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Game:Hoi2-Doomsday
Start Date: 1 Jan. 1936
Nation:Germany
Plan:Conquering the World
Difficulty:Normal/Normal

1936:Only used for building up my industrial Capacity and some bigger Ships,complete Isolation to Concentrate fully on Produce,Technologies and generall Planning.Building up a Stockpile of all Materials,by only trading with Russia.Accepted other trade Agreements with Nations like Romania,Finnland,Argentina and other "Friends" in the Future.
Whenever I had enough Money I tryed to influence Russia.
Spanish Civil War,Nationals win...with some Help.Try to concentrate on building Technologies of 1936 to prevent "Penaltys".

1937:Again only used to build up Industry and Ships.Being less more Isolated,taking Influence especially in Balkan,Southamerican and Arabian Countrys and of course Russia.Trade is fully opened,selling everything,but Rare Materials and Oil,leaving me at end of 1937 with about 25.000 of every Material.Dont sell Supplys,since to build them is much to expensive,keept them for myself.Again only build 1937 Technologies,try to get all of that Year.

1938:This is the building Year.Build up about 90 Divisons Land,50 on Sea and 40 Air-Units,leaving me with 85 Infantry-Divisons,40 with Brigades,5 HQ,18 Tanks,fully Brigade,4 mot.Inf. with Brigades,5 Cavalry with Brig.,5 Mountaineers with Brig.,8 Garrisons.Trade still fully opened with every Country.Stockpile:75000 every Material,150 K Energy.Build up 1938 Technologies."Anschluss" of Austria.Allied with Argentina,Portugal and Afghanistan.Naval-Force done.1 CV,2BB,2BC,3CR,4LCR,20DD,24SUB,12TR.Start build up of the Air-Force.Comintern-Pact Italy,Japan.

1939:Building of Air Force done,16 FF,8STU,12TAC,4STR,start third Industry-Building Round,thought I´ll need it later :D .Further build 12 Garrisons,12 Air-brigades,2 mot.Inf.,3 Tanks,20 Land-Brigades,3 HQ.Used a Mix of Serial and Parallel-Building since 1936.Army complete build up on 1 August 1939:160 Land-Divisions most with Brigades,54 Air-Divisions and 62 Sea-Divisions,included Austrian-Army-Elements,destroying some older Ships.
Tchechoslowakia splitted,Slowakia as Puppet,claimed Memel.Allied with Argentina,Portugal,Afghanistan,Persia,Spain,Romania,Bulgaria,Hungary and Tibet.Accepted Molotov-Treatment.Started War as Historically,1.September1939.Conquest of Poland on 16.September1939,declared War on Lithunia,Conquested on 28.September,1.October declared War on Danmark,gave up on 3.October,declare War on Norwegian 15.October 1939,Conquested on 26.December 1939.So far so good,Garrisoned every occupied Territory+9 Divisions in Norwegian,3 Danmark,47 Poland,the rest send to Western and Southern Front.Winter Break until 1.April 1940.Sunk about 100 Transports and 15 Escorts with SUBS.Lost Seabattle at Kattegat,loosing 3 Capital and 5 DDs,BB and Carrier survived.Lost 3 Submarines.Stockpile:Energy:220K,Rare:85000,Metal:100K,Oil:90000,Money:17000.Compensated Trade-loosings with Russia,Arabia and USA.Oil from Romania and Arabia,Rare Materials from Russia and USA.

