Chapter 9
Stirrefronten
The 27th of December 1939: German forces are moving into Jutland, the Germans are surprised that there is no resistance in Jutland, many Germans soldiers are starting to believe the Danes will not resist. In many towns they are just met with angry stares, only the German minority in Northern Schleswig greeted the German army as liberators.
05:00 The 28th of December 1939: Northern Schleswig is now under German control, no fighting in Denmark have taken place. At 15:00 the same Day, Germany have declared war on Norway.
The 31th of December 1939: Jutland is now under German control, the plans to supply the resistance with weapons are delayed for now, as it would be too expensive for the Danish army to use the majority of the reserves in such a risky mission.
The 1st of January 1940: The German army have not yet dared to attack The Danish islands, knowing too well that the Islands are too well defended.
The 8th of January 1940: The German army have now looked over the belt for 7 days, no offense have happened yet. The Germans knows attacking the Danish position would only result in major casualties and the Danish army do not have enough men to launch any sort of Attack. The front is starting to be called "Stirrefronten" (The Starring front) and the Danish defence line is starting to be called "Stirrelinjen" (The starring line) by the locals.
So far no German soldier have died to the Danish army and vice versa.
The Germans are considering how to crack the Danish forts, but for now the Germans are focused on the Western Front.
Paris have fallen, the French government capitulated the next day. The reason was there was no way they could hold the advancing Germans coming from the north.
This is what 100% capitulation progress looks like. In this round France can only handle losing 30% of its victory points.
A neutral French state have been founded in the French city of Vichy after the French capitulation. But Free French forces are still fighting and France is now technically in a civil war. Denmark is now the only allied nation that neighbours an Axis nation.
The 21st of January 1940: The Danish Reserves are being mobilised and are now getting the same equipment as the Regular divisions, but just not as trained.
The 16th of February 1940: Due to the lack of fighting, the Danish reserved are now getting trained, so they will be ready to fight as their regular counterparts.
The 27th of February 1940: The Germans have begun the Invasion of Norway, the assault is targeting the cities of Kristianstad and Stavanger.
if Norway falls, the Danes will be alone in the Baltics with no way to escape.
The Norwegian City of Stavanger have fallen to Italian Forces, the Axis now have a port they can use to supply their trops as they advance into Norway.
The 20th of March 1940: The Soviet have declared war on Finland, due to the fact Finland refused to give the Soviets control of Karelia.
The 21th of March 1940: As it seems that Denmark can Defend against the Germans, it have been decided to expand the civilian industry of Denmark, in order to assist in construction of more defences in Denmark.
Denmark is also executing a plan to supply Jutlandic partisans with weapons in order to inflict casualties to the Germans behind the lines. The Plan is being executed and it is expected that the mission will be complete early summer.
Let us hope that the weapons will be but in good use.
French soldiers under British command have landed in Odense, in order to assist Denmark against the Germans. The situation in Norway is also looking more and more grim over time.
The 4th of April 1940: Oslo have been taken by the German army
The 19th of April 1940: The Soviet Union won the Finnish-Soviet War. The Soviets got their war goals but nothing more.
The 10th of May 1940: The Mission to strengthen the resistance in Jutland was a success, the restance is getting countered by the German army taking harsher measures to keep the civilians in line, reducing compliance in the province.
The Jutlandic resistance grows stronger
Hungary have joined the Axis powers. Danish intelligence also suggest the Germans are going for a naval invasion of Denmark, just at the Danish capital. But the Germans abandoned the plans when they realised, even the Danish capital is fortified enough to hold against a naval invasion.
The 18th of May 1940: Hungary gets Northern Transylvania as a reward for joining the Axis, because the Hungarians joins the war a few hours later.
The 29th of May 1940: Bulgaria got southern Dobruja from Romania, by permission of Germany.
With all those concessions Romania have given to the Axis, Romania starts to look small.
Norway capitulated to the German army. Only Denmark remains "fighting" for the Allies in Europe.
The German Empire is growing and have asserted its position in Europe, only the Soviet Union could potentially threaten the new Axis order.
