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[wafflecakes999]

Operation Vesta II:

Operation Vesta II was launched on the 16th of September 1938, with the invasions of Jamaica and the Bahamas against no opposition. On the 20th of September Port au Prince, Haiti, was captured with the loss of 308 US and 695 Haitian soldiers. On the 18th Antigua was invaded against no opposition. Haiti capitulated the same day. In the meantime on the 19th, the French launched an invasion of Antigua from Guadeloupe. The attack was repulsed, with the loss of 58 US Soldiers to 807 French. On the 29th, the Dominican Republic invaded the territory of the former Haitian Republic, in the area of Gonaives. They inflicted 30 US casualties but themselves lost 58. On the 3rd of October the French tried to invade Antigua again, losing 225 soldiers to our 19. On the 6th intelligence reported the presence of Iraqi Air Force units in the parts of Bahamas bypassed by the initial invasion.

The 12th of October saw a push by weak US forces across the Artibonite River, aiming at the Santiago region of the Dominican Republic. This attack was repulsed due to the unsuitability of the terrain. US casualties were 136 to 116 Dominican. A week later a second attack was launched in the same area, this time however with a second thrust from the Gonaives sector, outflanking the river. This resulted in victory, with 449 US soldiers becoming casualties, to 1304 Dominican. On the 27th our troops reached Macoris and Santiago itself, where we engaged the remaining enemy troops and caused 148 casualties, with 80 US lost. The Dominican Republic was annexed at 5pm the same day. Total casualties in this campaign were: 695 US to 1626 to our troops and a further 120 Dominicans to the USAAF for a total of 1726 Dominicans. Guadeloupe and Martinique were taken on the 12th and 24th respectively, at a cost of 98 and 312 US and 169 and 223 French respectively. The remaining Caribbean Islands were taken unopposed by the 30th of December.

French invasion of New York:
This image shows the maximum extent of the French Bridgehead, just after Kingston had been retaken at a loss of 441 US and 774 French soldiers, and Hartford and Newhaven had also been taken for no loss, and before the main counter-attack commenced:

This photo shows the French division in New London attempting to escape encirclement by encircling the US division in Newhaven, as well as the French division surrounded in Franklin (In the east of the bridgehead and the west respectively (or right of image and left):

On the 15th of September a local counter-attack was launched (as mentioned previously) against Kingston. On the 18th an attempt was made to attack New York, capitalising on the previous battle of Newark. This attempt failed because of the intervening Hudson river and French destruction of its bridges. We lost 163 troops to the French 93. The French launched counterattacks on Newark and Newburg (The two intervening territories between New York and the Western/Left hand isolated French Division). 5 US troops were lost at Newark to a lucky French artillery round. 75 French were killed in return at Newark and 23 at Newburg.

At this point, intelligence and combat reports had utilised a complete French order of battle for the bridgehead. the French force consisted of 5 divisions, the 8eme Division in Franklin, the 83eme Division in Hartford (Left and Right hand pockets respectively) and the 6, 60 and 20eme Divisions in New York. This Force was supported by 4 Fighters and 1 Bomber formation operating out of New York from the 1st of September until the 29th when they were destroyed. This force amounted to a total strength initially of 45,000, but due to at the time of the encirclement of the 8eme and 83eme divisions, totalled no more than 44, 018. 8eme accounted for 8,449, 83eme for 8,976 and between the New York divisions a further 26, 693.

The Franklin pocket was reduced on the 26th of September, with the loss of 157 US troops and 688 French. Hartford was neutralised on the 29th with the loss of 346 US and 748 French. New York fell on the 2nd of October, with the loss of a staggering 1817 US soldiers to 1033 French. Hampstead fell on the 6th, for 105 US and 112 French losses, and Greenport finally fell on the 13th for 775 US and 576 French casualties. Total French losses for the campaign have been calculated as: 4,877 casualties to our land forces, with a further 4,013 to our air forces for a total of 8,890. This gives a total of 36, 110 French as having been taken prisoner. Total US casualties were: 4,133. A 2.15:1 K/D.

Elsewhere:
The Japanese have continued with their offensive in the Pacific, after taking Guam. Wake was lost on the 29th of September, with 205 US KIA and 2795 POW, to 22 Japanese KIA. on the 14th of October, Attu was lost, with 235 US KIA and 2765 POW to 25 Japanese KIA. Midway was lost on the 4th of November for 689 US KIA and 1292 Japanese. Honolulu was lost on the 20th for 666 US and 655 Japanese. A number of other Pacific islands have been lost to the Japanese as well, including all of Micronesia and American Samoa. The remaining American possessions are Johnson Island and the remaining Hawaiian islands.
Nicaragua capitulated on the 18th of September, with the defeat of their forces at Bluefields and Granada. 14 US soldiers were KIA at Bluefields and 270 at Granada. 247 Nicaraguans were killed at Bluefields and 515 at Granada.

Bermuda was added to Operation Vesta II on the 2nd of December (I'd forgot it existed until then )
After the defeat of the French in New York, control of CONUS East returned to the AI, who re-launched the conquest of Newfoundland. Six battles were fought, twice at Charlottetown, then at Cooks Harbour, Windsor, Rencontre East and St Johns. The battle of Rencontre East was a defeat for US forces. Total casualties for this campaign were: 1421 US and 2649 British.

Total US casualties for this campaign: 9, 153 (+5,560 POW's+)
Total US for War to date: 15, 275.
Total enemy casualties for this campaign: 16, 456 (36, 110 POW's+)
Total for war to date: 28, 049
1.84:1 K/D ratio, a slight drop.

