::watches Germany slide through the Maginot line:: Holy sh#t! 
Good work in Asia. I can't wait to see you take all of China.
Good work in Asia. I can't wait to see you take all of China.
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Really a nice AAR! Can't wait to see what you're going to do once you've completed the mroe or less historic path .
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(sidenote: thanks for the compliments there will undoubtedly be more drama in the future )
Operation R - December 19th to 31st, 1939
South China Seas operation status, December 19th.
The Expeditionary Army command reviewed two plans for a landings in the Bay of Bengal. Each plan involved LGEN Tojo's 2nd Corps, but the locations were different. The Army supported landings at Rangoon, while the Navy was for landing at Chittagong, the first port in India.
Prince Kanin and General Kuriyabashi pointed out that the Navy was certainly open to putting a large number of IJA troops in a position to be cut off, the Army simply could not bring themselves to trust the Navy to keep them supplied so far up the Bay of Bengal.
Since the Navy would have no landings without Army troops, the landings would be made at Rangoon under the Naval Plan "R."
On the 19th LGEN Tojo's corps embarked at Singapore and by the 21st they were landing around Rangoon.
Having come ashore both on the east and west of the city, and with another division landing directly against the coastal defenses, the 1st division was ordered to cut off the defenders retreat and move on the city from the north.
On Christmas day the 1st division had executed their maneuver and were pressuring the defenders from the north; the Battle of Martaban Gulf was fought between the AF-1 task force and the HMS Eagle battlegroup as the British attempted to sortie from port.
The 6th Indian division continued holding out at Rangoon while the Royal Navy decided what to do with itself.
By the 30th the Japanese were in control of Rangoon.
In Yunnan the New Nationalists of China had deployed troops in support of their allies.
there will undoubtedly be more drama in the future )Operation R - December 19th to 31st, 1939
South China Seas operation status, December 19th.
The Expeditionary Army command reviewed two plans for a landings in the Bay of Bengal. Each plan involved LGEN Tojo's 2nd Corps, but the locations were different. The Army supported landings at Rangoon, while the Navy was for landing at Chittagong, the first port in India.
Prince Kanin and General Kuriyabashi pointed out that the Navy was certainly open to putting a large number of IJA troops in a position to be cut off, the Army simply could not bring themselves to trust the Navy to keep them supplied so far up the Bay of Bengal.
Since the Navy would have no landings without Army troops, the landings would be made at Rangoon under the Naval Plan "R."
On the 19th LGEN Tojo's corps embarked at Singapore and by the 21st they were landing around Rangoon.
Having come ashore both on the east and west of the city, and with another division landing directly against the coastal defenses, the 1st division was ordered to cut off the defenders retreat and move on the city from the north.
On Christmas day the 1st division had executed their maneuver and were pressuring the defenders from the north; the Battle of Martaban Gulf was fought between the AF-1 task force and the HMS Eagle battlegroup as the British attempted to sortie from port.
The 6th Indian division continued holding out at Rangoon while the Royal Navy decided what to do with itself.
By the 30th the Japanese were in control of Rangoon.
In Yunnan the New Nationalists of China had deployed troops in support of their allies.
War in the West - January 1st to 26th, 1940
Germany continued it's seemingly unstoppable advance into France.
The Soviets commit aggression against the Baltic states.
Paris is declared an "open city" and is occupied with it's culture intact...
Neutrality violations are noted in Flanders...
In North Africa, the Italians advanced.
Germany continued it's seemingly unstoppable advance into France.
The Soviets commit aggression against the Baltic states.
Paris is declared an "open city" and is occupied with it's culture intact...
Neutrality violations are noted in Flanders...
In North Africa, the Italians advanced.
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Operation R - January 1st to 22nd, 1940
With the fall of Rangoon and the Royal Navy's withdrawal, the 2nd Corps began exploiting their successful landing by moving North.
The combined forces in Yunnan had retaken all the territory that had been occupied by the British, their 1st Armored division seemingly out of place in the harsh terrain of north Burma and Yunnan.
