This is my first attempt at an AAR for a computer game, so be gentle!
I have played HOI2 a lot, and have played a little of HOI3 since its release: enough to get a vague idea of what is required.
My aim is to provide a fairly detailed description of a Ver 1.3 Hoi3 game. (EDIT: Now converted to 1.4) (ANOTHER EDIT: Now converted to Semper Fi) I know 1.3 hasn't been released yet but I can do the set-up and preparation now and then catch up. I hope readers can get an idea of why I am doing certain things, so in a way it is also a help to beginners, though I definitely don't hold myself out to be an expert.
I will be playing Germany from 1936, and the intention is to be fairly historical - at least that is the plan. I suspect events will change that.
Please don't expect "optimisation". I don't calculate the most perfect division and then build 100s of them. I like to have a mix of units, and I build what I think would have been "real" units. So expect paras, marines, mountain troops, police brigades and a range of ships. There will be cavalry, armoured car attachments etc. I know to win quickly I should concentrate research on a few high-power areas and advance research them. But I don't want to win quickly - I want to have fun. So I may "waste" research by developing multi-role fighters as well as interceptors. But then that was how the Third Reich actually ran - an absolute mess of research and production techniques.
This AAR will be in narrative with screenshots to tie into the game. I will use vanilla 1.3, and hope to use the AI to run at least most military operations (though I reserve the right to leap in - like everyone else I hav no idea how the AI will work in 1.3).
Warning: I suspect this will be quite a bit to read, so if you are more a screenshot with a few lines of text person, this is not for you.
My narrator is a Filing Adminstrator in the Reichskanzlei, and we join him on his first day at work.
I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it. As always, criticism welcomed, if not always enjoyed!.
EDIT
Wow, 600 posts later, here I am again. I have been asked to make it a little easier to read this epic, so I will try to give links below.
EDIT 2
I am often asked what MODs I use, and it has been suggested that I include something here for people who are interested. (I know I said the AAR would be vanilla, but I haven't changed anything really other than appearance. I am a sucker for a pretty picture of a tank). NOTE: None of these are inthe first posts. I can't remember when they were introduced but they are all in by June/July 1940 or earlier.
The counters are Hr.Cyber's Landicons for ICE (I think that is what it is called)
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...1#post11013151
In case you are interested, I also use filefool's Major Nations Immersion Pack
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...1#post10466608
And of course I use Modestus' Retextured Map mod
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...1#post10118644
Hope this helps.
As I always stress - none of these affect game play: they all alter graphics only. (Well, Major Nations also changes model names etc, but you get the point).
January 1st 1936: First Day at the Reichskanzlei
January 2nd 1936: The New Year's Day Conference
January 3rd 1936: The New Years Day Conference Part 2
January 4th 1936: The Ministry of Justice
January 5th 1936: The Office of Skilled Personnel
January 6th 1936:Gisela and the Cabinet
January 7th 1936: A Day at the Office
January 8th to 10th 1936: A Weekend at the Sea-side
January 11th to 31st 1936: Getting down to Business
February 1936: War in Europe: Spain in Flames
March 1936: A Visit to brother Heinz
April 1936: A Visit to brother Ernst and a Major Reorganisation of the Wehrmacht
May 1936: Research Pays Off
June 1936: State of Knowledge in the Reich
July 1936: We Are Not Alone: Italy Joins the Axis
August 1936: Good News in Germany - Bad News From Spain
September 1936: The Tripartite Pact
October 1936: Another Trip to the Sea
November 1936: And Then There Were Four - Hungary Joins the Axis
December 1936: End of the Year Results
January 1937: The Soviet Purge
February 1937: Portugal Joins the Axis, and We Look at Austria
March 1937: Cash Flow Problems
April 1937: Anschluss!
