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How is your navy? Do you have any transports to use? Same with the airforce, do you have any transports there too?

Looking at the latest map on the eastern front, wouldn't it be a good idea to retreat from the Baltic states to shorten the line, and then to push har in the middle towards the Pripet marshes, go north from there and do a Amphibious/Air invasion around Narva? Or is that too ambitious?
 
NERFGEN said:
wrap up Italy, then take those divisions and blitz through Turkey and into Baku :)

Only constraint is taking Turkey and moving troops fast enough that USSR from the north and allies from Iraq/Syria) don't have time to react in force
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Oh, how quickly we forget, this is the new greater Germany. The fascists are gone! Germany's neutrality now prevents them from DOW'ing neutral countries. So, unless Turkey will grant transit rights (which they won't) the above approach won't work.

Germany has one submarine in the Black sea (for intellegence purposes), but moving any kind of fleet out there is not possible.

But, you bring up a good point and high command is working on a scheme to provide some relief to the fuel shortage. But, you'll have to wait for the news reels to find out what that is. ;-)
 
Bombero said:
How is your navy? Do you have any transports to use? Same with the airforce, do you have any transports there too?

Looking at the latest map on the eastern front, wouldn't it be a good idea to retreat from the Baltic states to shorten the line, and then to push hard in the middle towards the Pripet marshes, go north from there and do a Amphibious/Air invasion around Narva? Or is that too ambitious?
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Blitzkreigs go better with air drops, but in this case Germany has no air transports (house rule because the AI has no air transports either).

However, the invasion by sea route may make for a good diversion. If you remember the last AAR, diversion and mis-direction were used to get the AI to move towards a preceived threat. One thing for sure, the wide-front, brute force approach will not work against the AI on hard setting.

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. (William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV Scene 1)
 
Valentinan said:
Oh, how quickly we forget, this is the new greater Germany. The fascists are gone! Germany's neutrality now prevents them from DOW'ing neutral countries. So, unless Turkey will grant transit rights (which they won't) the above approach won't work.

Germany has one submarine in the Black sea (for intellegence purposes), but moving any kind of fleet out there is not possible.

But, you bring up a good point and high command is working on a scheme to provide some relief to the fuel shortage. But, you'll have to wait for the news reels to find out what that is. ;-)
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hmpfh:glare: Generalissimi don't need anyone's authorisations to invade turkeys :cool:


I will now remind you a certain phrase from not so long ago "must be a glutton for punishment"

Eagerly awaiting newsreels :)
 
October '45: Danger in Italy



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Germany signed a major oil deal with Venezuela for 50 units of oil every day. Given the nation's production capacity it is hoped this will be enough to supply fuel for the offensive in Italy.

AIR CAMPAIGN OVER EUROPE:

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(above) The Soviet Union stages surprise raid on Berlin, and Soviet bombers are savaged by German interceptors. The capitol has no RADAR warning system, but that will soon change. Meanwhile, the Allies attacked Leipzig, Graz, and Dusseldorf, but with minimum damage.

STRATEGIC CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST:

V-2 missiles struck Turku, Brjansk, Sumy, and Vinnytsya in the Soviet Union

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN:

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(above) By October 1 panzers had smashed through the eastern flank of the Allied line and pushed as far south as Ascoli Piceno (red arrows).

By October 7 von Mackensen's lead group reached Pescara with minimal resistance.

By October 17 panzers won the battle for Ortona, but were unable to advance due to lack of fuel. It was hoped that Allied fuel stores could be captured along the way, but that didn't happen.

By October 24 the Allies re-occupy Ortona as the German Offensive is officially stalled.

By October 31 some fuel begins to trickle down along the coast, but only as far as Macerata.

TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE

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(above) German helicopter flys over captured Allied airfield in Italy. Engineers are developing medical helicopters to help evacuate casualties quickly and save manpower. Additional plans for manpower savings will be unveiled next month.

Next Time: Send in the Artillery
 
All that assembled force, and you couldn't properly wield it for the want of fuel (delivered fuel, at that)... Such a shame.

Oh, by the way, nice way to reference the Ardennes Offensive with that comment about hoping to capture Allied fuel supplies. :)
 
Its a shame the game ends in 1948 as i would like to see your thoughts about building a navy at this stage of the game.
 
I believe some game file can be modded to extend the duration of the game. That was possible with earlier HOI3 versions.
 
You just go into the configuration .txt and change the end date. Simple and easy.
 
great stuff, but your fuel production/delivery is really starting to bite. Looks like you have a dilemna, esp in Italy, if you don't use arm/mech then the allies have the beating of infantry, if you do then the offensive stalls. Time to maybe find a defense line and shift stuff off for an attack on the Soviets?
 
