WW2 Simulation
Germany 4 1938
We stand at the dawn of a war that will put Europe underneath the heel of the Fatherland. We shall unite with our Axis brothers in Italy, Japan, Romania, and Bulgaria to crush the the great powers for the crimes they have committed against us with the treaty signed in Versailles. I hope to avoid a massive two front war like before by eliminating the Western European powers before attacking the USSR. I also intend to help my much weaker ally Italy gain strength and aid us in conquest of Africa and the Soviet Union. Hopefully, we’ll be able to outplay our enemies and secure the empire and land the German people need.
Germany 5 1939
So begins our ruthless conquest for all of Europe and eventually the world. We made the obvious first moves right away by taking the P1 region of Poland and Denmark. Poland was an easy capture as it was isolated away from everyone else and Denmark, being connected to Germany, undefended, and half of the countries required to hold the Baltic Sea, was a natural choice to attack. While we make our own way, the weakness of Italy and their lack of resources makes them hard to use and the distance of Japan makes it hard for us to help each other out.
Our biggest ideas were to take over Scandinavia (Norway and Sweden, align with Finland against USSR eventually). and begin moving troops to the puny border countries between us and those French swine. We took the Netherlands, both to secure a footing (since France moved 1000 troops into Belgium.) In 1940, we, alongside the Italians, hope to surround and crush the French before moving on to Britain.
So far, my biggest worry is of Great Britain. They are a daring group. They used military force to conquer Sweden, something I did not anticipate in the slightest. And because our Asian allies taking too long to wage war, our navy was destroyed by the British and Polish (Poland’s last revenge, I suppose). This complicates our goals of taking Norway and helping Finland. At this point, we might have to go around the Baltic coast to reach Norway and Sweden. We also aligned with Yugoslavia by threat of force, but I am skeptical as to whether they will keep their alliance.
One of our other goals is to (hopefully finally be able to) move some of our troops to Italy and help them secure north Africa and specifically, the Suez Canal, which will allow us and the Italian to pass to Asia to help Japan and Japan to help us. The British are small in number in Africa, so as long as Russia doesn’t come to help them, we should be able to sweep through Africa and get to the Middle East, where Britain sits on the mother load of oil imports. And as soon as we begin to move against the Soviet Union, I also want get Japan to help us crush the Soviet Union from two fronts, in a sort of ironic “Ha ha how does it feel to have to fight two fronts? It sucks. I would know.†Additionally, we now how some oil reliance on secret ally Romania, so we can weed off Russian imports until we can take Caucasus
In short: Take France and Belgium tomorrow, start attacking North Africa, and see what we can do with Great Britain, Norway, and USSR.
Overall, a relatively successful day.
Germany 5 1940
Today could’ve gone better, I suppose. France clearly knows we are coming. They and British along with the Belgians tried to hold the last obstacle to conquest of France, but they all fell to our military might. However, their defense left us with less troops than satisfiable, so we must begin moving troops from our annexed North to conquer France. In addition, we will begin moving troops south to help Italy take the key areas along the southern coast of the Mediterranean. I hope our troops with Italy’s will be able to crush the British’s colonies and take the valuable resources there. Italy will also hopefully be valuable in sending troops into southern France, forcing a divide in France’s forces and allowing us both to conquer those cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
I hope that, with the capture of France, North Africa, and the Middle East (along with Yugoslavia, who I was correct to assume would betray us), I will then turn our attention to the Soviet Union. I want to leave the Soviets completely isolated (Britain could offer little-to-no help to the USSR, being an island with a navy that could only transport 300 or so troops at a time.) I want to slam Russia from the south through the Middle East with Italy and through the West with Italy, Romania, and Bulgaria. I want to divide their forces and leave them scattering. I also want Japan to push in the East, but he is unwilling to attack them, which is unfortunate. However, hopefully he will secure the British colonies and commonwealth states there to trap and weaken Britain and secure a wealth of resources. Hopefully, there is still a chance yet for Japan to attack in the east.
Tomorrow should be a big day.
Germany 5 1941
1941 was a slow year, unfortunately. It was merely setting up our future thrashing of France. Italy send half of its troops into southern France and managed to defeat the French, a happy surprise to us all considering Italy’s total weakness. However, his attack on French North Africa ended in relative failure. However, hopefully Italy will be able to ship a full squad of my troops to thrash the rest of the French and then move with the Italians east through Africa into those sweet resource-rich Middle East countries.
