Fredrick’s legacy: Kaiser Wilhelm’s war

Table Of Contents

Part 1: The Guns Of June

Part 2: Blood and iron

Part 3: Hearts of iron

Part 4: A Minor Setback

Part 5: Family Trouble

Part 6: The Battle of Belgium

Part 7: Peace in our time?

Avindian said:

Nice idea! Is this from a game you were already playing or is this some modding on your part?

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i was already playing no moding, i should probaly mention i will be going over the infamy limit just for fun . i was just playing and then a started a war and thought this would make a nice little AAR so i went back to the save game when the war started and started taking pictures, also the title is a reference to my prussian AAR

rorlegion said:

Subbed! Looking forward to your AAR - I like the starting date you chose.

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thanks always nice to have another follower , just thought id mention part 1 will be posted Monday.
Edit- also to anyone who might want to know what the world map looks like here you go,

Nikolai said:

WW1 in 1911, eh? Interesting.

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you aint seen nothing yet, this war is going to be very fun

Buckingham said:

Fantastic! Very excited to see my beloved Habsburg ride forth to glory!

..err, sorry. Go Germany!

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: sorry to inform you but the Hapsburg got no chance :rofl: best joke ive heard all day, i hope you'll enjoy this AAR.

Part 1: The Guns Of June



11 years prior to the war the German general staff created several plans for war against the Austrian’s and the Russian’s. von Moltke the younger’s plan involves a swift offensive to capture the major industrial region of bohemia and the easily defendable mountainous areas on the border before the Austrians can organize their defences and mobilize the full might of their army. The plan to combat the Russians is to create a defensive barrier in eastern Germany and allow the Russians to ware themselves out attempting to breach our defences while we knock Austria out of the war. Once the Austrians are defeated offensive operations can then be conducted against the Russians.





The plan against the French depends on whether we are facing only France or other European nations. In the event of a 1v1 war against France a series of large offensives was planned. But due to the situation the plan has been modified to a way where we will take a defensive posture in France while dealing with the Dutch and the swiss.

On the 5th of June the offensive against the Austrians begins with an attack on the disorganized and ill equipped Austrian garrison in Aussig. During the battle we exploit the fact that the Austrian army is not yet equipped with gas masks and inflict huge casualties on the Austrian forces. Some in the government object to the use of gas believing it to be inhumane but most are in favour of anything that will give us victory. Meanwhile the offensive against the Dutch is already in full swing with most of the country being occupied by German troops. The Dutch navy poses a threat to our supply lines and as a result the German grand fleet is already on its way to neutralize it.





On the 16th to the delight of general staff the 1st phase of the Austrian offensive ends in a German victory as German troops defeat the Austrians in Aussig through a combination of superior numbers, skill, and firepower. While battles continue to rage on in northern Bohemia an offensive against the Swiss begins to capture the mountain passes that lead into southern Germany. Leading the attack is veteran Bavarian general Florian Von Arentschildt who will be leading the 2nd army in an assault on Basel.





While we attempt to defeat the allies on our borders our sole European ally the Ottoman Empire is coming under an increasing amount of pressure as the Russians advance down the black sea coast and the Austrians invade Montenegro and southern Serbia. The question is how long will the sick man be able to hold out against the superior numbers of the Allies?





By the 20th of July the German navy has finally began to engage the Dutch fleet a few miles off the coast of Amsterdam, while our army fights a difficult battle for control of the city. On the 21st we have our 1st victory against the French in the fields of Nancy, we suffer the largest casualties in any of the battles so far with 10,000 Germans lying dead and an additional 8,000 dying from their wounds. On the 22nd the German army under the leadership of Konrad Behncke manage to wrestle control of the Dutch capital from the leader of the Dutch forces Paul Brandt. After 5 brutal days of battles in the street Konrad managed to cut the Dutch forces in half but failed to prevent the remainder of the Dutch army from escaping southwards to Rotterdam.





While the city if now under our control the water surrounding Amsterdam is not as the naval battle continues, but things get harder when the Russian fleet arrives to aid the Dutch. Luckily for us most of the Russian fleet is obsolete and might not make a difference to the outcome of the battle. On the 6th after the German flag ship Delphin destroyed 2 of the 5 Russian destroyers single handedly the remainder of the Russian fleet retreats leaving the Dutch to their fates.



Victories over the Dutch continue with Konrad forcing Brandt to retreat from Rotterdam at the cost of 12,000 German lives, but once again he fails to prevent their retreat allowing the Dutch army to fight another day. After a second failure to prevent the Dutch retreat Brandt has been warned that failure to do so again will see him replaced by his 2nd in command in the Dutch front Paul Groener.



As Konrad continues to wrestle with Brandt for control of the Netherlands, Admiral Otto Von Manteuffel defeats the remainder of the Dutch fleet. Even with the Dutch army no longer in control of the city of Amsterdam the Dutch continue to fight on. On the 31st our forces under Georg Schree manage to defeat a Dutch uprising in Amsterdam. 60,000 Dutch citizens took to the street’s under the leadership of retired general Dick Everton, after hours of vicious brawls in the street’s the battle comes to an end with 20,000 lying dead in the streets, 30,000 wounded and 10,000 Dutch taken prisoner. After the battle Schree complements the Dutch bravery but also comments on them their foolishness in attempting to resist German occupation.



On the western front we slowly force the French out of Franche comte throughout august but will we be able to keep it up. For the moment we have an advantage against our enemies, however the longer this war goes on the more difficult it will be to take on the joint armies of the Allies. We have a larger standing army than all 3 of the opposing great powers individually but once they fully mobilize we will be vastly outnumbered and will have to rely on our superior training to defeat them.

soda7777777 said:

Interesting....
Subbed.

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i hope you'll like this AAR, also i second what you said in your sig "Also, France must be destroyed" lol

Nikolai said:

A massive amount of opponents. The General Staff will have to act wisely.

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yeah like that's gonna happen lol. but yeah there are a lot of opponents im outnumbered around 2 to 1 and that before all of them mobilize.

Avindian said:

So what are the British doing? I know that it's France, Russia, and Austria-Hungary vs. Germany and the Ottomans, but are the Brits neutral? What about the USA?

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USA are on my side but so far they have only sent i think it was 15,000 troops so they arent any help what so ever. britain will be joining the war eventually and for once they will actually fight . i said this above in the intro "Note: during this AAR I might declare war on nations and then for story purposes write it as they declared war on us." dureing the beginning of the war i went over the infamy limit hoping everyone would join against me but they didn't hence the note^^^. if you have any other questions like about what happened before the war or you wanna see a screenshot of something just ask.