@ SovietAmerika: Hmm hadn't thought of that before. That would certainly be quite the sight as you sail into NYC Harbor. Well the statue is a sight regardless, one of those things I'm glad I've seen in person... even it it was from the air. Still, I think Beck will be waiting to do that at least until the whole of the eastern seaboard is captured, possibly as long until the campaign is all but decided and total victory in America is assured.
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Romania still exist.
Nice AAR! Great job!
Thank you. Sorry about taking so long to reply. Romania just hasn't been much of a strategic objective for Germany in a while. After 1940 and the destruction of the Soviet Union I have to say that my attention certainly went westerly. Still there are another 20 years to do a world conquest if I were motivated to push it that far. We'll see.
@All:
I'll be updating this weekend if everything works out.
April 26, 1942
Texas, Greater German Empire
With the fall of Corpus Christi and the loss of two allies, the morale of the defenders had been shattered and they could not, or would not fight with the same spirit that they had for the last two months and by the end of the month the majority of Texas was now in German hands. Surprisingly enough, for the moment at least the areas of Texas under German control were happier than those still under the administration of the United States of America.
May 1, 1942
“Texas and New Mexico have fallen.”
“Well General, what are you going to do about it?” snaps President Thomas.
“Regain control of the rest of the United States, put down these rebels, re-establish supply lines. Then, we will talk about retaking Texas.” Patton says angrily. “I told your predecessor we should have entered Mexico and smashed them there. You never win by staying on the defensive. We needed to attack then, now it might be all we can do to ask for a settled peace.”
The tent flaps burst open and an orderly comes in. “Sir, New York City is under attack. No less than 6 enemy carriers and a full army group are conducting an amphibious invasion of the city. They were ashore before anyone noticed and nearly had completed unloading before a Canadian infantry division reached the city. Right now the Canadians are being pushed out of the landward suburbs of the city. Their commander says that they cannot hold on much longer sir!”
“What about the navy? Don’t they have at least 3 battleships in port there?”
“Yessir, that’s about the only reason the Canadians aren’t completely pushed out of the city already. The fleet commander says that once the Germans get their land artillery set up he will have to leave the harbor and will most likely be destroyed by the German carrier fleet.”
“Damnation.”
May 15, 1942
Two weeks later Texas was fully occupied, most of Louisiana and Oklahoma were under German control, and New England was playing host to around 200,000 German troops. On the upside for the USA their partisan problem had been dealt with, even if they hadn’t yet retaken all of their territories lost to the looting revolutionaries. And Germany had finally assembled another 20 Megaton Fusion Bomb but there were no good military targets to use it upon.
Washington, DC
“Doesn’t the President need to know about this?” Marshall asks.
“The way he told us about the men Hoover put ashore in Europe using one of Atlantic Fleet’s submarines?” snaps Nimitz. “Sure, we’ll get right on that.”
“So you’re saying…” Patton begins.
“That either Hoover or Rowlett or both of them ordered that team to Germany to hit their new Kaiser.”
“The Germans aren’t lying to us?”
Nimitz nods, “That being said we would have likely gone to war with them regardless. Regardless of that, Hoover has far too much influence and power here and that needs to be dealt with. The country is completely different from just a few months before and I’m not even talking about the German invasion. Territory has been lost, but more importantly ideals have changed. For crying out loud we invaded the Caribbean and what feels like half of South America from the number or troops we have stationed there.”
“So we are looking at what a military backed counter-revolution? Under the guise of countering the current German invasions? I’m listening.”
He nods, “This is how I propose to begin…”
Central America
Unable to directly confront the Wehrmacht in Texas, the American and Canadians deployed against the suggestions of their respective high commands, a total of one infantry corps to Central America to wreak havoc on German supply lines. A high risk operation for all involved, the gains initially were significant, but follow up divisions failed to support the landings. Three modern divisions and 36,000 men wasted in a foolish attempt to temporarily cut the supply lines for the entire German invasion in Texas and Mexico.
Texas
The whole campaign for the Wehrmacht had come to somewhat mirror the First World War. A static defense in the West was prepared while the other major push was an attempt to recreate Sherman’s march to the sea, but all the way from Texas. Still there were more than 1000 miles to cover before they reached the Atlantic Ocean and by then the troops in America would be stretched rather thinly. But for now, it was a general pursuit. Within a week though, it was clear that the Wehrmacht had to expand if the campaign, and more importantly the overall war, in America was to be concluded successfully.
