I just wanted to say how much I've been enjoying your AAR since your started it last year (even before I had an account here).
Looking forward to what White Typhoon will bring.
Looking forward to what White Typhoon will bring.
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God damn Saithis. More! More!
Here here.
EDIT: Saithis, it is my birthday in another 3 hours (my time), would you consider a special birthday update for the shortest day of the year (longest in the northern hemisphere)?
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God damn Saithis. More! More!
It's coming.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to finish it until I get home because of work...but it'll still be the 20th here when it goes up!
Looking forward to it, whenever it may be posted. Many thanks for the continued narrative and all the work that obviously goes into it!
Hmm, forum time is messing up my posting times. Birthday is the 21st so you have a little bit of leeway. Better get to it.
I'm slightly late in typical fashion!
You're most welcome!
Chapter 5.1 - Securing the Gates of Asia
(As promised, this update is dedicated to our dear loyal commentator Blxz, happy birthday! ~.^)
FOCA adopts administration of the Federated and Unfederated States of Malaya following the withdrawal or surrender of Axis forces from the peninsula.
The Malaysian Peninsula rapidly surrendered back into the control of the Allied British administration - this time under the direct supervision of the Australasian commonwealth. Entire units of the Malayan militaries surrendered or turned on their Axis masters, sensing the inevitability of their defeat. A provisional office for governing the reconquered territories was established under the jurisdiction of former Federal Secretary Hugh Fraser. The Malayan peninsula was, to the Allies, the gate into Asia - all shipping from Japanese-held East Asia had to pass through the Straits of Singapore, the Dutch East Indies or the South Pacific, dodging patrols from numerous Allied ships.
Axis-aligned forces still held out in Sarawak and Sabah, holding valuable oil fields along the coast of Borneo. Shutting down this fuel supply for the Japanese would be crucial to the war efforts.
The Sultans of Malaya were numerous, but chief amongst them was the Sultan of Selangor. Japan had promised him the future rule of the entire Malaysian peninsula for his cooperation, and backed him outright. The Imperial Japanese Navy promised to re-secure the seas around the Straits of Singapore, but military command ex-nayed the initiative. Maintaining supply lines to the South Pacific Mandate for the fight against the US Navy was considered a priority - but the Allies were not yet aware of that, despite cracking the main Japanese codes.
The IJN would not, however, sit idle and do nothing while the war was at play.
If the IJN could not sail out in force against the Allied navies, they would not be content with simply waiting for FOCA to make the first move. Japanese cruisers and submarines had been spotted striking convoys across the South Pacific, raiding as far south as the coast off Singapore. The war effort in Thailand would rely entirely on transportation of supplies from Australia - something that the Axis were intent to disrupt and delay at any cost.
One of the turncoat British garrisons in the East Indies had seized control of the port city of Oosthaven.
[Author's Note: It might be noticed that I forgot to rename all the divisions at this point in the AAR. It will be resolved by the next update, thankfully!]
FOCA's next operation was brief, but simplistic: an assault on the British-held city of Oosthaven. A vital oil port for the Allied war effort, a turncoat garrison loyal to Mosley's new government had mutinied against the Allies and refused to fight any longer. Demanding safe transport back to Britain, their request was denied outright by the Australians, who could not afford to see more men and material return into the hands of Fortress Europe. A new mission was assigned to the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Corps: they must recapture the city of Oosthaven at any cost. Over 8,000 British soldiers defended the city, while nearly 80,000 Australian troops had been transferred to the Dutch East Indies en route to Malaysia. The battle's result seemed inevitable, almost a routine training exercise compared to the hellish battles faced in Britain and Thailand.
British troops under fire at Oosthaven from advancing Australian Infantrymen. Unused to facing their own comrades, morale was rock-bottom in the city.
The battle was brutal. Enduring barrages of heavy artillery and a determined advance by the Australians, the British soldiers were driven back into the center of the city. Facing mutiny from the inside and countless casualties from the artillery barrages and their own hunger, the British officers began to concede to the repeated demands for surrender. The battle seemed doomed to last no more than a couple of days.
West of Australian New Guinea, the British held a significant naval outpost - Australia was determined to remove this key position as a threat.
