Tomorrow the World - A German AAR

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1940-03-25
After we took over Norway and Sweden we now share another border with the Soviets in Finland. In a future conflict it will be vital for us to capture their ports of Petsamo and Murmansk, which are only a couple of kilometers away from our most northern base, Kirkenes. Sadly Kirkenes lies north of the polar circle and there is no infrastructure capable to support even a small strike force. The city has a tiny port but the North Sea is too dangerous for our convoys. This is why I've decided to begin with the construction of a narrow gauge railway from Sweden to Kirkenes. Additionally a small airfield and radar installations will be constructed in the city.

1940-04-01
I had my quarterly meeting with the general staff and officials of the arms industry today. We discussed the needs of our armed forces and the country in general. The air force has been pleased with the performance of the Simens radar stations which we have constructed in all major industrial centers on our western border. Occasionally a fleet of British bombers come through and drops bombs on our factories in the Ruhr valley but aided by the our radar stations, our fighters are able to inflict heavy losses. We've also constructed an experimental radar station in Wilhelmshaven which has approximately twice the strength of our standard radar stations. This station is able to detect any enemy ships in the German Bight, which lead to a proposal by the navy to construct similar stations on our entire coast all the way up to the North Cape. I've agreed, once we have the resources to construct these stations, we will be able to detect enemy invasion fleets before they reach our shores.
The army has requested some improvements for their current models of tanks (mostly concerning their reliability), but all in all they are happy with their current equipment and are concentrating on developing new tactics to fully expolit the advantages our new Panzer forces can provide.
After we have taken over the Swedish iron ore mines our resource situation as relaxed a little bit, but I've ordered the representative of IG Farben to concentrate on developing new and improved technologies to produce substitutes for our rarest resources like synthetic oil.

1940-04-20
Our preparations for "Fall Gelb" are almost complete, if the weather stays the same we will begin the attack on the first of May. For this operation we have positioned 71 Divisions on the border between France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. 15 Divisions are stationed in Poland to keep an eye on the Soviets. Another 12 Divisions are remaining in Scandinavia, in case the Brits are coming back for a second try. In addition to these reserve units, all major ports on the north sea coast are now protected by small Garrison units. These units won't be able to fend off an invasion force on their own, but they should be able to delay the enemy long enough for our reserves to arrive.

Garrison units in southern Norway.​

 

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Fall Gelb
("Case Yellow" or "the Battle of France")

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1940-04-30
Tomorrow the day all of Germany has waited over 20 years for will come, at 5:00 o'clock our troops will attack France, once again. The plan, codenamed "Fall Gelb" is as follows:
Units of the 2nd Army under General von Küchler will advance into the Netherlands, we expect only minor opposition and their capital, Amsterdam, will be ours in a week or so. The units of the 1st Army will stay behind their fortifications of the Siegfried Line in case the French decide to counter attack there. The main blow will come from the center where we have assembled three massive armies. Our Panzer formations have been split equally between these three armies while the other two armies in the north and south are pure infantry armies.
The 3rd Army under General von Reichenau will break through the almost undefended Dutch border and is going to capture Antwerp. From there they will advance towards Calais and the British Channel.
The 4th Army under General Heinrici will break through the Belgian lines, which are slightly better defended than the Dutch border. They will advance south towards Verdun and then swing west. Their goal is to capture the French capital and meet with the 3rd Army at Calais.
The 5th Army of General Jodel will advance through Luxembourg and will then march south towards the Swiss border, right behind the Maginot Line. The French have stationed the bulk of their forces with three armies at our border. The plan is to encircle as many French soldiers as possible because we expect that they will be reluctant to leave their formidable fortifications.

1940-05-01
The Battle of France has begun. Early this morning our troops have crossed the borders of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. After our earlier successes I'm confident that this time will be different that when I fought the French in the trenches during the Great War.

Our light tanks advancing into Belgium.​

1940-05-03
Everything is going according to plan, we have broken through the lines at the designated areas and units of the 5th Army have already taken Luxembourg. Paratroopers lead by General Student have cut off their escape routes and the path into France is wide open, the French response seems to be sluggish and disorganized.

