The World is Not Enough, a German WW1 AAR

[LlywelynII]

What would Gedicke do
If he was here right now,

:rofl:

Yay, Vicky finally has an EvilSanta clone!

Gedicke was way cool
Everybody liked Gedicke
Everybody wanted to hang out with him
Anything he wanted to do, he did
He turned transports into water
And if he wanted to
He could have turned wheat into diesel fuel
Or sugar into rum
Or vitamin pills into capitalist pops

He sailed on the water
And swam on the land
He would tell these stories
And people would listen
He was really cool

If you were scurvy-ridden or lame
You just went to Gedicke
And he would put his hands on you
And you would be healed
That's so cool

He could've played guitar better than Hendrix
He could've told the future
He could've baked the most delicious cake in the world
He could've scored more goals than Wayne Gretzky
He could've danced better than Barishnikov
Gedicke could have been funnier than any comedian you can think of
Gedicke was way cool

He told people to eat his shorts and bite him
That's so cool
Gedicke was so cool
But then some vice admirals got jealous of how cool he was
So they killed him
But then he rose from the dead
He rose from the dead, danced around
Then went to Berlin for some medals
I mean, that's so cool
Gedicke was way cool

No wonder there are so many German sailors.

j.

 

[Terraferma]

How did you organize that? And Ive never seen it go beyond getting 100 prestige so how did that occur?

To the north, Belarus has not yet made any moves outside of their border, but a little F12 changes that…

lol and what F12 would that be, in all seriousness?

 

[SeanB]

lol and what F12 would that be, in all seriousness?

Probably "fullcontrol".

 

[unmerged(3043)]

First of all: Great AAR!!!

Now for my question: What is the Rensslaer Paradigm to which Quirinus makes reference in post 1659??

 

[unmerged(35351)]

I've on occassion looked at this AAR and I've been intrigued so far. Guess it's time for me to start reading this AAR from the start. You've done a marvelous job with Germany (shame about Russia, though).

 

[unmerged(37096)]

How did you organize that? And Ive never seen it go beyond getting 100 prestige so how did that occur?

When the AI offers it peace it is actually able to offer provinces to more than one nation in an alliance. Unfortunately only the AI can do that

As to the war score, you have to remember that this is a great war, and in Vicky, prestige gains during a great war are doubled. So if this was a regular war, that gain would only be for 52 points.

lol and what F12 would that be, in all seriousness?

Yes it was fullcontrol. That allows you to take control of any unit regardless of ownership. Obviously this would be a huge cheat if used against my enemies, but I only used it here to get the civil war moving. I have no chance of profiting by its use, so that the only reason I used it.

 

[unmerged(37096)]

First of all: Great AAR!!!

Now for my question: What is the Rensslaer Paradigm to which Quirinus makes reference in post 1659??

Ah, the age old question...
At the very begining of this AAR I wrote a lot of post outlining my stratagey and goals for the various aspects of the war. One of the post outlined my naval stratagy, and it included 3 possible aproaches.

My original plan was to sail an uberstack of dreadnaughts to the South Pacific where I thought the British would be less concentrated, and thus be able to slowly pick of the British ships until we had reached parity. This plan fell apart when my fleet was discovered off the coast of Afrika, and the largest naval battle ever was fought. I borke even in the battle, but it revealed to me that this aproach probably wasn't going to work.

One of the other aproaches was favored by my friend, Rensslaer from the very begining and was therefore named after him.

Basically it entails breaking the fleet up into small squadrons, but sailing the squadrons together. When they encounter an enemy fleet, they can engage the enemy, but still withdraw a small portion of the fleet (to save a damaged dreadnaught from sinking) while still keeping everyone else in the battle. Using this stratagy I have been able to whittle down the British fleet, while saving most of my dreadnaughts. A damaged ship can always be repaired, but a sunk one...

Hope that answers your question

 

[wilegfass]

I read that Lundeford was practically dictator of Germany in the last two years of WWI. Would that affect your story in anyway?

 

[Rensslaer]

Nice progress in Asia!

I'm glad the Rensslaer Paradigm has turned out so well!

Rensslaer

 

[unmerged(37096)]

I read that Lundeford was practically dictator of Germany in the last two years of WWI. Would that affect your story in anyway?

While it is true that Luddendorf exercised unprecedented powers in the later stages of the war, these powers were given to him by the Kaiser due in large part to the failure of Falkenhayen, Moltke and others to bring the war to an end.

