@Onni_Manni: No. Mitteleuropa's airforces have proven time and time again that they own the European skies. Using my airforce, and particularly my bombers is too risky. I am also going to try and preserve my fighters for later operations.
@Ivir Baggins: Neat idea, but no. Instead I have another idea for my next AAR project, one that I think people are really going to like....
@CylonAndrew: I Think you are grossly overestimating their chances. Barring some catastrophe, there is no way they could push into France.
@Zhuge Liang: You are largely correct. The loss of 1.2 million soldiers due to Frunze is a huge blow to the Russians, but they still have a lot of fight still left in them. Expect the Russians to fight tenaciously to defend their Motherland, but more and more it will be a losing battle.
@ColossusCrusher: Mmmmm, gold old Argentine beef.
@everyone: thanks for the comments!
At sea, German aircraft carriers launch an air attack against US navy anti-submarine ships currently docked at Bordeaux. although the Germans do cause some damage to the city and its port facilities, they fail to cause any casualties to the American fleet.
In response, the USAF is thrown into battle, to hunt down and destroy the German aircraft carriers as they try to flee back to their ports. American A-4 skyhawks pounce on the German fleet, firing rockets, bombs, and long range guided missiles at the German aircraft carriers. The American attacks devastate the German fleet, with approximately 5 or 6 German carriers being sent to the bottom by the American bombers, a great loss that the Germans will be unable to recover from.
In retaliation, huge forces of Russian and German fighters ambush American aircraft as they are flying over Cholet Airbase. American F-100's are sent into the skies in response, and a great airbattle unfolds over the region. In a hail of cannon fire and air-to-air missiles, huge numbers of enemy aircraft are shot down for only moderate American casualties.
To the east, American forces begin to march into the Hungarian homeland itself. Starting at Debrecen, American tanks and mechanized infantry pound into the Hungarian lines, shredding the ill equipped infantry divisions of Hungary's battered army. Debrecen soon falls, opening up the path into the rest of the country.
Further east, American forces have taken control of Besserabia. In response, the Russians are beginning to counterattack. Here, in Beltsy, over 300,000 Russian and Polish troops hit the American lines, forcing the American troops to withdraw south to a more defensible position.
Budapest, the capital of Hungary and one of the last strongholds still in their control, now comes under siege by American forces led by General MacArthur. In a battle that lasts approximately 4 days, American units fight house by house to clear the heavily guarded city of its defenders. Eventually, American units are able to take control of the city, with Hungarian remnant forces fleeing north into Slovakia.
Hungary now makes its last stand at the city of Bratislava, with the Hungarians throwing everything they have left to hold their positions. However, it is a lost cause, with many Hungarian units now surrendering to American forces and the remaining Hungarian troops low on critical supplies and manpower. Bratislava soon falls to American tanks a short time later.
On September 22nd, 1960, the Hapsburg emperor of Hungary, Otto the 1st, (who had been allowed by the Germans to remain emperor of Hungary after the 2nd world war), is captured by American forces in Bratislava. On that same day, Otto and the rest of the Hungarian government surrender their country completely and unconditionally to the Allied Forces. The defeat of Hungary is a great victory, with their large army now gone and American troops at the gates, the Germans will now have to spread their forces thin to try and cover their southern flank.
Allied forces in Italy now begin to test Germany's weakening defenses in the region, starting at Milan. Massive allied units attack the city, defended by a much smaller garrison than it used to. Unfortunately, logistical problems lead to this attack turning into a failure, with allied units falling back. (its kinda annoying, basically what starts happening is that one by one, allied troops start breaking off the attack, even though I am ordering them to keep attacking. Its stupid and very frustrating, and I think it is because of the AI wanting to have their units stop attacking at a certain point. Argh!!!!)
In France however, things are becoming much more positive. Testing German defenses, a very substantial Allied force, led by a Brazilian army General, attacks German defenses at Chaumont. To their surprise, German defenses begin to collapse in the region. Sensing an opportunity, Allied commanders press forwards succeeding in driving the Germans out of Chaumont. At long last, it seems that the tide on the western front is beginning to turn. Could the end of the war now finally be in sight?