Berlin
“Three and a half million men? One Hundred corps!?!? That’s what you want? We will have to strip every able bodied man from the factories and send them to the front leaving only the children and women at home. Wasn’t the use of our atomic weapons supposed to prevent this from occurring? Are you all madmen!?!?” Beck howls incredulously.
“Sir, calm down please,” Field Marshall Bayerlyn says, “first these are our utterly worst case scenarios. Second, our decision to provide German citizenship to any within our territory has been paying off very well and we are obtaining a number of recruits from our *newer* territories. Thirdly, we do not anticipate having to raise the 100 full corps from reserves, we’ll be raising them partially from our militia and garrison units similar to what we did after we invaded the British Isles late last year. Still, we do have to provide completely new equipment so it will take some time before they will be ready. Say one month for the first group more or less. More than anything right now we need them to plug the holes in the line and hold on to territory, later on, well we’ll see about that.”
“Our agents tell us that the American army has right about 400 total divisions, with 60 to 70 of them being armored divisions. I left the exact numbers in my office safe. Compared to their troop strength in January they haven’t lost any divisions based on the number of divisions existing on paper, though I am sure they have taken murderous losses in terms of actual manpower. For now at least it tells us something, we have destroyed about as many divisions in the last few months as they have been able to deploy.” Carnaris says with practiced ease. “Before you ask we are still working on those American agents. We haven’t gotten much from them, but the little we have gotten from them indicates they were likely OSS agents infiltrated into Germany through Portugal. I’m rather sure that the Portuguese had no idea they were inserted through their country, I would advise against invading them as long as we are still at war with America.”
“Noted. What about Romania?”
“I wouldn’t worry about them. They have right about 100 total divisions, almost no manpower to reinforce those divisions and resources that are easier to trade for than capture. For now at least.
Texas, Greater German Empire
With the fall of Corpus Christi and the loss of two allies, the morale of the defenders had been shattered and they could not, or would not fight with the same spirit that they had for the last two months and by the end of the month the majority of Texas was now in German hands. Surprisingly enough, for the moment at least the areas of Texas under German control were happier than those still under the administration of the United States of America.
May 1, 1942
“Texas and New Mexico have fallen.”
“Well General, what are you going to do about it?” snaps President Thomas.
“Regain control of the rest of the United States, put down these rebels, re-establish supply lines. Then, we will talk about retaking Texas.” Patton says angrily. “I told your predecessor we should have entered Mexico and smashed them there. You never win by staying on the defensive. We needed to attack then, now it might be all we can do to ask for a settled peace.”
The tent flaps burst open and an orderly comes in. “Sir, New York City is under attack. No less than 6 enemy carriers and a full army group are conducting an amphibious invasion of the city. They were ashore before anyone noticed and nearly had completed unloading before a Canadian infantry division reached the city. Right now the Canadians are being pushed out of the landward suburbs of the city. Their commander says that they cannot hold on much longer sir!”
“What about the navy? Don’t they have at least 3 battleships in port there?”
“Yessir, that’s about the only reason the Canadians aren’t completely pushed out of the city already. The fleet commander says that once the Germans get their land artillery set up he will have to leave the harbor and will most likely be destroyed by the German carrier fleet.”
“Damnation.”
May 15, 1942
Two weeks later Texas was fully occupied, most of Louisiana and Oklahoma were under German control, and New England was playing host to around 200,000 German troops. On the upside for the USA their partisan problem had been dealt with, even if they hadn’t yet retaken all of their territories lost to the looting revolutionaries. And Germany had finally assembled another 20 Megaton Fusion Bomb but there were no good military targets to use it upon.
Washington, DC
“Doesn’t the President need to know about this?” Marshall asks.
“The way he told us about the men Hoover put ashore in Europe using one of Atlantic Fleet’s submarines?” snaps Nimitz. “Sure, we’ll get right on that.”
“So you’re saying…” Patton begins.
“That either Hoover or Rowlett or both of them ordered that team to Germany to hit their new Kaiser.”
