The Soviet Union has long listened to the Child would be King, of Europe, and his so-called European Union. The Soviet Union will no longer be duped by promises and turn its cheak to thinly vailed threats. The European Union must end!
Across the entire border, from Klaipeda to Odessa, from Istanbul to Athens, the Soviet army springs to life, and attacks. Several key victories allow the RKKA to seize many important locations. In the North, Vilnius, Koenigsberg and Danzig fall, in the Center Lvov is taken, and the HQs of the army located there is swept aside and destroyed. In the South soviet advance forces reach Ploesti and Bucharest.
The Soviet Union has complete air superiority, and bombs everything within sight. KV-1s lead the spearheads into foreign territory, liberating people as they move forward. Together with the French and the British we shall sweep these usurpers into the sea!
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As we anticipated progress in clearing France is slow, but to some degree steady. The Allies now hold four metropolitan French cities, Toulouse, Nantes, Brest, and Marseilles. We may be able to clear them in the next two months, then again perhaps not.
At sea our U-Boats are not finding any commerce to prey on. We swept a few minor warships away, but for now it is slim pickings.
In the East the Soviet Union has crossed our borders, and we had to scramble to reinforce there. The Soviets declared war on Italy which has sent troops east. The Rumanian Navy sortied forth to do battle with Soviet subs, and there are French and British vessels in the Black Sea too.
Japan renews its offensive in China. It has always been Japans stated aim to add China to the list of Japanese Satellite states. Japan was prevented from this aim by the intervention of our neighbor the mighty Soviet Union. We were willing to comply but we saw this as a temporary truce as opposed to a long term peace. We are sure that China took the same view.
We are surprised that the Soviet Union has launched a war of aggression against Germany and Italy our Kindred spirits in the west. This is contrary to the stern reprimand given to Japan regards our acts of aggression in China.
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
Soviet High Command (Stavka) reports several key victories in this months combat. Bialystock in the North has fallen, and Christinau in the south has fallen as well. Bucharest which had been left ungarrisoned had once again become German, but the actions of The Rumanian Military District forces cleared it, and it is now once again under Soviet Control. Back to the Baltic, and the North. The city of Stettin was bombarded by sea by the Soviet Baltic Fleet, and the effects were quite telling. Intersting enough this was the only time aircraft of the enemy were spotted, in the forum of Recon IIs. Soviet troops are at the gates of Warsaw, and it will be good to liberate the city from the Yoke, of the so-called union of Europa. Some have said that this Neuropa would be for the good of all in Europe, but we see now that this is not the case. Non-Catholics have been found in working camps, called Reformatoriums. Back to the military reporting. The Rumanian European Union forces in the Black Sea have been engaged and little remains of the fleet, that set out from Constanta. Speaking of Constanta, that city has been surrounded and so has Varna. All in all no less than 5 complete armies are fighting in the Eastern parts of Europe, while the French valiantly resist the German attempt at taking their country from them.
Here is a look at the map.
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Marseilles is going to be tough to get by the end of the year, but our forces have entered Spanish territory, and this is a direction we wanted to take. Nantes still holds, but it is weakened. Brest fell.
In the east our lines are firmer, although nowhere near as secure as we would like. Danzig was retaken, but is still a front line city. Our troops in the two city pockets still hold, but they are under great pressure.
Our navies have hit enemy commerce, and defended the Baltic.
Not much to report this month, from Stavka. German lines have stiffened some, and some bad attacks were made, and the only real positive note was that Varna has fallen...
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While France is all but defeated, French troops still hold in Spain and Portugal. Reinforcements are being sent to Spain by Britain and the RAF still holds massive air superiority over northern France. German troops lost at least 280 artillery pieces last turn (14 SFT). Marseille with be a tough nut to crack unless Italy comes to the war, but we calculate the last thing the Italians want is to fight a two front war, with the Bristih Mediterranean Fleet intact and the Soviets knocking at their door. The British Mediterranean fleet, btw is helping the Soviets in their operations against UE in the East. Constanza is blocked by the RN and surrounded by Soviet troops. While our USA friends are somewhat worried by USSR gaining too much in this war, we feel the Germans are the main threat to peace, prosperity and democracy in Europe.
Clement Attle: Bristish prime minister
Leo Blum: French prime minister
European Union Directorate
Berlin, Germany, EU
11 December 1939
The military and naval forces of the EU had some offensive operations on both fronts this month.
In the West Nantes fell to our forces, and we pushed a bit deeper into Spain. Our navies sank some surface forces off Bordeaux and cut out some destroyers in La Corunna. This leaves our fleet positioned to interdict supplies and transport. The Allied leaders speculated that a we would find Marseilles a tough nut to crack and we are sure this is true. Nantes was tough, and easier to get to.
