Amon Savag
The Great
To:Germany and Russia
From:Emperor Luyi
I await emissaries from your countries to discuss peace.
From:Emperor Luyi
I await emissaries from your countries to discuss peace.
The World Turned Upside Down
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a_propagandist
The Light Brigadier
The orders are due Sunday.
Sunday morning 9 AM EST is deadline still, no later orders will be accepted.
Amon Savag
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I'll be playing as Germany for an update or two, as Farow is going on vacation. Orders will be in before the deadline.
and deadline is in 15 hours.
jeps
Arcadefire
orders in late tonight.
quite possibly early tomorrow, but before deadline.
quite possibly early tomorrow, but before deadline.
i'm missing a lot of orders this time, and i mean a lot. brazil, UCS, Scandinavia, Argentina, China, Vietnam, and Italy all need to send in orders. I'd really like orders, I can't properly update without ya'll especially China and Italy.
jeps
Arcadefire
Incoming....NOW
and China, dont forget!
and China, dont forget!
A spectacular effort getting orders in folks. Update will go on as scheduled.
TheLastJacobite
No Commies
For once lol
Global News Report
North/Central American News Report
UNITED STATES ELECTION HELD. Washington D.C., USA. In the first election where all of Canada and Australia finally have a vote, the Democratic Presidential canidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won the office by a slim majority. However the election was marred by scandal as several newspapers have suggested that the Democratic Party was using the ignorance of voters in Australia and the Caribbean of politics to sieze the votes from those states. The sweeping of the South by the Democratic Party was also disputed as numerous allegations of voter intimidation toward Negros emerged. President Roosevelt heatedly denied that he personally had anything to do with the actions of lesser personages in the party. Investigations are continuing.
South American News Report
MILITARY COUP IN CHILE. Santiago, Chile. In a bold move Chilean general Luis Altamirano has siezed power in Chile at the point of a gun. Using a cabal of loyal and discontent generals Altamirano has established a new regime. Despite the relative bloodlessness of the takeover, lingering resistance remains as barricades and other symbols of urban unrest have emerged as city fighting takes place within the capital. (+25% Dissent for Chile)
European News Report
ROMANIAN ELECTION HELD. Bucharest, Romania. In a heated election, the Nationalist Party has been upseated by the newly formed Fascist Party. Modelled off of Mussolini's party in Italy and Petain's Lisist Party in France, the new Romanian party has promised similar economic policies and a nationalist agenda. Principle on the new Romanian platform is a new stance on the Second World War and regaining Western Transylvania from Hungary.
SCOTTISH ELECTION HELD. Edinburgh, Scotland. Unlike in Romania, the Scottish Nationalist Party has swept into office with nearly a 90% majority vote. This conservative party has gained much support thanks to the recent success in the fighting around Marsellies and the growing feeling that victory in the war may soon come. The new President has also promised to reestablish ties with the Union of Commonwealth States in a new trade effort and to "reaffirm peace in the British Isles".
African/Middle Eastern News Report
GEORGIAN COMMUNISTS REBEL AGAINST RUSSIA. Tblisi, Georgia. Led by former Bolshevik Iosef Stalin, the Georgian communist party has led a rebellion against the Russian government. The rebellion was quick to sieze numerous arms and goods in transit for the front in Turkey and this coup indubitably was a major contribution to the Allied successes in Asia Minor. Representatives of the Bolshevik Party have said that they support this movement and the Party, in addition to the pro-peace platform, have added Georgian independance to their planned domestic programs if elected in 1925.
Asian/Pacific News Report
EMPEROR PUYI ENDS REGENCY. Peking, China. As the young Emperor Puyi of China has become of age this year, officially he has ended the regency which has governed his actions in the previous two years since Empress Longyu's death. Emperor Puyi gave a stirring speech promising to continue the growth of China's power and to continue to help the ancient nation on its accelerating path to becoming a Great Power.
NIPPONESE ELECTIONS HELD. Tokyo, Nippon. Across the East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, the Nipponese Nationalist Party has once more barely squeeked into power. The failure of the Nationalist government to crush China has been felt harshly as moderates break away to join the more liberal Constitutionalist Party. The leading party, believed to be the front runner for the 1926 elections across the nation is the Communist Party which has promised peace and prosperity. The Communists this time around had the majority in many regions though they were not able to establish a large enough majority to take the Prime Minister's office.
Global News Ticker
CHARLES LINDBERGH MAKES HISTORIC TRANS-ATLANTIC SOLO NEW YORK TO DUBLIN FLIGHT. (-1% Dissent for USA)
HENRY FORD EXECUTED FOR 1922 ARMS SALE TREASON IN USA.
LEMURS LEAD RESISTANCE MOVEMENT AGAINST NIPPONESE OCCUPATION OF MADAGASCAR.