“The Germans aren’t lying to us?”
Nimitz nods, “That being said we would have likely gone to war with them regardless. Regardless of that, Hoover has far too much influence and power here and that needs to be dealt with. The country is completely different from just a few months before and I’m not even talking about the German invasion. Territory has been lost, but more importantly ideals have changed. For crying out loud we invaded the Caribbean and what feels like half of South America from the number or troops we have stationed there.”
“So we are looking at what a military backed counter-revolution? Under the guise of countering the current German invasions? I’m listening.”
He nods, “This is how I propose to begin…”
Central America
Unable to directly confront the Wehrmacht in Texas, the American and Canadians deployed against the suggestions of their respective high commands, a total of one infantry corps to Central America to wreak havoc on German supply lines. A high risk operation for all involved, the gains initially were significant, but follow up divisions failed to support the landings. Three modern divisions and 36,000 men wasted in a foolish attempt to temporarily cut the supply lines for the entire German invasion in Texas and Mexico.
Texas
The whole campaign for the Wehrmacht had come to somewhat mirror the First World War. A static defense in the West was prepared while the other major push was an attempt to recreate Sherman’s march to the sea, but all the way from Texas. Still there were more than 1000 miles to cover before they reached the Atlantic Ocean and by then the troops in America would be stretched rather thinly. But for now, it was a general pursuit. Within a week though, it was clear that the Wehrmacht had to expand if the campaign, and more importantly the overall war, in America was to be concluded successfully.
Berlin
“Three and a half million men? One Hundred corps!?!? That’s what you want? We will have to strip every able bodied man from the factories and send them to the front leaving only the children and women at home. Wasn’t the use of our atomic weapons supposed to prevent this from occurring? Are you all madmen!?!?” Beck howls incredulously.
“Sir, calm down please,” Field Marshall Bayerlyn says, “first these are our utterly worst case scenarios. Second, our decision to provide German citizenship to any within our territory has been paying off very well and we are obtaining a number of recruits from our *newer* territories. Thirdly, we do not anticipate having to raise the 100 full corps from reserves, we’ll be raising them partially from our militia and garrison units similar to what we did after we invaded the British Isles late last year. Still, we do have to provide completely new equipment so it will take some time before they will be ready. Say one month for the first group more or less. More than anything right now we need them to plug the holes in the line and hold on to territory, later on, well we’ll see about that.”
“Our agents tell us that the American army has right about 400 total divisions, with 60 to 70 of them being armored divisions. I left the exact numbers in my office safe. Compared to their troop strength in January they haven’t lost any divisions based on the number of divisions existing on paper, though I am sure they have taken murderous losses in terms of actual manpower. For now at least it tells us something, we have destroyed about as many divisions in the last few months as they have been able to deploy.” Carnaris says with practiced ease. “Before you ask we are still working on those American agents. We haven’t gotten much from them, but the little we have gotten from them indicates they were likely OSS agents infiltrated into Germany through Portugal. I’m rather sure that the Portuguese had no idea they were inserted through their country, I would advise against invading them as long as we are still at war with America.”
“Noted. What about Romania?”
“I wouldn’t worry about them. They have right about 100 total divisions, almost no manpower to reinforce those divisions and resources that are easier to trade for than capture. For now at least.
ah the joy, why is it that when a nation starts losing they turn upon each other rather then trying to stem the tide?
have you tried TAG to see what the USA actually looks like? i imagine that would be quite a nasty outllok for them
have you tried TAG to see what the USA actually looks like? i imagine that would be quite a nasty outllok for them
Ooooh, things are getting risky for both sides. Keep dropping those bombs and causing more Hell, bud.
@nimrod123: I think there are about three categories people fall in when their country is falling apart. The first is panic and do nothing, the second is rally round the flag, and the third is to preserve their current position in whatever the new regime/government will end up being. That being said I was attempting to write the American generals to be somewhat sympathetically as they are between lots of rocks and some hard places.... especially with them not really wanting to/ able to trust the rest of their President's cabinet and not sure if they can trust the President either. Something similar, but far less serious than outright rebellion occurred right before the attacks on Pearl Harbor where the President wasn't kept informed about the MAGIC intercepts (Japanese diplomatic transmissions).