1940-05-04
We've taken Antwerp today. General Konrad's paratroopers took the city before the nearby British expeditionary forces could set up defenses. The tanks of the 3rd Army are expected to arrive this evening.

Troops at a destroyed bridge over the river Scheldt in Antwerp.​

1940-05-14
We were unable to keep up the speed of the first days of the operation but we are making progress. Today the Belgian capital of Brussels was captured. Units of the 3rd Army are advancing towards Calais and the combined forces of the 4th and 5th Army have blown a huge hole into the French front from. Our troops are pouring into the French heartland almost unhindered.

1940-05-15
Stalin has made his move against the Baltic States today. All three countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have agreed to become part of the Soviet Union after Soviet troops crossed their borders today. Probably discouraged by the fact that the western allies have their hands full they decided to capitulate without a fight.

 

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1940-05-17
The leader of the communist party of China, Mao Zedong, was in Moscow this week. After they managed to win the civil war in China a couple of month ago they have been on very friendly terms with the Soviets. And so it was no surprise for me when I got a call from my foreign minister von Ribbentrop today, telling me that the Chinese have officially joined the Comintern. But I'm not worried. After all, China is on the other side of the world and hardly a global power.

1940-05-18
I was woken by my adjutant this morning, it appears that the Brits have staged an invasion in our north German harbor town of Emden. Their goal is probably to disrupt our supply lines into the Netherlands and to divert our reserve units away from the main front in France. I've already ordered our air force to attack the enemy fleet and all available units in the area will come to the aid of the Garrison under attack. I also signed an order, tasking Grand Admiral Raeder with assembling a strike force to intercept and possibly destroy the attacking fleet on our shores.

1940-05-19
Our forces in the Netherlands have been able to capture the Dutch capital of Amsterdam today. The entire operation has taken longer than expected because instead of fighting at the front the Dutch retreated into their capital. That they have blown up all bridges and levees on their way didn't help either. Their last forces are now contained in a pocket north of Amsterdam.

In other news: The British forces have successfully established a beachhead west of Emden. They don't have a harbor to bring supplies ashore but they will undoubtedly use their troops to attack our Garrison in Emden from the flanks.
Just after sundown Grand Admiral Raeder's fleet arrived at the coast and opened fire on the superior British fleet. We sent a fleet of our best ships that have already been repaired after Operation Weserübung, including our two main battleships the KMS Bismarck and Tirpitz. The opposing force consists of three Battleships, one fleet carrier, two escort carriers and various smaller vessels. Their air cover is negated by our land based fighter planes but their naval vessels remain a worthy foe.

1940-05-20
Today the 7. Panzer Division under General Rendulic arrived at the channel coast near Calais. We have cut all telegram cables to Dover, sending a powerful message to the English people about who is having the upper hand in this struggle. North of their position we have managed to trap the remnants of the Belgian army in a pocket near the city of Brugge. We should hurry to eliminate that pocket before their forces can evacuated over the channel to England.

Our light Panzer forces on the English Channel.​

1940-05-21
Early this morning Grand Admiral Raeder had to disengage the enemy fleet near Emden and retreat with his badly damaged fleet. Among our 18 ships there is none that didn't get hit in this fierce battle, but not a single vessel has been lost, so I think he made the right call. The British fleet however was decimated: We were able to sink all three of their battleships, two carriers, four transports and a couple of smaller escort ships. While we have the luxury to retreat, they will have to stay and fight if they wish to protect their ongoing invasion. We will continue to harass them from the air until our reserves arrive to deal with their beachhead.

 

[Jagdpnzr]

Complete annihilation of the British fleet. Hard to imagine a better possible outcome.

 

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1940-05-24
Today the 8th Panzer Division under General Nehring arrived at the gates of Paris. I've given the order to capture the city without collateral damage, if possible. At the moment the city appears to be undefended but we have sighted several French units that are rushing to their capital's defense.

In the evening I received an report, telling me that the British invasion near Emden has finally been contained. Infantry Divisions that were stationed as reserves in Northern Germany and Denmark as well as Divisions from the front in the Netherlands had trouble stopping the advancing British troops. Their advance further south was finally halted by our paratroopers who were dropped right in front of their lines. This small strike team, lead by a General Montgomery, had obviously the goal to cut our supply lines into the Netherlands and Belgium.

