Democracy's Last Legs: A US - UK DAIM AAR

Take all the Korean forces and focus them on Japan. Focus all other reinforcements on Japan. Hold position elsewhere until Japan is secured. Nuclear weapon strikes: 1 to Vladivostock(assuming you haven't hit it already, it has a high IC/MP value and core, probably is a major fleet station and air base. The other nuke, if the reactor is going to restart any time soon, strike the reactor, otherwise use it to assist in Japan IF NEEDED. And then only in a province which has already taken a nuclear strike.

Once Japan has been cleared, pull ALL forces and move to either Taiwan or Manilla depending on how risky that is with current sovjet air deployments. Once one is cleared, shift troops to the other and clear it.

Afterwards, if the Sovjets reinvade any area, smash them, this will strip them of divisions.

Exception, if Australia is on the brink of being annexed, focus all remaining forces to their support after Japan is re secured. IOW bypass the philipenes and Taiwan if it will save Australia.

Long term: Long term I see a constantly shifting defensive front whereby you are jumping between Japan and Australia constantly evicting Soviets invasion attempts until they finally run dry of reinforcements and troops. Nuclear strategy should be focused on cored high IC provinces, cored high MP provinces, and their nuclear reactor.

Other tactics: random landings on the Asian mainland could draw troops and slow down the reinforcement of their island invasions, this could hopefully prevent them from shifting the Korean front forces.

Roleplaying: I wouldn't use nukes in Australia or un-nuked parts of Japan, and I would try and retain as many allies as possible.

Reasoning: By focusing on one target at a time you can free up forces and perform force concentration while efficiently destroying the soviet forces.

for what its worth, here's my two cents

abandoning australia and japan is simply not an option- doing so would discredit the US in the eyes of the remaining free world as well as being interpreted as a sign of weakness by Germany and the Soviet Union. Korea is expendable- its captured territory anyway, and those 50 divisions could be critical in other theatres. The same with Taiwan- leaving troops there is simply exposing them to superior Soviet airpower and conventional forces. If you are sure you can hold the Soviets in Japan, redeploy all forces to Australia- its loss would open up the South Pacific and be a crushing propaganda blow after they (Australia) successfully resisted the Nazis only to be abandoned in their hour of need by the USA. Despite the unfavourable division counts, nukes should not be used in a tactical capacity in either Japan or Australia- to do so would be to compromise America's moral high ground while weakening relations with her allies. In this timeline, having witnessed the atrocities of European conflict, most CP supporters would rather be red than dead, and the use of tactical nukes would give rise to the perception of American as "fighting to the last Australian". Only if the situation in Australia is truly critical should nukes be used- if your airforce is strong enough, a viable alternative would be forcing a beachead behind enemy lines and then bombing the s*** out of redeploying soviet divisions. It is imperative to resolve the situation in Australia first, then the Phillipines, then Japan- by securing all three you create a viable defensive cordon to prevent red expansionism and provide a springboard for the eventual reconquest of Asia.
Pinprick invasions of the Asian mainland also serve little purpose if the USSR already possesses numerical superiority in Australia and Japan. Moreover, your naval forces would be critically exposed to the NAV "triangle of death", for minimal returns.

As far as nukes go, my advice would be to stockpile them, using them only to keep their reactor down (which you shouldn't need to do for a while) and, if you can locate it, destroy their fleet. Nukes should not be used tactically except as a last resort- instead you should stockpile them (TRP doctrine!) to precede the eventual invasion of the Asian mainland and thus cripple them with dissent.

I can't really offer any in-depth strategy but I can give you a warning. Seeing as how the Naval AI doesn't have a range limit, I'd worry about a landing on the West Coast. Do you have patrols off the coast? Because with this AI I'd worry about 50 divisions showing up in Los Angeles.

We don't like swearing here. This is a three year old upwards game. I know the majority of us are either adults or teenagers but we should try and keep a bad language to a minimum.

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Ive seen people swear all the time on this forum and have no problems, but whatever. Its been edited.

Tac nuke in Australia sounds the best way to go... though only on a 0 dissident province. The chicago pact needs victories and they need 'm yesterday!

