Paradox Interactive Forums - HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/ en Fri, 24 May 2013 02:19:21 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png Paradox Interactive Forums - HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/ Reclaiming the Empire An Italian TFH/Black ICE AAR http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?689475-Reclaiming-the-Empire-An-Italian-TFH-Black-ICE-AAR&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:14 GMT I have been playing Hearts of Iron since the original game came out. In all that time I have never actually played a game all the way through. Invariably depending on the country I play by the time I reach 1941 or so there's a new update or expansion that forces me to restart. Having read a number of AAR's for HOI 3 especially the 2 written by Uriah I decided to finally try writing an AAR of my own. I liked the vanilla style of the game but having played through Tommys mod and HPP and Black ICE I decided on Black ICE as the mod to use. It's sheer number of units and changes to terrain modifiers make it very interesting.

For new players I highly recommend going through the normal game first before trying a mod. In that mold I have always felt Italy is a great starter nation. You are Isolate to a point from the allies and have a lot of small countries you can push around. You don't have to take everyone on like Germany and worry about strategic bombers like Germany. Plus when you assault Russia you are not doing all the fighting. So if your just learning the game or your just a wuss like me trying to learn then Italy is a great start. You have enough of a starting army and navy to do some damage that you can build on. A large enough industrial base to build a decent military and Germany as a close ally.

I will not be able to put in all the amazing pictures of Tommy or Uriah but I will do my best to max out on screen shots and battle plans. My goal as Italy is to rebuild the Roman Empire like everyone normally does, build a fleet that can hold it's own if not destroy the fleets of France and Britain and then move out and secure the Atlantic against America. On the Army front I want to build one Army group of mobile troops. 1 core light armor, 1 core medium and the rest motorized with maybe a few more tanks. If you are honest with your battle with Ethiopia this is really hard to achieve as you should conclude the war by summer of 1936 losing your war time advantage of industry. I have no intention to be "Gamey" but I will write this as a diary style narration from Mussolini which will allow me to discuss all my plans and reasons for actions.

I have never gone more then a few years into a Black Ice game for the same reasons noted above so any advice would be very appreciated because I can honestly say I have no idea what the hell I am doing on the tech front to a point. : )

I hope this is an enjoyable read with a likely once - twice a week update.

Edit: Just starting and I realize I have never taken a screenshot let alone tried to upload one. I believe it is F12. Does this work in Black ICE and where do they save? I believe also everyone is using photobucket or is there a better approach? Thanks everyone

Also this is Black ICE 3.01 with the Hot fix. ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) Mindmeld_me http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?689475-Reclaiming-the-Empire-An-Italian-TFH-Black-ICE-AAR República Popular do Brasil! A FTM - HPP Brasil AAR! http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?689254-República-Popular-do-Brasil!-A-FTM-HPP-Brasil-AAR!&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 18:11:01 GMT
República Popular do Brasil - A HPP - FTM AAR


Hello everybody, welcome to my first AAR, I'm playing a modified HPP - FTM game with Brazil, my objective is to create a long lasting comunist state in the Americas and expand my influence in the world, Ill try not to go conquering everyone, only the lands I see fit, so bear with me as I try to write an at least half-decent AAR.


INTRODUCTION


It was late at night, 27 December 1935, Getúlio Vargas, once a low ranking soldier of the Brasilian Army, now President since his coup in 1930, supported by the "Aliança Liberal", lead by the states of Paraíba, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul, was, since he took power, jumping between the fascists of the Ação Integralista Brasileira and the communists of the Aliança Nacional Libertadora for support.

"I need a PERMANENT source of support to do this, otherwise it won't end well..." tought to himself, but he now had decided, he needed support, the world was in chaos, boiling up for war, he was, since around August, in contact with Luis Carlos Prestes, leader of the ANL, they planned a coup, a document, signed by AIB's leader, Plínio Salgado, falsely of course, stating a fascist plan to take power in Brazil, in a Fascist inspired dictatorship, in December 28, at around 7 pm Getúlio anounced the "finding" of the document in national radio, the police and the army quickly swept trough the country, arresting AIB's members, while Plínio Salgado fled to Portugal, other members took exile in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and even inside of Brazil, in places such as Amazonia and the dried savannas of the Northeast.

