Raaritsgozilla - I am sure you will find the time at some point
EnglandWarrior, serutan - Unfortunately air interceptions are likely to increase as the territory being fought over shrinks. Hopefully I can avoid most of them.
Maj. von Mauser - I suppose I had better do something about Stalin in the next update
Velko, serutan - Not a bad haul at all but Germany had about double the amount. I had pillaged the Soviet stockpile a few times so it never had much chance of beating Germany's.
AdmiralNelson - The F-102 was a real aircraft and saw service from the mid 50's to the 70's. It was used to support B-52 bombers in Vietnam.
EnglandWarrior, KaiserMuffin - His Majesty will think on a title but do not be surprised if it is just called the Japanese Empire
Ivan88 - You are correct of course. Some things I am very determined to keep under control but I do like to have reader input. There have been many occasions where I have integrated comments or suggestions from all of you into the actual AAR as well as operational names. I will think on some sort of celebration for the fall of the Soviets
Meadow, ukichi, Juan_de_Marco - ukichi and Juan_de_Marco are both correct. Mostly it was my airforce until there were too few Soviet troops to prevent a ground advance. It did take a while to wear them down
zdlugasz - Thank you. I cannot remember exactly how many times I over ran the Soviet stockpile but it was late enough to prevent any rebuild of most of it as I had captured most of the resources first. This is the main reason for a lack of resources.
The AI probably had a moment of weakness and decided to do something good for a change
My manpower remains constrained as I continue to lose my monthly production of manpower on replacing losses. It is not getting worse though. I won't need to build factories as I will never have enough manpower to utilise the factories I already have. TC got worse with the annexation of the Soviet Union, but as it is already terrible it did not really get a whole lot worse.
Nathan Madien - Thanks
UncleAlias - Actually the French did not lose too many troops as they deployed almost entirely to Africa as that is where the French capital is. The Allies lost over 200 divisions as a whole I would estimate that were French controlled though
Sokraates - Welcome back, I was wondering where you had got too
Italy will very likely be a very big pain but Spain won't be judging from my bomber overflights. Gibraltar might be a problem though.
MrLongbow - Thank you and welcome to both the boards and this AAR
It has become quite a big read by now and I read back through it sometimes. I tend to read the comments rather than the content of the actual AAR though as I gain inspiration from comments. You will indeed have to wait for updates now unless you have not read "Creek Without A Paddle", which is my completed Germany '44 AAR. That would give you another 200 pages to read while you wait for me to update this one
A requested update to follow ...