To Whatever End
Gotterdammerung
Normal / Normal
I am playing this AAR honestly. I will not reload if I lose an important battle and I will play it through no matter what happens. (normal/normal)
The clouds shift over Europe and Germany has been pushed past hope. The odds stacked against every German soldier grows by the day. The allies have landed in Europe, opening Germany's third front. Italy is now almost solely in Allied hands, and the Russian Juggernaught surges forward daily.
Even without hope of victory, the German high command must make preperations for its final stand against impossible odds.
Leadership
The first order of business was to reorganize the German leadership to slow down her enemies. Several key placements were made.
Werner Von Blumburg (-15% supply consumption) replaced Hitler as commander of the army because of his ability to manage supplies and reduce the overall need, whereas Hitler proved himself essentially useless as a military commander.
Secondly, the legendary Hanz Guderian was replaced by Alfred Jodl (+20% org. regain) who could better rally the failing German army, whereas manpower was not our most pressing problem..
The Battle Plan
The German army has no change against 3 fronts, and perhaps none against 1 (Russian). So soon the high command understood that the Allies in Normandy had to be thrown back into the sea. This seemed unlikely with the Allies supreme command of the sky and the Luftwaffe scattered across Europe. Concentrating the Luftwaffe in Paris combined with an aggressive offensive was the only hope in the west.
The Western Front June 20th 1944
In theory, after France becomes secured, reinforcements could turn to tide in Italy and with stalling tactics the Russian bear could be slowed.
Oil and Time are all we need ...
Eastern Front
The Eastern Front, June 20th 1944
The whole front looks grim. With an army twice as large along a huge front, there aren't too many things that can be done on this front the entire luftwaffe is in France. The rivers will be the key to stopping the Russians. Milk them for all they're worth. Russia won't be able to attack into the Bulkans because of the great defensive terrain in the area, but the heart of our front, with open terrain and no rivers is extremly vulnerable.
Running back into Poland would not work, it destroys our ability to buy time with land and lives, and the Russians can punch across rivers given enough men.
The question becomes, should we build land fortifications deep behind our lines and hope to slow down the Russians until they can be finished. Fortifications could be constructed by September 21st. Even if the plan worked, the best that could result would be a stalemate. Call me a dreamer, but I'll sooner meet my death on the fields of battle than behind walls.
Stalling the Russians will be our only goal. Production will exclusively focus on infantry as they cost no oil to keep running, and we have a rather LARGE oil deficit.
Gotterdammerung
Normal / Normal
I am playing this AAR honestly. I will not reload if I lose an important battle and I will play it through no matter what happens. (normal/normal)
The clouds shift over Europe and Germany has been pushed past hope. The odds stacked against every German soldier grows by the day. The allies have landed in Europe, opening Germany's third front. Italy is now almost solely in Allied hands, and the Russian Juggernaught surges forward daily.
Even without hope of victory, the German high command must make preperations for its final stand against impossible odds.
Leadership
The first order of business was to reorganize the German leadership to slow down her enemies. Several key placements were made.
Werner Von Blumburg (-15% supply consumption) replaced Hitler as commander of the army because of his ability to manage supplies and reduce the overall need, whereas Hitler proved himself essentially useless as a military commander.
Secondly, the legendary Hanz Guderian was replaced by Alfred Jodl (+20% org. regain) who could better rally the failing German army, whereas manpower was not our most pressing problem..
The Battle Plan
The German army has no change against 3 fronts, and perhaps none against 1 (Russian). So soon the high command understood that the Allies in Normandy had to be thrown back into the sea. This seemed unlikely with the Allies supreme command of the sky and the Luftwaffe scattered across Europe. Concentrating the Luftwaffe in Paris combined with an aggressive offensive was the only hope in the west.
The Western Front June 20th 1944
In theory, after France becomes secured, reinforcements could turn to tide in Italy and with stalling tactics the Russian bear could be slowed.
Oil and Time are all we need ...
Eastern Front
The Eastern Front, June 20th 1944
The whole front looks grim. With an army twice as large along a huge front, there aren't too many things that can be done on this front the entire luftwaffe is in France. The rivers will be the key to stopping the Russians. Milk them for all they're worth. Russia won't be able to attack into the Bulkans because of the great defensive terrain in the area, but the heart of our front, with open terrain and no rivers is extremly vulnerable.
Running back into Poland would not work, it destroys our ability to buy time with land and lives, and the Russians can punch across rivers given enough men.
The question becomes, should we build land fortifications deep behind our lines and hope to slow down the Russians until they can be finished. Fortifications could be constructed by September 21st. Even if the plan worked, the best that could result would be a stalemate. Call me a dreamer, but I'll sooner meet my death on the fields of battle than behind walls.
Stalling the Russians will be our only goal. Production will exclusively focus on infantry as they cost no oil to keep running, and we have a rather LARGE oil deficit.
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