Though the power was taken by the commies trough a coup, the population didn't bother, apart for localized protests about the takeover, the nation remained calm, and it was in this climate that Brazil was to rise, rise to the great power it deserved to be, the People's Republic of Brazil!



Political map of South America, January 1936

It's now 1936, a provisional, Revolutionary Government has been assembled, with ministers from the PSOL party, replacing liberal parties ministers, while also declaring AIB illegal, we expect that soon the fascists will be in jail or exile.



New minister cabinet

The country is also pretty industrialized, enough for the time being, we have Rubber being produced in Amazonia, in small scale, but we hope to increase that production, as we will benefit from it later on.



Our Rubber production area in Amazonia (blue) and also our main industrialized centers (green).

We are also re-organizing our troops, mostly militia, into smaller corps, we'll keep them, for now....



Our Southeastern Militia Corps.

We've also re-organized our military, with 1 army consisting of 2 corps of 3 divisions each, tough we are building a few remaining divisions still, they will be done by April, we will also start producing troops to protect us in the north, where we border the imperialist powers of France, UK and the Netherlands.



Our troops under production.

Our science techs are also busy, we set some new technologies to be researched, mainly naval ones, as we have a small, WW1 navy, and nothing more, plus some technical stuff.



Our new techs being reserached.

Well, for an introduction I think this is enough, Ill probably update with the 1st chapter either tonight or tomorrow afternoon, I hope you guys enjoy this AAR. ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) xXConquerorXx http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?689254-República-Popular-do-Brasil!-A-FTM-HPP-Brasil-AAR! African Unification - African Superpower AAR http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688959-African-Unification-African-Superpower-AAR&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 17:02:21 GMT

Introduction: This AAR is from a scenario I have been tinkering with for a while now. It began back when Hearts of Iron II was released, but I eventually found out that I couldn't do everything I wanted with the HoI2 game engine and had to wait for HoI3, FTM and SF before I got what I wanted and resumed my tinkering. Even so, this is a long time in coming. The idea behind it was simple. I ran across a statistic saying that in World War 2, there were more than one million native Africans fighting, either in militias in their own countries or in the armies of the European powers. My reaction was: "What if they fought under the same flag?" and the African Union was born. This is an alternate history scenario. I have tried to diverge as little as possible from real history, but as I have found out researching the necessary changes, important events in history often hinge on seemingly small matters that could have easily gone a different way.

This AAR is my first attempt at an "official" AAR. It uses HoI3 3.05 + SF + FTM There is no official "Mod" except my tinkering with the OOB of several countries and some of the provinces. The background begins in 1923, but the game itself begins traditionally in January 1936 using the "Road to War" OOB (with the exception of my changes). Some of the political landscape of Africa is different. For the new "country", the African Union I used Liberia. I had initially thought about creating a new nation and simply had the various African nations allied to it, but that generated too much headache, so I co-opted the Liberians, used a new flag and created a new OOB and tech start and annexed the other members. The other nations leaders (Ethiopia, South Africa and Egypt) were added to Liberia and I created some new ones out of other historical figures that were out and about at the time.

I will update this AAR at least on a weekly basis as my free time is at a premium at the moment. Later on, updates might come faster, but no promises. I am playing the game as I write, so each update will pretty much be a "What happened to me this last week" kind of thing. I encourage comments and questions on the game, even tips on my strategy... although I've done a lot of playtests and have a good idea of what works and what doesn't. While I will be handicapping myself to make things interesting, I don't anticipate I will actually lose this game, but in creating this scenario I have found out that nothing is certain from one game to the next. I have had to make one or two arbitrary changes in the interests of balance, but I have at least TRIED to come up with plausible explanations for everything. I feel this game would make an excellent multi-player scenario. The AU is not significantly better than any of the major powers and would be a challenging addition to one of the three alliances or as a neutral party. I created AU for myself, but if it generates enough interest here, I may clean it up and package it as a mod for any interested parties.

Now.... to business This first update is all background, taking place before 1936 or right at game start:



Paris, 1922
At the behest of Empress Zewditu I of Ethiopia, her son, Ras Tafari Makonnen travels to Paris to meet with British officials for the possibility of the transfer of the British Punt Mandate to Ethiopia.
While in Paris, he sits in on a different sort of meeting. W.E.B. du Bois, a political activist from America and Liberian President Charles King are in town trying to organize the 3rd Pan-African congress are there,as is General Jans Smuts, Prime minister of South Africa, King Faud of Egypt and two other unknown men. There is no record of what was said in that meeting, or the identities of the two unknowns, or if the meeting was a chance encounter or planned in advance but when it was over, all of them returned to their respective countries and began to set in motion events that were to have a global implications in the coming decades.

