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Now, now, The french might be useless in terms of providing forces, but they would still have some military experience and influence in the directing the war after all, the alliance is called The Allies for a reason:p

True. The French can give the Americans advice on how to not be a loser.
 
Soon after the liberation of Mali, Bradley announced the liberation of the nation of Guinea.
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shortly therafter, the American navy scored another success against its Vichy French counterpart. This began a chase that would end with the American Atlantic Fleet sitting outside of the Only Vichy French Naval Base, the one at Marseilles, and sinking countless ships that dared to venture forth.
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During said chase, the Americans made a rather startling discovery.
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reconnaissance of the Area around Rome done by the passing fleet revealed that 85 divisions were parked in the Italian capital. When Eisenhower, slated to command the invasion of Italy, got wind of this, it sent chills down his spine. When Truman was informed of this, he had nightmares of the invasion of Italy turning into Iberia part two. Serious discussion was now going on on whether to scrap the invasion of Italy in favor of an invasion of Brittany.
Soon after, a rather large Vichy fleet was also sunk
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Nimitz then ordered his Carrier based planes to make a strike on the port of Marseilles
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No ships were sunk, but several were badly damaged.
The American and British contingents were also ordered to disembark for Tunis, seeing as the invasion had not yet been scrapped and Eisenhower wanted to be in a position to strike if he was ordered to.
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Bradley also finally arrived in Tripoli and ordered an advance on Homs.
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A little after this, the Canadian contingent of the landings was also ordered to Tunis
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By far the biggest news, however, came from Iberia. Patton had decided to launch another attack on Bilboa, despite the unlikelihood of success, He easily was able to repel the defenders with relative ease (both of the attacking forces remained at full organization afterwords). This created hope that the city would fall and Franco could finally be forced to accept a peace treaty.
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Three days later, Bradley reached Homs and began to advance on Sirte
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The month of September therefore opened with a great deal of promise.
shorter then my usual updates, but I have been busy the last few days and have not had a chance to play this game much. I had a sweet event planned but my finicky computer and the massive amount of troops in Italy mean it will not happen. I had an event chain set that would fire after Naples fell. Essentially, what would have happened is that following that, Mussolini would have been toppled by the King, who then would have aligned with me. However, Mussolini was to get wind of the plot and flee to Africa where the RSI would then lay claim to Africa and the Middle East. This would have given me all of Italy itself as an ally and allowed the war in Africa to go on. Italy also would have lost their European holdings outside of Italy to there allies. So much for what could have been.
 
Shame about the event, I certainly hope that intelligence report is wrong otherwise Italy is going to be practically impossible to invade. At least we should finally be seeing the end of the Spanish campaign soon enough.
 
Nah, Italy would be much easier to take than Spain simply because there are so many places you could theoretically land in order to cut off that massive army. Of course you'd probably have to divert a few more troops there than previously planned, but that's nothing compared to the prospect of taking the Italians out of the game. Just draw their forces south, land some auxhiliary troops at Rome or just south of it and send them east to cut off all the supplies to the southern half of the peninsula. A couple of convoy raiding missions should keep them from resupplying and after a couple of weeks you'd basically have a cake walk on your hands.
 
Nah, Italy would be much easier to take than Spain simply because there are so many places you could theoretically land in order to cut off that massive army. Of course you'd probably have to divert a few more troops there than previously planned, but that's nothing compared to the prospect of taking the Italians out of the game. Just draw their forces south, land some auxhiliary troops at Rome or just south of it and send them east to cut off all the supplies to the southern half of the peninsula. A couple of convoy raiding missions should keep them from resupplying and after a couple of weeks you'd basically have a cake walk on your hands.

You may have earned yourself a ship or army named after you. That would be a good plan, if I did not have only 36 divisions available right now. For now, the invasion of Brittany is more viable. Once I get more men, I can contemplate using your plan.
 
Nah, Italy would be much easier to take than Spain simply because there are so many places you could theoretically land in order to cut off that massive army. Of course you'd probably have to divert a few more troops there than previously planned, but that's nothing compared to the prospect of taking the Italians out of the game. Just draw their forces south, land some auxhiliary troops at Rome or just south of it and send them east to cut off all the supplies to the southern half of the peninsula. A couple of convoy raiding missions should keep them from resupplying and after a couple of weeks you'd basically have a cake walk on your hands.

That's a good plan, provided you can land in the first place. And if the Axis can station 85 divisions in one province then Italy is likely to be very well defended. Provided of course the AI has any level of competence...
 
You may have earned yourself a ship or army named after you. That would be a good plan, if I did not have only 36 divisions available right now. For now, the invasion of Brittany is more viable. Once I get more men, I can contemplate using your plan.

Yay! Can I get a ship? I quite like the idea of the USS Pirate raiding Italian convoys and being swashbucklingly awesome while doing it :p.