I've looked at the USA from the savegame screen, as I have a save game at what I am going to consider the conclusion of the campaign a few months/years (not going to tell you exactly just yet) down the road so it isn't going to affect the current situation.
Manpower/Resources/IC status
So the USA sits at about 40% dissent, 200-ish divisions ranging from 50-75% strength in the mainland, 88 divisions at about 50% strength in the Carrebean and South America, a slight shortage of metal, a bit over a million men in reserves, but most of them have places to go already (~1700 manpower in reserve, ~1600 manpower needed to fully reinforce their existing divisions).
Territory
The Philippines are still in the fight, actually Japan has appeared to avoid invading there. New Guinea and Indonesia have been captured by Japan. Northern California and about half of Washington and Oregon state are under the control of the armed militias yet. The atomic research lab in Asheville is about 50-75 miles from the front lines and will likely fall shortly.
All in all it doesn't look fun for them.
@SovietAmerika: Things are getting risky. As I implied in my post above I don't think I'll need all of those divisions, but I do need some more troops in America to control territory. Right now at least, I'm planning on saving those bombs until I get a good target to use them on. There aren't any American strategic targets worth hitting anymore quite frankly. I plan on keeping enough bombs in reserve to well... I plan on keeping a few bombs in reserve for a post war carrot and stick routine with the nations that still exist.
I've looked at the USA from the savegame screen, as I have a save game at what I am going to consider the conclusion of the campaign a few months/years (not going to tell you exactly just yet) down the road so it isn't going to affect the current situation.
Manpower/Resources/IC status
So the USA sits at about 40% dissent, 200-ish divisions ranging from 50-75% strength in the mainland, 88 divisions at about 50% strength in the Carrebean and South America, a slight shortage of metal, a bit over a million men in reserves, but most of them have places to go already (~1700 manpower in reserve, ~1600 manpower needed to fully reinforce their existing divisions).
Territory
The Philippines are still in the fight, actually Japan has appeared to avoid invading there. New Guinea and Indonesia have been captured by Japan. Northern California and about half of Washington and Oregon state are under the control of the armed militias yet. The atomic research lab in Asheville is about 50-75 miles from the front lines and will likely fall shortly.
All in all it doesn't look fun for them.
@SovietAmerika: Things are getting risky. As I implied in my post above I don't think I'll need all of those divisions, but I do need some more troops in America to control territory. Right now at least, I'm planning on saving those bombs until I get a good target to use them on. There aren't any American strategic targets worth hitting anymore quite frankly. I plan on keeping enough bombs in reserve to well... I plan on keeping a few bombs in reserve for a post war carrot and stick routine with the nations that still exist.
Update tomorrow (Sat 5-12 for me at least) likely. I've got the update written, but I'm not sure I'm completely happy with the writing (this gets hard after a while I've noticed) so I want to sleep on it, so to speak.
June 1942
By July, little had changed. The Americans were still hard pressed and the Wehrmacht was still pushing hard for the Atlantic Ocean, but being forced to also slow and maintain contact between adjacent units, lest American forces sneak through the front lines and wreak havoc upon their supply lines. There was something that was beginning to frustrate German commanders after nearly 3 constant years of war now. The doctrine that was taught and followed in the field intended the use of the greater mobility of the German army to attack in locations where the enemy was not strong and overwhelm or overrun him before he could call up reinforcements. Or in the defense to fight the enemy only long enough to pull back into a more favorable defensive position and reap heavy casualties from the enemy as he advanced, if the mobile defense could not hold there were supposed to be mobile reserves ready to move to troubled locations.
The campaign in France was over almost before it had begun providing little in the way of information to German High Command. In the campaign against the Soviet Union, enemy troops often were able to escape in an organized if perhaps not orderly fashion. At the time it was put down to the wet, soggy, muddy terrain, and the poor infrastructure that existed within the Soviet Union. The cavalry never encountered such a problem in the Soviet campaign, but they were sent deep behind enemy lines and did not encounter the enemy except where he was smashed aside at the front. The invasion of the British Isles, was not a campaign that depended upon speed to complete. It was a desperate battle to get forces ashore and once a beachhead was secure it was a series of short blocking movements made to restrict the movements of the enemy and squeeze his supplies from a flood to a bare trickle.
