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I'm guiltily proud for the красный волк (Red Wolf) submarine pack, for their heroic and legendary successes in Empire waters. It's not every day that the USSR ends up having one of the most dangerous submarine forces. Imagine the propaganda films.
Aye, now imagine the damage it could do if they were on our side. Instead they're wasting strength on what should be their ally while the damned Nazis have started their final offensive. Things are pretty far gone diplomatically with the Soviets but its never too late to bring Molotov to London and help organize the Big Switch.

EDIT: Also I like to imagine this timeline's Hunt for the Red October is a Soviet film about a submarine in the English Channel during WW2.
 
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The entrance into Finland was fueled by anti-communist bias, ignorance and plain British stubbornness (and stupidity pardon me saying). It did very little and just riled up one of the world's super power against us.
 
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The entrance into Finland was fueled by anti-communist bias, ignorance and plain British stubbornness (and stupidity pardon me saying). It did very little and just riled up one of the world's super power against us.
You mean anti ruthless aggressor bias? I mean, the Soviets are launching a war of aggression against Finland. Stupid it may be, but it was the right thing to do morally.
 
You mean anti ruthless aggressor bias? I mean, the Soviets are launching a war of aggression against Finland. Stupid it may be, but it was the right thing to do morally.
Dark times when the British Empire is the shining protector of national sovereignty. But regardless, Finland signed a peace- the war of aggression is over. The war being fought now is a pointless naval dick-measuring contest that is doing nothing but wasting resources and lives. Between the Royal Navy and the Wolf Packs the Nazis don't dare step in ponds; what the British need to be building is planes, planes, planes! Break the fascists' hold of the skies and send them back to Berlin!
 
Finally British agression will be met with Soviet steel, the revolution is coming comrade.
 
You mean anti ruthless aggressor bias? I mean, the Soviets are launching a war of aggression against Finland. Stupid it may be, but it was the right thing to do morally.
It was a petty gesture! How could the British hold back the Russians? There's literally no way they can win and all it did was continue the fighting and devastation.
 
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Dark times when the British Empire is the shining protector of national sovereignty. But regardless, Finland signed a peace- the war of aggression is over. The war being fought now is a pointless naval dick-measuring contest that is doing nothing but wasting resources and lives. Between the Royal Navy and the Wolf Packs the Nazis don't dare step in ponds; what the British need to be building is planes, planes, planes! Break the fascists' hold of the skies and send them back to Berlin!
Eh, true. I don't want the author to make peace, though, because it's just so much more entertaining this way.
 
Eh, true. I don't want the author to make peace, though, because it's just so much more entertaining this way.
True, and I understand from a gameplay perspective the war is helping them send their production into overdrive, but I fear that unless peace comes before Germany falls the war will only get worse...
 
If Germany falls and we're still at war with the soviets...

Goodbye India! Goodbye France! Goodbye Western Germany! Goodbye Italy! Goodbye Low countries! Goodbye Denmark! Goodbye everyone in Europe!
 
Sounds like fun. I say take out the Germans and then let's see what the combined forces of liberty can do against the Red menace. Hopefully the Americans can back us up.
 
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If Germany falls and we're still at war with the soviets...

Goodbye India! Goodbye France! Goodbye Western Germany! Goodbye Italy! Goodbye Low countries! Goodbye Denmark! Goodbye everyone in Europe!
YE of little faith. Don't forget that the Brits have a weapon stronger than a thousand nukes: being controlled by a player!
 
YE of little faith. Don't forget that the Brits have a weapon stronger than a thousand nukes: being controlled by a player!
Fat lot that will do against 300 infantry divisions, 215 tank divisions and that's not counting the support from communist satellites. Did I mention the war ready economy, and ready stance for further fighting?
 


"Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"

The resistance to an ongoing Russian war has been noted, not much we can do about that right now.
I don't want to have to moderate this thread so let's discuss matters at hand. The enemy is at our doorsteps and the Italian kingdom is crumbling
The Hun is finally knocking on the door...
Yes, this is what I'm most nervous about, the millions now on the western front. So much invested in this. 8 months just waiting for the hammer to strike.
it's amazing all the trouble the Germans are causing in Italy. I thought that Rome would fall in less than two weeks and it's still unconquered....
Patience is a virtue. We wouldn't want to take the Eternal City only to be immediatelyo outflanked now would we?
Nice and steady, I'd like to enter an open city rather than bomb it to the ground. But the Germans are pesky. Italy should fall by us or its own account soon enough.
I love how this was is producing even alternate household names. Maxine Weygand will be remembered as one of the greatest military geniuses in history, and that maniac de Gualle will be a footnote.
I'm guiltily proud for the красный волк (Red Wolf)
Haha, yes I do like the ripples in this universe growing out. The Legendary Dudley Pound, and the Butcher of Kattegat, The Tigers of the Alps, etc. This universe would make for a great RPG ;)
Also I like to imagine this timeline's Hunt for the Red October is a Soviet film about a submarine in the English Channel during WW2.
Haha yes! Hunt for the Red Wolves. I would love to know just who snuck by Stalin's purge and the Red Navy's bureaucracy to create this monster of a fleet.
... Australia, deploy the sharks.
The Brave Australian fleet, in the Mediterranean sea doing their duty!
Ugh, German air superiority at the eve of the Battle of the Gort Line (Gortmageddon) simply can't be a positive development.
No, the Luftwaffe might be the thing I hate the most of this war, always giving me such a headache.

