First order of business today, SUPAH MAP!
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This is the world as of Jan 1, 1937
Next order of business.... 1937 + 1938 update:
January 1, 1937- December 31, 1938
(Some time in August, 1937, Slovak region)
Pol: Mommy, Byzantium keeps poking me! Byz: Am not!
The threat of war was greater than ever. Emperor Wilhelm III and Großfuhrsten Otto II mingled among their loyal troops in the forests and hills of Slovakia, the northern district of the Dracia Principality. The troops were uplifted to see their Emperor and Patriarch to find time to hold conversation with them. Von Klugen was also delighted to see the Emperor, they had to discuss ordering new, fast, stronger tanks for the Dracian Legions. The Emperor agreed, but the tanks were still sitting on the docks over in Norfolk. Recent supply problems in South Amerika forced the container ships in Norfolk to carry relief supplies to Neuitalien (Argentina). Otto wandered around the camps and eventually found his way to the supply HQ of the 321st Regiment of the 506th Dracian Army.
**
This would be a good time to explain the Organization of the Byzantine Army: (The one above is made up of the one below)
Imperial Army (All of the armies of the Empire)
Legion
Army
Korps
Regiment
Battalion
Legionary Cohort (LC)
Cohort
Squad
Soldier
**
Otto watched the supply master hand out weapons to the waiting soldiers. Every soldier was handed a new sub-machine gun, 100 rounds of ammuntion, a new bayonet, a pair of socks, a pack of cigarettes, a pack of gum and a bar of chocolate. Otto eyed the new rifle with lustful eyes and got in line behind a pack of new recruits. Since he was 17, and tall for his age he fit right in with the other soldiers. The line was long, but for Otto it was worth the wait, finally he was at the head of the line.
"Name?"
"Otto"
The supply master sighed, "Full name?"
"Otto Johannes-Eugen von Navarrien Dukas II"
"LC and Cohort?" Otto was stunned that his name wasn't instantly recognized by the SM. Soldiers behind him began to get itchy, they began to realize that this was not a normal soldier.
"LC and Cohort?!" the SM asked again.
"Did you not get my name?" Otto asked quietly.
"Yes, I wrote it down right here, but before I can issue you anything you need to give me you LC and cohort!"
"But I'm the Großfursten, I'm not in the Imperial Army."
"Haha, very funny. What is your real name, LC and cohort?"
"Sir?" asked a soldier behind Otto, "He's not kidding, the Emperor and Großfursten are visting the army today." The SM froze in a mix of sheer terror, and the feeling of losing feeling in his bowels.
"How can I help you?" the SM asked kindly.
"Yeah, can I have one of those rifles and some ammuntion?"
"Sure, why not?" The SM grabbed a submachine gun, and 500 rounds of ammunition and handed them to Otto. "Just don't shoot any of the Poles across the lines, you might end up starting this war." Otto left the tent happy, all he needed now was a 80mm tank to drive around Konstantinopolis with and he'd be set. Following landmarks that were familur to him on the way there, Otto found his father and von Kluge right where he had left them. They were still chatting about the new tanks that were comming and the basing of a new bomber group near-by. Wilhelm eyed the sub-machine gun but wrote it off, he was glade deep down that in a year the boy would be 18, married off and given some estate to live in far away from his normal romping grounds in Konstantinopolis. He knew that Karl was not happy with haven been born "second." Karl would have been a better politician than Otto, but he wasn't nearly as charasmatic as Otto, nor was he likely to marry any princess brought before him. No, Wilhelm thought, Otto will be the right choice. Von Kluge's messenger boy came up to the group and handed the Emperor a small letter before bowing and running back to the message tent. Wilhelms brow raised and then settled in a scowl. He crumpled the paper up and threw in on the ground.
"I have to leave, von Kluge. Tell your men their hospitality was second only to my wife's, and that I apologise for having to leave."
"Sir, you are to apoligise to no one."
"No, I do, and you will for me, now, Otto I must go." Otto was left stunned, but happy he was alone. When his father had vanished into his aircraft, he bent down and picked up the paper and opened it. It was very brief:
"Argentina Seceeds, Peru backs this move" Otto realized what was happening, if a small back water like Argentina could leave the commonwealth right from under the Emperor's nose, what about the stronger nations like Sweden, Norway and Finland? Byzantium was going to be forced to invade Aregentina for the sake of the Commonwealth...