That said, could you elaborate a bit more on your strategy for the invasion of France and the aftermath if all goes well? I'm guessing Brittany is merely an attempt to divert forces from the southern front so that your main force can take a running jump over the Pyrenees and allow you to hit the Germans from two fronts (or so you can establish a giant pocket in western France to try and take out the entire German force in the region). What about afterwards, assuming all goes well?
 
Algeria at least should have been partitioned between France (which gets coastal Algeria) and the independent government, which will control the Sahara.
 
That's a good plan, provided you can land in the first place. And if the Axis can station 85 divisions in one province then Italy is likely to be very well defended. Provided of course the AI has any level of competence...

I could land in Sicily and then draw them south to create an opening for a cut off. The problem with that is that I would need a goodly amount of men and that is something I do not have.

Yay! Can I get a ship? I quite like the idea of the USS Pirate raiding Italian convoys and being swashbucklingly awesome while doing it :p.

As for the general strategy, I will answer that in one of the upcoming updates.

The offensive in Spain created a great deal of anticipation among the American people who hoped it would lead to a breakthrough and the final conquest of Spain. Both Patton and Truman, however, were wary. Years of hard slogging in Spain had taught them that nothing came easy in Spain and were prepared to pay a high price in blood for the position. The war with Germany had already cost more American lives then the entirety of the Civil War, the majority of said blood being spilled in Spain. The only thing that kept the American people from tiring of the war was a desire to make the sacrifices worthwhile.
Back in the Mediterranean, Nimitz newly rechristened Mediterranean Fleet managed to sink a rather large Italian Fleet.
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In Spain, a mix up in the initial assault resulted in Alexander being left out of the initial assault. His 12 divisions were now ordered into the assault. This would prove a fortunate mistake. This was because while the other forces where all synchronized to arrive on October 9, when the slowest of all of the units could arrive at the same time as all others, he would on September 14, much sooner then that. This was fortunate because October 9 was much to much time for something to go wrong. On September 4, therefore, Bilboa fell.
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A German counterattack failed to drive Alexander out and ensured the Americans were their to stay. However, the most important consequence of the fall of Bilboa was the capture of Francisco Franco himself. Franco was immediately brought before Patton in his headquarters in Saragosa. Patton scolded Franco for continuing what had long since become a pointless war and wasting the lives of countless lives, both American and Spanish. He then forced Franco to sign the Treaty of Saragossa. the treaty amounted to the unconditional surrender of Franco and his regime. All Spanish territories in Africa, not an insignificant holding by any means, where handed over to Spain and way was paved for the installation of a democratic government friendly to the United States in Spain itself. Franco was then taken into custody pending trial by the Spanish government once said government could be firmly established.
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This was a huge propaganda victory for the Americans and it also meant that the German positions in Spain were now untenable, as they now only held the area around Huesca, which now presented a dangerous salient, now claimed by Vichy France.
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Soon after, Patton announced the liberation of the nations of Gold Coast and Nigeria, which had been provided for in the treaty
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This was also a way for Patton to spit in the eye of Bradley. These were both African nations and therefore part of Bradley's area of responsibility. Bradley was furious with Patton for meddling in his area of command and viewed it as nothing more then a shameless attempt at self promotion by Patton as well as an attempt to upstage him. Patton was now the darling of the media, a position that had been held by Bradley not long before again, but he warned that victory in Spain was not yet complete. This also annoyed Bradley who marveled at how fickle the American people were. Patton, however, refused to rest on his laurels and promptly headed up an assault on Huesca. The attack was a success and the regions fall was now anticipated.
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Patton also ordered an attack on the weak defenses of Perpignan from the region of Barcelona.
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The attack was a success
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however, hopes of a breakthrough were dashed when reinforcements arrived and the attack had to be called off.
Then on September 24, 1953, Huesca fell. After 5 years of hard campaigning and hundreds of thousands dead, all of Spain was now in American hands.
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That same day, Patton and Manuel Azana announced on the steps the former Royal Palace the formation of the Third Spanish Republic with the Manuel Azana, who Franco had deposed in 1939, as President. The Papers ate this up and and Patton was now the hero of the hour. Patton then set his sites on the next great prize: Paris. He now had to figure out a way to break into France, where all agreed the decisive battle with Germany would take place.
 
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Yay, Spain has finally been won!

Hey, are you going to have election events for your puppets? They are democracies after all.
 
A German counterattack failed to drive Alexander out and ensured the Americans were their to stay. However, the most important consequence of the fall of Bilboa was the capture of Francisco Franco himself. Patton was immediately brought before Patton in his headquarters in Saragosa. Patton scolded....

Now there's an image - Patton chewing himself out...
 
Yay, Spain has finally been won!

Hey, are you going to have election events for your puppets? They are democracies after all.

I have not thought about it. Considering that the UK is my puppet and that they did change Prime Minister from Atlee to Churchill on me, I think they already are having elections.

Now there's an image - Patton chewing himself out...

I actually laughed at mine own stupidity with that one. It has, thank goodness, been fixed. Thanks for pointing it out.
 
