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Operations August 41- April 42
The French attack into Eupen is successful, but General Guderian's forces withdraw in good order and prepare a counter-attack. Air power is again proving decisive and we are able to bleed French forces with timely bombing strikes and constant harassment of supplies from the air. However, an ill-planned attack into Luxembourg accomplishes nothing and is a waste of precious men and material.
The distraction in Eupen allows General von Kluge to sweep into Metz and push out a significant French force. As always though, it's a messy affair with both sides taking heavy casualties.
In the East, the German forces pull out, leaving allied units to mop up the Romanians and push back against the Turks in Southern Bulgaria, a task at which they perform surprisingly well. By mid-winter Bulgarian, Serbian, and Hungarian troops, under overall Polish command, push the Turks out of Xanthi and back to a fortified line along the pre-war borders. Meanwhile, we quietly take over administration of Ukraine, freeing frontline Polish troops to move into the Balkans and the Alps.
The Italian front line is slowly creeping Northward. Though German and Austrian troops give good accounts of themselves, Syndicalist numbers are too much and allied forces slowly fall back
In October our counter-attack into Eupen again forces the French out and inflicts heavy casualties in a largely one-sided affair. German armor proves decisive.
Before we can celebrate the French counter-attack to the South into the Saarland...
Which we again hold off at great cost.
With the Ukraine question solved the Russian Empire turns East to reclaim Siberia. Counter to our predictions they actually reach an agreement with the Japanese. Although not official, a reproachment between those two powers at such a critical time could be disastrous for our interests. All diplomatic efforts must be made to placate the Russians, and barring that, to prolong the Asian quagmire.
German agents in Vietnam begin infiltrating over the border into China to insight unrest, hoping to bog down the Japanese there and delay any moves against us.
However, the Japanese do not seem to disturbed by these measures and on the 5th of December, 1941 declare war on Mongolia, the final piece in their trans-Asiatic link.
While Patrolling the English Channel, our strike group happens upon the brand new British carrier Indomitable and sends her to the bottom. Though the land campaign is is a knock-down-drag-out affair, the Reichsmarine is still the unquestioned master of the seas.
As further confirmation of that dominance, German naval bombers again strike the British port of Manchester, crippling two more capital ships.
Intelligence reports the British are down to around twelve capital ships and only one aircraft carrier, down from pre-war estimates of 50+ Reports of large-scale fighting in the Atlantic against American and Canadian navies have likely shrunk that number even further.
A mid-winter German offensive back into Belgium proves initially successful but is short lived. A French counter-attack forces General Bergman's army back out of Liege, and shatters the General Staff's hope for a line along the Meuse by early spring. The overly ambitious plan leads to a changes in High command. Ludwig Beck is sacked and replaced with the more conservative Adolph Heusinger who plans to remain defensive in the West and focus on driving back the Turks and Italians
The battles of early 1942 are turning out to be even more deadly than those of the previous year. Liege alone leaves nearly 400,000 dead and wounded and Strasburg quickly escalates from a diversionary attack to the largest battle of the war, with over a million troops participating on each side. Casualties mount faster than ever as longer ranged artillery and advanced models of tanks and aircraft appear in greater numbers for both sides. More French offensives into Eupen, Luxembourg, and Strasbourg are all turned away but with severe losses. OKH estimates the French are growing desperate and this is their last gasp to gain strategic momentum before an anticipated Entente invasion.
Though overshadowed by the chaos and bloodshed of the Western Front, several key events happen in the early months of 1942. First, German Africa Command, until now only garrison troops in Morocco and Suez, launches a daring attack on Spanish Gibraltar. The fortifications are heavily defended but airborne troops land on the Western side of the rock and cause considerable disarray until naval troops can relieve them. The result is a spectacular victory for German forces. Although the paratroopers sustained heavy casualties, the Straights are now open.
Second, and perhaps even more important, is the ongoing German nuclear program. The University of Breslau, in Silesia, has been chosen as the site of a project which scientists hope will produce a bomb by late 1945.
For now though funding is limited due to the ongoing crisis in the West.
After the French Spring offensives the German army is in a sad state. Undermanned by almost 700,000 personnel, the tattered Army of the Rhine is in no position to mount counter-attacks. The only silver lining is that intelligence reports indicate the French are also drastically short on manpower. Perhaps the rest of 1942 with be a year of rest and recovery for both sides...
In the meantime operations to scrape together additional manpower are underway. Even after the invasion, many Ukrainians hate the Syndicalists even more than they do us an prove useful recruits. A few divisions are recruited from the local population; it is thought that additional conscription could lead to military ineffectiveness, but the option remains on the table.
Considering the devastation on both sides, high command is hopeful French operations will be limited for the next few months.