In the East we caused some casualties but made no major attacks. The Soviets are powerful enough that we need a significant buildup before we go on the offensive there. We are still scrambling to block their significant attack.
A special commendation for the Romanian destroyer which sank this turn. This ship has battle honors enough to light up Romanian naval history for ages. What a magnificent warship, and it went down fighting!
Imperial High Commands notes that casualties are currently light. The Chinese are blocking currently but The Imperial Japanese Army remains vigilant for the inevitable Chinese counter attacks. 2 Chinese cities are under direct Artillery shelling a third city is isolated and its defenders are being compressed back towards the city itself.
It is expected against such huge numbers of defenders that the Imperial Japanese Army has a long and hard slog ahead.
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
Stavka notes with some displeasure that the offensive in the Northern part of Europe, that is Poland, is come to a grinding halt. New troops are being sent to the area, and we hope this will lead to more victories. In northern Rumania a German Panzer force was discovered, and it was engaged. We destroyed it completely, with both artillery, air, and direct assaults, but mainly the last thing. First they fell back to Cluj, and then outside Cluj, after being beaten back there. In all cases this was the first time that Soviet Heavy Armor, faced off against German Panzers, and we are happy to report it, as it was a very good result, for the Soviets.
Constanta gave up resisting this month. After allied and Soviet bombardment from Sea, it was easy to take the few disorganized survivors, by a direct assault. Bulgaria was also liberated, as Sofia fell to the United Soviet Socialist Republic of Turkeys forces. If we are lucky we might get to pocket the resistors in Albania and Yugsolavia, with a spearhead thrust across what used to be the Free states of Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
Things seem quiet in the Far East, and while the Japanese have taken up arms, once again aganist the Chinese, Soviet forces remain on the ready, if they should cross the "red line" that would be the taking of non-coastal settlements.
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French forces in Marseille inflicted some casualties in the enemy and are considering a counterattack to link the city with Barcelona. British forces in the Mediterranean are being reinforced. A disembark in France is being prepared as the enemy seems to be badly beaten in the East. Attempts to eliminate AA defenses in Northern France resulted in massive losses to RAF.
European Union Directorate
Berlin, Germany, EU
January 1940
We think we have prevented the French from counterattacking from Marseilles to Barcelona, but we shall have to see. We made some gains in Spain, and even in Portugal, but there is still a long way to go there. We certainly did not take Marseilles, but the Italians declared war, and have moved some troops to prevent a French offensive into Italy. The Italians have been hurt helping on the East Front so they will have a slow process to gain offensive potential.
In the East we have tried to stop the Red Army from overrunning Europe. German and Italian troops have had to pull back and Tirana is an open city.
Japan reports no great gains except for ground given up by the Chinese for tactical reasons. Preparing the ground is a longer process as the Chinese are not providing any toe holds, but the IJA will persist.
The Scale and Breadth of the war in Europe continues to astonish the Japanese High Command. That the Axis still survives between the Hammer and the Anvil has confounded the Japanese strategic planners, who by there own admission have predicted imminent German collapse only to be proved wrong.
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
Tirana is no longer an open city. It is now part of the newest member state of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as Capitol of Albania. Soviet forces continue to move forwards in the Balkans, and now stand before the Capitol of Yugoslavia. But the biggest event was the first battle of Warsaw. After a hellish bombardment by amounts of artillery previously unseen cooperating on the Polish front, an armored attack was begun to liberate the city. Losses were high on both sides, but at the end the Germans came out victorious, defending the city with what was left of the scattered infantry and a Panzer Division.
Several new generals have been appointed to new armies this month. Among them an officer we have great expectations of, named G. Zhukov.
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A Naval battle between British and Italian forces in the Mediterranean resulted in a small advantage to the Italian Forces, however, the British remaining ships took refugee in Tirana´s port, where they will be refueled, repaired and rearmed to sail again. British submarines are moving to the Med, to interdict Italian forces. British armoured divisions are moving towards Benghazi, and then Tripoli. The Royal Air Force achieved a significant victory, by destroying lots of German land transports. At least 200 train compositions and 300 trucks where destroyed, it will slow down reinforcements to the Spanish Front. In the Iberian peninsula, German advanced slowed a bit. Marseille could not be reinforced due to Italian interction in the Med, it will be fixed soon....
In the west we captured La Corunna, and attacked Marseilles, but the French port was too tough a nut to crack. We advanced a bit but it was not a strong performance in Spain. The reduction of Marseilles, Barcelona, Lisbon, and, eventually, Gibraltar are all goals for our forces.
In the east we attacked in the north and filled lines in the south. The Soviets are stronger than we expected, and the east is now our major area of operations.