1940-05-27
We've eliminated the last pocket of Dutch resistance today, their remaining troops had retreated to the harbor town Den Helder north of Amsterdam where they capitulated today. Also annihilated was the British invasion force. After we captured their beachhead their troops further inland surrendered and the remnants of their fleet retreated.

The remains of the British invasion on the coast of the North Sea.​

What we've learned from this operation is that the British are able and willing to stage small invasions where we least expect it, only to wreak havoc with our supply lines and to divert troops that we could use elsewhere. To better deal whit this thread in the future I've decided that we should deploy small mobile units together with our garrisons that can quickly counter any minor invasion in their vicinity. These new units will consist of two motorized infantry brigades and an armored car brigade to give them better protection against light amphibious tanks the enemy might deploy.

Plans for our new mobile reserve units.​

1940-05-28
Before we were able to march into Paris the French had brought in reinforcements which meant that we had to assemble a larger force to capture the city without a lengthy battle. At 10:00 o'clock this morning the attack started, 7 of our best Divisions are now engaging the enemy in the outskirts of the city. The attack is lead by the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" under General von Mackensen.

1940-05-29
Today the 5th Panzer Division of the 5th Army finally reached the Swiss border. We have now completely encircled the Maginot Line and all of their demoralized troops that were left to defend the now worthless fortifications.

Our mobile units rushing towards the Swiss border.​

1940-05-30
As the attack on Paris continues our air cover is getting thinner and thinner. Enemy fighters have severely reduced the strength of our Luftwaffe, leaving our troops almost undefended on less important parts of the front. We even had to transfer our squadrons to the front that were tasked with the defense of our industrial areas. Our ground attack planes, while invaluable during the opening stages of Fall Gelb, have also suffered greatly and are now grounded because we can't guarantee their safety over enemy territory. When this operation is over I will have a stern talk with Göring.

Burned out wrecks of our planes litter the path of our otherwise victorious forces.

Most of our planes are in dire need of repair.​

1940-05-31
Great news from the front today: The price that has eluded us in 1914 has finally been won, we have captured Paris! When the news of the victory in the streets of the French capital arrived in the OKW, it hit like a bombshell. Everyone erupted in spontaneous jubilance and some of our senior staff members who, like me, had fought in the previous war could be seen with tears in their eyes. From now on it will only be a matter of time until the French army as a whole surrenders.

Our victorious troops in Paris.​

1940-06-01
After our triumph in Paris yesterday Mussolini decided that it was now save to honor our alliance and has declared war on France and Britain. They have stationed their troops on the French border in the Alps and in their colonies in Africa. Because the British and French have neglected their borders in Africa it should be easy for the Italians to conquer much of North Africa in a short time.
In the afternoon we received a message from the French Field Marshal Gamelin who requested a meeting to discuss the terms of an armistice. Fall Gelb seems to be a full success. I'm confident that we will finish this campaign by the end of the week and that this also will mean the end of hostilities with Britain.

 

[robw963]

Holy cow....you plastered the Royal Navy. Nice work! Clearly you put some effort into your Battleship techs. Speaking of effort, I enjoy the style you're using on your operational battle plans. They look very authentic. Keep up the nice work [MM].

 

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1940-06-02
A French delegation was expected to arrive at one of our forward headquarters today to discus the formalities of the peace talks but in the morning the French national radio broadcast a speech from a General Charles de Gaulle who claimed to have taken over from Field Marshal Gamelin. In his fiery address to the French people he urged them to continue fighting and resist "the German invaders" to the last man. It seems that the war will continue for now.

Charles de Gaulle inspecting the Guards in Bordeaux.​

1940-06-03
I had a meeting with the general staff today to discuss how we should proceed in France. We have encircled about one third of their troops that are still manning the fortifications of the Maginot Line. In the South another third is stationed on the border to Italy and the rest is spread loosely in the countryside. Their provisional capital has become the southern city of Bordeaux where General de Gaulle set up the new French headquarters.
My chief of staff, Field Marshal von Rundstedt, wanted to halt the advance to consolidate our positions but I've sided with my front line Generals like Guderian, Rommel and von Manstein, who argued that it would be foolish to loose the momentum of our attack. We will simply continue with our advance into the French heartland without worrying about maintaining a solid front. Additionally tomorrow we will attack the Maginot line at points that seem to be especially weak.

