Hi!
Continuing the deep dive I took into the mobilization plans for the belligerent (and non-belligerent) countries in WW2, I researched the reserve forces of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These Baltic nations were in similar situations:
1. All three countries were reliant on arms captured from the Russian Empire and/or donated by the Allies at the end of WW1.
2. All three countries suffered from a lack of industrialization and thus were extremely limited in their ability to produce their own weaponry, ammunition, and equipment.
3. Due to the Great Depression, these countries lacked the budgets to modernize their armed forces adequately to meet the Soviet threat.
4. To a greater of lesser extent, Finland conducted joint planning and training with the armed forces of the Baltic nations. This contributed to their planned use of women's auxiliaries, similar to Finland's own Lotta Svard Organization.
5. All three countries had insufficient arms and equipment to field their full complement of reserves as combat-ready units.
6. The lack of modern weaponry, poor levels of training, and lack of ammunition to support even a few days' worth of combat operations contributed to all three countries deciding not to resist Soviet occupation in 1940.
The code for each of these countries is similar, but I am listing them in separate posts for ease of reference.
Have fun and game on!
#########################################################################
# Mobilization (1921)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 37760
random = no
country = EST
name = "Mobilization (1921)"
desc = "Historically, Estonia's mobilization plan changed little since 1921. Although 105,000 reservists existed on paper, a political row with the veterans' Vaps Movement reduced that number. Estonia's reservists were to bring its three active infantry divisions to full strength and man a fourth division. Estonian Defense League militia would secure the rear. When faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, an ill-prepared Estonia chose not to resist."
style = 0
picture = "ruthenia_ceded"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
OR = {
NOT = { technology = 1020 } # 1936 Infantry
AND = {
NOT = { technology = 6020 } # Superior Firepower Doctrine
NOT = { technology = 6030 } # Grand Battle Plan Doctrine
}
}
}
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1936 }
offset = 1
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1948 }
date = { day = 0 month = january year = 1936 }
offset = 3
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1948 }
action_a = {
name = "Hurraa!"
command = { type = add_division value = militia when = 0 } # EST had a single reserve division, which never mobilized.
command = { type = add_division which = "Kaitseliit" value = militia when = 0 } # Estonian Defense League.
command = { type = manpowerpool value = 30 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization (1937)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 37761
random = no
country = EST
name = "Mobilization (1937)"
desc = "Historically, Estonia's mobilization plan changed little since 1921: its reservists were to bring its three active infantry divisions to full strength and man a fourth division. Estonian Defense League militia would secure the rear. When faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, an ill-prepared Estonia chose not to resist. Yet now, Estonia chooses to fight, as its recent modernization program replaced much of its army's worn-out, Great War-era equipment."
style = 0
picture = "ruthenia_ceded"
trigger = { # EST has put resources into organizing/modernizing its army, so its reserve division is Inf-0
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 37760 } # EST has not already mobilized its reserves
NOT = { event = 37762 } # EST has not already mobilized its reserves
technology = 1020 # 1936 Inf: Modernizing active-duty divisions frees up older equipment for reservists
OR = {
technology = 6020 # Superior Firepower Doctrine
technology = 6030 # Grand Battleplan Doctrine
}
OR = { # EST has not progressed beyond 1936 Inf or second-tier land doctrine
NOT = { technology = 1030 } # 1939 Infantry
NOT = {
OR = {
technology = 6040 # Delay Doctrine
technology = 6060 # Stand Off Doctrine
technology = 6110 # Mass Assault Doctrine
technology = 6120 # Trench Warfare Doctrine
}
}
}
}
date = { day = 0 month = january year = 1936 }
offset = 3
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1948 }
action_a = {
name = "Hurraa!"
command = { type = add_division value = infantry when = 0 } # EST had a single reserve division, which never mobilized.
command = { type = add_division which = "Kaitseliit" value = militia when = 0 } # Estonian Defense League.
command = { type = manpowerpool value = 30 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization! (1941)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 37762
random = no
country = EST
name = "Mobilization! (1941)"
desc = "Historically, Estonia did little to modernize its army after 1921. When faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, an ill-prepared Estonia chose not to resist. Yet now, a well-prepared Estonia bares its teeth at the invader, fielding a full-strength reserve division and a strong Home Guard. All the worn-out, Great War-era machine guns and artillery have been replaced with newer models, and Estonia's soldiers are well-drilled in their use."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 37760 } # EST did not already mobilize its reserves
NOT = { event = 37761 } # EST did not already mobilize its reserves
technology = 1030 # 1939 Infantry
OR = {
technology = 6040 # Delay Doctrine
technology = 6060 # Stand Off Doctrine
technology = 6110 # Mass Assault Doctrine
technology = 6120 # Trench Warfare Doctrine
}
}
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1940 }
offset = 1
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1948 }
action_a = {
name = "To Arms!"
command = { type = manpowerpool value = 30 }
# Estonian Defense League for internal security ("Free" because it consists of Home Guard types not otherwise eligible for field duty)
command = { type = add_division which = "Kaitseliit" value = garrison when = 0 } # Estonian Defense League.