 

[wafflecakes999]

Future Plans:

With the completion of operations to date, it is time to cast eyes forward. I have settled on a very fast timetable of about a year to complete the capture of South America, and a year for each continent thereafter. As such, my original plan for the invasion of South America, Mars, has been modified from:

To:

The original plan called for an amphibious attack from Caracao at Venezuela as all of their VP's are on the coast, with a secondary assault on the northern tip of Colombia. Invasion of Colombia is complicated by all but one of their VP's being inland, and the original plan entailed a broad front assault to avoid encirclement. I'm now going to rely on speed and superiority in arms to punch a whole through and capture the VP's on a reduced front. At the same time as these assaults are going in, a second amphibious campaign will be launched to take Ecuador. Once these three countries have fallen, the next phase of operations will occur. The invasion of the Galapagos will probably not be necessary with Ecuador's capitulation. A two pronged amphibious assault will be launched against Peru, with a simultaneous assault occuring on Suriname, and the two Guyana's. Forces involved will be the 10 Marine divisions and between 10 and 15 infantry divisions.

 

[sebas379]

The French dare, thats the first time i have seen the AI invade the US like that, cool.
Guess you need to keep a fleet at the ready on that side as well or the british might be next.

A year per continent, thats a hefty timetable, especially for Asia. Good luck.

 

[wafflecakes999]

Yeah, I don't think I have either, threw me off a little. Luckily it was only 5 divisions and they didn't reinforce.
I'm hoping the AI forces of about 350,000 men will be enough to hold Canada and America - I've extended its area of responsibility down the east and west coasts, so there are divisions guarding most of the major ports now.
Most of the fleet is going to be engaged in South America moving troops around.
Yeah, deliberately trying to shorten the game, as well as being extra ambitious. Next update will have some exciting developments in terms of how well things are progressing.

 

[Rabbit Burgher]

Maybe launch the assault on Newfoundland yourself so that the AI doesn't mess it up? Also, awesome AAR so far. I'm sure the enemies of America shall all embrace democracy!

 

[wafflecakes999]

Thanks! At the current rate, its looking likely! Though I'm getting bogged down in the South and East of South America, but that's two updates away.
I probably should have invaded it myself, but I was distracted in the Caribbean so by the time I realised it had already been completed.

 

[wafflecakes999]

Operation Mars II - 18/1/1939-4/5/1939.

Operation Mars II was launched at 0800 on the 18th of January with a two pronged offensive from Panama, with a simultaneous amphibious assault on Maracaibo Venezuela.

The amphibious assault was met by a Columbian destroyer squadron, which was promptly sunk.

On the 21st victory was ours in the opening battles of Jaque and La Palma. 600 US soldiers were killed at Jaque and 93 at La Palma, to 815 and 760 Colombians at each battle respectively. The 24th saw our advance continue with Monteria falling for 60 US and 140 Colombian casualties. Maracaibo Venezuela finally fell on the 26th, for 66 US Casualties to 388 Venezuelan. Two days later on the 28th, the amphibious invasion of Ecuador was launched, with victory occurring at the landing site of Ibarra Ecuador coming rapidly. 15 Americans were killed to 37 Ecuadorans. Later that day Caracas fell with 27 US casualties and 468 Venezuelan.

The second battle of Monteria was fought on the 2nd of February, where 60 US and 701 Colombians were killed. The 2nd of February was a bloody day, as the battle of Manta Ecuador and of Medellin was fought to a victory on this day as well. 198 and 418 US soldiers lost their lives in these battles, respectively, whilst 999 Ecuadorans and 546 Colombians were lost respectively. Four days later, on the 6th, Venezuela was annexed.

The 7th of February saw the battle of Quito finish, with 1056 US Soldiers losing their lives to 1907 Ecuadorans, one of the bloodiest battles fought so far, and the bloodiest in South America and Central America. The next day Ecuador surrendered.

From the 10th of February until the 8th of March, four more battles took place in Colombia. Cucuta, Manizales, Cartagena and Bogota. Advance had been delayed by jungles and mountains but was steady. Cucuta saw 104 US and 749 Colombians die, Manizales 2 US and 96 Colombians, Cartagena 206 to 116 and Bogota 123 to 168.
Total casualties for Phase I were:
US: 3,028
Enemy: 7,890 with a further 2,202 killed by USAAF attacks, for a total of 10,092.
The map of South and Central American and the Caribbean now looks like this:

With nine months left to conquer the remainder of South America, a blitzkrieg advance will be required.
To begin, Operation Mars II, Phase II was launched on the 15th of March. This was the secondary arrows pointed at Peru.
On the 17th of March, our invasion fleet was engaged by the Peruvian navy, where they lost heavy cruiser Coronel Bolognesi (I'm sorry, but thats hilarious, the ship is called, Colonel Bolognese). After landing either side of Lima, and fighting over difficult ground against well prepared and fully mobilised troops, Lima was finally taken on the 27th, after two waves of reinforcements, bringing the total of US forces to 70,000 to roughly 40,000 Peruvians. Our losses were heavy, but the enemies was slightly more, at 1576 US and 1956 Peruvian. The bloodiest battle of the war. Shortly after, on the 5th of April, Peru was annexed. As the capital of Bolivia is close to the Peruvian border a short stab was launched at La Paz, which fell on the 21st of April for 78 US and 1052 Bolivian casualties, with Bolivia being annexed on the 4th of May.
At the same time a bloodless campaign was waged through Suriname and the two Guyana's.
Plans were then drawn up for the Blitzkrieg against Chile and Brazil.
It first should be noted that a two division attack was launched by Peru shortly before Lima fell into Ecuador:

This attack caused some consternation as the highlighted units are where the HQ of CONUS West is located and were about to be sent south, leaving the HQ on its (thankfully the enemy pulled out soon after in a vain attempt to race and relieve Lima).

