The Secret Mistake
By arya126
Chapter 1
By arya126
Chapter 1
4:00 am Febuary 28th 1939
Downtown London
He walked briskly down the hall though he had no idea why he had been summoned here at four in the morning.
Whatever the reason it had to be important. Churchhill didnt call him to discuss the situation with the foreign embassies. Maybe the Germans had tried to join the allies to fight the soviet union. Yes that would explain it.
When he reached the oak door at the end of the hallway, before he could knock, a tired and grim voice said
"Come in Anthony."
Yes he was Anthony Eden, former foreign secretary of the British Empire. He had resigned early last year because of the totally insensible foriegn policy the PM conducted, and the PM's stance on the Germans expansion. Instead he was now part of Winston Churchills cabinent that would take office when he was elected in 1940. Hopefully.
"Do you know why you are here?" Winston often asked that to find out how far news had traveled. When he beckoned Anthony took a seat on the chair across from the desk that Winston was behind.
"No sir."
"Dont say sir when you are talking to me. We are friends not boss-worker."
"Then why cant i call you sir?" He asked innocently. Winston just sighed and shook his head.
"Well why am i here sir?"
"How do i put this? I'll be blunt. We, as the UK, have declared war upon the USA and now have a four front war even without the Germans. So much for Chamberlains talk of maintaining peace at all costs. I wonder how he will sell this to the public without a revolt.."
After his initial shock his mind was racing. Why would Chasmberlain declare war on our biggest potential ally? Sure there was a bit of tension since the fact that they refused to back us against the Germans but that was no reason to doom the British Empire!
Suddenly he was burning with questions.
"What are the four fronts? What was their reaction to this? Is their military up to covering that much land? Is ours? Is Chamberlain insane?" they all burst out at once.
"Well the second question is the one is your job. I heard merely minutes before i called you that he plans to announced it during his speech tomorrow so they might not know until our first strike-whatever that may be-hits. the last: He very well might be." A pause and a sip of tea from the mug he was holding. "Now the four fronts are Canada, The Far East, Africa, and of course the seas. The two biggest navies in the world are clashing and theirs is, unfortunatly more numerous and modernized. Our 5 carriers may be more than any other single nation but they are outdated next to the americans'. What little air force we can spare to canada can probably keep them busy if not eliminate them. As for the army, well our intel predicts that their 14 divisions will multiply to 100 by this time next year and Canada will be overun by december. If they gain supremacy of the seas our colonies will be gone by the end of next summer and the possibility of an invasion of the isles will be iminent. Do you think we can stop this if we get into office?"
He shook his head.
"No, if those rednecks gain the upper hand, they wont be stopped politically, industrially, or militarily."
"Well then go and get some sleep and meet me at parliament tomorrow at noon ready to protest this."
"I'll be on my way then."
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Simultaneously
Chamberlains Office
"Do you honestly think this can work?" The question was adressed to the only other man in the room besides chamberlain himself. Sir Cyril Deverall.
"Yes i do sir. They will turn to the Germans for their need of an ally and civil war will erupt in both with a little help from us over the controversy of the decision. We then invade both simultaneously using the reserves of infantry that we are building up as we speak. They will be overun by '41, '42 at the latest."
"'42! Thats 2 years after the elections! We need to at least look like we are doing something!
"I have explained this many times before sir. The RN will eliminate all their carriers and battleships, therefore removing the threat that they pose. The RAF shall help canada dominate and bomb New englands air space and factories. And the land forces in india shall land in and annex the phillipines, and if possible, proceed to the scattered US islands across the pacific. We shall reduce them to their mainland for the final assault. Also if we can spare the troops an excursion into the south americas to capture Panama and open up another invasion route could help."
"It sounds easier said than done. Their navy has a large chance of destroying ours before the assault. But I shall trust you to the end as I always have."
"As I you."
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Im relatively new to these forums and to the HOI series itself though i have played EU3 for a few years. This AAR is my first and is played in version 1.1 of HOI2 DD. This time has turned out shorter than expected but its merely to give you an idea of things to come. Somehow i get the feeling that Deverall doesnt like the british much
