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if my attempt at playing much the same set of dynamics is anything to go by, its slow work to get the Soviet armed forces into position for any sort of campaign in Latin America.

do you have any potential allies? Sometimes Venezuela seems to come up as LW Radical and if it won't join the Comintern you might get military access

The major limiting factor is the fact that I have no Marines, at all. That leaves seizing a port a risk venture, and add to that the fact that its half the world away from a Soviet naval base.

That said, the European puppets still have thier colonies in South America. Ive thought about basing planes from Guyana or Curaco, but the area seems too under-developed for that. Full credit to Brazil, though. By my best guess, they are holding off the French, Dutch and Canadian's (the latter have even brought Mechanized troops) numbering around 15 divisions with around 11 Brazilian divisions (Inf and Cav). And thats with total Allied air and sea control. They also managed to destroy peacemeal around 4 Canuk divisions when they attempted a landing behind the frontline.

As for allies, the world is torn between me and big bad Brazil as the threat, sending everyone and their grandmother to the allied camp. That said, I am sure that some VDV troopers in Bogota might persuade some to be more co-operative towards the wishes of the USSR...
 
Deployment and OOB - Far East Fleet

Far East Reserve Fleet - 3 1939 tech battleships and a smattering of older escort ships
1. Far East Asia Flotilla - 4 ultra modern submarines
Heavy Crusier Force - 4 ultra modern crusiers and escorts

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The optimism in the Soviet Union that the Red Army would fight no more was abruptly shattered before the New Year was even two months old. It was a culmination of two main factors.

The first was the resourcefullness and fighting ability of the South American alliance. Comprising of Argentina and Brazil, the two had proceeded to deal a resounding defeat to both Uruguay and Chilie, both of whom recived significant aid from America and the allies, prompting further measures to be taken.

The second was a curious incident in Kabul, capital of the Kingdom of Afganistan. Afganistan had factored into Plan Lenin, a rough draft of a war with Britain written way back before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War. It has always been assumed that the Emir of Afganistan would comply with the wishes of the USSR, but when reports from the NKVD and the Afgan Embassay flooded into Moscow of how the Emir was seriously considering joining the Allied camp for added investment into his backward country, Stalin acted with his utmost ruthlessness.

Two crack divisions, the 84th Mechanized Division and the 153. Motor Rifle divison, both of whom had saw severe fighting against the Germans had been redeployed from the newly created Central Asia Command. In a simple plan, they were to blast a path to Kabul and depose the Emir for a more friendly government, which would understand the requirements of the USSR.

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Within fifteen days, Soviet troops were fighting in Kabul. The Afgan Army has simply no conception of how to counter a modern, mechanized fighting force. Despite all the advantages allowed to them by the extreme nature of Afganistan's terrain, the brave Afgan soldiers were let down by the poor quality of thier weapons and leadership, both of which were not up for the task.


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The seige of Kabul lasted for fourteen days, during which thousands of brave Afgan's died. Russian losses were, as expected, much lower, and passed without comment. The simple fact was that more Soviet soldiers were dying each day from jungle diseases in South East Asia than the Afgan's had inflicted in a short war.

Despite the Emir's timley fight of Afganistan, Soviet security was again safe. A communist collaboration government has been set up, and the all important Kabul airbase secure for the Soviet Air Force.

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The police action in Afganistan passed with little comment in the world, mainly due to more pressing matters. Chile was on the verge of outright collapse, and everyone seemed to understand that unless America and the Allies could form a South American coalition against the Argentine and Brazilian expansionism, South America would be ate very slowly by the two.

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It was amist such a backdrop that the VDV Special Operations Group, hero's of Operation Red Blossom and the fall of Tokyo were flown to South America. Its commander, General Vlassov was a briliant military mind, but had been assigned the posting for his strained relations with the party.


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It took Vlassov over a month to get his crack troops ready, for fighting a war a world away from home was difficult for even the best. With most of his supplies coming from the Communist French and Dutch regimes, it was needless to say that Vlassov's men, as they fondly called themselves, tended to recive the dregs of what was distributed. It was not until late May, and regular convoys from the Soviet Union that the situation was resolved.

However, lack of supplies did not halt the paratroopers. In action for just over a month, they suceeded in overruning the Brazilian defenders of Macapa, the cornerstone of the Brazilian defence, and graveyard for untold numbers of the Communist Dutch and French soldiers.

