El Pip said:Excellent news from the East, and glad to see people are keeping an eye on the Finns even as they gain independence. They are shifty breed and need watching!
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Having looked through pages of AAR threads in the Hoi2 forum I have to admit I haven’t been very good at updating this story during the last couple of months.
But now times are about to change! I have actually almost finished writing the last few updates of this AAR and I hope to get one of them posted today or tomorrow. I need to get some more pictures uploaded, but after I have finished that I will post the next update. There aren’t very many updates left, but I still hope you will enjoy the last few where we shall see the glorious Norwegian forces march forward to victory!
But now times are about to change! I have actually almost finished writing the last few updates of this AAR and I hope to get one of them posted today or tomorrow. I need to get some more pictures uploaded, but after I have finished that I will post the next update. There aren’t very many updates left, but I still hope you will enjoy the last few where we shall see the glorious Norwegian forces march forward to victory!
The Battle of Yakutsk, part I
While the war in the west had been won many months ago and the Allies were talking about how to create the new, post-war Europe the war continue east of the Ural Mountains. Leading the Allied campaigns were the American General Patton driving from the west with his army and from the east came the Far Eastern forces under the British Field Marshal Lord Slim. Between them the two had the last remaining Soviet forces trapped in Siberia. In Yakutsk the remaining leaders of the Soviet leadership were trapped and Field Marshal Zhukov, the commander of all Red Army forces and ruler of the Soviet Union after Josef Stalin’s capture by Norwegian commandos in Moscow, knew that his forces stood little chance against the Allied onslaught. As Allied Supreme Commander Montgomery stated to Winston Churchill on the 10th of June 1948 it was only question of time before the Soviet Union surrendered.
The situation in Siberia on the 10th of June 1948. Although the Soviet Union still controlled vast territorial areas most of it was uninhabitable and Allied High Command were confident that if they capture the last remaining cities in Siberia the Soviet Union would surrender.
The main goal for the Allies was the city of Yakutsk, de-facto capital of the Soviet Union after the fall of all cities west of the Ural Mountains. In Yakutsk the remaining Soviet leaders were hiding and this was also the places were the last remaining Red Army divisions were preparing to make their final stand against the Allied armies. Slim’s forces marching from China stood little chance of reaching the city before Patton captured it so to avoid quarrelling between the two commanders General Ruge, Montgomery’s second in command, flew to Siberia on the 14th of June to talk to the two Allied commanders and give Patton the command of the Yakutsk operation. Still to avoid the British feeling left out it was decided that the division spearheading the attack would not be American, but instead it would be the British 7th Armoured Division that were supposed to be the first Allied troops to enter Yakutsk.
Not wanting to take any chances, and although his Intelligence units told him that the Soviet had only 6 divisions around the city, Patton was not one to take any chances so his main attack would be carried out using 15 divisions, 5 of these were armoured divisions, with another 10 divisions supporting each of his flanks as well as about 1000 airplanes supporting the attack.
Patton overseeing the construction of mobile bridges being constructed to allow his forces to cross the Lena River. The city of Yakutsk is situated on the eastern banks of the Lena River
Hoping to end the war before August Montgomery was urged by Churchill and Nygaardsvold to force Patton to begin his attack as soon as possible. Used to Churchill’s lack of patience Montgomery didn’t take much notices of the two Prime Ministers and told both men that Patton needed the time to make sure everything went well. As Montgomery told the two men: ”What you need to remember Prime Ministers is that this might be the last operation of the entire war; we don’t want to do any mistakes now do we? Patton needs his time, or else you gentlemen might jeopardize the entire operation.”
Even though he defended Patton against the politicians Montgomery was also starting to lose his patience after Ruge reported that Patton was ready on the 17th of June and one week passed without any battle commencing. Still as long as Ruge defended Patton and told Montgomery that the time and the weather were extremely important, Montgomery agreed to wait.
On the 29th of June the day had arrived. Patton sent a signal to Moscow and from there it was transmitted to the Allied capitals around the war: ”Now the time has arrived, we begin the final march to victory!”
For the Soviets inside of Yakutsk and around the city the night between the 28th and the 29th of June had felt like being in hell. The Allied bomber planes and the Allied artillery had bombed and shelled the city and the Red Army lines the entire night. For the Soviets it was impossible to sleep, and most of the common soldiers only longed for the bombardment to end. But as they would soon discovered the ending of the bombardment wouldn’t mean a rest for the ragged and tired Soviet soldiers, instead it meant that Patton gave the signal for general advance. It was hoped by Allied High Command that the next few days would be the last few days of the Soviet Union.
While the war in the west had been won many months ago and the Allies were talking about how to create the new, post-war Europe the war continue east of the Ural Mountains. Leading the Allied campaigns were the American General Patton driving from the west with his army and from the east came the Far Eastern forces under the British Field Marshal Lord Slim. Between them the two had the last remaining Soviet forces trapped in Siberia. In Yakutsk the remaining leaders of the Soviet leadership were trapped and Field Marshal Zhukov, the commander of all Red Army forces and ruler of the Soviet Union after Josef Stalin’s capture by Norwegian commandos in Moscow, knew that his forces stood little chance against the Allied onslaught. As Allied Supreme Commander Montgomery stated to Winston Churchill on the 10th of June 1948 it was only question of time before the Soviet Union surrendered.
The situation in Siberia on the 10th of June 1948. Although the Soviet Union still controlled vast territorial areas most of it was uninhabitable and Allied High Command were confident that if they capture the last remaining cities in Siberia the Soviet Union would surrender.