1940:New Allies:Italy,Finnland.Start War at Western on 7.April 1940,delayed cause of bad Weather.Declared War on Netherlands 7.April,9.April on Belgium,Netherlands Conquested 27.April,Belgium 11.April.Vichy-France at 17.May,preparation for Invasion of England,planned date 15.July 1940.2.July conquest of Gibraltar :D .Invasion on England,using a desperate Transport-Mission to Plymouth,covering the Seas besides with Naval-Forces,Land-Units rushing for the Eastern Ports of England and London.Lost 1 BB,3 Capital,4DD,4 SUBS...Conquest of Britain 21.September 1940... :D .Note:As soon as I made it on the Beach of Plymouth theyr Seal was doomed,I fought against ONLY 8 Divisons on Britain,in HOI 1,it never was that easy.BUG???.Declared War on Yugoslavia 1.October 1940,Conquest 3.November,5.November declared War on Greeke,27.Nov conquested.1.December get into Winter Break,Garrisoning the new Occupied,redeploying Troops.Invaded Azores,Gran Canaria and Isles South of West Africa.Destroyed 187 Transports,45 Escorts,lost 7 SUBS.Lost one Army corps in Battle of France(3 Divisions).Italy crushes Northern-Africa,Japan Ends War in China... :eek: .

1941:New Allies:Saudis,Syria,Lebanon.Start War on RUSSIA... :confused: :confused: :confused: ,to that date i had such a Big Army and good Relations with Russia that I shouldnt have done that,I should have concentrate to beat England,maybe attack Vichy-France...11.May 1941.
Conquest of Leningrad,Moscow,Stalingrad on 3.Dec...too late,2 Days to late... :mad: .Getting into a 1 Month break for Unit reorganisation.War in South Africa lost,Spain and Italy retreats.Italy conquers East Africa.UK invaded Persia and Afghanistan from India.Brazil gets into War on Allied Side.Japan is doing good in Russia,knocking on Indias Door and conquering the most of the Southeastern Islands and Siam.6.Dec...USA declared War... :D .Funny Think to say,to that date had 803 winning Points... :rofl: .
Lost of Azores...the Beginning :eek: .Sunk 199 Transports,23 Escorts...Lost 13 Divisions on Eastern Front,2 On Western Islands,11 SUBS,booth Carrier and BB...the whole Fleet.Leaving me with only Submarines and Transports.Note:Russia brought down to 81 Divisions on Land.

1942:

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As you can see this is in May 1942...as Far as this I never got later.From there on continious attacks of USA on Western Islands and England brought down a Beachhead on Plymouth, on 3.November,rappidly bringing in multiples of Divisons.Lost of complete Middle East on 12.Dec.,I could hold the Line in Russia until 4.April 1943.Japan cripples at India,conquering whole Pacific to Hawaii,some of eastern Russia,knocks on Australias Door.Lost Sea Battle at Northern Sea with new Build Naval-Force against overwhelming Allied Units.Leaving me only with SUBS...Troops in England are cut off...lost 3 Subs,sunk 123 Trans,22 ESC.Italy cripples in Southeastern Africa.

1943:Lost of England on 2.Feb,Western Islands,Gibraltar,Ceuta...24.April 1943.Japan lost Battles in India,lost some Pacific Territories,Italy draw back to Egypt,lost Cyprus...

It took them to 21.September 1946 to bring me down,Japan and Argentina still fighting...this was just...GREAT....i never had such a cool Experience in HOI 1,First...I lost,something I never experienced before :D ,second the Fact that conquering was much easier then later holding the Lines,made a much more realistic Gameplay,in HOI1 the Conquering was much more difficult.

In thought of how to play in the next Game...I´ll try NOT to start War with Russia,rather beating England and complete France...I didn´t loose of wrong gameplay but of one Thing not included before...thoose f... s... Partisans,thoose wehere the ones that brought down my whole Army Organisation and Supply Routes,making me weaker then I even remind of.I have to include them into my thoughts next Time...I think... :rofl:
 
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Attempts are something you should always do... And attempt is better than doing nothing... Telling about your attempt is best thing to do in situation like this...

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I think that you attacked the Soviets exactly in the right moment, because otherwise they would have DoW-ed you later and then you wouldn't have had a chance.

The one thing you could try next time is influencing the USA. I remember somebody being able to coup them (although he was playing as Soviet Union).
If you can somehow manage to bring them to your alliance, the world is yours.
 

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First thanks for givin me Hope to Conquer the World once and for all :D

So this is my second try on conquering the World.Im up to do a better Report,but sure I won´t be as good as some others here.

