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jmberry said:
I don't release states that border my homecountry and I see no real strategic value in doing so. Spain is quite easy to defend, also I NEED the IC. I spent my resources into a campaign against Spain instead of building up my own industry. Need the additional working power to be a match for Germany.
@Maj. von Mauser: When you told me that the SOVNARKOM actually was a real institution, I wikipedia'd it
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On 4th June 1941, we received tragic news from Germany.
Friedrich Wilhelm II., Kaiser of Germany and King of Prussia, has died at the age of 82. His son, Kaiser Wilhelm III is his legal heir apparent.
Germany has been our arch enemy for centuries economically, militarily, scientifically, culturally and in many other aspects. It goes without saying that it is a question of respect to express Germany our condolences by following their invitation to the Kaiser's funeral.
A French delegation consisting of Sébastien Faure (our president), foreign minister Louis Aragon, security officer Adrien Tixier and the French ambassador Robert Coloundre in Germany attend the funeral, held in Berlin.
The German-French relationship has hardened over the last years due to the ongoing Elsaß-question, but faithful to the slogan "keep your friends close, your enemies even closer", we have been asked to attend the funeral nonetheless. Besides, there has always been a special relationship between our 2 nations. France is the only syndicalist nation attending. Neither our friends from Sicily, nor the Russians have been invited. We felt isolated by the fact that no allies of ours have been asked to come, but we would like to preserve our chance to take part.
Hundreds of thousands were on the streets while Wilhelm's coffin was brought to his last resting-place, paying the last respect to the Kaiser.
Ensuing the funeral, a banquet was held for all invitees. It was a pompous event, held at Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin. One speech followed another; beer, schweinshaxe and wurst were served. The official part of the celebration lasted for about 5 hours. Everyone was enjoying oneself and it seemed as if most people forgot the reason for the banquet was a rather tragic one. Interesting conversations regarding the current political situation in the world were discussed.
Hot topics still were the collapse of the Austria-Hungarian Empire, as well as the rise of the Soviets in the East. With the new alliance France - Sicily - Soviet Russia, what will happen to Germany in between? Is Wilhelm III. as much of a leader as his father was?
Many monarchs and officials expressed their fears that syndicalism could be spread amongst their respective countries. Generally, it was nice a celebration and the atmosphere was friendly between the guests.
Our delegation was involved in several topics with senior officials and high politicans regarding the future of the French-German relation. We were told that the new Kaiser inherits not only his father's sexy beard but also remains true to his policies. It is highly unlikely that any sort of appeasement policy between our 2 nations will be aimed for. Disappointed by the course of the informal top-level talks, they then decided to at least enjoy the rest of the banquet and devoted themselves to the joy of beer and wurst.
By about 2 am in the morning - our delegation was just about to thank for the invitation and wanted to call it a night. France's representatives were just about to stand up and leave, while they heard some Germans' table talk nearby:
Franz von Papen: Guys, I got another one....how many French soldiers does it take to successfully defend Paris?
Fritz Bayerlein: Hmm....no idea.
Manfred von Richtofen: Erm, I'd say about a million.
Franz von Papen: No-one knows, it has never been tried!
Frritz Bayerlein: Muahahaha.
Manfred von Richtofen: Haha, good one.
Of course, our delegation was in shock. Just about to leave, they now decided to stay and listen a little more what these guys had to say. Our representatives felt anger and disappointment at the same time.
More and more stories about 1870 and 1914 came up. Stories were told how "my father fought France, I fought France and I will make damn sure my sons will, too", one said. Most participants were not reluctant of alcohol consumption all through the night. Nationalist ideas flew over and could be heard by everyone. The drunkards spoke too loud not to overhear their conversations.
In order to drown their lousy jokes and racist talks out, France's representatives loudly intoned La Marseillaise:
Allons enfants de la Patrie, Arise, children of our country,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé ! The day of glory has arrived!
Contre nous de la tyrannie, Against us the bloodied banner
L'étendard sanglant est levé. Of tyranny is raised.
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes Do you hear in the countryside
Mugir ces féroces soldats ? The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras They come right here among us
Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes ! To slaughter our sons and wives!
Just after the first verse, the Germans themselves began to sing their 'Wacht am Rhein' even louder, La Marseillaise could not be heard anymore:
Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall, A call roars like thunderbolt,
wie Schwertgeklirr like clashing swords
und Wogenprall: and splashing waves:
Zum Rhein, zum Rhein, To the Rhine, the Rhine,
zum deutschen Rhein, to the German Rhine,
wer will des Stromes Hüter sein? who wants to be the stream's guardian?