SPECIAL: World War 2
NATIONS CONTINUE TO MOBILIZE FOR TOTAL WAR. As World War 2 continues, it has become apparent to the few nations not yet totally mobilized that the war will not be won as easily as it appeared in 1922. Several of the new programs have been geared to improving the quality of soldiers while others are being used to expand or adjust the economy for full scale war. One such example is the Greek Fighter Ace program which has seen several new aces be announced as air combat heightens between the Serbs and Greeks over Athens. Another example would be the Naval Rearmament Program initiated by Scotland in which they've used veteran sailors and workers from the defunct British Royal Navy to rebuild a fleet to combat the Common Front International. The nations which have mobilized their economy are listed below:
Eire
France
Belguim
Bulgaria
Russia
Germany
FRANCE BEGINS DRAFT. Like China earlier in the war, France now finds itself fighting a formidable foe on its own ground. To respond to the growing power of the European League, France has begun a similar militarization like China did. Three hundred thousand conscripts are in the process of being trained to be thrown as cannon fodder against the Allies. A third of these are already in the field dying. This is being felt at home as the people resist the government's stealing its sons from their houses. (France will recieve 10 Irregular Divisions a turn for next 3 years, starting this year; remember consequences of these men dying will be harsh post war)
CHINA MAKES PEACE. Nanking, China. In a surprising move, the victorious Sino Alliance has made peace with most of the powers of the CFI. Though some minor fighting does continue as Russia has not yet concluded peace, the main powers of the Common Front have conceded their loss. Many of the Chinese draftees have rioted or protested the continued fighting against China as they are ready to return to their farms and jobs to be with their families. The terms of the Treaty of Nanking are listed below:
1. The Matasake Line will be dismantled by Nippon.
2. Manchuko will be dissolved and returned to China.
3. German and Nipponese troops will withdraw from all occupied Sino Alliance territories.
4. Nippon shall pay reparations for the war to China.
(+5% Dissent for Germany; +10% Dissent for Nippon; Chinese reputation goes to Neutral)
BATTLE OF ATHENS. Common Front International forces, consisting mostly of Bulgarians and Serbians broke through Allied lines in Athens in late June 1924. While the Allied fighter squadrons were mostly down for refitting to become the new monoplanes, the CFI army launched a major offensive under the cover of darkness. A lucky Serbian biplane squadron managed to break through the frontal air defenses and shoot up a major Allied air field, destroying many of the new planes before they could even fight. Though the Greek Air Force has restored air superiority it is too late for the city, which has fallen to the advancing forces. The fall of Athens seems to have broken the spirit of many Greek people as the industrial heart of Greece is in ruins while occupied by the enemy. With the capital now in Serbian hands, the lobby for surrender has grown much stronger. (+20% Dissent for Greece, loss of much IC)
Casualty List
Greece: 4 Militia Divisions, 2 Infantry Divisions, 3 Fighter Squadrons
Italy: 2 Infantry Divisions
Serbia: 4 Infantry Divisions, 1 Biplane Squadron
Bulgaria: 3 Infantry Divisions
ALLIES LAND IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. In the largest amphibious invasion in history, the European League have landed a major army in the Marsallies region on May 4, 1924. With extensive air cover devastating the French reserve zepplins and the French Mediterannean Fleet, the combined navies of five nations have descended upon the few French battleships resting in the port. Before they could fire a shot, the French ships were under air attack while the ships of Scotland, Wales, and Portugal descended upon the harbor. All three battleships were sunk with only minor Allied casualties at sea. The harbor was then siezed by marines from the ships who were later reinforced by nearly a quarter of a million soldiers from Italy and the former Celtic Alliance. The invading army was met by cheering Frenchmen who welcomed the League's forces as liberators. With the aid of several smaller groups of French partisans, the very mobile Italian force was sent dashing across southern France. Celebration was had when on July 7, Italian advance forces reached the Swiss border, sealing the fate for almost two hundred thousand German soldiers in western Italy. In late July a force of French conscripts and Belgian infantry, supported by two armored divisions attempted to break the lines, but they were met by Irish and Welsh armor dug in west of Marsallies. A stronger CFI attack was launched later in September as 15 German divisions attempted to break through the passes now held by Allied troops along the French and Italian border. Though several divisions and some smaller units did escape, the mobile Italian reserves managed to seal the hole before it was fully exploited. As winter set in and CFI forces began "liberating" supplies from local citizens in western Italy, Italians from the east and Allies from the west pushed the trapped Germans into Genoa, still held by some of the best soldiers in the Reich. On December 19 the German army surrendered in the city and Genoa fell to Italian forces for the first time since Germany captured it in 1922.