In the wake of the Tulsa and the Bloody Summer in America of a year ago, du Bois and other black leaders began preaching for a return to the African homeland. Tens of thousands of dissaffected Blacks with useful skills, trained in America came to Monrovia. Officials of the Liberian government were on the docks with offers of paying jobs and an opportunity to make a new home for themselves. More than a few of these new returning citizens were ex-military, who had fought for the United States in the Great War and had left the military or been forced to muster out when the fighting was over. These recruits and other immigrants arrived in Liberia and were funneled to places all over Africa where there was work to be had..... work provided by a company called African Development Projects. The ADP was building railroad infrastructure all over Africa for shipping men, equipment and resources. It also had a fair number of building development contracts. Much of the work was being done in Kenya and Ethiopia, but even French Algeria and the Portugese and Belgian colonies benefited from this new infrastructure. As many of the ADP's "projects" were in the interior of the continent, who had commissioned the projects and exactly what was being built was sometimes a mystery.

In the meantime, another organization was rising out of Kenya and Ethiopia. It was a political council on local African affairs called the African Union. This council advised on local politics and served as a liason between European business interests and local labor and tribal authorities. It had five founding members: The same five named individuals who were at the Paris meeting



Between 1923 and 1930, the ADP became rich and the AU became influential. The AU smoothed ruffled feathers and accomplished things once thought impossible, such as the negotiation of a Jewish state in Africa. In 1925, under a deal brokered by the AU and the British, the Jewish Territorialist Organization is granted land in Eretria to found a Jewish state, although the deal almost doesn't happen as there is considerable difference of opinion on the validity of a Jewish State outside of the Middle East. Jewish immigration from Ethiopia and abroad causes the Jewish community to grow, although not as quickly as expected. ITO chairman Israel Zangwill becomes first Prime minister of the new nation of Israel. He holds the position until his death in 1926. Out of this deal, Britain gained an allied port on the Horn of Africa, the ITO got it's Jewish homeland, and the AU acquired it's first directly administered territory, although British and Italian solders continued to be stationed there until the Great Depression.

1930
October 1929 was the start of the Great Depression, an economic collapse that flew around the world. By early in 1930, the ADP was in financial trouble when it's building contracts began to dry up and was absorbed by the African Union to repay the company's debts. However, it was also a period when the European powers were tightening belts and looking to shed weight from their own bottom lines. Some of their colonies in Africa began to look like they were more trouble than they were worth. The African Union had gained a reputation with the local population as an able administration office and useful bulwark against the preatory practices of Europe. Anti-colonialism in the native African population had found a rallying point. In addition, Ras Tafari, already having made himself king of Ethiopia was crowed Emperor with the death of Empress Zewditu I. He now had considerable power as Emperor of Ethiopia to assist the AU, as did Prime Minister Smuts of South Africa. Over the next five years, the AU shifted from being a local diplomatic office to being an administration body. Emphasis for security was shifted to local talent, and the AU began searching out dispossesed and disbanded units that fought in the Great War and offering them a home if they were to reconsititute or reactivate. Under the auspices of "security", the AU began to build a military industrial complex. By 1933, the regions of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania were under the direct control of the African Union. Although they still had their British garrisons, many of the garrison units were locals who held more respect and loyalty for the Union than with the British. In addition, the British were in the process of negotiating with the AU for transfer of several other territories, including Niger and Rhodesia. France was initially hesitant, but eventually began at least discussing the possibility of eventual home rule for it's territories. The hold-outs were Belgium and Portugal. Mussolini, as well had no inclination to negotiate Libya out of it's control and had designs on adding other territories to their list. While Portugal and Belgium were deemed too remote and not strong enough to pose any kind of long-term threat to the African Union, Italy was another matter. At the time, the Italians were politically isolated. It was unlikely that anyone would assist them in defeating the Union.... what many considered to be a back-yard third-rate power. However the Italian army was impressive, at least on paper. No one expected them to leave Libya without a fight and there was a very good possibility that Egypt could be invaded if Mussolini lost patience. In order to distract Italy and hamper any attack plans Mussolini may be cultivating, a covert operation is put in place to identify revolutionary leaders in Libya and to begin supplying them in their fight against the Italians. One of these, Sidi Omar al-Mukhtar is identified as a regional hero and has been very successful in hampering the Italians while maintaining only a small force of rebels in the desert. The AU begins secretly financing their cause. As a result of this support, Omars resistance movement gains momentum
Sidi Omar al-Mukhtar