(Note: If you think I stole this idea from the movie Casablanca, you are absolutely right)
At least they were no longer insulting France with their table talks, so our initiators were satisfied to some degree. Still, they decided to stay for a little longer.
Once the interest for drunk-singing abated, everyone returned to talk.
Another hour later, the sunrise not too far away, the French finally decided it would be time to leave after a last drink. They had been drinking beer all night, not really enjoying it, though, they just tried to be reputable guests to the Germans. It was decided to finish the night with a good glass of wine.
When the wine was supplied, everyone sniffed first, as one would expect by sophisticated Frenchmen.
Monsieur Dixier was the first to take a little mouthful. Immediately, he turned around and disgorged the gulp of wine. He looked disgusted as one could only look. All people sitting close to him took notice and silence hit the hall. People who were still talking, stopped doing so after noticing that most people were quiet. In the moment of pure silence, the new Kaiser himself looked at our Ministry of Security and asked "Monsieur, what is the problem?". Adrien Tixier was still spitting into his handkerchief and cleaning his mouth, hoping to get rid of the taste he just had experienced. He exaggerated his behaviour to the utmost, only to make sure really everyone would take notice.
After a short moment, he felt ready to reply. Tixier stood up, began "This was the most dreadful taste I have ever experienced in my life" and then proceeded "Eure Hoheit, with all due respect, you Germans took away the best vineyards and winemakers in the world and this is the best you can offer?".
Needless to say, the Kaiser didn't know what to say, nor did anyone else. After this commotion, our delegation silently left the event and travelled back to Paris the same morning.
Whatever the Germans' official announcement regarding this incident will be, our relationship is now as frosty again as it last was in 1918.
On 4th June 1941, we received tragic news from Germany.
Friedrich Wilhelm II., Kaiser of Germany and King of Prussia, has died at the age of 82. His son, Kaiser Wilhelm III is his legal heir apparent.
Germany has been our arch enemy for centuries economically, militarily, scientifically, culturally and in many other aspects. It goes without saying that it is a question of respect to express Germany our condolences by following their invitation to the Kaiser's funeral.
A French delegation consisting of Sébastien Faure (our president), foreign minister Louis Aragon, security officer Adrien Tixier and the French ambassador Robert Coloundre in Germany attend the funeral, held in Berlin.
The German-French relationship has hardened over the last years due to the ongoing Elsaß-question, but faithful to the slogan "keep your friends close, your enemies even closer", we have been asked to attend the funeral nonetheless. Besides, there has always been a special relationship between our 2 nations. France is the only syndicalist nation attending. Neither our friends from Sicily, nor the Russians have been invited. We felt isolated by the fact that no allies of ours have been asked to come, but we would like to preserve our chance to take part.
Hundreds of thousands were on the streets while Wilhelm's coffin was brought to his last resting-place, paying the last respect to the Kaiser.
Ensuing the funeral, a banquet was held for all invitees. It was a pompous event, held at Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin. One speech followed another; beer, schweinshaxe and wurst were served. The official part of the celebration lasted for about 5 hours. Everyone was enjoying oneself and it seemed as if most people forgot the reason for the banquet was a rather tragic one. Interesting conversations regarding the current political situation in the world were discussed.
Hot topics still were the collapse of the Austria-Hungarian Empire, as well as the rise of the Soviets in the East. With the new alliance France - Sicily - Soviet Russia, what will happen to Germany in between? Is Wilhelm III. as much of a leader as his father was?
Many monarchs and officials expressed their fears that syndicalism could be spread amongst their respective countries. Generally, it was nice a celebration and the atmosphere was friendly between the guests.
Our delegation was involved in several topics with senior officials and high politicans regarding the future of the French-German relation. We were told that the new Kaiser inherits not only his father's sexy beard but also remains true to his policies. It is highly unlikely that any sort of appeasement policy between our 2 nations will be aimed for. Disappointed by the course of the informal top-level talks, they then decided to at least enjoy the rest of the banquet and devoted themselves to the joy of beer and wurst.
By about 2 am in the morning - our delegation was just about to thank for the invitation and wanted to call it a night. France's representatives were just about to stand up and leave, while they heard some Germans' table talk nearby:
Franz von Papen: Guys, I got another one....how many French soldiers does it take to successfully defend Paris?
