stnylan said:
My lines have become a bit stretched after I've begun moving troops to Persia. The War against Colonialism will begin sometime in the New Year I think. Hope to tie down a few lose ends before that.
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My lines have become a bit stretched after I've begun moving troops to Persia. The War against Colonialism will begin sometime in the New Year I think. Hope to tie down a few lose ends before that.
mmmm.
it seems the bear is rumbling accross europe again -
does this mean that HOI2 shares HOI's fatal flaw that if the player chooses Germany or the USSR, they automatically clean up?
I.e. no other power presents any challenge after the Eastern Front is decided?
Having said that, it's always delightful for the map to be a lovely red colour, and heatwarming to see that you are liberating socialist republics
heretic
it seems the bear is rumbling accross europe again -
does this mean that HOI2 shares HOI's fatal flaw that if the player chooses Germany or the USSR, they automatically clean up?
I.e. no other power presents any challenge after the Eastern Front is decided?
Having said that, it's always delightful for the map to be a lovely red colour, and heatwarming to see that you are liberating socialist republics
heretic
Yeah unfortunately the Eastern Front can be a cakewalk... Stony Road might have changed that, I'm eyeing superior Soviet numbers (3:2 against me) across the entire front in early 1941..
Nice update, it is always a joy to see your Soviet armies "liberate" all of Europe
Stumble on, mighty bear!
Nice update, it is always a joy to see your Soviet armies "liberate" all of Europe
Stumble on, mighty bear!
20 October 1941 – 10 February 1942 The Decline and Fall of Rome
On 30 October Copenhagen finally fell after repeated assaults. With his city under siege for several months, the King of Denmark had plenty of opportunity to ponder the future of his people. In a short meeting he told his liberator, General Kork, he had come to understand the benefits communism would bring to his country. 1 November the king announced both his abdication and the formation of the Socialist Republic of Denmark. In Norway, Chuikov made several attempts to take Narvik, but since these achieved but limited gains, it was decided to postpone further attacks until spring.
In the last months of 1941, the German front settled down to an almost standstill. Only in the south were some limited offensive actions fought. Dijon was liberated by Zhukov in December, and Reims fell to Vassilevskij’s tanks 4 February.
In the last weeks of November, a series of hard battles was fought around La Spezia as the Italian forces in North Italy attempted to break out of their encirclement. The result was that La Spezia had to be abandoned and recaptured twice in little more than a week, and during this many Italian divisions escaped southwards, prolonging their own misery. With the liberation of Genoa 5 December, only a hodgepodge of Italian, German and Slovenian troops were now left to defend the pocket. On the 25 December the last remnants finally surrendered at Turin.
The Bulgarian government had finally capitulated 1 January, and the Balkan Front, commanded by General Kalinovski, could finally begin the advance into Greece. Surprisingly many Italian troops were found to be garrisoned here, and although this made Soviet advance somewhat slower, it meant that fewer troops remained to resist the coming onslaught in Italy itself. As elsewhere nothing could stop the Red Juggernaut. Salonika was liberated 29 January.
On 7 January 1942, what was intended first as a limited offensive was launched with the goals of capturing Rimini and Florence. Both of these cities fell after offering considerably less resistance than expected. Timoshenko, Primakov and Apanasenko were therefore ordered to continue the advance while the enemy was off balance. The Italian retreat turned first into a complete rout and then into mass surrendering. At Rome the pitiful defence offered by the enemy General Graziani was easily brushed aside, and 17 January Meretskov’s army entered the Eternal City. The by now desperate Italian government ordered divisions flown in from Libya, only to see them destroyed only days after arrival. Naples fell 25 January, and on 30 November the Red Army entered Reggio. All of mainland Italy had now been liberated and Mussolini had fled with his mistresses to Palermo.
On 21 January the United States of America, the so called “Home of the Free”, formally entered into alliance with Britain. The US sent financial aid for some time, now the Americans would also send their sons to die under the Libyan sun. Stalin was greatly pleased by this turn of events. It would lead to much less unnecessary diplomatic paperwork in the future.
During the last year, the Persians had sent countless letters to Moscow describing the miserable conditions under which their brothers in Afghanistan were living. Finally Stalin could bear this no more, and in late November the great work of freeing the Afghani people from their feudal overlords was begun. With the exception of a few misguided tribal warriors, our brave soldiers were met with flowers everywhere.