Casualty List
Italy: 4 Infantry Divisions, 2 Motorized Divisions, 1 Armored Division
Scotland: 2 Infantry Divisions, 1 Destroyer Group
Wales: 2 Infantry Divisions
Eire: 3 Infantry Divisions
Portugal: 1 Destroyer Group
France: 4 Irregular Divisions, 1 Armored Division, 1 Zepplin Squadron, 3 Capital Ships, 2 Cruiser Groups, 3 Destroyer Groups
Germany: 18 Infantry Divisions, 1 Biplane Squadron
Belguim: 2 Infantry Divisions
MADAGASCAR FALLS TO CFI. Nipponese forces, resupplied and equiped after the brutal fighting of Manchuria, found themselves fighting on the other side of the Indian Ocean by the end of 1924. When Nippon's forces finally arrived en masse in Madagascar in October, they soon launched a major offensive against the small South African army on the island. The veteran forces of Nippon, supported by several armored divisions, quickly crushed all resistance and siezed full control of the large island. Another small force of Nipponese soldiers also siezed the small island of Zanzibar. Most foreign observers say that Nippon's actions likely herald a further invasion of the African continent.
Casualty List
South Africa: 2 Infantry Divisions
MAJOR NAVAL CONFRONTATION IN INDIAN OCEAN. In late December a unified African Union fleet, of ships so fresh they didn't even have paint on them, confronted the massive Nipponese navy sent to attack Madagascar and Zanzibar. The Africans attempted to use submarines as a screening force to attack the Nipponese from the rear. However, experience hunting Chinese submarines paid off for the Nipponese destroyer fleet and the wolfpacks were held at bay. The ships of Abyssinia and South Africa were mostly crewed by inexperienced fishermen with no military experience. Though some South African ships did have former Royal Navy officers, there were not enough to go around. When battle was fully engaged only one Nipponese capital ship was sunk by cannon fire, while another was flooded when an Abyssinian cruiser rammed it. Overall the battle was a crushing Nipponese victory and the remnants of the South African navy have retreated into ports scattered across their nation. It is unlikely that the African Union will be able to amass another armada in this war.
Casualty List
South Africa: 3 Capital Ships, 3 Cruiser Groups, 4 Destroyer Groups, 3 Wolfpacks
Abyssinia: 1 Capital Ship, 1 Cruiser Group, 2 Destroyer Groups
Nippon: 2 Capital Ships, 1 Cruiser Group, 3 Destroyer Groups
BATTLE OF DJIBOUTI. Abyssinian forces, flush from victory against token German cavalry forces in Central Africa in the previous two years eagerly launched an offensive against the French port city of Djibouti in May 1924. However, unbeknownst to the Abyssinians, five veteran German divisions awaited there alongside a reinforced French garrison and two elite Nipponese divisions. German and Nipponese forces arrived there in April in preparation for an attack into Abyssinia following the capture of the island of Socrota in March. The surprised CFI forces, though they were intially pushed back, have rallied and begun an advance into Abyssinia against the battered Abyssinians. Addis Abba is already under direct threat as the increasingly stretched Common Front army draws closer. Several smaller forces of French conscripts have also siezed neighboring Italian possessions in the ongoing advance.
Casualty List
Abyssinia: 4 Infantry Divisions
France: 2 Irregular Divisions
Germany: 1 Infantry Division
INVASION OF SPAIN. As soon as snow stopped falling from the '23-'24 winter, French, German, and Belgian forces launched a major offensive to cross the Pyrennes into Iberia. With much of the Portuguese and Spanish armies fighting in northern Italy, the few outposts along the borders were overwhelmed by numerous French armor. Though Spain quickly began recalling some of its forces from Italy, and fresh recruits helped fill some of the gaps in the line, by the time the Allies landed in Marsailles the French were across the mountains, captured Barcelona and had already beaten the river defense line. When Belgain forces were recalled from the offensive to assist in retaking Marsailles, the attack faltered though it continued. Even as Italian tanks rolled across southern France, the CFI Iberian offensive continued. By July the CFI army was on the outskirts of Madrid. However, the arrival of veteran Portuguese forces from Africa came in the nick of time as Allied forces launched a counterattack which forced the opposing forces into a stalemate between Madrid and the old river defense line. The Portuguese success is mostly contributed to the rearming of the veterans with a significant amout of armor and trucks, creating a more mobilized combined force than the CFI possessed. In the air, the forces of Spain and Portugal have retained air superiority, though the zepplins of France did hit some airfields at the start of the offensive. However, the French zepplins have proven horrifically vulnerable to the new American-designed European League monoplanes which have devastated the French air corps with relatively few casualties on their behalf.
