ComradeDavo
Formerly God
It was about 133 when I checked before annexing Switzerland. I think it went up to over a 150
Blood and Iron! A Prussian/German Ricky AAR!
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amadeus
burning out his fuse out here alone
Nicely done.
Captain2
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should try and make France a puppet, its easier than constantly invading them 
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
Thanks!
True, though I do like grabbing land from them! I have some problems with them in the next update which i'm working on at the moment, will probs post it tommorow!should try and make France a puppet, its easier than constantly invading them
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
Part 6 The Red Flag Rises!
In 1880 we won the rights to build a trading post in Alula, on the coast of East Africa. Colonial fortresss were then constructed in a few neighbouring provinces, though Oman has a claim in one. Germany had begun the race for Africa!
1881 began with a huge internal political dispute, as Bismarck emerged from retirement to propose a serious of reforms to help the German worker. Many saw this as his tactical play to defend against workers converting to Socialism. The cost would however have been substantial and after several days of debate in the Reichstag the bill was defeated, causing a huge rise in disillusionment with the government as latest national polls showed their voter support base abandoning them.
Following on from this several regional newspapers published articles calling for separate states to be created in Poland, Slovakia and former Swiss and French lands, leading to a rise in millitancy amongst minorities in Germany, angry at having only limited citzenship in the country. The tide is defintely turning in German politics!
The year ended with news that France had expanded its North African empire with an annexation of Morroco, international observers speculating that this was an attempt to strengthen themselve sin the wake of such a loss of land to Germany in recent years.
Moving through 1882 into 1883, the German colony of Yebuti was founded on the East African coast. There was speculation amngst German generals whether to use it as a base to strike at Oman, though this idea was postponed untill German naval forces rival that of the UKs. The West African coast also saw German fortresss and trading posts being constucted.
1884 was a dramatic year for Germany and saw a fundamental shift in the political spectrum. The year started with the ideas of Charles Darwin being further adopted by a large swathe of the population and becomign embeded in German society. Then in august after a busy election campaign the Liberal government finally lost power as they were defeated by the German Socialist party! In fact they even sliped into 3rd place behind the Konservatives!
Results of August 10th were as follows:
(rounded to nearesr .5)
Socialist Arbeitepartei 32%
Konservative Partei 22.5%
Liberaldem 20.5%
Nationalists 8%
Zentrumspartei (liberal) 4%
Christians (conservative) 4%
Radicals (anarcho-liberal) 3.5%
Freisinninm (liberal) 2%
Communists 1%
Introducing new state control of industry and granting full citzenship to everyone resiing within German borders, the party saw the nation rapidly change as borders were opened to invite immigrants and the Industrial revoloution (as it was being called) was accelerated. Factories were constructed at rapid pace and the German population educated as farmers left there lands to work in the factories. Whereas before only German citizens had done this, now everyone from the Italians to the Poles were given the oppurtunities to work as craftsmen. Ideas of equality and socialist idealism were becoming the foundation of German politics.
In Novemember of 1885 the French, worried by this new idealogy ruling Germany and still bitter over their loss of land in the previous year declared colonial war upon Germany in Africa, where German forces are weak. Calling the French cowards we begun the defence of our fledgling colnies.
The next year started violently as conservative politician and vocal opponent of socialism Michael Koßmann was assassinated in his living room by radical communist Nathalie Osterloh, who actually posed as his new house made before stabbing him 3 times in the back. Arrested and sentenced to death, the socialist government did its best to ensure that law and order would be enforced though conservatives across Germany displayed their outrage and took to the streets in protest.
In the summer a plan to defeat the French in Africa was hatched as 36,000 German troops were sneaked round Italy and landed in Tunisia. They began their campaign to capture the French colonies.
The year ended with the arrest of several Moldavian nationals, who were attempting to smuggle weapons to Czech sepratists in Southern Germany. They were hung at dawn on Christmas day.
1887 and 1888 saw us fighting French partisans in Africa as the colonial conflict continued. On the domestic front the Womens Suffrage movement gained momentum as women campaigned for the vote, finally being granted it after several high profile stunts and conflict with the more tradionalists amongst the German government.
Finally in 1889 the colonail war in Africa resulted in our victory as the French surrendered several North African provinces!
The Socialists achieved a huge victory in the may 10th election, solidifying their control of the Reichstag as support for other parties collasped in the face of the reforms and changes the party had brought about.
Socialist Arbeitepartei 70%
Radicals (anarcho-liberal) 12%
Liberaldem 8%
All other parties recived less than 1% of the vote! Conservatism was now pratically dead in Germany!
1890 saw an intresting start as the new nation of Luxemburg break free from Dutch control.
The following month a dispute with Belgium over relatiosn with the new country saw relations damaged as Belguim newspapers insulted Germany, to which we reacted to with anger and demands that the Belguims apologise, which they eventually did.
As we expanded in West Africa the domestic front saw the Industrial Revoloution continue as more and more citizens left their farms to work in the towns and cities fuelling the German economy, With our pro-immigration policies citizens from other European countires came to live the socialist dream, many of them coming to fill the vacant jobs left in the countryside.
There was however much concern over the lack of regulations regarding workign in the factories and over the amount of smog and pollution being produced. The Socialist party promised to address this in future once Germanys place as the worlds number 1 super power was cemented.
1894 Febuary 9th elections:
Socialist Arbeitepartei 54%
Radicals (anarcho-liberal) 27%
Liberaldem 12%
Communists 3%
All other parties recived less than 1% of the vote.
We also conducted a trade that year that saw us part with vast somes of cash to aqquire a couple of naval techs from Sweden. The year then ended badly for us as the French decided to have a notehr go in Africa and declared another colonial war. They had planned for this one though and we do not have the forces available in the colonies (nor the naval capabilities to reinforce them) and the areas we had received in the previous peace deal were over run by French troops who flooded into the area.
1895 saw us getting kicked in Africa by the French! The end of the year saw German newspapers run a hate campaign against their allies the Italians, who though not involved directly in the colonial war were giving the French diplomatic support. Many Germans began calling for a campaign to take land from Italy - to secure our borders as one newspaper argued. Bearing this in mind, we begin to draw up potential invasion plans.
1886 and still the French are pounding us in Africa, even rejecting peace offers to receive back African lands we had taken from them before. German pride remained somewhat intact though as Germany won the contract to build the Baghdad railroad, to help establish trade in the areas and give us real access to the Persian Gulf. We also sent a few athletes to the first modern Olympics which were held in Athens, Greece during June and July! German athletes performed well, earning 3 gold medals and several silver and bronzes!
1887 passed with still no peace in Africa, and we moved into 1888 with the news that the United States Of America was now at war with Spain after the USS Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor.
We also fell out with Luxemburg after one of their politicians mocked or failure to beat the French in Africa.
The November 10th election saw the Socialist do well again, despite the war in the colonies people were happy with them on the domestic front. The Liberals were however doing better as many Germans wished for a return to laissez fair economics.
Socialist Arbeitepartei 51.5%
Liberaldem 23.5%
National Liberals - 10%
Radicals (anarcho-liberal) 8.5%
Nationalists 3%
All other parties recived less than 1% of the vote
With the election campaign done with, the Socialist government turned their eyes towards Italy, the descion being taken to teach em a lesson and the following month 166 divisions were mobilised. The Italians however clearly anticipated the comign war and decalred it themselves, perhaps hoping to shock us into peace. Well that wasnt going to happen with 1,660,000 German troops heading their way! We also brought Denmark into the war, and they promised to use their navy to our advandtage.