The main goal for the Allies was the city of Yakutsk, de-facto capital of the Soviet Union after the fall of all cities west of the Ural Mountains. In Yakutsk the remaining Soviet leaders were hiding and this was also the places were the last remaining Red Army divisions were preparing to make their final stand against the Allied armies. Slim’s forces marching from China stood little chance of reaching the city before Patton captured it so to avoid quarrelling between the two commanders General Ruge, Montgomery’s second in command, flew to Siberia on the 14th of June to talk to the two Allied commanders and give Patton the command of the Yakutsk operation. Still to avoid the British feeling left out it was decided that the division spearheading the attack would not be American, but instead it would be the British 7th Armoured Division that were supposed to be the first Allied troops to enter Yakutsk.
Not wanting to take any chances, and although his Intelligence units told him that the Soviet had only 6 divisions around the city, Patton was not one to take any chances so his main attack would be carried out using 15 divisions, 5 of these were armoured divisions, with another 10 divisions supporting each of his flanks as well as about 1000 airplanes supporting the attack.
Patton overseeing the construction of mobile bridges being constructed to allow his forces to cross the Lena River. The city of Yakutsk is situated on the eastern banks of the Lena River
Hoping to end the war before August Montgomery was urged by Churchill and Nygaardsvold to force Patton to begin his attack as soon as possible. Used to Churchill’s lack of patience Montgomery didn’t take much notices of the two Prime Ministers and told both men that Patton needed the time to make sure everything went well. As Montgomery told the two men: ”What you need to remember Prime Ministers is that this might be the last operation of the entire war; we don’t want to do any mistakes now do we? Patton needs his time, or else you gentlemen might jeopardize the entire operation.”
Even though he defended Patton against the politicians Montgomery was also starting to lose his patience after Ruge reported that Patton was ready on the 17th of June and one week passed without any battle commencing. Still as long as Ruge defended Patton and told Montgomery that the time and the weather were extremely important, Montgomery agreed to wait.
On the 29th of June the day had arrived. Patton sent a signal to Moscow and from there it was transmitted to the Allied capitals around the war: ”Now the time has arrived, we begin the final march to victory!”
For the Soviets inside of Yakutsk and around the city the night between the 28th and the 29th of June had felt like being in hell. The Allied bomber planes and the Allied artillery had bombed and shelled the city and the Red Army lines the entire night. For the Soviets it was impossible to sleep, and most of the common soldiers only longed for the bombardment to end. But as they would soon discovered the ending of the bombardment wouldn’t mean a rest for the ragged and tired Soviet soldiers, instead it meant that Patton gave the signal for general advance. It was hoped by Allied High Command that the next few days would be the last few days of the Soviet Union.
The Battle of Yakutsk, part II
The bombardment that the Soviet forces had suffered had left few Red Army soldiers left who were able to fight. Most of the Red Army soldiers were shell shocked or deaf, and most of the remaining Soviet soldiers left their lines when they saw the Allied armoured tanks from the British 7th Armoured Divisions approaching.
Still the terror from above wasn’t over for the soldiers of the Red Army. Only one hour had passed since the last Allied bomber left the ruins of Yakutsk behind when the Red Army soldiers once more heard airplanes approaching, but what they didn’t know was that this time it wasn’t bombers, but something very else.
Unknown to Zhukov and the Soviet leadership the Allies had been experimenting with airborne soldiers for the last two years. These soldiers were especially trained to jump out of airplanes in a parachute or land on the ground using glider planes and then at once engage the enemy. It was thought that these attacks from above would take the enemy by surprise and create much chaos. For this final great push against the Red Army Montgomery had at last agreed to Norwegian General Fleischer’s demands that the 1st Norwegian Airborne Divisions to allow to participate in the attack, and not just as ground troops, Fleischer had been labouring for a full scale airborne attack for months. Having managed to convince General Ruge, Montgomery’s second in command, and General Patton who were commanding the Yakutsk attack in the end also Montgomery gave the all clear. Airborne soldiers would be used for the first time in the attack on Yakutsk. Montgomery had only demanded one thing from the Norwegians, that they captured Zhukov alive.
General Carl Gustav Fleischer was the man in command of the 1st Norwegian Airborne, and he was also the man who convinced the High Command that the airborne soldiers should be used in the attack on Yakutsk
Unknown to the Red Army soldiers the large armada of airplanes that they saw approaching was not bombers and would therefore not mean death at once instead the shocked Soviet soldiers and leadership could only watch in awe as they saw men starting to jump out from the airplanes. The Norwegians also used several glider planes and only 15 minutes after the airborne attack had begun the divisional command center had been set up in what used to be a hotel in the outskirts of the city center. When Fleischer walked into what had once been the bridal suite he smiled to his officers and said: ”Gentlemen, I must compliment you on a job well done, everything has been carried out very nicely. I am damned proud of you all, and I know this. Today we are creating history. One way or another people will always remember the day airborne warfare made its mark on the history of the world! ”
Soldiers from the 1st Norwegian Airborne carrying out combat jumps in the skies over the city of Yakutsk in the early hours of the 29th of June 1948
While the Norwegian airborne soldiers were trying to take command of the city center, the British 7th armoured division was spearheading the ground troops and their attack on the city.