Casualty List
Spain: 2 Infantry Divisions
Portugal: 1 Motorized Division
France: 2 Infantry Divisions, 2 Zepplin Divisions
Germany: 1 Infantry Division
BATTLE OF MILAN. Continuing from the relative success of the previous year, German forces from the Alps have continued the push on Milan. They were supported by brand new German armor and the advance went well into Milan while forces struck from Genoa. Desperate European League forces threw everything and the kitchen sink at the German forces to prevent an advance. With over a million soldiers involved in the fighting, the battle for Milan was the largest in the war. However when the Allies made their landing in Southern France in May, many of the German forces began redeploying to fight in the west. Though attempts did occur to break through to the positions held in the eastern part of Milan, the German West Army was unable to manage the vital escape to the east. See the above on the landings for more information on that. Meanwhile, while heavy fighting occured in the west, German forces managed to sieze the rest of Milan while the Italians were occupied elsewhere. The German advance was halted just north of Florence in November when forces in the west were reployed to the new major front. (casualties for the fighting west of Milan has already been included in the update above for both sides)
Casualty List
Italy: 2 Infantry Divisions, 1 Armored Division
Spain: 1 Infantry Division
Portugal: 1 Infantry Division
Germany: 4 Infantry Divisions, 2 Armored Divisions, 1 Zepplin Squadron, 1 Biplane Squadron
CHINA INVADES RUSSIA. Though China has officially ended the war and disbanded the conscripts, bitter fighting has occured between Russian forces and the Chinese. After the Nipponese withdrawal from Manchuria in May, Chinese forces assualted and took the Russian city of Vladiostock in heavy fighting. Following this coup, Mongolia rose up against the Russians as Chinese forces moved northward. They have welcomed the Chinese forces as liberators and it is likely that Russia will recognize their freedom following a treaty with China.
Casualty List
China: 3 Infantry Divisions
Russia: 4 Militia Divisions, 1 Infantry Division
FIGHTING IN ASIA MINOR. Though a Turkish counteroffensive supported by Italian forces near Ankara has pushed the Russians off the coast, other Russian advances have brought some victory to the Common Front. Plagued by supply issues caused by the Georgian rebellion and the destruction of the Russian navy last year, the Russian military lost significant amounts of ground against the Turks. However, the arrival of reinforcements from the Constantinople front have allowed new offensives to gain some success against the Allies and Russian forces have reached the Euphrates River.
Casualty List
Turkey: 2 Militia Divisions, 3 Infantry Divisions
Italy: 1 Infantry Division
Russia: 7 Infantry Divisions
FIGHTING IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. Allied wolfpacks and the German Kreigsmarine have met as a brutal conflict unrages amid the turbulent North Atlantic. Welsh and Irish submarines began striking at the German navy as it futilely searched for the surface fleets of the Allied countries. After the invasion of southern France the Kreigsmarine turned its efforts totally to hunting down and annihilating the wolfpacks and met with significant success. Only a scattered Irish wolfpack remains in service though they did achieve some minor victories against some smaller German ships, including a few older cruisers.
Casualty List
Eire: 1 Wolfpack
Wales: 1 Wolfpack
Germany: 1 Cruiser Group, 1 Destroyer Group
Diplomatic Pouch
To: China
From: Russia
We are ready to talk about peace and we offer Mongolia independance and all the other borders at pre-war lines.
To: Greece
From: Russia, Serbia, and Bulgaria
We demand an unconditional surrender of the Greek nation, though we promise to retain Greek soveriegnity and we will garuntee a free Greek state.
OOC
@Amon and Jacobite, USA only sent 2 IC to China, is there some miscommunication in orders on one of your behalf's?
@Tyrion, trust the Welsh and Scots in what they produce, you don't need to micromanage them. I said military orders could be controlled and sometimes tech orders, but these nations are technically fully independant of you and not quite satillites.
A new tech has been added which will change the draft a bit from what China and France have done.
@Amon you can't have monoplanes because you don't even have biplanes yet. Your research and other noninfantry spending has been put to that research.
Updates from now on will be on Sundays due to a shifting work schedule. This may change once again when the fall semester starts up.
@j_eps, i have no confirmation of any tech trade with China so that was not carried out in the update. Also you have no control over tech spending, the other America accord are working on other things at the moment. Despite this, the Biplane research was carried out. Only Bolivia and Peru follow your lead on research for now.
@warman, Portugal and Spain did other production things, mostly due to the French assualt, so the numbers that you had for the defense of Italy and Iberia are somewhat inaccurate and that was taken into account when the update was done.
@human_slaughter, you do not have long range ballistic missles, it's 1924.
World Map
North/Central American News Report
UNITED STATES ELECTION HELD. Washington D.C., USA. In the first election where all of Canada and Australia finally have a vote, the Democratic Presidential canidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won the office by a slim majority. However the election was marred by scandal as several newspapers have suggested that the Democratic Party was using the ignorance of voters in Australia and the Caribbean of politics to sieze the votes from those states. The sweeping of the South by the Democratic Party was also disputed as numerous allegations of voter intimidation toward Negros emerged. President Roosevelt heatedly denied that he personally had anything to do with the actions of lesser personages in the party. Investigations are continuing.