Fritz Bayerlein: Hmm....no idea.
Manfred von Richtofen: Erm, I'd say about a million.
Franz von Papen: No-one knows, it has never been tried!
Frritz Bayerlein: Muahahaha.
Manfred von Richtofen: Haha, good one.
Of course, our delegation was in shock. Just about to leave, they now decided to stay and listen a little more what these guys had to say. Our representatives felt anger and disappointment at the same time.
More and more stories about 1870 and 1914 came up. Stories were told how "my father fought France, I fought France and I will make damn sure my sons will, too", one said. Most participants were not reluctant of alcohol consumption all through the night. Nationalist ideas flew over and could be heard by everyone. The drunkards spoke too loud not to overhear their conversations.
In order to drown their lousy jokes and racist talks out, France's representatives loudly intoned La Marseillaise:
Allons enfants de la Patrie, Arise, children of our country,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé ! The day of glory has arrived!
Contre nous de la tyrannie, Against us the bloodied banner
L'étendard sanglant est levé. Of tyranny is raised.
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes Do you hear in the countryside
Mugir ces féroces soldats ? The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras They come right here among us
Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes ! To slaughter our sons and wives!
Just after the first verse, the Germans themselves began to sing their 'Wacht am Rhein' even louder, La Marseillaise could not be heard anymore:
Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall, A call roars like thunderbolt,
wie Schwertgeklirr like clashing swords
und Wogenprall: and splashing waves:
Zum Rhein, zum Rhein, To the Rhine, the Rhine,
zum deutschen Rhein, to the German Rhine,
wer will des Stromes Hüter sein? who wants to be the stream's guardian?
(Note: If you think I stole this idea from the movie Casablanca, you are absolutely right)
At least they were no longer insulting France with their table talks, so our initiators were satisfied to some degree. Still, they decided to stay for a little longer.
Once the interest for drunk-singing abated, everyone returned to talk.
Another hour later, the sunrise not too far away, the French finally decided it would be time to leave after a last drink. They had been drinking beer all night, not really enjoying it, though, they just tried to be reputable guests to the Germans. It was decided to finish the night with a good glass of wine.
When the wine was supplied, everyone sniffed first, as one would expect by sophisticated Frenchmen.
Monsieur Dixier was the first to take a little mouthful. Immediately, he turned around and disgorged the gulp of wine. He looked disgusted as one could only look. All people sitting close to him took notice and silence hit the hall. People who were still talking, stopped doing so after noticing that most people were quiet. In the moment of pure silence, the new Kaiser himself looked at our Ministry of Security and asked "Monsieur, what is the problem?". Adrien Tixier was still spitting into his handkerchief and cleaning his mouth, hoping to get rid of the taste he just had experienced. He exaggerated his behaviour to the utmost, only to make sure really everyone would take notice.
After a short moment, he felt ready to reply. Tixier stood up, began "This was the most dreadful taste I have ever experienced in my life" and then proceeded "Eure Hoheit, with all due respect, you Germans took away the best vineyards and winemakers in the world and this is the best you can offer?".
Needless to say, the Kaiser didn't know what to say, nor did anyone else. After this commotion, our delegation silently left the event and travelled back to Paris the same morning.
Whatever the Germans' official announcement regarding this incident will be, our relationship is now as frosty again as it last was in 1918.
Oh man I love your AAR , especialy the banquet scene from Casablanca :rofl:
Vivé la France!
, especialy the banquet scene from Casablanca :rofl: Vivé la France!
Mmmm... a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in eastern europe under Moscow and the Union of European Socialist Republics in the western/central europe under Paris.
That will surely solve the overabundant colour jigsaw on the map!
That will surely solve the overabundant colour jigsaw on the map!
Update 9
After the scandal in Berlin, Germany knows what our interests are and always have been. We are preparing for war more than ever before. And so will they.
Russia and ourselves can now help each other out with blueprints, which should reduce both nations' research efforts.
The Russians are very fair when it comes to trading. What is money, anyway? It is merely a means to 'trade' with those evil capitalists! Or let's rather say 'exploit' them!
Do you remember that the Germans sent colonists to Estonia in order to establish a huge German community there? Well, now it has paid off for them. The United Baltic Dutchy has joined the German Empire!