1940-06-04
A few months back the King of Hungary asked me if we could use our influence over Romania to force them to give Transylvania back to Hungary. I refused and told him that we would protect Romania if he tried to take those lands by force. The Romanians must have misunderstood this as a guarantee of independence from us and so they refused Soviet requests to hand over control of Bessarabia today. What they didn't know was that we've signed a secret pact with the Soviets, giving them our consent to acquire Bessarabia. After the Romanians refused, Stalin declared war on Romania this evening.

1940-06-06
After the outbreak of the war in the Balkans all oil deliveries from Romania to us have stopped. Our only trade partner for this vital resource is now the Soviet Union. This is very serious but today we also got some good news from the front in France: Elements of the XI. and VII. Infantry Corps were able to penetrate the Maginot Line that was said to be impenetrable.

We have broken through the Maginot line near Mulhouse and Strasbourg.​

1940-06-11
From Poland to Norway, Sweden and now France, our Army has only known victory. We have fought countless battles (250) and there is not a single soldier in our armed forces who hasn't seen his share of combat. We can now rightfully claim to have one of the worlds best armed forces, an army of veterans.

1940-06-12
After the defeat of the British expeditionary forces in France and the failed invasion attempts in Norway and Emden, the British Prime Minister Chamberlain had been under immense pressure not only from the opposition, but from his own party as well. Today he stepped down and his successor, Winston Churchill, was sworn in. In his first address to the British people he already ranted about how he would defeat "the German menace". I still hope that once France surrenders, Britain will make peace as well.

Churchill after his inauguration.​

 

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1940-06-17
Italy has not been able to make a dent into the French lines in the alps until now. In North Africa however they have conquered huge areas of British and French territory and they are now standing at the gates of Alexandria in Egypt where the British Africa Forces have prepared their last line of defense. In other news: South Africa signed a pact with their former masters in Britain today and are now at war with us.

The Italian advance in North Africa.​

1940-06-19
The 79. Infantry Division under General Bremer arrived in Cherbourg today from where they were able to occupy the undefended British channel islands. They are strategically unimportant but this is a huge propaganda victory.

Officers of the occupation forces with a captured British flag.​

1940-06-26
Today the 7th Panzer Division arrived in Brest, the most western point of France. After short but heavy fighting the French garrison retreated towards Lorient.

After two days of fighting the first Panzers are entering the city.​

1940-07-01
At around 17:00 o'clock the 10th Panzer Division arrived at the shores of the Mediterranean Sea near the town of Arles which was completely abandoned by the French defenders. We now have contained almost all remaining French units on the continent in a pocket between our spearhead and the Italian border. If we can capture the ports on the Côte d'Azur they will have no other choice that to surrender.

Our troops entering the deserted city of Arles.​

1940-07-09
Today our troops captured the city of Bordeaux from where the French had coordinated their last efforts to defend their country. As our troops reached the city center, de Gaulle had already left and was on his way to Britain. In the evening the last French troops on the continent, in the Pocket of the Côte d'Azur and in the fortifications of the Maginot Line, surrendered. The battle of France was over.

French generals together with other soldiers in a makeshift POW camp.​

 

[oskar-kar]

Great update as always, but only I have that problem, or images are not loading?

EDIT: Only in 2 latest posts case.

 

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There was a problem with some of the servers of the hoster I used for my images (imageshack.us). But as far as I can tell, they are back online again.

 

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1940-07-10
After bitter fighting the Romanians surrendered to the superior forces of the Soviet Union today. But the Soviets not only demanded Bessarabia, they also installed a communist puppet regime in the beaten country. The oil trade with Romania has resumed but it is now under the direct control of the Soviets. We will have to do something about this sooner or later. If this war continues, Stalin would be able to ground our planes and stop our tanks simply by cutting our oil supply. But it's not all bad: Our current fuel stockpiles will portably last for a year or two, even without imports.

