Mare Nostrum: A HSR Doomsday Italy's AAR

[Darkness007]

It depends...I mean, Tanks a faster than horses (usually)

But I think you might just edge it.

Hmm since you don't have anny oil i think Germany will win this...

Who will get to Grozny first? The Germans are moving from a plains province to a hills province, while you're moving from a mountainous province to a hills province.

But due to the fact that tanks are faster than horses, I'm betting on the Germans.

I know who wins the race ...

Italians will I'm sure, since you're gonna mili control Germany and stop their advance

har har har

You will all have your answers tomorrow!!!

he isnt allied with the germans - hence no controlin them

What about just airdroppin the glorius Folgore division sittin on thier behinds - from Batum or Baku!?

The airplanes are not with 100% of its organization capacity.

Good updates, you have taken Baku and the Soviets are being defeated, could one ask for more?

Nice advance. Way to pinch out those red pockets. Hope the Iti's made it to Grozny before the Hun.

Shiny tank pictures!

If you can release Azerbaijan your oil stocks will skyrocket.

Thanks to you three. About Azerbaijan, well, after the defeat of USSR I will re-organize the Empire, so I will probably release it.

I bet Hitler must be happy that you took his oil supply.

Very happy, I take both of them: Caucasus and Ploesti!



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Next update tomorrow!

 

[unmerged(60155)]

Yes! Tomorrow!

 

[unmerged(62343)]

Yay, update! I can extort you now. You were my vote for Q1 07 readers choice awards best gameplay AAR. Now you have to deliver! Muhahahahaha!

 

[Darkness007]

October 11th, 1943

2 days after the end of the Battle for Grozny, the Romans and Germans forcer ran for the control of the city, the result was:

Roman Cavalry charging in Grozny​

The first Italian cavalry division, commanded by the Field Marshal Graziani, took control of the city.

With this act the Duce proclaims the end of the Operazione Mars . The main objective of this Operation was achieved, as most of Caucasus, including Baku and Grozny, was conquered.

However, as the Germans have closed our path to the Urals, it's impossible to the Roman armies continue the fight against the Communists.

The results:

In Operazione Mars , the Sofia's Pact Armies, faced an enemy highly motivated and with the same number of men. But fight in two fronts proves to be impossible to the Soviets.

It's almost certain that the Roman advance in Caucasus make Stalingrad to fall quicker. Almost 50 Soviets divisions was annihilated in Caucasus by Germans and Romans, as they was encircled and impeded of retreat to the Urals Mountains. The Duce are sure that Operazione Mars was a big success.

Graziani and his happy face after the capture of Grozny.
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October 28th, 1943

Impossible to advance further over Russia, the Duce just sits and watches the destruction of the Soviets.

As you can see bellow, the Germans are already crossing the Urals, approaching the Soviets factories.

Urals
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November 23rd, 1943

The African front is almost stationary since our first Oil Crisis (Mid-1942), and the launch of Operazione Mars .

Just a few reinforcements have arrived in the regions for both sides:

*Ethiopian Cavalry and Mechanized Divisions for the Sofia's Pact and
*French Militias for the Allies

Now, with the end of the hostilities in the east, and with oil entering in the Roman reserves, it appears to be the end of the Allies in Africa, or not?

Ethiopian soldier fighting in Cameroon​

 

[Darkness007]

General Update:

And now, what do you think that the Duce should do??

The biggest part of my Army is in Caucasus, waiting to be designated for combat. I would like to read the suggestions of everyone who reads my AAR. And I would like to thank you all for read it! This AAR is nothing without your commentaries, keep following it!


1. Leave my troops in Caucasus in the case of any surprise in the Germ-Soviet war??

2. Transport everything to Africa, to fight there??

3. Invade Switzerland?

4. Invade the Arab Peninsula?

5. Invade Persia and following the Indian subcontinent?

6. Stab the Germans for the back, while they right the USSR in the far east??

7. Transport all his troops to Italy, to a well-deserved rest??


So what?

 

[Darkness007]

Yes! Tomorrow!

tomorrow of yesterday!
That is today!

Yay, update! I can extort you now. You were my vote for Q1 07 readers choice awards best gameplay AAR. Now you have to deliver! Muhahahahaha!

Hey! Thanks a lot! I'm glad that you have liked this AAR so far! Thanks again!

 

[stabsoffizier]

How come that Omsk alone has 100IC in it?
I din't follow your AAR to closely so I might have missed something!