1899
3 Italian trading posts/missions are captured in Africa in the first couple of months of the year.
In Febuary, the mobilised troops were deploye dto the italian front and immediately began offensive operations. Smashing through Italian border posts they routed Italian divisions and began occupation of Italian provinces. Simple force of numbers are securing us victory! Our simple but effective plan basically involved large units of troops driving straight though Italian lines! Seeing this they offered a peace treaty which we rejected, we desire more! We began our march down the country, fully nent on ocupying all of the mainland so we can demand they hand over the rich northern provinces and drive a wedge beween them and France!
(Note: When the screenshot was taken the Danish were also landing a few troops further down the Eastern Italian coastline!)
In April we decided to trade a couple of the captured Italian African missions (plus a load of cash) away to Sweden , to gain a much needed Naval tech. The missions are in territory disputed with the British anyway, and we dont want to have to fight the British in Africa as well.
Into May and German troops marched into Rome! The Italians are now well and truly beaten, its just a case of capturing the rest of their country to achieve a high war score and force a harsh peace settlement on them and to weaken them.
July, August and September saw the French finally move the colonial war into West Africa. However this prove dto be in our favour as our troops finally began to achieve victories there and force the French troops on the retreat!
October that year saw an intresting turn of events in South Africa as the Boer war broke out. We of course stayed neutral, merly pleased to see the British having difficulties.
November and we had acheved complete victory over Italy, their entire mainland plus Sicily under German and Danish control. We thus offered them a generous peace deal they could not possiably turn down, gaining us many of their Northern Provinces. Our goals against Italy have been achieved!
Before the year was out we again had problems with foreign smugglers attepting to bring weapons into the country, this time the Belgians trying to support Italian partisans. More hangings were carried out and German newspapers began clalling for a campaign against Belgium. However they have their independence guaranteed by the British, an enemy we have no wish to fight (yet!).
1900 A new century!!
The first half of the year was dubbed the African fightback! by German papers, as our troops forced back the French and captured their lands. They suffered eslewhere as parts of French Indo-China broke free to reform the state of Annam (note:they captured it back before the year was up). Finally on June 16th, with it apparent th French wer eno longer going to win in Africa, they agreed to a white peace. It has been a long conflict, but at least no German territory had been lost!
In 1880 we won the rights to build a trading post in Alula, on the coast of East Africa. Colonial fortresss were then constructed in a few neighbouring provinces, though Oman has a claim in one. Germany had begun the race for Africa!
1881 began with a huge internal political dispute, as Bismarck emerged from retirement to propose a serious of reforms to help the German worker. Many saw this as his tactical play to defend against workers converting to Socialism. The cost would however have been substantial and after several days of debate in the Reichstag the bill was defeated, causing a huge rise in disillusionment with the government as latest national polls showed their voter support base abandoning them.
Following on from this several regional newspapers published articles calling for separate states to be created in Poland, Slovakia and former Swiss and French lands, leading to a rise in millitancy amongst minorities in Germany, angry at having only limited citzenship in the country. The tide is defintely turning in German politics!
The year ended with news that France had expanded its North African empire with an annexation of Morroco, international observers speculating that this was an attempt to strengthen themselve sin the wake of such a loss of land to Germany in recent years.
Moving through 1882 into 1883, the German colony of Yebuti was founded on the East African coast. There was speculation amngst German generals whether to use it as a base to strike at Oman, though this idea was postponed untill German naval forces rival that of the UKs. The West African coast also saw German fortresss and trading posts being constucted.
1884 was a dramatic year for Germany and saw a fundamental shift in the political spectrum. The year started with the ideas of Charles Darwin being further adopted by a large swathe of the population and becomign embeded in German society. Then in august after a busy election campaign the Liberal government finally lost power as they were defeated by the German Socialist party! In fact they even sliped into 3rd place behind the Konservatives!
Results of August 10th were as follows:
(rounded to nearesr .5)
Socialist Arbeitepartei 32%
Konservative Partei 22.5%
Liberaldem 20.5%
Nationalists 8%
Zentrumspartei (liberal) 4%
Christians (conservative) 4%
Radicals (anarcho-liberal) 3.5%
Freisinninm (liberal) 2%
Communists 1%
Introducing new state control of industry and granting full citzenship to everyone resiing within German borders, the party saw the nation rapidly change as borders were opened to invite immigrants and the Industrial revoloution (as it was being called) was accelerated. Factories were constructed at rapid pace and the German population educated as farmers left there lands to work in the factories. Whereas before only German citizens had done this, now everyone from the Italians to the Poles were given the oppurtunities to work as craftsmen. Ideas of equality and socialist idealism were becoming the foundation of German politics.
In Novemember of 1885 the French, worried by this new idealogy ruling Germany and still bitter over their loss of land in the previous year declared colonial war upon Germany in Africa, where German forces are weak. Calling the French cowards we begun the defence of our fledgling colnies.
The next year started violently as conservative politician and vocal opponent of socialism Michael Koßmann was assassinated in his living room by radical communist Nathalie Osterloh, who actually posed as his new house made before stabbing him 3 times in the back. Arrested and sentenced to death, the socialist government did its best to ensure that law and order would be enforced though conservatives across Germany displayed their outrage and took to the streets in protest.
In the summer a plan to defeat the French in Africa was hatched as 36,000 German troops were sneaked round Italy and landed in Tunisia. They began their campaign to capture the French colonies.
The year ended with the arrest of several Moldavian nationals, who were attempting to smuggle weapons to Czech sepratists in Southern Germany. They were hung at dawn on Christmas day.
1887 and 1888 saw us fighting French partisans in Africa as the colonial conflict continued. On the domestic front the Womens Suffrage movement gained momentum as women campaigned for the vote, finally being granted it after several high profile stunts and conflict with the more tradionalists amongst the German government.
Finally in 1889 the colonail war in Africa resulted in our victory as the French surrendered several North African provinces!
The Socialists achieved a huge victory in the may 10th election, solidifying their control of the Reichstag as support for other parties collasped in the face of the reforms and changes the party had brought about.
Socialist Arbeitepartei 70%
Radicals (anarcho-liberal) 12%
Liberaldem 8%
All other parties recived less than 1% of the vote! Conservatism was now pratically dead in Germany!
1890 saw an intresting start as the new nation of Luxemburg break free from Dutch control.
The following month a dispute with Belgium over relatiosn with the new country saw relations damaged as Belguim newspapers insulted Germany, to which we reacted to with anger and demands that the Belguims apologise, which they eventually did.
As we expanded in West Africa the domestic front saw the Industrial Revoloution continue as more and more citizens left their farms to work in the towns and cities fuelling the German economy, With our pro-immigration policies citizens from other European countires came to live the socialist dream, many of them coming to fill the vacant jobs left in the countryside.
There was however much concern over the lack of regulations regarding workign in the factories and over the amount of smog and pollution being produced. The Socialist party promised to address this in future once Germanys place as the worlds number 1 super power was cemented.
1894 Febuary 9th elections:
Socialist Arbeitepartei 54%
Radicals (anarcho-liberal) 27%
Liberaldem 12%
Communists 3%
All other parties recived less than 1% of the vote.
We also conducted a trade that year that saw us part with vast somes of cash to aqquire a couple of naval techs from Sweden. The year then ended badly for us as the French decided to have a notehr go in Africa and declared another colonial war. They had planned for this one though and we do not have the forces available in the colonies (nor the naval capabilities to reinforce them) and the areas we had received in the previous peace deal were over run by French troops who flooded into the area.