May 1937: Research and Building Continue
June 1937: Peace in Spain
July 1st to July 15th 1937: War in China
July 16th to July 31st 1937: Shanxi Invades Manchukuo
August 1937: Shanghai Invaded and We Look at Czechoslavakia
September 1937: Japan Fights Back
October 1937: Japan Loses Shanghai
November 1937: Japan Claims Progress
December 1937: Another End of Year Report
February 1938: The Sudetenland Returns, Japan Retakes Shanghai
March 1938: The Kuomintang Attack, Another Reichsmark Crisis
April 1938: Japan Holds the Line
May 1938:Launch the "Bismark"!
June 1938: Worrying Signs From China
July 1938: The Communist Chinese Arrive
August 1938: New Research, New Weapons
September 1938: Disaster: Manchukuo Surrenders
October 1938: The End for Czechoslavakia
November 1938: Slight Improvement in China
December 1938: Korea Threatened and the Last Year-end Report Before War
January 1939: Gisela and "1939 and Beyond"
February 1939: The Army of North China Ceases to Exist
March 1939: Last Flickers in China
April 1939: Pact with Stalin
May 1st to May 15th 1939: Mobilisation!
Late May 15th: Eve of War and the Strength of the Wehrmacht
May 16th Morning: Fall Weiss
May 16th Afternoon: The Luftwaffe Joins in and the Polish Counter-Attack
May 17th 1939: The Tough Get Going
May 18th and May 19th 1939: Denmark Declares War
May 20th and May 21st 1939:Slow Progress
May 22nd and May 23rd 1939: Battle of Danzig Bay and Fall Rache
May 24th and 25th 1939: Pressure in East Prussia
May 26th and May 27th 1939: Poles Pull Back (Slightly)
May 28th and May 29th: Danzig Falls but East Prussia Threatened
May 30th and 31st: The French Invade, Copenhagen Falls, Polish Victories
June 1st and 2nd: Defeat inthe West
June 3rd and 4th: Worse in the West
June 5th and 6th: French Take Another Province, Poles Resist
June 7th and 8th: Krakow Falls
June 9th to 11th: Poles in Retreat
June 12th to 13th: A Letter from Brother Heinz
June 14th and 15th: We Are Not Alone:Hungary Joins the War
June 16th to 18th: Italy Signs Up
June 20th and 21st: Drive for Warsaw
June 22nd to 24th: Counter-Attack in the West
June 25th to 27th: Battle for Lodz
June 28th and 29th: Treachery! Belgium Declares War!
June 30th: Attending a Cabinet Meeting
July 1st to 3rd:The Summer War, A Greek Adventure
July 4th and 5th: Warsaw Falls, Poland Surrenders
July 6th to 14th: We Move West
July 15th to 18th: Hitting Back in the West
July 19th and 20th: Heeresgruppe West and War on Holland
July 21st to 23rd: Drive into the Low Countries
July 24th to 26th: Luxembourg Surrenders
July 27th to 29th: A Visit From Brother Ernst
July 30th and 31st: Retaking the Reich
August 1st to 3rd: Denmark Surrenders
August 4th to 7th: The Dutch Collapse
August 8th to 11th: The French Attack North
August 12th to 15th: Challenge to the Luftwaffe
August 17th to 19th: Drive on Amsterdam
August 20th to 23rd: Air and Sea Battles
August 24th to 27th: Last Gasp for Dutch
August 28th to 31st: More Boots for Belgium
September 1st to 4th: Belgium Crumbles
September 5th to 8th: Fall Gelb Over - Fall Zentrum Begins
September 9th to 12th: Assaulting the French Lines
September 13th to 15th: Lille Captured
September 16th to 19th: Last Frenchman Leaves the Reich
September 20th to 23rd: Closer to Paris
September 24th to 27th: Unternehmen Gummiknuppel Reaches Its Climax
September 28th to 30th: Paris in Sight
October 1st to 3rd: Fallschirmjager Capture Paris
October 15th: The Himmler Plot and the Patch 1.3 Conspiracy
October 15th: Shaky Memories: A Different World
October 15th: A New Order of Battle
October 16th: Gisela Refreshes My Memory
October 16th: Unternehmen Stahlknuppel
October 17th to 19th: Trouble in Denmark, Italy Assists in France
October 20th to 22nd: Battle of the Balts
October 23rd to 25th: A Day's Rest and Italy Surges Forward
October 26th to 28th: Battles in the Air and Bulgaria Joins the Axis
October 28th to 31st: Progress in France and End-of-Month Report
November 1st to 3rd: The Swiss Declare War!