Germany now borders Russia! The Soviets proclaimed that they want to spread the only true belief into all former Russian states...and these are now including German lands. It is just a matter of time, before France calls in their claims on Alsace-Lorraine and Soviet Russia on the Baltic States. War is inevitable, and everyone knows it.
Our war preparations had started quite some time ago, but they are now being finalised.
As you can see, it is already April 1942. Our invasion plan for Germany begins spring 1943.
The pink line is our and their defense line. It will be incredibly hard to break through. Our bordering provinces have a fortress level of 7, in combination of 7 divisions minimum there should be no real threat of losing these. On the other hand, the German provinces are defended were very well, too.
The army encircled by yellow colour is to follow the yellow line (the division number is going to be increased). We will start a war with Switzerland in fall 1942 in order to avoid the heavily defended border and break into German land via Freiburg, which is flat land and not fortified at all. We will then try to proceed north to Flandern, so we can surround the units at the border and hopefully destroy them with a 2 flank attack. Fresh supplies for the Germans should be the exception because we are hoping for real support from the East! A potential risk not to be ignored is that Austria may also declare war on us and we have to defend Switzerland, to avoid them advancing into our or Italian lands.
Before our big operation can begin, we need to build up a lot of infantry and air force.
And once this is finished, there are a lot of upgrades to be done. Not all can be finished before our intervention in Switzerland, though.
On November 1 1942, France is ready to take on Switzerland! There are no "neutral" nations, when it comes to final victory of global syndicalism. We cannot tolerate a criminal country like theirs to exist and hoard Germany's (among others') gangster money. That should be reason enough
Soviet Russia agrees and immediately supports us with free oil.
Our intervention begins with heavy bombardments.
Not even one week later, 6 November, our forces win the battle for Bern.
Our upgrades and building queue are almost finished. We are now prepared for a war with Germany. But we will finish off Switzerland first, and then wait for spring.
The Swiss took Torino off Italy, that won't help them, either. Bern is occupied by us and Zürich has just fallen, too.
That's it. Not even a month and Switzerland is now ours.
Meanwhile, all upgrades have been finished, we now only have infantry '43 in the fields.
Now, let's see what we have ready to fight Germany...
Regrettably, we only have 2 proper fleets. And no Brits on our side to secure control of the seas for us. We'll have to do without a proper navy, I fear.
According to our intelligence, this is Germany's navy:
Here's an overview of our and our allies' forces:
Russia has a massive number of infantry, but they're spread out all over their huge country. It might take a while, before they have all forces needed together. Things will get really interesting if Austria and her allies join on their side and the old Central Powers fight together again.
You will find out in the next update, when La grande Guerre no. 2 finally kicks off.
After the scandal in Berlin, Germany knows what our interests are and always have been. We are preparing for war more than ever before. And so will they.
Russia and ourselves can now help each other out with blueprints, which should reduce both nations' research efforts.
The Russians are very fair when it comes to trading. What is money, anyway? It is merely a means to 'trade' with those evil capitalists! Or let's rather say 'exploit' them!
Do you remember that the Germans sent colonists to Estonia in order to establish a huge German community there? Well, now it has paid off for them. The United Baltic Dutchy has joined the German Empire!
Germany now borders Russia! The Soviets proclaimed that they want to spread the only true belief into all former Russian states...and these are now including German lands. It is just a matter of time, before France calls in their claims on Alsace-Lorraine and Soviet Russia on the Baltic States. War is inevitable, and everyone knows it.
Our war preparations had started quite some time ago, but they are now being finalised.
As you can see, it is already April 1942. Our invasion plan for Germany begins spring 1943.
The pink line is our and their defense line. It will be incredibly hard to break through. Our bordering provinces have a fortress level of 7, in combination of 7 divisions minimum there should be no real threat of losing these. On the other hand, the German provinces are defended were very well, too.
The army encircled by yellow colour is to follow the yellow line (the division number is going to be increased). We will start a war with Switzerland in fall 1942 in order to avoid the heavily defended border and break into German land via Freiburg, which is flat land and not fortified at all. We will then try to proceed north to Flandern, so we can surround the units at the border and hopefully destroy them with a 2 flank attack. Fresh supplies for the Germans should be the exception because we are hoping for real support from the East! A potential risk not to be ignored is that Austria may also declare war on us and we have to defend Switzerland, to avoid them advancing into our or Italian lands.