1895 saw us getting kicked in Africa by the French! The end of the year saw German newspapers run a hate campaign against their allies the Italians, who though not involved directly in the colonial war were giving the French diplomatic support. Many Germans began calling for a campaign to take land from Italy - to secure our borders as one newspaper argued. Bearing this in mind, we begin to draw up potential invasion plans.
1886 and still the French are pounding us in Africa, even rejecting peace offers to receive back African lands we had taken from them before. German pride remained somewhat intact though as Germany won the contract to build the Baghdad railroad, to help establish trade in the areas and give us real access to the Persian Gulf. We also sent a few athletes to the first modern Olympics which were held in Athens, Greece during June and July! German athletes performed well, earning 3 gold medals and several silver and bronzes!
1887 passed with still no peace in Africa, and we moved into 1888 with the news that the United States Of America was now at war with Spain after the USS Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor.
We also fell out with Luxemburg after one of their politicians mocked or failure to beat the French in Africa.
The November 10th election saw the Socialist do well again, despite the war in the colonies people were happy with them on the domestic front. The Liberals were however doing better as many Germans wished for a return to laissez fair economics.
Socialist Arbeitepartei 51.5%
Liberaldem 23.5%
National Liberals - 10%
Radicals (anarcho-liberal) 8.5%
Nationalists 3%
All other parties recived less than 1% of the vote
With the election campaign done with, the Socialist government turned their eyes towards Italy, the descion being taken to teach em a lesson and the following month 166 divisions were mobilised. The Italians however clearly anticipated the comign war and decalred it themselves, perhaps hoping to shock us into peace. Well that wasnt going to happen with 1,660,000 German troops heading their way! We also brought Denmark into the war, and they promised to use their navy to our advandtage.
1899
3 Italian trading posts/missions are captured in Africa in the first couple of months of the year.
In Febuary, the mobilised troops were deploye dto the italian front and immediately began offensive operations. Smashing through Italian border posts they routed Italian divisions and began occupation of Italian provinces. Simple force of numbers are securing us victory! Our simple but effective plan basically involved large units of troops driving straight though Italian lines! Seeing this they offered a peace treaty which we rejected, we desire more! We began our march down the country, fully nent on ocupying all of the mainland so we can demand they hand over the rich northern provinces and drive a wedge beween them and France!
(Note: When the screenshot was taken the Danish were also landing a few troops further down the Eastern Italian coastline!)
In April we decided to trade a couple of the captured Italian African missions (plus a load of cash) away to Sweden , to gain a much needed Naval tech. The missions are in territory disputed with the British anyway, and we dont want to have to fight the British in Africa as well.
Into May and German troops marched into Rome! The Italians are now well and truly beaten, its just a case of capturing the rest of their country to achieve a high war score and force a harsh peace settlement on them and to weaken them.
July, August and September saw the French finally move the colonial war into West Africa. However this prove dto be in our favour as our troops finally began to achieve victories there and force the French troops on the retreat!
October that year saw an intresting turn of events in South Africa as the Boer war broke out. We of course stayed neutral, merly pleased to see the British having difficulties.
November and we had acheved complete victory over Italy, their entire mainland plus Sicily under German and Danish control. We thus offered them a generous peace deal they could not possiably turn down, gaining us many of their Northern Provinces. Our goals against Italy have been achieved!
Before the year was out we again had problems with foreign smugglers attepting to bring weapons into the country, this time the Belgians trying to support Italian partisans. More hangings were carried out and German newspapers began clalling for a campaign against Belgium. However they have their independence guaranteed by the British, an enemy we have no wish to fight (yet!).
1900 A new century!!
The first half of the year was dubbed the African fightback! by German papers, as our troops forced back the French and captured their lands. They suffered eslewhere as parts of French Indo-China broke free to reform the state of Annam (note:they captured it back before the year was up). Finally on June 16th, with it apparent th French wer eno longer going to win in Africa, they agreed to a white peace. It has been a long conflict, but at least no German territory had been lost!
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
Part 7 Expanding The Empire!
1901 started with the UK releasing Australia as their dominion.
The next few years in Germany saw us rapidly expanding our Industrial base, building factories and converting pops into craftsmen.
The August 10th, 1903 election results:
Socialists 51%
Liberaldems 28%
Freisinnige 8%
Radicals 7.5%
(all others 1% or less)
In June of 1905 Norway finally broke away from the nation of Sweden. The next month France once more entered into a colonial conflict in Africa with us. The war however was much different this time round, and by the end of the year German troops had achieved victory and gained more land.
Whilst this had been happening, we had also begun to build up troops numbers in the Balkans and Romania along what we deemed the Ottoman front. With their 3 satellites there having 3 provinces each (maximum number of provinces a nation can have to annex them) its just too tempting to resist spreading the Socialist revolution there and freeing their working classes from capitalist oppression! Much talk in the German media was about freeing the rest of Europe from what the Kaiser called oppression of the masses. Exporting socialism by the barrel of the gun was something that German socialist policy makers were very keen on. Foreign sources however called this German imperialism and empire building. Certainly the Kaiser never rejected the term The German Empire and it became the unofficial name for the country.
In 1906 with this troop build up continuing we also gave large sums of cash to the Swedes to ensure the completion of a tech deal gaining us some more naval techs. We still hadnt begun any ship building, and it was something the Kaiser desired for the future.
1907
January The UK releases New Zealand as a dominion.
March We mobilise 202 divisons, which are deployed to the Ottoman borders in May, keeping 60 divisions in reseve should any other nations become involved.
June the 1st and war is declared upon the Ottoman Empire!
One month later and our troops had poured into the bordering provinces and the satellite nations we had our eyes on are annexed in the following order:
July 7th Wallachia
July 16th Serbia
July 22nd Moldavia (gaining us oil producing Bacau!)
One major of the war and something foreign nations particuarly feared wa sour use of a new weapon named Tanks for the first time, in supporting roles for some of our regular infranty units. Though the first tanks fieleded were crude they were used effectively and German military scientists stutied their performance and began to plan improved versions of the metal beasts.
By November and the Ottoman capital Constantinople and all areas west of it had been captured. The Turks accepted a peace that thus handed control of all occupied areas (bar the capital) over to us! The war had been a complete success, with all objectives achieved plus more! In fact several Greek politicians were said to have fainted upon learning they would now be sharing a border with Germany!
The following years election reults on May 10th were as follows:
Socialists 40%
Liberaldems 27%
Radicals 17%
Freisinnige 7.5%
NSDP 2%
(all others 1% or less)
The election was notable for a rise in votes for liberal parties (generally amongst populations of non-German origin who desired more independence) and the creation of the Fascist NSDP, who followed a new ideology emerging in Europe of strong leadership and divisions along ethnic lines.
The next couple of years saw us start to industrialise this new land we had gained and build a decent railroad system in Africa. Additionally in 1910 the UK released yet another nation as a dominion, this time South Africa. Their grip on their empire was clearly loosening!
So, October 1910 and our most recent peace treaty with France is drawing to a close. 2 choices either wait for them to declare yet another colonial war, or invade both them and their allies Italy and really establish our superiority. The choice is clear - invasion! Operation: Hammer was born! 218 German divisions are mobilised and on December 5th over 2 million troops sit along the French and Italian borders, with an additional 770,000 men kept in reserve should the UK or Russia intervene.