South American News Report
MILITARY COUP IN CHILE. Santiago, Chile. In a bold move Chilean general Luis Altamirano has siezed power in Chile at the point of a gun. Using a cabal of loyal and discontent generals Altamirano has established a new regime. Despite the relative bloodlessness of the takeover, lingering resistance remains as barricades and other symbols of urban unrest have emerged as city fighting takes place within the capital. (+25% Dissent for Chile)
European News Report
ROMANIAN ELECTION HELD. Bucharest, Romania. In a heated election, the Nationalist Party has been upseated by the newly formed Fascist Party. Modelled off of Mussolini's party in Italy and Petain's Lisist Party in France, the new Romanian party has promised similar economic policies and a nationalist agenda. Principle on the new Romanian platform is a new stance on the Second World War and regaining Western Transylvania from Hungary.
SCOTTISH ELECTION HELD. Edinburgh, Scotland. Unlike in Romania, the Scottish Nationalist Party has swept into office with nearly a 90% majority vote. This conservative party has gained much support thanks to the recent success in the fighting around Marsellies and the growing feeling that victory in the war may soon come. The new President has also promised to reestablish ties with the Union of Commonwealth States in a new trade effort and to "reaffirm peace in the British Isles".
African/Middle Eastern News Report
GEORGIAN COMMUNISTS REBEL AGAINST RUSSIA. Tblisi, Georgia. Led by former Bolshevik Iosef Stalin, the Georgian communist party has led a rebellion against the Russian government. The rebellion was quick to sieze numerous arms and goods in transit for the front in Turkey and this coup indubitably was a major contribution to the Allied successes in Asia Minor. Representatives of the Bolshevik Party have said that they support this movement and the Party, in addition to the pro-peace platform, have added Georgian independance to their planned domestic programs if elected in 1925.
Asian/Pacific News Report
EMPEROR PUYI ENDS REGENCY. Peking, China. As the young Emperor Puyi of China has become of age this year, officially he has ended the regency which has governed his actions in the previous two years since Empress Longyu's death. Emperor Puyi gave a stirring speech promising to continue the growth of China's power and to continue to help the ancient nation on its accelerating path to becoming a Great Power.
NIPPONESE ELECTIONS HELD. Tokyo, Nippon. Across the East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, the Nipponese Nationalist Party has once more barely squeeked into power. The failure of the Nationalist government to crush China has been felt harshly as moderates break away to join the more liberal Constitutionalist Party. The leading party, believed to be the front runner for the 1926 elections across the nation is the Communist Party which has promised peace and prosperity. The Communists this time around had the majority in many regions though they were not able to establish a large enough majority to take the Prime Minister's office.
Global News Ticker
CHARLES LINDBERGH MAKES HISTORIC TRANS-ATLANTIC SOLO NEW YORK TO DUBLIN FLIGHT. (-1% Dissent for USA)
HENRY FORD EXECUTED FOR 1922 ARMS SALE TREASON IN USA.
LEMURS LEAD RESISTANCE MOVEMENT AGAINST NIPPONESE OCCUPATION OF MADAGASCAR.
SPECIAL: World War 2
NATIONS CONTINUE TO MOBILIZE FOR TOTAL WAR. As World War 2 continues, it has become apparent to the few nations not yet totally mobilized that the war will not be won as easily as it appeared in 1922. Several of the new programs have been geared to improving the quality of soldiers while others are being used to expand or adjust the economy for full scale war. One such example is the Greek Fighter Ace program which has seen several new aces be announced as air combat heightens between the Serbs and Greeks over Athens. Another example would be the Naval Rearmament Program initiated by Scotland in which they've used veteran sailors and workers from the defunct British Royal Navy to rebuild a fleet to combat the Common Front International. The nations which have mobilized their economy are listed below:
Eire
France
Belguim
Bulgaria
Russia
Germany
FRANCE BEGINS DRAFT. Like China earlier in the war, France now finds itself fighting a formidable foe on its own ground. To respond to the growing power of the European League, France has begun a similar militarization like China did. Three hundred thousand conscripts are in the process of being trained to be thrown as cannon fodder against the Allies. A third of these are already in the field dying. This is being felt at home as the people resist the government's stealing its sons from their houses. (France will recieve 10 Irregular Divisions a turn for next 3 years, starting this year; remember consequences of these men dying will be harsh post war)
CHINA MAKES PEACE. Nanking, China. In a surprising move, the victorious Sino Alliance has made peace with most of the powers of the CFI. Though some minor fighting does continue as Russia has not yet concluded peace, the main powers of the Common Front have conceded their loss. Many of the Chinese draftees have rioted or protested the continued fighting against China as they are ready to return to their farms and jobs to be with their families. The terms of the Treaty of Nanking are listed below:
