July 28, 1943
Along the long Poland-Soviet Union border, all was quiet - for now. Polish border patrols reported that over the past few weeks, the Soviet forces opposite them had dwindled from something like ten divisions per province to only three. No doubt they were being transferred east to help prosecute the Soviet Union's war with Japan.
In the Germany Occupation Zone, things were similarly stable. The German populace was not too restive, thanks to Poland's government being more free and democratic than Nazi Germany's had been. Still, a number of divisions remained there to control the small amount of partisan activity, and make sure the German people properly learned the consequences of their greed and aggression.
Although the war in Europe had been finished in a few months, another one was raging in the Pacific. The Japanese had been fighting in China since 1937, with the only reaction being an embargo from the US. Germany had not chose to invite Japan to the Anti-Comintern Pact, only Italy.
However, Japan, despite not having Germany and Italy as allies, still made the dangerous decision to expand the way by declaring war on the UK, the US, and the Netherlands. This brought the entire Allied Forces to bear against Japan, and the US, the Philippines, and Liberia joined as well.
To make matters even worse for Japan, their belligerence had apparently gone far enough that the Soviet Union declared war on them. It it possible that Allied diplomats secretly negotiated with them to enter the war, although it could also just be Soviet self-aggrandization, desire for revenge against the Japanese for past defeats, or both. Poland's government didn't mind, as the Soviet entry into the war caused them to decrease the slightly alarming number of troops on their side of the two nations' common border, and help against Japan on the mainland was welcome - for now.
After their incredible defeat of Germany, which few had thought possible, the Polish people had not given much thought to what they would do afterwards. The first and overriding concern had been survival, and then the defeat of Nazi Germany. The military and the government debated what to do in light of the war raging in the distant Far East. After much discussion, a course of action was decided which was risky, but if successful, could elevate Poland's status in the world even higher than it already was after almost single-handedly stopping the Nazis and their imperialism.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello everyone. I am Black Watch, and after lurking on the AAR forums for a long while, I overcame my hesitancy and decided to finally try my hand at my own AAR.
Since this is my first AAR, please don't expect too much. It's mainly to give me practice at AAR-writing.
The unique thing about this AAR is that it is not a "from-the-beginning" AAR. You will have noticed that it starts in 1943. Basically, I played a 1936 GC as Poland, seeing if I could at least survive against Germany. I had read the Poland guide in the HoI wiki, and added a few touches of my own to the strategy contained therein.
As it turned out, things went rather better than simple survival, to the point that I decided to write this AAR. I hope you'll enjoy it.
Further updates to come.
Campaign: 1936 GC
Country: Poland
Difficulty: Normal
AI Aggressiveness: Normal
Version: 1.3b
EDIT: Added the game details seen above.
As this is an "in medias res" AAR, so to speak, I shall slowly reveal details of what came before during the course of the AAR. Sadly, I took no screenshots before those ones above. At first I was unsure whether it would even be considered proper to start an AAR in the middle. But then, I decided that it might add an additional twist to the AAR, as people try to figure out how things ended up the way they did.
Along the long Poland-Soviet Union border, all was quiet - for now. Polish border patrols reported that over the past few weeks, the Soviet forces opposite them had dwindled from something like ten divisions per province to only three. No doubt they were being transferred east to help prosecute the Soviet Union's war with Japan.
In the Germany Occupation Zone, things were similarly stable. The German populace was not too restive, thanks to Poland's government being more free and democratic than Nazi Germany's had been. Still, a number of divisions remained there to control the small amount of partisan activity, and make sure the German people properly learned the consequences of their greed and aggression.
Although the war in Europe had been finished in a few months, another one was raging in the Pacific. The Japanese had been fighting in China since 1937, with the only reaction being an embargo from the US. Germany had not chose to invite Japan to the Anti-Comintern Pact, only Italy.
However, Japan, despite not having Germany and Italy as allies, still made the dangerous decision to expand the way by declaring war on the UK, the US, and the Netherlands. This brought the entire Allied Forces to bear against Japan, and the US, the Philippines, and Liberia joined as well.
To make matters even worse for Japan, their belligerence had apparently gone far enough that the Soviet Union declared war on them. It it possible that Allied diplomats secretly negotiated with them to enter the war, although it could also just be Soviet self-aggrandization, desire for revenge against the Japanese for past defeats, or both. Poland's government didn't mind, as the Soviet entry into the war caused them to decrease the slightly alarming number of troops on their side of the two nations' common border, and help against Japan on the mainland was welcome - for now.
After their incredible defeat of Germany, which few had thought possible, the Polish people had not given much thought to what they would do afterwards. The first and overriding concern had been survival, and then the defeat of Nazi Germany. The military and the government debated what to do in light of the war raging in the distant Far East. After much discussion, a course of action was decided which was risky, but if successful, could elevate Poland's status in the world even higher than it already was after almost single-handedly stopping the Nazis and their imperialism.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello everyone. I am Black Watch, and after lurking on the AAR forums for a long while, I overcame my hesitancy and decided to finally try my hand at my own AAR.
Since this is my first AAR, please don't expect too much. It's mainly to give me practice at AAR-writing.
The unique thing about this AAR is that it is not a "from-the-beginning" AAR. You will have noticed that it starts in 1943. Basically, I played a 1936 GC as Poland, seeing if I could at least survive against Germany. I had read the Poland guide in the HoI wiki, and added a few touches of my own to the strategy contained therein.
As it turned out, things went rather better than simple survival, to the point that I decided to write this AAR. I hope you'll enjoy it.
Further updates to come.
Campaign: 1936 GC
Country: Poland
Difficulty: Normal
AI Aggressiveness: Normal
Version: 1.3b
EDIT: Added the game details seen above.
As this is an "in medias res" AAR, so to speak, I shall slowly reveal details of what came before during the course of the AAR. Sadly, I took no screenshots before those ones above. At first I was unsure whether it would even be considered proper to start an AAR in the middle. But then, I decided that it might add an additional twist to the AAR, as people try to figure out how things ended up the way they did.
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