German troops being inspected by their General
December 10th - We declare war on Italy! As expected their French allies come to their aid.
January 1911 and Germans generals report to the Kaiser that the war is going well. Whilst the French hold in places, the Italians are in full retreat. The German war machine is in full swing!
By March victory in Italy is merely a case of occupying remaining provinces, so some troops begin to march towards the French lines. Rome itself was occupied on the 15th, and then on the French front the 25th saw the familiar sight of German troops occupying Paris! This was seen as somewhat of a pastime for German soldiers now, a right of initiation as such!
German artillery moving forward in Italy
Come April and peace was arranged with the French, them being reduced to merely one province in North Africa (Tangiers) and handing over large chunks of their mainland to German control.
Then on May 23rd the war was ended as Italy surrendered, the whole of Northern Italy now under German control. The war had lasted a mere 5 months and we have achieved a huge victory! The Kaiser Davo went on a long victory tour of the captured provinces, congratulating the troops and preaching the socialist ideals to the liberated populations.
In 1912 more cash was traded with Sweden for naval technology. Yet still we need much more to contrast a decent fleet! A massive project was also begun to upgrade our nations railroads to new modern standards.
February 9th 1913 elections:
Socialists 41%
Liberaldems 28%
Radicals 15%
NSDP 3.5%
Zentrumsprtei 2%
Nationalists 2%
(all others 1% or less)
The election year was marred by trouble in Poland as a Polish army unit rebelled in Tarnow, seeing some vicious street fighting as loyalist units moved in to eliminate the threat. Moving onto 1915, and once again cash was handed over to the Swedes. Hopefully soon we would have acquired enough tech to build a decent navy, we have no interest in building monitors at the present time!
Finally in 1916 work was begun on the long talked about German Navy, with construction on some basic battleships being started.
Soon after work was begun on the first German submarines as well.
After years of debate regarding our neighbours in Russia, it was finally decided to bring socialism to their workers by force! They are currently guaranteeing the Independence of Greece, another Capitalist stronghold, so we shall invade them as well and force the Russians to declare on us! On August 28th, 1916 we mobilised 246 divisions. By November 2nd they were fully deployed on the Russian borders (with a few assigned to Greece, they have a poor military and wont require much). At dawn the following day an official declaration of war was handed to the Greek ambassador in Berlin, Russia coming to their aid within the hour. The plan as presented to the Kaiser by his generals is to knock Greece out of the war quickly (aka fight them to they offer us a decent peace deal) and to take as much land from the Russians as quickly as possible, so we dont get bogged down and can achieve a good peace deal where we can gain the rest of Poland and chunks of Ukraine.
The most month of the war saw the Russians putting up fierce resistance in Kovel, though in most other areas they feel back. By December 19th Athens had been captured as the Greek forces were destroyed. They were totally unprepared for any invasion force, it was clear that their independence solely relies upon the protection of the greater powers.
Into 1917 and after man thousands of troops had been poured in by each side we achieved victory in Kovel. The Greeks offered us a decent peace which we accepted.
(note: it only cost us 1 prestige to declare on Greece and we gained 61 from the peace deal!)
One area of Russia where we did face a lot of trouble was at Chisinau in the south, the Russians embedded in deep trench systems, where we had to bring in a lot of reinforcements to finally dig them out. This trench warfare was very much favoured for the defenders, attacking it cost us a lot of casualties!
In March, with troops advancing on all fronts, we captured St. Petersburg on the 27th, and in May/June we were pushing deep into Russian territory, Moscow falling on June the 14th.Despite the harsh Russian winters our troops had performed very well and Russian morale had been crushed!
June the 26th and we accepted the Russian peace offer. We had gained much land from this war, and many more workers freed from capitalist oppression by the Socialist machine!
The year ended with another Socialist election victory on November 10th.
Socialists 41.5%
Liberaldems 24%
Radicals 13%
NSDP 7%
Freisinnige 7%
Communists 4%
(All others 2% or less)
The Socialists celebrated their victory by unveiling the first completed German submarines in Kiel, promising this was the beginning of a grand German fleet!
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With only a few years left of the game, its time to have a think what my goals should be before the game ends. I would like to increase my military score by building up a large navy, and I would like to gain some more land before the time is up. I am unsure who to attack though France and Russia are obvious targets and perhaps Belguim (now a great power) should be taught a lesson! Industry wise Im doing well, will convert a few more pop;s to craftsmen and expand a few factories but otherwise doing good!
1901 started with the UK releasing Australia as their dominion.
The next few years in Germany saw us rapidly expanding our Industrial base, building factories and converting pops into craftsmen.
The August 10th, 1903 election results:
Socialists 51%
Liberaldems 28%
Freisinnige 8%
Radicals 7.5%
(all others 1% or less)
In June of 1905 Norway finally broke away from the nation of Sweden. The next month France once more entered into a colonial conflict in Africa with us. The war however was much different this time round, and by the end of the year German troops had achieved victory and gained more land.
Whilst this had been happening, we had also begun to build up troops numbers in the Balkans and Romania along what we deemed the Ottoman front. With their 3 satellites there having 3 provinces each (maximum number of provinces a nation can have to annex them) its just too tempting to resist spreading the Socialist revolution there and freeing their working classes from capitalist oppression! Much talk in the German media was about freeing the rest of Europe from what the Kaiser called oppression of the masses. Exporting socialism by the barrel of the gun was something that German socialist policy makers were very keen on. Foreign sources however called this German imperialism and empire building. Certainly the Kaiser never rejected the term The German Empire and it became the unofficial name for the country.
In 1906 with this troop build up continuing we also gave large sums of cash to the Swedes to ensure the completion of a tech deal gaining us some more naval techs. We still hadnt begun any ship building, and it was something the Kaiser desired for the future.
1907
January The UK releases New Zealand as a dominion.
March We mobilise 202 divisons, which are deployed to the Ottoman borders in May, keeping 60 divisions in reseve should any other nations become involved.
June the 1st and war is declared upon the Ottoman Empire!
One month later and our troops had poured into the bordering provinces and the satellite nations we had our eyes on are annexed in the following order:
July 7th Wallachia
July 16th Serbia
July 22nd Moldavia (gaining us oil producing Bacau!)
One major of the war and something foreign nations particuarly feared wa sour use of a new weapon named Tanks for the first time, in supporting roles for some of our regular infranty units. Though the first tanks fieleded were crude they were used effectively and German military scientists stutied their performance and began to plan improved versions of the metal beasts.
By November and the Ottoman capital Constantinople and all areas west of it had been captured. The Turks accepted a peace that thus handed control of all occupied areas (bar the capital) over to us! The war had been a complete success, with all objectives achieved plus more! In fact several Greek politicians were said to have fainted upon learning they would now be sharing a border with Germany!
The following years election reults on May 10th were as follows:
Socialists 40%
Liberaldems 27%
Radicals 17%
Freisinnige 7.5%
NSDP 2%
(all others 1% or less)
The election was notable for a rise in votes for liberal parties (generally amongst populations of non-German origin who desired more independence) and the creation of the Fascist NSDP, who followed a new ideology emerging in Europe of strong leadership and divisions along ethnic lines.
The next couple of years saw us start to industrialise this new land we had gained and build a decent railroad system in Africa. Additionally in 1910 the UK released yet another nation as a dominion, this time South Africa. Their grip on their empire was clearly loosening!
