Welcome to this After Action Report (AAR)
Short history of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992. From 1939 to 1945, the state did not de facto exist because of its forced division and partial incorporation into Nazi Germany, but the Czechoslovak government-in-exile nevertheless continued to exist during this period. In 1945, the eastern part of Carpathian Ruthenia was taken over by the Soviet Union. On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Czechoslovakia was never a stable state. Nevertheless, there was a Czechoslovakia nationalism all over the country, despite the fact there were several ethnic groups. In 1921 the population sensus gave the following result:
total population: 13,607.385
- Czechs: ~6,800.000 (49,97%)
- Germans: 3,123.305 22.95 %
- Slovaks: ~2,300.000 (16,90%)
- Hungarians: 744.621 (5.47 %)
- Ruthenians: 461.449
- Jews: 180.534
- Poles: 75.852
- Others: ~250.000
In September 1938 Germany annexed the Sudetenland after the Treaty of Munich. The First Vienna Award (2 November 1938) entailed the partitioning of Czechoslovakia. Hungary seized a lot territory and also the Poles got a little bit. In March 1938 Germany and Hungary seized the rest of the territory and Slovakia became a puppet of Germany.
I try to rewrite the history with this AAR. Czechoslovakia isn't a useless country, neither it's hopeless. It has a decent army in the beginning and we should use that. Historians believe that if Czechoslovakia fought against the Germans in the real world, they could stand pretty long, because they had some good defensive lines. But we don't want to fight the Germans, we want to fight along with the fascist!
I have set up some pre-World War II goals:
- Align and join the Axis
- Reorganize the entire army
- If possible conquer Hungary (depends on the fact if they are in Axis or not)
- Get a port
- Possibly prevent having a direct border with the Soviet Union
Some of my house rules in this AAR:
- I will play FTM 3.05.
- I don't play with any mods.
- No cheats or edited files.
- Manual control on everything
- Normal difficulty
Some other notes to keep in mind:
- This is my second AAR, so probably it wont be that great!
- Don't hesitate to give some hints and tips for this AAR!
- I will try to update this AAR regularly (few times a week).
- English is not my mother tongue (I'm Dutch!), so there will be some language errors... hmy:
- Please let me know if you are in.
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Last update: 19 January 2012
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