November 4th to 7th: Invasion of the Channel Islands
November 8th and 9th: Sea Battles in the Channel
November 10th to12th: Battle of the Western Channel
November 13th to 15th: The French are Pushed Back
November 16th to 18th: More Victories in France
November 19th to 21st: The French Make a Stand
November 22nd to 24th: Across the Loire
November 25th to 27th: The Last Days of France?
November 28th to 30th: Cabinet Reports
November 30th: The Fuhrer's Plans for 1940
December 1st to 3rd: The Final Assault Begins
December 4th and 5th: The Luftwaffe Turns the Screw
December 6th to 8th: The Last Days of the Third Republic
December 9th to 14th: Armistice
December 15th to 21st: Switzerland Fights On
December 22nd to 31st: The First War-time Christmas and New Year
1939: End of Year Report
Wehrmacht OOB 1940
January 1st to January 19th: A Slight Pause
January 20th to January 31st: Snow Fight and Another Channel Clash
February 1st to 7th: Guderian's Balkan Army Crosses the Border
February 8th to 14th: Deeper into Yugoslavia
February 15th to 21st: Unternehmen Eisenfaust Grinds On
March 1st: A Brush With Death (Semper Fi change-over)
March 1st to 3rd: Air Battles in the Channel, Yugoslavia Crumbles
March 4th to 6th: Creation of OB Sud
March 7th to 10th: A visitor from Zagreb
March 11th to March 17th: Yugoslavian Resistance Collapses
March 18th to March 25th: Denmark Surrenders
March 26th to March 28th: Crossing the Pyrenees
March 29th to March 31st: Problems with the FARE
1st April to 3rd April: Through the Pyrenees
4th April to 6th April: Unternehmen Eisenfaust Complete
6th April: Evening: A Letter From Spain
7th April to 11th April: Into Spain, and a Look East
12th April to 16th April: The Luftwaffe Struggles for the Skies
17th April to 22nd April: The Luftwaffe Takes More Pain
23rd April to 26th April: Il Duce's Greek Delusions of Grandeur
27th April to 30th April: Crossing the Duero
1st May to 3rd May: A Quick Check on the World
3rd May to 7th May: Heavy Fighting in Spain
8th May to 10th May: The Spanish Resist, and a Look at Infrastructure
11th May: Fall Wasserfloh Begins
12th May to 14th May: Großadmiral Raeder's Gamble
15th May to 18th May: Back to Spain
19th to 21st May: The Battle for the Bay of Biscay Begins
22nd to 24th May: The Kriegsmarine Licks Its Wounds
25th to 28th May: The Royal Navy Air Arm Returns to Spain
29th to 31st May: A Pre-emptive strike
1st to 3rd June: Across the Danube
4th to 7th June: Military Blunders and a Dressing Down for Minister von Blomberg
8th to 11th June: The Romanian Army Tries to Move East
12th to 14th June: Battle Day: the Wehrmacht Engages the Enemy
15th to 17th June: Romania Close to Collapse
18th to 21st June: The Romanian Army Lays Down its Arms and a New Weapon for the Luftwaffe
22nd to 26th June: Problems in Catalonia
27th to 30th June: Crushing a Spanish Pocket and The State of Knowledge in the Reich
1st to 5th July: General Keppler Captures Madrid
6th to 10th July: Creation of the Army of Iberia and "Fall Aufräumungs"
11th to 15th July: Problems in Galicia
16th to 20th July: Rommel's Supply Lines Are Cut
21st to 25th July: La Coruña Under Seige
1st to 7th August 1940: Spain Struggles to Survive
8th to 14th August 1940: Grinding to Gibraltar
14th to 18th August 1940: Spain Becomes Part of the Reich
19th to 31st August 1940: Fall Steingarten: the Assault on Gibraltar
1st to 6th September 1940: Fall Steingarten Progresses and a Sea Battle off the Coast of Cadiz
7th to 13th September 1940: Gibraltar is Ours!