How's your TC doing, it must be even more horribel by now!

 

[unmerged(62343)]

Great Campaign.

Okay. Persia and then India. With the troops you have you could probably hit the Arabian penensula as well.

The UK navy is huge. You need more ships.

You have parity as far as ground forces, but your air force is deficient.

Now that most of your campaigns will be peripheral, you should concentrate on building...something.

 

[Spacehusky]

How come that Omsk alone has 100IC in it?

Its an HSR event, in my current German campaign I was a little surprised that by the time I reached the Urals the Soviet's effective IC was greater than it had been at the beginning of the invasion.

I vote for securing Africa, then backstabbing Germany. You'll never have a better chance than while their troops are slogging through Siberia.

 

[Montague]

I say go the Arabia-Persia-India route. Then perhaps you can wait for the US and Germany to get into it before you decide which of them to tackle.

 

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Arabic Pennisula/India

 

[germanpeon]

I suggest sending some more troops to Africa to finish that campaign. At the same time, take the remaining territories in the Arabian Peninsula. Then leave a garrison force in Africa and send the bulk of your men north into the Middle East to invade Persia, finish off the Soviet Union (Germany probably isnt capable of satisfactory progress alone) and invade India. From there you will have the resources and territorial access for just about anything, with Germanys help.

 

[Yushal]

Yes, but it is annoying to try find a Hitler photo without swastikas. :wacko:


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Cover the swastikas with a bouquet of flowers in ms paint

Im curious. Do they allow people in these european countries to watch US historical television and film which contain swastika insignia/flags? Are they somehow excised or censored?

I like your AAR. Im watching to see how you take southern france/north africa. My current Italy game is proceeding much as yours has begun, tho the british are providing trouble for me in the Levant.

 

[Nehekara]

My suggestion:
Send reinforcements to Africa, so you can end your campaign there. Also clean up Arabia, which shouldn't take too much of an effort. Afterwards you could invade Persia, or Switzerland. I don't think you should leave too mnay troops in Caucasus, theyr'e better spent elsewhere.

 

[unmerged(58579)]

Depends a bit on your TC really - if it is still okay take yemen, oman and the brittish arab lands (oil and IC) these lands have much IC considering that 2 allied nations are there and you could jump on india after that - dont know about persia really - you have yo be sure you get it and not iraq so you have a link but if you could change the balnce somewhat with aircrafts (build airbases and pardrop too) or fast troops down in africa it would be very nice - before those combined masses simply push you out.....guard the caucasus with minimal forces - but india must be attacked - you need the brittish to commit there to lighten the burden in africa....it can be done with a few corps by sea if you dont take persia in the process but then you have to have regional supremacy on the seas and the escorts/convoys but if taking persia you also have to fear a soviet counterattack - by taking the searoute you avoid that - then again you dont have access to the rich kazakh lands via india.........and how can one forget omsk?.....*sigh*

 

[Admiral Yamamot]

Well, the Roman Empire had to fight against the German tribes.
Let's go

No, don't do that!!

Finish Africa, then Persia and after that India.

@Yushal:
Yes, in old movies ar a lot of swastikas, etc.
Even in new movies, I think.
Don't remember it quite well now.

 

[unmerged(52973)]

go for Persia and Arabia, and meanwhile finish the allies in Africa

 

[unmerged(51967)]

I saw several swastikas in Sophie Scholl: The Final days if that counts for anything. Good movie though.

will you be releasing any more puppets?

 

[unmerged(58579)]

just watch the movie "Der Untergang" - really good movie, the guy playing H himself does an outstandig job

 

[stabsoffizier]

Finish the business in Africa first. Closing an existing front is always much more effective than opening a new one.
When finished with this doing like Simon-1979 suggested might be a good idea.

The ban on the Swastika doesn't mean it's banned generally. It's forbidden to intentionally show it off in the public (flags, print, cloth etc.) or to use it in any context that would glorify / justify the Third Reich. The term for it is 'Wiederbetätigung', you can't really translate this, someone here might new an english word for it that could fit.
IIRC owning Nazi Memorabilia is forbidden too, although that law is hard to apply generally since, roughly, every third family still owns the one or the other part of the Third Reich In the case of my family I could supply half the set of a movie playing in these time.
Oh, yea, leads me to the movie question. That's all fine since the content and style defines if it's accepted to show all the insignias.