Operations August 41- April 42
The French attack into Eupen is successful, but General Guderian's forces withdraw in good order and prepare a counter-attack. Air power is again proving decisive and we are able to bleed French forces with timely bombing strikes and constant harassment of supplies from the air. However, an ill-planned attack into Luxembourg accomplishes nothing and is a waste of precious men and material.
The distraction in Eupen allows General von Kluge to sweep into Metz and push out a significant French force. As always though, it's a messy affair with both sides taking heavy casualties.
In the East, the German forces pull out, leaving allied units to mop up the Romanians and push back against the Turks in Southern Bulgaria, a task at which they perform surprisingly well. By mid-winter Bulgarian, Serbian, and Hungarian troops, under overall Polish command, push the Turks out of Xanthi and back to a fortified line along the pre-war borders. Meanwhile, we quietly take over administration of Ukraine, freeing frontline Polish troops to move into the Balkans and the Alps.
The Italian front line is slowly creeping Northward. Though German and Austrian troops give good accounts of themselves, Syndicalist numbers are too much and allied forces slowly fall back
In October our counter-attack into Eupen again forces the French out and inflicts heavy casualties in a largely one-sided affair. German armor proves decisive.
Before we can celebrate the French counter-attack to the South into the Saarland...
Which we again hold off at great cost.
With the Ukraine question solved the Russian Empire turns East to reclaim Siberia. Counter to our predictions they actually reach an agreement with the Japanese. Although not official, a reproachment between those two powers at such a critical time could be disastrous for our interests. All diplomatic efforts must be made to placate the Russians, and barring that, to prolong the Asian quagmire.
German agents in Vietnam begin infiltrating over the border into China to insight unrest, hoping to bog down the Japanese there and delay any moves against us.
However, the Japanese do not seem to disturbed by these measures and on the 5th of December, 1941 declare war on Mongolia, the final piece in their trans-Asiatic link.
While Patrolling the English Channel, our strike group happens upon the brand new British carrier Indomitable and sends her to the bottom. Though the land campaign is is a knock-down-drag-out affair, the Reichsmarine is still the unquestioned master of the seas.
As further confirmation of that dominance, German naval bombers again strike the British port of Manchester, crippling two more capital ships.
Intelligence reports the British are down to around twelve capital ships and only one aircraft carrier, down from pre-war estimates of 50+ Reports of large-scale fighting in the Atlantic against American and Canadian navies have likely shrunk that number even further.
A mid-winter German offensive back into Belgium proves initially successful but is short lived. A French counter-attack forces General Bergman's army back out of Liege, and shatters the General Staff's hope for a line along the Meuse by early spring. The overly ambitious plan leads to a changes in High command. Ludwig Beck is sacked and replaced with the more conservative Adolph Heusinger who plans to remain defensive in the West and focus on driving back the Turks and Italians
The battles of early 1942 are turning out to be even more deadly than those of the previous year. Liege alone leaves nearly 400,000 dead and wounded and Strasburg quickly escalates from a diversionary attack to the largest battle of the war, with over a million troops participating on each side. Casualties mount faster than ever as longer ranged artillery and advanced models of tanks and aircraft appear in greater numbers for both sides. More French offensives into Eupen, Luxembourg, and Strasbourg are all turned away but with severe losses. OKH estimates the French are growing desperate and this is their last gasp to gain strategic momentum before an anticipated Entente invasion.
Though overshadowed by the chaos and bloodshed of the Western Front, several key events happen in the early months of 1942. First, German Africa Command, until now only garrison troops in Morocco and Suez, launches a daring attack on Spanish Gibraltar. The fortifications are heavily defended but airborne troops land on the Western side of the rock and cause considerable disarray until naval troops can relieve them. The result is a spectacular victory for German forces. Although the paratroopers sustained heavy casualties, the Straights are now open.
Second, and perhaps even more important, is the ongoing German nuclear program. The University of Breslau, in Silesia, has been chosen as the site of a project which scientists hope will produce a bomb by late 1945.
For now though funding is limited due to the ongoing crisis in the West.
After the French Spring offensives the German army is in a sad state. Undermanned by almost 700,000 personnel, the tattered Army of the Rhine is in no position to mount counter-attacks. The only silver lining is that intelligence reports indicate the French are also drastically short on manpower. Perhaps the rest of 1942 with be a year of rest and recovery for both sides...
In the meantime operations to scrape together additional manpower are underway. Even after the invasion, many Ukrainians hate the Syndicalists even more than they do us an prove useful recruits. A few divisions are recruited from the local population; it is thought that additional conscription could lead to military ineffectiveness, but the option remains on the table.
Considering the devastation on both sides, high command is hopeful French operations will be limited for the next few months.
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