14th to 30th September 1940: The Reich Looks East
October 1940: Preparation for Unternehmen Barbarossa Begins in Earnest
November 1940: More Troops Move East, and the Kriegsmarine Fights in the Mittelmeer
December 1940: Building and Upgrading, and the "State of the Reich" Report for the Reichskanzler
January 1941: Rest and Rebels, and the USA Shows its Colours
February 1941: Order of Battle for the Wehrmacht
March 1941: A Diplomatic Blunder
April 1st to April 18th: Quiet Before the Storm
April 19th 1941 2AM to 5AM: The Word is Given
April 19th 1941: And So It Begins: Polen Army Nord
April 19th 1941: And So It Begins: Polen Army Sud
April 19th 1941: And So It Begins: Balkans Army
April 19th 1941: And So It Begins: Osterreich Army
April 19th 1941: 5AM Onwards: The Luftwaffe Joins In and More Troops Make Contact
April 20th and 21st 1941: Hungary Joins Us, First Results
April 22nd to 24th 1941: Naval Action and the Russians Hit Back
I have played HOI2 a lot, and have played a little of HOI3 since its release: enough to get a vague idea of what is required.
My aim is to provide a fairly detailed description of a Ver 1.3 Hoi3 game. (EDIT: Now converted to 1.4) (ANOTHER EDIT: Now converted to Semper Fi) I know 1.3 hasn't been released yet but I can do the set-up and preparation now and then catch up. I hope readers can get an idea of why I am doing certain things, so in a way it is also a help to beginners, though I definitely don't hold myself out to be an expert.
I will be playing Germany from 1936, and the intention is to be fairly historical - at least that is the plan. I suspect events will change that.
Please don't expect "optimisation". I don't calculate the most perfect division and then build 100s of them. I like to have a mix of units, and I build what I think would have been "real" units. So expect paras, marines, mountain troops, police brigades and a range of ships. There will be cavalry, armoured car attachments etc. I know to win quickly I should concentrate research on a few high-power areas and advance research them. But I don't want to win quickly - I want to have fun. So I may "waste" research by developing multi-role fighters as well as interceptors. But then that was how the Third Reich actually ran - an absolute mess of research and production techniques.
This AAR will be in narrative with screenshots to tie into the game. I will use vanilla 1.3, and hope to use the AI to run at least most military operations (though I reserve the right to leap in - like everyone else I hav no idea how the AI will work in 1.3).
Warning: I suspect this will be quite a bit to read, so if you are more a screenshot with a few lines of text person, this is not for you.
My narrator is a Filing Adminstrator in the Reichskanzlei, and we join him on his first day at work.
I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it. As always, criticism welcomed, if not always enjoyed!.
EDIT
Wow, 600 posts later, here I am again. I have been asked to make it a little easier to read this epic, so I will try to give links below.
EDIT 2
I am often asked what MODs I use, and it has been suggested that I include something here for people who are interested. (I know I said the AAR would be vanilla, but I haven't changed anything really other than appearance. I am a sucker for a pretty picture of a tank). NOTE: None of these are inthe first posts. I can't remember when they were introduced but they are all in by June/July 1940 or earlier.
The counters are Hr.Cyber's Landicons for ICE (I think that is what it is called)
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...1#post11013151
In case you are interested, I also use filefool's Major Nations Immersion Pack
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...1#post10466608
And of course I use Modestus' Retextured Map mod
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...1#post10118644
Hope this helps.
As I always stress - none of these affect game play: they all alter graphics only. (Well, Major Nations also changes model names etc, but you get the point).
