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Would it not be a good idea to get the extra foerign manpower minister on the go?
 

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Well, the Allies may be threatening, but that just keeps the game fun after the anticlimactic crumble of the Soviet Union. Imagine what a pain in the neck those Allied invasions would be if the USSR wasn't on the ropes. In fact, you do not have to imagine, just scroll back about ten pages in this AAR...
 

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Eeehm ....didnt exterous say he wasnt to fond about losing? :rolleyes:
Thats a nice mess you got yourself into!

Its really strange I am playing the same scenario (must admit I cheat with resources) and mine is totally different.
During my Sovjet adventure the Allies have invaded me several times too.
Mostly in Greece,Yougo,Italy and France.
Strangely enough the Finns where defeated pretty easy but while Japan hasnt got any navy left they still control most of their land incl. China and the pacific.
Its now jan. 48 I totally control the Med., just did a seelowe, crashed into the allies in Persia and got about 75% of Africa.
Its almost impossible to get the americans out of Africa not to mention get past the allies in Persia.(i am doing massive redeployments at the moment)

Anyway I think DD has a pretty wild AI that doesnt sit around waiting to get invaded. :eek:o
 

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On the positive side of things, Germany inherited a decent sized fleet. Unfortunately none of Japan's carriers survived but several battleships, including the Mushashi, survived. Now there is a minor detail of them being on the otherside of the world to contend with.

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In northern Italy the first of the reinforcements from Russia arrive and go straight into action

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Several additional units were deployed in Berlin (for some reason - I think the strategic re-deploy drops them into your capital again if the province you wanted them in is taken by an enemy. It was much nicer when they were just placed in whatever province was the next closest) and made moves to contain the Allies

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In Asia, the Allies were busy splitting the spoils of war. Korea, long time subjugated by the Japanese, became an intense point of conflict. Stalin, despite his inactivity in Asia, demanded concessions for the Allied failure in Europe. In a conference in Tokyo the Allies finally gave into his verbal assaults and granted North Korea as a communist state

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(Note: South Korea is also created and joins the Allies in the message box)

Stalin was incensed. His forces had been obliterated by the Germans while the Allies took their time in Asia and all he got was one measly small country. He claimed that the Allies wanted Russia to fail and his government to collapse. He demanded Manchuria and parts of western China as a buffer zone between Russia and the Allies and to make it easier to rebuild the shattered Russian economy. Roosevelt countered that those areas had been taken with American blood, that the US had taken upon itself the biggest burden of the Asiatic war and Manchuria would remain in American hands. Churchill refused to stab China in the back by giving away provinces- appeasement hadn't worked with Hitler and they weren't about to try again. The conference ended with Stalin leaving in an uproar and was not reconvened.

Back in Italy, further pressure was being exerted on the Americans

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As their advances were stopped and then pushed back.

Part of their forces were trapped in eastern Italy and forced to surrender. However, additional forces continued to arrive in southern Italy.

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In southern Russia a massive offensive was started to push the Russians out of the Caucuses once and for all. The forces were then to proceed into Iraq and British occupied Iran where possible.

Within hours of the attack, all forces were ordered to cease fire. They were to halt for several hours and then advance, without firing, towards their goals. They could fire only if fired upon first.

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October 26th 1947 was to be a great day for Germany. In the 20 days since the disastrous end to the Tokyo Conference, Stalin had been in negotiations with Germany. The negotiations were held in secret to keep knowledge of the preceding from leaking to the Allies. It was clear that Russia was in trouble. They could drag out the war for many years to come, especially with Germany's oil problems. However, given the Allies recent failures in Europe and the almost complete destruction of the Russian army it was clear Russia could not win. That combined with the Allied refusal to grant retributions to Stalin, he felt no need to stall the Germans any longer in that no-win situation. Even so, mistrust delayed the proceedings. Stalin refused Hitler's original demands to acquire the entire Urals industrial base. Hitler claimed that letting Stalin keep such capacity would be an invitation to invade the newly acquired German territory. Finally an agreement was reached where the industrial capacity on the western edge of the Urals (which is actually quite substantial to my surprise, like three 12IC provinces) would be turned over to the Germans, Russia would retain almost 200ICs on industrial capacity and keep most of the Ural territory. In addition, Russia would turn over huge stockpiles of materials (including massive stockpiles of oil) to Germany. This nearly caused the proceedings to break down as Stalin balked at this last stipulation, but Hitler merely pointed out that this war could easily continue and that Stalin would eventually be forced to give up even more ground at the future peace talks. Stalin refused to negotiate further and left the room but let his advisors continue the negotiations. To ensure that neither side could wage war against each other in the near future, a non-aggression pact was signed. It is speculated that both Hitler and Stalin agreed that they had other matters to attend to.

