Fatherland - Deutschland über alles

[Kanitatlan]

February 3rd-8th 1944​

14:00 February 3rd 1944​

Februrary third is a day of naval battles and little else with this one illustrating a new frontline west of Jamaica where the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe are cooperating (alright then – competing). Total battles for the day are three in the Gulf of Venezuela, two in the South Sargasso Sea, one in the Lesser Antilles, one in Windward passage and one in Mayaguana passage. Just as busy as yesterday.

01:00 February 4th 1944​

This is a fairly big step for the Kriegsmarine resulting in a significant improvement in org across the fleet. This is less important for the gunfire groups but both org bonus and morale bonus should make a discernable difference to org recovery rates for the carrier force enabling an improved port strike capability. Mind you, I’m not sure how much more opportunity I will get to use it. Really the best chance is Brazilian fleets running for cover after trying to intervene although they don’t seem that keen given how many ships they have.

It would be quite interesting if ALL the allied fleets headed for the Caribbean and launched a mass attack.

01:00 February 4th 1944 b​

I can’t resist showing this – I still hate submarines, despite how useless they are. Its always nice to see the Luftwaffe sinking one.

Through the rest of the day the naval battles are…

Windward Passage (3)
North Antilles Shelf
Gulf of Venezuela

04:00 February 4th 1944​

The marines are now ashore in Puerto Rico so the transport fleet is heading for port to pick them up. I guess its about time for another operation so where next?

12:00 February 4th 1944​

These landings have also completed but in this case the troops will re-embark from the beaches. This is definitely quicker than heading for port when there are two islands to visit and only one fleet.

08:00 February 5th 1944​

This is the next operation, finish clearing the Antilles area and capture all the islands. This group operates as a single supply area so I will be using to set up a large collection of big airbases although it will take time to build up. Ultimately it will be the org up zone for air units passing into the forward bases. The operation is partially marines landing and will be supplemented by some single infantry divisions which are currently loading from the beach in Guadelope.

Naval battles for today …

Cape Gracias a Dios
Gulf of Venezuela
South Sargasso Sea
Mayaguana Passage
Gulf of Venezuela

11:00 February 6th 1944​

Next morning some advances have completed and the spare occupation divisions are aboard. This means I can extend the landings to cover all the remaining islands including the defended one. The battle isn’t much of a contest due to support.

Naval battles for the day …

Gulf of Venezuela (3)

12:00 February 7th 1944​

With a single amphibious fleet clearly adequate for the Antilles my second amphibious force has moved west and now we are sorting out Santo Domingo. This island has two independent nations on it and I guess we will soon have some more proper German territory. The enemy troops are impressively advanced no doubt using lots of US equipment.

Naval battles for the day …

South Sargassoa Sea

Things seem to be quietening down

February 8th

Naval battles for the day …

North Antilles Shelf

Definitely quietening down.

 

[Kanitatlan]

February 9th-11th 1944

06:00 February 9th 1944​

Another quiet day with only a single naval engagement. This doesn’t bother me too much since I am still busy with existing landings.

00:00 February 10th 1944​

This is something we have been waiting for and frees up a tech slot for something else allowing us to start on a nice iconic tank technology. This will contribute to a build up of armour technology so that we can operate with next generation equipment next year. The end result is still a long way off but every step gets us closer.

00:00 February 10th 1944 b​

With the tech in the bag I have started 8 runs of 6 mechanised divisions. These will take the rest of the year to complete but will result in another 48 mobile divisions. Early next year our panzer forces will consist of …

48 armour
48 mechanised
48 motorised
24 cavalry

Despite very low levels of repair and upgrade activity we are now running a very substantial deficit in supply production but we have a mass of factory builds about to finish (two weeks time) so there certainly isn’t any sort of issue. The supply stockpile is adequate for several months of zero supply production so there is nothing to worry about.

05:00 February 10th 1944​

We are finally ashore in Santo Domingo forcing the Dominican Fleet out to sea resulting in …

Today’s battles …

Lesser Antilles (2)

01:00 February 11th 1944​

And more tech rolls of the production line. This is part of the fighter doctrine chain, which is going to be continuing for a while yet. Given the port strike situation the bonus to CAGs, as well as interceptors, is actually quite usefull.

12:00 February 11th 1944​

My second marine force has completed its operations in the Antilles so we are launching two attacks to clear out the rest of the island. There is still plenty of naval support and today’s battles

Windward passage (1)

Have no impact at all.

 

[Lord Strange]

Yey, the germans about to gain 2nd and 3rd annexations of the Americas campaign.

 

[Lord E]

Interesting to see that the landings in the Americas have begun and that they are developing nicely. I see that once again the glorious German navy have done their job well and removed the small local navies from the map making it possible for the German soldiers to march from one island to the other and capture more and more land. I am guessing that after the landings in the Caribbean have finished and you have annexed all the countries there it is about time to start landing in South America or maybe even the USA?

 

[unmerged(53911)]

Any commodities gained in the invasion of Santo Domingo? I can't image they had much. Nor do I suspect the the entire island of Hispaniola has a lot of resources (unless they were given them by the USA).