Startdate:1936,1.Jan
Nation:Germany
Plan:Conquering the whole World...in a more patiened Way...
Difficulty:normal/normal...next Time i will try harder

I won´t write as much about the 1936-1939 Period,since it´s most time the same,rather i´d like to show you how I organize Thinks.First the diplomatic Situation on August.29,1939.

-Spain is actually Republic
-Got allied with Argentina,Portugal,Bulgaria
-"Anschluss" of Austria and Tchechoslowakia Puppet,Memel claimed
-Other Allies will follow soon...Romania,Finnland,Hungary,Tibet,Italy,Japan???
-Got the best ever relation with Russia,would call it a "Friend"
-Neither with the USA,influenced my Butt of,no Effect...they´re still -190
-Doesn´t sign the Anti-Komm-Intern-Pact,but relations with Japan and Italy
doesn´t took much damage...
-Japan still fighting the Chinese

Political Information:

-Got a more open Market and Hawk Option,since I could control the dissent
with ease
-Set in Minister Flick(not Frick)...for +20% Supplys,thought was the best
Option to this date,compared to my other settings
-Lost two of the best Ministers cause of "Retirement"

Industrial and Technologie Information:

-Concentrated on researching "in Time" Technologies,done everything but Air-Doctrins of 1939 to that Date,29.August,1939.
-The upgrading ended exactly 3 Days before,since i´m using always the same building Plan as followed:

1936:Only Factorys,2 BB´s,4 BC
1937:Only Factorys,Transport Capacity,Land Buildings(AA,Radar)
1938:Building of the "Army"...further Details later
1939:Building of some Naval Forces,Building of the "Air Force"...further Details later

Upgrading of whole Army starts at about 1.Jan 1939,ALWAYS ending in the Month of August...I think its just because if you know how the Game is working,you can get everything out of it and so its always about the same size of Army you build...I sure would like to see Tips and Tricks specially for the Economy Part,cause I know I didn´t tryed everything yet.



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As you can see on Picture 8:00,29.August,1939...IC is about 209,Divisions on eastern about 72,with 5 Garrisons for Partisans in Berlin.

Overall Plan:

This Time i won´t get into that Blitzkrieg Tactics,over the Date of 1.January,1941...The Think I learned in my previous Game,was that Germans are not only good in Blitzkrieg...but in Agressive Defense,if you grant them Brigades and Land-Fortifications...they where almost unbeatabble...well the Lag of Ressources and Supplys brought them down finally.
The Plan is as before...Poland,Denmark,Norwegian,France,England...optional Yugoslavia and Spain...but with one exception,not invading Russia...rather first eliminating UK and France and USA maybe,if I fail from preventing them to get into War...Russia didn´t beat me last Game it was the US and the giant Amount of Partisans in Russian Occupied Territory...this Time I won´t go there until all other Threats are eliminated...For this I have 3 Years,in 3 Years everything can happen in-Game...

Army at this Date:29 August,1939

Naval-Forces:

-1.Transporterflotte = 6 Transports(Carls)
-Heimatschutzflotte Ostsee = 2 BC,3DD,1 SUB...all prewar(Marshall)
-Heimatschutzflotte Nordsee = 2CR,1DD,3SUB...all Class II(Böhm)
-Kriegflotte Nordatlantik = 2 BB(Class IV),1BC(ClassIII),2CR(ClassIII),2LCR(ClassIII),7DD(Class IV),2 SUBS(Class IV),4BC(Class IV)...(Raeder)
-Ubootflotte Nordsee = 3 SUBS(Class IV)...(Dönitz)
-Ubootflotte Nordatlantik = 3 SUBS(Class IV)...(Fricke)
-Ubootflotte Biscaya = 3 SUBS (Class IV)...(Warzecha)
-Overall 47 Divisions

Heimatschutzflotten are ordered to attack SUBS and TRANS of Enemy in specific Area,Ubootflotten are ordered to Attack Convoys in specific Area,Kriegsmarine is for Tactical Orders in specific Area,Transporterflotte is used single for better "surprise" usage...