Operation Quirinus:

Quirinus was launched on the 5th of May and has proceeded well in Chile but has run into difficulties in Brazil. More to come in the next update.
US Casualties this update: 4,734
War to date: 20,009
Enemy casualties this update: 13,100
War to date: 41,149
2.05-1 K/D - Solid increase to a better than two to one K/D!

 

[wafflecakes999]

Operation Quirinus: 5/5/1939 - 1/9/1939
Ambition and failure in South America

Operation Quirinus was launched on the 5th of May with an amphibious landing on Antofagasta (northern most arrow in previous picture post). Victory was ours with 7 US and & Chilean dead. The next day saw our fleet engage a portion of the Chilean fleet, and sank the Heavy Cruiser Chacabuco. On the 16th our forces landed at Illapala, and after great difficulty captured the place, with the loss of 1538 US troops to 478 Chilean. Chile was annexed the same day. On the 18th of May the Argentinian army crossed the border into Chile on a large front. US forces were hastily redeployed around the Chilean Capital and the two northern VP's. The battles of Vargas, Caipe, Mendoza and Palo Blanco were fought over the next 8 days. 2,368 US soldiers died in these engagements, to 2,703 Argentinian.

On the 26th the amphibious assault on northern Brazil commenced, with the battle of Salvador taking place the same day. The battle of Salvador was a victory for our forces, with 249 US and 589 Brazilian troops dying. The same day Macapa was taken for the loss of 276 US and 540 Brazilian troops.

From the 26th until the 11 of June a further four battles were fought against the Argentines, at Maceio, Chillum and twice at San Clemente. A further 627 US soldiers were killed and 1,125 Argentine.

The front now briefly stabilised in Chile enough for a plan to be formalised for the taking of Argentina. Quirinus II was as follows:

An assault on Paraguay was also included, as its army was moving into Bolivia.
From the 12th of June until the 3rd of July, five battles were fought against the Argentines, three against Brazil and two against Paraguay. Total casualties were as follows: 2188, 2733 and 567 for a total of 5,488 US casualties. Enemy casualties were: 1619, 2528, 1015 for a total of 5162.

The 3rd of July saw Rocket Engine researched, which has led to Theoretical Jet Engine being researched and Strategic Rocket.

This is when things started going badly in Brazil. I hadn't the ports/ship range to land further south in Brazil so I chose sights further north (the three northern arrows on the previous post). These all lacked ports, so therefore my troops were cut off from supply. Despite vain attempts to break out to the north where there were few Brazilian troops, this was unsuccessful. Over the next two weeks (3/7-16/7) three battles were fought with the Brazilians, all were lost. The final battle was at Maceio. Overall, 611 soldiers lost their lives, with 49,637 becoming POW's. Brazilian losses were only 710. With that the northern part of Quirinus had failed - Brazil was going to be a tougher nut to crack.

Things in Argentina and Paraguay however had begun to look up. despite bloody battles at Potosi in Paraguay and San Luis in Argentina (659 and 1414 US to 605 and 555 Enemy losses respectively) advances were being made. On the 15th of July the Spanish Civil War finally ended, with a, Republican Victory! On the 24th a weak US division attempted to take Buenos Aires but was repulsed. The second battle of Buenos Aires occured on the 7th of August, and four days later Argentina was annexed. A day before, on the 11th, Paraguay had surrendered as well. From the 11th of July until final surrender, seven more battles were fought with Argentina, and five more with Paraguay. A total of 3,099 Americans were killed in this final push, to 1700 Paraguayans (+ 5447 lost to our bombers) and 2723 Argentinians (+16000 POW's at La Rioja, and 2847 to USAAF strikes) for a total of 12, 717 dead.

Uruguay was invaded on the 16th of August, and five battles were fought between the 16/8 and 6/9. A total of 2,442 US and 2786 Uruguayans were killed.
Total enemy casualties for Quirinus: 25473
Total US for Quirinus: 12,469 (plus temporarily 49637 prisoners)
US total casualties for war: 22,478
Total enemy: 66,622
2.96:1 K/D - nearly 3 to 1!

 

[wafflecakes999]

Do people prefer the battle by battle posts or the briefer ones?
What do people like and dislike about the AAR so far? 800+ Views but only 2 or 3 regular posters. What can I improve on to get more people interested?

 

[Hoyte]

Make them longer

 

[wafflecakes999]

The posts in general? What would you like to know more of? Specific axis' of advance? Divisions and Corps involved/ORBATS? As much detail as possible in general?
I have 10 and a half A5 pages of hand written notes but have been condensing as I wanted to keep posts short and not very wordy, haha, but if that's what people want I can do that. I just need to know specifics of things people are interested in.

 

[sebas379]

Ouch that was a painful defeat in Brazil, can't have too many of those.
Still it is looking good so far, no contact with the major powers yet so you can clean up the Americas at your leisure.

