My recent AAR, Tukhachevsky's Army and the Politburo, included a contest to see who would choose my next AAR. The winner was Davout, who requested a UK AAR in Hearts of Iron III. So, that's why we're here. If you like the AAR, thank him. If you don't like it, blame him.
I am not an expert on HOI3. I know what I'm doing at least 50% of the time and the other 50% I make educated guesses. Still, that didn't stop me with my EU IV Japan AAR, so what could possibly go wrong?
House rules
1. No cheating.
2. Nothing too gamey.
3. I must attempt to defend all areas of the Empire unless the odds would be unsurvivable for my troops.
4. AI control for defensive areas only.
Stylistically, this AAR will mostly be history book, with snippets of diary entries from several characters who will fight in the war (hence the title of the AAR). I will include gameplay sections at the end of updates where I think it's appropriate.
I'm not entirely certain when I'll find the time to get the AAR started, but I am a man of my word, and started it shall be. I'll post, at the very least, the prologue (pre-pause stuff) before the end of February.
Dramatis personae -- all of these characters are fictional; any resemblance they have to real historical characters is purely coincidental
Alice Digby, radar operator, Hong Kong
Dr. Eliot James, professor, Oxford University
David James, son of Eliot, clerk at the Foreign Office
Color Sergeant Lawrence "Larry" Quentin, Royal Marines
Leftenant William "Silent Bill" Michael Harris, aide to Admiral Sir Ernie Chatfield, Chief of the Naval General Staff
Colonel Wallace Graham, executive officer, 1st Armored Division "Royal Hussars"
Chapter 1: 1936
Chapter 2: 1937
Chapter 3: 1938 -- the war begins!
Chapter 4: December 1938 to February 1939
Chapter 5: February 1939 to 4 May 1939
Chapter 6: 4 May 1939 to 21 September 1939
Chapter 7: 23 September 1939 to 8 April 1940
Chapter 8: 9 April 1940 to 1 January 1941
Chapter 9: 1 January 1941 to 25 July 1941
Chapter 10: 26 July 1941 to 6 February 1942
Chapter 11: 6 February 1942 to 16 July 1942
Chapter 12: 16 July 1942 to 4 February 1943
Chapter 13: 4 February 1943 to 1 May 1943
Chapter 14: 1 May 1943 to 8 November 1943
Chapter 15: 8 November 1943 to 22 May 1944
Chapter 16: 22 May 1944 to 14 October 1944
Chapter 17: 14 October 1944 to 7 March 1945
Chapter 18: 8 March 1945 to 29 September 1945
Chapter 19: 30 September 1945 to 16 November 1945
Chapter 20: 17 November 1945 to 21 April 1946
Chapter 21: 22 April 1946 to 8 September 1946
Epilogue
I am not an expert on HOI3. I know what I'm doing at least 50% of the time and the other 50% I make educated guesses. Still, that didn't stop me with my EU IV Japan AAR, so what could possibly go wrong?
House rules
1. No cheating.
2. Nothing too gamey.
3. I must attempt to defend all areas of the Empire unless the odds would be unsurvivable for my troops.
4. AI control for defensive areas only.
Stylistically, this AAR will mostly be history book, with snippets of diary entries from several characters who will fight in the war (hence the title of the AAR). I will include gameplay sections at the end of updates where I think it's appropriate.
I'm not entirely certain when I'll find the time to get the AAR started, but I am a man of my word, and started it shall be. I'll post, at the very least, the prologue (pre-pause stuff) before the end of February.
Dramatis personae -- all of these characters are fictional; any resemblance they have to real historical characters is purely coincidental
Alice Digby, radar operator, Hong Kong
Dr. Eliot James, professor, Oxford University
David James, son of Eliot, clerk at the Foreign Office
Color Sergeant Lawrence "Larry" Quentin, Royal Marines
Leftenant William "Silent Bill" Michael Harris, aide to Admiral Sir Ernie Chatfield, Chief of the Naval General Staff
Colonel Wallace Graham, executive officer, 1st Armored Division "Royal Hussars"
Table of contents
The future is prologueChapter 1: 1936
Chapter 2: 1937
Chapter 3: 1938 -- the war begins!
Chapter 4: December 1938 to February 1939
Chapter 5: February 1939 to 4 May 1939
Chapter 6: 4 May 1939 to 21 September 1939
Chapter 7: 23 September 1939 to 8 April 1940
Chapter 8: 9 April 1940 to 1 January 1941
Chapter 9: 1 January 1941 to 25 July 1941
Chapter 10: 26 July 1941 to 6 February 1942
Chapter 11: 6 February 1942 to 16 July 1942
Chapter 12: 16 July 1942 to 4 February 1943
Chapter 13: 4 February 1943 to 1 May 1943
Chapter 14: 1 May 1943 to 8 November 1943
Chapter 15: 8 November 1943 to 22 May 1944
Chapter 16: 22 May 1944 to 14 October 1944
Chapter 17: 14 October 1944 to 7 March 1945
Chapter 18: 8 March 1945 to 29 September 1945
Chapter 19: 30 September 1945 to 16 November 1945
Chapter 20: 17 November 1945 to 21 April 1946
Chapter 21: 22 April 1946 to 8 September 1946
Epilogue
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