After the great success in Afghanistan, it was decided that the suppressed and misruled people of Iraq could no longer be denied the joys of socialism either. But while earlier, the rest of the world had watched the events with silent consent, the British and American embassies begun delivering piles of letters filled with bile and vile accusations.
Thus it was that Stalin in the morning of 10 February 1942 held one of his greatest and most important speeches. He begun with detailing how the Soviet Union had been attacked by the fascist conspiracy without any provocation, and then described all the great victories that had followed and how the fascists now were mere months if not weeks from being pushed into the sea. He spoke about all the numerous peoples who had been liberated from their oppressive overlords and had all freely embraced the tenets of communism. He told how the Imperialist English and Frenchmen, with the backing of American capital, had for over a century hold the countless millions of Asia and Africa in near slavery and was even now planning the same fate for the peoples of Arabia. Then, to the never ending cheers and applause of the crowd, he proclaimed that the Ever Victorious Red Army had at his orders, begun the march into Iraq and India this very morning. “I promise you, Comrades, that Capitalism and Colonialism will Perish for ever!”
A good line.
And so it begins. Stalin, of course, simply has the world's best interests at heart
10 February – 30 March Liberation of the Low Countries
Simultaneously with the first blows of the War against Colonialism, a great offensive was launched against the Germans. From Dijon to Göttingen the invincible Red Army roared forth. The goal was to trap the majority of the German field army in the Low Countries and forever destroy fascist offensive capabilities. As predicted, Soviet arms were victorious along almost the whole line. Arnheim and Auxerre were liberated 11 February, Rokossovsky was welcomed into Amesterdam the 16th, on the 17th the last fascists had been driven from Namur. The hardest resistance, has had been expected, was met in the Antwerp-Eindhoven area, where the greatest number of enemy troops was concentrated. This suited the STAVKA perfectly. They unleashed Vassilevskij’s Tank Corps. He effortlessly captured Amiens, and on 27 February he had reached Dieppe. On the same day the 1st Czech Infantry Division entered Paris. The German army had been cut in half.
Surprisingly the Wehrmacht seemed to have learnt its lesson this time, and impressive efforts were made to break out from the pocket. The Soviet lines at Paris and Amiens could not hold under such relentless pressure, and even the most ferocious counterattacks could hinder the fascists from recapturing the two cities. These grand battles lasted the first three weeks of March. Vassilevskij’s corps had been cut, and although his men fought valiantly, only a few tanks were able to rejoin with Zhukov at Paris 29 March. By this date, all of Belgium and Netherlands had been liberated. With only garrison troops left, this had been a literally walk over. Although the Red Army had not been successful in destroying the German army, many fascist divisions were now reduced to half or even quarter strength.
Winter continued to lock the Narvik front in stalemate, but in the beginning of March, a small corps was landed at Kristiansand in South Norway. Although preliminary attacks upon Oslo failed, only the calendar hindered our men from being greeted with flowers as they entered Stavanger and Hamar. In Greece the Italians were relentlessly driven back. Athens fell 22 February. With the capture of Patrai 4 March, all of mainland Hellas had been liberated. With the conquest of Libya by the British, only Albania, the Adriatic islands, Sardinia and Sicily remained in Italian control. On Crete some naïve idealists had raised the black anarchist flag.
In the Middle East, the liberation of the Iraqi people had begun. Faisal II, the British puppet king of Iraq, had concentrated his men at Baghdad. Although this meant that the Battle of Baghdad dragged out, it also left Kirkuk, Mosul and Basrah virtually undefended. Here, as elsewhere, the inhabitants rejoiced in their newfound freedom and the glory of communism. The British garrison of Kuwait was kicked out 7 March. Meanwhile the British Imperialists had poured in reinforcements. Although they could not hinder the fall of Baghdad to General Uborevich on 18 March, they were sadly able to recapture Nasiriya. In this they clearly proved that capitalism clouds the mind. If Karbala could be captured, the British Army of Iraq would be cut off.