I think the updates are fine, you could make them a bit more wordy and descriptive, that might work. Mix your writing style up a bit, add a little detail from time to time. I personally like to mix things up a bit with historical photos of the era, if you feel like it you could do that too. The amount of ingame images is fine with me, they make it much easier to see whats going on so I would definetly keep the ratio of those.

 

[wafflecakes999]

Final conquest of South America!
And a European nation capitulates to Germany.
Operations Neptune II and Hephaestus - 7/9/1939 - 23/4/1940.

The renewed push into Brazil was given the codename, Neptune II.

As already mentioned Uruguay has fallen, so I now have access to Montevideo and a port slightly closer to Brazil. As it was for the last two amphibious assaults an even closer port needed to be taken, so an assault was made on a port located just north of the tip of the lake above Uruguay. The two arrows in land are each for a Corps of five infantry divisions, and the seaborne invasion arrows are the same again. With the addition of the new invasion point near the lake, a third land arrow from Montevideo up the Brazilian coast was added, with another Corps of five divisions, and the four Ranger divisions as well. This gives a total strength of the invasion force as: 10 Marine, 15 Infantry and 4 Ranger divisions for a total strength of 245,000 men. During the campaign the two new airborne divisions, the 82nd and 101st, which were under theatre control, were also used in the area of Southern Brazil - specifically the area behind the lake as this was bypassed initially, but contained four Brazilian divisions threatening the flanks of my pushes so needed to be neutralised.

September:
The landward invasion kicked off on the 7th of September as planned with the battle of Amambai. 32 US and 187 Brazilians were killed here. On the 10th we engaged the Brazilians at Capo do Canoa, with the loss of 19 US and 257 Brazilian troops. On the 11th both Corps engaged the enemy, at Villarica and El Dorado. 114 and 630 US soldiers were lost in each battle respectively, to 857 and 631 Brazilians.

On the 16th of September, a US Battle fleet was engaged by elements of the Brazilian navy, at the Battle of the Rio Grande.
The Brazilian fleet oddly enough was only the Battleship Sao Paulo and two escorting destroyers. Both ships were sunk easily by our forces, the Sao Paulo having received multiple 16" shell hits from USS New York, and bomb hits from USS Ranger, exploded after fires reached her magazines. The ship had continued fighting despite its crippling blows and raging fires, which is why the magazine doors had been left open. The fire control parties had already been decimated and could not control the fires in time. One of the escorting destroyers tried to escape shortly after but was sunk by salvos fired from the US fleet flagship, USS Tennessee. The remaining destroyer stayed longer, firing off a torpedo salvo whilst checking for survivors of Sao Paulo. It then laid a smoke screen and managed to escape.

Sao Paulo preparing to leave port before its eventual sinking.

Our next engagement occured on the 21st, at Camocin, in Northern Brazil, where a renewed push was being made by the remnants of Quirinus. We managed to surround a Brazilian division here at Camocin, and destroyed it. We killed 823 Brazilians and took 7995 POW's, to our losses of 775 soldiers. For the rest of September, battles were fought in the south on the 23rd and two on the 30th. The first, at Passo Fundo, we killed 155 enemy to our loss of 61, and the second, at Artigas, we killed 598 to a loss of 443. During this time (the 26-29th) the first US Armoured and Motorised divisions were deployed in Argentina. These forces were the Americal, 22nd and 39th Motorised Divisions (3 Motor + 1 TD) and the First Armoured Division (1 Med Armor, 2 Motor, 1 TD). These units now constitute the First Armoured Corps. Total casualties for September are: US, 2074, Brazil: 3508 on land and all 900 crew of the Sao Paulo.

October:
October was the busiest month for our forces in Brazil. A total of 16 Battles were fought. These were: 2/10 Cacador, 5/10 Pitanga II and Recife II , 9/10 Cacador II, 13/10 Guarapuava, 15/10 Maturin, El Dorado 2, Rio Grande, 19/10 Lajes, 21/10 Sorocaba I & II, 24/10 Recife III, Juazeiro de Norte, Sao Paulo, 29/10 Maceio II, 31/10 Caranhuns. We lost in order of battles the following men: 389, 102, 33, 799, 35, 40, 216, 12, 257, 18, 19, 216, 204. It is worth noting that the battle of Maturin was in Argentina against Argentinian rebels. 965 Rebels were killed in this engagement. Enemy losses at the other battles were: 387, 232, 514, 790, 907, 867, 67, 392, 314, 101, 614, 209, 187, 57, 141. This gives total casualty figures for October as: US, 2340 against 6744 Brazilians and Argentine rebels. During October, on the 15th, the United States Army achieved Veteran Army status, having fought its 250th battle. Sadly no celebration could be had as the war must go on.

November:
November saw the final mopping up operations in Brazil. Only two battles were fought, both on the 8th of Brazil. These were at Campos and the Second Battle of Salvador. 418 US soldiers died at Campos and 715 Brazilian, and 56 US soldiers died at Salvador, to 81 Brazilian. Five days later Brazil surrendered. South America was ours! In just 11 months we had conquered the entire continent. Casualties for the last phase of the campaign to conquer South America were:
US: 5,683
Brazil: 13,880
US: 22,886
South America: 52,453
Total war to date US: 28,161
Total war to date enemy: 80,502
2.86:1 K/D, a 0.10 drop on last update.

Next update: Operation Hephaestus, loss of last Island in the Pacific besides the Philippines, and Japanese invasion of the Philippines!

