Worldwide Communism

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Sorry about the pictures everyone, I can't seem to get them to show up better. Can anyone help please?

BTW, incase your wondering the National Flag is from Victoria and the Battle Flag is from the flag/graphics thread by Black Guardian and T-Hiddenmen.

 

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ooo south germany and austria allied...or rather south germany is a puppet of austria..maybe the czech will join them?

 

[GeneralHannibal]

Maybe the Poles will join the Germans/Austrians in fear of being surrounded by communists.

 

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That's a tiny sliver of Germany...

 

[Ayeshteni]

Things are shaping up nicely With GSSR in the Comintern I can see an increase in 'Gearing up for War' by the Allies.

very interesting.

Ayeshteni

 

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Many apologies for the delay in updating this AAR, but I've been in hospital. I will be playing again tomorrow and should hopefully be updating this on Saturday.

 

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The last few months of 1936 were to see changes occuring throughout the world with various nations showing their support for the main sides. Early in September the Chinese government and the Guangxi Clique ended their ongoing conflict due to their mutual fear of the growing militance of the Communists. Many chinese saw the long northern border with the Commintern as a major problem and this was to be the focus of the government for the near future.


Chinese peace treaty

The end of September saw the Slovakian and Polish communists gaining support from the Commintern. Vast amounts of weaponry and supplies were sent to the left wing militia groups in the hope that they would overthrow their governments and join the spreading of the communist cause. By the middle of October, however, the Polish government was cracking down on the militia with a large number of raids on private residences of any suspect groups or individuals. The Slovakians had more success with the short lived Kosice SSR. Unfortunately, attempts to send supplies to them from the USSR failed and the Government quickly crushed the main uprising. Slovakians continued their revolt throughout the region and it became clear that sooner or later Slovakia would gain its true independance.

In the political view of things, several nations showed the strength of left wing feeling throughout their land. Both Finland and Ireland voted left wing parties into key positions in their governments. On the other side of things, Japan suffered a coup d'etat with the right wing factions seizing control of the nation while the USA elected Franklin Roosevelt as President following his pledge to oppose the growing power of communism. The 11th December also saw the United Kingdom gaining its third king in a year when Edward VIII abdicated in favour of George VI.

 

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The German SSR was not idle in the last few months of 1936. The nations military was enlarged with 4 new infantry divisions equiped with the latest weapons, finally giving over half of the infantry weapons equal to the level of its neighbours. Another division of MS-3 tanks was also constructed and added to the I. Panzerarmee.


The enlarged I. Panzerarmee with infantry support

Thanks to technological advances, the GSSR now begun construction of a division of T-27-G1 tankette. The T-27-G1 was a GSSR version of the Soviet Union's T-27 tankette with a slight inprovement in armour thickness (0.5in compared with the T-27's 0.39in) but a slightly lower range of operation (70 miles compared to 75 miles)


T-27-G1 on trials

The technological level of the GSSR also saw continued improvement with improvements being made to manufacturing and agricultural techniques. Also the humble computer came into use for the first time, seeing use throughout the research sector. Military technology was not forgotten, continued research into armoured units and the trading of ideas with the USSR saw the first prototype of the T-28-G2 landship completing trials. The T-28-G2 was based on the USSR's T-28 medium tank which sported 3 turrets mounting a 3in cannon and a 0.3in MG in the main turret and a 0.3in MG in each of the other turrets. The German version was again almost identical except for its increased armour thickness (3.25in compared to 3.14in) and decreased range of operations (130 miles compared to 135 miles). These new tanks were to be built as soon as factory space allowed.

 

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woo better tanks!

 

[mib]

Interesting...

 

[Fapu]

Very interesting indeed!

Do you already have plans for Austria?

 

[Klavo Hunter]

Is that "Swedish blue" state that has the Rhine area, like, a French puppet?

Perhaps some of it should become German/Austrian Axis territory.

 

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lifeless - woo better tanks!

LOL! Yeah if you count a Tankette and Early Tank coming soon as better tank :rofl: I can't wait until I get something worthwhile.

KlavoHunter - Is that "Swedish blue" state that has the Rhine area, like, a French puppet? Perhaps some of it should become German/Austrian Axis territory.

Rhineland Free State? Yeah, it is a French puppet, the story line is that the French took it over at the start of the civil war. The French aren't likely to give it over to anyone without a fight now. But then, the French giving a fight would be a laugh (No offence meant to French in real life).

Fapu - Do you already have plans for Austria?

That would be telling... but then I cut the AAR off just before a certain event fired that will change the map slightly... one way or another

 

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On the 17th of December, a meeting occured in the province of Munich. This meeting involved both the Austrian-Germanic Union and the fellow fascist state of Italy as well as the democratic states of the UK, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. None of the communist states were invited. This was seen by many in the GSSR, especially the military and political leadership, as a possible planing of a military strike against the legal government of the German SSR. The military of all of the communist states were put onto high alert early on the 18th.

Late on the 19th, an explosion at a factory complex in Munster led to 4 newly formed infantry divisions being deployed along the western border with the Netherlands, and two militia divisions being placed on the border with the French occupied Rhineland. Military commanders planned to launch a counter attack at dawn on the 21th which was planned to take Arnhem, Frankfurt-an-Main, Dresden and Saarbrucken before midnight on the 23st. The I. Panzerarmee was to cooperate in the offensive in Dresden.


Operation Vergeltung
Planned counter attacks to begin on the 20th

Just before 10pm on the 20th, evidence came to light that the explosion may have been caused by a poorly maintained chemical container rupturing and then catching fire. The planned operations were put on hold.

 

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At midday on the 22nd, Austro-German forces declared their intention to take control of the German populated region of Czechoslovakia known as the Sudetenland. The nations involved in the meeting at Munich shortly announced that this was accepted by them as a counter to the communist uprising in the region. However, they did not take the whole of the Sudetenland out of fear of further provoking the GSSR. The province of Usti went to the Germanic State, while the regions of Strakonice and Tabor went to Austria.


The new borders of the Austro-Germanic Union

Protests by the Czechs and the governments of both Czechoslovakia and the GSSR went unheard by the various parties involved.

 

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OK, that's the end of the year 1936 now. The next post should be up tomorrow giving a layout of the years successes for the Weimar Republic/GSSR... showing the increase in military, technological and economic advances.

 

[FlorisDeVijfde]

Yuo're creating a world power to bring communism across the world? I am trying to do exactly the opposite in my AAR because I hate communism.

Nice modding by the way.

 

[Ayeshteni]

Interesting updates by the way. I like the 'buildup' backdrop.

Ayeshteni

 

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So was the Czechoslovakia thing a modded event?

 

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probably modified the existing one to give to austria and GS minus those 2 provs. nice update!