1936
The AU holds a continental summit in the city of Agadez. The leadership of the AU was there, representing their nations. Various influential and respected leaders and activists from all over Africa were also invited to discuss the future of the Union. The European powers were invited to send representatives as well; Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal. Italy and Portugal snubbed the meeting, openly declaring that the AU was an illegal government and they had no intention of respecting an authority they didn't recognize, but the other nations sent representatives and responded with cautious optimism. Even Belgium made an appearance, although no one expected them to greet the possibility of them losing control of the Congo region with any enthusiasm. Britain re-iterated her plans for Niger and Rhodesia and expressed hope that their negotiations would continue. France finally made a promise to move toward an administrative transfer of her North African colonies and tentatively set 1940 as a deadline for complete autonomy. At the talks, WEB du Bois presented documented accounts of atrocities carried out by the Belgian authorities on the Congo natives, but the Belgian representatives at the summit talks were unapologetic and remained intractable, asking for deliberately unattainable payments for releasing the Congo to the administrative control of the Union. The European representatives were finally thanked for their efforts and shown out of the meeting hall. Afterwards, the discussion turned to possible action in the face of what they had all been shown. Smuts brought details of the Union "security" forces at his disposal and was already in the midst of making plans in case of aggressive action by Italy. Although Italy was the primary threat, he and King Faud felt certain that Egypt could be successfully defended while having forces left over to secure the Portugese colonies and the Congo from Belgium, assuming such actions did not widen the war and bring others in on the side of the European powers. Eventually, two things were decided in that meeting by a voice-vote of those present. First, that they would all meet the following month (February) and choose a permanent leader for the AU. This leader would preside over military and "continent-wide matters" for all territories in Africa. A Charter was drawn up, the text of which specifically stated that the AU claimed administrative jurisdiction over "All territorial domains within the bounds of the continent of Africa and Madigascar, excepting Sierra Leon and the Jewish Autonomous District known as Israel." All twenty members at the meeting signed the charter, including South Africa, Egypt and Abyssinia. The second decision vote was to make Ras Tafari, now Haile Selassie to be acting headr of the African Union until the next Summit meeting in February. Emperor Selassie's first order of business was to appoint Smuts as supreme commander of the AU "security forces". The emperor's first order given as acting ruler of the African continent was "General, mobilize the army immediately."

African Union territorial control after the Charter
]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) General Grant http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688959-African-Unification-African-Superpower-AAR We shall not go gently! A Polish Resistance AAR http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688810-We-shall-not-go-gently!-A-Polish-Resistance-AAR&goto=newpost Fri, 17 May 2013 16:07:49 GMT
We shall not go gently! A Polish Resistance AAR





Start: 1939 Blitzkrieg
Country: Poland
Difficulty: Normal
Version: Their Finest Hour 4.02
Mod: None
Cheats: None
Style: Gameplay and speckle of narrative
Goal: The restoration of Poland

Introduction

This will not be the tale of a valiant Polish counter-attack into Berlin, forget that possibility. Poland’s enemies will succeed and plunge the Polish people into darkness and fear. Terror will be gnawing at every man, woman, and child. There will be a daily battle just to live in face of despair and horror. This will be a tale of struggle in the face of overwhelming odds and pure hopelessness. The underground resistance has begun.

Table of Contents

First to Fight
Gathering the Lost ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) Zorro http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?688810-We-shall-not-go-gently!-A-Polish-Resistance-AAR The Memoirs of Erwin Keller http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687544-The-Memoirs-of-Erwin-Keller&goto=newpost Thu, 09 May 2013 12:22:29 GMT The Memoirs of Erwin Keller






Erwin Keller (right) along with his fellow platoon commanders


This is my first (and probably last; it all depends on the community here) after action report, so please bear with me. I will play as Germany with TFH 4.02 and Black I.C.E 3.0.