 

[wafflecakes999]

Ahhh, South America, it looks good in blue:

 

[wafflecakes999]

Operation Hephaestus: Conquest of Africa and disappointments

With the conquest of South America, I had to decide on where to invade next. The Pacific was dropped due to the large distances involved and the total destruction of US merchant shipping in the Pacific (lost to Japanese and Soviet submarines). Therefore the question was, Europe, or Africa? Africa was shown as I don't quite have the fleet or the army to take on the major European powers, and Germany has their attention occupied.

The invasion of Africa has been given the codename, Hephaestus. After examining the range of our ships, its been decided to remove all destroyers from front line service. This gives the fleet a range of 2500 km, which means the Cape Verde, Ascension and St. Helena are all in range of our ships. This also means that the best place for us to invade first will be West Africa, due to its closeness. Hephaestus will have two phases, the first will be taking of the three Islands mentioned already, plus the capture of the Falklands and South Georgia, as these maps show:

Hephaestus Phase One - South. The Arrows between South Georgia and St. Helena can be ignored as the target islands in between (the cluster of three Islands) have no port facilities so troops landed will be stuck there. XIII Marine Corps is the unit designated to take these Islands.

Hephaestus Phase One North. XIV Marine Corps is designated to take Cape Verde (Northernmost arrow), whilst III and XI Infantry Corps (each of three divisions - the remnants of Quirinus) will take Ascension Island (middle arrow). Once all invasion forces are at their staging positions, the second phase of Hephaestus will begin.
The US Fleet at this time was reorganised into three commands, North, Middle and South (corresponding to the different arrows).
North Fleet consists of: 1CV, 5BB, 5CA, 6CL, 8TT. Middle Fleet: 1CV, 5BB, 5CA, 6CL, 7TT and South Fleet: 1CV, 4BB, 6CL, 7TT.
The US army was also reorganised into three armies, as follows:
I Army, earmarked for the southern axis: XIII Marine Corps, XX Ranger Corps, 5 Marine, 4 Ranger: 65,000 strong.
II Army, earmarked for the middle axis: VII, VI, IX, X Corps, 14 Infantry divisions, 126,000 strong.
III Army, earmarked for the northern axis: XIV Marine Corps, III, VIII, XI and 1st Armoured Corps: 5 Marine, 3 Motorised, 1 Armour, 15 Infantry divisions: 220,000 strong.
82nd and 101st Airborne as theatre troops reserve, 18,000 men.
Total strength therefore: 429,000 men.
Hephaestus Phase One:
The southern operation went off almost without a hitch, as both islands were undefended by land. However three units of the Royal Navy intercepted our fleet as it approached South Georgia. The light cruiser Calypso and the two heavy cruisers Cumberland and Suffolk were sunk without loss to the US navy. The start of Hephaestus was the 24th of December, with the Falklands taken on the 27th, Cape Verde on the 30th, Ascension the same day and South Georgia on the 1st of Jan. Cape Verde was defended by 13000 Portuguese soldiers. We lost 273 casualties to the 998 Portuguese (and 11988 POW's).

Delays were encountered trying to move troops into place on Cape Verde and Ascension, and Saint Helena wasn't taken until the 2nd of January.

The 2nd of January was also when it came to my attention that the Japanese had landed in the Philippines:

My forces on the islands were three independent infantry brigades, at Manila and the two northern ports. These were supplemented by 4 Divisions of 2 Infantry Brigades, 1 AA and 1 Artillery brigade.

The Japanese attacked Manila on the 2nd of February but were repulsed the next day, with the loss of 182 US and 340 Japanese soldiers. The 3rd of February is also the day that Hephaestus Phase Two was launched:

Each of the green arrows on land and along the coasts represents one division. The initial landing force in the south however also included the 4 Ranger divisions. Total first wave therefore was 10 Marine, 4 Ranger and 4 Infantry for 146,000 men in the first wave. Landings were opposed at Dakar and Monrovia (North and Middle arrows). Enemy fleet action was intense and constant. 10 naval engagements have been fought so far, between the 4th of February and the 16th of April.

The first naval engagement was off the coast of Senegal, where the British fleet lost three destroyers and the Republican Spanish fleet lost another, on the 4th of February. Later that day the remainder of the enemy fleet engaged, this time losing the HMS Nelson to the gunfire of the US Flagship, the USS Tennessee

Nelson leaves the port of Dakar to engage our forces.

USS Tennessee before the war.
Over 1,000 of Nelsons crew were lost, most drowning due to the inability to pick up survivors during the continuing fleet action.
Fleet action now turned south, with three battles being fought at Sherbo Island, off the coast of Monrovia. Sherbo I was on the 12th of February, and the USS Astoria was lost, with the loss of 219 of her 899 man crew. Sherbo II was fought the next day, this time the Tuscaloosa was lost (both US Ships were heavy cruisers), again luckily with small loss of life, only losing 300 of her 866 man crew. This time we also sank the French light cruiser, Emile Barton, which was sunk by a concentrated salvo by the USS Oklahoma (BB), for the loss of her entire crew. Sherbo III was fought the next day, the 14th, when we lost the USS Augusta (CA), USS Pensacola (CA), whilst we also sank the 10th French DD squadron and the HMS Royal Oak (BB). USS New Mexico has claimed the Royal Oak, causing a direct hit on her number X turret magazine, which detonated and blew the ship in half, killing her entire crew. Our casualties in this engagement were 519 dead, with the enemy losing 909 on Royal Oak and 50 killed on the destroyer.

At the same time was the fleet engagement, our forces were wading ashore at Dakar against stiff opposition:

Marines coming ashore south of Dakar.