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Update of development - Baikanour Project

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Interesting. So in this world, Zhukov was not the saviour of the USSR then, but Chuikov instead?:)
 
I hate invading Brazil from the north, it caused me a lot of problems because of the Jungle and Rivers.
 
Interesting. So in this world, Zhukov was not the saviour of the USSR then, but Chuikov instead?:)

Zhukov has his post in the cabinet, and he is the Supreme Commander for one of my theaters in Europe, so he is not totaly forgotten. My fondness for Chuikov stems from the fact that he was plonked down in command of the best fighting unit I have, the 1st Guards Tank Army. That and the fact that he has fought everywhere - from Spain to China.

all proceeding nicely. As a bit of general feedback, I really like the way you're presenting this. The maps are clear and the text rattles along at a good rate and is an easy read.

Thanks alot. I always worry about to few screens and to much text. From my own experiance screeds and screeds of text is difficult to plod through.

I hate invading Brazil from the north, it caused me a lot of problems because of the Jungle and Rivers.

I agree. It's hard for humans as it is, and the AI doesnt have a hope in hell. Those two Brazilian divisions were holding up around 30 (!!!) French, Dutch and Canadian divisions, though they had more units plonked down on that front before the fighting started in the south.
 
In a amazing turnaround for the entire situation in South America, Chile, from being on the brink of total collapse, mounted a sucessfull counter-attack, trapping the Argentine forces behind the Andes. With American troops and supplies pouring into the country, it took them three months to overcome the Argentine Army, and in a lightning advance, knock Argentina out of the war in a month.

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By mid-August, the Axis had been forced out of Montevideo, and the Uruguyan government-in-exile re-restablished in the capital, while the Allied Armies marched the same roads as the Uruguayan Army had marched in thier attempt to defeat Brazil.

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This time, however, there was no resounding counter-attack from Brazil. The combined Russo-Franco-Dutch push in the north, along with the Allied offensive from the south needed more troops than the Brazilian Army had to hand. By late-October, the Allied Army was on the outskirts of Rio de Janerio, which co-incided with a breakthrough from the Baikanor project concering rocketry as a weapon.

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By mid-December, the Supreme Soviet announced the construction of two aircraft carriers to supliment the Soviet Navy. The Moskva and the Leningrad were first-rate for the Soviet Navy, but only on par with the mid-war carriers of the West. They are not expected to be complete before 1950.

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Moscow Radio - New Year Broadcast.


"...we interupt this program for a special announcement."

"Workers, pesants, soldiers, comrades. For the past few years, our country has been locked in a deadly strugle against those who wish to destory our way of life. Sons of the Soviet Union have laid down their lives for what they belive in and hold dear to them. Now, it is over."

"One hour ago, we recived word that a coup occured in the Brazilian High Command. The High Command overthrew those who were consipring to continue the war, and appealed directly to their oppenents to end the bloodshed. As of midnight tonight the war is over."

"Comrades, I wish you the best of prospects for the new, peace-filled year."

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People's Commisariat for Foriegn Affairs

Report : Asia

Following the end of the war, there have been a number of benifical developments for us.

1. The capture of the Japanese Emperor by [edited] in [edited] allows us to establish a puppet regime in Japan. Provided enough supporters can be found, a stable regime should allow us the benifts of the Japanese Islands as staging bases, but not the cost of occupation.
2. Mao Zedong has proved very useful in assisting Soviet units to secure mainland China.
3. The Veit Minh group in Indochina present a ideal front for a pro-communist regime.

Europe :

Turkey, Czecholslavakia and Yugoslavia have been suffiently indoctrinated as to allow the establishment of a commumist government.


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Operation Krasnyĭ Priliv (Red Tide)
Top Secret
STAKVA
Operational Plan 3.

In the event of a breakdown in relations with the Allied powers and a armed military conflict resulting from this, the Red Army will take the following action-

Europe-

Soviet units will proceed to the Western Europe to secure the Atlantic ports from Allied Landings. Soviet units in Finland will made limited advances into Norway and Sweden.
Forces in Africa will immedatly proceed to apply pressure on British held Egypt, assisted by Persian forces.

Central Asia

Soviet units in and arround Afganistan will proceed to defend Afganistan as best as possible, using the terrain to thier advantage. Units will not be allowed to withdraw, and significant forces will be concentrated around the Baikanour project.

Asia

1st Guards Tank Army and other units will immediatly start a advance into British India in order to stretch British defences to the limit along as long a front as possible.