The division was quick to break through the first line of defence, considering most of the Red Army troops were shell-shocked and few had any fighting spirit left the British broke through after a short engagement with a couple of Soviet barricades on the outskirts of the city. The worst problem for Patton’s forces in the first hours of the attack was not the enemy, but the logistics. The hastily constructed bridges across the River Lena wasn’t able to carried all the armoured tanks, all the trucks, motorized vehicles and soldiers that Patton insisted on sending across the River Lena at once. So instead of attacking on a wide front utilizing his great advantage in manpower Patton was forced to alter his plan. Instead of the wide front the Allied forces would attack on a narrow front at first and then as the advance increase in forces and speed the front would be widened. This looked to be working very well for the first couple of hours of the attack, but then as the French 23rd motorized regiment was about to cross one of the bridges disaster struck. The Soviets utilizing one of their few remaining artillery pieces managed a lucky shot that landed on the middle of the bridge blowing it to pieces. In seconds the Lena River was filled with dead soldiers, soldiers swimming for their life and several vehicles who were sinking to the bottom of the river. Understanding the great danger this meant to the attack the French Colonel in command of the 23rd motorized quickly made sure the bridge was secured, jumping into the water himself to try to help and rescue his men while the French officers made a heroic effort to reroute forces in line waiting to cross the bridge while at the same time the French engineers swam into the water to do their best to repair the bridge. Although the bombing killed 30 French soldiers, the remaining French soldiers who had been on the bridge was help ashore by their fellow soldiers and when he heard that the French engineers had managed to fix the bridge in one and a half hour Patton remarked that he had now got a new respect for the French Army and its 23rd Motorized Corps.
The explosion destroyed a large section of one of the bridges that the Allies had built to cross the River Lena and attack Yakutsk
French engineers jumped into the river to repair the bridge. They managed to repair it in 90 minutes all the time under constant fire from the Red Army. For this the French 23rd Motorized won Patton’s admiration and several medals
Even though the explosion left Patton with only two of his three bridges for one of the most crucial hours of the attack the Allied forces just continued moving forward. The British 7th Armoured, spearheading the attack, had faced stronger resistance when they move into the city, but as more and more Allied forces reached the banks of the River Lean and could move into the city the sheer number of Allied forces made it impossible for the Soviets to defend all the roads into the city and after fighting had continued for most of the day and the night in the very early hours of the 30rd of June 1948 the British 7th Armoured linked up with the airborne soldiers from the Norwegian 1st Airborne Division. The 1st Airborne had managed to secure most of the city center during the 29th of June, but in the area around the city hall where the Soviet leadership were making their final stand the Norwegians had become pinned down under constant fire. Some of the Norwegians even claimed they had seen Zhukov himself take part in the defence of the city hall.
Still Fleischer was determined not to fail and to capture his main objective the city hall, so during the darkest hours of the night he had sent one of his companies through enemy lines so that when they first light struck they were supposed to be on the other side of the city hall. Fleischer’s plan had been to launch a all-out attack from the front and then to have the company attack from the rear and capture the building while the Soviets were focused on the front. Now that the 7th Armoured had arrive the main ideas of the plan was kept, but 7th Armoured commander General Sir John Tredinnick Crocker, the hero from the Italian campaign, was not a man who allowed other people to fight the war for him. So the first thing he insisted upon when he faced Fleischer was that the 7th Armoured be allowed to participate in the finale push to the city hall. Fleischer having feared that many of his men would be killed in the attack were only happy to work with the British and Crocker. The two men had worked together several times during the final stages of the campaign in Germany and they knew each other well something that made co-operation much easier. Still the two generals didn’t want to rush things and instead of launching the attack on the city hall at once they waited and gave the Soviets a chance to surrender. When the offer was turned down something that had been expected, the final details of the plan were finished. On the early hours of the 1st of July the Allies would attack the city hall and hopefully capture the remaining men of the Soviet leadership alive.
The bombardment that the Soviet forces had suffered had left few Red Army soldiers left who were able to fight. Most of the Red Army soldiers were shell shocked or deaf, and most of the remaining Soviet soldiers left their lines when they saw the Allied armoured tanks from the British 7th Armoured Divisions approaching.
Still the terror from above wasn’t over for the soldiers of the Red Army. Only one hour had passed since the last Allied bomber left the ruins of Yakutsk behind when the Red Army soldiers once more heard airplanes approaching, but what they didn’t know was that this time it wasn’t bombers, but something very else.
Unknown to Zhukov and the Soviet leadership the Allies had been experimenting with airborne soldiers for the last two years. These soldiers were especially trained to jump out of airplanes in a parachute or land on the ground using glider planes and then at once engage the enemy. It was thought that these attacks from above would take the enemy by surprise and create much chaos. For this final great push against the Red Army Montgomery had at last agreed to Norwegian General Fleischer’s demands that the 1st Norwegian Airborne Divisions to allow to participate in the attack, and not just as ground troops, Fleischer had been labouring for a full scale airborne attack for months. Having managed to convince General Ruge, Montgomery’s second in command, and General Patton who were commanding the Yakutsk attack in the end also Montgomery gave the all clear. Airborne soldiers would be used for the first time in the attack on Yakutsk. Montgomery had only demanded one thing from the Norwegians, that they captured Zhukov alive.