Air-Forces:

-1.Bomberflotte = 4 TACS(1939)...(Göring)
-2.Bomberflotte = 4 TACS(1939)...(von Richthofen)
-3.Bomberflotte = " " " (von Speerle)
-1.Stukakorps = 4 CAS(1939)...(Kesselring)
-1.Jagdfliegerkorps = 4 INT(1939)...(Milch)
-2.Jagdfliegerkorps = " (Kitzinger)
-3.Jagdfliegerkorps = " (von Greim)
-Overall 28 Divisions
-Note that every Bomber-Division is equipped with Escort-Brigades,givin a greater tactical Advantage,concentrating the Interceptors on the Western Front.

Bomberflotten are used for Interdiction and Ground Attack,Stukakorps for Tactical Orders and Jagdfliegerkorps for Escort/Patrol/Intercept-Missions...later for Interdiction/ground Attack whenever possible...

Army:

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As you can see I have ONLY 107(102) Divisions...but.... they´re highly Upgraded,fitted completely with Brigades and put under best Command...I spend almost 7 Hours only to plan the perfect(for me) Leader assignmend...

Western Front:30 Divisions

-Heeresgruppe Frankreich = 1 HQ(POL)...(von Kaupisch)
-Heeresgruppe Benelux = 1 HQ(POL)...(von Bendt)
-Heeresgruppe Norwegen = 1 HQ(POL)...(Fleck)
-1.Armeekorps = 3 Div.Inf(1939,ART)...(von Weichs)
-2.Armeekorps = "(AT)...(Paulus)
-3.Armeekorps = "(ART)...(Heissmeyer)
-4.Armeekorps = "(AA)...(Pollmann)
-5.Armeekorps = "(AA)...(Ulex)
-6.Armeekorps = "(AA)...(Endres)
-7.Armeekorps = "(ART)...(Fischer H.)
-8.Armeekorps = "(AT)...(Grün)
-9.Armeekorps = "(ART)...(Heitz)

Heeresgruppen are always only a HQ-Unit,suited with the best possible Leader,in this Case one with high Rank such as Rundstedt,In occupied Territory they serve as Supply,Police,Intelligence-Unit,for the Army in Terrain around it.
Armeekorps,ALWAYS consist of 3 Divisions...I spend a lot of Time using mixed or singled Brigades to find out what suits best...and (for me),I´d rather like to suit the Divisions with one and the same Brigade,and not mix them...givin me much greater Tactical Options.If Armeekorps are splitted,they´re called Abteilung xxx.Armeekorps...I know that mixed Brigades are much more flexible,but I learned that a Korps Infanterie(3 Divs.) suited with 3 ART,dooms every Counterpart of you´re Enemy(3Divs.Inf.,mixed).The Naval Forces I set under regional Options,the Air-Force under full-sized Options...cause I learned that this is the only effectiv Way of using them...why use a Naval-bomber for Interdictions runs in a mixed Unit ???...The Army is set under the magic "3"...everything is set upon the 3-Divisions...Cavallry,Infantry,Mot.,Tanks etc.,...this is cause you can easily fit them together to 6,9,12 Armys...in defending Terms,1 Div. is uneffectiv,2 are good,but often not enough,but 3 Divs with Brigades,are up for a bigger Battle and Concepts of Attack...

The other 72 Divisions I will explain in the next Post...since its part of my attack-Report on Poland. :D

Other Info:

-Western Front highly Equipped with Ground AA´s and Radar...The Concept is to Cripple the Allied Air-Force in 1939,with Help of the Jagdfliegerkorps
-Hungary,Romania,Japan,Italy,Finnland,Tibet,Afghanistan,Persia,Arabia,Venezuela...maybe Allies sooner or later
-Plan to cripple the UK-Fleet in 1939/1940...by concentrating every Naval-Force on one Point,since the Uk-Fleet is Split all over the World...
 

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Attack-Report on Poland

So before an attack starts,we always have to plan it...

