Chapter I - Gearing up for war
Players: United Kingdom, France, Poland, Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, Japan
Prologue: It had been terrible years after that Great War. It had not been fair. Germany did everything right, but they had been abandoned. And then they were punished the hardest. A new man had risen. The man, the myth, the hero. He would set things right. The people could feel the smell of fresh air driving away the smog of poverty and disgrace from the streets of Berlin and all over Germany.
Learning from past mistakes, Germany’s set up of Allies were different, and Germany would not have to rely on them too much either. Japan was a naval giant who surely would give United Kingdom problems when the time was ripe… perhaps when France was gone and the Brits were all alone. And the Japs were already warming up.
December 19th, 1938
Japanese forces are slowly cutting the Chinese defense in two. If that succeeds, they will have little chances left to resist the attackers. That is good. It is important Japan can focus on the international arena.
Authors note: Maxyboy is playing Japan. The Allied team chosen not to put a player on Nat China this time, even though we modded them up even more than last time (+10 in start up officer ratio). It is at least good to see it take more time to beat them in this version.
January 2nd, 1939
As Germany obtained more than half of former Czechoslovakia the world perhaps though that Hitler was satisfied – but that was wrong. The Soviet Union played along the German script and accepted a pact. With the Italians part of the Axis, Germany had secured both the back and the flank. The show could begin.
March 24th, 1939
Hidden behind a “transportation exercise” two army corps of totally 8 divisions and about 80 000 men, including veteran engineers and brand new artillery brigades, were moved into the center of Prussia and camped away far away from larger gatherings of populace. These forces had the extremely important objective of securing Warszawa and Grodno.
March 28th, 1939
Japan has conquered Nationalist China. Good news!
Authors note: Or actually not. It seem tricky to modd the Chinese to give the “proper” resistance. Guess we’ll make them even tougher next time….
Authors note II: As the game gets all confused by these two war goals we modded them to a proper "conquer".
March 29th, 1939
Will the average German lived on his life feeling things finally ere getting better, Hitler and his advisors knew harder times awaited – and behind the darkness was light. And the light was the Third Reich. But there were forces out there wanting to stop this from happening. The Allies worked furiously to paint Hitler and his fellow hard working Nazis like evil people and form up the world against them. Well, United Kingdom has had their shot at world dominance and little good came from it. It was time for Germany to show how it is done.
The Royal Navy had parked a heavy Battle Ship Task Force in Öresund trying to convince themselves they got it covered while babbling about protecting the independence of Denmark. The Danes had obviously believed their rant and granted them transit rights. As if it would help.
Even so, Hitler started to doubt his initial plan. He regretted once talking about how the Brits could stop Germany by Denmark with a Russian diplomat while drunk. He had stopped drinking now, but he feared the Soviets had told the Brits. The plan was to strike hard at Denmark while declaring war on the Poles. However, the Allies had clearly positioned themselves to stop that. Although Hitler was yearning to show them their error, he was advised by the delegates from Italy and Japan to wait and finish of the Poles first - although that would mean fighting the Poles with the Baltic Sea open to the Brits. He did not like that a bit. However, as the Allies clearly waited for him to strike at Denmark it could be good fun NOT to do it, only to force them to think again and think new. In any case, it was soon time to roll the dice.
April 17th, 1939
The Allies clearly expected Germany to attack the Danes and stationed troops, apparently only cavalry and perhaps a corresponding HQ. Germany moved a light panzer division to the Danish border to further bolster the belief of an eminent attack. Also, the Wehrmacht started to position themselves to be able to throw of an Allied landing on the North Sea coast.
April 17th-19th, 1939
U-boats reported huge Royal Navy presence around the German coast. The Brits clearly did expect something and wanted to be ready. The question was what they were expecting. Hitler did NOT want to give them what they were expecting.
April 28th, 1939
It was time to mobilize the few reserves. None of these would be used offensively, but it was unclear what the Allies would do – and how fast. Hitler expected a push over the Maginot and some kind of amphibious landing.
Against the North Sea, Germany was fairly well protected, at least against small and medium landings. The coast against the Baltic Sea was too long to be defended along the entire coast and they had to rely and a mobile reserves and troops actually in Berlin. It was not expected, however, that the Allies would dare some large operation inside the Baltic Sea as they could become trapped there.
…...................................
It all about guessing and deceiving. In any case, Germany would play the first card. It is time for action!
