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Germany, Year 1935

Massive build up of Wehrmacht, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe has been started. No one has consulted ME for the composition of our nations forces ! how rude, this must be corrected immediately.


Germany, Year 1936

It starts, time for aggressive and swift domination of all the lesser countries in europe, but with calculative accuracy i can see that Germany is in no state of building and supporting a massive army,navy and Air force.

Plans have been made for Large build up in Factories and all old German submarines have been scrapped.

Ministers have been switched to gain more IC(5%) and industrial research bonus(10%). Also -20% reduction in consumer goods have been gained thru minister change.

After a days work, SU relations have been improved and its our duty to improve them as much as possible.

Like earlier mentioned Factories in large quantities have been qued to be buildt (x2), Every IC is been redirected for factory buildings. After Research have been maxed, the national funds are -9 on the negative side ! and only few points are left to produce some supplies...

After a days work again, calculations have been made and it seems metal and rare materials are going on minus, some deals with minor countries and it seems the only problem is money ( -9 ). Trade deal is formed with SU to trade supplies to money, now we are doing well (+7).

Reoccupation of Rheinland seemed to please our nations state of mind in general.

First week on the job and there is 20ish Factories in que and our nations resources are building up. SU, Spain and Portugal relations have been improved.

After some weeks, Rocket Testing facility is started. It seems ive gotten more IC from somewhere, oh well might as well build a silly rocket testing facility. Also SU,N.Spain and Portugal relations have been boosted.

Hitlers fantasies : Part I

Ahh the breeze of fresh air flowing thru my office makes me think of the future, the things to come.

Ive always dreamed that one day i will be remembered as a Great man, man who unites europe and keeps German people in the historybooks as a Supreme race. mmm i can smell fresh coffee, this brings back some wonderfull memories of Austria, so many nice people live there. Maybe some day i have a oppertunity to unite our 2 great nations as one.

"Looking at a newspaper makes Hitler think about larger things"
Hmm, damn newspaper talking nice things about Frenchies, i have to make some preparations about those ignorant fools, I am going to a picnic in the eiffel tower soon and theres no room for others.

And Poland, farmland and horses and no decent army to backup the land they have, will be like a walk in a park, i think ill rename some streets in Warsaw.

Annexing: French,Poland,Belgia,Netherlands,Luxemburg,Norway,Sweden,Finland,Yugoslavia,Checkoslovakia,Greek,Turkey,UK,Spain,Portugal,Ireland,Iraq and SU will be a wet dram of mine for a while. USA has been a wonderful audience to my opinions and splendor i might even consider allowing them to live after i am done here in europe.

Domination of Europe, German race will spread and guide these fools to enlightment ! No one will be spared, everything will be annexed ! and i dont need no puppets to do my bidding.

"Hitler falls asleep to his office chair, drool drips from his mouth and slides down his shirt"


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- So this is my 1st HSR game and difficulties are Normal/Normal.
- My English might be bad, i am Finnish so bear the pain of my typing :)
- I have some pictures but i intend to be more specific on reasons and backround on the decisions and all the alternative possibilities have been laid down too, and a reason why didnt i do this and that :)

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Another HSR-AAR, Im looking forward to this! :D
 

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I am actually playing it still. But couldnt resist the temptation to post here.

Some warning to new players to HSR players, Leaders have more effect on units now. You cant pile up loads of units and just think you can make it thru a line. It seems that Supply effectiveness gets a large hit when in large stack combat and the units wear out faster. ( also tanks / mech inf seems to be tougher then before ).

Also i found a bug in the game, when i attack France early it seems that somehow France and Germany makes peace instantly after the 1st day or two, and all my tanks went to tactical movement pool.

And it seems in DD HSR the Ai makes more use of the units and game is really harder then normal Hoi2 / Hoi2 HSR.
 

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Bloodlance said:
"Hitler falls asleep to his office chair, drool drips from his mouth and slides down his shirt"
:rofl: :rofl: funny. good luck!
 

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Germany, Year 1937



After a extreamly costly campaign N. Spain, Hungary and Portugal is Allied with Germany. As Germany is allied with N. Spain ... we are now at WAR with Rep. Spain.

With Factory round 2 complete, Germany starts to build 24 Inf Divisions, 3 Tank Divisions and some Interceptors.