We’ve been pretty liberal in sending aid toward our Allies in southeast Europe, like Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary, who are sympathetic to our cause. We have shared resources and have been at the ready to send aid in their conquest of Yugoslavia and Greece. Once we finish off France, they will surely join us and Italy in Operation Barbarrosa. An all our assault against the Soviets cut off from significant Western Allied aid should allow us to destroy them with ease.
Germany 5 1942
Today was, without a doubt, a smashing success. Our combined Italian and German forces overtook France to the point Britain had completely given up on them. Additionally, though it took some time, the feet of Germans landed in North Africa and have crushed French North Africa and Egypt’s French and British regiments. A short march from now, the British’s precious resources shall be ours to use and we shall be on Russia’s doorstep from two fronts.
The Allies seem to have given up on Europe for now, focusing their attention instead of Japan’s forces in the Pacific. While I would like to help, I have Russia to conquer, along with Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Italy. Particularly in Italy’s case, as I have been pumping them with as many resources as we can. Our victories and resources are likely to keep Italy on our side as the war continues.
Britain will be forced to deal with our guards on the borders around the Baltic Sea while we focus our attention on defeating the Soviets. There will be many casualties on both sides, but I shall see the Axis as victorious. Soviet soil will be painted in communist blood.
Germany 5 1943
Another smashing success. We continue our Italian-German march across Africa, taking Palestine. Soon the British’s resources will be ours and Russia will face troops coming from two directions. Additionally, we attack Ukraine with Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary and conquered it per Romania’s objectives. Russia is now in the war, but isolated from all its Allies with the Allies paying us no mind in Europe. If they do not act against us, the Rome-Berlin Sphere will be the victories come 1945.
Germany 5 1944
So, curiously enough, the Allies didn’t act against us. At all. In anyway. It’s almost infuriating how smooth today went. Germany and Italy swept through Africa and claimed all of their territory. The Western Axis assault against the Soviet Union was smashing success, taking Belarus and Northern Russia. Even Japan, who faced literally no opposition from the Allies, sent some troops up to Eastern Soviet Union to cripple their stronger forces there. 1945 will see us making one last attempt to finish our objectives, though I’m unsure if we’ll finish them all.
Regardless of what happens tomorrow, I believe that today put the final nail in the coffin of the Allied war effort in this seven-year-war. Their total lack of mobilization of any troops to prepare for a big comeback will force them to suffer in 1945. There will simply not be enough time to defeat us. They may retake some of our territories, but Axis victory in the west is all but assured.
Germany 5 1945
Today saw the first defeats of the German army in the entire war. Russia was relentless in taking back their territory. They held us off from taking Caucasus and Southern USSR with their Siberian troops and took back Northern USSR. An unfortunate loss, but at this point, the numbers we had sent into the east had dwindled significantly and, with well-trained and well-equipped troops coming from the Asian half of Russia, it was inevitable. We simply couldn’t hold them off forever.
The United States and Britain did try to make a final push into Europe, as I had expected. However, their total lack of activity in 1944 cost them. They could’ve crippled our numbers heavily and made a serious attempt to conquer to center of the Third Reich. However, they only got to F3 simply because I was not told how many troops the Allies had sent, so I did not send enough troops to fight them back accordingly. At the end of the year, the war was called: sweet, beautiful Axis victory. Our European empire is still massive and under our control and Japan’s empire in Asia was unchallenged and now more wholly united with the (admittedly ridiculous) final alliance between the decimated Chinese and Japanese. We held out against the mighty United States, USSR, and Britain and won. Boy it tastes sweet.
However, I strongly believe that, if the war hadn’t been forced to end this year, the United States, Britain, and the USSR would’ve eventually corned and defeated us in both theaters. Our troop numbers had dwindled while the US and UK idled and the USSR followed our nonaggression pact. They still had thousands upon thousands of troops at their disposal. Within the span a few years, our empire would be crushed unless we gained more troops to defend it.
All in all, I am pretty satisfied with how our campaign went. Not all objectives were achieved, but we now hold a massive empire for German lebensraum. The Reich is supreme.
