Pax Germanica

Berlin, 1. April 1937.

Hitler was concentrating on reports from the national research teams outlining some new technologies and improved factory and construction machinery that had become available to the Reich due to the dilligent and hard working scientists and engineers.
He was also pleased when reading a letter from a young nuclear physicist named Werner Heisenberg who had already for some time theorized along with several other physicists that the nuclei of certain heavy atoms could be harnessed to provide relatively cheap safe energy in large quantities. He immediately wrote back to him a letter promicing full funding and support to the project. Heisenberg would also come to work and exchange informations with his friend the prominent Danish physicist Niels Bohr, which would become a cornerstone in the research into this new type of power.

Also some more worrying letters had found their way to Hitler's desk in the previous months. A civil war had erupted in Spain when a communist block had tired to seize power in the country after a highly contested election. The national front led by Francisco Franco Bahamonde had asked for support against his enemies, and Hitler had hesitantly agreed. He did not want to become an arsenal for another country's civil war, but more importantly he had no wish to see the cancer of communism spread further west.

But all in all it had been a very good fifteen months.

Berlin 5. April 1942.

It was yet again a busy office day for Hitler and his cabinet as they were sitting down to discuss matters concerning the production, research, politics and world affairs.

Noteworthy was the news that Japan had launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor sinking several american warships and killing thousands of sailors. This would surely cripple the Americans' ability to wage a naval war on the warlike japanese for years to come for sure thought Erich Raeder the now chief of navy of the reich.
"Now now, the americans are nothing if not resilient in the face of something like this." Said Hitler with a kid of patronizing voice that many had come to hear lately.
"Speaking of which, how are the things in our own army looking like now?"
The chief of staff Franz Halder stood up and gave an answer:

"Things are looking fairly good now mein führer, as i expected our existing formations are now fully modernized, and we have just recieved the figures for the amounts of new divisions we need to train and outfit. It is our belief that we need the following:

One hundred and twenty regular infantry divisions and their artillery attachments, formed into fourty three-division groups.
Thirty new armored divisions with heavy armor attachments with supporting sixty motorized infantry divisions with self-propelled artillery brigades all organized into groups of one panzer division for two motorized divisions.

Finally we'll be creating ten mixed groups with two mechanized infantry divisions with assault guns, one panzer division with tank destroyers and four motorized divisions with self propelled artillery to be used as a fast encirclement army.

Oh, and i've already taken the liberty of setting aside some factories to produce equipment and vehicles for these formations my führer."

"Very good, i appreciate the initiative. Now, how is the situation with our..."

Hitler had no time to finish his sentence, as a young SS-officer out of breath burst in to the room.

"MEIN FÜHRER! MEIN FÜHRER! THE FRENCH HAVE LAUNCHED A SURPRISE ATTACK ON OUR WESTERN BORDER!!"

The entire room fell silent, as Hitler rushed to the phone to place a very important call.


After dialing the phone, Hitler did not have to wait even a second for an answer. On the other end of the line was Generalfeldmarshall Eduard von Böhm Ermolli, the commander of the Red Zone.

"Yes before you ask mein Führer, they have launched a surprise attack, and yes, our lines are holding well. There is no chance they can breach with the forces they currently employ here. I am worried about the american bomber forces however.."

"Very well my friend, i will not keep you any further, make sure you hold those lines, we cannot spare any reinforcements until we've dealt with the Dutch."

With that, he put the phone down and addressed the cabinet.


"My friends, this is grave news indeed. What can we do to respond to this most heinous surprise attack?"

Chief of Staff Halder wasted no time.

"The situation is worse than you can imagine. We have only our border guard forces in our borders in addition to the small chrisis force we had as a backup in case one of our allies were attacked. Currently, the Finns, and the Poles, our two allies are busy guarding their eastern border, and i suggest we tell them to keep it that way in case the Soviets decide to take advantage of our weakened situation.

Like i mentioned earlier we have one hundred and twenty regular infantry divisions being prepared, which are on priority 1 status already, but they will still take some time to reach battle ready status. I suggest we take advantage of the fact that the Allies dont have a land access with the Dutch, their closest ally to us, and quickly assault them with everything we have closeby. As i mentioned the Belgians are keeping out of this one for the time being and the Dutch positions are looking very vulnerable indeed. It is as if they were not even informed about the plans to declare war on us.
It is in fact looking more and more of a case of your typical French bravado, and the rest of the allies only support them out of the fear that they may lose them if they dont. Which is probably close to the truth."

"Very well, i will not keep you further, i suggest we adjourn for now and get to business. I have several calls to make, and i'm sure you do too."

Pang Bingxun said:

1. Did you reserach 1939 Infantry in 1936?
2. What happened between 1937 and 1942?
3. IRL Böhm-Ermolli died in 1941 at the age of 85. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_von_Böhm-Ermolli

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1. Yes.
2. Nothing really, just some small events that tbh i kinda forgot to mention. :/ Basically i said no to danzig or war, and cosied myself to Finland and Poland to get them as allies. The japs declared war on the Americans and allies only couple of months before France declared on me.
3. Yes he did. Not sure why that didnt happen to me though.

Better end here, the game is becoming so slow its not even funny.