So, October 1910 and our most recent peace treaty with France is drawing to a close. 2 choices either wait for them to declare yet another colonial war, or invade both them and their allies Italy and really establish our superiority. The choice is clear - invasion! Operation: Hammer was born! 218 German divisions are mobilised and on December 5th over 2 million troops sit along the French and Italian borders, with an additional 770,000 men kept in reserve should the UK or Russia intervene.
German troops being inspected by their General
December 10th - We declare war on Italy! As expected their French allies come to their aid.
January 1911 and Germans generals report to the Kaiser that the war is going well. Whilst the French hold in places, the Italians are in full retreat. The German war machine is in full swing!
By March victory in Italy is merely a case of occupying remaining provinces, so some troops begin to march towards the French lines. Rome itself was occupied on the 15th, and then on the French front the 25th saw the familiar sight of German troops occupying Paris! This was seen as somewhat of a pastime for German soldiers now, a right of initiation as such!
German artillery moving forward in Italy
Come April and peace was arranged with the French, them being reduced to merely one province in North Africa (Tangiers) and handing over large chunks of their mainland to German control.
Then on May 23rd the war was ended as Italy surrendered, the whole of Northern Italy now under German control. The war had lasted a mere 5 months and we have achieved a huge victory! The Kaiser Davo went on a long victory tour of the captured provinces, congratulating the troops and preaching the socialist ideals to the liberated populations.
In 1912 more cash was traded with Sweden for naval technology. Yet still we need much more to contrast a decent fleet! A massive project was also begun to upgrade our nations railroads to new modern standards.
February 9th 1913 elections:
Socialists 41%
Liberaldems 28%
Radicals 15%
NSDP 3.5%
Zentrumsprtei 2%
Nationalists 2%
(all others 1% or less)
The election year was marred by trouble in Poland as a Polish army unit rebelled in Tarnow, seeing some vicious street fighting as loyalist units moved in to eliminate the threat. Moving onto 1915, and once again cash was handed over to the Swedes. Hopefully soon we would have acquired enough tech to build a decent navy, we have no interest in building monitors at the present time!
Finally in 1916 work was begun on the long talked about German Navy, with construction on some basic battleships being started.
Soon after work was begun on the first German submarines as well.
After years of debate regarding our neighbours in Russia, it was finally decided to bring socialism to their workers by force! They are currently guaranteeing the Independence of Greece, another Capitalist stronghold, so we shall invade them as well and force the Russians to declare on us! On August 28th, 1916 we mobilised 246 divisions. By November 2nd they were fully deployed on the Russian borders (with a few assigned to Greece, they have a poor military and wont require much). At dawn the following day an official declaration of war was handed to the Greek ambassador in Berlin, Russia coming to their aid within the hour. The plan as presented to the Kaiser by his generals is to knock Greece out of the war quickly (aka fight them to they offer us a decent peace deal) and to take as much land from the Russians as quickly as possible, so we dont get bogged down and can achieve a good peace deal where we can gain the rest of Poland and chunks of Ukraine.
The most month of the war saw the Russians putting up fierce resistance in Kovel, though in most other areas they feel back. By December 19th Athens had been captured as the Greek forces were destroyed. They were totally unprepared for any invasion force, it was clear that their independence solely relies upon the protection of the greater powers.
Into 1917 and after man thousands of troops had been poured in by each side we achieved victory in Kovel. The Greeks offered us a decent peace which we accepted.
(note: it only cost us 1 prestige to declare on Greece and we gained 61 from the peace deal!)
One area of Russia where we did face a lot of trouble was at Chisinau in the south, the Russians embedded in deep trench systems, where we had to bring in a lot of reinforcements to finally dig them out. This trench warfare was very much favoured for the defenders, attacking it cost us a lot of casualties!
In March, with troops advancing on all fronts, we captured St. Petersburg on the 27th, and in May/June we were pushing deep into Russian territory, Moscow falling on June the 14th.Despite the harsh Russian winters our troops had performed very well and Russian morale had been crushed!
June the 26th and we accepted the Russian peace offer. We had gained much land from this war, and many more workers freed from capitalist oppression by the Socialist machine!
The year ended with another Socialist election victory on November 10th.
Socialists 41.5%
Liberaldems 24%
Radicals 13%
NSDP 7%
Freisinnige 7%
Communists 4%
(All others 2% or less)
The Socialists celebrated their victory by unveiling the first completed German submarines in Kiel, promising this was the beginning of a grand German fleet!
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With only a few years left of the game, its time to have a think what my goals should be before the game ends. I would like to increase my military score by building up a large navy, and I would like to gain some more land before the time is up. I am unsure who to attack though France and Russia are obvious targets and perhaps Belguim (now a great power) should be taught a lesson! Industry wise Im doing well, will convert a few more pop;s to craftsmen and expand a few factories but otherwise doing good!
D'Artagnan59
The Gascon
Next, Hungary and Montenegro.
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Aim bigger - given the achievements of Germany so far, I think only Britain and the U.S.A. remain as any sort of challenge
D'Artagnan59
The Gascon
And them too.
BUT HUNGARY AND MONTENEGRO!
BUT HUNGARY AND MONTENEGRO!
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
Maybe, but there both 1 nation states and it's a 100 prestige hit for declaring on either of them, plus Montenegro is allied with Russia so i'd have to fight them again anyways. I think i'm gonna aim to take on someone a bit larger!
I would love to have a crack at fighting the British before the games up, will have to see how feasable that will be, they have a large empire and numerous dominions so i'll need to conduct some frantic naval building!Aim bigger - given the achievements of Germany so far, I think only Britain and the U.S.A. remain as any sort of challenge
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Indeed! But going up against the big guy in the end-game is great fun. I had a great game in EU2 as the Ottomans as I battled Russia in a massive war across eastern Europe in the 1800's, all the time thinking 'why didn't I do this sooner?'
Do you have HoI2? Any chance of a Captain2-style conversion to continue on?
ArneHD
Just a little bit mad
Luxemburg is also a tempting target, as, if I remember correctly, it has a german minority in it, national culture population is always welcome, after all.
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
Indeed, might see if I can aim to fight in Britain sometime 1930 to 1932ish, that would give me at least 3 years to win a war against them before the game ends!
I do have HoI2 with doomsday/armeggedon but i've never converted a game before, i'll have to look into it. I imagine I will try it for fun anyhows, and maybe do a brief write up saying what happened! But we shall see!
Hmmm I shall have to check that out. At current they are in an alliance with Portugal though, and I have no intrest in fighting them at the moment.
ArneHD
Just a little bit mad
Converting a game is fun to say it myself, but be warned: All resources are at HoI 2 levels: Industry is converted. You could be producing 100% of the worlds coal as Sokotho and still only get 0,72 energy from that province. Also, unless you have a small army; converting will suck you dry of supplies. And the UK has FAR too many ships.
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
Okies, thanks for the info
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
Part 8 The Long Road To Victory!
1918 saw us trading yet again with the Swedes (the only ones who will actually consider our offers!) and on July 12th there was much rejoicing amongst Germanys naval commanders as we finally out our first battleship to sea, the Weissenburg now in full service!
By March of 1919 our high command had decided it was time once and for all to truly knock France out of the game and destroy their already decayed status as a world power. As they were guaranteeing the independence of Belgium, who had also reached great power status, it was decided to finally invade them as well. We will have to leave the French holdings in Indo-China alone for the time being. On the 22nd 262 divisions were mobilised! World newspapers printed headlines such as Will the German was machine never stop? and Deutschland on the march again!