Romania is now a satellite of the Soviet Union.​

It is a shame that the French didn't surrender as they had planed, I already had plans on where to sign the armistice. But never the less I've decided to travel to Paris tomorrow to celebrate our victory. Ever since I tried to become an artist I wanted to visit that beautiful city, sadly I never got the chance. But to tour the deserted capital after a stunning victory has more style anyway. I will be accompanied by my good friend and personal architect Albert Speer as well as my favorite sculptor Arno Breker.

1940-07-11
Our plane landed on the Le Bourget airfield near Paris at 04:00 o'clock in the morning. From there we drove directly into the city to Charles Garnier's Opera where I attended a private tour of the great neobaroque building. Afterwards, we drove down the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe and made a stop at the Trocadero from where we had a wonderful view of the Eiffel Tower. At the end of our tour we visited the Pantheon and finally the Invalides, where I paid my respects at the tomb of Napoleon. By nine o'clock in the morning the sightseeing tour was over and we left in our plane to get back to Berlin.

Me and my entourage in front of the Eiffel Tower.​

After I left Paris our troops held an official victory parade which followed the exact same route as the French parade after the end of the great war. But I was not in the mood for parades, there is still much to be done...

Our victorious troops on the Avenue Foch.​

1940-07-12
Today a special delivery arrived in Berlin: The railway car from the war memorial in Compiègne, where we had been forced to sign the treaty of Versailles at the end of the great war. This would have been the perfect place to accept the French capitulation but now it will be on display in Berlin's history museum.

They had a little trouble to get the exhibit into the building...​

1940-07-13
With France now under our control we also have direct access to the Atlantic which is why Admiral Dönitz made the request that his submarine forces are redeployed to French harbors. From there he wants to hunt British convoys. I'm not convinced that our four submarine flotillas can make any measurable dent into the amount of shipping that is going to Britain every month but at least they will tie down a few ships of the Royal Navy.

Our U-Boots arrive in La Rochelle.​

 

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1940-07-14
I was very displeased with the performance of the Luftwaffe at the end of our campaign in France. The combined enemy air forces overwhelmed our fighters and not only grounded our bombers but also threatened our advancing armies with bombardments. To discuss possible solutions I had a meeting with my Luftwaffe generals in the Reichskanzlei today. General von Greim, who had been the head of the fighter forces until now, suggested to focus more on agile fighter planes than sluggish bombers. He argued that if we had more fighters than bombers we might not be able to bomb the enemy into submission but if it were the other way around we wouldn't be able to bomb the enemy at all. I completely agreed with him which is why I've decided to make him the new head of the Luftwaffe.

Ritter von Greim becomes the new head of the Luftwaffe.​

In the afternoon I called Göring to let him know. He seemed strangely relieved and will now return to his previous position as Prussian police chief. In the evening I talked with von Greim about his recommendations for further plane developments and he told me about a new kind of plane engine that some of our aircraft manufactures were working on which sounded really interesting. I also asked him if he thought that it would be possible to force the British to surrender by unleashing a bombing campaign on South England. He convinced me that it would be a huge waste of resources because the British would have the home field advantage, besides our planes still need repairs. So we shelved that idea.

1940-07-16
I went to the proving grounds of the military training area Döberitz north of Berlin today to see the first finished heavy railway artillery in action which I had ordered from the Krupp company a few years ago. Back in the day we had been surrounded by enemies behind impenetrable fortifications but now they have all vanished and this huge monster seems strangely obsolete. But how should we have known back then that we would be able to eliminate the Czech defenses by diplomacy and could simply outflank the Maginot Line?
Next month the second artillery piece of this kind "Dora" will be completed. Maybe we can find a purpose for this weapon once the inevitable struggle between us and the Soviets starts.

Inspecting the biggest gun in the world, the "Schwerer Gustav".​

1940-07-17
Bad news from North Africa today: After the Italians had advanced all the way to the gates of Alexandria they had been continuesly been pushed back by the British and are now fighting to defend the city of Tobruk from where they had started.

1940-07-18
More bad news from the Mediterranean today: The socialist Spanish Republic has joined the Comintern today after signing a treaty of military and economic cooperation with the Soviet Union. We are now facing the Comunists on three borders: The Soviets in Finland and Poland and the Spaniards on the Pyrenees.