French troops dug in in the jungle along the coast.
The French fought bravely at Dakar, but without air support and being completely outnumbered 5 to 1, they could not hold. We took the city on the 6th, with the loss of 203 Marines to France's 717 dead. Monrovia fell a week later, after surprisingly stiff resistance by the Liberian army. After a second wave of reinforcements was landed in front of the city, the enemy finally broke and surrendered.

Fires rage out of control in the city, as reinforcements are poured into the city.
Casualties were heavy at Monrovia, with 1038 US soldiers and 1945 Liberians losing their lives. On the 14th, the government of Liberia capitulated.
On the 20th, the second battle of Manila was fought, this time with 120 US and 302 Japanese losing their lives.
Two days later, our forces reached Bissau, the capital of Portuguese Guinea. It was decided to drop the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions to the southeast of the city, between two of the Portuguese defence lines.

The Para's go in.
The Portuguese again put up a stiff resistance, but like the French in Dakar, were completely surrounded and at our mercy. The enemy had two defence rings around the city, but with our paratroopers dropping in between these, the Portuguese soon gave up. We lost 454 soldiers to the enemies 938. On the 25th we engaged French forces at Tambaounda, where we won a pyrrhic victory, losing 143 to their 148 soldiers. The 26th saw the first of four Portuguese and Spanish attempts to retake Cape Verde.

The first battle of Cape Verde was repulsed with the loss of 4 Portuguese destroyers and 120 sailors dead. The 27th of February saw the Spanish try this time, with the loss of 4 transports and the light cruiser Libertad to our naval bombers. The third attempt occured on the 16th of March, with the enemy this time managing to put troops ashore. They were eventually repulsed by the 82nd and 101st Airborne which had been rushed to defend the islands. We lost 7 dead to the Spanish 384. The final attempt again saw enemy troops put ashore, but they were again repulsed with the lost of 151 dead to our 3, and 2 more of their transports being sunk.

In the meantime, the Japanese attacked Manila again on the 8th of March, which ended in a bloody defeat for the Japanese, losing 2280 men to our 1562.
By this time our bridgehead in West Africa looked like this:

The next phase of the invasion, codenamed Ares, was to be launched on the 22nd of March.

Ares envisioned an armoured push by First Armoured Corps north along the coast into Morocco, and a push into Nigeria by the XIII Marine Corps and Ranger Corps. However, on the 3rd of April, the French surrendered to the Germans, forming the Vichy government, which I now have a truce with until the 3rd of November and reducing my gains to Portuguese Guinea, Liberia and the two British territories and completely frustrating my plans. Just after this however my new carriers were built, all 6 of them. They were also joined by a further 10 light cruisers and 5 multi-role fighters.
I now have to work out a new plan of attack. Stay tuned.
US casualties this update: 4,504
Enemy casualties: 10,693 including USAAF casualties
US war to date: 32,665
Enemy war to date: 91,195
2.79:1 K/d down again

 

[sebas379]

Excellent, the Americas are united and with the Axis putting pressure on the British in Europe their empire cannot withstand your invasions.
From where you are attacking now, I assume your plan is to keep Japan occupied with a delaying action in the Phillipines whilst you deal a crippling blow to the Allies, maybe even take Britain? Crippling the Royal Navy would free up your squadrons for action in the Pacific. Then Japan may hav landed troop everywhere, but without a fleet they are sitting ducks.

 

[wafflecakes999]

Despite some fierce resistance in south-east and east Africa, the British have not stood up to my invasion of Africa. My next update will explain, but essentially Britain is pre-occupied as you predicted by Germany. Yes, that's exactly it - I am leaving Asia and Japan til last, as its the biggest area to conquer, and with the rest of the world taken I will have the troops and IC to conquer Asia. Almost right, crippling the Royal Navy will allow me to invade Britain and Europe, but will also then leave me free for the offensive into Asia, as there will be few British ships left to send there.

 

[wafflecakes999]

Ares II-IV 16/5/1940-16/9/1941
Success in 90% of Africa, but behind schedule:

With the collapse of the French government and the inability to immediately declare war on Vichy France, Ares had to be scrapped. A new plan, Ares II, was created involving a push into Central Africa, with phase II pushes into Spanish Morocco, the Azores, Madeira and a leap-frog landing into South Africa:

I and II Armies were launched in the southern offensive, with III Army being used in the north. Ares II was launched on the 21st of April with the amphibious invasions of Sao Tome and Santa Isabel. Sao Tome fell with no casualties as it was undefended, but at Santa Isabel we lost 125 men to the Republican Spains loss of 678. At the same time the Japanese attacked our troops holding on in Legaspi, but were bloodily repulsed, losing 1053 men to our 423. On the 31st of May our forces landed in Lamotte, Cameroon against no opposition. On the 3rd of June the Battleship HMS Valiant was sunk by the USS Saratoga in the Gold Coast region. Valiant was struck by torpedoes dropped by planes from Saratoga. Only 138 of her 1218 crew were killed however, the rest being captured. The same day our forces captured Bata, killing 261 Spanish and losing only 13 dead. On the 13th we lost at the battle of Bissau knoll the heavy cruiser Portland, which had been holed repeatedly below the waterline. Only 35 of her crew were killed though and the rest rescued. The 30th saw our forces attack the Belgians at Point Noire, killing 28 and losing 2. Legaspi was attacked again the same day, resulting in 225 US and 597 Japanese casualties. Brazzaville was taken on the 2nd of July, at the loss of 144 US and 845 Belgian troops. Legaspi was attacked for the third time on the 29th of July for 103 and 238 casualties, and for the fourth time on the 11th of August for the loss of a further 157 and 375 men.
By this time the Philippines looked like this: Legaspi is the stronghold under attack in the south)