(October, 1937, Konstantinopolis)
Wilhelm III was furiusly writing orders to the generals of the different armies of South Amerika. They were to invade Aregentina on September 5th, unfortunetally, Peru was able to intercept the message which was sent, accidentally, on a non secure frequency. Peruvian troops moved into Aregntina with no problems and declared the nation a part of the Peruvian Soviet Soicalist's Republic. German troops could do nothing but curse under their breath as the backed out of the country. A few weeks later Peru annexed Bolivia and had almost rebuilt their aging Empire. The only thing Wilhelm could do was to order more troops to be recruited then stationed in South Amerika to await war with Peru.
"YOU YELLOW BASTARDS!"
"COME AND GET WHOIT'S COMIN' TO YA!"
"I'LL BITE YOUR LEGS OFF!"
Peru's evil Commie Empire of Doom thingy
Among other things that happened around the world during 1937 and 1938:
- Divisions of Flying Bombs and Rockets were stationed in Europe and Central Amerika to stem the spread of Communism
- Scientists in Byzantium are months away from producing a nuclear bomb
- The Japanese are being quickly removed from Siberia in their war wih China
- Several Japanese attempts to invade Korea have all failed dismally at a large cost of life
- Liberia annexes Southern Mali
- Ireland elects a Socialist government, worsening its relationship with Byzanium
- Polish forces along the Byzo-Polish border double
- Radar is adopted unilaterally by the Byzantine Fleet
- Sweden brings demands to Konstantinopolis asking that Denmark seceed Eastern Skane to Sweden
- Latvia disidents elect a government in exile in Konstantinopolis
- 3 out of 5 people in Byzantium demand war with Poland, this is compared to 2 out of 5 in Denmark, 1 out of 10 in Sweden and 1 out of 20 in Estonia, Finland and Nepal; Russia abstained the surrvey
- Byzantium hosts the first Olympic games in Konstantinopolis; Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Peru, Comolmbia, and Mexico boycott the events
DUH DUH DUHNNNNNN!
This is the world as of Jan 1, 1937
Next order of business.... 1937 + 1938 update:
January 1, 1937- December 31, 1938
(Some time in August, 1937, Slovak region)
Pol: Mommy, Byzantium keeps poking me! Byz: Am not!
The threat of war was greater than ever. Emperor Wilhelm III and Großfuhrsten Otto II mingled among their loyal troops in the forests and hills of Slovakia, the northern district of the Dracia Principality. The troops were uplifted to see their Emperor and Patriarch to find time to hold conversation with them. Von Klugen was also delighted to see the Emperor, they had to discuss ordering new, fast, stronger tanks for the Dracian Legions. The Emperor agreed, but the tanks were still sitting on the docks over in Norfolk. Recent supply problems in South Amerika forced the container ships in Norfolk to carry relief supplies to Neuitalien (Argentina). Otto wandered around the camps and eventually found his way to the supply HQ of the 321st Regiment of the 506th Dracian Army.
**
This would be a good time to explain the Organization of the Byzantine Army: (The one above is made up of the one below)
Imperial Army (All of the armies of the Empire)
Legion
Army
Korps
Regiment
Battalion
Legionary Cohort (LC)
Cohort
Squad
Soldier
**
Otto watched the supply master hand out weapons to the waiting soldiers. Every soldier was handed a new sub-machine gun, 100 rounds of ammuntion, a new bayonet, a pair of socks, a pack of cigarettes, a pack of gum and a bar of chocolate. Otto eyed the new rifle with lustful eyes and got in line behind a pack of new recruits. Since he was 17, and tall for his age he fit right in with the other soldiers. The line was long, but for Otto it was worth the wait, finally he was at the head of the line.
"Name?"
"Otto"
The supply master sighed, "Full name?"
"Otto Johannes-Eugen von Navarrien Dukas II"
"LC and Cohort?" Otto was stunned that his name wasn't instantly recognized by the SM. Soldiers behind him began to get itchy, they began to realize that this was not a normal soldier.
"LC and Cohort?!" the SM asked again.
"Did you not get my name?" Otto asked quietly.
