To The Last Man- A 1944 Germany AAR

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Any chance you can launch a limited offensive to the south to take pressure off Romania. As has been pointed out you need their oil badly even with the victories elsewhere, without Romanian oil you'll be unable to parry future Russian blows. Perhaps the 19th Army once it's finished in Italy should redeploy to steady the Bulgarian lines.

Impressive to see the AI taking advantage of the withdrawal though.

 

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The fuel situation is not too bad at the moment.Ive managed to get trade deals with Sweden,Nationalist Spain and Japan for fuel.All being well, there will be offensive action in the Spring...

 

[ComTrav]

I'm amazed you're able to keep those trade deals coming in--I would think they'd get sunk. I'm even more amazed Japan feels like it has fuel to spare. Has anything happened in the Pacific?

 

[MastahCheef117]

Wait, offensive in Spring? You mean of 1946? Damnnnn... in HOI2 with the easy settings France fell October 1944 and I was completely annihilate by June 1945... however I did make an awesome defense with twenty infantry divisions on one side of a river against 60 attacking Allies on the other... I did lose Berlin and half of my protectorates before I surrendered tho

 

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December 1945-The Lines Redrawn.

December 1945 and Operation Wiedergeburt has finished.The German lines have withdrawn and reorganised into powerful new armies.The German High Command is confident that further Russian advances can be stopped, even with their superior numbers.

Intelligence Report-Russian Army Land Units

German Army Land Units

Japanese Remain Dominant In Asia.

Operation Bear Trap

Preparations have begun for Operation Bear Trap, a fresh German offensive against the Red Army scheduled to begin in Spring 1946.Even though the Red Army is considerably bigger, German leaders are putting faith in their superior armored divisions. They are also hoping that recent technological advances can give the German forces a vital edge.Commanders in the east are still awaiting the arrival of the last army from Italy that is due to be redeployed shortly.

 

[Myth]

The situation looks pretty good!

 

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The situation looks pretty good!

Yes, apart from the sheer size of the Red Army(they now have over 2000 land brigades which are increasingly massing on the front!!!)....a bloody battle is coming....

 

[MastahCheef117]

Uh oh... 2000 for the Soviets, what about you?

 

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Uh oh... 2000 for the Soviets, what about you?

Just 1000....

 

[MastahCheef117]

:/

It's even worse because you probably have some more divisions guarding Italy, France and the Balkans, right?

EDIT: Holy crap! 5,000 manpower? Don't you only start off with like 500? And also, doesnt the divisions have such low health (like 20%) that it will take like 10 just to fully reinforce one? :O CHEATER!

 

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:/

It's even worse because you probably have some more divisions guarding Italy, France and the Balkans, right?

EDIT: Holy crap! 5,000 manpower? Don't you only start off with like 500? And also, doesnt the divisions have such low health (like 20%) that it will take like 10 just to fully reinforce one? :O CHEATER!

No cheating.Manpower starts higher in 1944 scenario.And I have not built much really because of low IC...and most of IC has been going on upgrades...I would like to use all that manpower...but can't...

 

[MastahCheef117]

That sucks... how about making just two or three infantry/armor divisions? It won't dent your manpower at all, really. I've never even come close to 5000, let alone 1000 in HOI3. I HAVE however managed to get 700 as Hungary after taking over all the balkans and Turkey (before I made the latter a Puppet) :|

 

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Well,on average I'm putting about 150-180 IC for unit production.I always have 1 or 2 super heavy/heavy arm div being built(28IC each)and a few air squadrons which I badly need...and that's it really.Infantry divs are not the primary requirement right now.

 

[MastahCheef117]

Ya, I kinda find infantry inferior once I make roughly 20-30 Mechanized divisions in my army, then I begin disbanding or sending my infantry to guard duty while I replace them with mechanized troops. THem and armor are awesome together

 

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Operation Bear Trap

1.
3rd Panzerarmee
Panzergruppe West
Rear support-16th and 18th Armies

2.
4th Panzerarmee
Armata 4
Rear support-9th Armee

3.
1st Panzerarmee
Rear support-8th and 14th Armies

4.
2nd Panzerarmee
10th Armee
Rear support-19th Armee

Operation Bear Trap is scheduled to commence sometime in June,1946.

 

[MastahCheef117]

That looks very daring, I think advancing that far may overextend your lines and allow the Soviets to penetrate your defenses. Hopefully tho it will allow you to take back the rest of Hungary, Romania and maybe even Bulgaria.

 

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I'm ONLY going up against an army TWICE the size of mine!!!It's 1946...time to do or die....

 

[unmerged(148765)]

OMG...the Red Army has 400 Divisions on the front lines!

 

[Myth]

That's a pretty ambitious plan. Do you think you have the forces to go through with it?

 

[unmerged(148765)]

That's a pretty ambitious plan. Do you think you have the forces to go through with it?

Lets just say it's a rather epic gamble.