By the 21st the tendrils of 2nd Corps were spread far and thin...
After the January IGHQ Liaison meeting it was decided to raise several more of the Special Police formations to supplement the relief of combat units from occupation duties in the newly acquired South China Seas area.
With the fall of Rangoon and the Royal Navy's withdrawal, the 2nd Corps began exploiting their successful landing by moving North.
The combined forces in Yunnan had retaken all the territory that had been occupied by the British, their 1st Armored division seemingly out of place in the harsh terrain of north Burma and Yunnan.
By the 21st the tendrils of 2nd Corps were spread far and thin...
After the January IGHQ Liaison meeting it was decided to raise several more of the Special Police formations to supplement the relief of combat units from occupation duties in the newly acquired South China Seas area.
The Vichy Government
At the end of January, France surrendered to the Germans and formed a new government seat at Vichy, giving over large areas of north and west France to German control.
As a result of this, the Japanese were requested to return the Indochina colony to French control. This was somewhat agreed to, in the fashion that those areas which had been occupied by Japan or it's allies were to be recognized as "privileged enclaves" in the way that large areas of China had been effectively taken over by foreign powers in the 19th century. This "negotiated" result was of course resented by the French, but the Chinese and Japanese public found the turnabout amusing.
At the end of January, France surrendered to the Germans and formed a new government seat at Vichy, giving over large areas of north and west France to German control.
As a result of this, the Japanese were requested to return the Indochina colony to French control. This was somewhat agreed to, in the fashion that those areas which had been occupied by Japan or it's allies were to be recognized as "privileged enclaves" in the way that large areas of China had been effectively taken over by foreign powers in the 19th century. This "negotiated" result was of course resented by the French, but the Chinese and Japanese public found the turnabout amusing.
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Burma Operations - February
While intermittent contact had been made with the Royal Navy in the Bay of Bengal region, the IJN felt that a patrolling battle group should be put into the area to keep the RN from causing undue mischief, even if the POL situation was still critical.
1st task group of the Main Battle Fleet was dispatched to Singapore to fulfill this mission.
By the 12th of February, Uchiyama's 1st Division had dashed up the Burmese coast, had snatched Chittagong and finally ran into solid resistance while trying to sneak into Calcutta.
Meanwhile back in Burma, the 1st Division's LOC with Rangoon had already been cut by British forces coming down from the Yunnan invasion.
Consequently the over extended Uchiyama not only failed to get into Calcutta, he faced a serious tactical retreat delimma.
MGEN Sakai's 23rd division had made a move that would have profound consequences for the immediate Burma operations and Uchiyama's predicament.
By continuing his ordered movements to the last of his available supplies, Sakai arrived in Kalemyo, north of the Karnafuli river which the British were all well south of.
The IJN claimed a sub and destroyer sunk...
In Europe the neutrality violations during the fall of France prompted the Germans to invade the low countries. Across the planet Japanese troops were ordered to occupy Dutch Borneo and plans were made to secure the Dutch oil fields.
While intermittent contact had been made with the Royal Navy in the Bay of Bengal region, the IJN felt that a patrolling battle group should be put into the area to keep the RN from causing undue mischief, even if the POL situation was still critical.
1st task group of the Main Battle Fleet was dispatched to Singapore to fulfill this mission.
By the 12th of February, Uchiyama's 1st Division had dashed up the Burmese coast, had snatched Chittagong and finally ran into solid resistance while trying to sneak into Calcutta.
Meanwhile back in Burma, the 1st Division's LOC with Rangoon had already been cut by British forces coming down from the Yunnan invasion.
Consequently the over extended Uchiyama not only failed to get into Calcutta, he faced a serious tactical retreat delimma.
MGEN Sakai's 23rd division had made a move that would have profound consequences for the immediate Burma operations and Uchiyama's predicament.