1. The Matasake Line will be dismantled by Nippon.
2. Manchuko will be dissolved and returned to China.
3. German and Nipponese troops will withdraw from all occupied Sino Alliance territories.
4. Nippon shall pay reparations for the war to China.
(+5% Dissent for Germany; +10% Dissent for Nippon; Chinese reputation goes to Neutral)
BATTLE OF ATHENS. Common Front International forces, consisting mostly of Bulgarians and Serbians broke through Allied lines in Athens in late June 1924. While the Allied fighter squadrons were mostly down for refitting to become the new monoplanes, the CFI army launched a major offensive under the cover of darkness. A lucky Serbian biplane squadron managed to break through the frontal air defenses and shoot up a major Allied air field, destroying many of the new planes before they could even fight. Though the Greek Air Force has restored air superiority it is too late for the city, which has fallen to the advancing forces. The fall of Athens seems to have broken the spirit of many Greek people as the industrial heart of Greece is in ruins while occupied by the enemy. With the capital now in Serbian hands, the lobby for surrender has grown much stronger. (+20% Dissent for Greece, loss of much IC)
Casualty List
Greece: 4 Militia Divisions, 2 Infantry Divisions, 3 Fighter Squadrons
Italy: 2 Infantry Divisions
Serbia: 4 Infantry Divisions, 1 Biplane Squadron
Bulgaria: 3 Infantry Divisions
ALLIES LAND IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. In the largest amphibious invasion in history, the European League have landed a major army in the Marsallies region on May 4, 1924. With extensive air cover devastating the French reserve zepplins and the French Mediterannean Fleet, the combined navies of five nations have descended upon the few French battleships resting in the port. Before they could fire a shot, the French ships were under air attack while the ships of Scotland, Wales, and Portugal descended upon the harbor. All three battleships were sunk with only minor Allied casualties at sea. The harbor was then siezed by marines from the ships who were later reinforced by nearly a quarter of a million soldiers from Italy and the former Celtic Alliance. The invading army was met by cheering Frenchmen who welcomed the League's forces as liberators. With the aid of several smaller groups of French partisans, the very mobile Italian force was sent dashing across southern France. Celebration was had when on July 7, Italian advance forces reached the Swiss border, sealing the fate for almost two hundred thousand German soldiers in western Italy. In late July a force of French conscripts and Belgian infantry, supported by two armored divisions attempted to break the lines, but they were met by Irish and Welsh armor dug in west of Marsallies. A stronger CFI attack was launched later in September as 15 German divisions attempted to break through the passes now held by Allied troops along the French and Italian border. Though several divisions and some smaller units did escape, the mobile Italian reserves managed to seal the hole before it was fully exploited. As winter set in and CFI forces began "liberating" supplies from local citizens in western Italy, Italians from the east and Allies from the west pushed the trapped Germans into Genoa, still held by some of the best soldiers in the Reich. On December 19 the German army surrendered in the city and Genoa fell to Italian forces for the first time since Germany captured it in 1922.
Casualty List
Italy: 4 Infantry Divisions, 2 Motorized Divisions, 1 Armored Division
Scotland: 2 Infantry Divisions, 1 Destroyer Group
Wales: 2 Infantry Divisions
Eire: 3 Infantry Divisions
Portugal: 1 Destroyer Group
France: 4 Irregular Divisions, 1 Armored Division, 1 Zepplin Squadron, 3 Capital Ships, 2 Cruiser Groups, 3 Destroyer Groups
Germany: 18 Infantry Divisions, 1 Biplane Squadron
Belguim: 2 Infantry Divisions
MADAGASCAR FALLS TO CFI. Nipponese forces, resupplied and equiped after the brutal fighting of Manchuria, found themselves fighting on the other side of the Indian Ocean by the end of 1924. When Nippon's forces finally arrived en masse in Madagascar in October, they soon launched a major offensive against the small South African army on the island. The veteran forces of Nippon, supported by several armored divisions, quickly crushed all resistance and siezed full control of the large island. Another small force of Nipponese soldiers also siezed the small island of Zanzibar. Most foreign observers say that Nippon's actions likely herald a further invasion of the African continent.
Casualty List
South Africa: 2 Infantry Divisions
MAJOR NAVAL CONFRONTATION IN INDIAN OCEAN. In late December a unified African Union fleet, of ships so fresh they didn't even have paint on them, confronted the massive Nipponese navy sent to attack Madagascar and Zanzibar. The Africans attempted to use submarines as a screening force to attack the Nipponese from the rear. However, experience hunting Chinese submarines paid off for the Nipponese destroyer fleet and the wolfpacks were held at bay. The ships of Abyssinia and South Africa were mostly crewed by inexperienced fishermen with no military experience. Though some South African ships did have former Royal Navy officers, there were not enough to go around. When battle was fully engaged only one Nipponese capital ship was sunk by cannon fire, while another was flooded when an Abyssinian cruiser rammed it. Overall the battle was a crushing Nipponese victory and the remnants of the South African navy have retreated into ports scattered across their nation. It is unlikely that the African Union will be able to amass another armada in this war.
