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Well, this isn't an update, more of a plea! Please, please, please, vote in the AARland Choice AwAARds!!! Found here:
And, if you feel so inclined as to vote for my humble AAR in the ACAs, might I reccomend this. There are two possible catergories under which this could fit, gameplay and history book. However, I wish that you would consolidate your vote into just gameplay! Or, favorite if you feel like it...
And, if you feel so inclined as to vote for my humble AAR in the ACAs, might I reccomend this. There are two possible catergories under which this could fit, gameplay and history book. However, I wish that you would consolidate your vote into just gameplay! Or, favorite if you feel like it...
YOUR Pushing closer to Vienna! NO!
Well, a mighty empire like that of the Habsburgs must now realize the power of great and powerful Ireland! Amazing work truly! I could never manage so well with such a nation.
Well, a mighty empire like that of the Habsburgs must now realize the power of great and powerful Ireland! Amazing work truly! I could never manage so well with such a nation.
Now it's you and The_Guiscard who hate me! Yes, truly!
To manage with Ireland, you need to have a definate strategy in mind and mine was to stay one step a head of them in tech as best as I could, and sell it back to them at a cost. This and high taxes kept me afloat for the first 20-30 years!
After that, an you've built a decent economy, you can run wild, kind like I did in Africa! 
The Kaiser is a trickster, no doubt. The handling of the Austrian question, and the stabbing of Austria in the back has certainly raised diplomatic eyebrows throughout Europe...
Chapter Thirty Three
Connolly's First Term, Part Three, 1911-1912
Connolly's First Term, Part Three, 1911-1912
As the month of May was slowly and painfully drawing to a close in the year of 1911, over 52,000 Irish troops marched into Sankt Polten.
Before long, 25,000 Austrians under Col. Auffenberg marched in Sankt Polten to throw out the Irish. Superior tactics, numbers, and the presence of the Irish tanks easily swayed the battle's course. By mid-June, it was over for the Austrians.
However, the victory of Sankt Polten was barely a footnote in Irish history compared to the most momentous event that would occur later in the month. On June 29, 1911, Irish troops under Gen. O'Donnell marched into the ancient city of Vienna, unopposed. Not even the mightiest of armies from the preceding centuries had dared touch her ancient soil without great loss of their own. At the cost of 1,800, the Irish beat the odds.
In the Ottoman Empire, great jubilation broke out throughout the populace. Their defeat at the Viennese city walls in 1683 had been avenged. When the news got to Dublin, celebratory riots broke out throughout the country. Guinness, Heineken, and Guiniken all offered free beer for weeks thereafter, in celebration. That probably didn't help the rioting...
Meanwhile, PM Connolly gave a speech in parliament on June 30, announcing what he called, "The birth of the real Irish Nation, of the Irish Empire, of the Irish Century." The last was far-reaching, but it electrified the nation in what promised to be a cutthroat election season.
In early July, the Austrians, in a desperate bid to reclaim lost honor, attacked the entrenched Irish in Vienna. The same Col. Auffenberg was in charge, and it was once again a humiliating defeat.
By early August, the Irish had advanced into Brno, in Bohemia-Moravia and were on their way into the Olomouc region.
The Irish advanced was stopped by a serious threat when 42,000 troops under Col. Hobarth attacked Vienna, which threatened Irish communication and supply line. The Irish rushed back, and quickly destroyed the army. On September 2, more reinforcements came, but they were too late. The Austrians were slaughtered.
Through out September and October, partisans in Sankt Polten and Brno kept the Irish busy.
The largest force they faced was in Brno, and under Maj. Belfras it was no contest.
Another victorious battle in Bratislava in early December, on the eve of the election, marked the beginning of the end for Connolly's opposition.
The politics of the season went with the war. Every good battle was another seat for Connolly's ISP-Whig coalition. When the votes were finally counted, it was a through win for Connolly, and another slap in the face to a still-fuming Redmond.
The Connolly faction won 127 out of 221 seats, the still-backward Conservatives won a mere 44 seats, while the pro-Redmond moderate liberal Whigs won 50 seats. Connolly promised to wrap up the war with dignity for the Irish Empire. That, he was quickly to discover, was easier said than done...
volksmarschall's ultimatum
I'm torn apart from my heritage (German-Irish, mainly German-Austrian) and can't take this any longer!