 

[unmerged(40779)]

I'm quite surprised for the lack of major enemy fleets in the Caribbean area. Sure, there is a plenty of destroyers coming and sinking but real battle fleets are rather rare when you think of the sheer size of allied capital ships in existence. But I guess the time will come when our KM really has to fight for their money.

Btw, I'd love to see my Alter Ego's battle history, and the (if there is one) sink list of the ship carrying the same name. Whenever you happen to bother.

 

[Lord Strange]

You seem to be contributing lots of scrap to the oceans and creating artificial reefs around the Caribbean. Divers will be pleased.

 

[Kanitatlan]

Lord Strange And many more to come

Lord E I think the true nature of the situation will become apparent once I strike out onto the mainland. The opposition remains rather serious and oddly challenging.

WhisperingDeath I've pretty much given up checking resource accumulation. The way things developed in 1943 has indicated it is pointless and there is every expectation that 1944 will be the same. You can track for yourself through the periodic industrial reports but don't expect me to focus on it.

Kasakka The lack of major fleets suggests that the USA is intending to practice a close in defence which is probably sensible and likely rather more effective. Mind you, if all the allied fleets came for me all at the same time there would be very serious trouble.

I'll do you a leader report after coverage of the next parachute landing.

Lord Strange I'm sure the divers will be pleased. The scrap is certainly mounting up.

 

[Kanitatlan]

February 12th-14th 1944

11:00 February 12th 1944​

I have a couple of fleets out scouting the convoy route but despite this these two Argentine destroyers have managed to intercept two transport fleets (one coming and one going). This is no threat but I really don’t want my transport fleets interfered with and its clear things are far from safe. I have sufficient forces for the time being so I will probably ease off on the troop transfers for a bit. I need to spend some time occupying islands and building them up into realistic bases.

22:00 February 12th 1944​

The other naval battle of the day is the usual boring brief encounter with a few destroyers.

09:00 February 14th 1944​

The next naval battle is another transport interception but this time one of the main fleet patrols is there too to provide protection. This is the same transport fleet intercepted two days previously and there has to be suspicion that this is a true AI hunting expedition drawn to the transports. The Brazilian fleet gets a bit of a pasting but without anything actually sinking. Now the hunt is on to take them out.

10:00 February 14th 1944​

My troops area ashore in Haiti so their fleet has been forced out (a bit) and takes a bit of a pasting. Clearing these ports will help to create a secure zone in the middle of the Caribbean. The current situation is that enemy fleets can appear anywhere.

20:00 February 14th 1944​

In the case of Haiti being ashore is pretty much the same as annexing them. One down, loads to go.

20:00 February 14th 1944 b​

The eastern flank of my north Caribbean defences is intense air patrols out towards Bermuda. This has, for once, turned up a rather interesting US transport concentration which is going to suffer rather severely if they keep going. I am missing most of these air-sea engagements but there hasn’t been anything much to see before this point.

22:00 February 14th 1944​

I have sent a fleet to “block” the Panama Canal, which lets us all have a look see what the defences are like. I guess I won’t be taking the Canal Zone by coup de main.

22:00 February 14th 1944 b​

It looks like this Brazilian fleet is not going to get away and unless I am very much mistaken they are simply running for port. This won’t do them any good, as there are only minor ports, with no airbases, so they are definitely going to get “redeployed”.

 

[unmerged(53911)]

Panama: First of the US superstacks (many more to come, I suspect). Is there a plan to take Bermuda as it is undefended and is a good strategic northern base of operations? You mentioned an airdrop....soon?

 

[Chief Savage Ma]

thats a nice stack on colon


Central America is going to be attrition central with so many one province minors lined up in row.

 

[UncleAlias]

thats a nice stack on colon

Tsk. No porn on those boards, mister!

 

[Chief Savage Ma]

Well the Americans are using a meatshield tactic, so that STACK OF MEAT that is RESTING on (what will be) YOUR COLON may give you PAIN.


I be using dem dubble entendres.

 

[Medi]

Most of those units in Colon seem to be expeditionary forces from Central and South American countries though, so the overall defenses of the mainland will be ever so slightly lower.

 

[Lord Strange]

Oh deary me. Panama is going to turn red with the blood. Thats a lot of men crowded into jungle.

 

[trekaddict]

Oh deary me. Panama is going to turn red with the blood. Thats a lot of men crowded into jungle.

Well, every random bullet is bound to hot someone, so his gunnery skills will not be taxed.

 

[TheExecuter]

Japan gone...Operation "Castle Storm" begun...Still no sign of elusive uber admiral 'TheExecuter'...vaguely dissapointing.

BTW, I've managed to figure out what the big surprise at the end is...it will be an ***** ********.



TheExecuter

 

[Brad1]

I interested how you will attack US uberstacks without being able to starve them like with the Petal Throne.

 

[unmerged(52973)]

I remember you had a reason for not building BB's, can you refer to the specific page again? Really would like to know it, since I still prefer BB over CV (with a good leader ofcourse)

On the other hand: this is a great AAR, keep it up!

 

[Chief Savage Ma]

CVs are just generally better than BBs. If he had a specific reason, then I can't tell what it was though.