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!
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# Mobilization! (1921)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 38340
random = no
country = LAT
name = "Mobilization! (1921)"
desc = "Historically, Latvia's military equipment and plan for mobilization remained almost unchanged since 1921. In addition to absorbing the Border Guard Brigade, the army could muster 31,874 National Guardsmen and 14,810 women auxiliaries. Latvia's army relied on varied and often worn-out machine guns and artillery left over from the Great War and lacked adequate motor transport. When Soviet forces invaded Latvia on 17 JUN 1940, a woefully unprepared Latvia chose not to resist."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
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 }
action_a = {
name = "To Arms!"
command = { type = manpowerpool value = -15 } # 6 x Militia - 15 Womens auxiliary
# Border Guard Brigade ("Free" because it already existed), combined with National Guard Railroad and Aviation Regiments for internal security
command = { type = add_division which = "Robežsargu/Dzelzcela un Aviacijas Aizsargu Pulki" value = garrison when = 0 }
# National Guard: 19 weak regiments = 6 Militia divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "1/2/3 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 } # National Guard regiments
command = { type = add_division which = "4/5/6 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "7/8/9 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "10/11/12 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "13/14/15 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "16/17/18 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization! (1940)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 38341
random = no
country = LAT
name = "Mobilization! (1940)"
desc = "Historically, Latvia's military equipment and plan for mobilization remained almost unchanged since 1921 - woefully inadequate for national defense. Yet now, a better-prepared Latvia fields 42,000 National Guardsmen and 18,000 women auxiliaries. However, the National Guard's machine guns and artillery are the same worn-out, Great War-era relics the active forces recently cast off."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 38340 } # LAT did not already mobilize its reserves
NOT = { event = 38342 } # LAT did not already mobilize its reserves
technology = 1020 # 1936 Infantry
OR = {
technology = 6020 # Superior Firepower Doctrine
technology = 6030 # Grand Battle Plan Doctrine
}
OR = {
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 = 1 month = january year = 1937 }
offset = 1
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1948 }
action_a = {
name = "To Arms!"
command = { type = manpowerpool value = -24 } # 4 Inf + 1 x Pol - 18 Womens auxiliary
# Border Guard Brigade ("Free" because it already existed), combined with National Guard Railroad and Aviation Regiments for internal security
command = { type = add_division which = "Robežsargu/Dzelzcela un Aviacijas Aizsargu Pulki" value = garrison when = 0 where = police }
# National Guard: 19 regiments = 4 Inf divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "I Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 } # National Guard regiments formed into divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "II Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "III Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "IV Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization! (1941)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 38342
random = no
country = LAT
name = "Mobilization! (1941)"
desc = "Historically, Latvia's military equipment and plan for mobilization remained almost unchanged since 1921 - woefully inadequate for national defense. Yet now, a well-prepared Latvia bares its teeth at the invader, fielding 42,000 National Guardsmen and 18,000 women auxiliaries. All the worn-out, Great War-era machine guns and artillery have been replaced with newer models, and Latvia's reserves are well-drilled in their use."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 38340 } # LAT did not already mobilize its reserves
NOT = { event = 38341 } # LAT 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 = -24 } # 4 x Inf + 1 x Pol - 18 Womens auxiliary
# Border Guard Brigade ("Free" because it already existed), combined with National Guard Railroad and Aviation Regiments for internal security
command = { type = add_division which = "Robežsargu/Dzelzcela un Aviacijas Aizsargu Pulki" value = garrison when = 0 where = police }
# National Guard: 19 regiments = 4 Inf divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "I Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 } # National Guard regiments formed into divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "II Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 }
command = { type = add_division which = "III Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 }
command = { type = add_division which = "IV Aizsargu Divizija" 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 = 38340
random = no
country = LAT
name = "Mobilization! (1921)"
desc = "Historically, Latvia's military equipment and plan for mobilization remained almost unchanged since 1921. In addition to absorbing the Border Guard Brigade, the army could muster 31,874 National Guardsmen and 14,810 women auxiliaries. Latvia's army relied on varied and often worn-out machine guns and artillery left over from the Great War and lacked adequate motor transport. When Soviet forces invaded Latvia on 17 JUN 1940, a woefully unprepared Latvia chose not to resist."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
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 }
action_a = {
name = "To Arms!"
command = { type = manpowerpool value = -15 } # 6 x Militia - 15 Womens auxiliary
# Border Guard Brigade ("Free" because it already existed), combined with National Guard Railroad and Aviation Regiments for internal security
command = { type = add_division which = "Robežsargu/Dzelzcela un Aviacijas Aizsargu Pulki" value = garrison when = 0 }
# National Guard: 19 weak regiments = 6 Militia divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "1/2/3 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 } # National Guard regiments
command = { type = add_division which = "4/5/6 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "7/8/9 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "10/11/12 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "13/14/15 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "16/17/18 Aizsargu Pulki" value = militia when = 0 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization! (1940)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 38341
random = no
country = LAT
name = "Mobilization! (1940)"
desc = "Historically, Latvia's military equipment and plan for mobilization remained almost unchanged since 1921 - woefully inadequate for national defense. Yet now, a better-prepared Latvia fields 42,000 National Guardsmen and 18,000 women auxiliaries. However, the National Guard's machine guns and artillery are the same worn-out, Great War-era relics the active forces recently cast off."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 38340 } # LAT did not already mobilize its reserves
NOT = { event = 38342 } # LAT did not already mobilize its reserves
technology = 1020 # 1936 Infantry
OR = {
technology = 6020 # Superior Firepower Doctrine
technology = 6030 # Grand Battle Plan Doctrine
}
OR = {
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 = 1 month = january year = 1937 }
offset = 1
deathdate = { day = 29 month = december year = 1948 }
action_a = {
name = "To Arms!"
command = { type = manpowerpool value = -24 } # 4 Inf + 1 x Pol - 18 Womens auxiliary
# Border Guard Brigade ("Free" because it already existed), combined with National Guard Railroad and Aviation Regiments for internal security
command = { type = add_division which = "Robežsargu/Dzelzcela un Aviacijas Aizsargu Pulki" value = garrison when = 0 where = police }
# National Guard: 19 regiments = 4 Inf divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "I Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 } # National Guard regiments formed into divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "II Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "III Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "IV Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization! (1941)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 38342
random = no
country = LAT
name = "Mobilization! (1941)"
desc = "Historically, Latvia's military equipment and plan for mobilization remained almost unchanged since 1921 - woefully inadequate for national defense. Yet now, a well-prepared Latvia bares its teeth at the invader, fielding 42,000 National Guardsmen and 18,000 women auxiliaries. All the worn-out, Great War-era machine guns and artillery have been replaced with newer models, and Latvia's reserves are well-drilled in their use."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 38340 } # LAT did not already mobilize its reserves
NOT = { event = 38341 } # LAT 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 = -24 } # 4 x Inf + 1 x Pol - 18 Womens auxiliary
# Border Guard Brigade ("Free" because it already existed), combined with National Guard Railroad and Aviation Regiments for internal security
command = { type = add_division which = "Robežsargu/Dzelzcela un Aviacijas Aizsargu Pulki" value = garrison when = 0 where = police }
# National Guard: 19 regiments = 4 Inf divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "I Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 } # National Guard regiments formed into divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "II Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 }
command = { type = add_division which = "III Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 }
command = { type = add_division which = "IV Aizsargu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 }
}
}