General Carl Gustav Fleischer was the man in command of the 1st Norwegian Airborne, and he was also the man who convinced the High Command that the airborne soldiers should be used in the attack on Yakutsk
Unknown to the Red Army soldiers the large armada of airplanes that they saw approaching was not bombers and would therefore not mean death at once instead the shocked Soviet soldiers and leadership could only watch in awe as they saw men starting to jump out from the airplanes. The Norwegians also used several glider planes and only 15 minutes after the airborne attack had begun the divisional command center had been set up in what used to be a hotel in the outskirts of the city center. When Fleischer walked into what had once been the bridal suite he smiled to his officers and said: ”Gentlemen, I must compliment you on a job well done, everything has been carried out very nicely. I am damned proud of you all, and I know this. Today we are creating history. One way or another people will always remember the day airborne warfare made its mark on the history of the world! ”
Soldiers from the 1st Norwegian Airborne carrying out combat jumps in the skies over the city of Yakutsk in the early hours of the 29th of June 1948
While the Norwegian airborne soldiers were trying to take command of the city center, the British 7th armoured division was spearheading the ground troops and their attack on the city.
The division was quick to break through the first line of defence, considering most of the Red Army troops were shell-shocked and few had any fighting spirit left the British broke through after a short engagement with a couple of Soviet barricades on the outskirts of the city. The worst problem for Patton’s forces in the first hours of the attack was not the enemy, but the logistics. The hastily constructed bridges across the River Lena wasn’t able to carried all the armoured tanks, all the trucks, motorized vehicles and soldiers that Patton insisted on sending across the River Lena at once. So instead of attacking on a wide front utilizing his great advantage in manpower Patton was forced to alter his plan. Instead of the wide front the Allied forces would attack on a narrow front at first and then as the advance increase in forces and speed the front would be widened. This looked to be working very well for the first couple of hours of the attack, but then as the French 23rd motorized regiment was about to cross one of the bridges disaster struck. The Soviets utilizing one of their few remaining artillery pieces managed a lucky shot that landed on the middle of the bridge blowing it to pieces. In seconds the Lena River was filled with dead soldiers, soldiers swimming for their life and several vehicles who were sinking to the bottom of the river. Understanding the great danger this meant to the attack the French Colonel in command of the 23rd motorized quickly made sure the bridge was secured, jumping into the water himself to try to help and rescue his men while the French officers made a heroic effort to reroute forces in line waiting to cross the bridge while at the same time the French engineers swam into the water to do their best to repair the bridge. Although the bombing killed 30 French soldiers, the remaining French soldiers who had been on the bridge was help ashore by their fellow soldiers and when he heard that the French engineers had managed to fix the bridge in one and a half hour Patton remarked that he had now got a new respect for the French Army and its 23rd Motorized Corps.
The explosion destroyed a large section of one of the bridges that the Allies had built to cross the River Lena and attack Yakutsk
French engineers jumped into the river to repair the bridge. They managed to repair it in 90 minutes all the time under constant fire from the Red Army. For this the French 23rd Motorized won Patton’s admiration and several medals
Even though the explosion left Patton with only two of his three bridges for one of the most crucial hours of the attack the Allied forces just continued moving forward. The British 7th Armoured, spearheading the attack, had faced stronger resistance when they move into the city, but as more and more Allied forces reached the banks of the River Lean and could move into the city the sheer number of Allied forces made it impossible for the Soviets to defend all the roads into the city and after fighting had continued for most of the day and the night in the very early hours of the 30rd of June 1948 the British 7th Armoured linked up with the airborne soldiers from the Norwegian 1st Airborne Division. The 1st Airborne had managed to secure most of the city center during the 29th of June, but in the area around the city hall where the Soviet leadership were making their final stand the Norwegians had become pinned down under constant fire. Some of the Norwegians even claimed they had seen Zhukov himself take part in the defence of the city hall.
Still Fleischer was determined not to fail and to capture his main objective the city hall, so during the darkest hours of the night he had sent one of his companies through enemy lines so that when they first light struck they were supposed to be on the other side of the city hall. Fleischer’s plan had been to launch a all-out attack from the front and then to have the company attack from the rear and capture the building while the Soviets were focused on the front. Now that the 7th Armoured had arrive the main ideas of the plan was kept, but 7th Armoured commander General Sir John Tredinnick Crocker, the hero from the Italian campaign, was not a man who allowed other people to fight the war for him. So the first thing he insisted upon when he faced Fleischer was that the 7th Armoured be allowed to participate in the finale push to the city hall. Fleischer having feared that many of his men would be killed in the attack were only happy to work with the British and Crocker. The two men had worked together several times during the final stages of the campaign in Germany and they knew each other well something that made co-operation much easier. Still the two generals didn’t want to rush things and instead of launching the attack on the city hall at once they waited and gave the Soviets a chance to surrender. When the offer was turned down something that had been expected, the final details of the plan were finished. On the early hours of the 1st of July the Allies would attack the city hall and hopefully capture the remaining men of the Soviet leadership alive.
The final dramatic battle approaches (possibly). Last stand in the Soviet Far East, I suppose having come this far Zhukov and his comrades might as well fight to the last man, things would not go well for them if they tried to surrender.
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Murmurandus Thanks
GhostWriter Well you know how these general can be, complaing about everything and wanting to grab all teh glory for tehmselves, still as you say tyeh men have certainyl derserved it
El Pip hehe yes it is walsys good to keep a watchful eye on the Finnish people, also the war in the east is indeed going very well…
trekaddict That is correct
trekaddict II Yes, using forces from all sides is certianyl a very cool way to win a battle…
El Pip II Yes, the final battle is soon about to to be fought. On one side I think the Soviet will fight hard, but on the other side I think Zhukov is a more realist than some of the other Soviets, so he might surrender afterall you shall see very soon…
Murmurandus Thanks
GhostWriter Well you know how these general can be, complaing about everything and wanting to grab all teh glory for tehmselves, still as you say tyeh men have certainyl derserved it
El Pip hehe yes it is walsys good to keep a watchful eye on the Finnish people, also the war in the east is indeed going very well…
trekaddict That is correct
trekaddict II Yes, using forces from all sides is certianyl a very cool way to win a battle…
El Pip II Yes, the final battle is soon about to to be fought. On one side I think the Soviet will fight hard, but on the other side I think Zhukov is a more realist than some of the other Soviets, so he might surrender afterall
you shall see very soon…
The Battle of Yakutsk, part III
The final attack of the war was launched in the early hours of the 1st of July 1948. Generals Fleischer, commanding the Norwegian paratroopers and Crocker, commanding the British 7th armoured would be the two main commanders on the Allied side. On the Soviet side Soviet leader and Field Marshal Zhukov himself commanded the few Red Army companies still in fighting shape.