Documents uncovered after the way revealed what those problems were. With Russia having tossed away their chance at victory many looked for someone to blame. Generals were retired or suffered 'accidents' but more and more eyes turned to Stalin himself. The situation was starting to get uneasy. The party members remembered his purges he used to secure his power and had no doubt that he would do so again if he thought necessary. Perhaps it was time to get rid of him before their heads were placed on the cutting blocks. The chaos brought by the downfall of the Red Army was making this look like an ever increasing possibility as they could no longer be relied on to provide stability. Stalin needed the peace to secure his power base and restore order to the already shattered remains of his country. Besides, the Stalin had the very scapegoat he needed to shift the blame….the Allies.

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The announcement of the peace agreement was a shock to the Allied countries (and the Axis as well). Just as things were starting to look up for them with the fall of Japan (and being able to reloate all those resources and troops), this happens. Now they would face several million additional battlehardened Geramn troops that had been tied up in Russia.

Meanwhile celebrations were held all over Axis held Germany. Troops were elated that after 6 years of war and teetering on the brink of disaster, the Bear was defeated.

In recent weeks, a massive influx of bombers and fighters had challenged the Luftwaffe over the English Channel and operated with impunity over southern Europe. This added to the seemingly endless war in Russia, moral was taxed to the limits. There was even talk about granting concessions to the Allies in exchange for peace. But now…..now! Forces in Europe would triple and absolutely crush the Allies for sure! Massive armored forces, the most experienced in the world, would mass in Iran and strike east into India, ripping the territory from British hands, and west, into Iraq and Syria, to take the Suez from the Allies. Before were images of long, drawn-out fights. Germany would probably win, but at what cost. Now…the relatively inexperienced Allies in the Middle East would face the crème of the crop in the German Army. (A decent sized force would be kept along the borders with Russia - that Stalin is a shifty fellow and many one division units would be scattered about for partisan duty) Iraq and the Middle East was there for the taking. India would be open before them, the material riches of Southeast Asia beyond that.

Never had anyone seen the extremes of elation held by people. Germany had been at the end of the rope, pressed on both sides with the odds against them. The German people (and their allies of course) had shown the world their steel and had sloughed back, taken victory by the horns and claimed it for themselves, destroying over 370 Russian divisions. The world would never be the same and the Allies braced to reap the whirlwind……
 

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flak 88: Done and in progress :)

Middelkerke: It will take alot of troops, especially in southern italy, however, now I have those troops. Its just a matter of time. The BP gives no manpower since Paradox doesn't touch POWs with a 10foot pole

SecondReich: Maybe :)

Pershing: I have thought about that a couple of times. The death toll must be amazing

Rapcw: At least its more of a challenge. With regualr HOI2 you could leave a division here and there and call it good. Not with DD - which is good - as much as I hate it :D

General Jac: And the UK and Africa and the Middle East and India and Southeast Asia and..... :)

anonymous4401: Heh, I was thinking "What the crap-where are all these troops comming from?" Japan gets annexed "Oh.....dang it all!"

Akaki: Which ones?

Von Uber: Ya know....I completely forgot about them. I am so used to having my German ministers set how I need them in '37 and forgetting about them. Opps. It would have been a great idea but won't happen (By now, I've played a bit far in advance)

Tatai: Now go young grasshopper and conqure!

Ironhead: I agree-i like it when the AI keeps my AAR interesting

Mig: Have faith, I will get myself out of it. The DD AI is MUCH better and so is their build priorities. Just wait till I get to the naval comparisons :wacko:
 

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May I remind you, Exterous, of something that you apparently have forgotten... Hitler is dead! That guy who signed the Bitter Peace deal with Stalin is an actor who put on a shoddy fake toothbrush moustache and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Obviously the world does not know it yet, but I know it, you know it, and the nearly 13,000 viewers of this thread know it. Please reference page one of this AAR if you need a reminder.

I suggest that perhaps it is time for the world to know the truth. In the elation of the German people surely they will forgive this imposter and welcome him as their national hero. Besides, the rest of us might want to know about him as well - who he is, where he came from, and how this military genius was never noticed by the Wehrmacht before.
 

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Amazing... Russia of out the race... Well done!
 

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Nice job, but now you have a direct front against the Allies in Persia.
 

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Tis a pity you forgot about that - I generally use him as my Minister instead of a Prince of Terror. IC is not usually a problem, manpower is. That Minister (if you can't guess, I can't remember his 'name':D) makes Winter offensives a little[/] less painful, and would've given you a lot more MP from the start.

Mind you, it's not like you've needed it!
 

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Nice nice nice.

I have a feeling its only a matter of time before America and Britain are forced to surrender.

Have you chosen a stopping point for the AAR or are you just going all out till the end? This is my favorite serious AAR, and I'll read it forever if you keep going.
 