The American campaign though in contrast had started in the deserts and gently rolling plains of south Texas, terrain well suited for a rapid mobile force to move around and trap or overrun the enemy before he could flee. The two divisions of motorized infantry in-theater were elite troops to be sure, but were quickly overmatched by massed firepower whenever a rapid flanking or encircling movement was attempted. Now German equipment was finally catching up to the doctrine of mobility which had been somewhat ignored for the duration of the war. The new model infantry had tracked vehicles with light cannon, not enough to deal with panzers on their own, but heavy enough to cause a serious headache to any light vehicle, much less opposing infantry. Expensive, but worth every penny. Still they were of little use for the troops in the North American theater as none had yet been shipped across the Atlantic Ocean.
For some reason, the Americans refused to commit the majority of their forces to the ever lengthening battle lines, instead holding upwards of 30 divisions at least 100 kilometers from the front or going so far as to place them on the Canadian border despite fighting alongside Canadian troops in Texas. It was one thing to retain forces as beach defenders, quite another to place them in such a position as to be impossible to use on the front lines or as an effective reserve force. The dispersed divisions had to be there as part of a cunning trap, one that relied on the German army remaining ignorant of the disposition of those forces.
Washington D.C
“General Marshall, perhaps you can explain to me why we have 30 some odd divisions just sitting there in the mid-west region?” President Thomas fumes.
Its to not waste their lives in one of your doomed to failure plans and leave a force in place to stop the cabinet from fleeing should they take the capital. I, We, are not going to let thousands more die to keep the secret that we started this blasted war safe. Marshall though to himself before speaking pleasantly. “Sir, they are there for three major reasons. The first is to help to prevent any of our citizenry from raising arms against us.” Again.
“The second reason is that we can with a little luck shift them from front to front as needed to provide a ready reserve force. The third is related in a way. If, sorry, when we stop the German advance out of Texas we will shift a sizeable portion of the troops in the mid-west into the New England area to crush the landings there, leaving a small force to guard the beaches and harbors. We will then be free to begin our counterattack having secured our flanks.”
“Good, now I wanted to talk about……”
Mid June
By mid-June the situation had only gotten worse for the American forces. The beachhead in New England had been reinforced with an additional two corps which were pushing hard for a breakout after capturing Boston, South Carolina was now occupied by German troops, the Wehrmacht had put the atomic laboratories in Asheville to the torch and 70,000 men were now trapped in the southern everglades and the city of Miami.
This Fourth of July would not be one for the United States to celebrate.
By July, little had changed. The Americans were still hard pressed and the Wehrmacht was still pushing hard for the Atlantic Ocean, but being forced to also slow and maintain contact between adjacent units, lest American forces sneak through the front lines and wreak havoc upon their supply lines. There was something that was beginning to frustrate German commanders after nearly 3 constant years of war now. The doctrine that was taught and followed in the field intended the use of the greater mobility of the German army to attack in locations where the enemy was not strong and overwhelm or overrun him before he could call up reinforcements. Or in the defense to fight the enemy only long enough to pull back into a more favorable defensive position and reap heavy casualties from the enemy as he advanced, if the mobile defense could not hold there were supposed to be mobile reserves ready to move to troubled locations.
The campaign in France was over almost before it had begun providing little in the way of information to German High Command. In the campaign against the Soviet Union, enemy troops often were able to escape in an organized if perhaps not orderly fashion. At the time it was put down to the wet, soggy, muddy terrain, and the poor infrastructure that existed within the Soviet Union. The cavalry never encountered such a problem in the Soviet campaign, but they were sent deep behind enemy lines and did not encounter the enemy except where he was smashed aside at the front. The invasion of the British Isles, was not a campaign that depended upon speed to complete. It was a desperate battle to get forces ashore and once a beachhead was secure it was a series of short blocking movements made to restrict the movements of the enemy and squeeze his supplies from a flood to a bare trickle.