In India, almost no fighting worth mentioning took place. He imperialist garrison at Karachi offered only token resistance, and in short order Karachi, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad and Jodhpur were liberated. The single British division at Rajkot evidently had secret dreams about Siberian railways. “Nepalese Cavalry at Lahore” became a very popular comedy film at Moscow. The 10 March saw the spontaneously founding of the Peoples Republic of Pakistan. Two days later the Red Army entered an undefended Dehli. On 14 March an American army established a bridgehead at Karachi, giving further proofs that capitalism clouds the mind. Landing right before the nose of Tukhachevsky’s veteran troops was almost insulting in its idiocy.
So the Germans have had what sounds like a last hurrah. And the Iraqis for that matter.
stnylan said:
Very irritating really. I need to finish the Germans as fast as possible. The supply situation in western Europe is in short bad. Anyway, I will not be too surprised if I find myself bravely defending Poland next winter
I have returned...
Although the Wehrmacht had escaped from the Low Countries, this, of course, proved to be only a temporary respite. Having retreated from the Bug to the Seine, most of the German divisions were now completely run down. Finding Paris in Soviet hands, the retreating Germans launched a desperate and futile counterattack to retake the city, only to finally be destroyed as the bulk of the Red Army caught up with them. The STAVKA had now grown impatient and sought a final solution to the European front. In one overpowering stroke, the Red Army rolled forth, smashing the enemy lines to dust. Orleans fell 12 April and on 28 April Russian soldiers, for the first time in history, could dip their toes in the Bay of Biscaya.
Having split the German forces in four, what remained were mere formalities. Caen fell 4 May and Brest the 7th. Elsewhere, Albania had been liberated 11 April, and with the capture of Oslo, Bergen and Narvik, the German defence of Norway was on the verge of collapse. Nevertheless, from his bunker in Bordeaux, Hitler wanted to continue the struggle. He envisaged a fighting retreat with his five remaining divisions to the Spanish border, where they would seek interment. His generals were not impressed. On 16 May 1942, the German army capitulated. Hitler was left swimming in the Biscaya.
Two days later, Stalin could proudly announce the founding of the Democratic Republic of Germany, the Republic of Norway and the United Socialist Republics of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.* A year and a half after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, only the decadent court at Palermo remained of the fascist conspiracy to achieve world domination.
In Iraq, the situation devolved into a stalemate. Karbala fell to General Gorodovikov 17 April, cutting the link between Trans-Jordan and Iraq. However, the British troops under the command of General Alexander and entrenched themselves deeply in the marshlands between the Tigris and Euphrates. Several attacks were launched without succeeding to dislodge the British and their Iraqi lackeys.
The war in India was quite different from the European war. Instead of huge troop concentrations, this front was characterized by relatively small forces spread over huge areas. Instead of meticulously garrisoning every single village, it was found preferable to keep our forces concentrated and mobile. As result some cities had to be retaken twice or even trice, but the Red Army enjoyed numerical superiority in almost every battle, keeping the colonist oppressors off balance.
The greatest advances were in the north. Here General Shaposhnikov managed to bind up the majority of the British forces in a dragged out battle for the cities of Jabalpur and Lucknow. Meanwhile Lt. General Belov’s Mountaineer Corps could proceed almost unopposed through the Himalayas. Kathmandu was liberated 22 April and the Nepalese puppet king forced to abdicate. He then turned southeast, and crossing the Ganges he found Calcutta only defended by a few local troops. On 16 May the victorious Red Army could begin the great work of teaching the joys of socialism to the oppressed pariahs of Calcutta.
On the western coast, the advance of Lt. Colonel Reiter’s Mechanized Corps had at first proceeded smoothly and Bombay fell 30 March. But on 5 April he received the grave news that the Americans had landed at Ahmadabad. Having been cut of, he now found himself in a most perilous situation and was forced to retreat north while at the same time fighting desperate rearguard actions to keep the pursuers at bay. In the end his worries proved to be somewhat exaggerated. Before he could make a breakthrough attempt, rescuers had arrived from Pakistan. The soft bellied, bloated Yankee cowboys stood no chances against Tukhachevsky’s battle hardened veterans. By 8 May Bombay had been recaptured and Hyderabad was liberated 16 May. Stalin was confident that the Indian people would soon bask in the glory of communism.