The preparation for Operation White Typhoon could not exclude a significant push north from the Australian-held Pacific territories. A significant strike was planned at British-held Papua New Guinea, resulting in the isolation and assault on a significant Axis garrison along the coast. Like the battle of Oosthaven, this would be short-lived and result in the deaths of significant numbers of British troops who initially refused to surrender.
Huge riots and uprisings had been reported along the French coasts of Picardie and Normandie.
In occupied France, enormous turmoil had wracked the country. Vast uprisings were tearing apart the northern coasts along Picardie and Normandie and 'Fortress Europe' was showing signs of cracks. Allied intelligence indicated the vast bulk of the Axis militaries had been turned against the Soviet Union, where they hoped to take Moscow before the summer's end. If the Allies could break open the European coasts, it seemed there would be little to stop them from making considerable inroads.
Off the coasts of Singapore, the British fleet formerly stationed at Kota Bharu was intercepted by HMAS Royal Sovereign and her sister ship, Queen Elizabeth. Despite encountering one another at dusk and the ever-present threat of storms and high winds looming overhead, the Axis navies could not escape for long with the Australasian Navy on their tail.
First the Leander, then the destroyers escorting the convoy of transports went beneath the water. The surviving ships fled east away from Singapore, hoping to find shelter at Sarawak as soon as possible.
Just a day later, the remaining ships were caught off the coast of Borneo. There was no escape for the remainder of the British Malayan Fleet - HMS Kent was sunk with extreme prejudice and the remaining ships of the fleet were easy pickings for torpedo-loaded destroyers and the long-range guns of the battleships.
HMAS Royal Sovereign fires a full barrage of her 15 inch guns at distant Axis targets.
In her first serious battle, the Australasian Navy had proven herself with admirable quality, sinking nearly ten ships of the turncoat Royal Navy without a single loss and hardly any damage to the fleet. The victory spelled a greater control over the waters around Malaysia, but the water campaign was hardly over.
New Zealanders storm the beaches of Tahiti in French Polynesia.
Far to the east, the war reached one of the most distant enclaves of Axis presence: the French Polynesian colony. Here the Kiwis of the 3rd Division struck with equal speed and ferocity, seeking to retake the island for Australasia's growing ocean empire and to cut off the port from any use as an Axis base.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world was neither still nor silent. Unrest was stirring in Latin America, where right-wing extremist elements had continued to grow in power. The fear amongst the Allies was that this would ferment into future friends and allies of the German Reich, who was undoubtedly searching for a way to defeat the Americans decisively once his conquests in Europe were complete.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses a crowd in Buffalo, New York about the dark horses of South America and the need to take a stand for freedom and democracy around the world.
Dissent and unrest was growing intensely since the US Declaration of War on the Tripartite Axis Powers. Millions of Americans were disgruntled with the attempts to ramp up the war economy and the institution of conscription to provide necessary manpower. Riots and protests raged across the continent and threatened to shatter the union once more - the man who had begun to drag America out of the Great Depression was now threatening to plunge her back in. FDR spoke of the importance of the war effort and the need to restore freedom to the Europeans and Asians before they came for America, but isolationist sentiments were strong on the continent. The President's pleas for unity were to go unheard...
Italians close in on the city of Tripoli, where French defenders hold in hope of surviving until reinforcements can break through Egypt.
With the closure of the Mediterranean, a number of French troops along with a small contingent of some 500 Australians had been trapped in the Italian colony of Tripoli. Under Allied occupation, the colony was now no good to the Italians, who had been embarrassed by their long inadequacy in this campaign. A significant numbers of not just men, but also expensive artillery and weapons had been lost to the Australians in Africa, Sardinia and Sicily - more than that, they had lost their pride and the respect of their northern ally, Germany. Mussolini was eager to regain some long-overdue respect by retaking the colony and reinspiring his nation's fighting spirit.
By August 7th, the Germans had broken through into Crimea and begun to cross the Dnieper in multiple places - nearly 5 million men were involved in the invasion of the Soviet Union - Operation Barbarossa.
An enormous military operation had been launched by the Axis powers, drawing manpower from as far away as Spain and Portugal to man the front lines for Operation Barbarossa. It was the single-largest land invasion in history, with over 5 million Axis forces lining up against near 4 million Soviets. The defenders knew their land well, but were outgunned and outnumbered. Forced to fall back against the might of the German blitz, Soviet commanders could now do little but desperately hope to delay the Germans until winter.