The American campaign though in contrast had started in the deserts and gently rolling plains of south Texas, terrain well suited for a rapid mobile force to move around and trap or overrun the enemy before he could flee. The two divisions of motorized infantry in-theater were elite troops to be sure, but were quickly overmatched by massed firepower whenever a rapid flanking or encircling movement was attempted. Now German equipment was finally catching up to the doctrine of mobility which had been somewhat ignored for the duration of the war. The new model infantry had tracked vehicles with light cannon, not enough to deal with panzers on their own, but heavy enough to cause a serious headache to any light vehicle, much less opposing infantry. Expensive, but worth every penny. Still they were of little use for the troops in the North American theater as none had yet been shipped across the Atlantic Ocean.
For some reason, the Americans refused to commit the majority of their forces to the ever lengthening battle lines, instead holding upwards of 30 divisions at least 100 kilometers from the front or going so far as to place them on the Canadian border despite fighting alongside Canadian troops in Texas. It was one thing to retain forces as beach defenders, quite another to place them in such a position as to be impossible to use on the front lines or as an effective reserve force. The dispersed divisions had to be there as part of a cunning trap, one that relied on the German army remaining ignorant of the disposition of those forces.
Washington D.C
“General Marshall, perhaps you can explain to me why we have 30 some odd divisions just sitting there in the mid-west region?” President Thomas fumes.
Its to not waste their lives in one of your doomed to failure plans and leave a force in place to stop the cabinet from fleeing should they take the capital. I, We, are not going to let thousands more die to keep the secret that we started this blasted war safe. Marshall though to himself before speaking pleasantly. “Sir, they are there for three major reasons. The first is to help to prevent any of our citizenry from raising arms against us.” Again.
“The second reason is that we can with a little luck shift them from front to front as needed to provide a ready reserve force. The third is related in a way. If, sorry, when we stop the German advance out of Texas we will shift a sizeable portion of the troops in the mid-west into the New England area to crush the landings there, leaving a small force to guard the beaches and harbors. We will then be free to begin our counterattack having secured our flanks.”
“Good, now I wanted to talk about……”
Mid June
By mid-June the situation had only gotten worse for the American forces. The beachhead in New England had been reinforced with an additional two corps which were pushing hard for a breakout after capturing Boston, South Carolina was now occupied by German troops, the Wehrmacht had put the atomic laboratories in Asheville to the torch and 70,000 men were now trapped in the southern everglades and the city of Miami.
This Fourth of July would not be one for the United States to celebrate.
anyone else get the feeling "military dictatorship!", i mean support for the current government should be gone IRL, and i suspect there would also be a fair bit of disillusionment with democracy in general after the skeletons get pulled out of the closet.
@SovietAmerika:
Yup, its an interesting line and I'm liking it more than when I wrote it. There are a few things I would like to write about the citizenry expressing their displeasure with the government with the US second amendment (I'll let you dig for the text of it), but the words are escaping me at the moment and I don't want to come anywhere close to making a political commentary that might get me in trouble. Not sure what it says that they demanded a change in the type of government :huh:
@nimrod123:
Well, the US is no longer a democracy, they are now far-left socialist now if I remember their political sliders correctly. (I'm currently away from my game files). I personally read unhappiness in a country as something like 1.5 or 2 times the actual dissent (really angry people) so it does make for an overwhelming majority of unhappy people.
As I have said before, I don't think that Germany can accept a USA which has a united industrial/political base. I realize that I probably have more overall manpower reserves, resource income, and industrial capacity than the USA does, but like what happened in real life, Germany was too dangerous to keep united and so to deal with some of the revanchism that would likely occur after this war, or like what happened in Germany (assuming I'm using the word correctly of course). So, either I break up the USA (probably by region or state), or I simply occupy the entire country. I'm also thinking that if I negotiate an actual peace with the USA they are going to again demand all of my territories in the Americas, which I am not willing to do so war would break out again very quickly.
Considering I am able to do that in the former Soviet Union I'm less worried about being able to do that especially with the revoltrisk out there (and in Yugoslavia) dropping quickly.
But, probably some sort of dictatorship within each territorial district
Yup, its an interesting line and I'm liking it more than when I wrote it. There are a few things I would like to write about the citizenry expressing their displeasure with the government with the US second amendment (I'll let you dig for the text of it), but the words are escaping me at the moment and I don't want to come anywhere close to making a political commentary that might get me in trouble. Not sure what it says that they demanded a change in the type of government :huh:
@nimrod123:
Well, the US is no longer a democracy, they are now far-left socialist now if I remember their political sliders correctly. (I'm currently away from my game files). I personally read unhappiness in a country as something like 1.5 or 2 times the actual dissent (really angry people) so it does make for an overwhelming majority of unhappy people.