May 18th and the troops stand ready, war being declared the following morning! The war was swift, we vastly outnumber their combined forces and victories were achieved everywhere. The Belgians managed to hold at Liege for awhile defeating our initial advance but fell to the reinforcements we sent in. By June both countries were making peace offers, however these were rejected as we clearly could achieve more. On July 10th our naval forces achieved their first victory, though really they were shooting ducks out of the water, as they destroyed Belgian troop transports fleeing after the province of Bruge had fallen. British ships were seen in the area monitoring the German forces, though they made no move to engage. French forces just collapsed in all areas, and by August we were simply dealing with Partisans. August 27th saw a peace treaty signed with Belgium that left them Brussels and nothing else, they had been truly crushed!
As we dealt with a few French partisans before negotiating for peace, there was surprising news in Italy as the country plunge into civil war! Having been in turmoil since their last defeat at our hands, September 14th saw the nation officially split into 2 factions, those supporting the government and ironically (given that they had originally been behind Italian unification!) members of the Two Scillies royal family reforming their old nation. France was obliged to intervene by alliances on the side of the loyalists.
The war between us and France officially ended on the 22nd of October as they agreed to our peace offer, They are now a mere shadow of their former selfs, no longer even sharing a border with Spain! We filled the captured provinces with troops to wipe out any nationalist rebellions.
On November 9th, despite our demobilised troops returning home, we decided to intervene in the Italian conflict, the Kaiser describing it as too much of an opportunity to miss. We did not take sides as such, no we just decided to invade this reformed Two Scillies and take land for ourselves and liberate their population!
With their troops occupied fighting Italy, all we had to do was stroll in and establish our control! Soon after they agreed to a peace that left them crippled.
Italy took advantage of this to finish the war, though the Two Scillies were left with Napoli and a separate city state as compensation.
On September 8th Russia experienced a civil war of its own as rebels broke off in the isolated region around Sevastopol to create the state of Crimea. Despite having several allies join them, Russia does not have the capacity to take that land back and remains deadlocked in war.
In 1921 we decided to choose Slim Hull Form for our ships, to give them extra firepower when attacking. The fleet is being greatly expanded with many battlecruisers now in production. As usual, we have been trading with Sweden on a regular basis. The first battlecruiser to be put into full operation was the Prinz Adalbert, launched on the 7th June 1922.
August 10th 1922 election results:
Socialists 44%
Liberaldems 21.5%
Radicals 14%
Freisinnige 6.5%
NSPD 6.5%
Nationalists 2%
All others 1.5% or below
In 1923 German generals began to meet in secret to discuss plans for a potential invasion of the British mainland, our main rival in the world and one that constantly poses a thread. The invasion plan would be as follows: to land troops in Ireland leaving for Bordeaux, troops n Scotland leaving from Kiel and troops on the southern coast leaving from Bruge and Dunkerque. This would require great secrecy and the mobilisation of troops would have be completed under the cover story of an invasion of France. Additionally it would be wise to land some troops in Egypt to fight the British their. The transports would be hard to explain though, thus a media blackout is now enforce don all German military ports. The operation still requires years of preparation to build a fleet capable of defeating the British Royal Navy and thus be able to reinforce German troops on the British Isles. Our aim for the peace deal would be to establish puppet states in Ireland and Scotland and maybe take some of the British land in Africa.
In May 1924 German explorers set out with state funding to find the North Pole! They returned many months later cold but successful!
In 1925 we finally started developing an air force. Whilst current it would be used as a support role for troops, we have grand visions for the future.
1926 saw the effects of a downfall in Europes fortunes becomign apparent. With constant warfare and promise of a new life in America and the new world, many were migrating away from Europe.
1927 began with us selecting MOBILITY and SPEARHEAD DOCTRINE as prime tatics for our troops to use in the future.
The May 10th election results saw a loss of votes for the Socilaists, though they retained power due to splits in the opposistion.
Socialists 28%
Liberaldems 20%
Radicals 19%
Zentrumspartei 10%
National Liberals 8%
Freisinnige 5%
Christians 3%
Konservatives - 2.5%
NSPD 2.5%
Nationalists 1.5%
Communists 1%
On May 25th the Kaiser and Germanys military high command convened in Berlin to discuss the planned invasion of the British Isles. It was now deemed achievable, the Navy strong enough to put enough troops onto the island to occupy it.
The following day 318 German divisions were mobilised.
By July they were ready to board the ships. By this time Great Britain had realised what was happening, and on July 28th we officially declared war! The 2 greatest powers in the world are now locked in combat! Naturally Britain summoned their empire to assist them.
The same day saw attacks launched against British forces in Latvia and Africa, and in their southern Russian territories. The ships were put to see, the invasion is a go!
The first week of the war saw us loose one naval engagement in the English Channel, and several battles taking place else where. During August the coast of Scotland became one big naval engagement as both sides poured over a 100 ships into the area! We were winning naval battles elsewhere though, and on the 16th 25 divisions were landed at Cork, the 17th 12 divisions landed n Egypt (later reinforced by 12 more), 19th 25 landed on Britain south eats coast and the 26th 25 divisions landed in Norfolk.
Our blockade of Gibraltar was proving useful as several British ship were sunk in the area.
We managed to land a further 35 divisions in south east England during the first week of September. On the 11th a small Canadian landing force was destroyed in Northern Germany (German naval forces busy fighting in Scottish waters and in St. Georges Channel). The rest of September saw German troops consolidate their positions and begin to advance in England and Ireland.
On October the 5th London fell to advancing German troops! The British government fled in shame to Canada. Our success was ensured on the 13th when the naval battle that had been raging off the coast of Scotland was finally won by superior German numbers and firepower, though we had sustained many casualties. The rest f the month saw us land 15 more divisions in Ireland and a massive 61 divisions in Scotland.
During November we suffered a defeat in St Georges Channel, German ships fleeing back to port. We accepted a British trade of tech and cash for a captured British trading post in Africa, and we rejected a British peace offer, preferring to continue and secure our own terms. The blockade of Gibraltar continued to go well and an moving into December, an attempted Canadian landing at Brugge was destroyed and most of mainland Britain was now in German hands.
On January the 5th 1928 German and British diplomats thrashed out a peace deal, the British being forced to concede defeat. We forced the creation of independent states for both Scotland and Ireland (under German guidance) and also claimed the county of Chester as a German outpost to protect against British imperialism in a humiliating peace offer they had no choice but to accept! In reality we forced them to give it to us so we can use it as a base if we ever fight them again!
General Kan' Sharuminar was installed as Military Dictator of the new nation The Peoples Republic of Scotland!
General D'Artagnan59 was installed as Military Dictator of the new nation of The Peoples Republic Of Ireland!
Promises were also given to the new Irish high command that we would look into acquiring them at least Cork if not the rest of Ireland in the future.
In March that year our friends in Sweden finally realised their dream of an African colony where they could holiday in the winter months and work on their tans as we traded them another captured trading post in exchange for more tech, now giving them enough control in the area to establish a proper colony!
On January 29th, 1929 the world shook as what became dubbed as The Great Depression began with trouble on the New York stock exchange as stock values plummeted and businesses were ruined. The German government promised its careful handling of the economy would see us through these tough times.
Come May the 14th and it was decided to test a new tactic known as Blitzkrieg upon our old enemies in France. We launched a lightning war using regular army troops supported by planes and tanks, punching through French and Belgian lines. Belgium was annexed on June the 1st, and on July 26th France surrendered yet more territory to us! The new tactics had been a great success and we had finally eliminated Belgium as an independent state. In fairness French troops are weak and do not number many. The war was slightly marred by a major worker strike n late June, but we promised to help the workers and meet with their union officials and make concessions and the trouble subsided.