Casualty List
South Africa: 3 Capital Ships, 3 Cruiser Groups, 4 Destroyer Groups, 3 Wolfpacks
Abyssinia: 1 Capital Ship, 1 Cruiser Group, 2 Destroyer Groups
Nippon: 2 Capital Ships, 1 Cruiser Group, 3 Destroyer Groups
BATTLE OF DJIBOUTI. Abyssinian forces, flush from victory against token German cavalry forces in Central Africa in the previous two years eagerly launched an offensive against the French port city of Djibouti in May 1924. However, unbeknownst to the Abyssinians, five veteran German divisions awaited there alongside a reinforced French garrison and two elite Nipponese divisions. German and Nipponese forces arrived there in April in preparation for an attack into Abyssinia following the capture of the island of Socrota in March. The surprised CFI forces, though they were intially pushed back, have rallied and begun an advance into Abyssinia against the battered Abyssinians. Addis Abba is already under direct threat as the increasingly stretched Common Front army draws closer. Several smaller forces of French conscripts have also siezed neighboring Italian possessions in the ongoing advance.
Casualty List
Abyssinia: 4 Infantry Divisions
France: 2 Irregular Divisions
Germany: 1 Infantry Division
INVASION OF SPAIN. As soon as snow stopped falling from the '23-'24 winter, French, German, and Belgian forces launched a major offensive to cross the Pyrennes into Iberia. With much of the Portuguese and Spanish armies fighting in northern Italy, the few outposts along the borders were overwhelmed by numerous French armor. Though Spain quickly began recalling some of its forces from Italy, and fresh recruits helped fill some of the gaps in the line, by the time the Allies landed in Marsailles the French were across the mountains, captured Barcelona and had already beaten the river defense line. When Belgain forces were recalled from the offensive to assist in retaking Marsailles, the attack faltered though it continued. Even as Italian tanks rolled across southern France, the CFI Iberian offensive continued. By July the CFI army was on the outskirts of Madrid. However, the arrival of veteran Portuguese forces from Africa came in the nick of time as Allied forces launched a counterattack which forced the opposing forces into a stalemate between Madrid and the old river defense line. The Portuguese success is mostly contributed to the rearming of the veterans with a significant amout of armor and trucks, creating a more mobilized combined force than the CFI possessed. In the air, the forces of Spain and Portugal have retained air superiority, though the zepplins of France did hit some airfields at the start of the offensive. However, the French zepplins have proven horrifically vulnerable to the new American-designed European League monoplanes which have devastated the French air corps with relatively few casualties on their behalf.
Casualty List
Spain: 2 Infantry Divisions
Portugal: 1 Motorized Division
France: 2 Infantry Divisions, 2 Zepplin Divisions
Germany: 1 Infantry Division
BATTLE OF MILAN. Continuing from the relative success of the previous year, German forces from the Alps have continued the push on Milan. They were supported by brand new German armor and the advance went well into Milan while forces struck from Genoa. Desperate European League forces threw everything and the kitchen sink at the German forces to prevent an advance. With over a million soldiers involved in the fighting, the battle for Milan was the largest in the war. However when the Allies made their landing in Southern France in May, many of the German forces began redeploying to fight in the west. Though attempts did occur to break through to the positions held in the eastern part of Milan, the German West Army was unable to manage the vital escape to the east. See the above on the landings for more information on that. Meanwhile, while heavy fighting occured in the west, German forces managed to sieze the rest of Milan while the Italians were occupied elsewhere. The German advance was halted just north of Florence in November when forces in the west were reployed to the new major front. (casualties for the fighting west of Milan has already been included in the update above for both sides)
Casualty List
Italy: 2 Infantry Divisions, 1 Armored Division
Spain: 1 Infantry Division
Portugal: 1 Infantry Division
Germany: 4 Infantry Divisions, 2 Armored Divisions, 1 Zepplin Squadron, 1 Biplane Squadron
CHINA INVADES RUSSIA. Though China has officially ended the war and disbanded the conscripts, bitter fighting has occured between Russian forces and the Chinese. After the Nipponese withdrawal from Manchuria in May, Chinese forces assualted and took the Russian city of Vladiostock in heavy fighting. Following this coup, Mongolia rose up against the Russians as Chinese forces moved northward. They have welcomed the Chinese forces as liberators and it is likely that Russia will recognize their freedom following a treaty with China.