I'm entering a critical phase of my education in September and I would like to hone my writing skills, at the same time accepting constructive criticism from the awesome community here, before my maturity exams in 2014.

This will be diary/letter based AAR with inspiration taken from the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe of the Romantic period, so don't expect much 'gameplay' updates although diary/letter entries will be mostly based on what happens in-game. I will post *some* screenshots to show my in-game progress across the various fronts. I will try very hard to update this AAR every two or three days. The first post should be up today and will contain a Wikipedia-esque description of the protagonist.

Basic information:
Game version: TFH 4.02 with Black I.C.E. 3.0.
Game difficulty: Black I.C.E. on normal and TFH on normal.
Start date: 1936 in-game, diary entries and letters will begin a few months before Fall Weiss.
Style: Diary/letter
Protagonist: Erwin Keller
CGM: No ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) JustThatGuy http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687544-The-Memoirs-of-Erwin-Keller The real nominations thread for the 2012 Iron HeAARt http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687488-The-real-nominations-thread-for-the-2012-Iron-HeAARt&goto=newpost Thu, 09 May 2013 03:00:06 GMT It's time to vote for the Iron HeAART for best completed HOI3 AAR!

The nominees are:

New Austro-Hungarian Empire by Belgiumruler
Stars and Stripes Forever by BillGrant
Carnage Al Dente by CptEasy
Sudden Patriotic Carnage by CptEasy
Freedom or death by Ikarases
The war to end all wars by Poach
Jiěfàng Zhànzhēng by TheBromgrev
Le Conseil Consultatif sur la Grande Guerre by umg
Rank and File: A clerk's war by Uriah

Post your nominations here in this thread. The top five go onto the final round of voting. Voting closes May 31! ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) Avindian http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687488-The-real-nominations-thread-for-the-2012-Iron-HeAARt The AARlander Edition 8 is out! http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687398-The-AARlander-Edition-8-is-out!&goto=newpost Wed, 08 May 2013 17:31:02 GMT



It has taken us some time to make it, but we can now proudly present you a completely revised, good-looking AARlander issue. Click on the banner to read stunning interviews, a great article about Interactive AARs, and two articles of a, for us, completely new genre: The AAR review.

We hope you'll enjoy reading this; and make sure to leave a comment in the feedback thread!


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]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) Gen. Marshall http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687398-The-AARlander-Edition-8-is-out! From the Shadows: A BICE Columbia AAR http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687359-From-the-Shadows-A-BICE-Columbia-AAR&goto=newpost Wed, 08 May 2013 13:56:51 GMT Hi me again, I start another AAR and this time I going to play Columbia with the Black Ice mod. This will be narrative from the eyes of Rojas Pinilla, all is happening in the commando room of General Staff in Bogotá. My English isn't great so there will be grammatical errors. Let's get started!

Hi, my name is Rojas Pinilla. I am commander of the Bogotá HQ. I was born on 12 March 1900, and I was very surprised when I was promoted to Field Marchall last year. I am in the army from 1920, and I will guide you trough to the commando room. Let's get started.

First, we have our President, Alfonso López Pumarojo, he is President for 2 years now, and he is the 19th President of Columbia. He was born in 1886. Our destroyers can't be moved unless he gives the order, of course at the displeasure of the Chief of the Navy, Luis Acevedo. Luis is also Chief of Staff, and he is the guy who promoted me, Normally he was theater commander, but he wasn't able of combining those jobs.

Then we got the chief of the Air force, a strange position in our nation. Our military Air force exists out of 15 old WWI planes, wich are divided between the divisions, There is in fact no single wing official in our Nation. The last guy I will be describing is the chief of the Army, Eduardo Escolar. He is a bit of a strange guy, but with brilliant idea's. However, nobody is listening to his theories about Mobile warfare. He want's to use Mobile units like light trucks and jeeps for defence too. Now we have everything i think, Oh wait, here is a picture of our Commando table:


The picture of that soldiers, that is the state of our army, I will post an detailed report tomorrow.
 ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) Belgiumruler http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?687359-From-the-Shadows-A-BICE-Columbia-AAR <![CDATA[Hitler's Final Stand]]> http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?686772-Hitler-s-Final-Stand&goto=newpost Sat, 04 May 2013 21:55:06 GMT
author: Ikarases
start date: 4th May 2013
nation: Post-Götterdämmerung Germany, 16th October 1944, 5:00
version: FTM 3.062/HPP 3.0.0
difficulty: normal
aim: crush everything standing in my way
style: my own/everything