1929 also saw fascist ideas spreading amongst the populations of Europe. We will have to keep an eye on this for the future.
Into 1930 and its time once again to take on the might of Russia! They are fighting a campaign to expand their borders into Egypt, so using that as justification we mobilised 334 divisions and declared war upon them on August 18th! Attacks were launched on all fronts; we intend to force the Russians back everywhere! By September 7th the Russians were falling back everywhere except Minsk, where we faced tough resistance! Our Naval forces in the Baltic are performing well, after a couple of quick victories they moved to blockade St. Petersburg. On September 19th we landed 20,000 troops in Helsinki and the following month reinforced them with a further 10,000. On the 9th October victory was declared in Minsk, after over 65 German divisions had been involve din fighting there! In November we suffered a defeat on the southern front, though we swiftly reinforced the area. Moving into December and we finally moved in to occupy St. Petersburg after capturing all the surrounding areas. The Russians really collapsed after this, and we advanced everywhere, encountering some resistance in the South from troops returning from the Russians campaign in the Middle East.
1931 saw us advancing all the way to the Urals in the centre of the Russian Front and on April 30th we accepted a Russian peace offer which once again greatly expanded our borders and gained us the strategically important cities of Kiev, Minsk and Kursk! Following the peace the Russians moved their capital to Moscow; we are now way to close to St. Petersburg for their liking!
1932s February election saw the Socialists re-elected, though they were ran close by the Radical Anarcho-Liberals. The next month they decided it was finally time to give the people basic state funded pensions, healthcare and introduce some safety regulations. In August a Konservative politician who had been very vocal in his opposition to these measures was assassinated by a radical communist.
February 1933 and the Great Depression was declared over as world economies had recovered and business was prospering again. The Socialists followed this up by introducing a basic state minimum wage and unemployment subsidies.
In 1934 we fought a very quick war with France, reducing them to owning only the city of Paris from which to administer their holdings in Indo-China, Africa and Madagascar. Many in the world began to wonder when France would fully become part of the German empire, after all a few million in Paris is nothing compared to the rest of country being German owned!
1935 was notable for talking pictures coming to the German populations for the first time, and several national radio networks being established. The government also improved the standards of healthcare slightly.
And so as the year ends so does this tale of Germany!
Victory has been achieved, we are dominant world power, vast parts of Europe are in our hands and the French and Russians (our 2 main enemies) have been severely beaten whilst we have also taught the UK a lesson and established the new nations of Scotland and Ireland as our satellite states, to go along with the Danes who also serve us!
The German Empire at the end of 1935. We also have a couple of islands in the Caribbean which the French gave to us in a peace deal once, and a colony on the coast of East Africa.
Interesting that our satellite Scotland finished 7th as well!
The Kaiser, in is home at Berlin, sits back with a glass of Champaign and proclaims Mission Accomplished!
1918 saw us trading yet again with the Swedes (the only ones who will actually consider our offers!) and on July 12th there was much rejoicing amongst Germanys naval commanders as we finally out our first battleship to sea, the Weissenburg now in full service!
By March of 1919 our high command had decided it was time once and for all to truly knock France out of the game and destroy their already decayed status as a world power. As they were guaranteeing the independence of Belgium, who had also reached great power status, it was decided to finally invade them as well. We will have to leave the French holdings in Indo-China alone for the time being. On the 22nd 262 divisions were mobilised! World newspapers printed headlines such as Will the German was machine never stop? and Deutschland on the march again!
May 18th and the troops stand ready, war being declared the following morning! The war was swift, we vastly outnumber their combined forces and victories were achieved everywhere. The Belgians managed to hold at Liege for awhile defeating our initial advance but fell to the reinforcements we sent in. By June both countries were making peace offers, however these were rejected as we clearly could achieve more. On July 10th our naval forces achieved their first victory, though really they were shooting ducks out of the water, as they destroyed Belgian troop transports fleeing after the province of Bruge had fallen. British ships were seen in the area monitoring the German forces, though they made no move to engage. French forces just collapsed in all areas, and by August we were simply dealing with Partisans. August 27th saw a peace treaty signed with Belgium that left them Brussels and nothing else, they had been truly crushed!
As we dealt with a few French partisans before negotiating for peace, there was surprising news in Italy as the country plunge into civil war! Having been in turmoil since their last defeat at our hands, September 14th saw the nation officially split into 2 factions, those supporting the government and ironically (given that they had originally been behind Italian unification!) members of the Two Scillies royal family reforming their old nation. France was obliged to intervene by alliances on the side of the loyalists.
The war between us and France officially ended on the 22nd of October as they agreed to our peace offer, They are now a mere shadow of their former selfs, no longer even sharing a border with Spain! We filled the captured provinces with troops to wipe out any nationalist rebellions.
On November 9th, despite our demobilised troops returning home, we decided to intervene in the Italian conflict, the Kaiser describing it as too much of an opportunity to miss. We did not take sides as such, no we just decided to invade this reformed Two Scillies and take land for ourselves and liberate their population!
With their troops occupied fighting Italy, all we had to do was stroll in and establish our control! Soon after they agreed to a peace that left them crippled.
Italy took advantage of this to finish the war, though the Two Scillies were left with Napoli and a separate city state as compensation.
On September 8th Russia experienced a civil war of its own as rebels broke off in the isolated region around Sevastopol to create the state of Crimea. Despite having several allies join them, Russia does not have the capacity to take that land back and remains deadlocked in war.
In 1921 we decided to choose Slim Hull Form for our ships, to give them extra firepower when attacking. The fleet is being greatly expanded with many battlecruisers now in production. As usual, we have been trading with Sweden on a regular basis. The first battlecruiser to be put into full operation was the Prinz Adalbert, launched on the 7th June 1922.
August 10th 1922 election results:
Socialists 44%
Liberaldems 21.5%
Radicals 14%
Freisinnige 6.5%
NSPD 6.5%
Nationalists 2%
All others 1.5% or below
In 1923 German generals began to meet in secret to discuss plans for a potential invasion of the British mainland, our main rival in the world and one that constantly poses a thread. The invasion plan would be as follows: to land troops in Ireland leaving for Bordeaux, troops n Scotland leaving from Kiel and troops on the southern coast leaving from Bruge and Dunkerque. This would require great secrecy and the mobilisation of troops would have be completed under the cover story of an invasion of France. Additionally it would be wise to land some troops in Egypt to fight the British their. The transports would be hard to explain though, thus a media blackout is now enforce don all German military ports. The operation still requires years of preparation to build a fleet capable of defeating the British Royal Navy and thus be able to reinforce German troops on the British Isles. Our aim for the peace deal would be to establish puppet states in Ireland and Scotland and maybe take some of the British land in Africa.
In May 1924 German explorers set out with state funding to find the North Pole! They returned many months later cold but successful!
In 1925 we finally started developing an air force. Whilst current it would be used as a support role for troops, we have grand visions for the future.
1926 saw the effects of a downfall in Europes fortunes becomign apparent. With constant warfare and promise of a new life in America and the new world, many were migrating away from Europe.
1927 began with us selecting MOBILITY and SPEARHEAD DOCTRINE as prime tatics for our troops to use in the future.
The May 10th election results saw a loss of votes for the Socilaists, though they retained power due to splits in the opposistion.