Reports come in that Rep.Spain is almost won the war agains N.Spain and Portugal, Hitler makes preparations for a resecuring of spain and portugal, 23 Inf and 3 Tank divisions have been sent to help via Transports.

Portugal is Resecured quickly, N.Spain is secured and quick fight for Rep.Spains VPs is essential.

Some weeks later Rep.Spain is no more. Germany didnt take almost any losses, we downed all Rep.Spains fleet. 9 Inf Divisions are left next to Gibraltar for later use.

Rest of the armys finest are redeployed to Check and Poland Border.

Wehrmacht is groving rapidly, Kriegsmarine is reseaving nothing, Luftwaffe has 11 x IV model Interceptors (Fw-190a), 8 Tac Bombers and 1 Stuka dive bomber unit.

Year goes pretty well, trade deals have been made more and redone for better profits. Usa,Su,Turkey,Romania,Bulgaria and Finland have been effected by our money and influence (200).


Germany, Year 1938



Wehrmacht has been spoiled by Hitlers wet dreams of world domination, Division count is off the scale, some Ministers inform us that with Trade deals that need Supply goods and our huge Inf Divisions we need 1/5 of our IC to support everything to remain as we are.

Huge amounts of money is used to keep IC on production and not in money income.

Orders for Improved Carrier construction is given:
KMS Graf Zeppelins
KMS Peter Strasser
KMS Seydlitz
KMS Clausewitz
KMS Barbarossa
KMS Seelöwe
Production should be ready -41 March.

Plans have been made to produce Naval bombers in large quantity to gain upper hand vs Allied naval forces.

Anschluss happened to us, Austria joined our Glorius nation.

" Hitler stumbles on his study table and knocks his coffee cup on a important strategist targets report map and starts to scream like a 3 year old "

United Kingdom announces in a secret telegram that Germany should step down on Military gearing. Hitler answers that bechose there has been major gap in the time there was no normal army present in Germany, that those men need training in the art of war, also the bad economy situtation needs men to be somewhere else then in home doing nothing. Also Hitler announces that Germanys Fleet status has been kept on numbers that was promised upon to.

" Hitler orders new strategic reports, the old ones are ruined by coffee stains "

" Hitler discovers one map almost intact, its the map of Germany - Check border , there is major stain on it, it resembles a lot of unit markings and a direction leading in Check territory. This must be a sign from GOD ! "

" Energised by holy divinity and his own special way, Hitler falls asleep on his study room once again smiling like a baby, having a sweet wet dream about Check Chicks and power "

Germany demands Sudetenland! , Hitler announces that he has to get some Pie, and he has deserved it, really, not lying, much.

" Hitler has a daydream, running on Poland plains that are filled with flowers "

Wehrmacht advances to get the Check lands under control.

" Hitler decides, Why stop ? continue and declare war on the remaining Check lands and annex them ! , thinking about it for a couple of seconds he adds, i hate flowers, declare war against Poland and drive them to Soviet union "

Flowers are removed from all National offices.

Check and Poland Offencive at the same time, Picture is from other game but i always do it like that.
checkpol.JPG


Annexation of Poland and Checkoslovakia. 10 points of Inf divisions and 1 Cav Division is stationed on Soviet Union border, rest is ordered to France/Belgium/Luxemburg border. Also Alliance nations are deploying forces to Su border.



Germany, Year 1939




Economy is booming and production and IC is gearing up.

Germany trys to influence the major world leaders to see our point of view (lots of money used).

Plans have been made to Attack France via Belgium lands. 100+ Inf+Armor Divisions have been deployed and extra supply given to Panzer troops.

Declaration of WAR to Belgium.

Luxemburg declares WAR to Germany, Hitler calls Luxemburg and tells them to prepare to be shafted, nothing else happens.

Occupation of Belgium, note (no war vs allied, yet)
att0.JPG


Declaration of WAR and Lightning war VS France
att1.JPG


Paris is taken, French armies tried a combined invasion of Belgium
att2.JPG


Production of Germany(5 tanks)
prod.JPG


"Techtree" of Germany
tech.JPG


World map (bad i know)
world.JPG



" Hitler is happy like a lil puppy, Soon his Panzers will drive the damn Allied forces to Sea! "

WAR with France is not yet over.

Plans have been made to take Denmark and Netherlands.

Plans have been made to Invade UK, Problems: No Carriers, 1x Battleship and no Naval bombers of yet...