Fleischer had decided that he wanted to carry out an attack from two-sides and had therefore despatched one of his companies to move silently around the town hall so that the soldiers could attack the Red army forces in the rear without the Soviets knowing of their presence before the attack began. With the arrival of the armoured forces Fleischer also had the possibility to carry out the attack with fewer losses on the Norwegian side. Crocker and Fleischer had worked together before and both generals worked well with each other. This had made it possible for the two to agree on a joint attack. So the paratroopers would not just be launching an attack form two-sides, they would also get armoured support.
As Fleecier signalled for the attack to begin, he was hoping that the forces he had dispatched to the rear of the town hall had arrived as planned. Fleischer had suffered from communication problems during the entire operation, and since he dispatched the company he had had no contact with his soldiers. But Fleischer knew that the captain commanding the company was a very experienced veteran and therefore he felt secure that one way or other his soldiers would be able to carry out the attack as good as possible. In reality the company had arrived in their positions already three hours before the attack began, and now they were sitting still and waiting for the frontal assault to be launched.
Norwegian paratroopers fighting in Yakutsk on the 1st of July 1948
As the Norwegian paratroopers moved forward towards the town hall the Soviet forces inside opened fire with all they had, this was what Crocker was waiting for. As soon as his tankers could spot the Soviet soldiers firing they could get their tank guns into position and just minutes after the Soviets had opened fire the British opened fire with their tanks. For the Soviet defenders this was not what they had expected as shells rained through the town hall building the Soviets started to suffer casualties, and soon the Red Army soldiers became more interested hiding from the tank guns than trying to stop the paratroopers. This made it possible for the Norwegians to cross the open square in front of the town hall with few casualties. As soon as they reached the other end of the square the Norwegians soldiers started tossing hand grenades in through the windows and doors and all the holes that had been created by the shells fired from the tanks. The same moment the British tanks moved into the square, firing their guns and continuing the shelling of the building.
As the company on the rear could hear the fighting increase in front of the town hall, they moved slowly and silently forward, reaching the an open, unguarded window at the rear of the building, and they managed to climb inside unseen by the defenders. This was not to last for long though. As the moved into the next room, they were faced with a prepared Soviet position and a furious gunfight began.
Outside on the front of the building the British armoured tanks had managed to remove all the barricades the Soviets had created and had now driven almost to the main entrance. While the tanks kept the Soviet defenders occupied, the Norwegian paratroopers were moving quickly into the building through windows, doors and holes in the wall. Moving quickly the Norwegians found that most of the first line Soviet defenders had been killed or had already run away, the Norwegians faced little hesitance as they managed to set up a command post in the main hall. Feeling that he was gaining the momentum Fleischer quickly dispatched companies around the building to take command of as much of the building as possible while the Soviet defenders were still shell-shocked and with little will to fight.
Norwegian soldiers manning a machine gun during the fighting outside the Yakutsk town hall
As the Norwegians gained control over more and more rooms, Fleischer was at long last able to link up with his company that had been attacking the building from the rear. Having been pinned down for a long time by a strong Soviet position, the Norwegians were only able to move forward again when they linked up with forces coming from the front and attacking the Soviet position on the side were it had few defences.
Fleischer now had the increasing problem with what to do with all the surrendered Soviet soldiers. As the Norwegians moved forward more and more Red Army troops surrender instead of fighting. But there were also some who fought to their death, and increasingly angered by the mounting casualties. Fleischer asked Crocker to use his tanks and send a barrage into the second floor of the town hall. Crocker was sceptical because he feared it might hit the Norwegian soldiers, but Fleischer stated that the risk was acceptable and as such the british armoured started firing a 15 minutes long barrage on the second floor. When the Norwegians moved forward again after the shelling had ended, they found few men alive and were quickly able to secure the second floor with few casualties. But Zhukov was nowhere to be found. Fearing that he had lost the Soviet leadership Fleischer wanted to have the Allied air forces to destroy the building totally, but then suddenly one of the Norwegian soldiers found a hidden door leading down to the basement.
In the basement there had been prepared several defensive position, but the Soviet forces had few defenders left and the Norwegian forces quickly overwhelmed the first defensive line. But then Zhukov launched his final attack. Having kept a strong reserve of NKVD Commissars, Zhukov now sent them forward. Taken back by the attack, the Norwegians were forced to flee for safety and leave the basement. Fleischer was furious and instead of staying behind as he should as divisional commander, he leap into the battle commanding a strong attack countering the NKVD forces. As the Soviet forces slowly started to give way, Fleischer sent forward more and more troops and at last after having fought in the basement for 36 hours the Norwegians forces broke through and the last few Soviet defenders surrendered.
