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 = 38360
random = no
country = LIT
name = "Mobilization! (1921)"
desc = "Historically, Lithuania's plan for mobilization remained almost unchanged since 1921. In addition to absorbing the State Border Guard Service (VSAT), the army could muster 25,000 members of the Riflemen's Union and 8,000 women and youth auxiliaries. Lithuania's 1938 modernization program yielded a respectable air force and replaced much of its army's worn-out, Great War-era equipment. Yet when faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, an inadequately prepared Lithuania 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 = -7 } # 5 x Militia - 8 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 = "VSAT/16 Šauliu Pulkas" value = garrison when = 0 } # State Border Guard Service + LRU regiment
# National Guard: 19 weak regiments = 6 Militia divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "1/2/3 Šauliu Pulkai" value = militia when = 0 } # Riflemen's Union regiments
command = { type = add_division which = "4/5/6 Šauliu Pulkai" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "7/8/9 Šauliu Pulkai" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "10/11/12 Šauliu Pulkai" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "13/14/15 Šauliu Pulkai" value = militia when = 0 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization! (1940)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 38361
random = no
country = LIT
name = "Mobilization! (1938)"
desc = "Historically, Lithuania's plan for mobilization remained almost unchanged since 1921. In addition to absorbing the State Border Guard Service (VSAT), the army could muster 42,000 members of the Riflemen's Union and 20,000 women and youth auxiliaries. Lithuania's 1938 modernization program yielded a respectable air force and replaced much of its army's worn-out, Great War-era equipment. Yet when faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, an inadequately prepared Lithuania chose not to resist."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 38360 } # LIT did not already mobilize its reserves
NOT = { event = 38362 } # LIT 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 = -22 } # 4 Inf + 1 x Pol - 20 Women/youth auxiliary
# Border Guard Brigade ("Free" because it already existed), combined with LRU regiments for internal security
command = { type = add_division which = "VSAT/16 & 17 Šauliu Pulkai" value = garrison when = 0 where = police }
# National Guard: 16 regiments = 4 Inf divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "I Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 } # LRU regiments formed into divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "II Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "III Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "IV Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization! (1941)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 38362
random = no
country = LIT
name = "Mobilization! (1941)"
desc = "Historically, even Lithuania's 1938 modernization program proved inadequate for national defense: when faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, Lithuania chose not to resist. Yet now, a well-prepared Lithuania bares its teeth at the invader, fielding 42,000 National Guardsmen and 20,000 women and youth auxiliaries. All the worn-out, Great War-era machine guns and artillery have been replaced with newer models, and Lithuania's reserves are well-drilled in their use."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 38360 } # LIT did not already mobilize its reserves
NOT = { event = 38361 } # LIT 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 = -22 } # 4 Inf + 1 x Pol - 20 Women/youth auxiliary
# Border Guard Brigade ("Free" because it already existed), combined with LRU regiments for internal security
command = { type = add_division which = "VSAT/16 & 17 Šauliu Pulkai" value = garrison when = 0 where = police }
# National Guard: 16 regiments = 4 Inf divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "I Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 } # LRU regiments formed into divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "II Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 }
command = { type = add_division which = "III Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 }
command = { type = add_division which = "IV Šauliu 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 = 38360
random = no
country = LIT
name = "Mobilization! (1921)"
desc = "Historically, Lithuania's plan for mobilization remained almost unchanged since 1921. In addition to absorbing the State Border Guard Service (VSAT), the army could muster 25,000 members of the Riflemen's Union and 8,000 women and youth auxiliaries. Lithuania's 1938 modernization program yielded a respectable air force and replaced much of its army's worn-out, Great War-era equipment. Yet when faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, an inadequately prepared Lithuania 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 = -7 } # 5 x Militia - 8 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 = "VSAT/16 Šauliu Pulkas" value = garrison when = 0 } # State Border Guard Service + LRU regiment
# National Guard: 19 weak regiments = 6 Militia divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "1/2/3 Šauliu Pulkai" value = militia when = 0 } # Riflemen's Union regiments
command = { type = add_division which = "4/5/6 Šauliu Pulkai" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "7/8/9 Šauliu Pulkai" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "10/11/12 Šauliu Pulkai" value = militia when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "13/14/15 Šauliu Pulkai" value = militia when = 0 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization! (1940)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 38361
random = no
country = LIT
name = "Mobilization! (1938)"
desc = "Historically, Lithuania's plan for mobilization remained almost unchanged since 1921. In addition to absorbing the State Border Guard Service (VSAT), the army could muster 42,000 members of the Riflemen's Union and 20,000 women and youth auxiliaries. Lithuania's 1938 modernization program yielded a respectable air force and replaced much of its army's worn-out, Great War-era equipment. Yet when faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, an inadequately prepared Lithuania chose not to resist."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 38360 } # LIT did not already mobilize its reserves
NOT = { event = 38362 } # LIT 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 = -22 } # 4 Inf + 1 x Pol - 20 Women/youth auxiliary
# Border Guard Brigade ("Free" because it already existed), combined with LRU regiments for internal security
command = { type = add_division which = "VSAT/16 & 17 Šauliu Pulkai" value = garrison when = 0 where = police }
# National Guard: 16 regiments = 4 Inf divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "I Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 } # LRU regiments formed into divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "II Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "III Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
command = { type = add_division which = "IV Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 0 }
}
}
#########################################################################
# Mobilization! (1941)
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 38362
random = no
country = LIT
name = "Mobilization! (1941)"
desc = "Historically, even Lithuania's 1938 modernization program proved inadequate for national defense: when faced with a Soviet ultimatum on 15 JUN 1940, Lithuania chose not to resist. Yet now, a well-prepared Lithuania bares its teeth at the invader, fielding 42,000 National Guardsmen and 20,000 women and youth auxiliaries. All the worn-out, Great War-era machine guns and artillery have been replaced with newer models, and Lithuania's reserves are well-drilled in their use."
style = 0
picture = "minor"
trigger = {
atwar = yes
NOT = { event = 38360 } # LIT did not already mobilize its reserves
NOT = { event = 38361 } # LIT 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 = -22 } # 4 Inf + 1 x Pol - 20 Women/youth auxiliary
# Border Guard Brigade ("Free" because it already existed), combined with LRU regiments for internal security
command = { type = add_division which = "VSAT/16 & 17 Šauliu Pulkai" value = garrison when = 0 where = police }
# National Guard: 16 regiments = 4 Inf divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "I Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 } # LRU regiments formed into divisions
command = { type = add_division which = "II Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 }
command = { type = add_division which = "III Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 }
command = { type = add_division which = "IV Šauliu Divizija" value = infantry when = 1 }
}
}
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