Before our big operation can begin, we need to build up a lot of infantry and air force.
And once this is finished, there are a lot of upgrades to be done. Not all can be finished before our intervention in Switzerland, though.
On November 1 1942, France is ready to take on Switzerland! There are no "neutral" nations, when it comes to final victory of global syndicalism. We cannot tolerate a criminal country like theirs to exist and hoard Germany's (among others') gangster money. That should be reason enough
Soviet Russia agrees and immediately supports us with free oil.
Our intervention begins with heavy bombardments.
Not even one week later, 6 November, our forces win the battle for Bern.
Our upgrades and building queue are almost finished. We are now prepared for a war with Germany. But we will finish off Switzerland first, and then wait for spring.
The Swiss took Torino off Italy, that won't help them, either. Bern is occupied by us and Zürich has just fallen, too.
That's it. Not even a month and Switzerland is now ours.
Meanwhile, all upgrades have been finished, we now only have infantry '43 in the fields.
Now, let's see what we have ready to fight Germany...
Regrettably, we only have 2 proper fleets. And no Brits on our side to secure control of the seas for us. We'll have to do without a proper navy, I fear.
According to our intelligence, this is Germany's navy:
Here's an overview of our and our allies' forces:
Russia has a massive number of infantry, but they're spread out all over their huge country. It might take a while, before they have all forces needed together. Things will get really interesting if Austria and her allies join on their side and the old Central Powers fight together again.
You will find out in the next update, when La grande Guerre no. 2 finally kicks off.
de Walle said:Oh man I love your AAR
Vivé la France!
Thank you, I am glad you like it
Interesting plan, that might be too much for the AI to handle though.
Too much of a cake walk I mean.
Anyways, How did Turkestan get into your alliance.
Too much of a cake walk I mean.
Anyways, How did Turkestan get into your alliance.
Maj. von Mauser said:
Hi,
see my post when Soviet Russia was couped into my alliance. I explained how Turkestan joined our alliance in that post.
Regarding your concerns: The plan didn't work out too well, the Germans were smarter than I thought (had lots of troops in their lands, not all close to the borders). But you will see that tomorrow or on Monday
I'm playing one game with the Commune of France (as to get a hang of Kaiserreich and not screw up my AAR), and I've gotten myself into an arms-race with Germany which just sees more and more piles of troops on the borders. My strategy would be a sharp jab into Belgium, once you pass Ghent theres their two VPs and no fortresses at all. From Belgium you can turn the German flank rather easily. Your strategy is quite good also, although I must note that if you descend from Belgium onto the Rhine, you cut a lot of resource-heavy provinces from Germany. I also found that a released Syndicalist Spain provides a lot of infantry for the meatgrinder.
However, the Franco-German standoff has lasted well into 1945, so it could be quite some tough going (although I did carve up the Balkans however I wanted). My lack of a powerful air force is worrying, but then again, your lack of armour is too. Do you plan to make up for it with the massive airpower?
However, the Franco-German standoff has lasted well into 1945, so it could be quite some tough going (although I did carve up the Balkans however I wanted). My lack of a powerful air force is worrying, but then again, your lack of armour is too. Do you plan to make up for it with the massive airpower?
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What!? How does Russia already have such an enormous army? They havent even conquered any of their old realms, have they? I played Russia in KR once and they start with a couple dozen infantry and 80 IC.
Crazy.
Crazy.
Hehe, Paris has never been defended for a while except in 1871. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Which didn't go as planned.
Uh, no Rhein front?
To Swaben?
Which didn't go as planned.
Uh, no Rhein front?
To Swaben?
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy."
- John Adams
It was a nice day on 12 March 1943, the first shafts sunlight hit the ground, spring has arrived.
It is time to regulate with force, what diplomacy had failed to achieve.
We are in the great position of being the aggressor, consequently, we have a surprise effect which helps us greatly. At first, we set up our fleets and air forces to patrol/attack.
Our fleet in Gibraltar will go on combat patrol between the Channel of Gibraltar and through the Mediterranean to make sure, no German fleets are anchoring there and might possibly land in Marseille. Schlachtschiffflotte will patrol the English channel.
France's naval bombers will patrol both the English channel and the Mediterranean.
At the same time, all air force squadrons were given objectives. On March 12, 8:00 am our aircraft forces take off and fly towards Germany.
Germany is using the same strategy. Our fleet immeditately is under attack by German plances.