The Allied bombing and shelling of Yakutsk had left few buildings still standing, and after the battle most of the city were in ruins
Stepping forward Field Marshal Zhukov, the last leader of the Soviet Union, was pale in the face and a small wound in his right shoulder, surrendered the city of Yakutsk. The battle had succeed and the Allied soldiers now control the last important city of the Soviet Union, and soon Allied Supreme Commander Montgomery was able to tell the world leaders that the Allies control all of the Soviet Union.
The final attack of the war was launched in the early hours of the 1st of July 1948. Generals Fleischer, commanding the Norwegian paratroopers and Crocker, commanding the British 7th armoured would be the two main commanders on the Allied side. On the Soviet side Soviet leader and Field Marshal Zhukov himself commanded the few Red Army companies still in fighting shape.
Fleischer had decided that he wanted to carry out an attack from two-sides and had therefore despatched one of his companies to move silently around the town hall so that the soldiers could attack the Red army forces in the rear without the Soviets knowing of their presence before the attack began. With the arrival of the armoured forces Fleischer also had the possibility to carry out the attack with fewer losses on the Norwegian side. Crocker and Fleischer had worked together before and both generals worked well with each other. This had made it possible for the two to agree on a joint attack. So the paratroopers would not just be launching an attack form two-sides, they would also get armoured support.
As Fleecier signalled for the attack to begin, he was hoping that the forces he had dispatched to the rear of the town hall had arrived as planned. Fleischer had suffered from communication problems during the entire operation, and since he dispatched the company he had had no contact with his soldiers. But Fleischer knew that the captain commanding the company was a very experienced veteran and therefore he felt secure that one way or other his soldiers would be able to carry out the attack as good as possible. In reality the company had arrived in their positions already three hours before the attack began, and now they were sitting still and waiting for the frontal assault to be launched.
Norwegian paratroopers fighting in Yakutsk on the 1st of July 1948
As the Norwegian paratroopers moved forward towards the town hall the Soviet forces inside opened fire with all they had, this was what Crocker was waiting for. As soon as his tankers could spot the Soviet soldiers firing they could get their tank guns into position and just minutes after the Soviets had opened fire the British opened fire with their tanks. For the Soviet defenders this was not what they had expected as shells rained through the town hall building the Soviets started to suffer casualties, and soon the Red Army soldiers became more interested hiding from the tank guns than trying to stop the paratroopers. This made it possible for the Norwegians to cross the open square in front of the town hall with few casualties. As soon as they reached the other end of the square the Norwegians soldiers started tossing hand grenades in through the windows and doors and all the holes that had been created by the shells fired from the tanks. The same moment the British tanks moved into the square, firing their guns and continuing the shelling of the building.
As the company on the rear could hear the fighting increase in front of the town hall, they moved slowly and silently forward, reaching the an open, unguarded window at the rear of the building, and they managed to climb inside unseen by the defenders. This was not to last for long though. As the moved into the next room, they were faced with a prepared Soviet position and a furious gunfight began.
Outside on the front of the building the British armoured tanks had managed to remove all the barricades the Soviets had created and had now driven almost to the main entrance. While the tanks kept the Soviet defenders occupied, the Norwegian paratroopers were moving quickly into the building through windows, doors and holes in the wall. Moving quickly the Norwegians found that most of the first line Soviet defenders had been killed or had already run away, the Norwegians faced little hesitance as they managed to set up a command post in the main hall. Feeling that he was gaining the momentum Fleischer quickly dispatched companies around the building to take command of as much of the building as possible while the Soviet defenders were still shell-shocked and with little will to fight.
Norwegian soldiers manning a machine gun during the fighting outside the Yakutsk town hall
As the Norwegians gained control over more and more rooms, Fleischer was at long last able to link up with his company that had been attacking the building from the rear. Having been pinned down for a long time by a strong Soviet position, the Norwegians were only able to move forward again when they linked up with forces coming from the front and attacking the Soviet position on the side were it had few defences.
Fleischer now had the increasing problem with what to do with all the surrendered Soviet soldiers. As the Norwegians moved forward more and more Red Army troops surrender instead of fighting. But there were also some who fought to their death, and increasingly angered by the mounting casualties. Fleischer asked Crocker to use his tanks and send a barrage into the second floor of the town hall. Crocker was sceptical because he feared it might hit the Norwegian soldiers, but Fleischer stated that the risk was acceptable and as such the british armoured started firing a 15 minutes long barrage on the second floor. When the Norwegians moved forward again after the shelling had ended, they found few men alive and were quickly able to secure the second floor with few casualties. But Zhukov was nowhere to be found. Fearing that he had lost the Soviet leadership Fleischer wanted to have the Allied air forces to destroy the building totally, but then suddenly one of the Norwegian soldiers found a hidden door leading down to the basement.
In the basement there had been prepared several defensive position, but the Soviet forces had few defenders left and the Norwegian forces quickly overwhelmed the first defensive line. But then Zhukov launched his final attack. Having kept a strong reserve of NKVD Commissars, Zhukov now sent them forward. Taken back by the attack, the Norwegians were forced to flee for safety and leave the basement. Fleischer was furious and instead of staying behind as he should as divisional commander, he leap into the battle commanding a strong attack countering the NKVD forces. As the Soviet forces slowly started to give way, Fleischer sent forward more and more troops and at last after having fought in the basement for 36 hours the Norwegians forces broke through and the last few Soviet defenders surrendered.
The Allied bombing and shelling of Yakutsk had left few buildings still standing, and after the battle most of the city were in ruins
Stepping forward Field Marshal Zhukov, the last leader of the Soviet Union, was pale in the face and a small wound in his right shoulder, surrendered the city of Yakutsk. The battle had succeed and the Allied soldiers now control the last important city of the Soviet Union, and soon Allied Supreme Commander Montgomery was able to tell the world leaders that the Allies control all of the Soviet Union.