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Note:The red Lines are the "Stossrichtung" of Armys,the green Circles are the planned "Kessels"...not much Detail...this is why I made this

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This is attack-Plan for "Heeresgruppe Nord"...note:the blue Circles are where the Air-Force is concentrated,the thick red lines are the "Stossrichtung" of Army,the small red Lines are the Support directions and the Yellow Lines are the "Stossrichtung" of the Tank and mot.-Units...

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This is attack-Plan for "Heeresgruppe Mitte"...

02.10.2006_11:45:42_potak3.bmp


This is attack-Plan for "Heeresgruppe Süd"...

This Plan is based upon a "one-Week-campaign",cutting of Enemy-Lines long before they´re abble to react,in hope that Russia will take the other Provinces soon enough...

First think is to order the Subs to the Atlantik Sea for Convoy-busting-Missions...Ubootflotte Biscaya got crippled in Canal,I had to retreat and refit it in "Kiel"...

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Campaign start at 6:00 September 1,1939...fast Breaktroughs and "Kessels" doomed the enemy,leaving me with that Result...

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Complete Summary for the Month of September...

-1.Sep.:Start War with Poland at 6:00
-3.Sep.:captured one DD(class II) of Polish Naval-forces,tied them to Flotte Nordsee...changed Leader from "Böhm" to "Saalwächter"...
-6.Sep.:Fall of Warsaw
-8.Sep.:Redeployed parts of the Air-force to Western Front
-9.Sep.:annexed Poland 8:00
-12.Sep.:Sunk one Polish DD under UK-controll
-13.Sep.:Building Programm "Winter 1939/40" starts,building:4 CAS,4 FF,6 SS(IV),3 Mountaineers,3 HT,3 Radar,5 static-AA,3 Garrisons...All Units fitted with Brigades...
-14.Sep.:complete building Break,until 1.March 1940...to gain some Materials..
-15.Sep.:After War with Poland,Army is redeploye,mainly to Western Front,and Parts to the Border of Denmark
-24.Sep.:Ubootflotte Biscaya,arrived at Biscaya immediatlly starting to hunt for Convoys...
-26.Sep.:Sunk 3 Transports
-27.Sep.:Sunk 5 Transports
-28.Sep.:Sunk 1 Transport,delayed all Submarine-Fleets to the Sea of Biscaya
-29.Sep.:BB Tirpitz is build and fit into "Kriegsmarine",Air activity on Western Front getting weaker...
-30.Sep.:Multiple Air-Divisions send from other Allies...such as Argentina(2 Bombers,1 Fighter-Division)

Result:sunk 9Transport,1 SUB,captured 1 DD...lost of Seabattle in Canal,"one-Week-campaign",Plans for Invasion of Denmark and Norway,about 3 % Millitary looses...

see the next Report... :D
 
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Wow 5 days and your already in Warsaw. Good stuff man good stuff. How bout allying with Mexico? They won't do alot but you can kill some time while ol uncle sam is busy with them. Maybe conquer Sweden too? And what bout Turkey man? You can open up the east to India (hopefully you will ally with Japan and team up on UK) and attack Russia's under belly while getting much needed oil.
 

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Sure...but the Plan this Time is not to attack Russia,before the Date of 1.May,1943...maybe 1.May 1942,if everything is working good...I know from sooner Experiences,that under the given Circumstances the Russians won´t attack me before,1.Jan 1943,maybe October 1942...theese are 3 Years for sealing the others Fade.France must fall before 1.Juny1940,England,Africa and India before 1.September 1942...and Americans before the 1.January 1943,to let my Plan come true...I think this is going to work out.

I won´t allie with Japan until I have War with USA,cause getting into War with them,or Russia,whilst i´m still fighting the other "Dampfwalze",is too much for my planned 220 Divisions to that Date...once I seriously crippled USA,I will start the War at Russia...

Look I could conquer Turkey,Sweden...allie with Mexico....BUT...there´s no use in it...I won´t conquer Turkey in one Week,neither Sweden...I guess they booth would take min. 1 Month...and remember there´s still Spain I have to bring down...The Idea is not to have to many Enemys,rather destroying thoose that I´m already at War with...