Kaiser_Mobius said:

Ive seen people swear all the time on this forum and have no problems, but whatever. Its been edited.

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I got a moderator warning. Free cookie. Save the eff word for PM's/

Nukes are okay in Japan, but make it the Japanese peoples choice. Australia you can use nukes in any Non-East Coast territory, any territory north of Brisbane and any desert territory in Australia. In WW2 if Japan were to invade Australia the plan was to abandon the whole north of Australia above Brisbane as there is very little population and at the time no strategic importance. Also there were British nuclear testing in the deserts of Australia with little to no effect on the population of Australia.

Firestorm, you just have to win this one, for none of us wants to see the shining flame of democracy extinguished!

funny how your imagination of a post ww2 nazi germany turns this country into some sort of aryan wonderland.

When you dance with the Devil, He doesn't change. He changes you.

But apart from that I think that your AAR is one of the best I´ve ever read.

etepetete said:

When you dance with the Devil, He doesn't change. He changes you.

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When you dance with the devil be carefull, or you'll soon have hoof-prints all over your shoes.

DM_Craft said:

Nukes are okay in Japan, but make it the Japanese peoples choice. Australia you can use nukes in any Non-East Coast territory, any territory north of Brisbane and any desert territory in Australia. In WW2 if Japan were to invade Australia the plan was to abandon the whole north of Australia above Brisbane as there is very little population and at the time no strategic importance. Also there were British nuclear testing in the deserts of Australia with little to no effect on the population of Australia.

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I think in any scenario this bleak (essentially a limited WW3), the use of nuclear wepaons won't depend on public opinion, the military will be free to use them as they see fit since they will be regarded as just another weapon necessary to win the war.
So yes, feel free to nuke Australian territory. After all, Nazi Germany even nuked its own core territories to get a tactical advantage!

funny how your imagination of a post ww2 nazi germany turns this country into some sort of aryan wonderland.

When you dance with the Devil, He doesn't change. He changes you.

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Yeah, Firestorm always seems to paint a optimistic picture of Germany. But you have to remember that he narrates this AAR in news broadcasts which would be heavily influenced by Germany's propaganda efforts. Or perhaps the AI makes him pick a favorable description under threat of a declaration of war, who knows?
Well, you couldn't really talk about the downsides of a victorious Nazi society on this forum anyway. And those would be extreme, although the death of many Nazi leaders, along with the sucessfull course of the war, hopefully reigned in the worst examples.

TRP said:

TRP officialy joins the 'win at all costs, use any means' fraction. This AAR became gamey long ago, the question is not if you want to play gamey, it is: will you stand for the AI raping you up that special place over and over and over, or will you man up and do something about it? Humans will not lose to computers! Never!

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Don't compare you AAR with this one lol. Firestorm has too much honor for gamey tactics, unlike guys as we are :rofl:.

By this time i would already cheat the game to the death lol.

Delex said:

Don't compare you AAR with this one lol. Firestorm has too much honor for gamey tactics, unlike guys as we are :rofl:.

By this time i would already cheat the game to the death lol.

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I just want him to win this war so badly...he doesn't necessarily have to come out on top of the world or completely defeat the USSR, but just defend his allies and bring pride back to America.

Losing one World War was bad enough, then having to suffer a Civil War which he nearly lost, a war with a regional superpower that basically went nowhere, and then this bloodbath...the American populace needs a meaningful victory. As does the democratic (whats left of it) world.

Its also really sad to see Adelaide, a city I once lived in for a few years, fall to the Red Menace.

Heres a few little suggestions for a new USSR

Commune of Asia

Union of Soviet Socialist Asian Republics (Although that name is a bit iffy as the Soviets always made the distinction that they werent Asian in real life)

Communist Republics of Asia

Far East Socialist Union

Soviet Asian Bloc


EDIT: Also, the second would would seem to make more sense as the top Top star would represent Communism as a whole with the bottom three representing Siberia, India and China.

My two cents

The second one looks more like that the one filled in star is Russia, which could symbolize the liberation of the Asian Republics by Russia. And the other three stars the major Communist Asian Republics.

Greater East Asian Worker's Prosperity Sphere.

Number 2 for both flag and name