The New Job
January 1st 1936: First Day at the Reichskanzlei
January 2nd 1936: The New Year's Day Conference
January 3rd 1936: The New Years Day Conference Part 2
January 4th 1936: The Ministry of Justice
January 5th 1936: The Office of Skilled Personnel
January 6th 1936:Gisela and the Cabinet
And So It Begins
January 7th 1936: A Day at the Office
January 8th to 10th 1936: A Weekend at the Sea-side
January 11th to 31st 1936: Getting down to Business
1936: The First Year of the Plan
February 1936: War in Europe: Spain in Flames
March 1936: A Visit to brother Heinz
April 1936: A Visit to brother Ernst and a Major Reorganisation of the Wehrmacht
May 1936: Research Pays Off
June 1936: State of Knowledge in the Reich
July 1936: We Are Not Alone: Italy Joins the Axis
August 1936: Good News in Germany - Bad News From Spain
September 1936: The Tripartite Pact
October 1936: Another Trip to the Sea
November 1936: And Then There Were Four - Hungary Joins the Axis
December 1936: End of the Year Results
1937: The Year of Consolidation
January 1937: The Soviet Purge
February 1937: Portugal Joins the Axis, and We Look at Austria
March 1937: Cash Flow Problems
April 1937: Anschluss!
May 1937: Research and Building Continue
June 1937: Peace in Spain
July 1st to July 15th 1937: War in China
July 16th to July 31st 1937: Shanxi Invades Manchukuo
August 1937: Shanghai Invaded and We Look at Czechoslavakia
September 1937: Japan Fights Back
October 1937: Japan Loses Shanghai
November 1937: Japan Claims Progress
December 1937: Another End of Year Report
1938: The Last Year of Peace
February 1938: The Sudetenland Returns, Japan Retakes Shanghai
March 1938: The Kuomintang Attack, Another Reichsmark Crisis
April 1938: Japan Holds the Line
May 1938:Launch the "Bismark"!
June 1938: Worrying Signs From China
July 1938: The Communist Chinese Arrive
August 1938: New Research, New Weapons
September 1938: Disaster: Manchukuo Surrenders
October 1938: The End for Czechoslavakia
November 1938: Slight Improvement in China
December 1938: Korea Threatened and the Last Year-end Report Before War
1939: The Year the War Began
January 1939: Gisela and "1939 and Beyond"
February 1939: The Army of North China Ceases to Exist
March 1939: Last Flickers in China
April 1939: Pact with Stalin
May 1st to May 15th 1939: Mobilisation!
Late May 15th: Eve of War and the Strength of the Wehrmacht
WAR!! 16th May to 31st May 1939
May 16th Morning: Fall Weiss
May 16th Afternoon: The Luftwaffe Joins in and the Polish Counter-Attack
May 17th 1939: The Tough Get Going
May 18th and May 19th 1939: Denmark Declares War
May 20th and May 21st 1939:Slow Progress
May 22nd and May 23rd 1939: Battle of Danzig Bay and Fall Rache
May 24th and 25th 1939: Pressure in East Prussia
May 26th and May 27th 1939: Poles Pull Back (Slightly)
May 28th and May 29th: Danzig Falls but East Prussia Threatened
May 30th and 31st: The French Invade, Copenhagen Falls, Polish Victories
War on Three Fronts: June 1939
June 1st and 2nd: Defeat inthe West
June 3rd and 4th: Worse in the West
June 5th and 6th: French Take Another Province, Poles Resist
June 7th and 8th: Krakow Falls
June 9th to 11th: Poles in Retreat
June 12th to 13th: A Letter from Brother Heinz
June 14th and 15th: We Are Not Alone:Hungary Joins the War
June 16th to 18th: Italy Signs Up
June 20th and 21st: Drive for Warsaw
June 22nd to 24th: Counter-Attack in the West
June 25th to 27th: Battle for Lodz
June 28th and 29th: Treachery! Belgium Declares War!
