1941: UK AAR
"What General Weygand has called the Battle of France is over ... the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be freed and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.
But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour." - Winston Churchill
First of all, before we start welcome to my first AAR on the Paradox Forums so sorry if I get some formatting wrong or if its a bit short for the first post however I hope you enjoy.
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Part 1: Preparation
First of all, the United Kingdom is in a struggling position at the onset of Operation Barbarossa. Despite winning the Battle Of Britain the UK must now fight in North Africa, standing alone against the combined might of a Occupied Europe.
As you can see the Allied Powers have a lot of catching up to do to the Axis Powers, with the Allies being at a severe disadvantage at this point in the war.
So the first focus I began to do was the "Protect Suez" focus, I did this purely because I was expecting to be pushed all the way back to the Suez if Italy dedicated as much divisions as it could. For me holding the Suez at all costs was pivotal to my success.
I then began to dedicate all my spare Civilian Factories to building military factories only. At this point in time the UK already had more than enough Civilian Factories so I believed it was time to propel Great Britain into a fully war-focused economy
The next thing I did was to withdraw from the London Naval treaty, I did this primarily so I could build ships of the same magnitude as Germany was doing and hopefully beat them in the Naval war.
I then picked what my researches would be, I obviously picked to further the UK's Infantry and Armored technology as well as Artillery and to adapt new doctrines, I knew that Medium Tanks especially would be necessary to win the North African front.
Within a week of the game starting Germany launched Operation Barbarossa against the USSR, I can only hope the Russians hold as right now I have barely any equipment for my own Armies, nevermind the Soviets.
My first initial offensive of the North African front has begun, so far I have only encountered these two Italian Infantry Divisions, and have begun pushing into Italian Libya.
As I began to push deeper into Libya I decided to pull in some reinforcements from the isles, however a great portion (at least 15%) where lost to German submarines, causing a horrifying 40K casualties.
To end of the first part of this AAR I decided to enact the lease of the Azore islands from the Portugese, which I plan to use in the future to defend convoys coming to England from the USA.
"What General Weygand has called the Battle of France is over ... the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be freed and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.
But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour." - Winston Churchill
First of all, before we start welcome to my first AAR on the Paradox Forums so sorry if I get some formatting wrong or if its a bit short for the first post however I hope you enjoy.
Mods
Expanded Start Dates
Sensible Country Names
Part 1: Preparation
First of all, the United Kingdom is in a struggling position at the onset of Operation Barbarossa. Despite winning the Battle Of Britain the UK must now fight in North Africa, standing alone against the combined might of a Occupied Europe.
As you can see the Allied Powers have a lot of catching up to do to the Axis Powers, with the Allies being at a severe disadvantage at this point in the war.
So the first focus I began to do was the "Protect Suez" focus, I did this purely because I was expecting to be pushed all the way back to the Suez if Italy dedicated as much divisions as it could. For me holding the Suez at all costs was pivotal to my success.
I then began to dedicate all my spare Civilian Factories to building military factories only. At this point in time the UK already had more than enough Civilian Factories so I believed it was time to propel Great Britain into a fully war-focused economy
The next thing I did was to withdraw from the London Naval treaty, I did this primarily so I could build ships of the same magnitude as Germany was doing and hopefully beat them in the Naval war.
I then picked what my researches would be, I obviously picked to further the UK's Infantry and Armored technology as well as Artillery and to adapt new doctrines, I knew that Medium Tanks especially would be necessary to win the North African front.
Within a week of the game starting Germany launched Operation Barbarossa against the USSR, I can only hope the Russians hold as right now I have barely any equipment for my own Armies, nevermind the Soviets.
My first initial offensive of the North African front has begun, so far I have only encountered these two Italian Infantry Divisions, and have begun pushing into Italian Libya.
As I began to push deeper into Libya I decided to pull in some reinforcements from the isles, however a great portion (at least 15%) where lost to German submarines, causing a horrifying 40K casualties.
To end of the first part of this AAR I decided to enact the lease of the Azore islands from the Portugese, which I plan to use in the future to defend convoys coming to England from the USA.