Hitler's latest diplomatic triumph was to bring Turkey into the Axis Alliance, solidifying Germany's iron grip on the Middle East and opening a second front against the Caucasian mountains, where they could threaten the all-valuable oil fields and processing facililties at Baku. Yet another variable had turned against Allied chances of success...
Things could not get worse for the Allies. At least, it seemed that way, until the news broke that shattered the world: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his Vice President John Nance Garner had been assassinated.
The last photo of the US President and his VP taken before their deaths.
A massive explosion had erupted beneath the President's podium at a campaign event in Boston. The President, Vice President, Secretary of State, five senators and twenty-seven others had been killed by the bomb. Hundreds others had been maimed or injured in the blast. Someone had cut off America's head, and the country was shocked into pause and horror by the news.
The 1941 presidential elections were not far away, but the Democrats had lost their re-election candidate and millions were stunned by the death of their President and Vice President in the infamous Boston Bombing of August 9th. As the nation went into mourning, a quiet fire had been erupted in the heart of America. The people now looked for a new leader: one with strength, compassion and dignity. Perhaps there was no one that fulfilled their needs, but there was one man who determined to take that spot at any cost...
Wendell Wilkie probably wasn't the leader America needed, but his strength in the polls had grown dramatically. The time for the Republican Party to regain control of America was now at hand.
You're most welcome!
Chapter 5.1 - Securing the Gates of Asia
(As promised, this update is dedicated to our dear loyal commentator Blxz, happy birthday! ~.^)
FOCA adopts administration of the Federated and Unfederated States of Malaya following the withdrawal or surrender of Axis forces from the peninsula.
The Malaysian Peninsula rapidly surrendered back into the control of the Allied British administration - this time under the direct supervision of the Australasian commonwealth. Entire units of the Malayan militaries surrendered or turned on their Axis masters, sensing the inevitability of their defeat. A provisional office for governing the reconquered territories was established under the jurisdiction of former Federal Secretary Hugh Fraser. The Malayan peninsula was, to the Allies, the gate into Asia - all shipping from Japanese-held East Asia had to pass through the Straits of Singapore, the Dutch East Indies or the South Pacific, dodging patrols from numerous Allied ships.
Axis-aligned forces still held out in Sarawak and Sabah, holding valuable oil fields along the coast of Borneo. Shutting down this fuel supply for the Japanese would be crucial to the war efforts.
The Sultans of Malaya were numerous, but chief amongst them was the Sultan of Selangor. Japan had promised him the future rule of the entire Malaysian peninsula for his cooperation, and backed him outright. The Imperial Japanese Navy promised to re-secure the seas around the Straits of Singapore, but military command ex-nayed the initiative. Maintaining supply lines to the South Pacific Mandate for the fight against the US Navy was considered a priority - but the Allies were not yet aware of that, despite cracking the main Japanese codes.
The IJN would not, however, sit idle and do nothing while the war was at play.
If the IJN could not sail out in force against the Allied navies, they would not be content with simply waiting for FOCA to make the first move. Japanese cruisers and submarines had been spotted striking convoys across the South Pacific, raiding as far south as the coast off Singapore. The war effort in Thailand would rely entirely on transportation of supplies from Australia - something that the Axis were intent to disrupt and delay at any cost.
One of the turncoat British garrisons in the East Indies had seized control of the port city of Oosthaven.
[Author's Note: It might be noticed that I forgot to rename all the divisions at this point in the AAR. It will be resolved by the next update, thankfully!]
FOCA's next operation was brief, but simplistic: an assault on the British-held city of Oosthaven. A vital oil port for the Allied war effort, a turncoat garrison loyal to Mosley's new government had mutinied against the Allies and refused to fight any longer. Demanding safe transport back to Britain, their request was denied outright by the Australians, who could not afford to see more men and material return into the hands of Fortress Europe. A new mission was assigned to the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Corps: they must recapture the city of Oosthaven at any cost. Over 8,000 British soldiers defended the city, while nearly 80,000 Australian troops had been transferred to the Dutch East Indies en route to Malaysia. The battle's result seemed inevitable, almost a routine training exercise compared to the hellish battles faced in Britain and Thailand.