It's official; I've gone nuts. It's still worth trying anyway. First chapter is inbound. ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) Ikarases http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?686772-Hitler-s-Final-Stand I spam ARRS All over germany. And Peace and love - I try to delay the war as geARRman http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?686632-I-spam-ARRS-All-over-germany.-And-Peace-and-love-I-try-to-delay-the-war-as-geARRman&goto=newpost Fri, 03 May 2013 22:27:37 GMT Title says it all. (Note i will use Spongebob pics ramdomly) ARR stat: Image: http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t600/battlefury132/Squid_on_Strike_zpsfa2385eb.jpg (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/battlefury132/media/Squid_on_Strike_zpsfa2385eb.jpg.html) Aslo lm gonna be slower with updates so that hype is built up. Title says it all.
(Note i will use Spongebob pics ramdomly)


ARR stat:


Aslo lm gonna be slower with updates so that hype is built up. ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) battlefury13 http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?686632-I-spam-ARRS-All-over-germany.-And-Peace-and-love-I-try-to-delay-the-war-as-geARRman Nominations thread for the 2012 HOI3 Iron HeAARt http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?686085-Nominations-thread-for-the-2012-HOI3-Iron-HeAARt&goto=newpost Wed, 01 May 2013 04:16:48 GMT It's time to vote for the Iron HeAART for best completed HOI3 AAR! At the moment, I only have records for six completed AARs in 2012; if I've missed some, please let me know!

The nominees are:

New Austro-Hungarian Empire by Belgiumruler
Stars and Stripes Forever by BillGrant
Carnage Al Dente by CptEasy
Sudden Patriotic Carnage by CptEasy
Freedom or death by Ikarases
The war to end all wars by Poach
Jiěfàng Zhànzhēng by TheBromgrev
Le Conseil Consultatif sur la Grande Guerre by umg
Rank and File: A clerk's war by Uriah

If there are additional completed AARs from 2012 found, I will do my best to add them to the poll or find an alternate method of tabulating votes. :) Voting closes May 31! ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) Avindian http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?686085-Nominations-thread-for-the-2012-HOI3-Iron-HeAARt The Grey World - A Germany 1936 (VH) AAR http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685940-The-Grey-World-A-Germany-1936-(VH)-AAR&goto=newpost Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:50:13 GMT After getting enough experience from my first Germany 1936 on very hard difficulty attempt (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...6-%28VH%29-AAR) it's time to try a clean world conquer, without any allies/puppets, except event formed Slovakia.

Country : Germany (+Slovakia later)
Start Year : 1936
Version : TFH 4.02 , no mods
Difficulty : Very Hard (always, 100% up all the time)
Goal : Only the word "Germany" on whole world map

At first i thought to try an early Italy war but, at least for Germany, there is no room to maneuver if you want Austria and Czech Republic via events. DoW against Italy after Jan 1, 1938 first Czech event (when the neutrality allows DoW) triggers an UK DoW in response so i plan to start the war in early 1939, order of battle atm to be decided.

I will influence USA from the start, i don't know if its effective to delay their war entry, also espionage will "support our party" in USA not like in my first game when they stole 0 (zero) techs (from 1.1.1936 to April 2 , 1940 - 10 spies all the time). Will see what happens.

No navy except submarines and transports, no early Sealion, no strategic bombers (even if allied STR's are extremely annoying). In the first game i was disappointed by naval bombers, i will think later if i build a few or not.

Now it's the build up time ....