Aparri is the stronghold to the north, with Manila being in the middle. Aparri was lost on the 19th of September, with the loss of 1564 US and 681 Japanese casualties. The invasion of Spanish Morocco commenced on the 18th of August when a landing was made at Villa Bens. We lost not a single man but only managed to inflict 37 dead on the Spanish garrison. Three days later saw us send the VIII Corps from the III Army to land at Lamberts bay in South Africa. The battle was won for the loss of 3 men to 28 South Africans. El Aaliun was captured the same day, with the loss of 184 and 547 US and Spanish troops respectively. Cape Town fell two days later on the 23rd, for the loss of 104 US and 728 South Africans. Leopoldville was taken on the 25th, for 381 and 866 casualties. Coquilhatville was also taken this day, for 351 US and 760 Belgian casualties. Legaspi was attacked for the fifth time on the 28th, with 74 US and 282 Japanese becoming casualties.

The battle of Les Palmas finished on the same day, with our troops killing 391 enemy to our loss of 425. The second battle of El Aaliun was fought on the 2nd of September, where 334 US and 1085 Spanish troops being killed. The next day the Spanish tried to invade Cape Verde for the fourth time, but their two transports and a light cruiser (the Miguel) were sunk, for the loss of 1200 dead. Kikwit was taken next, on the 5th, with the loss of 1089 US and 1886 Belgian troops. The fifth battle of Cape Verde was fought on the 6th of September, with the enemy losing three destroyers and a transport, with the loss of 1500 dead. The 9th saw Cabo Bojador taken, for 87 and 267 casualties. The 14th saw the sixth battle of Legaspi, with 214 US and 450 Japanese dying. The second battle of Cabo Bojador was fought on the 18th, with the loss of 63 and 69 men dead to each side. Villa Cisneros was taken on the same day, for 96 and 206 casualties. On the 23rd Boende was taken for 11 and 133 casualties. The island of Madeira was taken on the 23rd as well, with the loss of 1023 US and 821 Portuguese troops.
Our progress in the south by the 17th of September:

On the 2nd of October the battle of Costermansville was won, with the loss of 1536 US and 1438 Belgian. We also lost the seventh battle of Legaspi on this day, with 1238 US and 2033 Japanese being killed. The Irish(!) attempted to take Maderia, but lost two transports to our navy, with the loss of 1200 dead. The battle of Sidi Ifni was won on the 11th, with the loss of 501 US and 979 Spanish troops. The Irish with British support attempted to invade Madeira again on the 15th, with the loss of HMS Rodney (BB) and a transport, for 1000 dead on the Transport and the entirety of Rodney's crew of 1314. This battle proves our technical study of the Nelson class of Battleships as being floating death traps.

Eight days later, on the 23rd of October, after our troops had previously landed unopposed at Durban, we won the battle of Johannesburg.

South African troops at a fort on the outskirts of Johannesburg. A hasty ring of outer forts had been established after our landing at Durban.
Our troops made rapid progress against the South Africans, finally winning the battle, with the loss of 600 US dead and 450 South Africans. Most of our losses were due to the South African forts. However the enemy managed to rush reinforcements into the city, so we withdrew to the forts outside and waited. Elsewhere the South Africans had put in a counter-attack on our bridgehead at Durban, which we repulsed on the same day as we won Johannesburg, with the loss of 298 US and 322 South Africans. On the 29th saw our forces come ashore at George, in South Africa, about halfway between Cape Town and Durban. The enemy lost 1205 dead to our 927. The 4th of November saw the fourth battle of Manila being fought, with 1222 US soldiers and 2000 Japanese lying dead at the end.

Manila after the fourth battle, total devastation.
Ceuta was taken by amphibious assault the same day, with the loss of 584 US and 611 Spanish troops. The second battle of Costermansville was fought on the 5th, Tetuan on the 9th, Durban II on the 9th and Johannesburg II the same day. Our losses were 59, 59, 634, 1187 in each respectively, whilst enemy losses were: 18, 61, 3649, 879 respectively. . Manila was finally lost after the fifth battle of Manila, where 2267 US Soldiers died and 3977 Japanese. Japan finally annexed the Philippines on the same day.

On the 8th of November elections were held in the United States, with a resounding victory for the Emperor:

The African campaign continued, with the battle of Elisabethville occuring on the 8th of December. This was a pyrrhic victory for our forces as the Belgians new the terrain well and defended the headwaters of the Congo River well. We lost 2267 troops to their 728. The next day saw another pyrrhic victory with our victory at Stanleyville, with our forces losing 1304 to the Belgian 651. Livingstone was taken next on the 23, for the loss of 71 US and 433 Belgian troops. The second battle of Johannesburg was fought on the 27th, with a resounding victory for our forces, with our troops losing 637 men to the South Africans 2015.