Allie with Mexico ???...uses too much Money,USA will Conquer it in a pretty short time,giving them even more Industrial Power...so this isn´t a good Idea...but I´m planning Brazil for Allie,together with Argentina they would be a serious Enemy for the USA...

The Key to all is "Gibraltar",I won´t get anything done until Gibraltar falls...

I forgott the Eastern Army :eek:

Eastern Army:

10.Armeekorps:3 Div.Inf.,von Bock,ART
11.Armeekorps:",List,ENG
12.Armeekorps:",von Witzleben.ART
13.Armeekorps:",von Reichenau,ENG
14.Armeekorps:",von Brauchitsch,AT
15.Armeekorps:",von Küchler,ENG
16.Armeekorps:",von Wieterstein,ENG
17.Armeekorps:",Halder,ENG
18.Armeekorps:",Wodrig,ENG
19.Armeekorps:",Blaskowitz,ENG
20.Armeekorps:",von Dalwick zu Lichtenfels,ART
21.Armeekorps:",Straube,ART
22.Armeekorps:",Eiche,AT

1.Gebirgsjägerkorps:3 Div.Mount.,von Kluge,ENG

1.Panzerarmee:3 Div.LT,Guderian,REC
2.Panzerarmee:3 Div.HT,von Manstein,ENG
3.Panzerarmee:",Model,ENG
4.Panzerarmee:3 Div.LT,Rommel,REC
5.Panzerarmee:3 Div.HT,Hausser,ENG

5 Garrison Divisions:Himmler,POL

Heeresgruppe Nord:1HQ,von Rundstedt,POL
Heeresgruppe Mitte:1HQ,von Kayser,POL
Heeresgruppe Süd:1HQ,von Hammerstein E.,POL

1.Kavalleriekorps:3 Div Cav.,Schörner,AT
2.Kavalleriekorps:",von Salmuth,AT

1.Mot.Infanteriekorps:3 Div Mot.,von Leeb,ART Mob.
2.Mot.Infanteriekorps:",von Kleist,ART Mob.

As you can see my Army is really Royal... :D

I don´t know why but I don´t like thoose "Oldguards"...my Army is just "von"... :)

The Structure in Army isn´t made as historically...that would be tooooo much research in Forums and would confuse me even more :confused: :confused: :confused: ...its for a simple Purpose,"easy to handle"...guess about thoose "Mot.Inf.XXX.Korps Heeresgruppe what the H... ever"...you get in the other Scenarios,its much to perplexing...

Structure as follows:

1.Armeekorps=just the necessary Info...its the first I build and are 3 Divs,every other Info you can see if you klick the Unit,no further Info needed,I guess...it just lets me know how many I build of them...so I made no difference between the 1.Armeekorps and the 1.Gebirgsjägerkorps....it just tells me how many I got...If I split Units,the "Abteilung 1.AK",let me know that its tight to 1.Armeekorps...the other Option is that I can easily fit them together into 6 or 9 Divisions with another Leader,which is more then necessary in-Battle...
 
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I think your underestimating Russia (again). They really do declare war on Germany if you wait too long... and they will do it while the rest of your armies are away (especially if you're conquering the USA). If they catch you off guard... they'll be in Berlin a month later. Just be very careful about leaving Russia alone "til ur ready" because there are countless horror stories about that.... and they almost always end up with a Red Europe.

Nice plans though, it's always more fun when you have the time to plan everything out, good luck!
 