Let me also remind people that this AAR includes both game mechanics and "historical probabilities". Meaning in this world right now we would not necessarily need to enter Berlin to win over a weakened Germany as a coup would suffice.
 
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I don't want to have to moderate this thread so let's discuss matters at hand. The enemy is at our doorsteps and the Italian kingdom is crumbling
Noted. Eyes on the prey, not the horizon. Step number zero is the Gort Line. Italy is a possible end and we should support France where we can, but our focus is in stopping the German onslaught. I know the air situation is terrible, but how much do we have in production? If Italy falls through and the Gort Line turns to a stalemate then firebombing a few German cities might be a good way to bring the war home to the German people. Show them the horrors of the war they've been unleashing in the Low Countries. Maybe that would finally get our uprising moving.
 
Well...

There's very little evidence that heavy civilian bombing led to any uprisings or organized anti-war movements. They usually cursed their leaders, the allies and God then went among their business.
 
That's... a really bad idea. Not only are you taking away jobs, but you're heavily weakening Italy and making them ruled over by a group of people with a different skin colour and alien language.
It is only establishing the correct and natural hierarchy:

Britain
Britain's colonies
Other countries
Germany
 



3 - 10 July '40 - The breaking point of nations


"Tell the chaps help is on its way"

- General Brooke, replying to General Montgomery's request for assistance. July 1940 -


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(London)
Bloody good to see you again, old boy! In these historical times a friendly face serves as a nice break from the tense and anxious atmosphere of the War Cabinet. Lord Halifax and Chamberlain are still vocal about their disdain of the trench war that we now find ourselves in. Churchill, Ironside, and Eden are pushing back. This is a necessary evil, and we are tipping the scale in our favour.

This week we might have won the war. At least the war against the Italians, and perhaps soon enough against the Germans.
It is July 10th and the war has lasted for 313 days.​


GREAT AIR BATTLE OVER BELGIUM:
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The French airforce desperate to keep the Germans from bombing us all to hell kept at it regardless of the decaying state of their forces. Most of our primary armies have now been outfitted with anti-aircraft brigades, so when the time comes for Jerry to bomb the Gort line in larger numbers, we should be able to fend him off. But I digress.
France lost: 50 fighters, and 21 bombers
Germany lost: 17 fighters, and 73 bombers​
They are throwing tons and tons of men and material into these air battles. It must be raining metal upon the Belgian soil.


WESTERN FRONT:
GRAND COUNTER-ATTACK INTO MONS:
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Our army in Lille came under attack last week by the strongest, well-planned German attack of the war. General Alan Brooke and General Alexander both launched their daring and necessary counter-attack into the heartland of Mons early this week. German Field Marshal Keitel was also reinforced. At the most this battle had 36 British and 40 German divisions clashing at the Gort line in order to halt the Huns invasion. Let me explain it to you, chap. there's around 1 million well-armed soldiers involved. It must have been Bedlam. only 250 miles from here. The peculiar General Montgomery in Lille managed to secure important strongholds and also tipped the battle in ever more our favour.


MOVING INTO BRUGES AND ASSAULTING BRUSSELS:
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General Gort also issued a command to his army in Dunkirk, a rather uncharacteristic one. This week they moved out of the Gort line in order to secure the last bastion of the Belgium nation: Bruges. As it came under attack last week, and Gort believed a flanking maneuver would cause panic in the German army. They have 40 division locked down in Lille, and we throw 10 divisions into their right flank. Good thinking Gort! We stopped the smaller German assault, but it came with a cost. 14 000 men.


ARLON DIVERSION:
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But the counter-attack and diversion did not end there. General Ritchie was ordered to attack hard into Arlon in the lone German division there. Hopefully we would either break through, or force the enemy to reinforce the province. Jerry did the latter. The boys were then called back into the Gort Line.


