In defense of Freedom, a USA Kaiserreich AAR

@Karaiskandar: I am sure that is what Kennedy thought about the soviets and Cuba.....

@Asalto: Perhaps, but It would probably be a lot more work than it would be worth. Although I have been thinking that it would be fun to play a standard MDS 1.6 game for my next AAR project, but that is still far in the future right now.

@Zhuge Liang: Well, there are only a few countries in Latin America I would want to ally with, and those are Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. The rest, being Honduras, the UP, Peru, and Haiti, are all dictatorial regimes that I would never want to associate with. Anyway, Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador are all too isolationist anyway, so I probably will not bother.

@Razgriz 2K9: I wouldn't count on it not getting any worse.

@Maddogg1178: I cant recall off the top of my head, but I think the Danes are PA in this game, or very close to it. Anyway, they are surrounded by both Germany and Sweden, which are both allies, so it would not be wise of them to try and join me only to get overrun on the first day of a war.

@Zeldar155: dont worry, this is gonna heat up, even without American missiles in France.

@Ottoman Master: That would probably be a better question to ask in the KR forums or the MDS forums. I do know most people that have done such a thing have done lots of changes in savefiles instead of scenario files.

@everyone: thanks for the comments!


The entry of the Dominican Republic to Mitteleuropa, a Caribbean island nation with air and naval bases that allow Germany and Russia the ability to strike at the United States itself with bombers and warships, has in the minds of many US military commanders set the world on the path to war. With global tensions now mounting at an exponential rate, top US generals meet to make a final overview of the deployment of US forces all over the world.

First, American commanders take a look at United States Forces Europe, the portion of US troops that have been positioned permanently in Europe since the end of the 2nd world war against the syndicalists in December of 1944. Totaling over 1 million soldiers, and equipped with thousands of M48A5 main battle tanks as well as many thousands of armoured personnel carriers in numerous mechanized infantry divisions, US Forces Europe consists of the heaviest mechanized forces the US Army can muster. Commanded by many veteran generals that fought against the syndicalists, these troops will be tasked with reinforcing the allies' European members in halting and turning around a German armoured offensive.


Next to come under review is United States Forces Africa. This group is made up of 330,000 US troops that were sent to South Africa in the early 1950's in response to a South African government request for reinforcements along its border with the powerful colony of Friestaat Mittelafrika. These soldiers are positioned along the border, and even include a large American armoured and mechanized group in Rhodesia. In the event of war, these soldiers will lead South African forces into what used to be the Portuguese colony of Mozambique as well as into Namibia, combating forces of the over 1 million strong Mittelafrikan colonial army, led by Statthalter Hermann Goring.


The next large concentration of US forces to be spotlighted is United States Forces India. 610,000 US soldiers, including elite mountaineers and US Marines, as well as thousands of naval personnel make up US Forces India, and have multiple objectives in the event of war. First, some 150,000 US troops will assist the Indian army in defending the Indian state of Afghanistan from a possible invasion of the Russian Army, which has deployed huge amounts of troops across the border in Russian Central Asia and Russian occupied Persia. The next objectives of US Forces India will be to secure Germany's Indian ocean possessions of Sri Lanka, Diego Garcia, and even Madagascar. Finally, US troops here could either be used to open up new fronts in either eastern Mittelafrika, the Ottoman dominated Middle east, or, if the situation is bad enough, further reinforce the 1.5 million man Indian army. Also, to help in naval operations, the US navy has allocated a carrier task force under the leadership of Admiral Nimitz, as well as a large number of transport ships, all of which are docked in a massive naval base in Mumbai.


Next on the global overview of military deployments is United States Forces Korea and United States Forces Japan. A total of 800,000 US troops combined are stationed in these two areas. The main objective of the 350,000 soldiers of US Forces Korea is a defensive one: to help the Republic of Korea's army defend the Korean peninsula from a possible Russian/Qing invasion across the Yalu river. However, these troops could also be ordered to launch an invasion of the Russian city of Vladivostok, which is also reported to be heavily defended by the Russian army. The remaining soldiers that make up US Forces Japan, and which have been undertaking occupational and reconstruction duties in Japan since the end of the Pacific war, could either be sent to help defend China, or help stage an attack along the pacific coast of Siberia.


The final deployment of US forces internationally to be reviewed is United States Forces China. The young Chinese republic, which borders a hostile Qing Empire to the north, is reinforced by 610,000 US soldiers, which have been deployed along nearly the entire border, face to face with the 1.6 million soldiers of the Russian supplied Qing Imperial Army. These soldiers will be badly needed here in the event of war, with the Chinese Republican Army only possessing a little over 60 divisions of troops, which will need help in stopping a Qing and Russian invasion of their territory. In terms of posture, US forces will be given a mixed role here. While helping in a defensive capacity along much of the border, towards the eastern coast, US forces will be ordered to go on the offensive, marching into Qingdao en route to the Qing capital of Beijing. Whether such a plan will work however is still up to debate, with the Qing deploying large amounts of troops in the area, as well as even larger formations along the entire length of the border.


