There we go, 14 brave countries!
The first session lasted from 36 to late 39, and a lot of stuff happened. Italy made Ethiopia a powerful puppet. The Spanish Civil War was brutally fought between 2 human players, eventually ending in a Nationalist victory late 36. Meanwhile in Asia, our human Japan actually got owned by the smart AI China! About 300k Japanese were encircled in the Guanxi pocket and after that millions of elite Chinese divisions started their counterattack to liberate Manchuria. However in Europe Germany was able to gain Austria and split Checkoslovakia with Hungary without much resistance. Yugoslavia was pressured to surrender a large part of her land to Italy and Hungary with the German blessing. War was extremely close with fascist Checkoslovakia, but Syrovy gave up in the last moment. Just after Manstein's tanks were ready to strike... The battle for Poland was over in a month with Germans destroying the entire Polish Army and Soviets marching to Eastern Poland. The Atlantic saw the first battles between the British destroyers and Dönitz's submarines. The Soviets declared war on Finland just before the session ended.
Here's a short series of pics of the SCW. All the great nations sent help, including France and the UK. The war began in July and ended around October, when the Republicans surrendered their last bunkers in Malaga...
Italy decided to install a friendly government to Ethiopia and even surrendered them their cores. Addis Abada is now a mighty mountain fortress and will surely stop any invader.
As a gift, Hitler received the Nobel peaceprize. AND
A PRIVATE JET!!! :rofl:
Now the German Army has grown powerful enough. Time to get our claims! Who cares about the Nobel peaceprize, when you can gain MP and IC!
Oh yea, China. Japan got stopped in the North, way before advancing to the river. In the South they made a brave landing. However the Nationalist masses stopped them and killed 25 divs of the best brigaded Japanese divs.
Japan will never recover. AI-Chiang has ordered an all-out counter offensive. To victory!
Yugoslavia was pressured to surrender her land. They were promised Greek and Albanian holdings in return and a seat in the Axis Council.
However the radical Checkoslovakians weren't as willing, even after losing their Sudetenland forts. Manstein and his tanks were already ready to strike the next morning. However during the last possible moment word was received that Surovy was going to spare his country from a war.
Chiang's forces have recaptured the ancient city of Beijing. Chinese IC is starting to catch up the Japanese. Now the war is moving towards Manchuria. Suprisingly though, the Soviets haven't chosen to invade Manchuria during the border conflict, even with Japan ever so weak.
Japanese forces are now dug in at the mountains of Manchuria. However their future doesn't look good...
China on the other hand is growing in power every day.
After finishing off Checkoslovakia, the Polish Campaign began on June 1st 1939. German stukas were supporting the 3 elite panzer divisions the Germans had. Hungary had also joined the Axis after receiving Slovakia, however they were ill-prepared for war.
Also at the same time Denmark was invaded to secure the Baltic from Allied shipping.
The Kriegsmarine faces it's first test. Raeder performs perfectly and the Danish naval threat has been eliminated. The Luftwaffe also test their naval bombers for the first time.
Meanwhile the Poles have broken through the Hungarian lines. Model's elite division is sent to assist.
However Manstein is the hero of the day. Saving the Hungarians with his legendary panzers.
Unfortunately in the Atlantic, the British destroyers are able to win the first round. However Dönitz sunk plenty of convoys and a British destroyer.