Woot, despite a final slash of her claws the bear has been defeated. Excellent work sir.
El Pip Thank you. The Bear did its best, but in the end it really didn’t stand a chance against the might of the Allies and the especially the Norwegian army!
Colonel Bran It certainly will, this world will hardly have the possibility for a real Cold War and there are few nations that can hope to stand against the Allies. But then again the Allies might find themselves a little bit overstretched, but as for now I have only one update left in this story. In time I might do an epilogue, but for now I think it is about time to post the final chapter in this long and great story
All I have one update left for this story. As I said above in time I might do an epilogue, but for now I think is it is about time I get the last chapter of this story posted. It is about time victory is declared!
I would like to use this moment to say thank you very much to everyone who have been followed, reading and commenting on this story. It has been a long and winding road, but in the end victory has been secured and the game has ended. I certainly didn’t dream about this ending when I started this game, but as the game developed it changed history And in the end I think world peace was the best possibly ending for Norway: D
Thank you very much everyone!
Colonel Bran It certainly will, this world will hardly have the possibility for a real Cold War and there are few nations that can hope to stand against the Allies. But then again the Allies might find themselves a little bit overstretched, but as for now I have only one update left in this story. In time I might do an epilogue, but for now I think it is about time to post the final chapter in this long and great story
All I have one update left for this story. As I said above in time I might do an epilogue, but for now I think is it is about time I get the last chapter of this story posted. It is about time victory is declared!
I would like to use this moment to say thank you very much to everyone who have been followed, reading and commenting on this story. It has been a long and winding road, but in the end victory has been secured and the game has ended. I certainly didn’t dream about this ending when I started this game, but as the game developed it changed history
And in the end I think world peace was the best possibly ending for Norway: DThank you very much everyone!
VICTORY
After the last leader of the Soviet Union, Field Marshal Zhukov surrendered the city of Yakutsk on the 1st of July 1948 the world was once more at peace. The Allied armies occupied the Soviet Union, and no power in the world stood against the Allies. The end of the great wars of the 1940s had been secured. In 8 years the Allied forces had defeated the Germans and their allies, the Japanese Empire and the Soviet Union. And in July 1948 there was no power left in the world that stood in opposition to the Allied powers.
In Moscow the Norwegian General Otto Ruge, second in command of all Allied forces in Europe, was pleased to greet Prime Ministers Nygaardsvold, Churchill and President Truman on the 5th of July 1948. The Allied three had arrived to meet Zhukov and officially sign the Soviet surrender. Zhukov had the appearance of a defeated man, but the old Field Marshal also seemed like he was glad that his responsibilities had been removed from his shoulders. For everyone who saw Zhukov it became very apparent that the months at war had aged the Field Marshal.
Accompanying Field Marshal Zhukov to the conference in Moscow was also military representatives from all the Allied armies that had participated in the campaign against the Soviet Union. Allied Supreme Commander Duke Montgomery had travelled to Yakutsk personally to accept the surrender of Zhukov and now he was leading the delegation brining the Field Marshal back to the official surrender ceremony in Moscow. Together with Montgomery travelled the American General Eisenhower and the French representative was General de Gaulle, who through his political connections had managed to secure his nomination as the French delegation although the other Allied nations had been against his participation. General Ruge had stayed in Moscow to prepare the ceremony and therefore it was General Fleischer who was the Norwegian representative on the delegation who travelled with the prisoner.
Field Marshal Zhukov arriving in Moscow for the official surrender ceremony on the 5th of July 1948. Accompanying the Soviet leaders were military commanders from all the Allied nations who “guarded” the Field Marshal. Here we can see Allied Supreme Commander the Duke Montgomery, American General Eisenhower and the French General de Gaulle
As Allied military and political leaders arrived in Moscow on the early hours of teh 5th of July 1948 everything was ready. The city had been secured, and to avoid anything unforeseen happening General Ruge who were military governor of the city had posted the best Allied units all around the city, so that even if any die-hard communists were thinking of doing something, they wouldn’t have a chance. The city was so filled with Allied military forces that everything was silent and secured. The life for the people of Moscow had returned to normal and they had become used to the Allied control, for most people that meant that they had much better living conditions and most people saw teh Allied as liberators. But there had been some problems with die-hard communists and to avoid anything happening during the surrender ceremony Ruge had secured the entire city using Allied forces.
At noon at the Red Square Field Marshal Zhukov marched forward to greet the Allied leaders. Sitting in front were the Norwegian and British Prime Ministers and the American President. Together with them were the French, Czech and Austrian Presidents, the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Luxembourg, Greece, Turkey, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South-Africa, Panama, Brazil, Finland, Belgium and the Netherlands were also present. Together with these leaders were also the political leader of Germany, Italy, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and representatives from the Allied overseas territories including India, China, Japan and the Middle East. All in all there were political leaders from all over the world these proved the great strength of the Allies. They had forces and legitimacy from all around teh world and as President Truman remarked in his speech this was a great strength and an important asset for the victory that had been secured.
As Zhukov marched forward to the table in the middle of the square the event was broadcasted all around the world by Allied radio and just after half past twelve Zhukov signed the official surrender of the Soviet Union. The Allies had secured victory!
Zhukov signs the official surrender of the Soviet Union on the 5th of July 1948
NORWEGIAN AND ALLIED VICTORY HAS BEEN SECURED
THE END!