June 30th: Attending a Cabinet Meeting
A Serious Business: July 1939
July 1st to 3rd:The Summer War, A Greek Adventure
July 4th and 5th: Warsaw Falls, Poland Surrenders
July 6th to 14th: We Move West
July 15th to 18th: Hitting Back in the West
July 19th and 20th: Heeresgruppe West and War on Holland
July 21st to 23rd: Drive into the Low Countries
July 24th to 26th: Luxembourg Surrenders
July 27th to 29th: A Visit From Brother Ernst
July 30th and 31st: Retaking the Reich
Concentration in the West: August 1939
August 1st to 3rd: Denmark Surrenders
August 4th to 7th: The Dutch Collapse
August 8th to 11th: The French Attack North
August 12th to 15th: Challenge to the Luftwaffe
August 17th to 19th: Drive on Amsterdam
August 20th to 23rd: Air and Sea Battles
August 24th to 27th: Last Gasp for Dutch
August 28th to 31st: More Boots for Belgium
Into France: September 1939
September 1st to 4th: Belgium Crumbles
September 5th to 8th: Fall Gelb Over - Fall Zentrum Begins
September 9th to 12th: Assaulting the French Lines
September 13th to 15th: Lille Captured
September 16th to 19th: Last Frenchman Leaves the Reich
September 20th to 23rd: Closer to Paris
September 24th to 27th: Unternehmen Gummiknuppel Reaches Its Climax
September 28th to 30th: Paris in Sight
Paris Falls and an Attempted Assassination: October 1939 (Patch 1.4 change-over)
October 1st to 3rd: Fallschirmjager Capture Paris
October 15th: The Himmler Plot and the Patch 1.3 Conspiracy
October 15th: Shaky Memories: A Different World
October 15th: A New Order of Battle
October 16th: Gisela Refreshes My Memory
October 16th: Unternehmen Stahlknuppel
October 17th to 19th: Trouble in Denmark, Italy Assists in France
October 20th to 22nd: Battle of the Balts
October 23rd to 25th: A Day's Rest and Italy Surges Forward
October 26th to 28th: Battles in the Air and Bulgaria Joins the Axis
October 28th to 31st: Progress in France and End-of-Month Report
The Battle for France: November 1939
November 1st to 3rd: The Swiss Declare War!
November 4th to 7th: Invasion of the Channel Islands
November 8th and 9th: Sea Battles in the Channel
November 10th to12th: Battle of the Western Channel
November 13th to 15th: The French are Pushed Back
November 16th to 18th: More Victories in France
November 19th to 21st: The French Make a Stand
November 22nd to 24th: Across the Loire
November 25th to 27th: The Last Days of France?
November 28th to 30th: Cabinet Reports
November 30th: The Fuhrer's Plans for 1940
France - The Last Days: December 1939
December 1st to 3rd: The Final Assault Begins
December 4th and 5th: The Luftwaffe Turns the Screw
December 6th to 8th: The Last Days of the Third Republic
December 9th to 14th: Armistice
December 15th to 21st: Switzerland Fights On
December 22nd to 31st: The First War-time Christmas and New Year
1939: End of Year Report
Start of a New Year: January 1940
Wehrmacht OOB 1940
January 1st to January 19th: A Slight Pause
January 20th to January 31st: Snow Fight and Another Channel Clash
Unternehmen Eisenfaust: The Invasion of Yugoslavia: February/March 1940
February 1st to 7th: Guderian's Balkan Army Crosses the Border
February 8th to 14th: Deeper into Yugoslavia
February 15th to 21st: Unternehmen Eisenfaust Grinds On
March 1st: A Brush With Death (Semper Fi change-over)
March 1st to 3rd: Air Battles in the Channel, Yugoslavia Crumbles
March 4th to 6th: Creation of OB Sud
March 7th to 10th: A visitor from Zagreb
March 11th to March 17th: Yugoslavian Resistance Collapses
March 18th to March 25th: Denmark Surrenders
