Update (February 1st 1946)
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0000 February 1st 1946.
Reichstag Building. Berlin, Germany.
"Good morning Gentlemen. Firstly I would like you to note the abscence of Ernst Kaltenbrunner from todays meeting. I will get to the reason for that after I hear your reports. Joachim, diplomacy please." Bormann begins the meeting.
"Thank you Martin. Morning all. Things remain quiet diplomatically. The Spanish, Persian and Iraqi ambassadors have abandoned their respective embassies. Albert had taken over these buildings as he has seen an increase in his role, with the extra industrial capacity and manpower we are currently generating. Our Japanese Allies continue to frustrate the Allies."
"Thank you Martin. Morning all. Things remain quiet diplomatically. The Spanish, Persian and Iraqi ambassadors have abandoned their respective embassies. Albert had taken over these buildings as he has seen an increase in his role, with the extra industrial capacity and manpower we are currently generating. Our Japanese Allies continue to frustrate the Allies."
"More or less a stalemate in Manchukuo, but the Allies are slowly making progress southwards in China. They are hoping we can relieve the British of their territory in India and Indochine as quickly as possible. Elsewhere nothing has changed on the islands. That is all from me." concludes von Ribbentrop.
"Thank you Joachim. Over to you Julius."
"Thanks. Morning Gentlemen." Ringel begins. "Our advance continues into Afrika and towards India. All of our forces are now ready in Norway and Finland and await the weather before beginning to occupy Sweden. Field Marshall von Kluge will be in charge of this operation."
"Thank you Joachim. Over to you Julius."
"Thanks. Morning Gentlemen." Ringel begins. "Our advance continues into Afrika and towards India. All of our forces are now ready in Norway and Finland and await the weather before beginning to occupy Sweden. Field Marshall von Kluge will be in charge of this operation."
"As you can see his forces are spread out with the highest concentration in Oslo."
"I think we can say with a certain amount of confidence, the Allies were not expecting any visitors in Morocco. Heeresgruppe West, under the command of von Rundstedt, have met with little resistance so far and are beginning to spread their wings. The Kriegsmarine has met no Allied fleets up until now while conducting its operations. More troops are still being ferried to Morocco to assist von Rundstedt further."
"The other end of North Afrika looks like this. Heeresgruppe Ost, commanded by von Manstein, is making progress towards India, where there is a British force blocking them in Karachi. They have completed the annexation of Persia. He will need to gather his striking force before proceeding and is being hampered by bad terrain. India is much more hospitable territory to traverse once he breaks through.
Heeresgruppe Afrika, under the command of Rommel, have captured Iraq and will shortly take the Syrian capital of Damascus. This will remove them from the war. They are still proceeding towards the Suez Canal and are beginning to muster forces to attack Saudi Arabia. This whole region has plentiful oil production which should be extremely useful to us. Nothing further." Ringel finishes.
"Excellent Julius. Karl you have something I think?" asks Bormann.
"Indeed I do Martin, thank you. Morning everyone. As already mentioned the Kriegsmarine is meeting no resistance, yet. It is just a matter of time before the Allies intervene in this area. Our total lack of naval activity for months seems to have led them to believe we have no Kriegsmarine. The same cannot be said of the Far East."
Heeresgruppe Afrika, under the command of Rommel, have captured Iraq and will shortly take the Syrian capital of Damascus. This will remove them from the war. They are still proceeding towards the Suez Canal and are beginning to muster forces to attack Saudi Arabia. This whole region has plentiful oil production which should be extremely useful to us. Nothing further." Ringel finishes.
"Excellent Julius. Karl you have something I think?" asks Bormann.
"Indeed I do Martin, thank you. Morning everyone. As already mentioned the Kriegsmarine is meeting no resistance, yet. It is just a matter of time before the Allies intervene in this area. Our total lack of naval activity for months seems to have led them to believe we have no Kriegsmarine. The same cannot be said of the Far East."
"Please note the highlighted selection. An American carrier, the USS Essex, has been sunk. Most of the damage occured during a naval battle with the IJN carriers but it was finally sunk by Japanese naval bombers. You can clearly see that these bombers are increasingly sinking Allied shipping in the area. The Battleships Ise and Hyuga are also doing well as is the carrier Amagi. Things are not going the Allies way around the Japanese home islands. Nothing further." concludes Donitz.
"Very good news. One less carrier for us to deal with when the time comes Karl." says Bormann. "Albert please."
"Morning all. Production continues to increase as we gain more territory." Speer starts.
"Very good news. One less carrier for us to deal with when the time comes Karl." says Bormann. "Albert please."
"Morning all. Production continues to increase as we gain more territory." Speer starts.
"We have some upgrading to do and replacements for our new fighter squadrons that Joachim purchased. The upgrades are actually for forces lent to us by our Allies and not for our own troops, which are already fully upgraded. Supplies continue to be produced for further trading. Oil is slowly decreasing with three Heeresgruppe currently operational. This is also causing a drain on our transport capacity. Fortunately we have enough transport ships to supply Heeresgruppe West in Morocco as I started building them some time ago. Manpower is fairly steady and increasing slowly."
"With our current expansion I believe it necessary to start producing transport vessels. Karl will need them in order to move troops over vast distances rather than have them walk across Afrika. They will need some escorts though and I do not have the needed technological research complete to start producing these vessels."
"Not to worry Albert. I will split the Kriegsmarines current fleet down to accomodate this. They are not meant to directly attack enemy shipping anyway." says Donitz.
"I guess that answers that then. I shall continue to build the ships Karl has asked for, as and when the research catches up to those we wish to construct. I will need more production capacity to ensure building them all though as I mentioned last month." concludes Speer.
"Thank you Albert. I thought about your needs during the last month. Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an expert in Army Intelligence. This was most definately needed last year with our encryption and decryption technologies so far behind the Allies. This is no longer the case and Ernst will no longer be joining us. I would like you all to meet his replacement. Some of you undoubtedly know him. Gentlemen meet Hans Oster, our new Head of Intelligence."
"Not to worry Albert. I will split the Kriegsmarines current fleet down to accomodate this. They are not meant to directly attack enemy shipping anyway." says Donitz.
"I guess that answers that then. I shall continue to build the ships Karl has asked for, as and when the research catches up to those we wish to construct. I will need more production capacity to ensure building them all though as I mentioned last month." concludes Speer.
"Thank you Albert. I thought about your needs during the last month. Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an expert in Army Intelligence. This was most definately needed last year with our encryption and decryption technologies so far behind the Allies. This is no longer the case and Ernst will no longer be joining us. I would like you all to meet his replacement. Some of you undoubtedly know him. Gentlemen meet Hans Oster, our new Head of Intelligence."
Hans Oster enters the room and is warmly greeted by Albert Speer who seems to know him rather well. The rest of the cabinet also shake hands and introduce themselves. "Thank you all and I will do what I can to further our cause. I can update you with our current research right now." says Oster.
"Hans specialises in industrial espionage and will boost our production a little to help Albert's programme of construction. I might need to make further changes at a later date, although I would rather not if it can be avoided. I think that covers everything Gentlemen. Hans you have a month to settle in before I expect a report." Bormann concludes the meeting.