Just a setback. Allied armies in italy are doomed. Maybe you could just take them piece meal?


(Venezuela ? :))
 
As for his navy he should still 1 BB (Tirpitz) 3 BC's (Gneisenau Schleswig-Holstein, and Schleisen) several heavy cruisers and some transports. SO amphibous landings are more than possible. I would personally invent in a few marine divisions for this eventuallity.
 
darthkommandant said:
As for his navy he should still 1 BB (Tirpitz) 3 BC's (Gneisenau Schleswig-Holstein, and Schleisen) several heavy cruisers and some transports. SO amphibous landings are more than possible. I would personally invent in a few marine divisions for this eventuallity.
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The Kregsmarine took some target practice against a Brazilian invasion flotilla off the coast of Netherlands and sunk one destroyer is all. However, you WILL see them in action in the near future . . .
 
November '45: Artillery Call-up


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To address the growing manpower shortage the Chancellor elevated Hans Spidel to Chief of Staff. A social conservative, Spidel's promotion would have been unthinkable in the previous regime.

Spidel's first step was to increase officer recruitment to 140%. A higher percentage of officers helps reduce casualties by making combat more efficient.

Second, replacements were turned off to all HQ's and all divisions not in combat. Replacements trickle down to every unit, and the sum of these these demands add up very quickly.


AIR CAMPAIGN OVER EUROPE:

The Soviet Union attacked Berlin once again, and again were turned away by interceptors. The Allies attacked only Dusseldorf, and caused minimum damage.

STRATEGIC CAMPAIGN IN THE EAST:

V-2 missiles struck the Soviet provinces of Petrozavodsk, Smolensk, Homyel, and Vinnytsya.

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN:

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(above) The German strategy in Italy failed as lead elements of Panzer Armee Abteilung ran out of fuel at Pescara. High command has called upon the infantry to press the attack, and fourteen (14) brigades of artillery have been recalled from the East to provide fire support. The artillery takes about a month to get into position.

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(above) Intelligence gathered on strafing missions reveal a heavy build-up of Allied troops around Naples. High command believes the Allies may be planning a counter-offensive.

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(above) With total air supremacy the Lufwaffe begins logistical bombing of provinces around Naples. Without roads to deliver supplies and fuel the Allies will become sitting ducks.


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(above) After his heroic defense of Pescara, General von Manteffuel was given a battlefield promotion and put in command of PanzerArmee Abteilung. Logistical wizzards are put in command at all Corps HQ's--if only Rommel were here this campaign might be over by now.

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(above) Von Manteffuel immediatly moves his HQ to the fortress at Fano, then makes a first-hand assessment of the troops, material, and tactics for a new campaign in Italy.

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(above) By late November heavy artillery brigades (circled) begin to arrive at the front lines. Von Manteffuel's plan calls for two (2) corps of armored infantry to be strategically redeployed to Rome (blue arrows). Following an all-out assault by infantry, armored divisions will rapidly converge in a pincer attack on Naples. Any Allied troops left in central Italy will be cut off and destroyed.

Next Time: Offensive in the Mountains
 
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Aren't those attacks you are ordering squeezing Allied forces from the potential pocket north of Rome?

And isn't your pincer movement aimed exactly where your own bombers just destroyed the infrastructure?
 
Baltasar said:
Aren't those attacks you are ordering squeezing Allied forces from the potential pocket north of Rome?

And isn't your pincer movement aimed exactly where your own bombers just destroyed the infrastructure?
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I wonder if the attacks in the north are merely meant to pin the Allies there in place, while the armor breaks through. Or maybe he feels a need to push those troops away from the current front line.

As regards your second question: sounds like a good point. Then again, that only really comes into place if the offensive makes it that far in the first place (I must admit I'm a little pessimistic after the last Italian adventure).
 
how's the convoy line with Venezuela?

Pretty ambitious pocket there. Wouldn't it be easier to take em piece-meal seen as you still might have supply problems?
 
Baltasar said:
Aren't those attacks you are ordering squeezing Allied forces from the potential pocket north of Rome?

And isn't your pincer movement aimed exactly where your own bombers just destroyed the infrastructure?
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The Allies over-loaded their front lines leaving the rear area fairly unguarded (intellegence). With Germany infantry attacking all along the line it pins Allied troops in place. Then, as the western pincer moves southward the enemy is caught in a pocket in the mountains with no supply, and no hope of relief.

Tearing-up infastructure is normally a concern--true. Here, the province just north of Naples (Mondragone) is clear terrain, so one corps of fully supplied and fueled panzers rush across to attack Naples while a second corps waits in reserve (generally making flanking attacks in support of the infantry). If need-be, exhausted divisions can be swapped-out for fresh ones, and the battle for Naples continues.
 
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