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So for the next Part...October 1939

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As you can see my Troops are redeployed to "Kassel"(green Arrow) and the Denmark Border,the Troops in Kassel are hopefully unseen by the Allied Forces...the big Amount of Troops to Denmark and Norway,is because the UK already know that i´m planning to invade Norway...The whole Battle-Fleet+Heimatschutzflotten and 1 Ubootflotte is in Area of North Sea,hopefully devastating everything they´re up to...The Plan is simple,there´s no need in Conquesting Denmark...just bring in some Troops on Copenhagen and let the others rush to Aalborg...then use as historically,Aalborg as a Bridge to Norway,specially in use with the Air Force...The Fleets are then lined up to western Norway Waters,just to "detect" Enemy Vessels...nothing is more frustrating to meet a superior Fleet and lose the whole build up Marine...as then the 1.Transporterflotte will "deliver" the Troops to "Oslo,Trondheim,Narwik"...Troops then swift into the Center of Norway,and thats it...Bingo...so for the Results... :D

First I ordered my Schutzflotten to a Naval Interdiction-Mission in Skagerrak and Kagerrak and the complete Submarine Fleets to the Biscaya Sea...

02.10.2006_21:14:55_oct1 2.bmp


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After Ubootflotte Nordatlantik arrived a allied Fleet found me...

02.10.2006_21:18:54_oct4.bmp


This is more then ever before,37 Divisions,5 carriers... :eek: ...but i´m in luck there at Biscaya not in Norwegian Seas... :D ...think positive...it should be clear that i retreated...Subs have to be refited,take the long Way back Home to Kiel...but they can be of use in Norwegian Seas if the Attack starts...again think positive...this is because i´ve searched long for a "perfect" Strategy...but they´re is only one "be flexible"...

So the line up for Denmark 15.October...

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You ask why the Tanks do a Naval Assault on Copenhagen ???...cause they can...6 Divisions ^^...+ they´re fastest on the Island and permanently ready for the "jump" to Oslo...

Situation on Oct.19...

02.10.2006_21:30:42_oct19.bmp


LOL...I always like to fight such little Nations...watch the funny little Naval-Battle...guess who winns...

02.10.2006_21:33:59_oct21.bmp


This is one of the devastating Air-battles ...note the Air Fleet of Argentina(green Arrow)...6 Division+my static AA and Jagdfliegerkorps...this totally works out I guess...its the third big Air-Battle I won...maybe do a picture of Battles at end of Year...

So complete Summary of October...

1-2 Oct.:sunk 6 Transports(Biscaya,UK),Subs Nordatlantik arrived Biscaya,engaged 2 DD´s(UK) in celtic Sea...won
3 Oct.:sunk 5 Transports
4 Oct.:3 Trans,engaged Fleet in Celtic Sea...37 Divisions...must retreat
5 Oct.:7 Trans,Uflotte Nord is send back to Kiel,Reports of a great Victory over the Skies of Essen
6-14 Oct.:22 Trans,2 Escort,compensating Issues with Rare Materials and Money...
15 Oct.:2 Trans,Phase I:"Roll over Denmark"
16 Oct.:declared War on Denmark
17 Oct.:7Trans,1 DD(Denmark)
18 Oct.:sunk HMS Flyndren (CL)
19 Oct.:Ships in Helgoland Bight send to Skagerrak...Last Stand of Denmark with Fleet in Store Dällf...???...sunk one DD and HMS Niels Jule (CA)
20 Oct.:6 Trans,Denmark surrenders
21 Oct.:USA occupied Island and Gronland
23 Oct.:3 Trans
24 Oct.:Kriegsmarine>Kattegat,Flotte Ostsee>Skagerrak,Ubbot Nord.>Gorda Fjord,Flotte Nordsee>Vest Fjord
27 Oct.: 8:00 declared War on Norway
29 Oct.:UK invades Portugal...1 Tank Division
30 Oct.:sunk CA Norge at Kattegat

Overall:65 Trans.,2 Escort,2 CA,2 DD,1 CL,3 Air-Divs(Bombers),two Divisions(Denmark) Inf.

So this seems to work out better then I thought of...I learned much from you´re Forum specially in Air Force and Sub Marine Thermes...

Wow...this is going to get Serious this time,i´m already thinking of a Overall-Plan B...Spain isn´t allied,will Portugal hold until May 1940,pretty unrealistic I think...as good as the Things are working,this Time I don´t have the benefit of being allied to Spain...which is somehow necessary...hmmm...Portugal in Winter is not very difficult...4 Divisions,maybe 6,heavy Air-Support....it should be planned I think...besides Portugal isn´t much of a loose...we will see...For the last i can say...Oslo has already fallen...