"Yes, I wrote it down right here, but before I can issue you anything you need to give me you LC and cohort!"
"But I'm the Großfursten, I'm not in the Imperial Army."
"Haha, very funny. What is your real name, LC and cohort?"
"Sir?" asked a soldier behind Otto, "He's not kidding, the Emperor and Großfursten are visting the army today." The SM froze in a mix of sheer terror, and the feeling of losing feeling in his bowels.
"How can I help you?" the SM asked kindly.
"Yeah, can I have one of those rifles and some ammuntion?"
"Sure, why not?" The SM grabbed a submachine gun, and 500 rounds of ammunition and handed them to Otto. "Just don't shoot any of the Poles across the lines, you might end up starting this war." Otto left the tent happy, all he needed now was a 80mm tank to drive around Konstantinopolis with and he'd be set. Following landmarks that were familur to him on the way there, Otto found his father and von Kluge right where he had left them. They were still chatting about the new tanks that were comming and the basing of a new bomber group near-by. Wilhelm eyed the sub-machine gun but wrote it off, he was glade deep down that in a year the boy would be 18, married off and given some estate to live in far away from his normal romping grounds in Konstantinopolis. He knew that Karl was not happy with haven been born "second." Karl would have been a better politician than Otto, but he wasn't nearly as charasmatic as Otto, nor was he likely to marry any princess brought before him. No, Wilhelm thought, Otto will be the right choice. Von Kluge's messenger boy came up to the group and handed the Emperor a small letter before bowing and running back to the message tent. Wilhelms brow raised and then settled in a scowl. He crumpled the paper up and threw in on the ground.
"I have to leave, von Kluge. Tell your men their hospitality was second only to my wife's, and that I apologise for having to leave."
"Sir, you are to apoligise to no one."
"No, I do, and you will for me, now, Otto I must go." Otto was left stunned, but happy he was alone. When his father had vanished into his aircraft, he bent down and picked up the paper and opened it. It was very brief:
"Argentina Seceeds, Peru backs this move" Otto realized what was happening, if a small back water like Argentina could leave the commonwealth right from under the Emperor's nose, what about the stronger nations like Sweden, Norway and Finland? Byzantium was going to be forced to invade Aregentina for the sake of the Commonwealth...
(October, 1937, Konstantinopolis)
Wilhelm III was furiusly writing orders to the generals of the different armies of South Amerika. They were to invade Aregentina on September 5th, unfortunetally, Peru was able to intercept the message which was sent, accidentally, on a non secure frequency. Peruvian troops moved into Aregntina with no problems and declared the nation a part of the Peruvian Soviet Soicalist's Republic. German troops could do nothing but curse under their breath as the backed out of the country. A few weeks later Peru annexed Bolivia and had almost rebuilt their aging Empire. The only thing Wilhelm could do was to order more troops to be recruited then stationed in South Amerika to await war with Peru.
"YOU YELLOW BASTARDS!"
"COME AND GET WHOIT'S COMIN' TO YA!"
"I'LL BITE YOUR LEGS OFF!"
Peru's evil Commie Empire of Doom thingy
Among other things that happened around the world during 1937 and 1938:
- Divisions of Flying Bombs and Rockets were stationed in Europe and Central Amerika to stem the spread of Communism
- Scientists in Byzantium are months away from producing a nuclear bomb
- The Japanese are being quickly removed from Siberia in their war wih China
- Several Japanese attempts to invade Korea have all failed dismally at a large cost of life
- Liberia annexes Southern Mali
- Ireland elects a Socialist government, worsening its relationship with Byzanium
- Polish forces along the Byzo-Polish border double
- Radar is adopted unilaterally by the Byzantine Fleet
- Sweden brings demands to Konstantinopolis asking that Denmark seceed Eastern Skane to Sweden
- Latvia disidents elect a government in exile in Konstantinopolis
- 3 out of 5 people in Byzantium demand war with Poland, this is compared to 2 out of 5 in Denmark, 1 out of 10 in Sweden and 1 out of 20 in Estonia, Finland and Nepal; Russia abstained the surrvey
- Byzantium hosts the first Olympic games in Konstantinopolis; Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Peru, Comolmbia, and Mexico boycott the events