# Reserve Division
command = { type = add_division value = infantry when = 1 }
}
}
Continuing the deep dive I took into the mobilization plans for the belligerent (and non-belligerent) countries in WW2, I researched the reserve forces of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These Baltic nations were in similar situations:
1. All three countries were reliant on arms captured from the Russian Empire and/or donated by the Allies at the end of WW1.
2. All three countries suffered from a lack of industrialization and thus were extremely limited in their ability to produce their own weaponry, ammunition, and equipment.
3. Due to the Great Depression, these countries lacked the budgets to modernize their armed forces adequately to meet the Soviet threat.
4. To a greater of lesser extent, Finland conducted joint planning and training with the armed forces of the Baltic nations. This contributed to their planned use of women's auxiliaries, similar to Finland's own Lotta Svard Organization.
5. All three countries had insufficient arms and equipment to field their full complement of reserves as combat-ready units.
6. The lack of modern weaponry, poor levels of training, and lack of ammunition to support even a few days' worth of combat operations contributed to all three countries deciding not to resist Soviet occupation in 1940.
The code for each of these countries is similar, but I am listing them in separate posts for ease of reference.
Have fun and game on!
#########################################################################
# Mobilization (1921)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 37760
random = no
country = EST
name = "Mobilization (1921)"
desc = "Historically, Estonia's mobilization plan changed little since 1921. Although 105,000 reservists existed on paper, a political row with the veterans' Vaps Movement reduced that number. Estonia's reservists were to bring its three active infantry divisions to full strength and man a fourth division. Estonian Defense League militia would secure the rear. When faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, an ill-prepared Estonia chose not to resist."
style = 0
picture = "ruthenia_ceded"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
OR = {
NOT = { technology = 1020 } # 1936 Infantry
AND = {
NOT = { technology = 6020 } # Superior Firepower Doctrine
NOT = { technology = 6030 } # Grand Battle Plan Doctrine
}
}
}
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1936 }
offset = 1
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1948 }
date = { day = 0 month = january year = 1936 }
offset = 3
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1948 }
action_a = {
name = "Hurraa!"
command = { type = add_division value = militia when = 0 } # EST had a single reserve division, which never mobilized.
command = { type = add_division which = "Kaitseliit" value = militia when = 0 } # Estonian Defense League.
command = { type = manpowerpool value = 30 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization (1937)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 37761
random = no
country = EST
name = "Mobilization (1937)"
desc = "Historically, Estonia's mobilization plan changed little since 1921: its reservists were to bring its three active infantry divisions to full strength and man a fourth division. Estonian Defense League militia would secure the rear. When faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, an ill-prepared Estonia chose not to resist. Yet now, Estonia chooses to fight, as its recent modernization program replaced much of its army's worn-out, Great War-era equipment."
style = 0
picture = "ruthenia_ceded"
trigger = { # EST has put resources into organizing/modernizing its army, so its reserve division is Inf-0
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 37760 } # EST has not already mobilized its reserves
NOT = { event = 37762 } # EST has not already mobilized its reserves
technology = 1020 # 1936 Inf: Modernizing active-duty divisions frees up older equipment for reservists
OR = {
technology = 6020 # Superior Firepower Doctrine
technology = 6030 # Grand Battleplan Doctrine
}
OR = { # EST has not progressed beyond 1936 Inf or second-tier land doctrine
NOT = { technology = 1030 } # 1939 Infantry
NOT = {
OR = {
technology = 6040 # Delay Doctrine
technology = 6060 # Stand Off Doctrine
technology = 6110 # Mass Assault Doctrine
technology = 6120 # Trench Warfare Doctrine
}
}
}
}
date = { day = 0 month = january year = 1936 }
offset = 3
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1948 }
action_a = {
name = "Hurraa!"
command = { type = add_division value = infantry when = 0 } # EST had a single reserve division, which never mobilized.
command = { type = add_division which = "Kaitseliit" value = militia when = 0 } # Estonian Defense League.
command = { type = manpowerpool value = 30 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization! (1941)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 37762
random = no
country = EST
name = "Mobilization! (1941)"
desc = "Historically, Estonia did little to modernize its army after 1921. When faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, an ill-prepared Estonia chose not to resist. Yet now, a well-prepared Estonia bares its teeth at the invader, fielding a full-strength reserve division and a strong Home Guard. All the worn-out, Great War-era machine guns and artillery have been replaced with newer models, and Estonia's soldiers are well-drilled in their use."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 37760 } # EST did not already mobilize its reserves
NOT = { event = 37761 } # EST did not already mobilize its reserves
technology = 1030 # 1939 Infantry
OR = {
technology = 6040 # Delay Doctrine
technology = 6060 # Stand Off Doctrine
technology = 6110 # Mass Assault Doctrine
technology = 6120 # Trench Warfare Doctrine
}
}
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1940 }
offset = 1
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1948 }
action_a = {
name = "To Arms!"
command = { type = manpowerpool value = 30 }
# Estonian Defense League for internal security ("Free" because it consists of Home Guard types not otherwise eligible for field duty)
command = { type = add_division which = "Kaitseliit" value = garrison when = 0 } # Estonian Defense League.
# Reserve Division
command = { type = add_division value = infantry when = 1 }
}
}