With the review complete, US commanders are confident that these forces will be enough to combat the powerful armed forces commanded by the nations of the German Empire and its allies. American commanders will not have very long to wait and see, as the situation with the Dominican republic is about to descend into what many would later dub "The Dominican Missile Crisis"....

@Karaiskandar: You are about to find out.

@Asalto: Well, since I don't have full IC takeover on, the home islands only give me about 20+ ish IC. Its probably less since Osaka, which used to have 10 or so IC in it, got turned into a glass parking lot.

@Razgriz 2K9: I am probably gonna have to fight both at once. Its gonna be interesting for me, since I don't think I have ever had to fight a HOI2 campaign like this before, with so many powerful enemies to fight on 3 continents all at once.

@Zhuge Liang: I am pretty confident in my allies. My friends in Latin America have proven to be very good at sending large expeditionary forces overseas in the past, and the armies of countries like Canada, India, France, Italy, and South China are pretty strong. However, they are still gonna need my help.

@Zeldar155: Which is exactly why the DR will be the first target of the United States armed forces in the event of war.

@CylonAndrew: Forgotten? Latin America hasn't had it too easy in this AAR, with US forces having to fight bloody campaigns in places like Cuba, Mexico, Centroamerica, Brazil, and Bolivia in the late 1930's and early 1940's.


With the Dominican Republic now a full member of Mitteleuropa, Germany begins to exploit the strategic opportunity that a major base near the United States can bring. Hoping to create "a dagger at Eisenhower's throat" as the Kaiser reportedly says to his generals, Germany begins to clandestinely send ships full of missile and aircraft parts to the Dominican Republic, under the cover of humanitarian aid shipments.


The Germans are successfully able to keep their operations secret, at least for a while. By early march, disturbing rumors begin to circulate from the Dominican Republic, with stories of large cylindrical objects covered in canvas being shipped by large trucks through villages during the night to remote locations. Further reports also indicate the presence of German speaking "tourists" arriving in the DR by the hundreds, with indications that these people may be technical and military advisers. Reconnaissance flights are organized out of Cuba by the US airforce to make observations of the country. The photos that these aircraft bring back shock not only the President but his top military officers as well. Aerial photographs clearly show the presence of large missile bases being constructed in the Dominican Republic, with the capability of striking targets deep within the United States.




President Eisenhower orders an emergency cabinet meeting, joined by many military and diplomatic advisers. After intense discussion of the findings, President Eisenhower orders the beginning of a full military blockade of the Dominican Republic, as well as the heightening of the DEFCON level to level 2, just short of full scale war. US forces both in the homeland and abroad go into pre-combat alertness, as reports come in of similar moves being taken by the German army and its allies in places like Europe and Asia.


As US marines mobilize in Florida, the US navy forms up the blockade of the Dominican Republic. Battleships and Aircraft carriers, as well as their escorts, take up positions near the coast, with the objective of intercepting and peacefully turning around German cargo vessels that are still en route to the island carrying more military supplies, estimated to be in the area by the first week of April. Many hope that there is still one last chance for peace in what is now being called "The Dominican Missile Crisis" by the press.


An American long range patrol aircraft shadows a German transport vessel en route to the Caribbean.


What happens next is still a point of debate among many officials. US navy destroyers detect on sonar the presence of multiple Russian Submarines, which the Germans have been using as a clandestine way to escort their vessels back and forth from Germany and the Dominican Republic. Nobody knows who fires the first shot, but the US navy insists that a destroyer was fired upon by multiple torpedoes originating from the Russian submarines. The US navy returns fire, using depth charges against the Russians with inconclusive results. Word gets out to both Berlin and Moscow that US and Russian vessels have exchanged fire near the Dominican Republic.


Cold War tensions now finally spill over irreversibly. The German leadership orders the complete severing of diplomatic relations between itself and the United States, and orders its armed forces into battle. The German army begins artillery bombardments against French forces along the border, at the same time as Russian and Qing forces begin crossing into Allied territory. World War 3 has finally begun.


The lines are drawn, and the time has come for the final showdown. Democracy or Tyranny. Freedom or Oppression. Rule by ballots or rule by blood. This is the final battle for the fate of the future of all humanity. This time, the violence is predicted to dwarf both that of the 2nd world war and the Pacific war combined, with new weapons like missiles, helicopters, assault rifles, jet aircraft, and the most devastating of all weapons, the Hydrogen Bomb, being possessed by both sides. In spite of the challenge, President Eisenhower promises that the United States and its allies will not stop until Mitteleuropa has been crushed and final victory has been achieved. If not, the light of freedom and liberty will be vanquished from the face of the earth....