US Troops march into Johannesburg after the South Africans surrender.
The plan for the invasion of East Africa. Ignore the arrows pointing at Madagascar, I forgot it was Vichy:

A second engagement at Stanleyville where we lost 23 men and a further 211 Belgians, also did not bode well as it meant the Belgians were being reinforce by British forces, from East Africa. Over the next three weeks however all was quiet on the African front. Our forces moved into the Portuguese Colony of Mozambique, against no opposition. On the 21st of January an amphibious assault was launched south of Dar es Salaam. The Royal Navy engaged our forces off the coast of Zanzibar, but were defeated, losing over the course of the next 5 days, 3 Destroyers (56, 9 and 54th), 3 transports, and the light cruisers Durban and Dragon, with no losses to the US. Enemy losses were 1005 killed. The 26th saw our forces engage the enemy at Chipatai, killing 148 for our loss of 68. Our previous prediction of British reinforcements in southern Congo were correct, as our forces were re-engaged before they could complete the conquest of Elisabethville. The second battle cost us 737 dead and the British and Belgians 1806. This however would not mean we have cleared the province. The 25th saw the battle of Tanganiyaka, where the battleship Royal Sovereign was sunk along with the battlecruiser London, for the loss of 500 dead. A second battle was fought the next day, with the USS Chester, CA, being sunk, with the enemy losing the battle cruiser Hood with her entire crew and the heavy cruisers Exeter, London, York, Effingham and Shropshire, along with the 53, 49 and 33rd Destroyers for a total loss of 4097 British sailors and 400 US Sailors.

Hood explodes. She sank with her entire crew.
Royal Navy power in the Indian Ocean would not recover for another 7 months after this defeat. The 27th saw us finally take Dar es Salaam, with our troops losing 235 men to the enemies 590. However British reinforcements again re-occupied the city as our troops were bogged in muddy terrain. The 4th of February saw our push into south-western Tanzania repulsed at Barra da Garcas, with the loss of 692 men to the enemies 403. The 12th saw the third battle of Elisabethville won, with the loss of 196 men to the enemies 999. With this our troops finally cleared the enemy out of the Congo. We attempted a landing in Kenya on the 27th, and were victorious at first. Enemy losses at Mombasa were 225 to our 8. On the 2nd of March we attack Kasama, where we eventually prevailed though at great cost. We lost 2443 men to the enemies 2412. We then attacked Mombasa again the same day as Kasama, with the loss of 353 troops to the enemies 205. The 10th saw our advance into Utete matched by the British, who we managed to dislodge after a difficult fight. Our losses were 134 to the enemies 762. Five days later we were forced to re-clear Utete after our forces were slowed by the muddy terrain. The second battle cost us 170 dead and the British 580. The 19th saw our advance reach Songea, where we won a pyrrhic victory, with the loss of 1901 soldiers to the enemies 989.

Over the next week, two more battles were fought at Kasama, and one more at Kampala. Our losses were: 116, 390, 325 and the enemies were: 522, 767, 512. The 4th of April saw the 4th battle of Kasama, where 156 and 387 soldiers lost their lives respectively. The fourth battle was the final battle, as were finally able to advance into the city. The 7th saw us engage the enemy at Awanza, where we killed 145 enemy for the loss of 25. The second battle of Songea was fought on the 9th, which was a pyrrhic victory again, with our forces losing 1371 men to the enemies 1038. The next five days however were a big blow to our forces attempting to secure Mombasa. Our forces were engaged three times at Tanga, on the 16th, the 19th and the 21st. The first battle of Tanga we won, with the loss of 340 men to the enemies 1145, the second we also won, with the loss of 7 men to the enemies 119, however, surrounded, with no supplies left, the third battle of Tanga ended in defeat, with the 45,000 men of the XIII Marine Corps surrendering to the British. The 22nd saw vicories at Tabora and Mbeya, with 1252 enemy falling at Tabora and 113 at Mbeya for our loss of 570 and 17 respectively. The third battle of Songea was lost on the 30th with our troops losing 127 to the enemies 540, but we lacked the organisation and moral to continue the fight. The second battle of Tabora was fought on the 12th of May, the third on the 20th, with the battle of Brawa being fought on the 18th. Our losses were: 118, 2, 99 to the enemies: 503, 108, 121. The first of June saw the bloody battle of Dedowa, with 3614 US and 2763 British forces losing their lives.

Konoba was taken on the 8th, for the loss of 315 and 280 respectively. The final battle of Mombasa, the third, occurred on the 8th of July, which was another pyrrhic victory, with 2104 US and 367 British soldiers dying. Dar es Salaam was again taken on the 9th, with the loss of 2453 US troops to 1209 British. The second battle of Kendoa was lost on the 12th of July, with the staggering loss of 7354 men to the enemies loss of 2230. However the tide of battle had turned and this loss would only be a tactical victory. Our forces landed at Wajir in Somalia on the 25th of July, and made rapid gains. We lost 4 men in the landing to the British 177. Dar es Salaam was finally secured in its entirety on the 28th, with the loss of 940 US and 2740 British soldiers. Lamu was taken on the 10th of August, with the loss of 117 men to the enemies 622. Kondoa was taken after a bloody fight for the final time on the 11th of August, with the loss of 2955 men to the British 1965. Kondoa was the last stand of the British East African army, and resulted in the loss of 115,000 POW's, a staggering 13 Divisions.

British troops march into captivity.
Africa as it stands now:

The next phase of the war:

Total US dead this update: 54,154!
Total for war to date: 86,819
Total enemy dead this update: 111,704 (+1981 USAAF = 113,685)
War to date: 204,880
2.36 K/D, big drop, for a very bloody campaign.

 

[wafflecakes999]

That was a huge update - do people like the size or should I break it up?

 

[grievousrommel]

And this is what would have happened if Lelouch was an evil tyrant.

All Hail Britannia, All Hail Lelouch!