After the last leader of the Soviet Union, Field Marshal Zhukov surrendered the city of Yakutsk on the 1st of July 1948 the world was once more at peace. The Allied armies occupied the Soviet Union, and no power in the world stood against the Allies. The end of the great wars of the 1940s had been secured. In 8 years the Allied forces had defeated the Germans and their allies, the Japanese Empire and the Soviet Union. And in July 1948 there was no power left in the world that stood in opposition to the Allied powers.
In Moscow the Norwegian General Otto Ruge, second in command of all Allied forces in Europe, was pleased to greet Prime Ministers Nygaardsvold, Churchill and President Truman on the 5th of July 1948. The Allied three had arrived to meet Zhukov and officially sign the Soviet surrender. Zhukov had the appearance of a defeated man, but the old Field Marshal also seemed like he was glad that his responsibilities had been removed from his shoulders. For everyone who saw Zhukov it became very apparent that the months at war had aged the Field Marshal.
Accompanying Field Marshal Zhukov to the conference in Moscow was also military representatives from all the Allied armies that had participated in the campaign against the Soviet Union. Allied Supreme Commander Duke Montgomery had travelled to Yakutsk personally to accept the surrender of Zhukov and now he was leading the delegation brining the Field Marshal back to the official surrender ceremony in Moscow. Together with Montgomery travelled the American General Eisenhower and the French representative was General de Gaulle, who through his political connections had managed to secure his nomination as the French delegation although the other Allied nations had been against his participation. General Ruge had stayed in Moscow to prepare the ceremony and therefore it was General Fleischer who was the Norwegian representative on the delegation who travelled with the prisoner.
Field Marshal Zhukov arriving in Moscow for the official surrender ceremony on the 5th of July 1948. Accompanying the Soviet leaders were military commanders from all the Allied nations who “guarded” the Field Marshal. Here we can see Allied Supreme Commander the Duke Montgomery, American General Eisenhower and the French General de Gaulle
As Allied military and political leaders arrived in Moscow on the early hours of teh 5th of July 1948 everything was ready. The city had been secured, and to avoid anything unforeseen happening General Ruge who were military governor of the city had posted the best Allied units all around the city, so that even if any die-hard communists were thinking of doing something, they wouldn’t have a chance. The city was so filled with Allied military forces that everything was silent and secured. The life for the people of Moscow had returned to normal and they had become used to the Allied control, for most people that meant that they had much better living conditions and most people saw teh Allied as liberators. But there had been some problems with die-hard communists and to avoid anything happening during the surrender ceremony Ruge had secured the entire city using Allied forces.
At noon at the Red Square Field Marshal Zhukov marched forward to greet the Allied leaders. Sitting in front were the Norwegian and British Prime Ministers and the American President. Together with them were the French, Czech and Austrian Presidents, the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Luxembourg, Greece, Turkey, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South-Africa, Panama, Brazil, Finland, Belgium and the Netherlands were also present. Together with these leaders were also the political leader of Germany, Italy, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and representatives from the Allied overseas territories including India, China, Japan and the Middle East. All in all there were political leaders from all over the world these proved the great strength of the Allies. They had forces and legitimacy from all around teh world and as President Truman remarked in his speech this was a great strength and an important asset for the victory that had been secured.
As Zhukov marched forward to the table in the middle of the square the event was broadcasted all around the world by Allied radio and just after half past twelve Zhukov signed the official surrender of the Soviet Union. The Allies had secured victory!
Zhukov signs the official surrender of the Soviet Union on the 5th of July 1948
NORWEGIAN AND ALLIED VICTORY HAS BEEN SECURED
THE END!
Final victory at last. Good work on the victory and on finishing an AAR, both great achievements.
Congratulations on finishing this magnificent AAR.
Truly this has been one of my favorite reads in the forums (I especially liked the attempted assassination of Quisling).
Fine show, but now on to the epilogue ^^
Truly this has been one of my favorite reads in the forums (I especially liked the attempted assassination of Quisling).
Fine show, but now on to the epilogue ^^
And so the AAR has come to its end. It's been a great ride, congratulations on finishing it. One question: Would it be possible to get a short epilogue on the state of the world and the new world order after peace has been secured?
One question: Would it be possible to get a short epilogue on the state of the world and the new world order after peace has been secured?
Norwegians! Occpying siberia, SU ANNEXED BY NORWAY holy s***! this AAR was awesome
All it is nice to see that there are still someone reading this AAR although months has passed by since it was finished. I wish to say to everyone who has been reading and following the story: Thank you very much
As for those of you who wanted and epilogue I have to admit that I had forgotten about that, and at the moment we are entering exam period at the university so I don’t think I have to time to write very much, but maybe when the summer holidays arrive in June when I will have more spare time then I might be able to write a last few chapters, thinking about it it would be funny to see how this post-war world developed...
Zeldar1558 Thank you very much. It is jolly nice to see that people still read and enjoy the story. I can tell you this much, it was very funny to play the game and write the story as well
Deus Eversor Hehehe well I guess that is also one way to put it…
As for those of you who wanted and epilogue I have to admit that I had forgotten about that, and at the moment we are entering exam period at the university so I don’t think I have to time to write very much, but maybe when the summer holidays arrive in June when I will have more spare time then I might be able to write a last few chapters, thinking about it it would be funny to see how this post-war world developed...
Zeldar1558 Thank you very much. It is jolly nice to see that people still read and enjoy the story. I can tell you this much, it was very funny to play the game and write the story as well
Deus Eversor Hehehe well I guess that is also one way to put it…