Next chapter: War!
Players: United Kingdom, France, Poland, Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, Japan
Prologue: It had been terrible years after that Great War. It had not been fair. Germany did everything right, but they had been abandoned. And then they were punished the hardest. A new man had risen. The man, the myth, the hero. He would set things right. The people could feel the smell of fresh air driving away the smog of poverty and disgrace from the streets of Berlin and all over Germany.
Learning from past mistakes, Germany’s set up of Allies were different, and Germany would not have to rely on them too much either. Japan was a naval giant who surely would give United Kingdom problems when the time was ripe… perhaps when France was gone and the Brits were all alone. And the Japs were already warming up.
December 19th, 1938
Japanese forces are slowly cutting the Chinese defense in two. If that succeeds, they will have little chances left to resist the attackers. That is good. It is important Japan can focus on the international arena.
Authors note: Maxyboy is playing Japan. The Allied team chosen not to put a player on Nat China this time, even though we modded them up even more than last time (+10 in start up officer ratio). It is at least good to see it take more time to beat them in this version.
January 2nd, 1939
As Germany obtained more than half of former Czechoslovakia the world perhaps though that Hitler was satisfied – but that was wrong. The Soviet Union played along the German script and accepted a pact. With the Italians part of the Axis, Germany had secured both the back and the flank. The show could begin.
March 24th, 1939
Hidden behind a “transportation exercise” two army corps of totally 8 divisions and about 80 000 men, including veteran engineers and brand new artillery brigades, were moved into the center of Prussia and camped away far away from larger gatherings of populace. These forces had the extremely important objective of securing Warszawa and Grodno.
March 28th, 1939
Japan has conquered Nationalist China. Good news!
Authors note: Or actually not. It seem tricky to modd the Chinese to give the “proper” resistance. Guess we’ll make them even tougher next time….
Authors note II: As the game gets all confused by these two war goals we modded them to a proper "conquer".
March 29th, 1939
Will the average German lived on his life feeling things finally ere getting better, Hitler and his advisors knew harder times awaited – and behind the darkness was light. And the light was the Third Reich. But there were forces out there wanting to stop this from happening. The Allies worked furiously to paint Hitler and his fellow hard working Nazis like evil people and form up the world against them. Well, United Kingdom has had their shot at world dominance and little good came from it. It was time for Germany to show how it is done.
The Royal Navy had parked a heavy Battle Ship Task Force in Öresund trying to convince themselves they got it covered while babbling about protecting the independence of Denmark. The Danes had obviously believed their rant and granted them transit rights. As if it would help.
Even so, Hitler started to doubt his initial plan. He regretted once talking about how the Brits could stop Germany by Denmark with a Russian diplomat while drunk. He had stopped drinking now, but he feared the Soviets had told the Brits. The plan was to strike hard at Denmark while declaring war on the Poles. However, the Allies had clearly positioned themselves to stop that. Although Hitler was yearning to show them their error, he was advised by the delegates from Italy and Japan to wait and finish of the Poles first - although that would mean fighting the Poles with the Baltic Sea open to the Brits. He did not like that a bit. However, as the Allies clearly waited for him to strike at Denmark it could be good fun NOT to do it, only to force them to think again and think new. In any case, it was soon time to roll the dice.
April 17th, 1939
The Allies clearly expected Germany to attack the Danes and stationed troops, apparently only cavalry and perhaps a corresponding HQ. Germany moved a light panzer division to the Danish border to further bolster the belief of an eminent attack. Also, the Wehrmacht started to position themselves to be able to throw of an Allied landing on the North Sea coast.
April 17th-19th, 1939
U-boats reported huge Royal Navy presence around the German coast. The Brits clearly did expect something and wanted to be ready. The question was what they were expecting. Hitler did NOT want to give them what they were expecting.
April 28th, 1939
It was time to mobilize the few reserves. None of these would be used offensively, but it was unclear what the Allies would do – and how fast. Hitler expected a push over the Maginot and some kind of amphibious landing.
Against the North Sea, Germany was fairly well protected, at least against small and medium landings. The coast against the Baltic Sea was too long to be defended along the entire coast and they had to rely and a mobile reserves and troops actually in Berlin. It was not expected, however, that the Allies would dare some large operation inside the Baltic Sea as they could become trapped there.
…...................................
It all about guessing and deceiving. In any case, Germany would play the first card. It is time for action!
Next chapter: War!