Socialists 28%
Liberaldems 20%
Radicals 19%
Zentrumspartei 10%
National Liberals 8%
Freisinnige 5%
Christians 3%
Konservatives - 2.5%
NSPD 2.5%
Nationalists 1.5%
Communists 1%
On May 25th the Kaiser and Germanys military high command convened in Berlin to discuss the planned invasion of the British Isles. It was now deemed achievable, the Navy strong enough to put enough troops onto the island to occupy it.
The following day 318 German divisions were mobilised.
By July they were ready to board the ships. By this time Great Britain had realised what was happening, and on July 28th we officially declared war! The 2 greatest powers in the world are now locked in combat! Naturally Britain summoned their empire to assist them.
The same day saw attacks launched against British forces in Latvia and Africa, and in their southern Russian territories. The ships were put to see, the invasion is a go!
The first week of the war saw us loose one naval engagement in the English Channel, and several battles taking place else where. During August the coast of Scotland became one big naval engagement as both sides poured over a 100 ships into the area! We were winning naval battles elsewhere though, and on the 16th 25 divisions were landed at Cork, the 17th 12 divisions landed n Egypt (later reinforced by 12 more), 19th 25 landed on Britain south eats coast and the 26th 25 divisions landed in Norfolk.
Our blockade of Gibraltar was proving useful as several British ship were sunk in the area.
We managed to land a further 35 divisions in south east England during the first week of September. On the 11th a small Canadian landing force was destroyed in Northern Germany (German naval forces busy fighting in Scottish waters and in St. Georges Channel). The rest of September saw German troops consolidate their positions and begin to advance in England and Ireland.
On October the 5th London fell to advancing German troops! The British government fled in shame to Canada. Our success was ensured on the 13th when the naval battle that had been raging off the coast of Scotland was finally won by superior German numbers and firepower, though we had sustained many casualties. The rest f the month saw us land 15 more divisions in Ireland and a massive 61 divisions in Scotland.
During November we suffered a defeat in St Georges Channel, German ships fleeing back to port. We accepted a British trade of tech and cash for a captured British trading post in Africa, and we rejected a British peace offer, preferring to continue and secure our own terms. The blockade of Gibraltar continued to go well and an moving into December, an attempted Canadian landing at Brugge was destroyed and most of mainland Britain was now in German hands.
On January the 5th 1928 German and British diplomats thrashed out a peace deal, the British being forced to concede defeat. We forced the creation of independent states for both Scotland and Ireland (under German guidance) and also claimed the county of Chester as a German outpost to protect against British imperialism in a humiliating peace offer they had no choice but to accept! In reality we forced them to give it to us so we can use it as a base if we ever fight them again!
General Kan' Sharuminar was installed as Military Dictator of the new nation The Peoples Republic of Scotland!
General D'Artagnan59 was installed as Military Dictator of the new nation of The Peoples Republic Of Ireland!
Promises were also given to the new Irish high command that we would look into acquiring them at least Cork if not the rest of Ireland in the future.
In March that year our friends in Sweden finally realised their dream of an African colony where they could holiday in the winter months and work on their tans as we traded them another captured trading post in exchange for more tech, now giving them enough control in the area to establish a proper colony!
On January 29th, 1929 the world shook as what became dubbed as The Great Depression began with trouble on the New York stock exchange as stock values plummeted and businesses were ruined. The German government promised its careful handling of the economy would see us through these tough times.
Come May the 14th and it was decided to test a new tactic known as Blitzkrieg upon our old enemies in France. We launched a lightning war using regular army troops supported by planes and tanks, punching through French and Belgian lines. Belgium was annexed on June the 1st, and on July 26th France surrendered yet more territory to us! The new tactics had been a great success and we had finally eliminated Belgium as an independent state. In fairness French troops are weak and do not number many. The war was slightly marred by a major worker strike n late June, but we promised to help the workers and meet with their union officials and make concessions and the trouble subsided.
1929 also saw fascist ideas spreading amongst the populations of Europe. We will have to keep an eye on this for the future.
Into 1930 and its time once again to take on the might of Russia! They are fighting a campaign to expand their borders into Egypt, so using that as justification we mobilised 334 divisions and declared war upon them on August 18th! Attacks were launched on all fronts; we intend to force the Russians back everywhere! By September 7th the Russians were falling back everywhere except Minsk, where we faced tough resistance! Our Naval forces in the Baltic are performing well, after a couple of quick victories they moved to blockade St. Petersburg. On September 19th we landed 20,000 troops in Helsinki and the following month reinforced them with a further 10,000. On the 9th October victory was declared in Minsk, after over 65 German divisions had been involve din fighting there! In November we suffered a defeat on the southern front, though we swiftly reinforced the area. Moving into December and we finally moved in to occupy St. Petersburg after capturing all the surrounding areas. The Russians really collapsed after this, and we advanced everywhere, encountering some resistance in the South from troops returning from the Russians campaign in the Middle East.
1931 saw us advancing all the way to the Urals in the centre of the Russian Front and on April 30th we accepted a Russian peace offer which once again greatly expanded our borders and gained us the strategically important cities of Kiev, Minsk and Kursk! Following the peace the Russians moved their capital to Moscow; we are now way to close to St. Petersburg for their liking!
1932s February election saw the Socialists re-elected, though they were ran close by the Radical Anarcho-Liberals. The next month they decided it was finally time to give the people basic state funded pensions, healthcare and introduce some safety regulations. In August a Konservative politician who had been very vocal in his opposition to these measures was assassinated by a radical communist.
February 1933 and the Great Depression was declared over as world economies had recovered and business was prospering again. The Socialists followed this up by introducing a basic state minimum wage and unemployment subsidies.
In 1934 we fought a very quick war with France, reducing them to owning only the city of Paris from which to administer their holdings in Indo-China, Africa and Madagascar. Many in the world began to wonder when France would fully become part of the German empire, after all a few million in Paris is nothing compared to the rest of country being German owned!
1935 was notable for talking pictures coming to the German populations for the first time, and several national radio networks being established. The government also improved the standards of healthcare slightly.
And so as the year ends so does this tale of Germany!
Victory has been achieved, we are dominant world power, vast parts of Europe are in our hands and the French and Russians (our 2 main enemies) have been severely beaten whilst we have also taught the UK a lesson and established the new nations of Scotland and Ireland as our satellite states, to go along with the Danes who also serve us!
The German Empire at the end of 1935. We also have a couple of islands in the Caribbean which the French gave to us in a peace deal once, and a colony on the coast of East Africa.
Interesting that our satellite Scotland finished 7th as well!
The Kaiser, in is home at Berlin, sits back with a glass of Champaign and proclaims Mission Accomplished!
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Huzzah for Scotland. We shall begin the export of deep-fried mars bars to the rest of the Reich post-haste!
A suberb finale, it was very interesting to see all those events you got. Went all out as well, as I hoped you would
A suberb finale, it was very interesting to see all those events you got. Went all out as well, as I hoped you would
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
ThanksHuzzah for Scotland. We shall begin the export of deep-fried mars bars to the rest of the Reich post-haste!
A suberb finale, it was very interesting to see all those events you got. Went all out as well, as I hoped you would
I was pleased I managed to capture Scotland and Ireland from the British, at the start of the game I had an idea that it might be cool to try but I didn't expect to actually be able to do so!
Captain2
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Well done, although I must admit that I suspect something has gone wrong, Scotland has gotten ahead of Canada