As I have said before, I don't think that Germany can accept a USA which has a united industrial/political base. I realize that I probably have more overall manpower reserves, resource income, and industrial capacity than the USA does, but like what happened in real life, Germany was too dangerous to keep united and so to deal with some of the revanchism that would likely occur after this war, or like what happened in Germany (assuming I'm using the word correctly of course). So, either I break up the USA (probably by region or state), or I simply occupy the entire country. I'm also thinking that if I negotiate an actual peace with the USA they are going to again demand all of my territories in the Americas, which I am not willing to do so war would break out again very quickly.
Considering I am able to do that in the former Soviet Union I'm less worried about being able to do that especially with the revoltrisk out there (and in Yugoslavia) dropping quickly.
But, probably some sort of dictatorship within each territorial district
An Intriguing Offer
July 4
Washington DC
“Is there anything more that we can do to defend this city General Marshall?” President Thomas asks quietly, worriedly.
“I’m afraid not Mr. President. While this city might be politically and historically important for us, well, it is not anymore at least a militarily important city. We just do not have the forces in this area of operations to both strongly defend the city and prevent the Germans from encircling our forces. There is no doubt about it; we have lost the eastern seaboard and the war.”
“General,” President Thomas begins very clearly, “I am placing you under arrest for defeatism. I will make sure tha-.”
Shots ring out throughout the tent city that is serving as the seat of the Federal Government of the United States. Troops who had lost everything because of this government and the previous, to be protected only by their own were acting to save their General, or so it seemed. It was rather quick for them to protect their commander and fire upon those directly reporting to their Commander-in-Chief.
“You son of a ****, you planned this out. You’re going to surrender this country to the Germans?!?! We will never surrender. Not while one ounce of life remains in my body.”
“It was never about you Mr. President, until you made it that way. It was always to protect the men under my command wasted by your incompetent actions. That being said Mr. President, you shortly won’t have any life left in your body.” General Marshall pulls out a hidden pistol and shoots the President of the United States dead at point-blank range.
Marshall walks out of the tent and is greeted by no gunfire, but the sound of approaching helicopters. He turns to his aide, “Status report.”
“All the civilian side ministers are dead or captured, not sure who is dead or not though.”
Marshall nods and looks at a scared young radio operator. “Son, do you think you can get Field Marshall Rommel on the radio? I think it is time to talk about a cease-fire.”
July 4
Washington DC
“Is there anything more that we can do to defend this city General Marshall?” President Thomas asks quietly, worriedly.
“I’m afraid not Mr. President. While this city might be politically and historically important for us, well, it is not anymore at least a militarily important city. We just do not have the forces in this area of operations to both strongly defend the city and prevent the Germans from encircling our forces. There is no doubt about it; we have lost the eastern seaboard and the war.”
“General,” President Thomas begins very clearly, “I am placing you under arrest for defeatism. I will make sure tha-.”
Shots ring out throughout the tent city that is serving as the seat of the Federal Government of the United States. Troops who had lost everything because of this government and the previous, to be protected only by their own were acting to save their General, or so it seemed. It was rather quick for them to protect their commander and fire upon those directly reporting to their Commander-in-Chief.
“You son of a ****, you planned this out. You’re going to surrender this country to the Germans?!?! We will never surrender. Not while one ounce of life remains in my body.”
“It was never about you Mr. President, until you made it that way. It was always to protect the men under my command wasted by your incompetent actions. That being said Mr. President, you shortly won’t have any life left in your body.” General Marshall pulls out a hidden pistol and shoots the President of the United States dead at point-blank range.
Marshall walks out of the tent and is greeted by no gunfire, but the sound of approaching helicopters. He turns to his aide, “Status report.”
“All the civilian side ministers are dead or captured, not sure who is dead or not though.”
Marshall nods and looks at a scared young radio operator. “Son, do you think you can get Field Marshall Rommel on the radio? I think it is time to talk about a cease-fire.”