: What should the danish government have done?? If we had put up a fight against the germans several thousand danes had been killed for no reason. Denmark would've been VERY easy to defeat with some panzer divisions if 'Hæren' had fought the germans. We had learned our lesson from 1864, where the germans crushed through the forces defending Jutland as well, and only stopping near the city of Kolding because the international community preferred a sovereign Denmark (thx, btw ;) )
Click to expand...

Thank you... I think you are mistaken the war of 1848 with the war of 1864 when you talk about Kolding... Remember the last battle of the 1864 war was fought in Lundby near Aalborg!
 
I will also be monitoring this AAR closely.
In an earlier game of HOI Core I was able to withstand the Germans long enough for the French to counterattack and defeat Germany.

I would like to see Denmark make a little resistance, but this could be difficult because of the stupid event ;)
 
Part 2. The fall of the League of Nations

January 21
Windsor Castle, England

The late King George V of England has died and King Kristian X of Denmark and Prime minister Stauning attends the funeral.

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Funeral of George V.

March 5
Copenhagen, Kristiansborg, The foreign ministry

Secretary: “Sir, we have just received a message from our agent in Cairo. Shall I read it to you?”

Munch: “Yes please.”

Secretary: “Cairo, March 4. - Have just received a message from the British consulate in Alexandria that Addis Ababa has fallen, and that Italian forces have taken control of Ethiopia. The British government will probably not tolerate this violation of the rules of the League of Nations.”

Munch: “This is serious! We must immediately express our concerns about the Italian behaviour in Africa to the Italian ambassador. We will continue our boycott on all Italian made goods as long as they continue their illegal occupation and suppression of the free people of Ethiopia!”

March 7
Copenhagen, Kristiansborg, The foreign ministry

Secretary: “Sir, we have just recieved news from Schön, the secretary of our Berlin delegation, that the Germans have this morning broken the Versailles Treaty by moving troops into the Rhineland! They have placed troops around Köln.”

Munch: “How do the British and French react to this?”

Secretary: “Well, it seems like they do not care!”

Munch: “Then we will not bother either. We are not in a position that allows us to complain without British or French support...”


March 11
Copenagen, Östre Allé 2 (home of Peter Munch)

Present: Peter Munch
Thorvald Stauning
The German ambassador

Munch: “Welcome to my home ambassador, please sit down, and let us proceed with this meeting.”

German ambassador: “Thank you. I have come to apologize for the latest violations of the Versailles treaty. I can assure you, that the people of Germany are not interested in starting another great war on the European continent. Instead I offer peace and invite you to trade negotiations!”

Stauning: “Well, we can only accept your apologies, but must warn you that further violations of the treaty will not be tolerated, neither by us or the great powers!

I must unfortunately dismiss any talk about trade negotiations due to our lack of resources, and the fact that we have already started negotiations with a couple of Norwegian companies.”

German ambassador: “I then think that we should end this meeting. But please, consider my offer. Heil Hiltler!”


March 28
A white peace was signed between Communist China and Nationalist China.

May 8
“Report to the Ministry of Defence: The production of 100 new artillery pieces is now finished. As is the training of men. We can therefore deploy our new artillery brigade and attach it to “1. Jydske Divison”.

June 20, 1936
Broadcast on “Danmarks Radio”
Today the Swedish news has announced that a new Swedish government have been installed. It has already been known as “The Summer Government”. New Prime minister of Sweden is Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp.”

June 22
The peace in Asia is once again disturbed as forces from the Guangxi Clique clash with the armed forces of Nationalist China.

June 23
Norway and Denmark finally agrees on the terms of a new trade agreement, which allows Norwegian oil, money and metal to be traded for Danish weapons and supplies.

June 24
F.L. Smidt announces that they have developed a new 75mm field artillery gun. Productions is immediately started at their factories, so that the Danish army can be supplied.
 
Part 3: Military Exercise

June 30
Near Haderslev (southern part of Jutland)

King Kristian X inspects the Danish army during the great summer exercise.

Chief of Army, Erik With: “This is the backbone of our defence my king. The 1. Jydske Divison.

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Kristian X and the Danish army

They have recently been supplied with our new 75mm cannon developed and manufactured here in Denmark!

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75mm cannon

As you will now see, we have a lot of new weapons which are at the moment being tested... this is our panzer, we have bought some from the British and are preparing to make a whole division! These should be a tough nut to crack for the Germans, whose armoured units are probably only made from cardboard and wood!

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Danish panzer

If we manage to produce enough of these tanks, I suggest that they should be used i close cooperation with the infantry. Talking about the infantry. These are our newest machine-guns, and here you can see that they are also great as anti air guns!

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Danish machine-gun

As you will see, we have many special units. This is the motorcycle platoon.

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Danish motorcycle

And here comes the bicycle platoon

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Bicycle platoon

We have also prepared a bit of an air show for your majesty... This is the royal air force, consisting of Fokker Reconnaissance planes.

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Danish recon plane

With these forces, and those that are under construction we will defend our country my King."

Kristian X: "I must admit, that I have never seen the Danish army in better shape!"
 
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