A Greater Germany Awaits- A Prussian AAR

Chapter. 2 Two Wars and More to Come​

Liberal groups in Prussia immediatly began lobbying King William as soon as he reached the throne. Worrying about the security of his position as King, William relented to the many demands, allowing for a constitution to be drawn up, with the King still holding large powers though.



The new Parliament of Prussia began plotting the unification of Germany one state at a time. William also wanted to see a united Germany with himself at its head, so their goals were compatible for now.

It was decided that Anhalt should be the first state to be incorporated into the new Germany. The first danger signs that the plan might backfire came when the alliance with Anhalt was dissolved. In quick succession, the rest of the German states other than Hanover dissolved their alliances with Prussia.

Still, it was decided to press on, and Prussian troops soon marched into and annexed Anhalt.

With the conquering of Anhalt came declarations of war from Austria down to Frankfurt-am-Main against Prussia. The Prussian Army had still not mobilized, so worries abounded in Prussia itself if the nation could handle this challenge.

The Prussian Army certainly did a splendid job of holding back the Austiran Alliance. Within a few months, Austria sued for peace, offering up Tarnow, Zatar, and Cieszyi (sp.). Prussia readily accepted this peace, and the First German War was over.

Prussian planners began immediatly planning for the next war as soon as the first ended. The Mobilization Pool was greatly expanded to some 44 divisions. The regular army was expanded as well with as many divisions as possible being recruited.

Prussian politicians and diplomats eagerly awaited the expiration of the peace treaty, so that the war could resume, but they soon found a loophole.

Hannover, previously an English puppet state was now allied to the other German states. It had not been involved in the First German War, and therefore it did not have a peace treaty with Prussia. Prussian troops soon moved to the borders of Hannover, ready to trigger the Second German War.

Sure enough, with the declaration of war against Hannover, the other German states declared war on Prussia. Prussian troops were ready this time, and Saxony was quickly annexed along with several other border states.

Prussian forces were divided between the North German states, the South and Central German states, and Austria. Successes were found on all these fronts, although the going was slow.

On the Austrian front, Prussian troops did not have enough strength to prosecute an invasion, so they had to wait until mobilization. Austrian troops advanced across the border unopposed, but Prussian armies were close at hand, ready to deliver the counter-stroke. With the mobilized troops deployed, that counter-stroke fell hard. Austrian spear-heads were destroyed and Prussian troops began advancing into Bohemia and Slovakia. One Austrian peace offer was rejected during this time.

In Northern Germany, Prussian forces were able to annex Hamburg and several other German states, but Hannover was not completely occupied by the wars end.

In Southern and Central Germany, Prussian troops satellited or annexed several small states, but the heartland of Southern Germany in Bavaria, Baden, and Wurttemberg remained untouched.

The war ended without all of Prussia's goals realized because of a juicy Austrian peace offer, ceding most of Galicia. This offered an opportunity to create Hungary (a prerequisite for Austria to join in Popular Unification), so I readily took the deal. The Peace Treaty was signed in Berlin.

Prussia after the Peace of Berlin (I have already created Hungary):

Chapter 3. The Eastern War​

Flush from its victory over the German states, Prussian leadership decided to annex the small state of Krakow. Prussian troops marched into the city and it was annexed in a matter of days. At the time, no one realized the international implications of this event.

Within a few weeks of the annexation, Russian diplomats delivered a declaration of war to Prussia. The declaration of war came as a shock to almost all of Prussia, catching Prussia with no troops on the Russian border.

The situation seemed dire at the start of the war.

Russian troops began to move across the border unoppossed, but the entire Prussian army was rushing to destroy the Russians. Mobilization began across the country. Once the mobilized formations had been brought up to strength, the Russians could be crushed.



Soon after the beginning of the Russian invasion, France too declared war on Prussia.

This announcement was even more shocking, and Prussian troops in Westphalia marching towards the Russian border were ordered to turn back.

On the Russian Front, the closest Prussian troops were the 20,000 stationed in Galicia. These quickly moved to engage Russian forces in nearby areas.

The first victory came at the Battle of Gleiwitz, in which the Galician Army destroyed an initial Russian force. By this time, the reserves were ready, and the full weight of the Prussian military was about to be brought down upon Russia.



The first phase of the counterattack would involve cutting off the Polish salient. General offensives would be launched across the border in all areas to draw off Russian forces.



Strong Prussian formations soon began pushing back Russian troops on all fronts, winning every battle. Outside of the city of Lodz, several key battles were fought between Russian and Prussian forces.

The encirclement began to close around the main body of the Russian army as Prussian victories continued unabated.



Some 70,000 Russian forces were caught in the pocket, the main body of the Russian Army. Over a few weeks, these remaining troops were killed or captured around Warsaw.



Soon after the Polish Campaign ended, the Russians sent their first peace offer.



This was rejected out of hand now that Prussia had the clear upper hand. The Prussian offensive was now continued into the Russian heartland, with Prussian forces driving the Russians before them.



The Russians soon sent a second peace offer, which also was rejected. The Prussian government held out for gaining all of Poland diplomatically, but it was looking as if the Russians were not going to give up all of Poland in negotiations. As the Prussians advanced farther, Russia sent a Third Peace offer. This was accepted and the war with Russia was over.



The border after peace is signed.



The war still continued with France though.

yourworstnightm said:

Is that Hungary in Slovakia?

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Yes it is. I gained Slovakia from Austria after the Second German War, and for Austria to join Popular Unification, Hungary has to exist, so I liberated Hungary.

The only problem is I'm massively in debt, heading strait for bankruptcy.

qwerkus said:

I guess you already earned too much BB's to tech trade with china/japan ? Then you have no choice: DoW as many countries as you can (FRA, ENG, AUS, RUS) till you earn enough war indemnities to repay your debts.

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Well I plan on starting the Third (and hopefully final) German War soon, so we'll see how that goes. I can't go to war with France considering I just made peace with them (that will be described in the next update). The same goes for Russia.

Just another little teaser before I post a large update:

It appears like I'm going to miss the deadline for Popular Unification. I have tried several times to get it, but I feel like it is going to be quite unlikely. So, I guess I will be reverting to the Three Hurrays for unification. I'm Germany in all, but name though.