March 29, 1936 - May 17, 1936 – The Baltic War
Poland starts as Paternal Autocracy with meek and underdeveloped army - nowhere to compete with neighbours from East, West or South.
At first I concentrated on development of infantry, just to have at least slim chances of being competitive in technology on the battlefield.
Being Pole since I was born and studying politics I know that Poland sucks being democratic, it just don't work, so I made a step towards Autocracy. Meddling a bit with ministers I go to work. I knew that I have to strengthen Poland in the matter of gaining more lands, because creating more industries would take too much time and I didn’t have enough resources. Expansion on East or West was not a question here. Going on South was very risky, but North! Yes. There are few good things about owning Baltic provinces:
1. They are easy prey,
2. Owning them and not being in alliance with Soviet Union could prevent massive Red Flood on Europe if war between SU and Germany broke out and chance of conquering German provinces myself.
So it was settled. As a child I always regretted that Lithuania and Inflants aren't with Poland anymore, so I decided to fix that. I set full power on “upgrades” and placed Polish armies on the Polish-Lithuanian border. Prioritizing soon-to-fight armies I had them upgraded in no time.
Being ready on March 29, 1936 at 15:00 I declared war on Lithuania. Hour later Armia Prusy supported by nearby Polish forces engaged enemy in Kaunas. 17.00 – battle was won.
- April 1, 1936 : Soviet Union broken the non-aggression pact they had with us.
Things started to look grim, I couldn’t stand a chance against USSR, but for now I had to conquer Baltic states first.
- April 5, 1936 : Estonia declared war upon us!"
- April 5, 1936 : Latvia joined the war on the same side as Estonia in their war against Poland.
Good, I wouldn’t need to declare war each one of them separately.
- April 6, 1936 : Germany declared war upon Estonia.
- April 6, 1936 : Latvia joined the war on the same side as Estonia in their war against Germany.
I had to hurry, I didn’t want them to conquer Baltic States before me.
- April 7, 1936 : Armia Prusy has arrived in Kaunas.
- April 7, 1936 : Lithuania are now part of our nation!
Germany were cut off from Latvia and Estonia, giving me more time.
- April 8, 1936 : France declared war upon Germany.
- April 8, 1936 : United Kingdom joined the war on the same side as France in their war against Germany.
The machine started, I was pleased. Second World War has begun without me.
- May 4, 1936 : Soviet Union declared war upon Germany.
They had no connection, nevertheless…
Army actions in a pill:
April 8, 1936 : We won a battle against Latvia in Jekapils. There were no survivors!
April 12, 1936 : 10. Armia has arrived in Jelgava.
April 15, 1936 : Armia Prusy has arrived in Jekapils.
April 15, 1936 : Armia Modlin has arrived in Jelgava.
April 17, 1936 : Armia Lodz has arrived in Jekapils.
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May 3, 1936 : Latvia are now part of our nation!
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May 17, 1936 : Estonia are now part of our nation!
Poland won the Baltic War.
This concludes today’s portion of my war diaries.
In the next part preparation for war with Czechoslovakia!