Good job on liberating Spain, now we get to see how you do against a greater enemy with a prepared defensive position and no natural barriers to aim for until you hit Switzerland and the Siegfried Line.
 
Just caught up once more and its proving, as ever, a very good read. Excellent gains, now to see which is the next nation to be liberated.
 
Is anyone going to consider my plans for a partition of Algeria?
 
Nice to see that Spain has been finally liberated, but your forces have taken massive losses. I take it the Axis are suffering as badly?

They are. The problem is that Germany has a usable IC of about 600.

Finally, Spain has fallen! Patton has reasons to be happy. Let's see what happens in France.

I will have to figure out how to break into France. I need to divert men someplace that is not France to create a backdoor or create a boatload of marines to storm the beaches someplace as they are all defended.

Just caught up once more and its proving, as ever, a very good read. Excellent gains, now to see which is the next nation to be liberated.

I actually have liberated another nation. You will see what it is in this update.

Is anyone going to consider my plans for a partition of Algeria?

I apologize, but I must have missed that post. It might have gone up while I was posting an update. could you please repeat it.

Great progress! Germany's hold on the world is slipping, Any chance of a map showing both liberated africa and still to be liberated africa?

I can do that. It will not be in this update, but it will be in the next one.

Despite the ecstatic celebration that resulted from the liberation of the blood soaked country of Spain, Truman and his generals were not getting there hopes up. Despite this success, it did not mean the war was over. The Germans where ready and waiting in France and scouting would reveal that the beaches of Brittany and Normandy were no longer devoid of men. Focus was thus put on Africa. If North Africa could be secured, then the American Army could poor into the Middle East. If they secured it, they would then have three options. They could enter Europe through the backdoor known as the Balkans, smash into German-held India, or storm into Russia. The Germans knew this too, and the Americans expected them to fight tooth and nail for the region and expected that resistance would only increase as they approached the Suez Canal.
In the African theater, Bradley had successfully secured Agedebia. Lemnitzer had also been forced out of the region of Murzuk.
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This was important because As long as the region of Murzuk held, the region of Socna was a dangerous salient and Bradley could prevent reinforcements from reaching it by striking Aujila, the only Italian held province that bordered it. He therefore stroke said province, where the advance into Murzuk had originated from, to both prevent the region of Murzuk from falling and to prevent reinforcements from reaching Socna and stopping Clark's advance.
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Admiral King's newly christened Atlantic Fleet was also ordered to Casablanca to escort the transport fleets that had been used to ferry troops to the African and European fronts to the West African coast.
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The release of Nigeria had created a situation where the armies that had been advancing into enemy territory where now far behind the lines.
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Rather then advancing overland to the new positions, they were ordered to the sea so they could be transported to their new positions more quickly.
Meanwhile in North Africa, some German units managed to sneak past Bradley and enter Socna but they were quickly defeated.
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Shortly thereafter, on October 18, Bradley announced the liberation of the new nation of Benin-Sahel.
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Along with the creation of a nation that had never existed before, the date was significant for another reason. The date marked the end of the French overseas empire. With this last liberation, the French no longer laid claim to ANY overseas territories other then the insignificant island of Madagascar.
Back in North Africa, Clark had finally secured Socna
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Clark then began his advance into the region of Aujila. While this seemed like an insignificant region, it would see some of the heaviest and fiercest fighting of the entire African theater.
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Back in Central Africa, The sea lifted troops reached their destination just in time to stop an Italian offensive into Doula.
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After stopping this attack, the various armies were ordered to positions along the line to try and stop the Italian advance all along the line.
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More men then arrived and halted the assault on Bata
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Marshal then began an offensive into Yaounde. The offensive met little resistance and managed to send the Italians running with their tail between their legs.
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Shortly thereafter, Clark's advance into Aujila was halted. Bradley, however, quickly launched an attack on the region from Agedabia and forced the the German and Italian soldiers there into a retreat.
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Shortly thereafter, Simpson arrived and launched an attack on the region of Msus.
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The attack would ultimately fail, and it would be the first of many failed attempts to take the province by American troops.
Bradley, however, advanced toward the city of Benghazi
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Bradley, however, with a much larger force then Simpson's, was able to secure the Benghazi region.
Meanwhile, in Central Africa, the Germans and Italians had succeeded in advancing unopposed to the Nigerian border in all but three places. These were Doula, Bata, and Nkongsamba. Bradley ordered the remaining soldiers who had not yet taken up their positions to the provinces along the Nigerian border to try and halt the advance and through them back. General Eagles, newly arrived in Nkongsamba, also managed to throw back a German and Italian advance into the province.
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While the war in Africa had up to this point remained mobile, the defeats in Msus and Aujila where beginning to worry Bradley. He had nightmares of the North African campaign turning into Spain part 2, just on a much longer front. That campaign had turned into a scene out of the first world war and Bradley did not relish that happening to him. For now, all he could was wait and hope that the defeats did not become a trend.