Shortcuts:

001 - June 1939 - Army Structure at the start of the war
002 - June 1939 - Poland Campaign
003 - June 1939 - Denmark Campaign
004 - June 1939 - Norway Campaign
005 - July 1939 - Sweden Campaign
006 - June and July 1939 - Atlantic Convoy war
007 - July 10, 1939 - War against Netherlands starts
008 - July 18, 1939 - Attacks against Belgium and Switzerland
009 - July 27 - Belgium is conquered
010 - August 1, 1939 - Switzerland campaign ends
011 - August 11, 1939 - France is conquered
012 - August 1939 - New plans for September
013 - September 3, 1939 - Finland is conquered
014 - September 15, 1939 - Estonia and Luxembourg are annexed
015 - October 7, 1939 - Latvia is conquered
016 - October 7, 1939 - Initial plans and attacks against Italy and Hungary
017 - October 22, 1939 - Hungary is conquered
018 - October 10, 1939 - October 30, 1939 : Stage 1 of the Italian War : Meeting in Parma
019 - November 24, 1939 - Italy is conquered
020 - End of 1939 - The State of the Reich and 1940 plans
021 - January 5, 1940 - Romania is conquered
022 - February 7, 1940 - Yugoslavia surrenders
023 - March 10, 1940 - Bulgaria is conquered, meeting UK land divisions in Spain
024 - ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) EvcRo http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685940-The-Grey-World-A-Germany-1936-(VH)-AAR ProletAARians of the World, Unite! http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685937-ProletAARians-of-the-World-Unite!&goto=newpost Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:31:43 GMT
ProletAARians of the World, Unite!




Hello fellow HoI lovers! This is my second attempt to write an AAR. The first one (Third International - A Soviets AAR) ended up because of my broken arm and consecutive loss of the savegames. I strongly hope that this one will fare much better ;) Yet again I am going to take head of the Soviet Union with the ultimate goal of building communism in the whole world. In this AAR I will mostly keep the narrative history book style with occasional gameplay posts.

Settings
Nation: Soviet Union
Difficulty: Normal
Start Date: 1936
Game Version: TFH 4.02
Mod: None ]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) Quentin http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685937-ProletAARians-of-the-World-Unite! <![CDATA["Planes are for dummies" France 1936]]> http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685918-quot-Planes-are-for-dummies-quot-France-1936&goto=newpost Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:14:18 GMT Start date: 1936
Country: France

House rules:
-only landings on ports
-no landings of armored/motorized or anything "heavy" without landing crafts
-historical wars

So let's start:

In 1936 French generals and politics decided to launch a rearmament plan to deal with the increasing power of Germany. Using their WWI experience they concluded that planes are only usefull for scouting but they developp a new fighting theory: armor will be used with motorized infantry and a strong support of motorized artillery and tank destroyers. Unlike WWI the artillery will be able to follow the attack and it will increase the flexibility of the army.

They are many advantages:
-grouping of the techs, for exemple motorized artillery and tank destroyers use medium tanks techs
-a very strong army since the begining as air become more efficient at the end of the game
-simply unstoppable if well used

The disavantages:
-very heavy loses because i will have no air protection, the war must be short

The build order (all in reserve, basic training):
-35 medium tanks/motorized/tank destroyers
-4 infantry/aa/aa/aa
-35 motorized artillery when I have the tech (in mid 1938) and they will be add to the medium tanks/motorized/tank destroyers divisions

All will be ready in late 1939 but for that I have to increase my nationnal unity and lower my neutrality to enable war economy in late february 1937.

The techs (only theses ones are researched and spare leadership is spend on officers):
-the four infantry techs
-mountain equipement
-the four light tanks techs to level 2 to allow the research of motorized artillery
-the four medium tank techs
-the six artillery/anti-tank guns/anti-aircraft techs
-operationnal level organisation
-mobile warfare/spaerhead doctrine/elastic defense/schwerpunkt/blitzkrieg
-tactical command structure/delay doctrine/mechanized offensive
-infantry warfare/mass assault/ assault concentration

As you can see no economy techs, it allows me to be up to date in 1939 and have 102% officers.

Here the composition of the army in april 1939:
]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) leazriz http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685918-quot-Planes-are-for-dummies-quot-France-1936 Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears: A Narrative UK AAR. http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685732-Blood-Sweat-Toil-and-Tears-A-Narrative-UK-AAR.&goto=newpost Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:03:10 GMT This will be the first time I have ever published anything narrative, so I am a bit nervous. What's the worst that could happen, right?


Anyway, this will be a UK AAR using TFH 4.02 without mods. I will not cheat, but since it is narrative, I reserve the right to reload (though I will tell everyone about it).

Wish me luck, I'm going in!

]]> HoI3 - After Action Reports (AAR) misterbean http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?685732-Blood-Sweat-Toil-and-Tears-A-Narrative-UK-AAR.