By continuing his ordered movements to the last of his available supplies, Sakai arrived in Kalemyo, north of the Karnafuli river which the British were all well south of.
The IJN claimed a sub and destroyer sunk...
In Europe the neutrality violations during the fall of France prompted the Germans to invade the low countries. Across the planet Japanese troops were ordered to occupy Dutch Borneo and plans were made to secure the Dutch oil fields.
North Burma Operations - March 1st to 16th, 1940
The opportunity presented by Sakai's laborious but inspired move was not lost on either the Japanese or the British. The crucial engagement for both sides to win was developing around Lunglei.
LGEN Tojo hoped to keep Gott's 1st Armor from gaining freedom of maneuver to the north and west, in fact his plan was to not only save Uchiyama's beleaguered command but to have them help close the trap on the British armor which was so misplaced in the wilds of Burma.
By the 16th the combined 2nd Corps forces had closed the trap on the 1st Armored, but relief forces were quickly approaching from the west, the Japanese would have to not only redeploy to face these troops but also keep the 1st Armor on the run to the south.
The opportunity presented by Sakai's laborious but inspired move was not lost on either the Japanese or the British. The crucial engagement for both sides to win was developing around Lunglei.
LGEN Tojo hoped to keep Gott's 1st Armor from gaining freedom of maneuver to the north and west, in fact his plan was to not only save Uchiyama's beleaguered command but to have them help close the trap on the British armor which was so misplaced in the wilds of Burma.
By the 16th the combined 2nd Corps forces had closed the trap on the 1st Armored, but relief forces were quickly approaching from the west, the Japanese would have to not only redeploy to face these troops but also keep the 1st Armor on the run to the south.
South Burma Operations - March 18th to 29th, 1940
Burma Overview
Just south of the confluence of the Chindin and Irrawady rivers the British 23rd Northumbrians who had cut off Uchimaya's LOC to Rangoon were attempting to gain the Irrawady and cross to it's east bank.
LGEN Tojo who had been moving up the east bank of the Irrawady with his 2nd Corps command and logistics troops decided his "rear area" soldiers could and would hold the eastern Irrawady bank until the troops from the newly landed 6th Corps could close on the British from the south.
The Northumbrians tested the 2nd Corps command troops hard and just when they may have been able to break them, the ubiquitous MGEN Shigeta's mixed brigade recklessly tore into their southern flank. While this saved Tojo's command from being overrun, Shigeta himself had no immediate backup and the full attention of the British was turning on him now.
For two days Shigeta's outnumbered troops fought tooth and nail with the Northumbrians before additional 6th Corps troops took the British from the south-west and passed through Shigeta's command to take them from due south also.
By the 29th the valiant Northumbrians were totally enveloped and dispersed by the Japanese.
Burma Overview
Just south of the confluence of the Chindin and Irrawady rivers the British 23rd Northumbrians who had cut off Uchimaya's LOC to Rangoon were attempting to gain the Irrawady and cross to it's east bank.
LGEN Tojo who had been moving up the east bank of the Irrawady with his 2nd Corps command and logistics troops decided his "rear area" soldiers could and would hold the eastern Irrawady bank until the troops from the newly landed 6th Corps could close on the British from the south.
The Northumbrians tested the 2nd Corps command troops hard and just when they may have been able to break them, the ubiquitous MGEN Shigeta's mixed brigade recklessly tore into their southern flank. While this saved Tojo's command from being overrun, Shigeta himself had no immediate backup and the full attention of the British was turning on him now.
For two days Shigeta's outnumbered troops fought tooth and nail with the Northumbrians before additional 6th Corps troops took the British from the south-west and passed through Shigeta's command to take them from due south also.
By the 29th the valiant Northumbrians were totally enveloped and dispersed by the Japanese.
North Burma Operations - March 21st to 31st, 1940
General Tojo's troops in the north were engaged in their own attempt to "step on the neck" of the British 1st Armor while it was down and displaced.