Thanks for you´re welcome People i´m really glad you share the same passion for this Game as I do...hope I can be a good Teller and Teacher...

November first has to be played....CYA next Time...
 

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Chefportnen said:

now heres your first challenege: if poland fell in 5 days, you must make norway fall in 5 or less days. just try and see to see if it is humanly possible

Funny,to take Norway in 5 days is practically impossible,with only 6 Transports...look Poland in 5 Days...actually 9 until annexed,is no Problem as long as you´re Strategy works out...if just one of my Army´s would have been delayed in a Battle then it would have been about 2 Weeks...maybe this all looks easy,but first I conquered Poland so often that I could do it in sleep,and second I can ensure you that i´m going to have Issues right at the End of the Year...the Pre-1940 Battles are always easy...

One Thing to mention about my Army...if you read it you will know that my last Army was about 160 Divisions Land,60 by Sea and 40-50 by Air...this Time I have only 107 Divisions at start...this was because in my first attempt,I fully concentrated on building a big Army...but this Army was mainly build up on 33 Armeekorps and other slow and sluggish Units...this Time more then 20 % of my Army is mobil or somehow "fast"...

So for November...

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No real Battle Plan needed,since the Norwegians to this Date are always surprised of the attack...maybe this changes with a harder Level ???...green Arrows = Naval Ways,red Arrows = Army Ways,yellow Arrows = "fast" Units,blue Circles = Air-Force concentration...

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one of the Naval-Battles with Norway...

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Weather is on my side,watch that the whole eastern Area is snowing... :D ,...sure the snow is delaying my Advance into Center,but i´m not afraid of Norway... :wacko:

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Situation Nov.14,...Pictures of the Battles aren´t worth it,I was always up against 1 Division...

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A Demonstration of my "Anti-Air Idea"...note that it´s always like this from the very beginning...only one FF-Division got seriously crippled and needs to be refited...

So Norway and Denmark took exactly one Month to beat,I hope this is satisfying for you... :D

Summary of November:

1.Nov.:AA and Garrison for Denmark ready to deploy,now building 5 garrisons for Norway...Air-Fleets rebased to Oslo,starting to pound Norway in Trondheim
2.Nov.:sunk 1 Trans(Convoy)
3.Nov.:Garrisoned Denmark
4.Nov.:1.Pan zerarmee(Guderian) reached Kristiansand
5.Nov.:Seabattle against Norway at Skagerrak against Norway...won
6.Nov.:Attack on Trondheim
8.Nov.:Ubootflotte Nordsee returned from Mission,send back to Biscaya
9.Nov.:Trondheim has fallen
10.Nov.:attack on Narvik
13.Nov.:3 Trans,1 DD(Norway),Bokn Fjord
14.Nov.:9:00 annexed Norway
15.Nov.:2 Trans,redeployed Air-Force to "Kassel",new-Submarine Main-Base..."Bergen"
16.Nov.:2 Trans,Finish Winter War started
17.Nov.:4 Trans,Azores lost(Portugal)
18.:4 Trans,Ubootflotte Nordatlantik send to Biscaya,Heimatschutzfloote Nordsee renamed to Schutzflotte Norwegen(Bergen),Heimatschutzflotte Ostsee renamed to Heimatschutzflotte(Kiel)
20.Nov.:1 Trans
23.Nov.:Sweden send Material to aid Finnland...so do I(1000 Supplys)
25.:1 Trans
26.Nov.:2 Trans,redeployed Panzerarmys back to Kassel,4 Armeekorps+1 Hq and 5 Garrisons,stay back on Norway
29.Nov.:defeat against UK Fleet in Biscaya Sea,no damage,Ubootflotte Biscaya
30.Nov.:2 Trans,1 Escort...

Overall:22 Trans,1 Escort,1 DD(Norway),1 Air Division(UK),6 Land Divisions(Norway)

Watch out for December...
 
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