Spain, the newest member of the Communist International.​

 

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1940-07-14

I went to the proving grounds of the military training area Döberitz north of Berlin today to see the first finished heavy railway artillery in action which I had ordered from the Krupp company a few years ago. Back in the day we had been surrounded by enemies behind impenetrable fortifications but now they have all vanished and this huge monster seems strangely obsolete. But how should we have known back then that we would be able to eliminate the Czech defenses by diplomacy and could simply outflank the Maginot Line?
Next month the second artillery piece of this kind "Dora" will be completed. Maybe we can find a purpose for this weapon once the inevitable struggle between us and the Soviets starts.

Inspecting the biggest gun in the world, the "Schwerer Gustav".​

[/CENTER]

This is well worth the 700 million Reichsmarks we spent on it.


This is a truly ripping read.

 

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1940-07-20
Mussolini must have been very confident that Britain would sign a peace treaty with us any day now, which is why today he attacked Greece to get his spoils of war before the war is over. I hope he will be more successful in Greece than he has been in Africa so far. As for Britain, they have refused to answer to any of our peace proposals I've sent them. Apparently they are very confident that they will be victorious in the end. A believe that seems to be growing with every new member of their former empire that joins the fight. Today Canada declared war on us and joined Britain in their Alliance.

1940-07-22
After de Gaulle had evacuated his Headquarters in Bordeaux he went on a short trip to the French colonies in North Africa and South America to boost the moral. Today he arrived in London where he met with Churchill. Because France was "temporarily" weakened they signed a treaty which gives full control of French North Africa to the Royal Army for the duration of the war. Our Italian friends are now facing British troops on two fronts in Africa.

North Africa is now almost entirely under the control of Britain.​

1940-07-25
Hungary had been eager to recover their lost lands in Romania. Our refusal to pressure Romania had lead indirectly to the fall of Romania into the hands of Communism. The new Soviet masters of Romania however didn't seem too terribly interested in protecting the integrity of Romania and have agreed to hand over Transylvania in return for political, economic and military concessions to the Soviet Cause. Hungary and the Soviet Union have signed a treaty today, making Hungary effectively another junior partner of the Communist International.

And another country is gripped by the World Revolution.​

1940-07-28
The Italian advance in Greece has come to a standstill and they have requested our help. Honestly, after their poor perfoirmance against the French and the British in North Aftrica, I'm not surprised. I've requested permission from King Peter II of Yugoslavia to use the Yugoslavian railway system to transfer reinforcements from Germany to Italian, but he refused. We will have to fine another way to obtain a route for our Divisions if we want to save the Italians. I've already ordered some of our troops that were stationed in France to be transfered to the Yugoslavain border and my General Staff has been tasked with developing an invasion plan.

Diplomacy fails once again.​

 

[gav1230]

The Commies are doing really well this game. 0_0

 

[oskar-kar]

Really amazing.

That tricky Hungary! First, thanks to Great Germany, they take eastern Slovakia, but this was not enough, then they attack Slovakia, Germany didn't want to fight with Hungary, so they annexed Slovakia, but they want more! Without support of Germany to take Transylvania, they went with this to Soviets, joining the Bolsheviks! They should be crushed first, in the fight with World Revolution, there will not be any Germany's puppet Hungary, there will be only German territory for their incompetence.

(I just see this, or Hungary are doing the same like Germany before WWII, first they take some lands by treaty with one faction, and then, they are joining to other, fighting with this first faction? I know this isn't the same situation but very similar)

[MM] Will You publish your "own mod"?

 

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Hello again, oskar-kar.
I wasn't planing of releasing the mod because it is more of a single player campaign for Germany than a mod and I'd rather spend the little time I have playing my game than developing a well rounded mod. The events other countries might get aren't very polished (no flavor texts and images) and it certainly isn't balanced for multiplayer. I've ported a lot of stuff from "DiDay's I.C.E." to FTM and written additional events which are giving bonuses to the soviet and allied AIs (eg communist China wouldn't be able to win if I didn't let some national Chinese troops switch sides) but I didn't write new AI scripts that allow German AIs to build SS unites etc.
I've also written a little script with which I can create the strategic maps I'm using for my campaigns. It loads a savegame and renders the map with rivers, borders and front lines on which I then can draw my units and movements.