British troops under fire at Oosthaven from advancing Australian Infantrymen. Unused to facing their own comrades, morale was rock-bottom in the city.
The battle was brutal. Enduring barrages of heavy artillery and a determined advance by the Australians, the British soldiers were driven back into the center of the city. Facing mutiny from the inside and countless casualties from the artillery barrages and their own hunger, the British officers began to concede to the repeated demands for surrender. The battle seemed doomed to last no more than a couple of days.
West of Australian New Guinea, the British held a significant naval outpost - Australia was determined to remove this key position as a threat.
The preparation for Operation White Typhoon could not exclude a significant push north from the Australian-held Pacific territories. A significant strike was planned at British-held Papua New Guinea, resulting in the isolation and assault on a significant Axis garrison along the coast. Like the battle of Oosthaven, this would be short-lived and result in the deaths of significant numbers of British troops who initially refused to surrender.
Huge riots and uprisings had been reported along the French coasts of Picardie and Normandie.
In occupied France, enormous turmoil had wracked the country. Vast uprisings were tearing apart the northern coasts along Picardie and Normandie and 'Fortress Europe' was showing signs of cracks. Allied intelligence indicated the vast bulk of the Axis militaries had been turned against the Soviet Union, where they hoped to take Moscow before the summer's end. If the Allies could break open the European coasts, it seemed there would be little to stop them from making considerable inroads.
Off the coasts of Singapore, the British fleet formerly stationed at Kota Bharu was intercepted by HMAS Royal Sovereign and her sister ship, Queen Elizabeth. Despite encountering one another at dusk and the ever-present threat of storms and high winds looming overhead, the Axis navies could not escape for long with the Australasian Navy on their tail.
First the Leander, then the destroyers escorting the convoy of transports went beneath the water. The surviving ships fled east away from Singapore, hoping to find shelter at Sarawak as soon as possible.
Just a day later, the remaining ships were caught off the coast of Borneo. There was no escape for the remainder of the British Malayan Fleet - HMS Kent was sunk with extreme prejudice and the remaining ships of the fleet were easy pickings for torpedo-loaded destroyers and the long-range guns of the battleships.
HMAS Royal Sovereign fires a full barrage of her 15 inch guns at distant Axis targets.
In her first serious battle, the Australasian Navy had proven herself with admirable quality, sinking nearly ten ships of the turncoat Royal Navy without a single loss and hardly any damage to the fleet. The victory spelled a greater control over the waters around Malaysia, but the water campaign was hardly over.
New Zealanders storm the beaches of Tahiti in French Polynesia.
Far to the east, the war reached one of the most distant enclaves of Axis presence: the French Polynesian colony. Here the Kiwis of the 3rd Division struck with equal speed and ferocity, seeking to retake the island for Australasia's growing ocean empire and to cut off the port from any use as an Axis base.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world was neither still nor silent. Unrest was stirring in Latin America, where right-wing extremist elements had continued to grow in power. The fear amongst the Allies was that this would ferment into future friends and allies of the German Reich, who was undoubtedly searching for a way to defeat the Americans decisively once his conquests in Europe were complete.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses a crowd in Buffalo, New York about the dark horses of South America and the need to take a stand for freedom and democracy around the world.
Dissent and unrest was growing intensely since the US Declaration of War on the Tripartite Axis Powers. Millions of Americans were disgruntled with the attempts to ramp up the war economy and the institution of conscription to provide necessary manpower. Riots and protests raged across the continent and threatened to shatter the union once more - the man who had begun to drag America out of the Great Depression was now threatening to plunge her back in. FDR spoke of the importance of the war effort and the need to restore freedom to the Europeans and Asians before they came for America, but isolationist sentiments were strong on the continent. The President's pleas for unity were to go unheard...
Italians close in on the city of Tripoli, where French defenders hold in hope of surviving until reinforcements can break through Egypt.
With the closure of the Mediterranean, a number of French troops along with a small contingent of some 500 Australians had been trapped in the Italian colony of Tripoli. Under Allied occupation, the colony was now no good to the Italians, who had been embarrassed by their long inadequacy in this campaign. A significant numbers of not just men, but also expensive artillery and weapons had been lost to the Australians in Africa, Sardinia and Sicily - more than that, they had lost their pride and the respect of their northern ally, Germany. Mussolini was eager to regain some long-overdue respect by retaking the colony and reinspiring his nation's fighting spirit.