Special Orders - South America

Operating from French Guyana, the VDV Special Operations Group will attempt to seize Gerorgetown from the British, in order to use its airbase as a base of operations against the rest of the Carribean.
 
whow, that was a quick decision, the Soviet Union wakes up from its new year party to find itself back at war

Ah, no, not war. I decided that with the fall of the Axis, a suitable relocation of troops would be nessisary, and the planners of STAKVA had to wake up from its New Year hangover to find Brit troops lined up along the borders of the USSR.

War, however, is nowhere near a option for the Union. As it is, its seriously exposed and will be for some time. That said, I do have several good pretences for war, which I save for later posts.
 
FREE BRASIL :angry:

Naturaly, fascism is the last stage of dying capitalism, and we all know how important it is for to liberate the working class.

Blatant propaganda aside, South America is the least of my concerns. Its firmly in the Allied Camp, and no nation wants to come near me with a barge pole. That said, the European communist states colonial holdings will be useful indeed.
 
The first six months of 1948 proved to be a quiet time for the Soviet Union and its solar system of satalite states.


In the Far East, the Communist Party of China has been instaled as the ruling party of the new Communist China, amdist the outrage of those supporting the Nationalist faction. Partly in retaliation to this, and the establishment of the Veit Minh in Indochina led America and Britain to conduct a coup in Siam, bringing them into the Allied fold.

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(A parade outside the Forbidden Palace following the establishment of Mao's regime)


Partly as a desire not to heighten tensions with the Western powers, and partly as a result of the strength of Mao's regime, the Soviet Union decided to withdraw significant portions of its troops from Asia, redeploying them to Siberia for the most part. However, Soviet units still remnained garrisoned in important cities in Indochina. In Japan, all military duties were handed over to the People's Army of Japan, and Soviet units withdrawn as well.

The news of a breakthrough in the area of nuclear physics was met with little response, partly due to few people understanding the subject. However, amongst the military and scientific community, it was well recived. There has been rumours of America working on a simmilar project for some time, and the news of a breakthrough lessened the fears of many that America could threaten the Soviet Union. In order to keep the race with the Americans as fast as possible, the Supreme Soviet authorised the funds for a massive testing complex at Semipalatinsk, where a prototype 'nuclear reactor' was to be constructed.

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Soviet industry had, for the first time since the start of the Great Patriotic War, been stood down. The result was a massive increase in the needs of consumer goods, as de-mobilzied soldiers returned home, and the fruits of victory were felt by many. However, the People's Commisariat for Industry had not anticpated this, and as a result the level of funding avalible for the Soviet Naval program was curtailed significantly. However, this was not a drastic problem, as the funds allocated for the capital ships of the new navy, namely the two carriers Moskva and Leningrad, were secure, along with the four new battleships, and the smaller crusiers and escort craft could be constructed nearer the time for them going into action.

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(Crusier Kirov, one of the faster and best armed crusiers possessed by any national navy)

Stalin, after several hours of debate with his inner circle, decided that the best way to respond to the pro-allied coup in Siam was to display a show of force. Admiral Mikhail Viktorov, who despite nearly falling prey to Stalin's purges, explained to the premier that the captured records from the Kreigsmarine showed that they had been able to severely wound Britain by commerce raiding, and that the best way to apply pressure would be to base submarines out of the French ports.

This arranged by redeploying older submarine craft from the Far East. Lacking the range needed to harm the Pacific shipping lanes, the short-range craft could easily close up the English Channel and turn Biscay into a death trap. The submarines themselves were old, pre-war modles, with most hull and engine designs dating to before the Great Patriotic War. Nevertheless, the antiquated hulls were filled to the brink with the latest technology, and the excellent sonar systems and top-secret acoustic torpedo's more than made up for any age of the ships.

This move was combined with the re-deployment of the Soviet Black Sea fleet to Split in Yugoslavia. Split, along with several other area's in the Balkan's, was disputed territory, and rather than cause divisions between the various states, Stalin took the decision himself to have those area's occupied by the Union, rather than be seen showing favoritism.

The result of this was that the Soviet Navy had, for the first time, a good base to operate from in the Mediterranean, and though the collection of old pre-war battleships and escorts were easily outnumbered and outclassed by the Royal Navy, the prospect of pro-communist Spain seizing Gibralta was enough to quell Churchill into silence across the English Channel.


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Sorry for few screens, so little seemed worthy of a screen :(