While MGEN Sakai had created the opportunity his unit had exhausted their supplies and were so disrupted that they were considered to be more of a hindrance than help in the ongoing attempt to eliminate the UK 1st Armor.
The remaining three divisions were to deploy along the Karnafuli river to keep pressure on the british armor while keeping any relief forces from helping the armor escape.
Terauchi's 12th division tore into the rearguards of the 1st Armor at Saiha north of the river.
However he was forced to break off after two days fighting since he was threatened with a relief attack to the west. This was for the best since the attack had been going badly anyway.
On the last day of the month, while Uchiyama continued for the mouth of the Karnafuli at Chakaria, the 20th division of MGEN Higashikuni took the 1st Armored from the west and made excellent progress.
General Tojo's troops in the north were engaged in their own attempt to "step on the neck" of the British 1st Armor while it was down and displaced.
While MGEN Sakai had created the opportunity his unit had exhausted their supplies and were so disrupted that they were considered to be more of a hindrance than help in the ongoing attempt to eliminate the UK 1st Armor.
The remaining three divisions were to deploy along the Karnafuli river to keep pressure on the british armor while keeping any relief forces from helping the armor escape.
Terauchi's 12th division tore into the rearguards of the 1st Armor at Saiha north of the river.
However he was forced to break off after two days fighting since he was threatened with a relief attack to the west. This was for the best since the attack had been going badly anyway.
On the last day of the month, while Uchiyama continued for the mouth of the Karnafuli at Chakaria, the 20th division of MGEN Higashikuni took the 1st Armored from the west and made excellent progress.
North Burma Operations - April 1st to 24th, 1940
The afternoon of the 1st had the trap closed on the 1st Armor, Gott's troops being forced to retreat to the south across the Karnafuli river.
The Burma situation at this point
Supply issues had started to become a minor plague with Japanese forces, but so far the front line had not overly suffered.
While the 1st Armor could not seem to save itself, the British were not content to leave it at that. On the 5th they launched a relief attack.
While the Japanese center held, the right flank with Terauchi's hard hit division was forced back. Luckily Sakai's troops had recovered from their forced march adventure and countered the British breakthrough.
Sakai managed to repulse the British and was ordered to hold the right flank at Gangaw himself.
Through the 24th of the month the Japanese held the north bank of the Karnafuli, Terauchi's division was forced to give up Kalemyo, but the 6th Corps troops moving up onto the line to the east were thought to be strong enough after their march to hold against the British.
The afternoon of the 1st had the trap closed on the 1st Armor, Gott's troops being forced to retreat to the south across the Karnafuli river.
The Burma situation at this point
Supply issues had started to become a minor plague with Japanese forces, but so far the front line had not overly suffered.
While the 1st Armor could not seem to save itself, the British were not content to leave it at that. On the 5th they launched a relief attack.
While the Japanese center held, the right flank with Terauchi's hard hit division was forced back. Luckily Sakai's troops had recovered from their forced march adventure and countered the British breakthrough.
Sakai managed to repulse the British and was ordered to hold the right flank at Gangaw himself.
Through the 24th of the month the Japanese held the north bank of the Karnafuli, Terauchi's division was forced to give up Kalemyo, but the 6th Corps troops moving up onto the line to the east were thought to be strong enough after their march to hold against the British.
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The war widens in Europe
The Germans had taken the low countries and for reasons unclear to the IGHQ then invaded other European countries.
Norway...
...and Spain
In Egypt the Italians were on El Alamein's doorstep.
The Germans had taken the low countries and for reasons unclear to the IGHQ then invaded other European countries.
Norway...
...and Spain
In Egypt the Italians were on El Alamein's doorstep.
Operation "RC"
Map situation in Asia, May 1st
The Japanese Army still held the north bank of the Karnafuli river, the UK 1st Armor of General Gott was trapped south of the river and they were in such a state that Shigeta's mixed brigade could push them about.
The weather was beginning to play a significant part in operations and the movement of supplies from Rangoon to the front.
