The World is Not Enough, a German WW1 AAR

[stnylan]

Seems reasonable regarding the fate of the Austro-Hungarians. How much longer can they keep in the fight? Some serious domestic discord seems in order, and indeed the idea of some sort of Germanic union, followed or preceeded by a general rising of the various subject peoples seems plausible.

 

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Well their goes the austirans, not like you needed them anyways. question will you liberate poland, estonia, etc once you deal with the russians?

I will probably liberate several nations to create a buffer zone between Germany and Russia. I think this best reflects the German goals outlined in [post=5547994]post #163 and #164[/post]

Which nations, and how big I will allow them to be is up for debate. Poland will definately remain very small, as no German lands will be used for the new state.

The most interesting scenarios will be the final disposition of the Austrian minorities who declare independance. Will they be allowed to rmain independant of Austria, will they become German satallites, will Germany take any land from them (land that was once Austrian). The potential is here for a great rift to be driven between Austria and Germany.

 

[Terraferma]

Interesting move the Allies made with those new nations created from former Austrian lands. And finally France offered something, planning on just annexing them right? since you turned it down, or you waiting on a specific event since three of your provinces have been lost to allies

 

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Actually Vicky doesn't allow outright annexation of civillised nations with 4 or more provinces, so that's out. I do think that the Versillies event does a good job of reflecting German colonial aspirations, so that is what I am waiting on. The only other goal I would personally have would be to make France a satelite, but I don't think it would be realistic to strip her of her colonies, and make her a satelite. I think I'm looking at an either-or proposition.

 

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An Update From the Eastern Front

When we last updated the liberation of Silesia, the Germans had liberated Gleitwitz, but had been forced to double back for a major battle at Breslau. After a week or two of fighting the Germans defeated the Russians at Breslau, and were ready to continue with the liberation of the rest of Silesia. Unfortunately the battle of Breslau, allowed the Russian to return to Gleitwitz, and so the Germans would once again have to fight the Russians in Gleitwitz, but at least they had the larger force. There were two other battles taking place in the Polish sector of the eastern front in which the Germans had a numerical advantage. The battle of Lodz saw the Germans with a significant advantage in troops, while Kalisz was almost even (which means the Germans had the advantage).

The other major battle taking place in Poland was the battle of Warsaw. The Germans started out slightly outnumbered, but quickly turned the tables. The Russians brought in additional reinforcements, but they proved ineffective as the Germans continued to wear down the Warsaw garrison. The Germans were taking losses as well, but nothing compared the Russian losses.

Further north in the Baltic sector of the eastern front, the Germans were finally starting to meet some resistance from the Russians. At Lomza the Germans were able to overwhelm 6 divisions, and also capture the town of Suwalki. The Germans withdrew for Suwalki back into East Prussia to prepare for on oncoming Russian army.

And so as June 1915 came to an end, the Germans are making some, progress on the eastern front. The Imperial Staff had hoped for greater gains, but they are at least making progress.

 

[Quinton]

ah interesting you are rather good on the speed of the updates -> like that. Went away for the weekend and had lots of reading to do keep up the good work

 

[stnylan]

It looks like it is going well in the East now. On the basis of the battles so far it seems that the Russians should not cause you too much trouble.

 

[unmerged(55206)]

Nice update, what will you do with russia once you defate them?

 

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And in Afrika

In Afrika, the troops from Sudwestafrika have almost joined with the Congo and Östafrika.

 

[Jingles]

Just finally caught up! Great job so far. The Eastern Front (at least for the Germans) looks to be stablized. But what will you do about the Austrians?

 

[Terraferma]

Good job there in Afrika and keep it up in the East

 

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On the Italian Front, reinforcements from France carried the day in the north, while the Germans had already defeated the Italians in the center. With our gains consolidated, it was now time to advance again.

The only battle that scares me is in Bergamo. We outnumber the Italians 3 to 1, but the battle is in the mountains, and the Italians dug in, with a level 3 fort.

Our final pic, will give you a good idea of the collapse of western Austria. Bohemia has declared her independence in the north, while the Russians have pushed south, and will soon meet up with the Italians. The Italians meanwhile are pushing north, and have liberated Slovenia.

 

[stnylan]

I hadn't realised the Russians had managed to take Munich!

 

[unmerged(55206)]

wow, they took munich. what will you do to russia if you beat them?

 

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Feedback

Anonymous4401
Hopefully those wacky fronts are going to be cleared up as I bring in more troops. One thing I've noticed about the AI is that it will leave a garrisoned provine alone, to go after an ungarrisoned one. This creates the opportunity for entrapments, but I try not to do this as it is taking advantage of the AI. Eventually I'll have troops in a solid line along the front, and then things will not look so bad.

joebthegreat
I think all your questions were answered, but one final thought about Afrika. It is definately going our way, but it takes a while between updates because I have so few troops there, that the action is far less. It also takes a lot longer to capture a province with 1 or 2 divisions, than it does with say an army of 9 divisions.

Oy yea, and the Greeks seem content to stay neutral. I guess I am a diplomatic failure.

Rennsaer
I can't really tell you why the Russian AI has marched the way it has. As I said above, I've noticed they always go after an ungarrisoned province first, but I wasn't paying close enough attention to know if that was the case in Austria.

Duke of Wellington
I'm not really to worried about the Russians advancing into Bavaria. I'm sending a lot of troops east, and soon enough that little problem will be dealt with.

tonythetiger
Welcome to the Great War. I really haven't given to much thought yet to North America. I haven't played the 1914 scenario before, so I don't know how strong the US will be, I suppose I'll figure it out when I get there.

Quinton
Actually this is a rather easy AAR to keep up on (from a writer's standpoint). I can paly the game for just a few hours, and get enough pics and information to make updates for 2 weeks. Then all I have to do is go to work, where I can have the time to make my post :rofl:

Bismarck1
As for Russia, I plan to accept the Brest-Litovsk treaty when it fires, and then I will liberate most of the smaller nations to form a block of countries that will be a buffer zone of sorts between Germany and Russia

Jingles
I'm not sure yet what I'll do with Austria. We will need to to see how the war plays out.

Terraferma, stnylan
Thanks For Posting

Patrick O'Harte
Welcome to the Great War

 

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I hadn't realised the Russians had managed to take Munich!

Imagine the suprise of the Bavarians :rofl:

 

[joebthegreat]

Austria seems to be the Allies playground...

everywhere else is German victory...

Ottomans... well...

is Sweeden still going unopposed? When and if they ever get close to St. Petersburg Russia will get torn apart on all the different fronts...

and you should bring China in to the war on your side...

Italy and its forts with dug in mountains... poor Germans are going to get slaughtered...

 

[unmerged(37096)]

Italy and its forts with dug in mountains... poor Germans are going to get slaughtered...

Hey, no fair reading ahead

 

[unmerged(17581)]

Wow. Bohemia liberated, Russians in Munich... Crazy crazy...

 

[Duke of Wellington]

I hope you get them under control soon.