Rebolusyon! (Revolution!). Philippines AAR DD 1.2/GC36
After so much time reading other peoples AAR’s I decided about 3 weeks ago to do my own! So after weighing up which game to do it in I opted for the glory of WW2 rather than CK, EU2 or Vicky.
I have made modifications to the Philippines doing away with puppet status and American military access. I reworked the tech teams teams and starting techs (the latter minimally), replaced Macarthur and Wainwright with Filipino’s and expanded the industrial and resources of the islands; in addition the archipelago is now a Leninist state. I will try thread all of this together in the prologue.
Prologue
The betrayal of the first republic by the US and the subsequent war was costly with some one million Filipino’s dying in the conflict that officially ended in 1902; However in the south of the country the Muslims continued their own struggle until 1913. In the aftermath of the war all opposition to US rule remain limited to the defeated Nationalists, who did not see the growing Marxists who were secretly building up their strength and in 1922 the formation of the Progressive Workers Party saw the communist possessing a political front while secretly developing armed forces in the Cordillera mountains of Luzon island, It would be these cadre’s that would form the backbone of the future resistance to the condescending colonialists.
The onset of the great depression weakened the US whose populace suffered amid mounting difficulties, as a result the drastic military cut backs left the US military presence,besides the 7th Fleet, in the islands depleted and weakened, a fact not missed by the Communists who bided their time. The formal establishment of the Philippine Communist Party (PKP) On November 7, 1930 was followed by the first offensive on November 21 with PKP forces already in place and overrunning the US naval base in Subic bay, by December 14th the ‘Philippine division’ and elements of the pro-US Filipinos isolated in Manila, while elsewhere in the country the populace rose in mass revolt attacking and disarming the US backed Philippine Constabulary. The besieged Manila was infiltrated over the course of December and on the 4th January 1931 attacks in the southern districts of the city led to widespread defections among the Pro-US Philippine forces and on the 6th January the fall of the Intramuros fortress left the local US forces position untenable who surrendered on the 12th January. The financially strapped US federal government ruled out a reconquest of the islands accepting the fact that the US had lost control of the islands and in particular the military bases and reluctantly recognized the independent Philippines government on the 20th January 1931.
The new leader of the islands, Crisanto Evangelista, instituted the ‘'Peoples Republic of the Philippines’’ and with a little backing from Comintern embarked on modernisation of the nations infrastructure, in particular the five year plan for industrialisation led to the four fold increase in the industrial capacity of the islands, the modernisation of agriculture and land reform greatly improved the position of the rural populace. From 1931-1934 young communists and socialists travelled to the archipelago to help in the modernisation drives helping out in anyway they could however refusal of the PKP to bow to Soviet dominance led to a break with Moscow in 1934 reducing Comintern support to a trickle, however the expertise acquired in this short time had greatly improved Filipino expertise. However with the growing tensions in China and the rise of Fascism in Europe the neglected armed forces need reform and expansion.
OOC:I will add more screenies to this post tomorrow to give you all pictures of the other changes and industrial expansion, Unfortunately i am using my work PC to post while playing the game at home, and I did not remember to save all of the screenshots onto my USB memory stick.
My long term aim is to survive and perhaps help Mao to victory in China, all the while being wary of the Japs to the north and US to the west (incidentally i changed the relations with the Americans to 0 so as to reflect the break in relations in 1931), perhaps liberation of indonesia?? initially i need to ensure developement and arming as i have taken away the US forces based there and only retained the Manila garrison which has been renamed ''Revolutionary Guard''.
I have not decided which doctrine to undertake, i noticed in another Philipines AAR someone decided on the Japanese model which sounds good to me but i have also been contemplating the Human wave doctrines which would be inline with Communist theory.
After so much time reading other peoples AAR’s I decided about 3 weeks ago to do my own! So after weighing up which game to do it in I opted for the glory of WW2 rather than CK, EU2 or Vicky.
I have made modifications to the Philippines doing away with puppet status and American military access. I reworked the tech teams teams and starting techs (the latter minimally), replaced Macarthur and Wainwright with Filipino’s and expanded the industrial and resources of the islands; in addition the archipelago is now a Leninist state. I will try thread all of this together in the prologue.
Prologue
The betrayal of the first republic by the US and the subsequent war was costly with some one million Filipino’s dying in the conflict that officially ended in 1902; However in the south of the country the Muslims continued their own struggle until 1913. In the aftermath of the war all opposition to US rule remain limited to the defeated Nationalists, who did not see the growing Marxists who were secretly building up their strength and in 1922 the formation of the Progressive Workers Party saw the communist possessing a political front while secretly developing armed forces in the Cordillera mountains of Luzon island, It would be these cadre’s that would form the backbone of the future resistance to the condescending colonialists.
The onset of the great depression weakened the US whose populace suffered amid mounting difficulties, as a result the drastic military cut backs left the US military presence,besides the 7th Fleet, in the islands depleted and weakened, a fact not missed by the Communists who bided their time. The formal establishment of the Philippine Communist Party (PKP) On November 7, 1930 was followed by the first offensive on November 21 with PKP forces already in place and overrunning the US naval base in Subic bay, by December 14th the ‘Philippine division’ and elements of the pro-US Filipinos isolated in Manila, while elsewhere in the country the populace rose in mass revolt attacking and disarming the US backed Philippine Constabulary. The besieged Manila was infiltrated over the course of December and on the 4th January 1931 attacks in the southern districts of the city led to widespread defections among the Pro-US Philippine forces and on the 6th January the fall of the Intramuros fortress left the local US forces position untenable who surrendered on the 12th January. The financially strapped US federal government ruled out a reconquest of the islands accepting the fact that the US had lost control of the islands and in particular the military bases and reluctantly recognized the independent Philippines government on the 20th January 1931.
The new leader of the islands, Crisanto Evangelista, instituted the ‘'Peoples Republic of the Philippines’’ and with a little backing from Comintern embarked on modernisation of the nations infrastructure, in particular the five year plan for industrialisation led to the four fold increase in the industrial capacity of the islands, the modernisation of agriculture and land reform greatly improved the position of the rural populace. From 1931-1934 young communists and socialists travelled to the archipelago to help in the modernisation drives helping out in anyway they could however refusal of the PKP to bow to Soviet dominance led to a break with Moscow in 1934 reducing Comintern support to a trickle, however the expertise acquired in this short time had greatly improved Filipino expertise. However with the growing tensions in China and the rise of Fascism in Europe the neglected armed forces need reform and expansion.
OOC:I will add more screenies to this post tomorrow to give you all pictures of the other changes and industrial expansion, Unfortunately i am using my work PC to post while playing the game at home, and I did not remember to save all of the screenshots onto my USB memory stick.
My long term aim is to survive and perhaps help Mao to victory in China, all the while being wary of the Japs to the north and US to the west (incidentally i changed the relations with the Americans to 0 so as to reflect the break in relations in 1931), perhaps liberation of indonesia?? initially i need to ensure developement and arming as i have taken away the US forces based there and only retained the Manila garrison which has been renamed ''Revolutionary Guard''.
I have not decided which doctrine to undertake, i noticed in another Philipines AAR someone decided on the Japanese model which sounds good to me but i have also been contemplating the Human wave doctrines which would be inline with Communist theory.
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