By August 7th, the Germans had broken through into Crimea and begun to cross the Dnieper in multiple places - nearly 5 million men were involved in the invasion of the Soviet Union - Operation Barbarossa.
An enormous military operation had been launched by the Axis powers, drawing manpower from as far away as Spain and Portugal to man the front lines for Operation Barbarossa. It was the single-largest land invasion in history, with over 5 million Axis forces lining up against near 4 million Soviets. The defenders knew their land well, but were outgunned and outnumbered. Forced to fall back against the might of the German blitz, Soviet commanders could now do little but desperately hope to delay the Germans until winter.
Hitler's latest diplomatic triumph was to bring Turkey into the Axis Alliance, solidifying Germany's iron grip on the Middle East and opening a second front against the Caucasian mountains, where they could threaten the all-valuable oil fields and processing facililties at Baku. Yet another variable had turned against Allied chances of success...
Things could not get worse for the Allies. At least, it seemed that way, until the news broke that shattered the world: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his Vice President John Nance Garner had been assassinated.
The last photo of the US President and his VP taken before their deaths.
A massive explosion had erupted beneath the President's podium at a campaign event in Boston. The President, Vice President, Secretary of State, five senators and twenty-seven others had been killed by the bomb. Hundreds others had been maimed or injured in the blast. Someone had cut off America's head, and the country was shocked into pause and horror by the news.
The 1941 presidential elections were not far away, but the Democrats had lost their re-election candidate and millions were stunned by the death of their President and Vice President in the infamous Boston Bombing of August 9th. As the nation went into mourning, a quiet fire had been erupted in the heart of America. The people now looked for a new leader: one with strength, compassion and dignity. Perhaps there was no one that fulfilled their needs, but there was one man who determined to take that spot at any cost...
Wendell Wilkie probably wasn't the leader America needed, but his strength in the polls had grown dramatically. The time for the Republican Party to regain control of America was now at hand.
July 30th-August 9th
Casualties of War
Australasian Army:
267 soldiers killed
Australasian Navy:
1 Merchant Ship lost
Fascist British Navy:
1 Merchant Ship lost
HMS Kent Heavy Cruiser
HMS Leander Light Cruiser
6x Destroyers
3x Transport Ships
Australasian Army:
2813 soldiers killed
Casualties of War
Australasian Army:
267 soldiers killed
Australasian Navy:
1 Merchant Ship lost
Fascist British Navy:
1 Merchant Ship lost
HMS Kent Heavy Cruiser
HMS Leander Light Cruiser
6x Destroyers
3x Transport Ships
Australasian Army:
2813 soldiers killed
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Well, the proverbial has certainly hit the fan. That was some nice progress on the ground for the Australians even if it was in relatively low-key areas. I cannot imagine that the morale was that good for the Australian forces either having to fight their former comrades. Did FDR actually die in the game or is this a narrative construct to explain future events?
OK... just when I thought Allied fortunes couldn't possibly get any worse! Great update!
I'll take that as a positive note.
I see the moves made on the ground as being chiefly part of my surprisingly high priority 'to do list' of various Axis holdings in the near waters around Australia. I'm not willing to venture out into the South Pacific Mandate yet, as I'm sure I'll run into Japanese battlegroups out there, but there's a whole lot of rather innocuous islands nearby that need to be dealt with as soon as possible to keep those same battlegroups out of our home waters. There's no event for FDR to die this early IIRC but there is election events that he can lose. I figured it'd make sense to explain FDR losing said event, and I may alter the timeline further from there to keep things...interesting.
All I have to say is: Murphy's Law! Thank you!
Argh! I read about your victories in Malaysia - good; the Dutch East Indies - good; Papua New Guinea - good. But then, just as I'm thinking things are starting to look up, you blow up FDR, the Germans enlist pretty much all of unoccupied Europe to take on the Soviets and even the Italians are trying to get even with you (I tend to think of the Italians as the weathervane - if they feel confident enough to come at you, the general outlook for the Allies must be 'rocky'). Sheesh.