Casualty List
China: 3 Infantry Divisions
Russia: 4 Militia Divisions, 1 Infantry Division
FIGHTING IN ASIA MINOR. Though a Turkish counteroffensive supported by Italian forces near Ankara has pushed the Russians off the coast, other Russian advances have brought some victory to the Common Front. Plagued by supply issues caused by the Georgian rebellion and the destruction of the Russian navy last year, the Russian military lost significant amounts of ground against the Turks. However, the arrival of reinforcements from the Constantinople front have allowed new offensives to gain some success against the Allies and Russian forces have reached the Euphrates River.
Casualty List
Turkey: 2 Militia Divisions, 3 Infantry Divisions
Italy: 1 Infantry Division
Russia: 7 Infantry Divisions
FIGHTING IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. Allied wolfpacks and the German Kreigsmarine have met as a brutal conflict unrages amid the turbulent North Atlantic. Welsh and Irish submarines began striking at the German navy as it futilely searched for the surface fleets of the Allied countries. After the invasion of southern France the Kreigsmarine turned its efforts totally to hunting down and annihilating the wolfpacks and met with significant success. Only a scattered Irish wolfpack remains in service though they did achieve some minor victories against some smaller German ships, including a few older cruisers.
Casualty List
Eire: 1 Wolfpack
Wales: 1 Wolfpack
Germany: 1 Cruiser Group, 1 Destroyer Group
Diplomatic Pouch
To: China
From: Russia
We are ready to talk about peace and we offer Mongolia independance and all the other borders at pre-war lines.
To: Greece
From: Russia, Serbia, and Bulgaria
We demand an unconditional surrender of the Greek nation, though we promise to retain Greek soveriegnity and we will garuntee a free Greek state.
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@Amon and Jacobite, USA only sent 2 IC to China, is there some miscommunication in orders on one of your behalf's?
@Tyrion, trust the Welsh and Scots in what they produce, you don't need to micromanage them. I said military orders could be controlled and sometimes tech orders, but these nations are technically fully independant of you and not quite satillites.
A new tech has been added which will change the draft a bit from what China and France have done.
@Amon you can't have monoplanes because you don't even have biplanes yet. Your research and other noninfantry spending has been put to that research.
Updates from now on will be on Sundays due to a shifting work schedule. This may change once again when the fall semester starts up.
@j_eps, i have no confirmation of any tech trade with China so that was not carried out in the update. Also you have no control over tech spending, the other America accord are working on other things at the moment. Despite this, the Biplane research was carried out. Only Bolivia and Peru follow your lead on research for now.
@warman, Portugal and Spain did other production things, mostly due to the French assualt, so the numbers that you had for the defense of Italy and Iberia are somewhat inaccurate and that was taken into account when the update was done.
@human_slaughter, you do not have long range ballistic missles, it's 1924.
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Doesn't Italy lose some IC, seeing as Milan was a major industrial center?
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To Spain, Portugal
From Germany
We offer you pre-war borders, on the conditions that both nations of Iberia withdraw from the European League and disconnect their foreign and military ties to Italy.
From Germany
We offer you pre-war borders, on the conditions that both nations of Iberia withdraw from the European League and disconnect their foreign and military ties to Italy.
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OOC: WHY in the (...) would portugal surrender and return to pre-war borders? Spain yes. Portugal hasnt lost any land, and has gained TONS of german land in africa.
To France
From Argentina
We wish to purchase Guiana from you. Are you willing to sell, and if so, at what price?
To France
From Argentina
We wish to purchase Guiana from you. Are you willing to sell, and if so, at what price?
To: France
From: Portugal
We will not surrender son of a silly person, we fart in your general direction. Your father was a hamster and your mother smelt of elderberries! Now go or we shall taunt you a second time.
To: France
From: Spain
Let us see how the events of the next year play out, shall we?
@Shadowbound: the mere utensils of production have well since evacuated from the city. The true effect of the war with Italy and everybody else will be discovered at the end of the conflict. There are several exceptions to the rule, such as Greece which was so devastated by everything and Germany which needed the resources of Africa to properly run portions of its industry. Rest assured that Italy and all other nations in which the war has been fought will be properly hurt at the war's conclusion.
From: Portugal
We will not surrender son of a silly person, we fart in your general direction. Your father was a hamster and your mother smelt of elderberries! Now go or we shall taunt you a second time.
To: France
From: Spain
Let us see how the events of the next year play out, shall we?
@Shadowbound: the mere utensils of production have well since evacuated from the city. The true effect of the war with Italy and everybody else will be discovered at the end of the conflict. There are several exceptions to the rule, such as Greece which was so devastated by everything and Germany which needed the resources of Africa to properly run portions of its industry. Rest assured that Italy and all other nations in which the war has been fought will be properly hurt at the war's conclusion.
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Dang. Ten Chars
EDIT: Matasake Line part was a gesture of good-will, not included in the treaty.
EDIT: Matasake Line part was a gesture of good-will, not included in the treaty.
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I'm sorry, I just have to hear more about this.
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