* [OK, so I’ve modded a bit here. If things become too easy I can always dow China]
30 March – 27 May In which the German pigdogs surrender
Although the Wehrmacht had escaped from the Low Countries, this, of course, proved to be only a temporary respite. Having retreated from the Bug to the Seine, most of the German divisions were now completely run down. Finding Paris in Soviet hands, the retreating Germans launched a desperate and futile counterattack to retake the city, only to finally be destroyed as the bulk of the Red Army caught up with them. The STAVKA had now grown impatient and sought a final solution to the European front. In one overpowering stroke, the Red Army rolled forth, smashing the enemy lines to dust. Orleans fell 12 April and on 28 April Russian soldiers, for the first time in history, could dip their toes in the Bay of Biscaya.
Having split the German forces in four, what remained were mere formalities. Caen fell 4 May and Brest the 7th. Elsewhere, Albania had been liberated 11 April, and with the capture of Oslo, Bergen and Narvik, the German defence of Norway was on the verge of collapse. Nevertheless, from his bunker in Bordeaux, Hitler wanted to continue the struggle. He envisaged a fighting retreat with his five remaining divisions to the Spanish border, where they would seek interment. His generals were not impressed. On 16 May 1942, the German army capitulated. Hitler was left swimming in the Biscaya.
Two days later, Stalin could proudly announce the founding of the Democratic Republic of Germany, the Republic of Norway and the United Socialist Republics of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.* A year and a half after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, only the decadent court at Palermo remained of the fascist conspiracy to achieve world domination.
In Iraq, the situation devolved into a stalemate. Karbala fell to General Gorodovikov 17 April, cutting the link between Trans-Jordan and Iraq. However, the British troops under the command of General Alexander and entrenched themselves deeply in the marshlands between the Tigris and Euphrates. Several attacks were launched without succeeding to dislodge the British and their Iraqi lackeys.
The war in India was quite different from the European war. Instead of huge troop concentrations, this front was characterized by relatively small forces spread over huge areas. Instead of meticulously garrisoning every single village, it was found preferable to keep our forces concentrated and mobile. As result some cities had to be retaken twice or even trice, but the Red Army enjoyed numerical superiority in almost every battle, keeping the colonist oppressors off balance.
The greatest advances were in the north. Here General Shaposhnikov managed to bind up the majority of the British forces in a dragged out battle for the cities of Jabalpur and Lucknow. Meanwhile Lt. General Belov’s Mountaineer Corps could proceed almost unopposed through the Himalayas. Kathmandu was liberated 22 April and the Nepalese puppet king forced to abdicate. He then turned southeast, and crossing the Ganges he found Calcutta only defended by a few local troops. On 16 May the victorious Red Army could begin the great work of teaching the joys of socialism to the oppressed pariahs of Calcutta.
On the western coast, the advance of Lt. Colonel Reiter’s Mechanized Corps had at first proceeded smoothly and Bombay fell 30 March. But on 5 April he received the grave news that the Americans had landed at Ahmadabad. Having been cut of, he now found himself in a most perilous situation and was forced to retreat north while at the same time fighting desperate rearguard actions to keep the pursuers at bay. In the end his worries proved to be somewhat exaggerated. Before he could make a breakthrough attempt, rescuers had arrived from Pakistan. The soft bellied, bloated Yankee cowboys stood no chances against Tukhachevsky’s battle hardened veterans. By 8 May Bombay had been recaptured and Hyderabad was liberated 16 May. Stalin was confident that the Indian people would soon bask in the glory of communism.
* [OK, so I’ve modded a bit here. If things become too easy I can always dow China]
Well, India was really quite a walkover. I suppose the USA is the only nation that might be even a little challenging?
I'm meeting harder resistance in Iraq than expected, so it's seems like most of the British colonial army was positioned in Africa to deal with the Italians. I hope to destroy this army before the Americans show up in any great numbers. The US have not yet mobilized in any great numbers. They have put some divisions into India, but India will fall sooner or later anyway. I have a few problems of my own making though. The airforce is small, the navy is hopelessly obsolete and I have 0 airborne divisionsstnylan said:
I will follow this AAR. I am interested to see what happens in your game because I am also playing 1936 Soviet Union, except on harder settings and I didn't mode anything.
Let us know what you do in Iraq cause that's a pain in a butt - I had to transfer around 80 divisions and a bunch of air force in there to kill the Brits in Kuwait.
I am a bit suprised that USA didn't attack you yet. Be careful they might attack you. The most likely locations for the American invasion are Far East and and South Eastern Europe.
Good luck!