One day later, March 13, we start our first attack on Freiburg.
We leave the battle victoriously. The German don't give up, but all attacks by them are successfully defended.
Though successful, we have to bemoan heavy casualties during the first days of war.
Fresh troops are on their way for reinforcement. Zürich will be our deployment point for most newly built units. From there they can quickly enter the battlefield.
Our Naval bombers discover Dönitz' fleet in the English channel.
This is Europe after 6 days of war. France broke through the defense lines in Southern Germany, via
Switzerland. Russia has not advanced a lot, they're still in the process of organizing their enormous military power. Still, they already have the superiority over the German-Russian border.
By the way, no-one has joined the war on Germany's side. Austria is sleeping, so are Canada and the United States.
We're proceeding to Stuttgart and capturing an important German airbase.
The Brits want to enjoy the advantages our belief comprehends for everyone, but decide not to fight for it. They remain neutral.
Stuttgart is now French. We decide to occupy Mulhouse now, to decrease the size of our defensive line. Our troops in Zürich now longer need to defend the province and could move East into Bayern.
We didn't expect the German troops to be all over their center, we have to change our strategy a bit. We will create another encirclement in Bayern (South East Germany) and build smaller ones on the Western front until we reach Flandern.
A quick view on the Eastern front.
On 20 March we lost a huge sea battle to the superior German navy. Fortunately, they only sank a few Destroyers.
French-Africa is completely defenseless and is overrun by German troops. France has no interest in Africa yet, the Germans can have it.
On 30 March, we try to progress further into German lands. The goal is to capture Frankfurt a.M. and close the first encirclement.
- John Adams
It was a nice day on 12 March 1943, the first shafts sunlight hit the ground, spring has arrived.
It is time to regulate with force, what diplomacy had failed to achieve.
We are in the great position of being the aggressor, consequently, we have a surprise effect which helps us greatly. At first, we set up our fleets and air forces to patrol/attack.
Our fleet in Gibraltar will go on combat patrol between the Channel of Gibraltar and through the Mediterranean to make sure, no German fleets are anchoring there and might possibly land in Marseille. Schlachtschiffflotte will patrol the English channel.
France's naval bombers will patrol both the English channel and the Mediterranean.
At the same time, all air force squadrons were given objectives. On March 12, 8:00 am our aircraft forces take off and fly towards Germany.
Germany is using the same strategy. Our fleet immeditately is under attack by German plances.
One day later, March 13, we start our first attack on Freiburg.
We leave the battle victoriously. The German don't give up, but all attacks by them are successfully defended.
Though successful, we have to bemoan heavy casualties during the first days of war.
Fresh troops are on their way for reinforcement. Zürich will be our deployment point for most newly built units. From there they can quickly enter the battlefield.
Our Naval bombers discover Dönitz' fleet in the English channel.
This is Europe after 6 days of war. France broke through the defense lines in Southern Germany, via
Switzerland. Russia has not advanced a lot, they're still in the process of organizing their enormous military power. Still, they already have the superiority over the German-Russian border.
By the way, no-one has joined the war on Germany's side. Austria is sleeping, so are Canada and the United States.
We're proceeding to Stuttgart and capturing an important German airbase.
The Brits want to enjoy the advantages our belief comprehends for everyone, but decide not to fight for it. They remain neutral.
Stuttgart is now French. We decide to occupy Mulhouse now, to decrease the size of our defensive line. Our troops in Zürich now longer need to defend the province and could move East into Bayern.
We didn't expect the German troops to be all over their center, we have to change our strategy a bit. We will create another encirclement in Bayern (South East Germany) and build smaller ones on the Western front until we reach Flandern.
A quick view on the Eastern front.
On 20 March we lost a huge sea battle to the superior German navy. Fortunately, they only sank a few Destroyers.
French-Africa is completely defenseless and is overrun by German troops. France has no interest in Africa yet, the Germans can have it.
On 30 March, we try to progress further into German lands. The goal is to capture Frankfurt a.M. and close the first encirclement.
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Saarbrücken is the next goal, which, by the way, has a strong French speaking minority.
Not much, but our naval forces gained a small success.
Mother Russia is now fighting on "German" territorities.
We gave up the strategic position of Frankfurt, to move our troops further to the West and also attack Nürnberg in the East.
17 April: The attack on the closed in German units in Bavaria is prepared. We safely hold Strasbourg, Saarbrücken and Stuttgart.
