Scenario Description
Two objectives of this scenario:
1) Start closer to the Danzig event and
still give players enough time to reorganize
their armies before the war;
2) Make some things self balanced by the
scenario mechanism itself instead of
resorting to unnatural restrictions like
artificial rules forbidding some or other
strategic and tactical moves.
What is different in this scenario as
opposed to the regular Paradox' 1939.
Germany
1. Siegfriedstellung, the defensive line in
Germany, opposite the French Maginot line,
for serving the corresponding purpose has
been reinforced.
2. In order to delay Allied invasion in the
West the efficiency of coastal forts under German
control has been increased from 100 to 150 %.
3. For the same purpose several more coastal
forts have been added in France, Italy, Yugoslavia
and Greece.
4. All other nations still have the coastal forts
efficiency - 100 %.
Scandinavia
1. Mannergheim Line in Finland has been extended.
2. In order to make it really hard for Soviets to conquer
the country the land forts efficiency for Finland has
been increased from 100 to 150 %.
3. All other nations have the land forts efficiency
decreased from 100 to 80 %. Now level 10 forts are
still formidable obstacle but not impenetrable.
3. A lot more deposits of rare materials have been
added in Norway to make the country more attractive
for Germans and even worth it to conquer her.
USSR
1. The dissent in the Soviet Union is 0 %. Stalin's
purges in the 1930th could not have caused dissent
increase because all political opponents were
either murdered or imprisoned and those who
remained alive were happy builders of the bright
communist future in their country.
Turkey
1. In order to prevent a possible ahistorical Soviet or
Axis aggression on the nation a few land/coastal forts
have been added in Turkey.
2. For the same purpose the terrain in the Turkish
province of Kars has been converted into mountains.
Spain
1. In order to prevent a possible ahistorical Axis
aggression on the nation a few land/coastal forts
have been added in Spain.
2. Spain has been made a pacifist, i.e. Spain AI
historically won't join any coalition.
Latin America
1. Most of the Latin American nations including
Brazil and Argentina have been made historically
reluctant to join any Coalition.
Far East
1. Nat. China is not hopeless at all. In this
scenario Japan is not supposed to conquer the
whole country. The Japanese historically just
bogged down in China till 1945 what allowed
the Soviet Union to avoid a possible Japanese
aggression in the East and actually saved
the USSR in WWII. Anyway it is still possible
for Japan to beat China as well as it is now
possible for Chinese to drive Japanese invaders
from the continent. Expect a stalemate
between Nat. China and Japan in the beginning
and it is going to take months till one side will
be able to break it.
2. If conquered by Japan and released as
a puppet Nat. China is not prone to send exp.
forces to Japan or Nazi Germany.
3. The puppets of Japan, - Manchukuo and
Mengkukuo, are not going to send any exp.
forces to Japanese, they can be only MCed.
Same for Siam when she sides with Japan.
Poland
1. Poland is much stronger in this scenario.
The tripled Polish panzertruppen as opposed to
the regular Paradox' 1939 for example, what
was suggested by Geofactor. If both Germany
and Poland have same level of MP experience
Germany can easily win the Polish campaign.
But if a Poland is more experienced than an
opponent playing Germany outcome of the
campaign is unpredictable.
Egypt
In this scenario Egypt is not a part of the
British colonial empire but u puppet of Britain
because the Egyptians were historically granted
nominal independence by Great Britain in February
1922, which nevertheless retained control over
Egyptian foreign affairs and defense, the Suez
Canal, and Sudan (which Egypt had ruled until the
British occupation). The British also insisted on the
maintenance of the Capitulations, the system of
special laws and courts that applied to foreigners.
General Stuff
1. The preliminary scenario name is Der Kampf um Lebensraum.
2. Although the Scenario start date is May 1st, 1939
next DP sliders move can be made on April 30, 1940.
This is valid for all nations without an exeption.
3. This scenario is based on the principle - Superior
quality of Axis vs Sheer numbers of Allies and Communists.
4. This scenario consists of only 1 eug-file so far and
compatible with any checksum. But since we need
events unlocking some units we'll have to develop a
multi-file system for this scenario at some point