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-Karl opened the door to the Replacement Office and walked in. He walked up to the orderly at the desk and handed him his medical discharge papers.

The orderly looked at the papers and then at Karl "Legs all healed then?"

Karl reached to slap his calf "Everything's working just fine." Actually, slapping his calf hurt like hell. It was everything Karl could do to not walk with a limp.

The bullet had passed right through his leg, taking out a small chunk of his Tibia bone as it did so. Karl had been patched up, but an infection set during his journey from the Ukraine and into Poland. Once at a hospital behind the front, the infected tissue had to be cut out and Karl had spent a lot of time on his chest with the back of his calf exposed to speed healing.

Slowly, with his muscles and tissue on the mend, he had started to regain his leg strength, finally being able to walk with a cane. After about a month he was able to dispense with the cane and walk, albeit not without some difficulty and pain.

While Karl could have stayed until the pain had subsided, there were two big reasons he wanted to return to duty. The first was that he wasn't going to be assigned to the Russian front, as the Russians had given in for now. That also instilled quite a bit of pride in Karl, especially when people remarked at the extensive Russian theatre service badges he wore. He had contributed to the great fall of the Bear.

The second was that, well….Karl hated hospitals and wanted to leave. Almost anything was better than the monotony of lying on your stomach for days on end.

Anyway, the orderly was none too concerned. As long as Karl could walk, he was fit for duty. Besides, he would have a long train ride to relax. The orderly handed Karl his orders. "You are being assigned to the 24th Grenadiers (mechanized)."

Karl scanned his movement orders. He was to meet them in Baku

The orderly continued: "Have fun in Iran….."

Rejuvenated German forces continued to press the Allies hard in Italy

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And the German Nuclear program was well underway to its new super-weapon

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Despite the elation to be had, it must be remembered that there was still a war to fight. A bitter reminder of this was the annihilation of the smaller of the two Japanese fleets

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Another disturbing development was the new American and British tanks. Apparently R&D had been kicked into high gear. While the tanks faced in Russia were massively inferior to the German tanks, the Allies were fielding tanks of parity. The Allied tanks were mounting a 105mm main cannon. While pound for pound it did not have the penetration power of the more refined KwK cannons of the MBT, their brute force hitting power was easily capable of knocking out the best of the German made tanks. This was a shock to many and disgusting to others. Fortunately, the Germans had 6 or 7 tanks for every Allied tank. Not to mention that all of the German tank crews were bloodied by years of battle experience where as the Allied troops were lucky if they had experienced fighting even a single Japanese division. While these divisions were defeated, it was clear that a newer, even more advanced tank was needed. Krupp once again chose to rise to the challenge and began work on yet another new tank design.

The Allies also landed sizeable forces in the soft underbelly of Europe - Yugoslavia. Large Axis forces were already tied up containing the Americans and had nothing to spare to stop a rapid British advance. The Allies hoped to make large gains before the troops coming from Russia arrived.

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Fortunately, forces were freed up by the slow demise of the Americans in Southern France and the British were pushed back from Venice.

Large forces of Germans pocketed the Americans. It was now only a matter of time before their hold in France - and their units- were gone

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More and more British and Allied troops landed in Yugoslavia. Things were not looking so well for Croatia and possibly Hungary

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Some people muttered "Good Riddance" but the fact remained that another Ally of German was gone.

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As the British solidified their gains in Yugoslavia, both pockets in France were destroyed, totaling 15 Allied divisions

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(I even got the fading soldier in there - now that’s quality screenshot taking skillz right there)

With forces from France and the first units arriving from Russia, the British holdings in Yugoslavia were assaulted. It would be necessary to squeeze them hard from the side in hopes of preventing them from advancing north, through Hungary.

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The large forces in the Cacuses were finally arranged and supplied and ready to start the invasion of Iran and Iraq

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Ironhead 5: Don't worry, I haven't forgotten that issue. His identiry shall remain shrouded for not

Kurt_Steiner: Thanks!

Earth's Savior: Yes, and thats a very good thing

gilf: Thanks, and what kami888 said

Von Uber: Well, manpower was a problem for the start of the game. I got down around 200MP twice. Guderian starts as the minister and gives +25% MP and he stays there till like '50. <-so you can guess I have played till at elast then :D

SecondReich: I will keep going for quite a bit. I think I will stop when I either:
1) Decide it will take waaaaaaay too long to break across the Atlantic (for reasons that will become painfully clear later)
2)Subjagate the US mainland. After (if) thats done I think its safe to say I will have won the game and could go on to WC if I have the patience - which I typically don't given the way TC works.
But we'll see. I'm glad you like my AAR so much and its safe to say there are quite a few updates left :)
 

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Nice updates! Now it`s time to chase the british out of their "Empire"! ;)
 

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Yeah, the coastal invasion AI always seem to overstretch themselves by a lot...