Ludendorf and Hindinburg had proven themselves in Russia, and the Kaiser felt that they could do the same with France if given the tools necesary to complete the task.

Given the timeline of this AAR, and the success enjoyed by the Germans, I would speculate that Ludendorf would not be given the chance. If anything I think the Kaiser would reign in some of the control presently enjoyed by the army to prevent another Chalons from happening.

Of course one interesting obervations is that no General has destinguished himself on the field of battle as the Admirals have. I supoose that is due in large part to the sheer size fo the army, and thus "glory pie" has to be divided up among more people. If anyone has earned any political clout it would be Gedicke, I mean people are writing songs and poems about the man.

 

[unmerged(3043)]

Ah, the age old question...
At the very begining of this AAR I wrote a lot of post outlining my stratagey and goals for the various aspects of the war. One of the post outlined my naval stratagy, and it included 3 possible aproaches.

My original plan was to sail an uberstack of dreadnaughts to the South Pacific where I thought the British would be less concentrated, and thus be able to slowly pick of the British ships until we had reached parity. This plan fell apart when my fleet was discovered off the coast of Afrika, and the largest naval battle ever was fought. I borke even in the battle, but it revealed to me that this aproach probably wasn't going to work.

One of the other aproaches was favored by my friend, Rensslaer from the very begining and was therefore named after him.

Basically it entails breaking the fleet up into small squadrons, but sailing the squadrons together. When they encounter an enemy fleet, they can engage the enemy, but still withdraw a small portion of the fleet (to save a damaged dreadnaught from sinking) while still keeping everyone else in the battle. Using this stratagy I have been able to whittle down the British fleet, while saving most of my dreadnaughts. A damaged ship can always be repaired, but a sunk one...

Hope that answers your question

Thanks for the answer. Keep AARing!! (Heh! it shows that I was once a CivII fanboy!!!).

 

[LlywelynII]

[lol]

For original post located here, see Quiry's reply below.

Don't ask.
j.

 

[unmerged(37096)]

Eh, I'm sure there are plenty of songs and poems we could come up with for Herr Josias von Heeringen. I'm just not sure they're appropriate for some of our younger forumites...

Gimme an F! Gimme a U! ...​

I always appreciate your comments in this AAR, but that has to be one of your funniest post yet

 

[unmerged(37096)]

A Crack in the Dam

French resistance continues to crumble all along the Western front in the face of the German Spring Offensive. The battle of Melun ended in a German victory, but before the Germans could capture the city, more Allied troops arrived to relieve the siege. Of course they were hopelessly outnumbered.

All told there are four battles still taking place on the western front: Cambrai, Laon, Melun, and Lons-le-Saunier. Petain is in command at Lons-le-Saunier, and is holding out against huge odds.

The other three battles continue to drag on, but the longer they last the more it favors the Germans, as the Allies continue to loose irreplaceable divisions.

With less and less divisions to man the front it was only a matter of time before a major breakthrough occurred, and that happened on February 18th in Moulins.

Herzog Albrecht in command of the Kavalleriekorps found himself unopposed, with the whole of France laying open to him. He was ordered to begin a pincer movement to the west of Paris with the goal of enveloping the French defenders.

Meanwhile even Petain was beginning to feel the weight of German numbers, as he is starting to loose around 800 men a day. At that rate, he only has 19 days before his force is completely eliminated.

 

[Terraferma]

It appears nothing will stop the Germans from fulfilling their ambitions in France, and the war for that matter. Unless your planning to strike into the home isles of the UK, then that will be full of interest and uncertainty with a still formidable enemy navy.

 

[KuzuX]

Victory is near!Attack!!

 

[unmerged(37096)]

It appears nothing will stop the Germans from fulfilling their ambitions in France, and the war for that matter. Unless your planning to strike into the home isles of the UK, then that will be full of interest and uncertainty with a still formidable enemy navy.

Well, I've said pretty much from the beginning that there will be an invasion of Britain, and I plan to make sure enough yanks are present to make it a fun fight. In the mean time Gedike, will continue his present mission of destroying the Royal Navy in order to prepare for the invasion.

 

[Darkness007]

The day when the Kaiser will walk in front of the "Big Bang" is near..

However, how will be the great battle when the Royal Navy will make its final stand??

A Naval version of the "Battle of Chalons"???

 

[EightDeer]

What's war exhaustion like for the combatants? You've won many great victories, but you've also sacrificed uncounted thousands to achieve said victories.

 

[stnylan]

France appears to be finally won.