INITIAL GERMAN ATTACK REPELLED!:
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Good news, old boy. They did it. The initial attack was halted. The Gort line withstood the first contact with the enemy. General Gamelin sent Gort a telegram apologising for earlier sentiments, congratulating the British for an initial successful operation, and thanking them for securing Bruges side by side with the French. We lost 45 000 young men to the battle. Some were captured, some wounded, and some will never again see the light of day. The Germans, thankfully took roughly the same losses.
Now begins the waiting game. The Germans will attempt another attack no doubt. where they will attempt to break through is hard to tell. Bruges is the immediate threat though, and we are ready to evacuate the Belgian city if the Huns attack in overwhelming numbers.​


REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE IN ITALY:
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Originally the Gort Line reserve boys arrived in Parma, Italy early this week. What a bloody ragtag team they are! We have the Maoris from New Zealand upsetting the British boys with their sodding war chants! The Australians only laugh it off, and then there's the British Raj boys who have seen real battle ignoring them all. It's a bloody nightmare, none of them have standardised uniforms, equipments. The British have been forced to wing the whole operation...


ITALIAN FRONT:
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But what better boy to wing it than General Paget; one of the boys who secured Norway. For them time being he has been put in charge of the situation. That is until we can send Ironside down there to stabilise and oversee the whole operation. The North front is proving rather unstable at the moment. Milan is under a large attack from German and Italian forces. They are waiting for the reinforcements to finish them off from Brecia. The South is splendid though. Livorno repelled a weak attack from Rome, and General Weygand with Indian forces are engaged with fascist forces outside of the capital.


SECRET NEGOTIATIONS WITH ITALIAN KING AS MUSSOLINI FLEES CAPITAL:
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Speaking of which, The Italian King Victor Emmanuel III is ready to accept surrender on behalf of Italy. The Fascist leader Mussolini has fled the capital with his bodyguards, and the whole situation seems rather unstable. France has issued their demands to the king. Looks like the French are pushing for a future republic, and some colonial strength in Africa, those cheeky bastards.

CONDITIONS OF SURRENDER:
  • Italy will be a democratic government under the French Republic, with Victor Emmanuell III as symbolic leader in the transitionary period. They will join the war on the Allies side, although they pledge no army.
  • Britain vows to send supplies in order to mitigate starvation as soon as Italy joins alliance.
  • Shkoder, Tirana, Vlore, Korce will not be a part of Italy, and may seek independence as nation.
  • Kalymnos, and Rodos, is of military importance and will for the time being remain under French administration.
  • Libya is of military importance and will be under French and British administration.
  • Italian East Africa is of military importance and will for the time being remain under French administration.
If all goes well, then next week the King will issue the surrender of the Italian army, and the reforming of a new government. One on our side.


ASSEMBLY LINE:
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Back home in good old England, Beaverbrook, and our factory boys have made their output more efficient. The oil companies were the first to take advantage of the assembly lines. Further increasing our Industrial Capacity. This is damn good news, old boy! The allies should be able to outproduce the Germans. France and Britain, with the Commonwealth in support, and Italy out of the picture.


ADVANCED NAVAL INVASION:
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This week we also started funding the creation of a real effective invasion doctrine. It will take some time, but with the help of the French we might soon have an amphibious force strong enough to land in Denmark, or wherever the fight might be in a year time. But one thing is for certain, the old way of doing it was not good enough.​


AUSTRALIAN FLEET UNDER ATTACK:
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The battle was waged in the air, and on ground. And of course the seas where no different; The Australian fleet came under intense air attacks from the Luftwaffe this week as they attempted to blockade Rome. They got out of the whole sordid mess with moderate damage. Unfortunately this forced them to set sail back to Alexandria for repairs. Looks like the Australian Navy will have to sit out the rest of the Italian war.

20 ESCORT SHIPS READY:
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In order to further battle the Soviet submarine threat we have diverted more ships to escort duty. Their job now is to protect our supply lines in the vast seas, against the Red Wolfpacks. After last weeks disaster off the coast or Ireland It's imperative that we show the public that we're still in control of the seas.


2 AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONS ON ROUTE:
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Last matter of the day. The small transport fleet arrived in Australia on the 3rd July. It then set sail for Alexandria with the last 2 Australian divisions. ETA August 9th. Not in time for the Italian war, but they can be used on the Northern front to secure the Alpes. But that is a month away, and as we know plenty can change before then.

Ah Ms. Darling! Thank you!
A double for our friend here.
Scotch! And what better to accompany it than a toast.

To days gone by, old soldiers,
a good bed, and the fall of Fascist Italy;
and may the sun never set on the British Empire.




Bloody good stuff, ey?


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The heartland of fascism crumbles! A great day indeed, for all who oppose such a monstrous ideology. It seems the end might finally be near- I guess its about time to start planning an invasion through Austria, eh?