The Germany-France frontline, now deeply in German lands. Note our aircraft carrier fleet in Flanderish waters.
Big battle of Arlon. Our first big setback during this war. Our troops have to retreat and rest.
Meanwhile, the last German troops in Bayern are surrounded and become prisoners of war.
April 30: The second battle of Arlon is decided in France's favour.
Metz is surrounded and ready to be taken by French soldiers.
We soon will reach the Belgian border.
I tried to sign peace with Flandern-Wallonien. They rejected our offer.
Our progress actually came to a stop for a while. The Belgian provinces are well defended and our armies, more often than not, have to retreat from lost battles and reorganise/reinforce. This also slows down the progress in Germany, more soldiers are needed in Flandern.
Russia is progressing further into Germany, but they neglect the Ukranian border. Their troops even took a few Russian provinces temporarily.
The first German defense lines are under Syndicalist control on both fronts. France will now move forward to Flandern, once they are under control, Germany is on focus again.
It was actually a tough campaign to take Belgium. We had to suffer some losses and lost 3 huge battles, but in the end our huge overwhelming force overran the brave Belgians.
Took us another month before we could finally annex the Belgian territorities.
Two weeks later, French troops are in control of the Rheinland and Ruhrgebiet. Also Southern Germany is under French control.
Russia has finally woken up. The red colour is spreading all among former Russian provinces.
Germany's army hasn't lost too many divisions yet. However, with so many important provinces under our control, there is no way they can recover/reinforce.
Here are the dates of France's progress:
30 June: Hannover is captured.
1 July : Hamburg
2 July : Wilhelmshafen / Göttingen / Wolfsburg
3 July: Potsdam
4 July: Cottbus
This is what friends are for:
Germany's last reserve...from Poland:
At least their fleet still seems functional. Will it help them?
On 12 July Berlin is under French control. After 137 years, the tricolore can again be raised above the Reichstag.
"I'll be back!" - He was right.
Overview. It can't be too long before French and Russian troops meet somewhere in Prussia/Poland.
Not much, but our naval forces gained a small success.
Mother Russia is now fighting on "German" territorities.
We gave up the strategic position of Frankfurt, to move our troops further to the West and also attack Nürnberg in the East.
17 April: The attack on the closed in German units in Bavaria is prepared. We safely hold Strasbourg, Saarbrücken and Stuttgart.
The Germany-France frontline, now deeply in German lands. Note our aircraft carrier fleet in Flanderish waters.
Big battle of Arlon. Our first big setback during this war. Our troops have to retreat and rest.
Meanwhile, the last German troops in Bayern are surrounded and become prisoners of war.
April 30: The second battle of Arlon is decided in France's favour.
Metz is surrounded and ready to be taken by French soldiers.
We soon will reach the Belgian border.
I tried to sign peace with Flandern-Wallonien. They rejected our offer.
Our progress actually came to a stop for a while. The Belgian provinces are well defended and our armies, more often than not, have to retreat from lost battles and reorganise/reinforce. This also slows down the progress in Germany, more soldiers are needed in Flandern.
Russia is progressing further into Germany, but they neglect the Ukranian border. Their troops even took a few Russian provinces temporarily.
The first German defense lines are under Syndicalist control on both fronts. France will now move forward to Flandern, once they are under control, Germany is on focus again.
It was actually a tough campaign to take Belgium. We had to suffer some losses and lost 3 huge battles, but in the end our huge overwhelming force overran the brave Belgians.
Took us another month before we could finally annex the Belgian territorities.
Two weeks later, French troops are in control of the Rheinland and Ruhrgebiet. Also Southern Germany is under French control.
Russia has finally woken up. The red colour is spreading all among former Russian provinces.
Germany's army hasn't lost too many divisions yet. However, with so many important provinces under our control, there is no way they can recover/reinforce.
Here are the dates of France's progress:
30 June: Hannover is captured.
1 July : Hamburg
2 July : Wilhelmshafen / Göttingen / Wolfsburg
3 July: Potsdam
4 July: Cottbus
This is what friends are for:
Germany's last reserve...from Poland:
At least their fleet still seems functional. Will it help them?
On 12 July Berlin is under French control. After 137 years, the tricolore can again be raised above the Reichstag.
"I'll be back!" - He was right.
Overview. It can't be too long before French and Russian troops meet somewhere in Prussia/Poland.