I demand your full withdrawl from Austria, namely Vienna or feel the wrath of another angry Austrian fan of your amazing AAR!
I'm torn apart from my heritage (German-Irish, mainly German-Austrian) and can't take this any longer!
I demand your full withdrawl from Austria, namely Vienna or feel the wrath of another angry Austrian fan of your amazing AAR!
Oh god no....not the socialists!
Well, with Connolly's PM-ship already established, and Ireland's constant slide leftward, what else could we conclude?
I'm torn apart from my heritage (German-Irish, mainly German-Austrian) and can't take this any longer!
I demand your full withdrawl from Austria, namely Vienna or feel the wrath of another angry Austrian fan of your amazing AAR!
:rofl: We will pull out of Vienna...eventually...
I noticed, however, that both you and The_Guiscard still voted for this AAR in the ACAs, and you even voted it as your favorite!!! So, I sense that beneath the hate is a real love for this AAR! HA! 
I noticed, however, that both you and The_Guiscard still voted for this AAR in the ACAs, and you even voted it as your favorite!!! So, I sense that beneath the hate is a real love for this AAR! HA!
I may have voted for it, Sir, but consider that I can still change my vote at any time! Something I am going to consider closely, very closely, if Ireland does not yield to the Kaiser's just demands. Ireland will have to:
Yield her entire scientific discoveries to Austria
Return all occupied land to Austria, including Trieste
Pay 500.000 in idemnites
Sign all its African colonies over to Austria
Do it, or face the Austrian's wrath!
A fine victory, though lets hope the Austrian Empire does not fall to pieces. I spose this victory is comparable to that of Canada during WW1 and the peace trweaties that followed (and then further in WW2) that it made its own name and became a country of its own rather than a dominion. Could we see a certain amount of more freedom being taken by the Irish from now onwards?
Aye, with the Irish at the fore, you've come into your own . . . but socialists? Yeaarrgghh! The Austrians deserve better, and should sue for peace. They should have sued for peace long before Vienna was molested.
Well, I'm not Austrian at all so feel free to march your Irish armies wherever you like!
Are you trying to crumble the Austrians? A destroyed Austria may only benefit surrounding nations and while those nations become larger, your Austrian land may look more appetizing.
Are you trying to crumble the Austrians? A destroyed Austria may only benefit surrounding nations and while those nations become larger, your Austrian land may look more appetizing.
I may have voted for it, Sir, but consider that I can still change my vote at any time! Something I am going to consider closely, very closely, if Ireland does not yield to the Kaiser's just demands. Ireland will have to:
Yield her entire scientific discoveries to Austria
Return all occupied land to Austria, including Trieste
Pay 500.000 in idemnites
Sign all its African colonies over to Austria
Do it, or face the Austrian's wrath!
The Irish Empire will not accept your demands! We will triumph! HAHA! *realizes he just lost two votes*
-crap...
It's not quite over yet...
There is a distinct possibility that the Irish will take steps further away from Britain, but they will not be as drastic as it was in real life with the IRA and such... Connolly's been in power for a term alrady, so this shouldn't come as a big suprise... The Austrians are too pround to sue for peace, that's my guess! Well, I'm not Austrian at all so feel free to march your Irish armies wherever you like!
Are you trying to crumble the Austrians? A destroyed Austria may only benefit surrounding nations and while those nations become larger, your Austrian land may look more appetizing.
No, not crumble them, just humiliate them. The break up of Austria-Hungary wouldn't be good in the short run for us, so that's why they'll be humiliated and not dismembered.Great AAR! I'm really looking forward to a 100% Irish Vienna.
Thank you sir, and I'm glad you have such high hopes for the Irish !
Shall we recieve a world conquest in hoi2?
Is it that fun driving over austrians with tanks?
Is it that fun driving over austrians with tanks?
Shall we recieve a world conquest in hoi2?
Is it that fun driving over austrians with tanks?
I doubt a WC, but this will almost certainly, about 85% sure, be moving on in HoI2. Yes, it is very fun!
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