It was at this juncture that the Navy reiterated the wisdom of it's original idea for "Operation R" which was to land at Chittagong, with that port in the hands of the Japanese the supply situation would be greatly improved in North Burma.
Additionally, a decisive landing at this point could break the whole British line that had built up north of the Japanese. In another time and place the arguments used by the IJN officers would sound eerily similar to those put forth by an American General regarding an Operation Chromite.
As in that alternate history event, the Army was grudgingly won over and committed the next corps ready for deployment, the 4th Corps, to the task which would be called "RC."
The "RC" landings quickly took Chittagong and tossed aside the weak British attempt to counter the landing. Within a handful of days the 4th Corps was well on its way to linking up with the rest of the army from Burma.
A week after landing the 4th Corps had virtually crushed the British line to the east of Chittagong, cutting off and destroying a whole division against the beaches at Chandpur.
While supplies were coming into Chittagong it did not seem as if they were making up for the what the forces from Burma had missed out on.
By May's end the British were making efforts to retake Chittagong and apply pressure to the troops that had come up through Burma, yet the 4th Corps was still running wild behind them.
Map situation in Asia, May 1st
The Japanese Army still held the north bank of the Karnafuli river, the UK 1st Armor of General Gott was trapped south of the river and they were in such a state that Shigeta's mixed brigade could push them about.
The weather was beginning to play a significant part in operations and the movement of supplies from Rangoon to the front.
It was at this juncture that the Navy reiterated the wisdom of it's original idea for "Operation R" which was to land at Chittagong, with that port in the hands of the Japanese the supply situation would be greatly improved in North Burma.
Additionally, a decisive landing at this point could break the whole British line that had built up north of the Japanese. In another time and place the arguments used by the IJN officers would sound eerily similar to those put forth by an American General regarding an Operation Chromite.
As in that alternate history event, the Army was grudgingly won over and committed the next corps ready for deployment, the 4th Corps, to the task which would be called "RC."
The "RC" landings quickly took Chittagong and tossed aside the weak British attempt to counter the landing. Within a handful of days the 4th Corps was well on its way to linking up with the rest of the army from Burma.
A week after landing the 4th Corps had virtually crushed the British line to the east of Chittagong, cutting off and destroying a whole division against the beaches at Chandpur.
While supplies were coming into Chittagong it did not seem as if they were making up for the what the forces from Burma had missed out on.
By May's end the British were making efforts to retake Chittagong and apply pressure to the troops that had come up through Burma, yet the 4th Corps was still running wild behind them.
India Operations - The Bengal and Imphal Pockets
The rampant penetrations by 4th Corps had gone beyond the simple breaking of the line north of the Karnafuli and the divisions of the Corps were simultaneously knocking on Calcutta's door from the north while pushing into the Himalayan highlands from the south.
The supply situation for the other Corps had begun to pick up and their advances to the north began anew in the face of British opposition.
At sea the MBF-1 task group clashed with RN forces in Chittagong Bay, and while they were victorious a destroyer was lost and many ships were damaged. The exact results of this battle were not shared, the propaganda merely reporting a victory.
On the subcontinent itself, encircled pockets of British were forming. With the fall of Calcutta, a number of divisions were trapped in what was termed the "Bengal" pocket. To the north, those troops fighting to delay the advance of the troops from Burma were quickly being surrounded around Imphal.
From the 16th to the 24th the Bengal pocket was steadily reduced by 4th Corps forces.
Meanwhile in the north around the Imphal area the noose tightened around the British.
By June's end the Bengal pocket had been eliminated.
The rampant penetrations by 4th Corps had gone beyond the simple breaking of the line north of the Karnafuli and the divisions of the Corps were simultaneously knocking on Calcutta's door from the north while pushing into the Himalayan highlands from the south.
The supply situation for the other Corps had begun to pick up and their advances to the north began anew in the face of British opposition.
