1933 Diplomacy AAR

[ernieschwitz]

Comrade Stalin watches in silence as the British Annex Greece!
The Soviet Peoples Paradise has focused on economic growth, and is now an economic giant. Just look at this chart!

[ernieschwitz]

August 1934,

Bulgaria is Annexed by Italy! This move has made Italy come within the Soviet Sphere of influence. Comrades, something needs to be done in the Balkans to secure Soviet Influence. The Soviet Foreign Minister, has a few emergency meetings with the Italian Foreign Minister, with the German Foreign Minister acting as a guide. Perhaps a solution can be found...

Meanwhile, the last of the Baltic states, Lithuania, decides to come under the protection of the Great Soviet Peoples Paradise. The Lithuanian people rejoice or suffer the consequences!

[ernieschwitz]

September 1934,

Soviet Diplomats decide to preassure Finland, and unlike in the real world, Finland succumbs to the preassure. Finland is now a part of the Soviet Peoples Paradise. This is a huge help to the Soviets. All of a sudden a big portion of the "Northern Front" is no longer. Stalin is very pleased!

[Bombur]

Oct 1934


-France annexes Belgium....United Kingdom annexes Norway....

[ernieschwitz]

1934, Oktober.

It seems there is alot of diplomatic action going on now. As bombur has noted, Great Britain has taken control of Norway, via diplomacy. France now controls all the lowlands, also via diplomacy, and Germany controls Austria, also done by diplomacy, i assume.

At this pace non-alligned countries will be far and few in what is shaping up to be a war, soon...

[Bombur]

Terrible news for democracies in general (and France in particular). A fascist party won the elections in Switzerland and now the country signed a friendship and cooperation treaty with Italy. France now has a huge border to defend against the Fascist states....

[82ndtrooper]

this is getting interesting.

[Bombur]

Tensions are reaching such levels that the Irish begged to be reintegrated to the British Empire....[:D]

[ernieschwitz]

1934 November,

With all this diplomatic tension going on, and countries signing pacts with others, trying to protect themselves, not to mention countries being taken over by others. I thought that a view of the map might be somewhat appropriate. So here it is, Europe as it looks in late november 1934...

[ernieschwitz]

War is moving ever closer. Czechoslovakia has now become a German minor, caving in to German preassure. France is building fortifications along the Swiss border, and mother Russia is taking good care of her soviet citizens. No war for the Soviet Peoples Paradise, just yet.

[Bombur]

It seems Mr. Hitler is crazy again....he invaded Denmark. Unfortunately, the recent events prevent France from being able to intervene. We are very vulnerable to the Italian-Swiss alliance. The British aren´t willing to go to war alone....

[ernieschwitz]

The Peaceful Soviet Peoples paradise watches the invasion of Denmark by German forces in late January 1935. Britain and France have not declared war against Germany. Can this be a sign that aggression is now the way forward in Europe. The Germans seem to have built a defensive line too. In fact they are building two. One on the border to France, along the Rhine, and one along the Oder(?) close to the Polish Border. Some would say this is in preparation of fighting the first world war all over again...

[Bombur]

The Western democracies are facing growing pressure from their people´s to help Denmark. These images took by British Naval fighters show a well prepared army resisting bravely to the German hordes. In Paris there were some clashes between the police and pro Denmark demonstrators.

[ernieschwitz]

1935 febuary,

All is still very quiet in the Soviet Peoples Paradise. The Soviet people is not used to warfare, so to gain as many lessons as possible, some naval observers have been sent to look at how the German-Danish war is progressing. Here is what they found. As can be seen from Bomburs screenshot, the Danes have chosen to fight without a HQ...

[ernieschwitz]

1935 March,

While there is anti-german protests in Paris and London, there seems to be a quite different reaction, in Portugal, to the war in Denmark. They have now formally signed a pact with Germany. Making them a minor ally. Spain is neutral still, but who knows, at this pace.

The "Danish war" seems to be slowly grinding along as Germans have crossed the Limfjord, and are closing in on Aalborg. The Germans have also taken Fyn (The Danish straits hex), and repaired the bridge leading to it. Unless someone takes a stand against the Germans, surely Denmark will fall soon.

Here is a picture of how Europe looks now, geopolitical.

[ernieschwitz]

1935, april.

Well it seems the danes are putting up a fight still. But soon it will all be over, at least thats what my intelligence officer is telling me. Copenhagen is now under besieged by German Submarines, and the danish airforce is nowhere to be seen... (it´s hiding on bornholm... heaven knows why)...

France is still preoccupied with building defences along the Swiss border...

... and in the Soviet Workers Paradise, makes a breakthrough in the military sciences. The first monoplane fighters have been produced. The engineering team that was behind this feat is awarded with the order of Stalin! As soon as possible these advanced fighters will roam the skies in the peaceful Soviet Workers Paradise.

[ernieschwitz]

1935, May.

Denmark has fallen. Sure there remains a few troops resisting south of copenhagen, but, all the production centers have been taken. Germany has tasted the sweet fruits of conquest. Will it end now? Or are there other targets for German agression...

[Bombur]

The Free peoples of Europe are outraged to see another peaceful country attacked by the Fascists. Now the Italian Army invade Yugoslavia. The French and British governments are close to collapse, as the left wing opposition in both countries is openly campaigning for an antifascist front with the USSR....but will the USSR accept the invitation??????

[ernieschwitz]

1935, June...

What might have been a peaceful summer has been marred by war! First the Danes are overrun by German military might, and now Yugoslavia has been invaded by Italy, Hungaria and Bulgaria. Spearheads from each country, and Albania have been recorded by war correspondants on site. Here is a look at how the map of Europe looked as stalin read the news in his morning intelligence briefing.

[ernieschwitz]

As Stalin gazes across the European map, he cannot help but notice the defensive lines that Germany and France have built to go across Europe. "... from the Alps to the Rhine a stone curtain has decended on Europe..." he mumbles. Here is what he sees.