Well, good job teaching Moseley's unwilling boys a hard lesson - several divisions and a naval taskforce gone is nothing to sneeze at.
Well, good job teaching Moseley's unwilling boys a hard lesson - several divisions and a naval taskforce gone is nothing to sneeze at.
I wonder if the new President will agree to a Japan first policy?
I have to guess that with Turkey in the war; the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Oil is at risk. I hope the USSR will survive, otherwise it's going to be very difficult to win the war without nukes.
MORE! MORE! The people require more! This AAR is a roller coaster.
I have to guess that with Turkey in the war; the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Oil is at risk. I hope the USSR will survive, otherwise it's going to be very difficult to win the war without nukes.
MORE! MORE! The people require more! This AAR is a roller coaster.
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Very interesting developments! Hopefully the Soviets will be able to stem the Axis tide
I think what I love about this AAR is how its slowly evolved from an excellent strategy/gameplay account to include a nice topping of alt-history, which just adds extra depth. Good stuff as ever Saithis.
Very much appreciated. And I'm glad you made it into an interesting update as well. Loads of action and leaving things up in the air with good ol' FDR. Can you actually win if the Axis defeat the soviets? Surely the combined power of europe will be too great by then.
Can I win? Difficult question... I'm inclined to say 'no' only because I'm at the mercy of the USA's AI as far as storming Fortress Europe goes. If I was personally in charge of the USA, I think I'd steamroll them.
Well, thank you. I try to never have an AAR without a story, even if it is more of a gameplay-focused one.
I think they have a decent chance. We're almost 3 months into the war and German progress is actually pretty underwhelming when you consider the raw power of the HPP Soviets.
I wonder if the new President will agree to a Japan first policy?
I have to guess that with Turkey in the war; the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Oil is at risk. I hope the USSR will survive, otherwise it's going to be very difficult to win the war without nukes.
MORE! MORE! The people require more! This AAR is a roller coaster.
Well, we'll just have to see, won't we? WE WILL SEE. The Mediterranean and Middle Eastern oil is already firmly in Axis hands, so that's not really changed the situation. What could be at threat is the Soviet Caucasian oil fields, pretty much the sole source of USSR fuel.
Argh! I read about your victories in Malaysia - good; the Dutch East Indies - good; Papua New Guinea - good. But then, just as I'm thinking things are starting to look up, you blow up FDR, the Germans enlist pretty much all of unoccupied Europe to take on the Soviets and even the Italians are trying to get even with you (I tend to think of the Italians as the weathervane - if they feel confident enough to come at you, the general outlook for the Allies must be 'rocky'). Sheesh.
Well, good job teaching Moseley's unwilling boys a hard lesson - several divisions and a naval taskforce gone is nothing to sneeze at.
Well, I can't let things go without a twist.
Plus I felt that it'd be a good way of explaining how on earth FDR didn't get elected and why the US is being so utterly useless - internal strife, chaos and disaster is a good way of crippling everyone's favourite superpower (especially since it declared war on Japan, so there's no Day of Infamy to unite it).I'm happy enough with the victories, but I won't be getting the celebration kegs/cake out until we can knock Japan out of the war. Only once the homefront is secure can I turn the bulk of my forces against the middle east and break through into the Mediterranean. We've got to work hard to crack open the soft underbelly of Fortress Europe and win this war!
And it's not just a HPP thing with the US, either. In a recent TFH game I played as the UK, the entire US Navy (I checked; quite litterally all of them) happily sat in the Med and the Atlantic while Japan took half of Hawaii. And to make things better, that was AFTER I puppetted Italy and destroyed Germany.
Long live Allied objectives
I just wish we could somehow convince PI to bring back milcon.
Long live Allied objectives
I just wish we could somehow convince PI to bring back milcon.
And it's not just a HPP thing with the US, either. In a recent TFH game I played as the UK, the entire US Navy (I checked; quite litterally all of them) happily sat in the Med and the Atlantic while Japan took half of Hawaii. And to make things better, that was AFTER I puppetted Italy and destroyed Germany.
Long live Allied objectives
I just wish we could somehow convince PI to bring back milcon.
I think one of their recent releases (Was it the one Avindian made an AAR about? Not sure.) has milcon over puppets' armies.