If there is someone interested, I can send it to you. But again, I'm not planing on making it user friendly or anything, I've got a day job .

 

[oskar-kar]

Very sad, because this alternate history is very well designed. And no, I don't want anything, because like I wrote I was thinking about very good ahistorical scenario, not one detailed thing. But AAR is still very interesting. So your events are designed for 100% what you want to be choiced from AI? Did you create some events for ahistoricall Axis members?

 

[[MM]]

The goal of my game will be to take over the world singlehandedly (hence the name), this is also why there probably won't be any new axis members. And to keep it realistic I don't just declare war on everyone, if everything goes as planned this will be a true world war.
And yes, the AI doesn't have a choice in these events but I don't know when they are going to fire because they are events and not decisions and for the love of god I can't figure out how Paradox has coded that "mean time to happen" trigger. If the mean time is 1 day how can it not fire after several weeks? What are the odds?

 

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1940-08-01
After many years of construction, today our new rocket test center in Peenemünde on the island of Usedom near the city of Wolgast has been completed. Our lead rocket scientist Wernher von Braun has already begun the development of his miracle weapons he promised be back in 1937.

Rocket Science!​

1940-08-05
Britain still refuses to make peace with us and at my weekly meeting with the General Staff we discussed military options against Britain. Ritter von Greim had already told me that the Luftwaffe alone would not be able to force the Brits to surrender. Field Marshall von Rundstedt told me that an amphibious landing would only be possible if the Kriegsmarine was able seal the English Channel for at least an entire week. Grand Admiral Raeder however complained that with the delayed construction of the ships from Plan Z, especially the halted construction of our aircraft carriers, the navy wouldn't be in any position to face the Royal Home fleet in enemy waters. We had been able to score two major victories but only far away from the British homeland with assistance from our land based naval bombers. Admiral Dönitz didn't have much success with his submarine strategy either: From his four flotillas he has already lost two and the other two spend more time in the harbor needing repairs than at sea hunting convoys.
I've ordered to resume the construction of our two aircraft carriers. Maybe next year the situation will be different.

1940-08-16
Disastrous news from the Balkans today: Much to our surprise Yugoslavia has signed a defense treaty with the Soviet Union. Russia did alway have close ties with the people of Yugoslavia, which in part caused the great war, but it seems that we have a leak in our own ranks. Somehow the Yugoslavs must have heard of our plans to invade their country and to prevent this they have turned to the Communists who welcomed them with open arms. Italy will have to continue fighting alone in Greece.

Yugoslavia seeks protection from the Soviets.​

1940-08-30
After their shortcomings in North Africa over the past months nobody in the OKW was particularly surprised to see the situation in Greece and Africa deteriorate even further without our intervention. The Greek forces have received reinforcements in form of a British expeditionary force which helped them to first push the Italians back into Albania an then further into a pocket where they are expected to surrender any day now. The situation in Africa is not better: The Italians have lost their last big harbor today and their defeat is imminent.

1940-09-23
All of North Africa is now under the control of the British army. Only a few worthless outposts in the desert are still flying the Italian flag, but only because the British didn't bother to go there and take it down. The Italian colonial troops are continuing to fight at the horn of Africa, but with no way of getting supplies from Italy through Gibraltar or the Suez Channel it is only a matter of time until the British crush them as well.
In other news: Australia joined the British Alliance yesterday. It seems we have almost their entire British Commonwealth against us now.

1940-10-02
Ever since the Soviets gave Transylvania to Hungary, Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria had an eye on some Romanian provinces north of his border. Today the Soviets granted him his wish and they signed a military pact to cement their new found friendship. I suspect they are just working with the Soviets because they are the strongest power in the region but that doesn't help us much, the entire Balkan is now in the hands of our biggest political enemy.

1940-11-13
The Soviet Union has mobilized their troops today. Immediately after I received these news I called for a meeting with the General Staff. We all agreed that this could only mean that the Soviets were preparing an attack. I've issued an order to develop an plan for a preemptive strike against the Soviet Union next year. Britain will have to wait.