Unternehmen Stierkampf: The Invasion of Republican Spain: 26th March 1940
March 26th to March 28th: Crossing the Pyrenees
March 29th to March 31st: Problems with the FARE
1st April to 3rd April: Through the Pyrenees
4th April to 6th April: Unternehmen Eisenfaust Complete
6th April: Evening: A Letter From Spain
7th April to 11th April: Into Spain, and a Look East
12th April to 16th April: The Luftwaffe Struggles for the Skies
17th April to 22nd April: The Luftwaffe Takes More Pain
23rd April to 26th April: Il Duce's Greek Delusions of Grandeur
27th April to 30th April: Crossing the Duero
The Road to Madrid: May 1940
1st May to 3rd May: A Quick Check on the World
3rd May to 7th May: Heavy Fighting in Spain
8th May to 10th May: The Spanish Resist, and a Look at Infrastructure
11th May: Fall Wasserfloh Begins
12th May to 14th May: Großadmiral Raeder's Gamble
15th May to 18th May: Back to Spain
19th to 21st May: The Battle for the Bay of Biscay Begins
22nd to 24th May: The Kriegsmarine Licks Its Wounds
25th to 28th May: The Royal Navy Air Arm Returns to Spain
29th to 31st May: A Pre-emptive strike
Unternehmen Bohrturm: The Road to the Ploesti Oil Fields
1st to 3rd June: Across the Danube
4th to 7th June: Military Blunders and a Dressing Down for Minister von Blomberg
8th to 11th June: The Romanian Army Tries to Move East
12th to 14th June: Battle Day: the Wehrmacht Engages the Enemy
15th to 17th June: Romania Close to Collapse
18th to 21st June: The Romanian Army Lays Down its Arms and a New Weapon for the Luftwaffe
Back to Spain: June/July 1940
22nd to 26th June: Problems in Catalonia
27th to 30th June: Crushing a Spanish Pocket and The State of Knowledge in the Reich
1st to 5th July: General Keppler Captures Madrid
6th to 10th July: Creation of the Army of Iberia and "Fall Aufräumungs"
11th to 15th July: Problems in Galicia
16th to 20th July: Rommel's Supply Lines Are Cut
21st to 25th July: La Coruña Under Seige
Spain's Death Throes: August 1940
1st to 7th August 1940: Spain Struggles to Survive
8th to 14th August 1940: Grinding to Gibraltar
14th to 18th August 1940: Spain Becomes Part of the Reich
19th to 31st August 1940: Fall Steingarten: the Assault on Gibraltar
The End of Fighting in the West: September to December1940
1st to 6th September 1940: Fall Steingarten Progresses and a Sea Battle off the Coast of Cadiz
7th to 13th September 1940: Gibraltar is Ours!
14th to 30th September 1940: The Reich Looks East
October 1940: Preparation for Unternehmen Barbarossa Begins in Earnest
November 1940: More Troops Move East, and the Kriegsmarine Fights in the Mittelmeer
December 1940: Building and Upgrading, and the "State of the Reich" Report for the Reichskanzler
Build Up for Unternehmen Barbarossa: January to April 1941
January 1941: Rest and Rebels, and the USA Shows its Colours
February 1941: Order of Battle for the Wehrmacht
March 1941: A Diplomatic Blunder
April 1st to April 18th: Quiet Before the Storm
Unternehmen Barbarossa Begins: Saturday April 19th 1941
April 19th 1941 2AM to 5AM: The Word is Given
April 19th 1941: And So It Begins: Polen Army Nord
April 19th 1941: And So It Begins: Polen Army Sud
April 19th 1941: And So It Begins: Balkans Army
April 19th 1941: And So It Begins: Osterreich Army
April 19th 1941: 5AM Onwards: The Luftwaffe Joins In and More Troops Make Contact
Assaulting the Russian Front Line: April 20th to 30th 1941
April 20th and 21st 1941: Hungary Joins Us, First Results
April 22nd to 24th 1941: Naval Action and the Russians Hit Back
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