Plans have been made to invade Norway and Sweden.

End of report as now June 23 -39

 

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I notice you are having trouble with swasticas. This little patch removes them from the HSR ground unit icons and the mapcounters. It (should be) up-to-date for HSR 2.08 (but this needs to be verified...)

Link:
http://st24.startlogic.com/~runegold/misc/no_swasticas.zip

Installation:
- Unzip the no_swasticas file.
- Note that the file contains replacements for some files in /GFX/Interface/models/ and /GFX/palette/. You will want to back up these files (paranoia is good).
- When ready to replace, move the /no_swasticas/GFX/ folder to the game directory. You should get a Windows question box, as shown in the picture "install.gif". Click "yes to all".
 

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nice work! an early end to the allies prescense in europe! now just tell ur italian allies to advance in egypt!
 

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The time i took to take paris is the same time italians have tried to move forward in Egypt ... slow ... ehh ...

:)

Anyone know if it is possible to land to England with 19 Transports when i have only the Germans beginning fleet ?

UK has like 2 navy groups atm near England.

6 CV
7 BS
15 support ships

2 CV
5 BS
14 Support ships

I was thinking of making a sneak landing in UK but thats tricky :p

Any suggestions what to do next ? =)
 

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Germany, July -39



Its been a easy war to Germany, France is taken and Vichy is formed, Netherlands fall in a matter of days and Big efforts are made to secure all the conquered land via Garrison and new police forces.

Yugoslavian border is reinforced with extra troops.

6 Marine divisions have been ordered to be assembled.

22 Police brigades have been ordered to be assembled.

CV and Tank production is maintained.

Netherland "offencive"
neth.JPG



New Vichy nation and Netherland is taken, troops marchin to Denmarks border.
Vichy.JPG


Situtation on Japan -39
Japan39.JPG




" Hitler ponders about the situtation Japan is in, Thinking about USA and how Japan has no chance against the might of the USA navy, but there is little we can do, our fleet is so small that even France could overrun it "

" Relaxing and drinking a cup of coffee Hitler starts to read old newspapers and letters from his Spy network, There is a sudden Scream of agony and His secretary opens the door in a hurry and finds Hitler soaked in hot coffee and a letter at his hand... Mumbling only a few words ... last year ... USA ... gearing up for war ... this cant be happening ... how could i missed this report. "

There is a imminent confrence of Generals and great strategic minds in Hitlers office and plans have been made against USA.

Head of Intelligence is shot and replaced.

End of Report July 29 -39 ( IC 457, huh? )






 

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Straight to WAR -36 vs Factory building + Trade + Diplomacy until 38/39


Straight to war enables Germany to develope navy and army at the same time, and gaining IC and materials quickly, making it good choice to go if you want to attack Soviets FAST. Also taking UK should be easier this way. Also gets Europe under your heel much faster.

Factory building etc gives you extreamly good relations to France,UK,USA,SU and all the nations you want to get to yous side later on Italy etc ... Also waiting for Anschluss and Suduteland with France and UK as "friends" and Taking Poland quickly and Checks maybe. And moving forces quickly to France and attacking them makes France easy target. They have less army this way and more IC :) ( keep materials on little +++, money on +15 or more via trade )

I personally like to just DoW all and take em head on, but lately preparing in secret and giving boost to diplomacy (200) makes me think that maybe its better to just wait and then make WaR in lighting style.

What you all think about this ?
 

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Germany, October -39



Its been a long year, Reports have indicated that Japan is slowly advancing in China and Italy is holding Allied forces in Africa but i fear that Italy will loose ground and i have to send German units to protect our mutual interest.

Yugoslavia was taken last night when Hitler was sleeping, also Denmark surrendered to us without any shots fired. When Hitler woke up and heard the news he was baffled and was happy again for a while, until he heard that Soviet Union had increased INF divisions on Ger-Sov border. Hitler ordered 10 new INF divisions to Ger-Sov border to match the increasing Soviet Threat !

It was decided that Turkey & Greece have to be taken.

It was decided that Scandinavia have to be integrated to our Sphere of influence.

Production was hauled and everything is concentrated to unit building.

Preparation to invade Sweden,Turkey & Greece at the same time has begun.