At sea the MBF-1 task group clashed with RN forces in Chittagong Bay, and while they were victorious a destroyer was lost and many ships were damaged. The exact results of this battle were not shared, the propaganda merely reporting a victory.
On the subcontinent itself, encircled pockets of British were forming. With the fall of Calcutta, a number of divisions were trapped in what was termed the "Bengal" pocket. To the north, those troops fighting to delay the advance of the troops from Burma were quickly being surrounded around Imphal.
From the 16th to the 24th the Bengal pocket was steadily reduced by 4th Corps forces.
Meanwhile in the north around the Imphal area the noose tightened around the British.
By June's end the Bengal pocket had been eliminated.
European Events
Norway was occupied by Germany around the same time the Bengal pocket fell in India, the German operations in Spain were well on their way to a similar result.
Norway was occupied by Germany around the same time the Bengal pocket fell in India, the German operations in Spain were well on their way to a similar result.
India Operations - The Imphal Pocket
The British at Imphal were no longer in control of their front, the Japanese forces pushing from the south were causing the British to retreat north, away from the safety of going west.
Being unable to win free they were forced to hunker down at Imphal, their perimeter getting smaller by the day.
By the end of July the situation was beyond bleak for the British near Imphal.
The 31st saw the total collapse of all organized resistance within the pocket.
The British at Imphal were no longer in control of their front, the Japanese forces pushing from the south were causing the British to retreat north, away from the safety of going west.
Being unable to win free they were forced to hunker down at Imphal, their perimeter getting smaller by the day.
By the end of July the situation was beyond bleak for the British near Imphal.
The 31st saw the total collapse of all organized resistance within the pocket.
More European Events
July 19th the Spanish totally capitulated to Germany.
Across the Mediterranean in the Balkans, the Greeks were causing great trouble for the Italians and other Axis allies attempting to conquer them.
July 19th the Spanish totally capitulated to Germany.
Across the Mediterranean in the Balkans, the Greeks were causing great trouble for the Italians and other Axis allies attempting to conquer them.
Just a quick question-Have you seen any supply/fuel sinks yet. Part of your fuel and supply issues may stem from this.
BTW-One way to find them is to open the game in notepad and CTRL-F: "99999".
BTW-One way to find them is to open the game in notepad and CTRL-F: "99999".
Did a quick check before work here, there are only 5 provinces in my save game (July 1941) that have that many of anything (1409 Soviet, 1861 Germany, 4530 USA, 5315 Japan, 9792 Venezuela) but they are also all capital provinces according to the "capital" flag.
What Optimists Hope, India - August 1st to 6th, 1940
The first couple days of August had the 5th Corps and the Naval Landing Corps deposited at Calcutta and directed to simply dive into the depth of India to secure the apparently empty subcontinent before the British mounted a more serious defense.
In the Himalayan country of Bhutan the Japanese were pressing forward.
Naval Intelligence revealed that the Royal Navy was utilizing the Nicobar Islands as a major base of operations.
The naval shipyards were directed to turn out 100 corvette sub-chasers to help deal with the increase in threat to the valuable supply convoys that the Empire relied on.
The logistical situation in India was temporarily alleviated by the influx of fresh supply with the two new corps, but the Navy was beginning to voice concerns about the port capacity and the Army's continued reliance on Rangoon as a logistical point of entry.
The first couple days of August had the 5th Corps and the Naval Landing Corps deposited at Calcutta and directed to simply dive into the depth of India to secure the apparently empty subcontinent before the British mounted a more serious defense.
In the Himalayan country of Bhutan the Japanese were pressing forward.
Naval Intelligence revealed that the Royal Navy was utilizing the Nicobar Islands as a major base of operations.
The naval shipyards were directed to turn out 100 corvette sub-chasers to help deal with the increase in threat to the valuable supply convoys that the Empire relied on.
The logistical situation in India was temporarily alleviated by the influx of fresh supply with the two new corps, but the Navy was beginning to voice concerns about the port capacity and the Army's continued reliance on Rangoon as a logistical point of entry.