Factory Production:
30 IV Submarines
12 Mariner I divs
5 Tank divs
6 CV
4 Naval bomber divs
6 Garrison divs

Also soon we should prepare for INF -41 upgrades and new Interceptor model upgrades.



Production and Resources as now
Production2.JPG


Update on Japan
Japan39II.JPG



Large relief deal has been made with Japan, 3000 Supply and 3000 Million Marks have been paid to Japan war Fund. Hitler hopes that this will help Japan defeat China a little faster.

Industrial output reports indicate that Germanys war production is acceptable for now. ( 532 IC ).

Report from Industrial resource allocation department indicates that Rare Materials should be traded to keep existing stockpiles. ( Rares daily -42,2 )

" Hitler reads his reports and smiles, Today Germany fares well, but tomorrow we will light the night sky and everyone shall see that Europe is united under Germanys strong leadership "

Italy in Africa
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Yugoslavia taken, Croatia is formed
Croatia.JPG


Preparation vs Sweden
Sweden.JPG


Preparation vs Greece & Turkey
GreeceTurkey.JPG


Soviet border
SU39.JPG




I feel that the next 2-3 weeks will be the most important weeks ever. Detailed reports will be given to Hitler and his Staff about the offencives.

Yugoslavia & Denmark went down so quickly that the war reporter from Berlin did try to take pictures but somehow his camera was empty.

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Ive been working alot so didnt have much time to play. So only a minor update this time. Also i ONLY control Germanys Troops.


 

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It looks like a lot of those provinces might go to Hungary.
 

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Germany, December -39



* * * Quick Update * * *

Indeed Hitler was right to assume that the next 2-3 weeks would be the most important weeks this far...

Attack on Greece and Annexation of Greece was done, DoW against Turkey was done and after a couple of days something happened that Hitler was not calculating.

Is this the turnpoint that will put an end of our Advancement thru Europe ?

We have been slapped against our face with a Declaration of WAR from Soviet Union ... Hitler makes an announcement at his office holding Su DoW at his hand , " What iz Tiiiiz ? "

Invasion to Norway has been halted.

Invasion to Sweden has been halted.

Invasion of Finland has been halted.

Invasion to UK has been halted.

Invasion to Ireland has been halted.

30x Submarine production is ready.
12x Marine Divs training is ready
5x New Tank Divs are ready.

Panic breaks out at Berlin HQ, All available military units and personell has been ordered to Soviet Union border.

Forces that cannot be relocated, Spain 9 INF divs, France 14 INF divs, Netherlands 3 INF divs, Greece 3 INF divs. Quick calculation of forces at SU border in 1 month time. 55-65 German Divs, 50 Allied divs (not controlled by germany exept the units that are given under my command).

Quick plan is made to invade UK, all existing navy and new Submarines are used as meat wall against UK navy, meanwhile our Mariners will attack UK and take a beachhead so we can mount an offencive against inner UK.

Extensive bombing from Soviet Union directed to Allied nation forces. 11 German Interceptors fully at work near UK, additional Air units needed ASAP.



Soviet Union DoWs Germany with pants down
SUWAR.JPG


Assault against Turkey continues
Turk40.JPG




Also, Reports from Italy indicates that they are loosing ground rapidly, Italys forces are in general retreat in Africa.

15 INF Divs and 1 Tank Divs are designed to go thru Turkey and attack Egypt !

Romania, Bulgaria, Italy has sent fresh armies to Berlin as support, estimate of 25 new DiVs of different forces soon at our disposal !



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More updates later, as of now i am confused and i have a hard time believing that SU DoWed me atm, so my plans are in turmoil. All help on planning is very Welcome ! :eek:

Also it seems there is a competition of best AAR out there ? i didnt know about that when i posted this and i am not interested about it =) just wanted to make my 1st AAR here :D 2nd AAR will be a Japan game.

 

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Beeeeee didn't you know DoWing Turkey provokes Soviet wrath? The Soviets and Turks may not be good friends, but Soviets will protect turkey no matter what.
My advice: forget Britain, it's too late to invade probably. Focus on maintainging a good and stable eastern front till spring then begin the overwhelming assault. It shouldn't be as hard as it looks.
 

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Ive played 10ish Germany -36 games and in about half of em i have DoWed Turkey and this is my 1st time SU DoWs me :eek: I even had +90 relationship with SU :p

I knew that maybe it might make the big bear a lil cranky but ... but , yep :)

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